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Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-30
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67,80€
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This book is written to satisfy the individual’s desire for intellectual stimulation, to sow in the mind the seed of new ideas, and involve the reader in productive debates. It covers culture, history and the future, raising questions, presenting arguments and engaging...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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The Convergence Crisis tells the story of an impending paradigm shift in advertising. Beginning in the early 1840s with the birth of the first advertising agency and momentum spurred by industrial systems, the book provides a historical overview of significant events...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-01-30
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This volume is a critical introduction to the poetry of Irish writer Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Writing poetry exclusively in Irish but allowing and overseeing translations of her work into several languages, primarily English, Ní Dhomhnaill is the first Irish-language poet...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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Kulturen bzw. Gesellschaften in ihrer spezifischen Prägung haben systemischen Charakter und bedürfen einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung. Im Zuge entwicklungspolitischer Maßnahmen erfolgen Wissens- und Technologietransfer untrennbar vom Kulturtransfer. Eine Nahtstelle...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-30
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This volume is the second of two volumes of proceedings from the International Conference on the Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans, which took place in Tokyo in November 2012.This second volume reports, in four major sections, findings by cultural...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-27
Collection :
Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
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This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of ‘life’. It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. The elementary components of any real-world situation are place, people and time. These are first examined as basic...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-27
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This book is a critical edition of John Bale's The Image of Both Churches (c. 1545). The Introduction provides a thorough overview of this sixteenth century work, explaining its relationship to the apocalyptic tradition and to Bale's important inspirations, from...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-26
Collection :
Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society
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Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date. BeyondConsumer Capitalism begins by showing how, for people...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-24
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The production of 'human waste' – or more precisely, wasted lives, the 'superfluous' populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-24
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62,20€
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China has the largest population in the world. However, according to the United Nations, India andChina are expected to simultaneously reach a population of approximately 1.38 billion by 2030, with India taking a slight lead.China will be all too happy to surrender its...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-24
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Research consistently shows how through the years more of our time gets spent using media, how multitasking our media has become a regular feature of everyday life, and that consuming media for most people increasingly takes place alongside producing media. Media...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-23
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23,99€
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This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, for example, severe acts of violence to more subtle forms of conflict. In addition to offering a working definition of the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-22
Collection :
Key Themes in Family Communication
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Europa und Fernsehen – wie passt das zueinander? Die zwei Begriffe werden im Alltag üblicherweise nicht zusammen gedacht. Wenn das ProjektEuropa jedoch auch zukünftig erfolgreich sein soll, werden die Bürger inEuropa mehr miteinander überEuropa kommunizieren müssen....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-22
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The book offers an interdisciplinary but very grounded look at the question of memory politics in contemporary Poland. It describes the conflicting ways in which two groups of people – the former anti-communist activists and the former officers of the repressive regime...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-22
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The number of megacities worldwide is rapidly increasing and contemporary cities are also expanding fast. As a result, cities and their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of catastrophic natural events such as extreme weather events...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-21
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-21
Collection :
Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
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-10%
209,95€
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Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close relationship between the social and physical shaping of urban environments. With cities taking a...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-21
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In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-21
Collection :
New Directions in Ethnography
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-64%
106,95€
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