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This book examines methods for linking osteo-archaeological data with historical and environmental sources to shed light on the living conditions of past populations. Covering all time periods from prehistory to the 20th century, it aims to construct models that capture...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-20
Collection :
INED Population Studies
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The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and how they publish their findings over the coming decade, but how much is currently known about how social science research...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-01-17
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Polymers have played a critical role in the rational design and application of drug delivery systems that increase the efficacy and reduce the toxicity of new and conventional therapeutics. Beginning with an introduction to the fundamentals of drug delivery, Engineering...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-01-17
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Offre spéciale
-10%
129,95€
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New media, development and globalization are the key terms through which the future is being imagined and performed in governance, development initiatives and public and political discourse. Yet these authoritative terms have arisen within particular cultural and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-15
ePub
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The issue of protecting essential infrastructure against the threat of terrorist attack is one which continues to concern governments worldwide. But terrorism is not the only threat this infrastructure may face: environmental hazards, industrial accidents and sabotage...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-01-15
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This book contained the autobiographical testimonials of a selected group of geographers who migrated to one side to another of the Canada-US border. As these various authors remind us, becoming a migrant is about much more than finding the right ...
Editeur :
Presses de l'Université du Québec
Parution :
2014-01-15
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Political parties are central to democratic life, yet there is no standard definition to describe them or the role they occupy. "Voter-centered" theoretical approaches suggest that parties are the mere recipients of voter interests and loyalties. "Party-centered"...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-14
Collection :
Political Sociology
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Offre spéciale
-70%
56,50€
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This much-enhanced new edition of the highly accessible guide to practical archaeology is a vital resource for students. It features the latest methodologies, a wealth of case studies from around the world, and contributions from leading specialists in archaeological...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-14
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Offre spéciale
-9%
56,95€
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A Companion to the Anthropology of Religion presents a collection of original, ethnographically-informed essays that explore the variety of beliefs, practices, and religious experiences in the contemporary world and asks how to think about religion as a subject of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-14
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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Offre spéciale
-76%
201,95€
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Issues of global justice have received increasing attention in academic philosophy in recent years but the gendered dimensions of these issues are often overlooked or treated as peripheral. This groundbreaking collection by Alison Jaggar brings gender to the centre of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-14
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Offre spéciale
-69%
62,20€
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This volume examines contemporary Thailand. It captures aspects of Thai society that have changed dramatically over the past years and that have turned Thailand into a society that is different from what most people outside the country know and expect. The social...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-13
ePub
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The first publication to outline the complex global story of human migration and dispersal throughout the whole of human prehistory. Utilizing archaeological, linguistic and biological evidence, Peter Bellwood traces the journeys of the earliest hunter-gatherer and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-01-13
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Offre spéciale
-63%
78,95€
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Taking as a starting point that hunger results from social exclusion and distributional inequities and that lasting, sustainable and just solutions are to be found in changing the structures that underlie our food systems, this book examines how law shapes global food...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-10
ePub
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This book picks up two mega trends: On the one hand population figures demonstrate the structural transition of the majority of western industrial nations.This demographic change has manifold consequences, especially on companies and their clients. On the other hand...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-10
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Central-Eastern Europe, in the mid-20th century, was a scene of Holocaust, mass killings, war, deportations and forced resettlements under the competing totalitarian invasions and afterwards. It was also the area where churches, politicians and citizens were engaged in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-10
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Der Generationenvergleich in diesem Buch stellt anhand qualitativer Interviews mit Vertretern der Geburtsjahre 1930 bis 1988 ostdeutsche Selbstwahrnehmungen dar. Dies geschieht im Hinblick auf ihre generationellen Eigenheiten in den Einstellungen zur DDR und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-10
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The book focuses on the presentation of some basic figures of memory that are present in the twenty-six novels by the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch. This study shows how memory is crystallized in the experience of surrounding landscapes and nature, and particularly in the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-01-10
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This work provides clear application of a new statistical modeling technique that can be used to recognize patterns in victimization and prevent repeat victimization. The history of crime prevention techniques range from offender-based, to environment/situation-based,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-09
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
ePub
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Now more than ever, indigenous peoples’ interests in their cultural heritage are in the spotlight. Yet, there is very little literature that comprehensively discusses how existing laws can and cannot be used to address indigenous peoples’ interests. This book assesses...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-08
ePub
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The steady rise of Clint Eastwood’s career parallels a pressing desire in American society over the past five decades for a figure and story of purpose, meaning, and redemption. Eastwood has not only told and filmed that story, he has come to embody it for many in his...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-08
Collection :
America Through the Lens
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Offre spéciale
-73%
62,20€
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