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Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the 'Cucumber King of Burma' was? Beginning with the hippo soup eaten in Africa in 6000 BC, through to the dangerous blowfish enjoyed in contemporary Japan, A Curious History of Food...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2013-10-24
ePub
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From Jezebel.com, the popular website for women, comes a must-read encyclopedic guide to pop culture, feminism, fashion, sex, and much more. Within months of Jezebel's May 2007 appearance on the new media scene, fans of the blog began referring to themselves as...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2013-10-22
ePub
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This book provides an up-to-date overview of demographic analysis and methods, including recent developments in demography. Concepts and methods, from the nature of demographic information through data collection and the basics of statistical measures and on to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-22
ePub
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This unique addition to the Success in Research series addresses the importance of understanding and achieving impact for the purposes of gaining research funding and reporting achieved impact for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The book includes...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2013-10-22
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"An outstanding achievement... Graeme Turner writes with power and persuasion, and brilliantly explores what it is about celebrity today that should concern us all" - Sean Redmond, Deakin University "A key touchstone for celebrity studies. Turner thoughtfully...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2013-10-22
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What do we mean by ‘the gay community’?What is the state of ‘gay and lesbian politics’ in contemporary Britain? Have ‘communitarian’ ideas provided a framework for change? And what is the view from outside the capital? Recent years have seen both signi?cant legal and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-10-22
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North-East India, comprising the seven contiguous states around Assam, the principal state of the region, is a relatively unknown, yet very fascinating region. The forest clad peripheral mountains, home to indigenous peoples like the Nagas, Mizos and the Khasis, the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-21
Collection :
Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
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The first comprehensive presentation of an explicitly transgender theory. This theory goes beyond feminist and queer theory by incorporating the idea of fluid embodiment and lived experience in conceptualizing gender and sexual identity. Beyond developing a formulation...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-21
ePub
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The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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79,10€
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The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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62,20€
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Abortion is a contentious issue in social life but it has rarely been subjected to careful scrutiny in the social sciences. While the legalization of abortion has brought it into the public domain, it still remains a sensitive topic in many cultures, often hidden from...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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67,80€
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Despite many predictions made over the last two hundred years that nation-states and nationalism are transient phenomena that will eventually fade away, the historical record and contemporary events show otherwise. Nationalism still remains the most popular, potent and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
Collection :
Political Sociology
ePub
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20,40€
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Over the past 15 years, evidence-based practice in juvenile justice has moved from a concept to a full blown practice in a number of states. They have used research based principles and programs to: - completely reorganize their system for treating juveniles -reduce...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
ePub
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'Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable' THE TIMES'A tour de force ... breathtaking' SPECTATOR'A magnificent achievement' LITERARY REVIEWTERRIBLE BEAUTY presents a unique narrative of the twentieth century. Unlike more conventional...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2013-10-17
ePub
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Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion involves beliefs, oral...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-16
Collection :
One World Archaeology
ePub
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This book presents thoughtful reflections and in-depth, critical analyses of the new challenges and opportunities instructors face in teaching race during what has been called the “post-racial era”. It examines the racial dimensions of the current political, economic,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-16
ePub
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The artificial shaping of the skull vault of infants expresses fundamental aspects of crafted beauty, of identity, status and gender in a way no other body practice does. Combining different sources of information, this volume contributes new interpretations on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-10-16
ePub
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Promotion of healthy behaviors and prevention of disease are inextricably linked to cultural understandings of health and well-being. Health communication scholarship and practice can substantially and strategically contribute to people living safer, healthier, and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-10-15
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The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order, the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also inhibiting, democratic...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-14
Collection :
Contemporary Political Communication
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62,20€
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The third edition of Jill Steans’ popular and highly respected text offers a comprehensive and up to date introduction to gender in international relations today. Its nine chapters have been fully revised and expanded to cover key issues, developments and debates in the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-14
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Offre spéciale
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67,80€
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