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With so many terms available to define the same thing, it would seem nearly irresponsible to introduce yet another term (complex situation) to describe a phenomenological state of such as a system. However, a complex situation infers both a broader meaning and imposes a...
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Springer
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2013-02-15
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This work provides an understanding of the large worldwide migrations of the German-speaking people from the seventeenth to twenty-first century. By examining cultural aspects of the German-speaking diaspora such as art, music, literature, and work practices, a complex...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-02-15
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Momentous social events result from the sum of micro-level changes in daily individual life, and by observing and fusing publicly available data, such as web searches and other internet traffic, it is possible to anticipate events such as disease outbreaks. However,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2013-02-15
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For fans of Maya Banks, Nina Bruhns, Pamela Clare and Julie Ann Walker. The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Christy Reece's addictive Last Chance Rescue series of sexy suspense and thrilling adventure. Smart, fiery, and fresh from a broken engagement,...
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Headline Eternal
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2013-02-14
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Last Chance Rescue
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We all view the ubiquitous term ‘sustainability’ as a worthwhile goal. But how can we apply the principles of sustainability in the real world, at the sharp end of communities in developing nations where income insecurity is the troubled norm? This volume provides some...
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Springer
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2013-02-13
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A Companion to Media Authorship “Gray and Johnson have brought together a stellar group of authors whose works deftly explicate the complexities of negotiating ‘authorship’ across a range of cultural production sites. This definitive collection is an important and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-02-12
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The changes of populations are determined by fertility, mortality and migration. On the national level, international migration is a factor of increasing demographic, economic, social and political importance. This book addresses the debate on the impact of...
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Springer
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2013-02-11
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The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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The core aim of this book is to determine how anthropology and demography can be used in conjunction in the field of population and development.The boundaries of demography are not as clearly defined or as stable as one might think, especially in view of the tension...
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Springer
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2013-02-11
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Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
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This book aims to provide a history of twentieth-century labour in the British colony of Antigua and Barbuda. It documents the labour and class struggles between landowners and peasants both before and after the legalization and formation of trades and labour unions in...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-02-07
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?This collection of essays in Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement draws inspiration from current archaeological interest in the movement of individuals, things, and ideas in the recent past. Movement is fundamentally concerned with the relationship(s) among time,...
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Springer
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2013-02-06
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Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant—the basis for the award-winning film starring Leonardo DiCaprio—tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history. A half-hour before midnight on June 8,...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2013-02-05
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The field of Urban Dynamics itself is based on the systems engineering concept that all complex systems (and cities and urban areas are no exception) are comprised of independent and often smaller, more understandable sub-components with relationships to one another....
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Wiley-ISTE
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2013-02-04
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Geographical Information and Urban Transport Systems Urban transport systems need to be analyzed from various perspectives: the offer on one hand, the demand on the other hand, but also their negative externalities (risks of transport systems). These three dimensions...
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Wiley-ISTE
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2013-02-04
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Historical Archaeology of New York City is a collection of narratives about people who lived in New York City during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered during excavations at sites where these people...
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Springer
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2013-02-03
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The English legal system in the area of social work with children and families can be bewildering and complex and it is vital therefore that any textbook on the subject uses case law, case studies and research to critically-engage social workers and students alike. ...
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Learning Matters
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2013-02-01
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Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2013-02-01
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Psychology has focused more on personalities in poverty -- pathologizing -- than on contexts for poverty reduction (Pick & Sirkin, 2010). As a result, the discipline has inadvertently sequestered and isolated itself, and its potential contribution, from poverty...
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Springer
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2013-02-01
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The amazing story of the discovery of a 5000-year-old body found perfectly preserved in the Alps - written by the leader of the investigationIn 1991 the world was electrified by a chance discovery of a perfectly preserved corpse trapped in an Alpine glacier. Preliminary...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2013-01-31
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