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The decision to publish scholarly findings bearing on the question of Amerindian environmental degradation, warfare, and/or violence is one that weighs heavily on anthropologists. This burden stems from the fact that documentation of this may render descendant...
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Springer
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2011-12-15
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This is the third in an essential series of Springer handbooks that explore key aspects of the nexus between demography and social science. With an inclusive international perspective, and founded on the principles of social demography, this handbook shows how the rural...
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Springer
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2011-12-15
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International Handbooks of Population
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A philosophical but fun look at the meanings of Christmas myths and rituals, from carving the turkey to why Santa wears red.Picture the scene: Aunt Gertrude has just given you the most appalling Christmas tie, complete with snow-flecked kittens in a bowler hat. Do you...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-12-15
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As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth...
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Springer
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2011-12-14
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Early Adulthood in a Family Context, based on the 18th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, emphasizes the importance of both the family of origin and new and highly variable types of family formation experiences that occur in early adulthood. This volume...
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Springer
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2011-12-11
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National Symposium on Family Issues
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?In statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a collection of statistical models used to distinguish between an observed variance in a particular variable and its component parts. In its simplest form, ANOVA provides a statistical test of whether or not the means of...
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Springer
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2011-12-10
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In der Schweiz aufgewachsene Kinder von Immigranten fühlen sich oft stark der Herkunftskultur bzw. dem Herkunftsland ihrer Eltern verbunden, obwohl sie diese(s) nicht oder nur sehr bedingt aus eigener Anschauung kennen. Wie kommt dieses – oftmals diffuse – Gefühl der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-09
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Subjekt, Objekt und Intersubjektivität bilden drei der wohl zentralsten Elemente im menschlichen Erkenntnisprozess. Anhand einer kritischen Rekonstruktion der Erkenntnistheorien Hegels und Adornos beleuchtet die vorliegende Arbeit die Dialektik zwischen Subjekt und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-09
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De Feuerbach à Derrida, de la gastronomie au cannibalisme et de la saveur à la terreur, cette étude décline les différentes postures du sujet mangeant. Plus précisément, et résolument ancré dans un corps placé au centre du présent volume, c’est d’abord un sujet phagique...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2011-12-09
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Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years. Petra burst into popular consciousness with the release of enormously popular motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981....
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Springer
Parution :
2011-12-08
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What drives the lone wolf terrorist to commit mass violence?What are their ideologies and motivations? How do they plan and carry out their attacks, and who do they target? How can lone wolf terrorism be effectively countered? One of the first in-depth analyses of lone...
Editeur :
Springer
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2011-12-08
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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Seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre ist eine Zunahme bei den Unternehmensgründungen durch Frauen zu erkennen. Diese Entwicklung weckte vor allem auf beschäftigungs- und wirtschaftspolitischer Seite hohe Erwartungen und stellte eine neue Herausforderung für Politik und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-08
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This book aims to study the intellectual lives of three Hong Kong intellectuals by narrating their lives as self-reflections on theories related to social margins. Drawing on insights from Paul Ricoeur, Hannah Arendt and Zygmunt Bauman, the author analyses their...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-05
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This book is the result of a field research carried out by the author among a community of agriculturists in what was till recently the uttermost part of Southern Pakistani Balochistan. It deals with themes such as ways of living and representing spaces, constructing...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-12-05
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The Yearbook addresses the overriding question: what are the effects of the ‘opening up’ of science to the media? Theoretical considerations and a host of empirical studies covering different configurations provide an in-depth analysis of the sciences’ media connection...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-12-02
Collection :
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
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This book is written for behavioral scientists who want to consider adding R to their existing set of statistical tools, or want to switch to R as their main computation tool. The authors aim primarily to help practitioners of behavioral research make the transition to...
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Springer
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2011-12-02
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Questo libro intende offrire una nuova prospettiva interpretativa di tre romanzi della letteratura femminile italiana scritti tra Ottocento e Novecento: Un matrimonio in provincia (1885) di Marchesa Colombi, Teresa (1886) di Neera e Una donna (1906) di Sibilla Aleramo....
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-11-29
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In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, concerns about the environment and the future of global capitalism have dominated political and social agendas worldwide. The culture of excess underlying these concerns is particularly evident in the issue of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-11-29
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An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-28
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Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book provides a much-needed guide to what it means to be literate in today’s media-saturated...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-28
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