Social Science - General

"This edited book addresses specific human factors issues associated with and related to technology use in society, offering a research perspective to advance readers understanding of how technology works, how we work, and how we work within the context of the technology we use"--Author:...

Significant attention today focusses on heritage destruction, but the key international laws prohibiting it - the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its First and Second Protocols (1954/1999) - lay out two core strands...

These chapters were written for the Capstone course in the Ethics Certificate Program at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Students in this course brought their diverse perspectives and expertises to bear on chosen topics within the general area of moral psychology.Author:...

Thomas Aikenhead, a sometime University of Edinburgh student, was in 1697 the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. Michael Graham uses the case to open a window into the world of late seventeenth-century Edinburgh and Scotland, exploring the core historical themes in a...

This book explores what constitutes an enhancement fit for humanity in the age of nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, information technologies, and technologies related to the cognitive sciences. It considers the influence of emergent technology upon our understanding of human nature and the impact on future generations....

Canadian Fairy Tales, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been...

The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam - being a Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, with a transcript into Modern Persian Characters is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different...

This book, the first single-authored book-length study of Buck's fiction for over twenty years, shows how Buck's thought developed through the medium of her fiction - from her early turbulent years in China to her last lonely days in the United States, with chapters...

Collected in this volume are 24 key articles considering the reasons for spatial variation in policies, due to either efficiency or equity considerations, and the consequences of that spatial variation for both environmental and economic outcomes. Author: Wayne GrayISBN-10: 1138620645ISBN-13: 9781138620643Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2020Pages:...

Claudia Larrain's "The Forgotten Ones" provides the latest research findings and observations of the homelessness crisis around the world. She summarizes the history of how many individuals ended up living in squalor. Many are mentally ill, who were thrown out of mental asylums due...

This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that...

The race between CO-VID-19 vaccination and infection will continue until population immunity outstrips the virus' ability to mutate and infect. When the pandemic is over, investigators, political and scientific, will mull over what went wrong and what went right. Different responses will be compared...

Chance, in addition to the unavoidable ambiguity caused by time, is one of the main guilty parties in the transmission of ancient texts - or lack thereof. However, the same cannot be said for what concerns the mechanisms of selection and loss of historical...

This special collection assembles some of the most pre-eminent scholars in the field in African, African American, and American Studies to explore the ways writers reclaim the Black female body in African American literature using the theoretical, social, cultural, and religious frameworks of spirituality...

Introduction.- About the author.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: The Ethical Challenges of Leadership.- 1 Ethics and Effectiveness: The Nature of Good Leadership.- 2 Habits and Virtues: Does it Matter if a Leader Kicks a Dog?.- 3 Did Nero Fiddle While Rome Burned? Why 'Being There'...

In 2011, Egypt witnessed more protests than any other country in the world. Counter to the received narrative, Amy Austin Holmes argues that the ousting of Mubarak in 2011 did not represent the culmination of a revolution or the beginning of a transition period,...

Oral Poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya highlights characteristics of African oral traditions with a particular focus on the oral poetry of the Abagusii of Kenya. It shows that oral poetry in the Abagusii community covered every facet of life. The community's social-political and...

Author: HspISBN-10: 0153472995ISBN-13: 9780153472992Publisher: Harcourt School PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2005Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 10.75h x 8.27w x 0.28d

This one analyzes the impact of the so called digital media for the journalistic language and for the production of news, specifically approaching fashion journalism, having Glamour magazine as a case study. The magazine makes use of the crossmedia narrative in the process of...

No detailed description available for "Demographic Change in Japan and the EU".Author: Annette Schad-SeifertISBN-10: 3940671630ISBN-13: 9783940671639Publisher: Dusseldorf University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2010Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.54d

Continuous professional development is of great importance if one is to develop quality professional work. This book contains some of the latest research advances related to the field of Physical Education and Sports. In today's globalized world, continuous and permanent education is necessary and...

How to Analyze People on Sight or How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human AnalysisThe Five Human Types is a 1921 book by Elsie Lincoln Benedict.What Newspapers Have Said About Elsie Benedict and Her Work "Over fifty thousand people heard...

During 1847 in England and Wales, there were 5,247 patients housed in 21 County and Borough Asylums; by 1914, this had increased to 108,837 patients in 102 asylums. For some, such a traumatic time in their lives may only have lasted a few weeks...

"FLOOD DISASTER HAZARDS; CAUSES, IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT" is a concise state of the art review on flood disasters and the practice of Flood disaster management. It captures the global evolution in the management of floods over the years from traditional approaches to integrated approaches...

This book focuses on current policy discourse in Higher Education, with special reference to Europe. It discusses globalisation, Lifelong Learning, the EU's Higher Education discourse, this discourse's regional ramifications and alternative practices in Higher Education from both the minority and majority worlds with their...

Strengthening the Cooperative Community by E.G. Nadeau, Ph.D.How can we reduce inequality, combat global warming, and become more democratic? Insights into these pressing questions are addressed by an author who has 50 years of experience researching, developing, teaching, and writing about cooperative businesses. E.G....

Author: Marty Makary, M. D.ISBN-10: 8200064875ISBN-13: 9798200064878Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/22/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 5.80h x 5.60w x 0.60d

Author: Peter McGraw, Joel WarnerISBN-10: 8200042057ISBN-13: 9798200042050Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2014Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d

This book is the result of a research about neuroleadership, from the understanding of the basic motivations of the leader, in the search to deploy a strategic mindset capable of understanding the behavior of human talent, to develop a management of "I" as a...

Bernie Neville gifts us this gem of a book complete with wit, wisdom and scholarship. Neville's own intimate relationship with the Greek gods is revealed in his narrative depicting 2020 as a grand stage on which the gods continue to play out their ancient...

Why does equality matter, as a social and political value, and what does it require? Relational egalitarians argue that it does not require that people receive equal distributive shares of some good, but that they relate as equals. Christian Schemmel here provides the first...

This lively book offers the first comprehensive examination of character assassination. In modern politics as well as in historical times, character attacks abound. Words and images, like psychological weapons, have sullied or destroyed numerous individual reputations. How does character assassination "work" and when or...

This lively book offers the first comprehensive examination of character assassination. In modern politics as well as in historical times, character attacks abound. Words and images, like psychological weapons, have sullied or destroyed numerous individual reputations. How does character assassination "work" and when or...

COVID-19 pandemic has created the most significant disruption of education systems that history has ever recorded in all continents. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted hugely on the world's student population. The book contributes to the debate on experiences during the...

With today's current problems, including forced migrations, inadequate education and healthcare systems, environmental threats, economic crises, poverty, etc., it has become evident that systemic social change is needed. Unfortunately, creating, maintaining, and fostering sustainable social value is not easy. In this respect, social entrepreneurs...

What is the peculiarity of monarchical rule? Britain managed to change several Royal dynasties, but the change of name caused by completely different circumstances. The first and fourth monarch with the surname Windsor: George V and Elizabeth II. The monarchical form of government persisted...

This book combines studies of inclusivity in tourism with a future lens and provides timely insights into current research and discussions on social inclusion. It considers a future that can be welcoming of different ways of being, doing and knowing to empower all participants...

The New Cinematic Weird argues that weird fiction is rising also in audiovisual culture. Presenting several detailed analyses of weird cinematic works, the book shows how the new cinematic weird is best understood as atmospheric worldings -- affective intensities that suffuse the experience of...

Our digital world is often described using terms such as immateriality and virtuality. The discourse of cloud computing is the latest in a long line of nebulous, dematerialising tropes which have come to dominate how we think about information and communication technologies. Digital Media...

Navigating and resolving issues in intercultural communication is an integral part of the interpreter's role on a daily basis. This book is an essential guide to the interpersonal dimensions of intercultural communication in a variety of key interpreting contexts: business, education, law, and healthcare.Drawing...

It is increasingly important in our globalised world for people to successfully manage interpersonal relationships. This is the first book to tackle this vital topic, by taking an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the process of relating across cultures. Drawing together key concepts from politeness...

This volume, through highly selective and rigorous review processes, has collected eight empirical studies showcasing research advances in multiple domains including child first language, adult additional language, and heritage language acquisition. The studies are theoretically motivated and have adopted a spectrum of innovative methodological...

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man-for this reason, ancient readers used the name On Justice as an alternative title (not to...

The Military Maxims of NapoleonAn essential volume of Napoleon's wisdom on the art of warNearly two hundred years after his death, Napoleon remains widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time. Here, in one volume, is the essence of Napoleon's...

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was...

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was...

Hock Tong Cheu received his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and had lectured in Anthropology and Sociology in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 1976 till mid-1995. From mid-1995 till 2000, he taught in the Malay Studies Department and the Southeast Asian...

Edited by Morten Bergsmo, Mark Klamberg, Kjersti Lohne and Christopher B. Mahony, this book comprehensively explores the role and manifestations of power in international criminal justice. Twenty chapters discuss this topic in four main parts: power in international criminal justice institutions (Part I), representational...

The Problems of Philosophy By Bertrand RussellThe Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive...

"Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game." - Paul MorphyChess remains a...