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Scholars in exile: the Ukranian intellectual world in interwar Czechoslovakia
Throughout the 1920s and 30s Prague was the intellectual center of Ukrainian émigrés in Europe, not least because of significant financial support from the Czechoslovak government and its first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, for émigré students and intellectuals. On the basis of extensive archival research in Ottawa, Prague, and Kyiv, Zavorotna outlines the continuation of Ukrainian s…
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- 9781487530204
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- xvi, 260p.: ill.
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- 943.700491791009042 ZAV s
The archaeology of death in post-medieval Europe
Historical burial grounds are an enormous archaeological resource and have the potential to inform studies not only of demography or the history of disease and mortality, but also histories of the body, of religious and other beliefs about death, of changing social relationships, values and aspirations.In the last decades, the intensive urban development and a widespread legal requirement to un…
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- 9783110439731
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- V, 227 p.
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- 393.094 TAR a
Representation in cognitive science
"Our thoughts are meaningful. We think about things in the outside world; how can that be so? This is one of the deepest questions in contemporary philosophy. Ever since the 'cognitive revolution', states with meaning-mental representations-have been the key explanatory construct of the cognitive sciences. But there is still no widely accepted theory of how mental representations get their mean…
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- First edition.
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- 9780198812883
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- xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 153 SHE r
Turn on the light on science: a research-based guide to break down popular st…
"Scientists deserve public recognition. The ways that they are depicted, however, are severely limited in physical and personal traits, helping to establish and enhance stereotypes under the general title of ‘scientist’. These stereotypes range from the arrogant researcher who wants to rule the world, to the lab coat wearing ‘nerdy’ genius, but all generally fall to an extreme view of a…
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- 9781911529057
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- xvi, 104p.: ill.
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- 530.092 TIN t
Institutional reform for innovation and entrepreneurship : an agenda for Europe
The authors of this book advise the economies of the European Union to become more entrepreneurial in promoting innovation and economic growth. The authors propose a reform strategy with respect to several aspects to achieve this goal. Starting with the rule of law and the protection of property rights; the tax system; the authors deal with regulations governing savings, capital and finance, an…
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- 9783319550923
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- x, 102p. : ill.
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- 338.6 ELE i
Scattered finds : archaeology, Egyptology and museums
Scattered Finds explores the politics, personalities and social histories that linked fieldwork in Egypt with the varied organizations around the world that received finds. Case studies range from Victorian municipal museums and women’s suffrage campaigns in the UK, to the development of some of the USA’s largest institutions, and from university museums in Japan to new institutions in post…
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- 9781787351400
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- XIII, 304 p.
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- 932 STE s
Collaborating against child abuse : exploring the Nordic Barnahus model
This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crime in the Nordic region. This book discusses both its potential to affect change and the challenges facing it. The model was introduced as a response to a growing recognition of th…
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- 9783319583884
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- xxxii, 384p. : ill.
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- 362.767 COL c
European citizenship after Brexit : freedom of movement and rights of residence
This book investigates European citizenship after Brexit, in light of the functionalist theory of citizenship. No matter its shape, Brexit will impact significantly on what has been labelled as one of the major achievements of EU integration: Citizenship of the Union. For the first time an automatic and collective lapse of status is observed. It is a form of involuntary loss of citizenship en m…
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- 9783319517742
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- viii, 123p. :ill.
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- 342.24085 MIN e
Trailblazing in entrepreneurship : creating new paths for understanding the f…
In this book, the authors present a challenge for future research to build a stronger, more complete understanding of entrepreneurial phenomena. They argue that this more complete picture of entrepreneurial phenomena will likely come from scholars who undertake at least some trailblazing projects; from scholars who broaden the range of research questions, the potential outcomes of entrepreneuri…
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- 9783319487014
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- viii, 294p. : ill.
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- 658.421 SHE t
Grassroots politics and oil culture in Venezuela : the revolutionary petro-state
This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. Taking the contested relationship between the popular sectors and the Venezuelan state as a point of departure, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen explores how notions such as class, race, state, bureaucracy, popular poli…
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- 9783319595078
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- xxi, 357p. : ill.
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- 987.0642 STR g
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