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Historical and multidisciplinary perspectives on hope
This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical perspectives and tracing it back to ancient Greek philosophy. At the same time, it provides novel per…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030464899
- Collation
- XVI, 263p.; ill.
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- -
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- 128 HEU h
Kilns in East and North Asia : the adoption of ceramic industries
The start of ceramic industry is an important stage in mass production and is closely related to social complexity and social exchanges including the immigration of specialists. The introduction of high-temperature operations and varying firing regimes is a technological breakthrough in ceramic production. This book discusses the introduction and the background of kilns and advanced technology …
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781407358901
- Collation
- xiv, 264 p
- Series Title
- BAR International, 3082
- Call Number
- 338.47666436095 NAG k
The sharing economy in Europe : developments, practices, and contradiction
This open access book considers the development of the sharing and collaborative economy with a European focus, mapping across economic sectors, and country-specific case studies. It looks at the roles the sharing economy plays in sharing and redistribution of goods and services across the population in order to maximise their functionality, monetary exchange, and other aspects important to soc…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030868970
- Collation
- XXXIII, 413p. ; ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 334.094 THE c
Calgary : city of animals
How have our interactions with animals shaped Calgary? What can we do to ensure that humans and animals in the city continue to co-exist, and even flourish together? This wide-ranging book explores the ways that animals inhabit our city, our lives and our imaginations. Essays from animal historians, wildlife specialists, artists and writers address key issues such as human-wildlife interactions…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781552389690
- Collation
- xvi + 126 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 591.9712338 JIM c
Stories of capitalism : inside the role of financial analysts
The financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of stock prices, the success or failure of investment products, and even the growth or decline of entire national economies.…
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- -
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- 9780226523569
- Collation
- 205 hlm
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- -
- Call Number
- 332.1 STE s
Grassroots innovation movements
Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, polic…
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- 10
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- 9781317451198
- Collation
- xiii, 240 p
- Series Title
- Pathways to Sustainability
- Call Number
- 303.484 SMI g
Snow white and the seven dwarfs : new perspectives on production, reception, …
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937) occupies a central place within the history of global animation. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the film was the first feature-length animated film produced by the Disney Stu…
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- -
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- 9781501351198
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- -
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- -
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- 791.4372 PAL s
The Invasion of The South: Army Air Force Operations, and the Invasion of Nor…
Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume Senshi Sōsho (War History Series). The present book completes the trilogy of English translations of the sections in the Senshi Sōsho series on the Japanese operations against the former Dutch East I…
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- 34
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789400604100
- Collation
- 519p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 940.544952 REM
Technology’s Refuge : The use of technology by asylum seekers and refugees
An investigation into the use of information communication technologies by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement, this book examines the impact of Australia’s official policy of mandatory detention on how asylum seekers and refugees maintain links to diasporas and networks of support. Given the restricted contact with the world outside of the immigration detention centre, the…
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- 5
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978186365421
- Collation
- i, 54 p
- Series Title
- UTS Shopfront Series, 5
- Call Number
- 966.4 LEU t
Migrants with irregular status in Europe : evolving conceptual and policy cha…
This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration status in Europe and the evolving policy responses at European, national and municipal level. It addresses the conceptual and policy issues raised, post-entry, by this particular section of the migrant population. Drawing on evidence from different parts of Europe, the book tak…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030343248
- Collation
- XIII, 217 p. ; Ill.
- Series Title
- IMISCOE Research Series
- Call Number
- 342.082 TRI m
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