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The global increase in the number of slums calls for policies which improve the conditions of the urban poor, sustainably. This volume provides an extensive overview of current housing policies in A……続きを見る

More than 5,000 film festivals take place globally and many of these have only been established in the last two decades. International Film Festivals collects the leading scholarship on this increas……続きを見る

In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This excit……続きを見る

Are you struggling to design your social network research? Are you looking for a book that covers more than social network analysis? If so, this is the book for you! With straight-forward guidance o……続きを見る

茶，并不只是喝下去那么简单，它是一种烹茶饮茶的生活艺术，一种以茶为媒的生活礼仪，一种以茶修身的生活方式。茶道文化糅合了中国儒、道、佛诸派思想，独成一体。是茶文化的核心，是茶文化的灵魂。酒，也不是为了……続きを見る

Okina Kyūin boarded the steamship Kaga Maru at the port of Yokohama in 1907, bound for America. For this ambitious young man, Japanese-American newspapers were an invaluable medium for communicating……続きを見る

Soutiens-gorge rembourrés pour fillettes, obsession de la minceur, banalisation de la chirurgie esthétique, prescription insistante du port de la jupe comme symbole de libération : la " tyrannie du ……続きを見る

North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are Asia's most mysterious, tragic stories. For decades they were infamous as the region's most militarized and repressed societies, self-isolated and under sanctions……続きを見る

Global media expert Dal Yong Jin examines the nexus of globalization, digital media, and contemporary popular culture in this empirically rich, student-friendly book. Offering an in-depth look at gl……続きを見る

This fresh and accessible ethnography offers a new vision of how society might cohere, in the face of on-going global displacement, dislocation, and migration. Drawing from intensive fieldwork in a ……続きを見る

一本為台灣人而寫的國際關係史， 凡欲瞭解台灣的命運與前途者不得不看。 　　★從日本投降、聯合國創建、韓戰、越戰、中國改革開放，到經濟全球化，美國、蘇聯兩大超強的爭霸決定了世界政治的格局，也決定了台灣與……続きを見る

Beginning from the notion of finite life, Another Finitude takes this staple subject from post-Heideggerian philosophy and opposes it to the onto-theological concept of infinity, represented by an e……続きを見る

Showing how worker productivity and stress levels are affected by factors such as lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise and layout, this book demonstrates how the technical aspects of human comf……続きを見る

In this incisive book, Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the com……続きを見る

C'est l'histoire d'un enfant humilié devenu Roi, d'un garçon de 19 ans avec ses propres codes qui s'est transformé en véritable phénomène pop. " Je suis né en banlieue parisienne, j'ai 19 ans, je su……続きを見る

For the first time, this book brings the insights, methodologies and visions of film to the practice of architecture. Walls Have Feelings poses unanswered questions from our immediate past, crucial ……続きを見る

Transgender studies is the latest area of academic inquiry to grow out of the exciting nexus of queer theory, feminist studies, and the history of sexuality. Because transpeople challenge our most f……続きを見る

I più popolari proverbi in dialetto veneto con traduzione in Italiano e commento approfondito dell'Autore. Un piccolo volume che contiene grandi verità, e strappa qualche sorriso. Le illustrazioni s……続きを見る

Through analysis of newspaper coverage on the debate over the future of Europe in Great Britain and Germany between 2000 and 2005, this book explores the intricate ways in which national identities ……続きを見る

This text provides a structured and practical framework for understanding the complexities of contemporary public relations. It is an instructional book that guides the reader through the challenges……続きを見る

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As Heard on NPR's This American Life 'The delights he extols here (music, laughter, generosity, poetry, lots of nature) are bulwarks against casual cruelties . . . contag……続きを見る

The focus in this Second Edition is again on logistic regression models for individual level data, but aggregate or grouped data are also considered. The book includes detailed discussions of goodne……続きを見る

The MacArthur grant–winning environmental justice activist’s riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for America’s most vulnerable A Smithsonian Magazine Top Ten Best Science Book of……続きを見る

As seen on TV - DEXTER: NEW BLOOD - major new drama 'A macabre tour-de-force' NEW YORK TIMES Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to your mum. At heart, he's the perfect gent……続きを見る

Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist Wendy Melillo authors the first book to explore the history of the Ad Council and the campaigns that brought public service announcements to the nation through th……続きを見る

In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, far from the hustle and noise of urban centers, lies a village made of mud and rock, barely discernible from the surrounding landscape. Yet a closer look reve……続きを見る

For Olympic athletes, fans and the media alike, the games bring out the best sport has to offer--unity, patriotism, friendly competition and the potential for stunning upsets. Yet wherever internati……続きを見る

Recent confrontations between constitutional courts and parliamentary majorities, for example in Poland and Hungary, have attracted international interest in the relationship between the judiciary a……続きを見る

This book re-evaluates the prevailing notion that Jews in medieval Christian Europe lived under an appalling regime of ecclesiastical limitation, governmental exploitation and expropriation, and unc……続きを見る

Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citi……続きを見る