wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
ISBN: 9780226063126 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America's most popular forms of entertainment.
Robert Bogdan's fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the... From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their cast...
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154,64 zł |
Adirondack Vernacular: The Photography of Henry M. Beach
ISBN: 9780815607816 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Robert Bogdan's lively and accessible approach to the photographic work of Henry M. Beach encourages the reader of this text to explore the American North Country's people and places through Beach's photographs and work.
Robert Bogdan's lively and accessible approach to the photographic work of Henry M. Beach encourages the reader of this text to explore the American N...
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218,18 zł |
Exposing the Wilderness: Early Twentieth-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers
ISBN: 9780815606086 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An exploration of New York State's Adirondack mountains through the lives and images of six early 20th-century postcard photographers who left a visual documentary of this wilderness region and its culture in the 1800s. There are illustrations and photographs depicting Adirondack life.
An exploration of New York State's Adirondack mountains through the lives and images of six early 20th-century postcard photographers who left a visua...
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174,50 zł |
Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People's Photography
ISBN: 9780815608516 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "The Real Photo Postcard Guide" is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Illustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the...
"The Real Photo Postcard Guide" is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated th...
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174,50 zł |
Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric
ISBN: 9780815633020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Midget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, and insane: these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day audiences. A young woman with no arms wears a sequined tutu and smiles for the camera as she smokes a cigarette with her toes; a man holds up two prosthetic legs while his own legs are bared to the knees to show his missing feet. The photos were used as promotional material for circus sideshows, charity drives, and art galleries. They were found on begging cards and in family albums. In Picturing Disability, Bogdan and his collaborators gather... Midget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, and insane: these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day ... |
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302,70 zł |
Deep-Submicron CMOS
ISBN: 9780471772552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A new and innovative paradigm for RF frequency synthesis and wireless transmitter design
Learn the techniques for designing and implementing an all-digital RF frequency synthesizer. In contrast to traditional RF techniques, this innovative book sets forth digitally intensive design techniques that lead the way to the development of low-cost, low-power, and highly integrated circuits for RF functions in deep submicron CMOS processes. Furthermore, the authors demonstrate how the architecture enables readers to integrate an RF front-end with the digital back-end onto a single silicon die using... A new and innovative paradigm for RF frequency synthesis and wireless transmitter design
Learn the techniques for designing and implementing an all-... |
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783,99 zł |
Koszalińska komunikacja miejska i plażowa
ISBN: 9788377290972 / Polski / Twarda / 2011 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Książka Koszalińska komunikacja miejska i plażowa przybliży czytelnikowi początki komunikacji miejskiej, docierającej z Koszalina do najbliższych miejscowości kąpieliskowych – Mielna i Unieścia.
W pierwszej części autor opowiada m.in. o Wschodnioniemieckiej Wystawie Przemysłu, Rzemiosła i Rolnictwa Pomorza Zachodniego w 1912 roku, która była impulsem do rozwoju linii tramwajowych. Wyjaśnia także przyczyny ich późniejszej likwidacji. Część druga przedstawia z kolei historię odbudowy komunikacji po II wojnie światowej. Publikacja ta to jednocześnie pierwsza... Książka Koszalińska komunikacja miejska i plażowa przybliży czytelnikowi początki komunikacji miejskiej, docierającej z Koszalina do najbliższ...
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66,40 zł |
Wireless Discrete-Time Receivers
ISBN: 9781107194700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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553,08 zł |
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods: A Guidebook and Resource
ISBN: 9781118767214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An informative real-world guide to studying the -why- of human behavior
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods is a practical, comprehensive guide to the collection and presentation of qualitative data. Unique in the market, this book describes the entire research process -- from design through writing -- illustrated by examples of real, complete qualitative work that clearly demonstrates how methods are used in actual practice. This updated fourth edition includes all new case studies, with additional coverage of mixed methods, non-sociological settings, funding, and a... An informative real-world guide to studying the -why- of human behavior
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods is a practical, ... |
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358,72 zł |
RF CMOS Oscillators for Modern Wireless Applications
ISBN: 9788793609495 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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482,65 zł |
Millimeter-Wave Digitally Intensive Frequency Generation in CMOS
ISBN: 9780128022078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. This book describes the digitally intensive time-domain architectures and techniques applied to millimeter-wave frequency synthesis, with the objective of improving performance and reducing the cost of implementation. Coverage includes system architecture, system level modeling, critical building block design, and digital calibration techniques, making it highly suitable for those who want to learn about mm-wave frequency generation for communication and radar applications, integrated circuit implementation, and time-domain circuit and system techniques.
This book describes the digitally intensive time-domain architectures and techniques applied to millimeter-wave frequency synthesis, with the objec... |
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487,90 zł |
Using Comparable Corpora for Under-Resourced Areas of Machine Translation
ISBN: 9783319990033 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book provides an overview of how comparable corpora can be used to overcome the lack of parallel resources when building machine translation systems for under-resourced languages and domains.
This book provides an overview of how comparable corpora can be used to overcome the lack of parallel resources when building machine translation syst...
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547,24 zł |
Inside Out: The Social Meaning of Mental Retardation
ISBN: 9781442652064 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'We have to assume that the mind is working no matter what it looks like on the outside. We can't just judge by appearance...If you take away the label they are human beings.' Ed Murphy What does it mean to be 'mentally retarded'? Professors Bogdan and Taylor have interviewed two experts, 'Ed Murphy' and 'Pattie Burt, ' for answers. Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions for the retarded, tell us in their own words. Their autobiographies are not always pleasant reading. They describe the physical, mental, and emotional abuses heaped upon them throughout their youth and... 'We have to assume that the mind is working no matter what it looks like on the outside. We can't just judge by appearance...If you take away the l... |
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131,12 zł |
RF CMOS Oscillators for Modern Wireless Applications
ISBN: 9788770043519 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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209,82 zł |