British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800: The Origins of an Associational World
ISBN: 9780198203766 / Angielski / Twarda / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides the first account of the rise of these most distinctive, widespread and powerful of social institutions in Georgian Britain. With roots in the early modern era, British clubs and societies swept the country by 1800, when they numbered in the thousands, and their influence continues today. Looking at the complex mosaic of clubs and societies, ranging from freemasonry to bird-fancying, the author considers the reasons for their successful development, their export to America and the colonies, and their impact on British Society.
This book provides the first account of the rise of these most distinctive, widespread and powerful of social institutions in Georgian Britain. With r...
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Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World
ISBN: 9780198150794 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jon Lendon offers a bold new analysis of how Roman government worked in the first four centuries AD. He contends that a despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honor shared by rulers and ruled.
Jon Lendon offers a bold new analysis of how Roman government worked in the first four centuries AD. He contends that a despotism rooted in force and ...
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The American Peace Movement and Social Reform, 1889-1918
ISBN: 9780691646336 / Angielski / Twarda / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of the peace movement in the United States was one of dramatic change: in the mid-IKWs it consisted of a few provincial societies; by 1912 it had become eminently respectable and listed among its members an impressive number of the nation's leaders; by 1918 it was once again weak and remote from those who formulated national policy. Along with these fluctuations went equally substantial changes of leadership and purpose that, as C. Roland Marchand emphasizes, reflected the motives of the various reform groups that successively joined and dominated the movement. Most of those... The history of the peace movement in the United States was one of dramatic change: in the mid-IKWs it consisted of a few provincial societies; by 1... |
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Innovations in Investments and Corporate Finance
ISBN: 9780762308972 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on recent pricing puzzles in investments. The valuation of Internet companies, effects of firm size in takeover studies, and long-run performance of mergers in the telecommunications industry are all seen as riddles for the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. Explanations may be found in studies of the effects of differences in investor risk/return preferences, information and liquidity.
This volume focuses on recent pricing puzzles in investments. The valuation of Internet companies, effects of firm size in takeover studies, and long-...
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Human Development and Interaction in the Age of Ubiquitous Technology
ISBN: 9781522505563 / Angielski / Twarda / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the widespread integration of technological innovations around the globe and examines how human-computer interaction affects various aspects of people's lives"--
"This book is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the widespread integration of technological innovations around th...
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Enhancing Art, Culture, and Design With Technological Integration
ISBN: 9781522550235 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides emerging research on the methods and techniques of technology to advance and improve design and art. While highlighting topics such as augmented reality, culture industry, and product development, this publication explores the applications of technology in online creation and learning.
Provides emerging research on the methods and techniques of technology to advance and improve design and art. While highlighting topics such as augmen...
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Critical Issues Impacting Science, Technology, Society (STS), and Our Future
ISBN: 9781522579496 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We are in an ever-changing and fast-paced world that is entrenched in technological innovation. But how is technology and science impacting our society? How does it affect our interactions with these products and ultimately with each other? How is society shaping the types of technologies we are advancing? Critical Issues Impacting Science, Technology, Society (STS) and Our Future compiles theory and research from the confluence of a variety of disciplines to discuss how scientific research and technological innovation is shaping society, politics, and culture, and predicts what can be...
We are in an ever-changing and fast-paced world that is entrenched in technological innovation. But how is technology and science impacting our societ...
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Well-Being Design and Frameworks for Interior Space
ISBN: 9781799842316 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing Technologies
ISBN: 9781799852117 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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United States Border Protection: An Analysis
ISBN: 9781617615931 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since at least the 1980s, the border has played a central role in US policy discussions. Policymakers have for years debated the best strategy for providing border protection. This title explores and analyses U.S. border protection policies.
Since at least the 1980s, the border has played a central role in US policy discussions. Policymakers have for years debated the best strategy for pro...
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U.S. Coast Guard: Missions & Roles
ISBN: 9781617619946 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The US Coast Guard is one of the five Armed Forces of the United States and the only military organisation within the Department of Homeland Security. This title explores and describes the fundamental roles and forces of today's Coast Guard while tracing its history and how the Coast Guard acquired its diverse mission set.
The US Coast Guard is one of the five Armed Forces of the United States and the only military organisation within the Department of Homeland Security....
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Progress on Quantitative Approaches of Thermal Food Processing
ISBN: 9781621008422 / Angielski / Twarda / 337 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Intercultural Relations & Migration Processes
ISBN: 9781536107722 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Equal Opportunity: Key Issues and Considerations
ISBN: 9781536150872 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The government documents included in this book are comprised of reports and testimonies from June 2018 to September 2018 on equal opportunity. The first analyzes the federal advertising obligations to small disadvantaged businesses and those owned by minorities and women. The second reviews how public high schools encourage equal athletic opportunities. The third report examines gender-related price differences, which occur when consumers are charged different prices for the same or similar goods and services because of factors related to gender. The fourth report discusses actions needed to...
The government documents included in this book are comprised of reports and testimonies from June 2018 to September 2018 on equal opportunity. The fir...
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Imprints of Revolution: Visual Representations of Resistance
ISBN: 9781783485055 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the significance of the visual representation of revolution? How is history articulated through public images? How can these images communicate new histories of struggle? Imprints of Revolution highlights how revolutions and revolutionary moments are historically constructed and locally contextualized through the visual. It explores a range of spatial and temporal formations to illustrate how movements are articulated, reconstituted, and communicated. The collective work illustrates how the visual serves as both a mobilizing and demobilizing force in the wake of globalization. Radical...
What is the significance of the visual representation of revolution? How is history articulated through public images? How can these images communicat...
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Professionalism, Patronage and Public Service in Victorian London: The Staff of the Metropolitan Board of Works, 1856-1889
ISBN: 9781474241212 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the predecessor of the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works was an important body and its officials formed a large and significant professional group, not hitherto studied in such depth.
This study of 19th-century local government examines the role of local government officials and the social origins of this growing bureaucracy. As the...
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Housing the Workers, 1850-1914: A Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781474241250 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past, accounts of housing were dominated by the analysis of the problems of slum property at the bottom of the market, and the way in which public housing emerged from attempts to ameliorate the worst conditions, in an apparently inevitable process. This title questions this perception by focussing on the process of development, architectural forms, the pattern of ownership, property management and control, and public policy.
In the past, accounts of housing were dominated by the analysis of the problems of slum property at the bottom of the market, and the way in which pub...
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Functionality, Intentionality and Morality
ISBN: 9780762314140 / Angielski / Twarda / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The field of research on affect and emotions in organizations is one that has garnered a great deal of enthusiastic attention and positive regard from scholars and practitioners alike. After little more than 10 years of research, organizational behavior scholars look to emotions as an important determinant of nearly every facet of workplace behaviour. The articles in this volume represent a selection of the best papers presented at the fifth International Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life (which was held in Atlanta, U.S.A, in August 2006), together with invited papers by some of...
The field of research on affect and emotions in organizations is one that has garnered a great deal of enthusiastic attention and positive regard from...
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Multi-Level Issues in Organizations and Time
ISBN: 9780762314348 / Angielski / Twarda / 469 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective. This volume provides scholarly information on multiple level issues in organizations and time.
Presents theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance ...
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Cultural Differences between the Military and Parent Society in Democratic Countries
ISBN: 9780444530240 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a report of cross-national research on the civil-military cultural differences in democratic societies, particularly centred on the attitudes of national elites, here considered as being mainly composed of professionals. The research studies the question: What are the differences between the values, opinions and attitudes of military officers and those of professionals belonging to other categories? What is the effect of these differences on society in each country, and on the national security sector? What are the current trends of this gap? Researchers investigated a sample of...
This book is a report of cross-national research on the civil-military cultural differences in democratic societies, particularly centred on the attit...
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