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Placing empire : travel and the social imagination in imperial japan
Placing Empire examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. In a departure from standard histories of Japan, this book shows how debates over the place of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation. In turn,…
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- edision 18
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- 9780520967236
- Collation
- xiii. ;ill. :245 p.
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- -
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- 306.4819089956051. PLA m
Operationalisation of hybrid peacebuilding in Asia : from theory to practice
This open access book explores common critiques in the literature of hybrid peacebuilding, especially the lack of connection between hybridity in theory and practice. Through using a complexity-informed framework, the foundation for introducing the mid-space actor typology is established. Mid-space actors as insider-partial mediators are perceived to be vital agents for peace processes in confl…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030677589
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- xix, 203p. : ill.
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- -
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- 327.17209596 OPE o
Early printed music and material culture in Central and Western Europe
This book presents a varied and nuanced analysis of the dynamics of the printing, publication, and trade of music in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries across Western and Northern Europe. Chapters consider dimensions of music printing in Britain, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy, showing how this area of inquiry can engage a wide range of cultural, hist…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429342844
- Collation
- XXI, 333 p.
- Series Title
- Music and Material Culture
- Call Number
- 070.5794094 EAR e
How the world changed social media
How the World Changed Social Media is the first book in Why We Post, a book series that investigates the findings of nine anthropologists who each spent 15 months living in communities across the world. This book offers a comparative analysis summarising the results of the research and exploring the impact of social media on politics and gender, education and commerce. What is the result of the…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781910634493
- Collation
- XXIV, 262 p.
- Series Title
- Why We Post
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- 302.23 HOW h
A scholarly inquiry into disciplinary practices in educational institutions
This book is a collection of chapters based on original research dealing with issues of discipline and disciplinary practices in educational institutions. The aim of the book is to provide a scholarly and scientific perspective on the current state of discipline and disciplinary practices in schools and tertiary education settings. The issue of discipline is investigated from diverse paradigmat…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781928523154
- Collation
- XXXIII, 326 p.
- Series Title
- NWU Education and Human Rights in Diversity Series, 2
- Call Number
- 370 ASC a
Research integration using dialogue methods
Research on real-world problems—like restoration of wetlands, the needs of the elderly, effective disaster response and the future of the airline industry—requires expert knowledge from a range of disciplines, as well as from stakeholders affected by the problem and those in a position to do something about it. This book charts new territory in taking a systematic approach to research integ…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921536755
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- ix, 165p. : ill.
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- -
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- 001.4 MCD r
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