Common law, civil law, and colonial law : essays in comparative legal history…

Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law builds upon the legal historian F.W. Maitland's famous observation that history involves comparison, and that those who ignore every system but their own 'hardly came in sight of the idea of legal history'. The extensive introduction addresses the intellectual challenges posed by comparative approaches to legal history. This is followed by twelve essays d…

Terrestrial mammal conservation : global evidence for the effects of interven…

Terrestrial Mammal Conservation provides a thorough summary of the available scientific evidence of what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of all of the conservation actions for wild terrestrial mammals across the world (excluding bats and primates, which are covered in separate synopses). Actions are organized into categories based on the International Union for Conservation of …

The altering eye : contemporary international cinema

The Altering Eye covers a "golden age" of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s. Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, Kolker develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figu…

Storytelling in Northern Zambia: theory, method, practice and other necessary…

Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers the…

Better work : the impact of automation, flexibilization and intensification o…

This is an Open Access book. How can we make work better? It is an important question, one that the Dutch government, employers’ organizations and trade unions have been grappling with. People work to make money. But work also inspires self-respect, shapes our identity and gives us a sense of belonging – especially when the work we do is good. Good work is essential to prosperity in the bro…

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9786024960926

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xii, 287 p . ; 21 cm

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593.6598 5 ALI j

Milenial literasi damai : tentang literasi, milenial, dan Indonesia

Buku antologi berjudul Milenial Literasi Damai : Tentang Literasi, Milenial, dan Indonesia merupakan bentuk kepedulian generasi muda terhadap peningkatan budaya literasi bangsa. Dengan tema-tema yang disuguhkan rasanya kita diajak berselancar dengan pemikiran dan gagasan milineal tentang literasi agama, literasi gender, literasi politik, literasi lingkungan, dan literasi digital.

New libraries in old buildings creative reuse

This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability …

The Japanese automotive industry: model and challenge for the future?

As the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies reflected on the deteriorating position of the domestic auto industry in the fall of 1980, and the strong competitive threat being posed by the Japanese automakers, we were struck by the extraordinary low quality of the public discussion of these critical issues. The national importance of the issues seemed only matched by the superficia…

Verbal and visual strategies in nonfiction picturebooks: theoretical and anal…

This edited volume presents new approaches to better understand how knowledge is presented verbally and visually in children’s and young adult nonfiction picturebooks. Nonfiction for children and young adults has existed alongside fiction ever since the very first texts for children appeared. However, in the field of children’s literature, there are few critical, theoretical and analytical …