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A Key to Dutch History : The Cultural Canon of the Netherlands
Many people know the stories behind the tulip mania in the 17th century and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-p…
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- 9789048508068
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- 228p : ill.
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- 949.2 SLI k
Dissecting the criminal corpse : staging post-execution punishment in early m…
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crim…
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- 9781137582492
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- 312p. : ill.
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- 364.66094209033 ELI d
Seeing the city digitally
This book explores what's happening to ways of seeing urban spaces in the contemporary moment, when so many of the technologies through which cities are visualised are digital. Cities have always been pictured, in many media and for many different purposes. This edited collection explores how that picturing is changing in an era of digital visual culture. Analogue visual technologies like film …
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- 9789048551927
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- 307.76 SEE
Postdramatic dramaturgies : resonances between Asia and Europe
This book compiles lectures by the world's leading practitioners of postdramatic theatre from East Asia and the German-speaking world, which were given at Asia's only dramaturgy degree program at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing 2018/19. It includes first-time English-language scripts of the discussed plays. The material is complemented by contextualizing essays by the program founder Li…
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- Edisi 9
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- 9783839459973
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- xi; ill; 308 p.
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- 792.095 TUC p
Restored order : subordination and freedom in 1 Peter
The concept of subordination plays a prominent role in the paranesis of 1 Peter, and it appears too in the context of Christ’s victory over the cosmic powers. It seems to presuppose some kind of given natural and social order in which people must live in their allotted place. But the author also sees his readers’ subordination as conditioned by their status as free people, which he expounds…
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- Edisi 9
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- 9781433192425
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- xi; 338 p.
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- 227.9206 CAR r
Context in literary and cultural studies
Context in Literary and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary volume that deals with the challenges of studying works of art and literature in their historical context today. The relationship between artworks and context has long been a central concern for aesthetic and cultural disciplines, and the question of context has been asked anew in all eras. Developments in contemporary culture and…
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- 9781787356245
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- xv, 210 p. ill;
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- 809 CON J
Learning, philosophy, and African citizenship
This open access book discusses and addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as theoretically discussed and practically experie…
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- 9783030948825
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- XIII, 221 p ; ill
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- 370.115 LEA
Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms : Building an…
This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of develo…
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- 9783030570392
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- viii, 198 p.
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- 370.116 IMP F
Learning to diagnose with simulations : examples from teacher education and m…
This open access book presents 8 novel approaches to measure and improve diagnostic competences with simulation. The book compares the effects of interventions on these diagnostic competences in both teacher and medical education. It includes analyses showing that important aspects of diagnostic competences and effects of instructional interventions aiming to facilitate them are comparable for …
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- 5
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- 978-3-030-89147-3
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- vi; 157p;
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- 616.075 LEA F
Political science at the LSE : a history of the Department of Government, fro…
This monograph traces the emergence and evolution of the LSE Government Department from 1895 to 2020, focusing on the personalities that guided the development of the Department, the social and political contexts the Department existed within, its research agenda and course structure, and the location of the Department in British politics. It also charts the evolution of the discipline of polit…
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- 9781914481055
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- vii, 181 p. ill
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- 330 POL B
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