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Philosophical Presentations of Raising Children: The Grammar of Upbringing

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book uses contemporary film to articulate a philosophical account of raising children. It forms part of a revaluation of the parent as a pedagogical figure, which stands in contrast to the instrumental accounts dominant in contemporary ‘parenting’ culture. Hodgson and Ramaekers use film in order to offer an...

Digital Humanities and New Ways of Teaching (Digital Culture and Humanities (1))

Springer, 2019

This volume includes a variety of first-hand case studies, critical analyses, action research and reflective practice in the digital humanities which ranges from digital literature, library science, online games, museum studies, information literacy to corpus linguistics in the 21st century. It informs readers of the latest...

Gender and Digital Culture: Between Irreconcilability and the Datalogical

Routledge, 2018

Gender and Digital Culture offers a unique contribution to the theoretical and methodological understandings of digital technology as inherently gendered and classed. The silences within, through and from the systems we experience every day, create inequalities that are deeply affective and constitute very real forms of...

Processing of Green Composites (Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials)

Springer, 2019

This book is a collection of chapters focusing on green composite materials. The selection of natural fibers and polymer matrix materials, and the bonding between them forms an essential aspect of this book. The book discusses the chemical treatment of natural fibers and their compatibility with different matrix materials. The growing...

Aerobic Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids (Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology)

Springer, 2019

This book describes the biochemistry and genetics of aerobic degradation of hydrocarbons and lipids by bacteria and yeasts, as well as the functional genomics of the best-known microorganisms involved in these processes. It forms part of the Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Series, a definitive resource of current knowledge on the...

The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book examines the process of presidentialisation of political parties in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkan countries deserve to be analysed in a comparative perspective due to their distinctive features in terms of processes of democratization, forms of government and institutional assets, the presence of social cleavages (religious,...

The Hypothetical Species: Variables of Human Evolution

Springer, 2019

This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly...

The Politics of Mass Digitization (The MIT Press)

MIT Press, 2019

A new examination of mass digitization as an emerging sociopolitical and sociotechnical phenomenon that alters the politics of cultural memory.

Today, all of us with internet connections can access millions of digitized cultural artifacts from the comfort of our desks. Institutions and individuals add thousands of new...

Throwaway Nation: The Ugly Truth about American Garbage

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019

Americans are burying ourselves in our own waste. It’s befouling our air, land, waters, food, and bodies. The US tosses out enough foodstuff to feed the rest of the world. America is the largest buyer of fashion and cosmetics, the second dirtiest industry in the world. We lead the planet in transportation usage and waste,...

Concise Guide to Object-Oriented Programming: An Accessible Approach Using Java (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Springer, 2019

This engaging textbook provides an accessible introduction to coding and the world of Object-Oriented (OO) programming, using Java as the illustrative programming language. Emphasis is placed on what is most helpful for the first-time coder, in order to develop and understand their knowledge and skills in a way that is relevant and...

Augmented Communication: The Effect of Digital Devices on Face-to-Face Interactions

Palgrave Pivot, 2019

This book explores the ways in which handheld networked devices can be used to enhance and augment interpersonal communication. The author examines in depth how the addition of visual and multimodal input, access to online search engines and the inclusion of participants from distant geographical locations (either synchronously or...

Permanent Revolution: The Reformation and the Illiberal Roots of Liberalism

Harvard University Press, 2019

How did the Reformation, which initially promoted decidedly illiberal positions, end up laying the groundwork for Western liberalism?

The English Reformation began as an evangelical movement driven by an unyielding belief in predestination, intolerance, stringent literalism, political quietism, and...

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