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Bats (Chiroptera) as Vectors of Diseases and Parasites: Facts and Myths (Parasitology Research Monographs)

Springer, 2013

This book gathers contributions by 16 international authors on the phenomenon “bats,” shedding some light on their morphology, the feeding behaviors (insects, fruits, blood) of different groups, their potential and confirmed transmissions of agents of diseases, their endo- and ectoparasites, as well as countless myths surrounding...

Queering Transcultural Encounters: Bodies, Image, and Frenchness in Latin America and North Africa (Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

In a highly original and interdisciplinary work bridging French and Francophone studies, cultural studies, media studies, and gender and sexuality studies, Luis Navarro-Ayala examines the transnational queer body as a physical and symbolic entity intrinsically connected with space. Through a transcultural and intersectional approach to...

Global Outsourcing Discourse: Exploring Modes of IT Governance (Technology, Work and Globalization)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

The aim of this book is to investigate the discursive power of two original, theoretical lenses when applied to real outsourcing arrangements and phenomena. The Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Foucauldian perspectives are brought to bear on five outsourcing relationships in order to test the application of these discourses...

Heaven Is Empty: A Cross-Cultural Approach to

SUNY Press, 2018

In the past few decades, discussions on the role of religion in shaping the interconnections of politics, society, and culture have acquired a particular urgency. Since the end of the Cold War, after 9/11, and even more so with the surge of IS, religion has come to occupy a central position in discourses on the...

African Americans and Africa: A New History

Yale University Press, 2019

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent

What is an “African American” and how does this identity relate to the African continent? Rising immigration levels, globalization, and the United States’ first African American president...

The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture (Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research)

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

A multidisciplinary, authoritative outline of the current intellectual landscape of the field.

Over the past three decades, the term ‘diaspora’ has been featured in many research studies and in wider theoretical debates in areas such as communications, the humanities, social sciences, politics, and...

The Politics of Operations: Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

Duke University Press, 2019

In The Politics of Operations Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics through operations that enable the extraction and exploitation of mineral resources, labor, data, and cultures. They show how capital—which they theorize as a direct political actor—operates...

Developing Websites with jQuery Mobile

Focal Press, 2011

This short ebook takes a deep dive into jQuery for mobile development. While jQuery is one of the most popular frameworks used to build out complex Web pages you can now use the jQuery Mobile framework and jQuery itself to add complexity and richness to your pages. Go beyond the core of jQuery Find out how to work with navbars,...

Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.

Gootenberg traces cocaine's history from its origins as a medical commodity in the nineteenth century to its repression during...

Global Networking, Communication and Culture: Conflict or Convergence?: Spread of ICT, Internet Governance, Superorganism Humanity and Global Culture (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control)

Springer, 2018

Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers detailed insights into the empirical relationships between overall social key figures of states and cultures in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) (digital divide/inequality), the economy, education and religion. Its goal is to bridge the ‘cultural...

Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture: Enriching Confucianism with Constructivism

Springer, 2019

This book provides a refreshing look at kindergarten teachers’ practical knowledge and their context-specific reasoning of the usefulness of constructivism from a culturally emic perspective. Examining the similarities and differences between constructivism and Confucianism from both instructional and moral perspectives, it provides a...

MySQL 8 Administrator's Guide: Effective guide to administering high-performance MySQL 8 solutions

Packt Publishing, 2018

Step by step guide to monitor, manage, and secure your database engine

Key Features

Your companion to master all the administration-related tasks in MySQL 8

Ensure high performance and high availability of your MySQL solution using effective replication and backup...

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