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Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book sheds light on the history of Greek eugenics during the post-war period. At this time, eugenics had already been condemned by international declarations. Alexandra Barmpouti, however, challenges the assumption that eugenics disappeared and confirms the continuity of eugenics after the Second World War. She looks at the Greek...

Stress and Suffering at Work: The Role of Culture and Society

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This edited collection explores different strands of social constructionist theory and methods to provide a critique of the prevailing discourse of work stress, and introduces a radical new approach to conceptualizing suffering at work. Over the last three decades, stress and other forms of suffering at work...

Smart Intelligent Computing and Applications: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on SCI 2018, Volume 1 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 104)

Springer, 2018

The proceedings covers advanced and multi-disciplinary research on design of smart computing and informatics. The theme of the book broadly focuses on various innovation paradigms in system knowledge, intelligence and sustainability that may be applied to provide realistic solution to varied problems in society, environment and...

Highs and Lows of European Integration: Sixty Years After the Treaty of Rome

Springer, 2018

In light of Europe’s prolonged state of crisis, this book reassesses the challenges and prospects of the European integration process. Scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on various types of integration by analyzing political, economic and sociological variables, while also taking legal...

Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion

Oxford University Press, 2019

What is love's real aim? Why is it so ruthlessly selective in its choice of loved ones? Why do we love at all?

In addressing these questions, Simon May develops a radically new understanding of love as the emotion we feel towards whomever or whatever we experience as grounding our life--as offering us a possibility of...

Smart Tourism as a Driver for Culture and Sustainability: Fifth International Conference IACuDiT, Athens 2018 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

Springer, 2019

This book explores the latest developments in the field of smart tourism, focusing in particular on the important cultural and sustainability synergies that have emerged during the digital era. The aim is to elucidate how ICTs can promote innovation and creativity in the tourism and leisure sector in ways that take into account cultural and...

Urban Planning and Development in China and Other East Asian Countries

Springer, 2018

This book examines urban development and its role in planning in China and other Asian cities. Starting with a substantial narrative on the history, development philosophy, and urban form of ancient Asian cities, it then identifies the characteristics of urban society and different phases of development history. It then discusses urbanization...

Transport and Town Planning: The City in Search of Sustainable Development (Science, Society and New Technoogies)

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

In a context where climate change urgently requires us to alter our paradigms, this book explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment.

Based on the observation that urban planning has been detrimentally affected by the compartmentalization of...

Try Common Sense: Replacing the Failed Ideologies of Right and Left

W W Norton, 2019

Award-winning author Philip K. Howard lays out the blueprint for a new American society.

In this brief and powerful book, Philip K. Howard attacks the failed ideologies of both parties and proposes a radical simplification of government to re-empower Americans in their daily choices. Nothing will make...

Linear Algebra and Geometry (AMS/MAA Textbooks)

American Mathematical Society, 2019

Linear Algebra and Geometry is organized around carefully sequenced problems that help students build both the tools and the habits that provide a solid basis for further study in mathematics. Requiring only high school algebra, it uses elementary geometry to build the beautiful edifice of results and methods that make linear algebra such an...

History of Japan: A brief history of Japan - the Land of the Rising Sun

Independent Publishers Group, 2019

The interminable history of Japan is a fascinating tale of perseverance and hardship but also of beauty, art, and triumph.Japanese culture, way of life, and other aspects of the society draw in a lot of interest from folks all over the world, and this country has become something of a focal point for many connoisseurs of popular...

The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

Basic Books, 2019

The epic story, ultimate big history, and "remarkable intellectual achievement" (Quarterly Review of Biology) describing how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species

If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory...

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