The Invention of Heterosexual Culture

Originally published by Editions Autrement in 2008 as: L'invention de la culture h?et?erosexuelle.The rise of heterosexual culture and the resistance it met from feudal lords, church fathers, and the medical profession.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Traversing Digital Babel: Information, E-Government, and Exchange

A groundbreaking approach to information sharing among government agencies: using selective incentives to “nudge” them to exchange information assets. The computer systems of government agencies are notoriously complex. New technologies are piled on older technologies, creating layers that call to mind an archaeological dig. Obsolete programming languages and closed mainframe designs off…

In peril of his life

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388 p. : 21 cm,Translation of La corde au cou

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The History of the Jews : from the earliest period to the present time

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Dick Leslie's luck : a story of shipwreck and adventure

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Fifteen years of a drunkard's life; a melodrama in three acts

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The lady of La Garaye

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Double Dividend: Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform in the United States

"Energy utilization, especially from fossil fuels, creates hidden costs in the form of pollution and environmental damages. The costs are well documented but are hidden in the sense that they occur outside the market, are not reflected in market prices, and are not taken into account by energy users. Double Dividend presents a novel method for designing environmental taxes that correct market p…

Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder's Work in Neuroscience

How forty years of research on thirty neurons in the stomach of a lobster has yielded valuable insights for the study of the human brain.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life

How sharing the mundane details of daily life did not start with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube but with pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books. Social critiques argue that social media have made us narcissistic, that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are all vehicles for me-promotion. In The Qualified Self , Lee Humphreys offers a different view. She shows that sharing the mundan…