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Micro-Performance During Postwar Japan’s High-Growth Era
The aim of this book is to analyze Japan's high-growth economy, in particular to clarify the kinds of changes in people’s lives that were generated by high growth. The present volume focuses not on the macro-economic mechanisms that expanded the scale of the economy, but on the micro-economic changes that were effected in everyday life. The emergence of a mass consumption society as a result …
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- 1
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- 978-981-10-0708-8
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- XII, 160
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- Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic History Society, Japan
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Mesoscopic Theories of Heat Transport in Nanosystems
This book presents generalized heat-conduction laws which, from a mesoscopic perspective, are relevant to new applications (especially in nanoscale heat transfer, nanoscale thermoelectric phenomena, and in diffusive-to-ballistic regime) and at the same time keep up with the pace of current microscopic research. The equations presented in the book are compatible with generalized formulations of …
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- 978-3-319-27205-4
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- XIX, 170
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- Series Title SEMA SIMAI Springer Series
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Springer Handbook of Computational Intelligence
We are honored and happy to be able to make available this Springer Handbook of Computational Intelligence, a large and comprehensive account of both the state-ofthe-art of the research discipline, complemented with some historical remarks, main challenges, and perspectives of the future. To follow a predominant tradition, we have divided this Springer Handbook into parts that correspond to …
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- 978-3-662-43505-2
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The Anthroposcene of Weather and Climate : Ethnographic Contributions to the …
While it is widely acknowledged that climate change is among the greatest global challenges of our times, it has local implications too. This volume forefronts these local issues, giving anthropology a voice in this great debate, which is otherwise dominated by natural scientists and policy makers. It shows what an ethnographic focus can offer in furthering our understanding of the lived realit…
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- 9781800732780
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The Global Politics of Jazz in the Twentieth Century: Cultural Diplomacy and …
From the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, jazz was harnessed as America’s "sonic weapon" to promote an image to the world of a free and democratic America. Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and other well-known jazz musicians were sent around the world – including to an array of Communist countries – as "jazz ambassadors" in order to mitigate the negative image associated with dom…
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- 9780429595363
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- 780
Sludge Treatment: and Disposal
"Sludge Treatment and Disposal is the sixth volume in the series Biological Wastewater Treatment. The book covers in a clear and informative way the sludge characteristics, production, treatment (thickening, dewatering, stabilisation, pathogens removal) and disposal (land application for agricultural purposes, sanitary landfills, landfarming and other methods). Environmental and public health i…
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- 9781843391661
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Developing Asian Bondmarkets
The absence of vibrant bondmarkets in East Asia was a significant contributor to the 1997–98 financial crisis. Ever since, the development of local bondmarkets has been a major objective of financial reforms in many East Asian economies. This effort has been frustrated by the inability to reach a consensus on whether Asian bondmarkets are truly needed in East Asia, whether they can be made vi…
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- 9781925021400
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- 650
Sustainable Modernity : The Nordic Model and Beyond
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351765633, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. In the 21st century, Norway, Denmark and Sweden remain the icons of fair societies, with high economic productivity and quality of life. But they are also an enigma in a cultural-evolutiona…
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- 9781351765633
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- 650
Turkey, Migration and The Eu : Potentials, Challenges and Opportunities
In the context of Turkey's accession to the EU, the issue of potential migration from Turkey and its impact upon European labor markets became one of the concerns of the EU, considering Turkey's growing population and young labor force. In 2011, half a century after the bi-lateral agreement between Turkey and Germany on labor recruitment in 1961, migration plays a key role in relations of Turke…
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Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out : kids living and learning with …
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet ther…
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- 978-0-262-01336-9
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- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series in Digital Media and Learning
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- 302.23 ITO h
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