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American Nightmare: Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism
Explaining the Donald Trump phenomenon is a challenge that will occupy critical theorists of U.S. politics for years to come. Firstly, Donald Trump won the Republican primary contest and is now a contender in the U.S. Presidential Election because he is the master of media spectacle, which he has deployed to create resonant images of himself in his business career, in his effort to become a cel…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-6300-788-7
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- VIII, 110
- Series Title
- Transgressions
- Call Number
- 370 KEL a
American League Franchises: Team Performances Inspire Business Success
This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the American League, their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as competitive, popular, and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific information and relevant demographic, economic, and financial data, this brief will highlight when and how well these ML…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-25996-3
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- XX, 129
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Economics
- Call Number
- 338.9 JOZ a
American Jewish Year Book 2014: The Annual Record of the North American Jewis…
This book, in its 114th year, provides insight into major trends in the North American Jewish communities, examining the recently completed Pew Report (A Portrait of Jewish American), gender in American Jewish life, national and Jewish communal affairs and the US and world Jewish population. It also acts as an important resource with lists of Jewish Institutions, Jewish periodicals and academic…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-09623-0
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- XVIII, 923
- Series Title
- American Jewish Year Book
- Call Number
- 304.6 AME a
American Circumstance
This is a novel about appearance versus reality – how our lives and relationships appear to others versus how they are experienced, and the complex ways that social class shapes identity, relationships, and the codes of friendship. American Circumstance also provides a window into the replication of wealth, power, and privilege. The novel can be used as supplemental reading in courses across …
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-6300-576-0
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- XXII, 166
- Series Title
- Social Fictions Series
- Call Number
- 370 LEA a
Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music
Recontextualized: A Framework for Teaching English with Music is a book that can benefit any English teacher looking for creative approaches to teaching reading, writing, and critical thinking. Providing theoretically-sound, classroom-tested practices, this edited collection not only offers accessible methods for including music into your lesson plans, but also provides a framework for thinking…
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- 978-94-6300-606-4
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- -
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- 370
Direct Licensing and the Music Industry How Technology, Innovation and Compet…
This book discusses the economics of the music industry in the context of the changing landscape brought about by innovation, technological change, and rapid digitization. The ability of digital technology to reduce the transaction costs of music copyright licensing has all but destroyed the traditional media business models of incumbent Performance Rights Organizations (PROs), music publishers…
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- 9783319176536
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- xxv, 293 pages
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- Call Number
- 346.0482
Production Ergonomics : Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Perfo…
Production ergonomics – the science and practice of designing industrial workplaces to optimize human well-being and system performance – is a complex challenge for a designer. Humans are a valuable and flexible resource in any system of creation, and as long as they stay healthy, alert and motivated, they perform well and also become more competent over time, which increases their value as…
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- 330 BER p
Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability : A Political Economy Analysis
Food price volatility is one of the major challenges facing current and future global food systems. Since 2006, global food prices have fluctuated greatly around an increasing trend and price spikes were observed for key food commodities such as rice, wheat, and maize. The full or partial transmission of these global food price changes to individual developing countries, together with domestic …
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- 9780191788017
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- -
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- 330 FOO
Altruism, Welfare and the Law
This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even ap…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-21605-8
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- IX, 82
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Law
- Call Number
- 340.1 FOS a
Alternative Types of Roundabouts: An Informational Guide
This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alter…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-09084-9
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- XIV, 206
- Series Title
- Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
- Call Number
- 307.2 TOL a
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