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Acts of Aid: Politics of Relief and Reconstruction in the 1934 Bihar-Nepal Ea…
On 15 January 1934, at around 2.13 p.m. an earthquake struck north India and Nepal.1 In the chronicles of states, popular writers and scientists, the earthquake would be known as ‘the Indian earthquake’,2 ‘the great Indian earthquake’,3 ‘the Bihar–Nepal earthquake’,4 ‘the Bihar earthquake’5 and in Nepal as ‘the Great Earthquake’.6
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- 9781108937160
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- 363.34 MAR a
Academic Brands
The first comprehensive analysis of the emergence of academic brands, this book explores how the modern university is being transformed as it competes in an increasingly global economy of higher education where luxury is replacing access.
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- 9781108881920
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- 346.0482 BIA a
German-Sino Business Networks
In this book, Alexander Häntzschel presents the benefits of organized networks and provides a first-ever overview of German-Sino business networks. Based on more than 20 expert interviews and research of 30 different cases, the analysis covers the different forms of organization, their target groups and members, services and activities, and accessibility and membership fees. Complementary to t…
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- 978-3-319-17857-8
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- XIX, 105
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- 330 HAN g
German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's leading economic and business historians, Werner Plumpe, who places particular emphasis on the institu…
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- 978-1-137-51859-0
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- 337 PLU g
German Domestic and Foreign Policy
This volume analyses current German domestic and foreign policy debates of international relevance. By reflecting their contemporary historical background and discussing the logic behind the different positions in a dispute, the author considers issues such as whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear headscarves, fears about immigration, the predominance of either a single national cultur…
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- 978-3-662-47928-5
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- X, 246
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- 351.819 GER
Educational technology and pedagogic encounters : democratic education in pot…
This book looks at some of the underlying theories of educational technology (means), and ways in which this technology is guided in practice (ends). The authors are intent on producing ends that prepare students to undertake new analyses and evaluations that can result in new possibilities for democratic action. Emphasis is on their understanding of and position within educational technology -…
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- 9789463005456
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- ix, 132 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 371.3342
Educational technology and polycontextual bridging
Technology has become ubiquitous in nearly every contemporary situation, while digital media have acquired considerable importance in the lives of young people. Alongside their interest in digital media, schooling constitutes a core component of the life of children and adolescents. This book is motivated by a pressing need to come to grips with the dilemmas caused by an apparent clash of learn…
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- xiv, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 371.334
Geospatial Technologies and Geography Education in a Changing World
This book is an initiative presented by the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. It focuses particularly on what has been learned from geospatial projects and research from the past decades of implementing geospatial technologies (GST) in formal and informal education. The objective of this publication is to inform an international audience of teachers, …
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- 978-4-431-55518-6
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- XXI, 221
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- 371.307 GEO
A Sociology of Transnational Constitutions: Social Foundations of the Post-Na…
This book is the second in a series of volumes intended to provide a broad sociological analysis of the foundations of constitutional law.
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- 9781139833905
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- 342 THO s
Educator to educator : unpacking and repacking generative concepts in social …
Thinking and learning are based on powerful concepts -- ideas that identify, but also provoke and challenge. This collection is designed to ignite discussions among educators and learners at all levels about social studies concepts that generate curiosity, passion, and a sense of who we are and could be in this world. Contributors to this book, drawn from across the educational field, have focu…
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- 9789462099869
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- xiv, 227 pages
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- 300.71
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