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America's Urban Future: Lessons from North of the Border
In this book, urban experts Tomalty and Mallach show how Canada, a country similar to the US in many respects, has fostered healthier urban centers and more energy‑ and resource‑efficient suburban growth. They call for a rethinking of US public policies across those areas and look closely at what may be achievable at federal, state, and local levels in light of both the constraints and oppo…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-61091-597-7
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- VIII, 300
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- Call Number
- 307.2 TOM 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
- Collation
- XVIII, 923
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- American Jewish Year Book
- Call Number
- 304.6 AME 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
- Collation
- XIV, 206
- Series Title
- Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
- Call Number
- 307.2 TOL a
Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism: Islam’s Special Role in Restor…
At the present time, when so-called Islamic radicalism, terrorism and Jihadism occupy major media space, with Islam often depicted as the main culprit, the book attempts a tour de force. It proposes that Islam is as much victim as culprit in the history that has led to the current hostility. This is because the common claims of both mainstream and radical Islam that Islam represents the high po…
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- 978-3-319-15548-7
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- -
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- 306.6
Reclaiming Education: Moving Beyond the Culture of Reform
This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a “product.” By using Paulo Freire’s fundamental principle of understanding “education as the practice of freedom,” and expanding upon it with bell hooks’ own spirit…
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- 978-1-137-38843-8
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- -
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- 306.43
The Impact of Religiosity on Fertility
The work investigates the impact of religiosity of women and men on their completed fertility in an international comparison considering a long time period. Sandra Hubert aims at uncovering all mechanisms through which religiosity and religious institutions can affect fertility. Hence, both the micro- and the macro-level of each country are explicitly integrated, and theoretically as well as…
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- 978-3-658-07008-3
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- XIV, 283
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Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualitiesf
This volume provides researchers and scholars with a broad overview of the contributions of social psychologists and sociologists to the study of sexual relationships and sexual expression across the life course. These contributions include analyses of the dynamics of several types of contemporary sexual relationships – e.g., short-term, long-term non-exclusive, and committed. Chapters analy…
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- 978-3-319-17340-5
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- XIII, 472
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- -
- Call Number
- 320 HAN
Sociocultural Systems Principles of Structure and Change
Macrosociology—the study of large-scale social structures and the fundamental principles of social organization—was the style of sociology practiced by the founders of the discipline. Today, the social theories of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, and Herbert Spencer (among others) are commonly studied as part of the history of the field, but, although the macrosociological approach th…
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- 9781927356203.01
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- 6 x 9, 404 pages
Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America
This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. It examines the developments of the past twenty years, such as a renewed upswing in popular mobilization, the ending of violent conflicts and military governments, new struggles and a relatively more democratic climate. It shows that, from south…
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- 978-94-017-9911-9
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- X, 381
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- -
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Microsensing Networks for Sustainable Cities
This book explores the microsensing technologies and systems now available to monitor the quality of air and water within the urban environment and examines their role in the creation of sustainable cities against the background of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization. The opening section addresses the theoretical and conceptual background of microsensing networks. The coverage includes d…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-28357-9
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- XIV, 339
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- Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation
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- -
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