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Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany
“Van der Burg presents an innovative transregional study of Napoleonic governance in the often-overlooked northern periphery of the Empire. This book carefully examines the Empire’s administrative structure in the north, focusing on the heterogeneous community of prefects and subprefects as ‘tools of incorporation’, binding the regions to the central state. His rich comparative analysis…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-66658-3
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- War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
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- XI, 165
E-Cigarettes and the Comparative Politics of Harm Reduction
This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes comparing the UK, US and Australia. Since their introduction, e-cigarettes have been the subject of much public, media and regulatory attention, with discussion centring on whether these devices encourage or discourage smoking. This study delves into the history of policyma…
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- 1
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- 978-3-031-23658-7
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- XIV, 144
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Translation und Exil (1933–1945) III
Translation und Exil (1933–1945) III fragt nach Motiven, Funktionen und Wirkungen von Übersetzungen. Exil wird oft unter dem Stichwort des Verlusts verhandelt und der Exodus von Gelehrten und Künstlerinnen beklagt. Verlässt man diese nationalstaatlich angelegte Betrachtungsweise und untersucht Personen und Gegenstände konsequent aus der Perspektive des Exils, stellt sich heraus, dass der …
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- 1
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- 978-3-7329-9010-8
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- 420
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- Transkulturalität – Translation – Transfer
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- -
Splendors of Quanzhou, Past and Present
This open access book explores the past and present of Quanzhou (Zayton) and the rich diversity and tolerance that kindled Quanzhou’s innovativeness and helped it prosper both commercially and culturally—values that are today being embraced by China’s global trade partners.
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- 978-981-19-8036-7
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- XI, 137
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East-West Dialogue
This Open access book is a collection of interviews published by China News Service, a Beijing-based news agency, in its “West-East Talk” column. It has been divided into five sections: “Mutual Learning Among Civilizations,” “Hot Issues,” “About China,” “Sino-U.S. Relations” and “Cultural Collision”. The interviews are with more than 50 eminent scholars, scientists, poli…
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- 978-981-19-8057-2
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- XV, 363
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- -
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Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance
This open access book charts how South Africa’s gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining. For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world’s largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a syste…
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- 978-981-19-8327-6
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- XIII, 459
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Die Lebenserinnerungen von Carl Patsch
Carl Patsch (*1865 in Kovač/Böhmen, †1945 in Wien) ist einer der Begründer der balkanrömischen Provinzialarchäologie. Im von der k.u.k. Monarchie besetzten und verwalteten Bosnien-Herzegowina diente er der Forschung und Wissenschaftspolitik als Kustos am Bosnisch-Herzegowinischen Landesmuseum (Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine) und als Gründungsdirektor des Bosnisch-Herzegowinischen I…
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- 1
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- 978-3-7329-9326-0
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- 318
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- DigiOst
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Siebenbürgen zwischen Großungarn und dem österreichischen Gesamtstaat
Die Edition des Briefwechsels von Guberniumspräsident Ludwig Folliot von Crenneville und Hofkanzler Franz von Nádasdy umfasst die Jahre 1861 bis 1863. Beide prägten die Politik ihrer Zeit. Ihre Korrespondenz ist eine bemerkenswerte Quelle zu den inneren Mechanismen von Verwaltung und Machtausübung im Habsburgerreich in der Endphase des gesamtstaatlichen Kaisertums Österreich. Mit dem Oktob…
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- 978-3-7329-9325-3
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- 438
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- DigiOst
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Die Ukraine als Objekt russischer Großmachtansprüche
Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.
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- 978-3-7329-8963-8
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- 364
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Emerging States and Economies: Their Origins, Drivers, and Challenges Ahead
This open access book asks why and how some of the developing countries have “emerged” under a set of similar global conditions, what led individual countries to choose the particular paths that led to their “emergence,” and what challenges confront them. If we are to understand the nature of major risks and uncertainties in the world, we must look squarely at the political and economic…
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- 1
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- 9789811326349
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- X, 177hlm,: ill, lamp;
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