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Why only us language and evolution
"We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language--'the language faculty'--raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved. This boo…
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- 9780262333351
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- 1 online resource (215 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
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Ecuador's environmental revolutions ecoimperialists ecodependents, and ecores…
An account of the movement for sustainable development in Ecuador through four eras: movement origins, neoliberal boom, neoliberal bust, and citizens' revolution.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Ageism stereotyping and prejudice against older persons
Revised edition of Ageism, c2002.Current research and theory from a range of disciplines on ageism, discussing issues from elder abuse to age discrimination against workers, revised and updated.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- Second edition.
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- 9780262339742
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- 1 online resource (viii, 365 pages) :illustrations
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Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups
How to focus anti-hunger efforts not on charity but on the root causes of food insecurity, improving public health, and reducing income inequality.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262339513
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages).
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Progress and confusion the state of macroeconomic policy
Leading economists consider the shape and future of economic policy: Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus or contend with the post-crisis "new normal"? Have we made progress with addressing the major issues or does confusion remain in today's economic environment? Chapters address topics that range from the measurement of systemic risk to foreign exchange intervention.OCLC-licensed vendor bi…
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- 9780262333450
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- 1 online resource (vii, 304 pages) :illustrations
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Order without design how markets shape cities
"This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. By contrast, urban economists review decisions and outcomes after the fact, often publishing their conclusions in spec…
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The Cultural Nature of Attachment: Contextualizing Relationships and Development
Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children's attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342872
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- 1 online resource (xi, 429 pages).
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Promises of the political nsurgent cities in a post-political environment
The possibility of a new emancipatory and democratizing politics, explored through the lens of recent urban insurgencies . In Promises of the Political , Erik Swyngedouw explores whether progressive and emancipatory politics is still possible in a post-political era. Activists and scholars have developed the concept of post-politicization to describe the process by which "the political" is repl…
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- 9780262347471
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- 1 online resource (232 pages)
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Carbon capture
A concise overview of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), a promising but overlooked climate change mitigation pathway.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262348867
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Performing Image
An examination of how artists have combined performance and moving image for decades, anticipating our changing relation to images in the internet era. In Performing Image, Isobel Harbison examines how artists have combined performance and moving image in their work since the 1960s, and how this work anticipates our changing relations to images since the advent of smart phones and the spread of…
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- 9780262039215
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