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A Noble Nomad?
Charles III of Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, was one of the highest noblemen of the Low Countries and a foremost patron of the arts and architecture, a military commander and heir to the illustrious Croÿ dynasty. In 1595 he inherited a vast collection of domains and residences, for which he developed…
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União Europeia: Política e Teorização
A União Europeia é uma construção sofisticada, caracterizada por uma singularidade que torna o seu estudo simultaneamente empolgante e desafiador. Com este Manual pretende-se descodificar a complexidade do sistema político da UE, apresentando de forma simples os principais atores e processos de…
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The Birth of Tzu Chi
The Birth of Tzu Chi is a historical series documenting the development of the Tzu Chi Foundation. This book covers its foundational years, detailing how Master Cheng Yen's simple aspiration, "For Buddha's teachings, for all living beings," led to a global movement. This volume documents Tzu Chi's…
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Airline Pilots in the Age of AI
Presenting an empirically rich account of life as a pilot, this book explores the work experience of commercial airline pilots who face existential threat from artificial intelligence. It presents an up-to-date account of how commercial aviation has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and rocked…
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Contesting Translation
Contesting Translation , a celebratory edited volume, honours Professor Mona Baker, one of the most influential scholars in translation, interpreting, and intercultural studies. The 11 original chapters were especially commissioned from scholars who have developed enduring personal, professional…
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La ville jurée
Um Vertrauen und Solidarität zu schaffen und die Bevölkerung zum Gehorsam gegenüber der Obrigkeit zu bewegen, banden die Städte von Konstanz bis Straßburg im Spätmittelalter Bürger und andere Einwohner in Eidesbeziehungen ein. Die Untersuchung der Eidesrituale zeigt zwar, dass die Stadt keine…
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Creative Belonging
China is a multicultural country home to fifty-five ethnic minority groups, yet due to linguistic and cultural barriers many of these groups remain understudied or unknown in the West. The Qiang, one of modern China’s officially recognized ethnic minorities, is also China’s longest-standing…
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Wölfe erzählen. Eine Ethnografie vielartiger Narrative der Lausitz
Lausitz, spring 2000: The first wolf pack establishes itself in the Federal Republic of Germany. A species once eradicated begins to explore a country that has changed profoundly. From the outset, the spread of these large predators is accompanied—and shaped—by narratives. Traditional knowledge…
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Contentious Spaces
The architectural heritage of socialist modernism and conservation in former Eastern Bloc countries. Contentious Spaces explores the heritage of state-socialist architecture and urbanism, examining the socio-political, economic, and cultural processes that shaped these developments. The articles…
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Adult Education in Changing Times
This insightful book explores adult learning at the intersection of a rapidly changing world of work and society, and the personal, lived experiences of individuals navigating these shifts. It illuminates the social dimensions of adult learning in the contemporary era, highlighting the challenges…
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Neoliberalism and Unlawful Governance
Neoliberalism and Unlawful Governance explores how democratic governments continue to exclude and abuse people. It examines the authoritarian roots of neoliberal policies that portray markets as the solution to every single problem and how these policies have been prioritized above democracy, human…
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Financial Crime and the Office of the European Public Prosecutor
This book examines the realities of the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) along with the actual cooperation with other stakeholders in the EU and in the Member States. The protection of financial interests of the European Union is a Treaty obligation bearing equally on…
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The Post-Global City
The Post-Global City seeks to open a new field of analytical inquiry that examines knowledge production and technological developments in urban Africa rooted in local, historical realities, while also partaking in transnational, global processes. This work explores the ways in which urban residents…
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Religion and Ecological Crisis
How and why do religion and spirituality motivate individuals and collectivities in contemporary Asia to engage in environmental action? This question is at the heart of Religion and Ecological Crisis: Responses from Asia . Across nine chapters, the book examines a wide range of environmental…
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Shipping and Commodity Flows in the Late Eighteenth-Century Baltic
This study aims to present a comprehensive overall picture of the late 18th-century shipping and maritime trade in the Baltic Sea area. This is done by constructing systematic quantitative series of its volume and scope. Even its international importance is discussed. The principal data consists of…
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"Destined to Fail"
A little-known fact about the prominent US psychologist and educator Carl E. Seashore (1866–1949) is that he was deeply involved in the American eugenics movement. He was among the US academics to support eugenics long before German Nazis embraced it. A titan in a host of disciplines and a…
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Öl für den Endsieg
Founded in 1941, Kontinentale Öl AG was tasked with exploiting the oil wells of the Caucasus, thereby laying the foundation for the Nazis' dream of ultimate victory. World War II was a war fought with tanks, trucks, and aircraft. Oil was the indispensable basis for the campaigns. The German Reich…
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Prof. Eqrem Çabej në Albanologji dhe në gjuhësinë europiane
Kjo monografi shkencore me qasje të hapur (Open Access), i kushtohet Profesor Eqrem Çabejt, figurës themelore të Albanologjisë të shekullit XX dhe rolit të tij në kontekstin e gjuhësisë europiane dhe indoeuropiane. Vepra paraqet për herë të parë një korpus të rëndësishëm materialesh autentike të…
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Baťas Menschen
Das Schuhunternehmen Baťa produzierte in Zlín preisgünstige Schuhe für den Weltmarkt – und leistungsfähige Menschen. Baťa lockte seine Beschäftigten mit einem Leben in Wohlstand, mit modernen Annehmlichkeiten und einem Ausblick in die weite Welt – und drang weit in ihren Alltag ein. Dabei übertrug…
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Lagos Never Spoils
The slogan “Lagos shall not spoil,” found in print media, political campaigns, and common conversation, represents a shared expression of the optimism the city embodies. However, on city streets the phrase also appears scrawled in irreverent variations—“Lagos cannot spoil more than this!”—that meet…
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