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  • Global Semiotics Global Semiotics
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    Global Semiotics

    The study of semiotics underwent a gradual but radical paradigm shift during the past century, from a glottocentric (language-centered) enterprise to one that encompasses the whole terrestrial biosphere. In this collection of 17 essays, Thomas A. Sebeok,...
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  • Existential Semiotics Existential Semiotics
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    Existential Semiotics

    Existential semiotics involves an a priori state of signs and their fixation into objective entities. These essays define this new philosophical field.
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  • HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting
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    HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting

    HDTV and the Transition to Digital Broadcasting bridges the gap between non-technical personnel (management and creative) and technical by giving you a working knowledge of digital television technology, a clear understanding of the challenges of HDTV...
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  • The MPEG Handbook The MPEG Handbook
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    The MPEG Handbook

    A complete, professional 'bible' on all aspects of audio and video compression using MPEG technology, including the MPEG-4 standard and, in this second edition, H-264. The clarity of explanation and depth of technical detail combine to make this book an...
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  • Das Geld Und Bankwesen In Preussen (1846) Das Geld Und Bankwesen In Preussen (1846)
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    Das Geld Und Bankwesen In Preussen (1846)

    Das Buch ""Das Geld und Bankwesen in Preu�����en (1846)"" von Carl Julius Bergius besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Geld- und Bankwesen im Preu�����en des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der Autor beleuchtet dabei die historischen Entwicklungen, die zu den bestehenden...
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  • Regional Security Dialogue in the Middle East Regional Security Dialogue in the Middle East
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    Regional Security Dialogue in the Middle East

    At this time of considerable political turmoil in the Middle East, there is a pressing need to explore alternative frameworks for regional security. The book discusses the Helsinki Process as one potentially relevant historical model to learn from. The...
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  • Researching Terrorism, Peace and Conflict Studies Researching Terrorism, Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Researching Terrorism, Peace and Conflict Studies

    This book examines potential synergies between the fields of Terrorism Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies. The volume presents theoretically- and empirically-informed contributions, which shed light on whether the two fields can inform each other on...
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  • The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction
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    The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction

    The Aesthetics of Middlebrow Fiction examines the critically acclaimed, popular novels that were labeled "middlebrow" in the US during the Cold War. This period saw a vogue for the term 'middlebrow,' with articles on the topic in magazines like Harper's a
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  • The Levant in Turmoil The Levant in Turmoil
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    The Levant in Turmoil

    Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration. In the sub-region of the Levant, regional uprisings have turned to violent...
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  • The Globalization of Asian Cuisines The Globalization of Asian Cuisines
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    The Globalization of Asian Cuisines

    A collection of historical and ethnographic accounts, The Globalization of Asian Cuisines uses extensive empirical research to describe the increasingly transnational organization of culinary fields, multicultural culinary contact zones, and state-led...
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  • Understanding Geography and War Understanding Geography and War
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    Understanding Geography and War

    By delving into the history of geopolitics and bringing us up to date with cutting-edge case studies looking at infrastructure, terrain, and maps, this book will dispel simplistic and misleading notions about the nature of how humans interact with the...
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  • Creatural Fictions Creatural Fictions
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    Creatural Fictions

    This volume explores how twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary texts engage with relationships between humans and other animals. Written by forward-thinking early-career scholars, as well as established experts in the field, the chapters discuss...
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  • Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia
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    Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia

    Considering Asian cities ranging from Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok to Hanoi, Nanjing and Seoul, this collection discusses the socio-political processes of how neoliberalization entwines with local political economies and legacies of 'developmental' or...
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  • Tourist Activities in Multimodal Texts Tourist Activities in Multimodal Texts
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    Tourist Activities in Multimodal Texts

    The book is devoted to the analysis of promotional material of tourist activities on tourism websites, including walking, dining, and visiting natural and cultural heritage sights, as instances of multimodal texts through a case study of Croatian and...
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  • Friendship and International Relations Friendship and International Relations
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    Friendship and International Relations

    Every form of social community involves friendship. When we look around, international politics presents us with numerous examples. We may cite the 'Franco-German friendship', the Anglo-American 'special relationship', and the former 'Sino-Soviet...
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  • Consumption, Media and the Global South Consumption, Media and the Global South
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    Consumption, Media and the Global South

    What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses? This book looks at the media representation of consumer culture in Africa, China, Brazil and India through case studies ranging from...
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  • New Technologies in Developing Societies New Technologies in Developing Societies
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    New Technologies in Developing Societies

    New technologies may have transformed human societies, but not much has been written on how they are impacting people in Africa and other developing regions, in terms of how they use technology to enhance their socioeconomic conditions in everyday life...
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  • American Empire and the Arsenal of Entertainment American Empire and the Arsenal of Entertainment
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    American Empire and the Arsenal of Entertainment

    The concept of 'Soft Power' is used to discuss how culture can assert dominance within international relations, but what if entertainment could be used as a weapon itself? Despite recent upheavals like the worldwide financial meltdown and the Arab Spring,
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  • The Transition of Global Order The Transition of Global Order
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    The Transition of Global Order

    This study looks at the underlying foundations of global order, putting aside mainstream institutionalist approaches in showing how China and the US are engaged in an intense process of contestation and renegotiation of an institutionalized order that...
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  • Exploring Communication Theory Exploring Communication Theory
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    Exploring Communication Theory

    Continuing its engaging and readable approach, this second edition presents an overview of the major theories within the discipline of communication studies inclusive of the three major paradigms of social scientific, interpretive, and critical.Each...
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  • Discursos, Volume 1... Discursos, Volume 1...
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    Discursos, Volume 1...

    Discursos es una obra literaria escrita por varios autores que trata temas diversos. Este primer volumen incluye los discursos más interesantes de destacables profesionales en el ámbito de la literatura y la comunicación. Este libro es obligatorio para...
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  • The Pro-democracy Protests in China The Pro-democracy Protests in China
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    The Pro-democracy Protests in China

    The mass protests that erupted in China during the spring of 1989 were not confined to Beijing and Shanghai. Cities and towns across the great breadth of China were engulfed by demonstrations, which differed regionally in content and tone: the complaints...
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  • Preaching as Reminding Preaching as Reminding
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    Preaching as Reminding

    We know of the preacher's roles as both teacher and proclaimer, but Jeffrey Arthurs adds another assignment: the Lord's remembrancer. With decades of preaching experience, he explains how to stir the memory of Christ-followers, fanning the flames of...
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  • Convergent Journalism Convergent Journalism
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    Convergent Journalism

    Convergence is happening around the world. It represents a new form of reporting and may well be the future for journalism. Full convergence involves a radical change in approach and mindset among journalists and their managers. It involves a shared...
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  • Gatewatching Gatewatching
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    Gatewatching

    Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production is the first comprehensive study of the latest wave of online news publications. The book investigates the collaborative publishing models of key news Websites, ranging from the worldwide Indymedia...
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  • Lights, Camera, Campaign! Lights, Camera, Campaign!
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    Lights, Camera, Campaign!

    Television sets the tone for American political advertising through paid advertisements, the nightly news, and even late-night talk shows. This anthology explores the reality of political advertising in the media - the impact of negative ads, what...
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  • When Death Goes Pop When Death Goes Pop
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    When Death Goes Pop

    Scholars, educators, health professionals, and activists from a variety of fields have struggled with one of the most significant questions of contemporary life: How do we rescue the experience of death and dying from the mire of fear, denial, and...
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  • Living Without the Screen Living Without the Screen
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    Living Without the Screen

    Living Without the Screen provides an in-depth study of those American families and individuals who opt not to watch television, exploring the reasons behind their choices, discussing their beliefs about television, and examining the current...
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  • Asheville Asheville
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    Asheville

    Asheville, North Carolina, grew from humble beginnings as a hamlet for local livestock handlers to become one of the most culturally and artistically diverse cities in the South. The city experienced a quick rise to prosperity in the late 19th century...
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  • Debating Political Reform in China Debating Political Reform in China
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    Debating Political Reform in China

    The growing disconnect between China's market-oriented economy with its emerging civil society, and the brittle, anacronistic, and authoritarian state has given rise to intense discussion and debate about political reform, not only by Western observers,...
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  • Ideas and Art in Asian Civilizations Ideas and Art in Asian Civilizations
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    Ideas and Art in Asian Civilizations

    This work covers topics related to the exercise of influence by individuals and groups within organizations. It includes an introductory group of articles dealing with the nature of influence processes and power.  With more than two-thirds fresh...
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  • Japan Pop Japan Pop
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    Japan Pop

    A fascinating illustrated look at various forms of Japanese popular culture: pop song, jazz, enka (a popular ballad genre of music), karaoke, comics, animated cartoons, video games, television dramas, films and "idols" -- teenage singers and actors. As...
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  • The Sino-American Alliance The Sino-American Alliance
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    The Sino-American Alliance

    This study provides an analysis of the role the United States alliance with Nationalist China played in US strategy to contain first the Sino-Soviet alliance and then China during the 1950s and 1960s.
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  • The Jews of China The Jews of China
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    The Jews of China

    This interdisciplinary study examines patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately AD 1100 to 1949.
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  • The Kingdom of Armenia The Kingdom of Armenia
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    The Kingdom of Armenia

    While the majority of contemporary works on Armenia concentrate on the modern era, The Kingdom of Armenia takes its beginning in the third century BC, with the ancient literate peoples of Mesopotamia who had commercial interests in the land of Armenia,...
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  • Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan
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    Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan

    Although local neighborhood associations are found in many countries, Japan's are distinguished by their ubiquity, scope of activities, and very high participation rates, making them important for the study of society and politics. Most Japanese belong...
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  • The Japanese Family The Japanese Family
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    The Japanese Family

    This book explores how the relationship between child and parent develops in Japan, from the earliest point in a child's life, through the transition from family to the wider world, first to playschools and then schools. It shows how touch and physical...
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  • International Trials and Reconciliation International Trials and Reconciliation
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    International Trials and Reconciliation

    Transitional justice is a burgeoning field of scholarly inquiry. Yet while the transitional justice literature is replete with claims about the benefits of criminal trials, too often these claims lack an empirical basis and hence remain unproven. While...
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  • Egypt's Long Revolution Egypt's Long Revolution
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    Egypt's Long Revolution

    The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt's other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one...
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  • Popular Culture in Africa Popular Culture in Africa
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    Popular Culture in Africa

    This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber's ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories. Focusing on performances, audiences, social contexts...
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  • Transforming Chinese Cities Transforming Chinese Cities
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    Transforming Chinese Cities

    The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China's continuing urban transformation...
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