Institutions and learned societies: general

This ready reference surveys the discipline of standards and standardization, defining common terms, clarifying descriptions, describing how standards could be used to restrain trade, and explaining how international trade is stimulated by the due process provisions of standards writing organizations.

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world.

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world.

In Incorporating Texts into Institutional Ethnographies, Dorothy E.

In Incorporating Texts into Institutional Ethnographies, Dorothy E.

In Newspaper City, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh scrutinizes the reluctance of early Torontonians to pave their streets.

In Newspaper City, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh scrutinizes the reluctance of early Torontonians to pave their streets.

The governing and financing of public education is everywhere a complex undertaking.

Contested Spaces, Counter-narratives, and Culture from Below in Canada and Quebec explores strategies for reading space and conflict in Canadian and Quebecois literature and cultural performances, positing questions such as: how do these texts and performances produce and contest spatial practices?

Contested Spaces, Counter-narratives, and Culture from Below in Canada and Quebec explores strategies for reading space and conflict in Canadian and Quebecois literature and cultural performances, positing questions such as: how do these texts and performances produce and contest spatial practices?

What does it mean to be Ukrainian in contemporary Canada?

What does it mean to be Ukrainian in contemporary Canada?

Being Poland offers a unique analysis of the cultural developments that took place in Poland after World War One, a period marked by Poland's return to independence.

Being Poland offers a unique analysis of the cultural developments that took place in Poland after World War One, a period marked by Poland's return to independence.

Where do Canadian content requirements come from?

Where do Canadian content requirements come from?

The Banff–Bow Valley in western Alberta is the heart of spiritual and economic life for the Nakoda peoples.

The Banff–Bow Valley in western Alberta is the heart of spiritual and economic life for the Nakoda peoples.

Contesting the putative "e;even-handedness"e; of many introductory social science texts, this innovative book presents strong and provocative arguments on contemporary social issues that will stimulate readers to think critically.

This volume combines ten papers on various aspects of aging in Canada (which together have been published in a special issue of the Journal of Canadian Studies) with several of the most important and interesting relevant essays from other sources.

"e;Cross-Cultural Communication"e; is a collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own.

"e;Cross-Cultural Communication"e; is a collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own.

This ready reference surveys the discipline of standards and standardization, defining common terms, clarifying descriptions, describing how standards could be used to restrain trade, and explaining how international trade is stimulated by the due process provisions of standards writing organizations.

This comprehensive Handbook serves as a unique synthesis and resource for understanding how analytical frameworks developed within the literature assist in understanding the nature and management of commons resources.

This comprehensive Handbook serves as a unique synthesis and resource for understanding how analytical frameworks developed within the literature assist in understanding the nature and management of commons resources.

In any policy arena, the crafting of effective policy depends on the quality of the information infrastructure that is available to the participants in that arena.

In any policy arena, the crafting of effective policy depends on the quality of the information infrastructure that is available to the participants in that arena.

Why is the Smithsonian more than the "e;Nation's Attic?

Why is the Smithsonian more than the "e;Nation's Attic?

Since its original publication in 1952, Fosdick's book has been the single most reliable treatment of one of the most important philanthropies in the United States and indeed the world.

Since its original publication in 1952, Fosdick's book has been the single most reliable treatment of one of the most important philanthropies in the United States and indeed the world.

The scope of Security and International Affairs research has expanded tremendously since the end of the Cold War to include topics beyond the realm of war studies or military statecraft.

The scope of Security and International Affairs research has expanded tremendously since the end of the Cold War to include topics beyond the realm of war studies or military statecraft.

The social sciences in the United Kingdom are extensive, diverse and influential.

The social sciences in the United Kingdom are extensive, diverse and influential.

The Union of International Associations (UIA) was founded in 1910, aiming to coordinate the relations and interests of international organizations across the world.

The Union of International Associations (UIA) was founded in 1910, aiming to coordinate the relations and interests of international organizations across the world.

One of the most significant movements in the world of learning in the twentieth century was the rise and development of the social sciences.

One of the most significant movements in the world of learning in the twentieth century was the rise and development of the social sciences.

This book provides an accessible introduction to, and overview of, the digital humanities, one of the fastest growing areas of literary studies.

This book provides an accessible introduction to, and overview of, the digital humanities, one of the fastest growing areas of literary studies.

In the years since the first edition of the "e;Guide"e; was published, the research institutions of the academies of sciences of the USSR and the republics have undergone several, sometimes radical, reorganizations and reaffiliations.