In Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality: Volume 2 Tom Woolley uses new research to continue to advocate for limiting the use of hazardous materials in construction and raise awareness of the links between pollutants found in building materials, poor indoor air quality and health problems.
Society for American Archaeology Scholarly Book AwardCollaborative archaeological projects focused on the Nipmuc people of New England that offer a model for research incorporating Indigenous knowledge and scholarshipHighlighting the strong relationship between New Englands Nipmuc people and their land from the pre-contact period to the present day, this book helps demonstrate that the history of Native Americans did not end with the arrival of Europeans.
Ante la gran exhibición mediática de las oportunidades y beneficios del emprendimiento y de la economía naranja o economía creativa como "fórmula para mejorar vidas en América Latina y el Caribe", y la decepción, el desconcierto o el rechazo fragmentario que este discurso y sus políticas han suscitado en el sector cultural y el sector académico, este libro emprende una indagación sobre la realidad de la economía naranja, sobre las economías creativas y sobre las modalidades de política pública y de desarrollo que se han venido estableciendo en América Latina, como consolidación de ciertas tendencias en lo económico, en lo político y en lo cultural que permiten hoy hablar de la hegemonía de un sentido común neoliberal, soporte y legitimación de estas propuestas.
'La caída del cielo' es un extraordinario relato en primera persona de la historia vital y el pensamiento cosmoecológico de Davi Kopenawa, chamán y portavoz de los yanomami de la Amazonia brasileña.
El manual de nutrición para educadores en diabetes es una importante contribución a los programas de educación en diabetes por su carácter práctico y amplia documentación desde el punto de vista científico.
A book for men and women from middle age to advanced years who have suddenly and unexpectedly become confronted with the huge effects that the male prostate can have on the body.
This encyclopedia provides detailed information about the historical, cultural, social, religious, economic, and scientific significance of gold, across the globe and throughout history.
This wide-ranging treatment of daily life in the contemporary Inuit communities of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland reveals the very modern ways of being Inuit.
This book examines how the Lycee autogere de Paris, an experimental high school established in 1982 which claims to implement critical and democratic pedagogical practices, contributes to the development of counter-hegemonic educational and social practices.
This book addresses the transdisciplinary subject of urban green space governance in Chinese cities through political sciences, organization theory, sociology, and new institutional economics lenses, with urban planning and ecology perspectives as research foundation and the science of climate change on health and wellbeing research background.
Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English.
Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English.
The Dream of Social Justice and Bad Moral Luck examines the intertwined lives of five women and three men, Russian Jews in the first half of the twentieth century, as their belief in social transformation unraveled.
With nanotechnology being a relatively new field, the questions regarding safety and ethics are steadily increasing with the development of the research.
Este libro presenta una reconstrucción de los marcos de la memoria del conflicto armado en el departamento del Cauca, desde las voces de integrantes de comunidades indígenas (nasas, misaks, yanaconas y coconucos), de la comunidad afrocaucana (costa Pacífica, norte del Cauca y Patía), de los campesinos del Macizo Colombiano, de los habitantes de veredas de Popayán y Puracé, y de algunos miembros de la élite política caucana.
This book addresses the transdisciplinary subject of urban green space governance in Chinese cities through political sciences, organization theory, sociology, and new institutional economics lenses, with urban planning and ecology perspectives as research foundation and the science of climate change on health and wellbeing research background.
This book provides a critical introduction to the ways in which digital technologies have enabled new types of interactions, experiences and collaborations across a range of platforms and media, profoundly shaping our socio-cultural landscapes.
This book provides a critical introduction to the ways in which digital technologies have enabled new types of interactions, experiences and collaborations across a range of platforms and media, profoundly shaping our socio-cultural landscapes.
