Encyclopedia of the City

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The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and scholars in urban studies and allied fields. Contributors include major theoreticians and practitioners, and on other individuals, groups, and organizations which study the city or practice in a field that directly or indirectly affects the city, the Encyclopedia necessarily adopts an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective.

A solid but also provocative starting point for wider exploration of the city, this is a first-class work of reference that will be an essential resource for independent study as well as a useful aid in teaching.

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Mobile Social Networks: High-impact Strategies

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Mobile social networking is social networking where one or more individuals of similar interests or commonalities, conversing and connecting with one another using the mobile phone. Much like web based social networking, mobile social networking occurs in virtual communities. A current trend for Internet social networking websites such as Bebo, MySpace and Facebook is to turn mobile. In parallel, native mobile social networks have been created like Foursquare, Gowalla, Badger and MyCubee.

This book is your ultimate resource for Mobile Social Networks. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Mobile Social Networks right away, covering: Mobile social network, Across the Universe (message), Active Seti, Agriculture Mmp, American Telemedicine Association, Anti-nuclear movement, Anti-nuclear protests, Arecibo message, Arse Elektronika, Artificial intelligence, The Automated Society, Automatic waste container, Daniel Ben-Horin, Benton Foundation, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Big data, Blobject, Blog, Bluecasting, Campus in Multidisciplinary Perception and Intelligence of Albacete 2006, Center for History and New Media, Central media, Circuit rider (technology), Cisco Eos, Citizen Cyborg, Citizen journalism, Collaborative e-democracy, Collaborative journalism, Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, Community technology, Community technology center, Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, Converged Infrastructure, Cosmic Call, Crisis camp, Crowd funding, Crypto-society, CrystEngCommunity, Cyber-dissident, Cyberpolitics, Darwin among the Machines, Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, De-Mail, Desicritics, Deu Sözlük, Device paradigm, Digital citizen, Digital journalism, Digital literacy, Digital native, Digital divide, E-Authentication, E-democracy, E-Government,

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Race Relations in the United States, 1960-1980

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Few decades in American history were as full of drama and historical significance as the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s, a revolution in race relations occurred, seeing the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, the American Indian Movement, and the Latino labor movement. The focus in the 1970s was on carrying out the reforms of the previous decade, with resulting white backlash. Few decades have interested students today as much, and this volume is THE content-rich source in a desirable decade-by-decade organization to help students and general readers understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. Race Relations in the United States, 1960-1980 provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions.

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Information Pathways: A Problem-Solving Approach to Information Literacy

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With the advent of the Information Society, access to resources is vital to the ordinary citizen, the academic, and the career professional, as well as in public administration and private enterprise. Information Pathways: A Problem-Solving Approach to Information Literacy is designed to serve as a textbook for courses that address the need of college students to develop a basic knowledge of the complex matrix of core resources for the retrieval, management, and exploitation of information. This book shows students how to:

• Build effective search strategies for solving information problems
• Evaluate and use information and information sources
• Apply information skills to the writing process
• Be at ease with numeric information
• Integrate information skills for smooth problem solving
• Maintain their new fluency with information

Organized into chapters that examine different ways in which information is structured, Information Pathways will help students develop and evaluate strategies for finding and adopting information.

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Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville

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The award-winning Beneath the American Renaissance is a classic work on American literature. It immeasurably broadens our knowledge of our most important literary period, as first identified by F.O. Matthiessen's American Renaissance. With its combination of sharp critical insight, engaging observation, and narrative drive, it represents the kind of masterful cultural history for which David Reynolds is known. Here the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson receive striking, original readings set against the rich backdrop of contemporary popular writing. Now back in print, the volume includes a new foreword by historian Sean Wilentz that reveals the book's impact and influence. A magisterial work of criticism and cultural history, Beneath the American Renaissance will fascinate anyone interested in the genesis of America's most significant literary epoch and the iconic figures who defined it.

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The dictionary catalog of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Library and Information Division,: Washington, D.C

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The dictionary catalog of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Library and Information Division, Washington, D.C. Second supplement

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Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800

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Combining scholarship from a range of disciplines, this collection of essays is a comprehensive examination of the role of women in Iranian society and culture, from pre-Islamic times to 1800. The contributors challenge common assumptions about women in Iran and Islam. Sweeping away modern myths, these essays show that women have had significant influence in almost every area of Iranian life.Focusing on a region wider than today's nation-state of Iran, this book explores developments in the spheres that most affect women: gender constructs, family structure, community roles, education, economic participation, Islamic practices and institutions, politics, and artistic representations. The contributors to this volume are prominent international scholars working in this field, and each draws on decades of research to address the history of Iranian women within the context of his or her area of expertise. This broad framework allows for a thorough and nuanced examination of the history of a complex society.

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Sol y viento: En breve

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Sol y viento: En breve is an exciting new film-based introductory Spanish program that seamlessly integrates the feature-length film Sol y viento into the instructional and learning experience for both students and instructors. This brief version of Sol y viento: Beginning Spanish (McGraw-Hill, 2005) presents a briefer text that is easily managed for programs with fewer contact hours or as an intensive high beginner course.

The movie Sol y viento, created specifically for beginning language learners, was filmed on location in Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The film tells the story of a Chilean family and their winery, threatened by internal deception and external corporate development. A young U.S. Latino businessman finds himself intricately involved with the family and its winery as his company tries to buy their land. Later, as he rediscovers the past he fought to put behind him, he begins to question his own role in the ongoing intrigue. Mystery, romance, and the unexplainable forces of nature all play a part of this spellbinding story as it unfolds.

The Sol y viento: En breve textbook and accompanying ancillaries have been developed with and around this exciting movie, providing students with exceptional input developed specifically for beginning learners. Language is presented within the context of the movie; and linguistic skills are developed through engaging, meaningful activities that encourage students to develop real-world skills and abilities. Both instructors and students alike will find Sol y viento: En breve to be a highly motivating introductory Spanish program designed especially for today’s language learners!

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Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner

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The stories behind our most intriguing words and phrases Follows the success of the first Balderdash and Piffle book, which went to Number One on Amazon and sold over 30,000 copies to the consumer The accompanying BBC television series attracted an average of 2.7 million viewers, with peak ratings reaching 3.4 million The new 8-part series of Balderdash & Piffle begins in April Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner is a thrilling ride through the provocative, bewildering, and often downright bizarre world of language and etymology. From the brash jargon of celebrity magazines to the delicacies and feints of the euphemism, author and word-sleuth Alex Games has uncovered the remarkable stories that lie behind some of our best-loved words and expressions. By grouping words into distinct themes—such as put downs and insults, the vocab of fashionistas, and the lingo of dodgy dealings—Balderdash & Piffle looks at the English language in a fresh and revealing light. Who was the original Jack the Lad? What is the tragic story behind the expression Sweet F.A.? Balderdash & Piffle will show you where thugs come from, why ‘barmy’ once had more to do with your beer than your brain, and how a little bit of ‘hanky-panky’ could literally work magic. From the ‘Cloud-cuckoo-land’ of Aristophanes to the town of Balaclava, this is a funny but rigorously researched account of English words and their origins. Drawing together sources as diverse as William Shakespeare, David Cameron, and the Burnham-on-Sea Gazette, Alex Games recalls the trends, innovations, and scandals that have produced some of our most familiar but least explored words and phrases. Accompanying a brand new series of the hit BBC show Balderdash & Piffle—and containing all the results of the ‘Wordhunt’ from the first series—this entertaining book is a treasure trove for English-language lovers everywhere.

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