“…Samuel Cohn’s critical study of two Victorian British firms represents a radically new examination of women’s work. By contrasting the Post Office, which was the first employer to use female clerks instead of males, and the Great Western Railway, one of the last employers to make this change, Cohn identifies the organizational and economic limits to female employment. …”

“…In addition to discussing both continuity and transformation as features of the immigrant experience, this approach recognizes that ethnic identity is a socially constructed and malleable phenomenon. …”

“…More than secret social clubs, fraternities and sororities profoundly shaped the lives of members long after they left college0́4often dictating choices in marriage as well as business alliances. Widely viewed as a key to success, membership in these self-governing, sectarian organizations was desirable but not easily accessible, especially to non-Protestants and nonwhites. …”

“…Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." …”

“…Or, les recherches récentes, dont ce livre présente les résultats majeurs, ont conduit à réévaluer la précocité et l'importance des activités de transformation. …”

“…What Wittgenstein says on this point is completely opposed to the Bergsonian idea that thought itself has already introduced in essence a distance between reality and us, and that only direct intuition would be able to deliver facts to us…”

“…But behind these cities of today and yesterday, it could also be a question of Babylon or Jerusalem. Considering, at different times, at different scales, these very different cities themselves, their populations, their districts, their competitions and their clashes, the studies gathered here and presented by the Center for Studies and Research on the Contemporary Middle East aim to shed light on some of the aspects of the changing societies of the Arab East. …”

“…Through this recourse to an ideal metaphor that links space and practice, different forms of relationships and social links are presented here, according to various scales but as close as possible to situations of sociability, since the use of the mobile phone and condolence visits to “inter-community” relations within a company or in the Lebanese Mountains…”

“…This double question also includes the possibility of a reciprocal critique of environmental historical and literary perspectives…”

“…This multifaceted spectrum of questions was the subject of a Göttingen workshop on medical law in November 2010, jointly organized by the Institute for Human Genetics (Faculty of Medicine) and the Center for Medical Law (Faculty of Law). …”

“…In addition to documents and sources for the establishment and further development of Studium Generale and Applied Cultural Studies, there are also historical and current programmatic texts on general teaching and the tasks of cultural studies approaches at a technical university…”

“…Biofouling of Spiral Wound Membrane Systems gives a complete and comprehensive overview of all aspects of biofouling, bridging the gap between microbiology, hydraulics and membrane technology. …”

“…This book covers the most recent scientific and technological developments in the field of chemical oxidation processes applicable for the efficient treatment of biologically-difficult-to-degrade, toxic and/or recalcitrant effluents originating from different manufacturing processes. It is a comprehensive review of process and pollution profiles as well as conventional, advanced and emerging treatment processes & technologies developed for the most relevant and pollution (wet processing)-intensive industrial sectors. …”

“…Journal of Big Data publishes high-quality, scholarly research papers, methodologies and case studies covering a broad range of topics, from big data analytics to data-intensive computing and all applications of big data research. …”

“…"Asian Journal of Gambling Issues and Public Health provides a platform for scholars, experts and practitioners within and outside the Asian regions to share gambling research, prevention and intervention experiences, and to promote critical discussion on gambling policy and gambling related public health issues."…”

“…Bioresources and Bioprocessing (BRBP) aims at providing an international academic platform for exchanging views on and promoting research to support bioresource development, processing and utilization in a sustainable manner. As an application-oriented research journal, BRBP covers not only the application and management of bioresource technology but also the design and development of bioprocesses that will lead to new and sustainable production processes…”

“…"Life Sciences, Society and Policy is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal devoted to fostering responsible innovation and sustainable development by providing an academic forum for engaged scholarship, interdisciplinary research, critical reflection and informed discussion concerning the ethical, social and legal dimensions of the life sciences, resulting in insights, tools and recommendations for civil society, policy, industry and education. …”

“…The Aachen perspective on a holistic theory of production is complemented by conference papers from external leading researchers in the fields of production, materials science and bordering disciplines. …”