“…"Media outlets in the United States - most notably the Internet - have claimed to serve the public's ever-greater thirst for information. …”

“…The book provides an extensive guide to the relevant literature as well as case studies from countries as diverse as Australia, Hungary, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United States and discussions of the significance of the Caribbean, Chinese, and Vietnamese diasporas for tourism and migration relationships…”

“…The first systematic approach to the issue of objectivity was initiated by the discipline of «mass media sociology»: this approach, which was at its peak between 1970 and 1980 in the United States, proposed a completely scientific, «mathematical» solution to the problem of objectivity. …”

“…It lasted until 1886 and ensnared hundred of thousands of slaves smuggled from Africa to the Caribbean, mostly to Cuba, and tens of thousands of slaves who were smuggled from Cuba to the United States. Zeuske reveals these secrets for the first time and offers a new historical framework for our understanding of the Amistad story…”

“…At the same time, however, it has served to unite Irish emigrants worldwide, whether they be in America, Australia or Canada…”
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“…Éclairant d’un jour nouveau des questions philosophiques majeures, tels que le finalisme ou la définition des « espèces naturelles », elle conduit à l’examen plus particulier des concepts d’adaptation, d’espèce et d’unité de sélection. Les textes ici réunis permettent d’explorer aussi bien les enjeux proprement scientifiques que leur impact sur les dimensions épistémologiques et ontologiques des sciences du vivant contemporaines.-- Contracubierta…”

“…The book is international in scope with authors heralding from most continents - Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, and Austria. …”

“…Based on Sachs's twelve years as director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, his thirteen years advising the United Nations secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals, and his recent presentation of these ideas in a popular online course, The Age of Sustainable Development is a landmark publication and clarion call for all who care about our planet and global justice…”

“…In Egypt, the wars led to the rise of Mehmed Ali and the emergence of a powerful state; in North America, the period transformed and enlarged the newly established United States; and in South America, the Spanish colonial empire witnessed the start of national-liberation movements that ultimately ended imperial control."…”

“…This volumes offers a broadly comparative perspective on the Habsburg Monarchy, with particular attention to the United Kingdom and France, but also the wider international system. …”

“…Encompassing the musicians interned as enemy aliens in the United Kingdom, the brilliant Hollywood compositions of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the Brecht-inspired theater music of Kurt Weill, Haas shows how these musicians shaped the twentieth-century soundscape--and offers a moving record of the incalculable effects of war on culture." -- Sobrecamisa…”

“…A small country caught amongst the world's largest powers-including China, Japan, Russia, and the United States-Korea's fate has been closely connected to its geography and the strength of its leadership and society. …”

“…En revitalisant les narrations orales et les cultures matérielles dédaignées, l'histoire africaine et noire de l'Afrique a sans cesse cherché à conjuguer l'unité et la diversité des sociétés du continent, pour revendiquer un récit de l'universel enfin débarrassé de l'impérialisme occidental…”

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“…This volume, edited by scholars from Finland, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, is the result of a collaborative transnational and interdisciplinary effort including education, language teaching, children's literature, book history, and religious studies. …”

“…What brings communication studies together is an institutional architecture of academic units, professional associations, and journals, rather than a shared commitment to a common body of knowledge, questions, and debates. …”

“…Moïsi contends that the United States and Europe have been dominated by fears of the "other" and of their loss of a national identity and purpose. …”

“…Applying the notion of “difficult heritage” to the Italian context, the volume addresses issues of restoration, display, and critical preservation of artifacts in public and institutional spaces, drawing comparisons with practices in other countries including Germany and the United States --…”

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