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Data, New Technologies, and Global Imbalances
Beyond the Obvious
The idea that technology is neutral is untenable. Pervasive data shapes our world, creating innovation but also deep imbalances. This book explores these risks and asks: How can policymakers address this? Should data be public? Do we need a global data-governance structure?
The idea that technology is neutral is untenable. Pervasive data shapes our world, creating innovation but also deep imbalances. This book explores these risks and asks: How can policymakers address this? Should data be public? Do we need a global data-governance structure?
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Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
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Studies of Potter tend to see him through the lens of his relationship with his most famous daughter, Beatrice (Webb). In this book, Potter is the subject of study in his own right. The work denotes how he was a new type of businessman: an international corporate capitalist.
Studies of Potter tend to see him through the lens of his relationship with his most famous daughter, Beatrice (Webb). In this book, Potter is the subject of study in his own right. The work denotes how he was a new type of businessman: an international corporate capitalist.
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The importance of overcoming the urgent issues concerning the sustainability of our planet cannot be overstated. The contributions gathered here highlight these pivotal global issues and their potential long-term resolutions from a number of interrelated perspectives.
The importance of overcoming the urgent issues concerning the sustainability of our planet cannot be overstated. The contributions gathered here highlight these pivotal global issues and their potential long-term resolutions from a number of interrelated perspectives.
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This book offers a trenchant analysis of the post-millennial cultural shift away from liberal social values. It dissects how values like racial equality, tolerance, and diversity have been evacuated of their meaning to serve a reactionary politics peddling regressive ideology.
This book offers a trenchant analysis of the post-millennial cultural shift away from liberal social values. It dissects how values like racial equality, tolerance, and diversity have been evacuated of their meaning to serve a reactionary politics peddling regressive ideology.
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In History and Education, from the Munster Blackwater to the Indian Ocean
An Autoethnography
This book illuminates 70 years of educational development in Ireland and internationally. The author traces his journey from an early life in rural Ireland to academic work in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Asia, linking his experiences to major historical events.
This book illuminates 70 years of educational development in Ireland and internationally. The author traces his journey from an early life in rural Ireland to academic work in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Asia, linking his experiences to major historical events.
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From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
Kings, Symbols, and Cities
This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).
This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).
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Exploring the qualifications that social actors use to support themselves when engaging in common actions, this inquiry highlights the ways in which these actors communalise certain aspects of their life and produce justifications that give sense to their actions.
Exploring the qualifications that social actors use to support themselves when engaging in common actions, this inquiry highlights the ways in which these actors communalise certain aspects of their life and produce justifications that give sense to their actions.
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This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century's mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.
This book explores the history of migration in India. In contrast to the 19th century’s mass migration of labourers, it investigates the comparative immobility of the people of Andhra, discussing causes including their traditional attachment to their native locale.
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The Mirror of Antiquity
20th Century British Travellers in Greece
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
This book exposes how 20th-century travel writers’ responses to Greece were conditioned by classical scholarship and history. David Wills shows how, in their hands, Greece became less a modern country and more a mirror of its ancient past.
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This book presents the fascinating story of the Pasteur Institute. From pioneering microbiology to identifying HIV-1, it has led the fight against infectious diseases. Discover the lively personalities and outsized passions that give birth to the triumph of world-class research.
This book presents the fascinating story of the Pasteur Institute. From pioneering microbiology to identifying HIV-1, it has led the fight against infectious diseases. Discover the lively personalities and outsized passions that give birth to the triumph of world-class research.
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The Old World and the New
The Marriage and Colonial Adventures of Lord and Lady Northcote
This biography tells the untold story of two British aristocrats. It details the drama of their personal lives and their rule in colonial India and Australia, examining the decline of an upper class and raising questions of Empire and social mobility.
This biography tells the untold story of two British aristocrats. It details the drama of their personal lives and their rule in colonial India and Australia, examining the decline of an upper class and raising questions of Empire and social mobility.
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Stepney
Profile of a London Borough from the Outbreak of the First World War to the Festival of Britain, 1914-1951
A vivid history of Stepney, an iconic East End borough. From the murders of Jack the Ripper and the Blitz to the Battle of Cable Street, this ground-breaking book charts the rise and fall of the docks, waves of immigration, and the struggles of its people.
A vivid history of Stepney, an iconic East End borough. From the murders of Jack the Ripper and the Blitz to the Battle of Cable Street, this ground-breaking book charts the rise and fall of the docks, waves of immigration, and the struggles of its people.
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The Gender of Debt
The Last 50,000 Years
Male hunting and female gathering were the two forces of production during 99% of the life of mankind on Earth. This book demonstrates, from a historical and an economic point of view, how the female contribution has been so important to the success of our species.
Male hunting and female gathering were the two forces of production during 99% of the life of mankind on Earth. This book demonstrates, from a historical and an economic point of view, how the female contribution has been so important to the success of our species.
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Many female Victorian-era heroines find themselves expressing a form of loneliness directly connected to their lack of agency in the social structures that define their lives. This publication investigates how this theme appears across a number of nineteenth-century novels.
Many female Victorian-era heroines find themselves expressing a form of loneliness directly connected to their lack of agency in the social structures that define their lives. This publication investigates how this theme appears across a number of nineteenth-century novels.
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V.M.Chernov
Theorist, Leader, Politician
As leader of Russia's largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a 'third force' was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.
As leader of Russia’s largest revolutionary party, Viktor Chernov was the democratic alternative to the Bolsheviks. Elected President of the Constituent Assembly, his vision for a ‘third force’ was shattered, leading to a tragic life in exile.
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This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters: notes to sever a relationship, messages written before death, and even fictional texts or poems. By focussing on these ultimate messages, the contributors provide an original approach to closure.
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Thrice a Stranger
Penelope’s Eastern Mediterranean Odyssey
By focusing on the real story of a family against a background of historical events, this book shows how the pseudo-theories of so-called international relations can be demolished, and brings to life some vital aspects of modern European history.
By focusing on the real story of a family against a background of historical events, this book shows how the pseudo-theories of so-called international relations can be demolished, and brings to life some vital aspects of modern European history.
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To Write as a Boxer
Disability and Resignification in the Text A South African Boxer in Britain
In 1907, Andrew Jeptha became the first black boxer to win a British title—a victory that cost him his sight. He responded by writing a book. This is the story of how a fighter learned to see and fight back in a world that refused to see him.
In 1907, Andrew Jeptha became the first black boxer to win a British title—a victory that cost him his sight. He responded by writing a book. This is the story of how a fighter learned to see and fight back in a world that refused to see him.
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From Weimar to Christiania
German and Scandinavian Studies in Context
From Weimar to Christiania is a compilation of graduate student work in German and Scandinavian Studies. These essays use a variety of disciplinary approaches to connect the fields, delivering compelling research that expands knowledge in northern European studies.
From Weimar to Christiania is a compilation of graduate student work in German and Scandinavian Studies. These essays use a variety of disciplinary approaches to connect the fields, delivering compelling research that expands knowledge in northern European studies.
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