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Using the example of research into attachment and emotion regulation, Matters of Significance highlights the relationship between replication, translation and academic freedom. It argues that freedom from external interference in the core stages o...

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An interdisciplinary study of how the physical space of parliament buildings influences politics. As political polarization undermines confidence in the shared values and established constitutional orders of many nations, it is imperative that we ...

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Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist, was one of the most inventive and original writers of the twentieth century. A fascinating aspect of his work is its intrinsically geographical nature. With major projects on space and place, Perec?...

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A practical study of the prevention of violent extremism. Violent extremism has galvanized public fear and attention. Driven by their concerns, the public has pushed for law enforcement and mental health systems to prevent attacks rather than just...

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The Hipster Economy analyses the hipster phenomenon to argue that the quest for authenticity has been a driver of Western societies from the beginning of industrial society to today.

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Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage focuses on the importance of memory and heritage for individual and group identity, and for their sense of belonging. It aims to expose the motives and discourses related to the destruction of ...

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A case for including an environmental focus in the secondary school history curriculum by locating its arguments within established historiographical and revisionist debates. History education has a key contribution to make in developing a deeper ...

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Commerce and menstruation from the twentieth century to today. The menstrual product industry has played a large role in shaping the past hundred years of menstrual culture, including technological innovation, creative advertising, and education i...

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A systemic reconsideration of the formation and preservation of heritage. As a sociocultural concept, heritage flows through cycles of emergence, change, disappearance, and revival. These lifecycles are influenced by heritage environments such as ...

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Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-sociali...

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By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers in this volume redress a recurrent asymmetry in contemporary debates about globalisation. In much literatur...

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Bringing together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation, Fabricate is a triennial international conference, now in its third year ICD, University of Stuttg...

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Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after the First World War. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind natu...

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Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world - or so we are told. But what about the views, interests and needs of the peoples who live in the region? This volume explores the opportunities and limitatio...

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Power and Voice from the North. This book explores opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the change, through the lens of understanding Arcticness: what the Arctic means to Arcti...

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In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the production of nanoscale fibres for drug delivery and tissue engineering. Nanofibres in Drug Delivery aims to outline to new researchers in the field the utility of nanofibres in drug d...

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The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and lib...

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Socio-political views on housing have been brought to the fore in recent years by global economic crises, a notable rise of international migration and intensified trans-regional movement phenomena. Adopting this viewpoint, From Conflict to Inclus...

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