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This comprehensive collection offers a unique look at nursing practice, theory, research and nursing history from various critical theoretical perspectives. It aims to initiate an international discussion among scholars from diverse countries, par...

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Relationships are the glue that holds the world together. As the author shows, this common belief applies to ancient Greece as much as to contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this anthropological study dedi...

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Paul Fleming, German poet of baroque era (1609-1640), published a cycle of latin love poems titled "Kisses" in 1631 and dedicated the little book to a fellow student as a wedding gift. The title not only brings into focus one special asp...

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Winslow Williams Clifford is one of the few historians so far who have addressed the history and culture of the so-called Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) on the basis of theoretical models. This volume is a posthumous publication of his doctoral thes...

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There is only limited academic attention paid to the topic of Private Equity Investments in Family Businesses although the topic is becoming increasingly relevant for both entity types. In order to advance the field, this study focuses on the orga...

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One of the major trends in the psychology of religion is the growing interest in religious and spiritual meaning making in relation to religious and spiritual transformation processes, notably as the aftermath of traumatic experiences and in situa...

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On the battlefields of world history, music has had many functions. It is exploited by propaganda to hound the enemy, and battle songs are used to drive out fear and vilify the enemy. Soldiers sing and play music to find solace in the madness of w...

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This volume explores the renewal of Asian migration to Europe that began in the late 18th century while still in the frame of the colonial regime. It counters the construction of an 'unchanging East' versus a 'dynamic West' developed in the 19th c...

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This volume offers an introduction to all questions of teaching Religious Education as a school subject and as an academic discipline related to this subject. The chapters cover most of the aspects that religion teachers have to face in their work...

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What do opening dialogues, sonnets and the interaction style of the most diverse cultural and social groups share in common? The connecting element is the traditionality of speech - all speakers follow cultural patterns to convey their communicati...

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Galt Charles Dickens lange Zeit als der Verfasser umfangreicher seichter und sentimentaler Kinderliteratur, als Produzent leicht konsumierbarer Massenware, so zeigt diese Aufsatzsammlung, dass Dickens nicht nur Leser hochwertiger Literatur war, so...

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The "Parting of the Ways" between Jews and Christians has only recently been extended to the question as to whether the Gospel Source Q still has to be considered "Jewish". Especially the question of polemics seems to be crucia...

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For the right understanding of the Sayings Source Q not only the relation to early Judaism but also the social "landscape" in which the texts evolved is undeniably crucial. Here results of Galilean Archeology are brought into contact wit...

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Since the beginning of the new millennium, research on the German language in Austria has been characterized by new approaches: alongside work in the tradition of philological dialectology, discourse analysis in the "Viennese school" par...

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The present study takes a critical look at the current research in the field of historical emotion studies. The various forms of epistemic interest and the potential insights provided by several cultural disciplines (e.g. history, sociology, philo...

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Die Bedeutung Johann Nikolaus Forkels für die Musikwissenschaft ist früh erkannt und niemals grundsätzlich in Frage gestellt worden. Dennoch konzentrierte sich die Forschung bislang fast ausschließlich auf seine historiographi...

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Dieser Band beleuchtet Probleme und Implikationen von verschiedenen Bibelübersetzungen in verschiedenen Zeiten und unter verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Bedingungen. Dabei werden Fragen zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von &...

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Literaturwissenschaftler und Literaturkritiker in Polen streiten seit über 20 Jahren, ob man das Jahr 1989 als Wendejahr in der polnischen Literatur bezeichnen kann. Unter deutschen Germanisten und Feuilletonisten herrscht darüber, in Hi...

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing has been a special part of German cultural memory since the beginning of the 19th century. This was only possible because it was ensured that his literary estate was preserved and cared for. In Lessing's case, it was schoo...

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The idea of desacralization has become almost commonplace, attributing to the word the rejection of what is sacred. One might think that it is strictly connected to theology and its system, or suppose that it implies the relationship human beings ...

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Die Orientierung an den Bedürfnissen von Patientinnen ist eine wesentliche Zielsetzung pflegerischer Versorgung. Wie Bedürfnisorientierung im Kontext der Pflege von Frauen mit Brustkrebs gelingen kann, wie der Prozess der Bedürfnisw...

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Inventories are among the oldest documents to survive from ancient times. Textiles take an important place within them and inform - among other things - about value, context of use, material, fashion, trade or techniques. This is the more relevant...

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This book aims at a comprehensive understanding of diverging urban rejuvenation practices and gentrification processes in New York City, Berlin and Vienna. Regulative and supportive mechanisms at policy and planning level have been identified thro...

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In Prague in the early 20th century a vital scene of German speaking authors existed - dealing with their feelings and memories about Prague in their texts. It is a fantastic but also obscure perspective in which they contemplated their hometown. ...

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The law of accession and accessories in a wider sense determines the legal fate of property forming an integral or a functional unity. Integral unification may change the attribution of ownership. By contrast, functional unity merely links the leg...

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This volume tells the story of the importance of the Confucian traditions and why and how Confucian texts were reinterpreted within the different ambiances and contexts around East Asia. The vitality of East Asian Confucianisms stems from the desi...

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Cultural and intellectual dynamism often stand in close relationship to the expression of viewpoints and positions that are in tension or even conflict with one another. This phenomenon has a particular relevance for Early Modern Europe, which was...

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