Publications
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'A Peep at the Blacks'. A History of Tourism at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, 1863-1924
(2016)
This book is concerned with the history of tourism at the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station at Healesville, northeast of Melbourne, which functioned as a government reserve from 1863 until its closure in 1924. At Coranderrk, ...
Adel und Bürgertum in Deutschland 1770-1848
(1994)
Zur zentralen Thematik des Münchener Kolloquiums über Adel und Bürgertum in Deutschland 1770 - 1848 zählten Untersuchungen zu den gesellschaftlichen Misch- und Kontaktzonen, in denen sich die Trennlinien zwischen Adel und ...
Address in Portuguese and Spanish. Studies in Diachrony and Diachronic Reconstruction
(2020)
The volume provides the first systematic comparative approach to the history of forms of address in Portuguese and Spanish, in their European and American varieties. Both languages share a common history—e.g., the personal ...
(Open) Linked Data in Bibliotheken
(2013)
This book is an introduction to the subjects of linked data, open data and open linked data, and to their specific relevance for libraries. It illustrates these concepts through detailed descriptions of actual data projects. ...
"Apaisement" in Asien. Frankreich und der Fernostkonflikt 1937-1940
(2014)
Frankreich stand in der Zwischenkriegszeit nicht nur in Europa unter dem Druck expansiver Diktaturen, sondern auch in Asien. Die Bedrohung durch Japan wurde drängend, als das Kaiserreich ab Juli 1937 China mit Krieg überzog ...
"Faire des sujets du roi". Rechtspolitik in Metz, Toul und Verdun unter französischer Herrschaft (1552-1648)
(2014)
Wie werden aus Bürgern einer Reichsstadt, Untertanen eines geistlichen Fürsten und Vasallen des Kaisers Untertanen des französischen Königs, "sujets du roi"? Dieser Frage wird anhand der Ereignisse in Metz, Toul und Verdun ...
"Der französischen Sprache mächtig". Kommunikation im Spannungsfeld von Sprachen und Kulturen im Königreich Westphalen 1807-1813
(2013)
Nur sieben Jahre lang bestand das Königreich Westphalen unter der Regierung von König Jerome Bonaparte. In diesem Modellstaat erhielt die Beherrschung der französischen Sprache einen ganz besonderen Stellenwert. Neben der ...
The "I" of the Storm. Understanding the Suicidal Mind
(2014)
We cannot explain why people kill themselves. There are no necessary or sufficient causes for suicide, so rather than explaining suicide (looking for causes), perhaps we can understand suicide, at least in one individual, ...
1918-2018: 100 Years of Theater Research in Iași. International Conference of Doctoral School for Theater and Performing Arts and the Research Center of The Faculty of Theater at the George Enescu National University of Arts
(2018)
The Doctoral School for Theatre and Performing Arts and the Research Centre of The Faculty of Theatre at the George Enescu National University of Arts in Iaşi, having the mission of promoting the contribution of personalities ...
Das 19. Jahrhundert als Mediengesellschaft
(2013)
Vom 19. Jahrhundert als einer Mediengesellschaft zu sprechen, erscheint als ein Anachronismus. Der Begriff sucht den Bedeutungsgewinn und die Diversifizierung der Medien in der Gegenwart zu erfassen und damit nicht zuletzt ...
Aging between Participation and Simulation. Ethical Dimensions of Socially Assistive Technologies in Elderly Care
(2020)
This publication aims to initiate an interdisciplinary discourse on the ethical, legal, and social implications of socially assistive technologies in healthcare. It combines practically relevant insights and examples from ...
Masora und Exegese Untersuchungen zur Masora und Bibeltextüberlieferung im Kommentar des R. Schlomo ben Yitzchaq (Raschi)
(2019)
The commentary of Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak, b. Troyes 1040, d. 1105), part of the Jewish core curriculum, is reprinted here together with the Hebrew biblical text. This study takes selected portions to investigate ...
Die Graphematik der Morpheme im Deutschen und Englischen
(2019)
Wie werden Wörter im Deutschen und im Englischen geschrieben? Wo sind Gemeinsamkeiten, wo sind Unterschiede? Diese Fragen werden aus morphologisch-graphematischer Perspektive bearbeitet. Es geht hier also nicht um Bezüge ...
Health and socio-economic status over the life course First results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7
(2019)
Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course ...
Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe. First results from SHARE after the economic crisis
(2013)
SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do Europeans age? Under which circumstances do older people and their families live, how healthy ...
Der österreichische Werbefilm Die Genese eines Genres von seinen Anfängen bis 1938
(2019)
Filmed commercials are part of the culture of remembrance and of corporate and film history. When did this form of advertising begin? Who were the first sponsors and were advertising films made differently at that time ...
Emotional Minds
(2012-07-16)
The thoroughly contemporary question of the relationship between emotion and reason was debated with such complexity by the philosophers of the 17th century that their concepts remain a source of inspiration for today`s ...
Internationale Gerechtigkeit und institutionelle Verantwortung
(2019)
What are the implications of globalization for moral behavior? What would global practices look like that were just for all in principle? Is it possible to generalize the basic principles of social justice as they prevail ...
Sceptical Paths Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the Present
(2019)
Sceptical Paths gathers a variety of innovative studies that inquire into the presence and function of sceptical elements, strategies, and approaches in various traditions throughout Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and contemporary ...
Acteurs des transferts culturels en Méditerranée médiévale
(2013)
Der Mittelmeerraum wies während des Mittelalters einen großen Reichtum an Transfer- und Austauschprozessen auf. Waren entsprechende Bedingungen (geographische Mobilität, eine kulturell grenzüberschreitende Lebenssituation ...
Weissbuch Gastroenterologie 2020/2021 Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Traktes, der Leber und der Bauchspeicheldrüse – Gegenwart und Zukunft
(2019)
After cardiovascular illnesses, non-malignant diseases of the digestive tract are the most common illnesses affecting Germans, resulting in around 2 million hospitalizations every year. With the updated White Paper, the ...
Babylon. Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident
(2011)
In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the ""culture of knowledge"". The volume is the result of a ...
Behold Our Moral Body. Psychiatry, Duns Scotus and Neuroscience
(2013)
For centuries, science and religion have been on the opposite sides of the debate about the moral nature of human beings. Now science is confirming what people of faith have long known: human morality is embedded in our ...
Bibliotheken. Innovation aus Tradition. Rolf Griebel zum 65. Geburtstag
(2014)
This commemorative volume honors the 65th birthday of Dr. Rolf Griebel, celebrating his service as General Director of the Bavarian State Library. The authors include major contributors to German and international library ...
The Book of Job. Aesthetics, Ethics, Hermeneutics
(2015)
The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job`s response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? ...
Brauchen wir ein drittes Geschlecht? Reformbedarf im deutschen (Familien-)Recht nach Einführung des § 22 Abs. 3 PStG
(2015)
In 2013, § 22, para. 3 of the Civil Status Act (PStG) made clear that the civil status of intersexual persons could be entered in birth records without an indication of gender affiliation. However, German family law is ...
Aufbau der Materie
(1981)
Auslegung und Hermeneutik der Bibel in der Reformationszeit
(2016)
The significance of the Bible for the Reformation is undisputed. Employing various perspectives, this volume reflects on biblical interpretation and hermeneutics during the time of the Reformation. It discusses the Wittenberg ...
Beamtentum im Dritten Reich
(1966)