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From  King Car:The Automobile’s Golden Age From: Car Nation |
1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new … | Dimitry Anastakis | 19 | 2008 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Knowledge Sovereignty in the Age of |
From Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World: | Philip N. Howard | 9 | 2026 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Learning, Play, and ParentingConflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … | Mari K Swingle | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Legal Issues: Genetic Testing and DiscriminationPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In Legal Issues: Genetic Testing and Discrimination McTeer outlines some of the legal risks associated and that can be spurred on by genetic testing. The chapter discusses topics such as genetic … | Maureen McTeer | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Minimizing Farming’s Water NeedsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. | Marq de Villiers | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From More People Using Ever More WaterFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the impact of population growth on water availability, and tries to answer the question of whether there will be enough clean, safe water for a more populous … | Marq de Villiers | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From Of Games and GamingFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I am going to go a bit deeper exploring the specifics of the supposed benefits of gaming as they relate to learning. Within this I’m going to put a microscope over some of the gaming … | Mari K Swingle | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From Of Systems and ProcessFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … | Mari K Swingle | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsTools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything |
In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From Our Future Our SelvesFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I want to close this book by coming full circle back to what I feel are our most urgent issues: First and foremost are our collective children; the next generations and how we individually and … | Mari K Swingle | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Parents and PedagogyHelicopters and Expert Advice From: Degrees of Failure |
Twentieth-century child-rearing practices in North America have been heavily manipulated by the state and the private sector toward a domestication that suits institutional life. The tense … | Randle W. Nelsen | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data, what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city … | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From Privatization and Its DiscontentsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … | Marq de Villiers | 45 | 2018 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological DevelopmentFrom: Techno-Fix |
Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development demonstrates that profit maximization does not necessarily lead to the development of technologies and products best suited to meet the … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Provincial and Territorial Laws RespondPart Two — Provincial Legislation: Assisted Human Reproduction and the Changing Definitions of Family From: Fertility |
In Provincial and Territorial Laws Respond McTeer examines the responses from across Canada about the use of IVF technology in human reproduction. The chapter explores issues relating to a … | Maureen McTeer | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Public Policy and Legal Challenges AheadPart Four — Looking to the Future From: Fertility |
In Public Policy and Legal Challenges Ahead McTeer examines the current federal legislation that governs assisted human reproduction (AHR) and how many types of embryo research will inevitably … | Maureen McTeer | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
