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After Saddam

After Saddam

Author: Dina Badie
Publishing date: 2019
This book explores the monumental shift in the balance of power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War. It investigates the manner in which American foreign policy in Iraq artificially shifted this balance and brought religious identities to the foreground.
134.00 zł
Assessing Urban Design

Assessing Urban Design

Author: Richard Berman
Publishing date: 2006
How do people perceive urban design? What is it about design that influences our perceptions? Assessing Urban Design is a search to better understand how people perceive the physical environments that surround them. Touching on issues of urban design, planning, architecture, historic preservation, and tourism, Berman combines theoretical essays and empirical research to explore waterfront sites in Philadelphia and Yokohama. Topics discussed include "The Distinct and the Unique, Predictability and Surprise, Packaging" and "Historical Ambience." Berman's research consists of photo surveys and interviews conducted on the waterfronts of the chosen cities. His findings are useful in deepening our understanding of people's preferences in urban design and historic
393.75 zł
Charity in Jewish,...

Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions

Publishing date: 2019
This collection compares and contrasts the historical practice of charity among the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The international group of contributors analyzes such topics as virtue, poverty, wealth, and justifications for charity with an aim toward intercultural understanding.
133.00 zł
Converging Media Diverging...

Converging Media Diverging Politics

Author: David Skinner
Publishing date: 2005
What purpose does the news media serve in contemporary North American society? These essays explore the effects of media concentration in democratic systems, and also consider how corporate and technological convergence in the news industry in the US and Canada impacts journalism's expressed role as a medium of democratic communication.
117.60 zł
Mass Mediated Disease

Mass Mediated Disease

Author: Debra Blakely
Publishing date: 2006
Focuses on the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, the Asian influenza pandemic of 1957, and the Hong Kong influenza pandemic of 1968, by discussing news stories reported by the "New York Times", "London Times", and other popular magazines. This work demonstrates that the social construction of influenza changed over time.
215.25 zł