Ageing with Smartphones in Urban China
From the cultural to the digital revolution in Shanghai
This book examines how older adults in Shanghai, China are engaging with digital technologies like smartphones as they age. It is based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the author in Shanghai.
Ancient Knowledge Networks
A Social Geography of Cuneiform Scholarship in First-Millennium Assyria and Babylonia
Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels and is shared in ancient societies. It focuses specifically on the cuneiform scholarly networks that existed in first millennium Assyria and Babylonia.
Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!
Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí! is an open educational resource (OER) textbook designed to develop communication skills in Spanish across the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes. Created by Jenny Ceciliano and Lisa Notman, professors at Portland State University, the textbook takes a learner-centered approach by engaging students in real-life exchanges on topics [...]
Formal Axiology and Its Critics
This book brings together writings that critically look at and try to move forward the formal theory of value that Robert S. Hartman spent his career researching and publishing about. Hartman’s axiology (study of value and worth) was groundbreaking in how it used logic and math like set theory and relationships to [...]
Indian Islamic Architecture
Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments
This book offers a nice overview of the Islamic architecture found across India. It brings together several articles written over the years by John Burton-Page, a well-known British scholar. His writings focus on the main architectural styles and important buildings constructed during Muslim rule in India starting in the 1200s. Recommended for: Beginner-to-intermediate [...]
Introduction to Art: Design, Context and Meaning
Discover the comprehensive textbook 'Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning' - an invaluable resource authored by faculty members from the University System of Georgia. Explore the world of art, its history, applications, and impact on society through 400+ high-quality images.
On the Formation of Marxism
Karl Kautsky’s Theory of Capitalism, the Marxism of the Second International and Karl Marx’s Critique of Political Economy
This book by Jukka Gronow talks about how Karl Kautsky played a big role in shaping how people in the European social democratic labor movement understood and interpreted Marxism in the years before World War I. As the main authority on Marx and Engels’ ideas during this time, Kautsky’s specific analysis of [...]
Re-Mapping Centre and Periphery
Asymmetrical Encounters in European and Global Contexts
The book challenges traditional notions of knowledge flowing mainly from centers to peripheries during the early modern and modern periods. It examines cultural and intellectual exchanges between places as uneven and multi-directional rather than following a simple center-periphery hierarchy.
Readings in Database Systems
Readings in Database Systems is a respected collection of papers on database research, now in its fifth edition. Edited by Peter Bailis, Joseph M. Hellerstein, and Michael Stonebraker, three leaders in the database research community, it has been informing the field on both classic and cutting-edge topics for over 30 years. Recommend [...]
Social learning towards a sustainable world
Principles, perspectives, and praxis
This book looks at the idea of social learning and how it can help move things toward more sustainable development globally. It’s got 27 different chapters from people in all kinds of fields that are trying to deal with sustainability issues. The main focus is on social learning as something people from [...]
The Knowledge of Good
Critique of Axiological Reason
Explore Robert S. Hartman's theory of value and major 20th-century value theorists. Gain new perspectives on ethics and axiology. Recommended for scholars and students of value theory and ethics.
Visual Studio 2022 Succinctly
Discover the power of Visual Studio 2022, Microsoft’s newest integrated development environment (IDE) for Windows, web, and mobile app development. It’s packed with upgrades and optimized for . NET. This short ebook guide gives an overview of the exciting new features that boost productivity and streamline the development process. Recommended for: Beginner-to-intermediate [...]