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Compliance with COVID-19 social-distancing measures in Italy [electronic resource] : the role of expectations and duration / Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Mirco Tonin

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Polarization and public health [electronic resource] : partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic / Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob C. Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, David Y. Yang

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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The mid-life dip in well-being [electronic resource] : economists (who find it) versus psychologists (who don't)! / David G. Blanchflower, Carol L. Graham

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Scientific grant funding [electronic resource] / Pierre Azoulay, Danielle Li

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Developments [electronic resource] : child, image, nation / Erica Burman

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008




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Personality and intelligence at work [electronic resource] : exploring and explaining individual differences at work / Adrian Furnham

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008




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Bengalureans back workers’ right to go home

The Karnataka government’s decision to discontinue special trains for migrant workers led to a public outcry on Thursday.




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Demand package of Rs 50,000 cr: Siddaramaiah

Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the state government to demand a special economic package of at least Rs 50,000 crore from the centre to deal with the coronavirus crisis.




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Chaos as migrant workers throng Mangaluru stn

Chaos erupted at Mangaluru Central Railway Station on Friday after more than 1,000 migrant workers hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam and Bihar grouped at the station falling prey to a rumour that train services were available for them to return back home.




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'School asked many senior staffers to quit'

A prestigious city school has allegedly asked many of its senior faculty members and non-teaching staff to resign.




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K'taka: Social distancing in schools a challenge

It is not without some degree of trepidation that parents are awaiting the reopening of schools for the upcoming academic year. More specifically, parents of children who attend government schools are particularly anxious about how the overcrowded institutions will implement social distancing.




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Sanitiser overuse may cause eye issues: Study

A team of researchers has linked a spurt in the number of people complaining of itchy eyes and redness to excessive use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers, which have become an important part of hand-hygiene routines following the coronavirus outbreak.




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Man kills bro in K'taka over board game dispute

A 26-year-old man allegedly killed his brother in Beeranahalli, Tarikere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district over a board game dispute.




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A Companion to the Ancient Near East, 2nd Edition


 

The new edition of the popular survey of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the era of Alexander the Great

A Companion to the Ancient Near East explores the history of the region from 4400 BCE to the Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire in 330 BCE. Original and revised essays from a team of distinguished scholars from across disciplines address subjects including the politics, economics, architecture, and heritage of ancient Mesopotamia



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Fear of Hell: Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe


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History and Imperialism: Writings, 1963-1986


 
Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his collaborators, and the transcript of an informal 1963 discussion of literary history. The centrepiece of this collection is Althusser’s previously unpublished Book on Imperialism, a theorization of globalized capitalism that remained unfinished.  All these writings are concerned with the place of history in

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History and Imperialism: Writings, 1963-1986


 
Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his collaborators, and the transcript of an informal 1963 discussion of literary history. The centrepiece of this collection is Althusser’s previously unpublished Book on Imperialism, a theorization of globalized capitalism that remained unfinished.  All these writings are concerned with the place of history in

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Crimes Unspoken: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War


The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.

Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed

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Peers and Politics, c. 1650 - 1850: Essays in Honour of Clyve Jones


 

A collection of essays in honour of Clyve Jones who has made an incomparable contribution to our understanding of the history of the Westminster house of lords – its politics, procedures and business – and to the history of the English and Scottish peerage more generally



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A Companion to Television, 2nd Edition


 

The latest edition of the acclaimed volume on television studies, featuring new original essays from leading scholars in the field

Although the digital age has radically altered the media and communications landscape worldwide, television continues to play a significant part of our lives. From its earliest beginnings through to the present day, television and its influence has been the subject of extensive study, critique, and analysis.



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A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations: Colonial Era to the Present


 

Covers the entire range of the history of U.S. foreign relations from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century.

A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations is an authoritative guide to past and present scholarship on the history of American diplomacy and foreign relations from its seventeenth century origins to the modern day. This two-volume reference work presents a collection of historiographical essays by prominent scholars. The essays



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Wiley Blackwell Companion to Christian Martyrdom


 

A unique, wide-ranging volume exploring the historical, religious, cultural, political, and social aspects of Christian martyrdom

Although a well-studied and researched topic in early Christianity, martyrdom had become a relatively neglected subject of scholarship by the latter half of the 20th century. However, in the years following the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, the study of martyrdom has experienced a remarkable resurgence



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City limits: why Australia's cities are broken and how we can fix them / Jane-Frances Kelly and Paul Donegan

Online Resource




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The urban planet: knowledge towards sustainable cities / edited by Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm Resilience Centre [and nine others]

Rotch Library - HT361.U7178 2018




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Urban transformations: from liberalism to corporatism in greater Berlin, 1871-1933 / Parker Daly Everett

Rotch Library - HT169.G32 B386 2019




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The Routledge handbook of planning theory / edited by Michael Gunder, Ali Madanipour and Vanessa Watson

Rotch Library - HT166.R696 2018




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The divided city: ideological and policy contestations in contemporary urban India / Dr. Binti Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, Dr. Mahendra Sethi, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India

Rotch Library - HT384.I4 S5446 2018




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Urban composite development index for 17 Shandong cities: ranking and simulation analysis based on China's five development concepts / Tan Khee Giap [and four others]

Rotch Library - HT384.C62 S428 2018




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Megaregionalism 2.0: trade and innovation within global networks / editors, Dieter Ernst, Michael G. Plummer

Rotch Library - HT388.M44 2018




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Smart cities, green technologies and intelligent transport systems: 7th International Conference, SMARTGREENS, and 4th International Conference, VEHITS 2018, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, March 16-18, 2018: revised selected papers / Brian Donnellan, Cornel K

Online Resource




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Public space design and social cohesion: an international comparison / edited by Patricia Aelbrecht and Quentin Stevens

Rotch Library - HT185.P833 2019




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Resilience, crisis and innovation dynamics / edited by Tüzin Baycan, Hugo Pinto

Rotch Library - HT388.R43 2018




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Legacy cities: continuity and change amid decline and revival / edited by J. Rosie Tighe & Stephanie Ryberg-Webster

Rotch Library - HT384.U5 L44 2019




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New towns: an investigation on urbanism / Dunia Mittner ; translation: Erika Geraldine Young

Rotch Library - NA9053.N4 M58 2018




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The new Arab urban: Gulf cities of wealth, ambition, and distress / edited by Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini

Rotch Library - HT147.P35 N47 2019




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Critical perspectives on suburban infrastructures: contemporary international cases / edited by Pierre Filion and Nina M. Pulver

Rotch Library - HT351.C75 2019




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The urban fix: resilient cities in the war against climate change, heat islands and overpopulation / Doug Kelbaugh

Rotch Library - HT241.K45 2019




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Which way to livable and productive cities?: a road map for Sub-Saharan Africa / Kirsten Hommann and Somik V. Lall

Online Resource




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Urban spaces in nineteenth-century Ireland / edited by Georgina Laragy, Olwen Purdue and Jonathan Jeffrey Wright

Rotch Library - HT145.I7 U77 2018




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Vancouverism / Larry Beasley ; with a prologue by Frances Bula

Rotch Library - HT178.C22 V292 2019




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Regional-global: dilemas de la región y de la regionalización en la geografía contemporánea / Rogério Haesbaert ; edición cuidado de Perla Zusman ; traducción de José Ángel Quintero Weir

Online Resource




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The environmental impact of Sieben Linden ecovillage / Andrea Bocco, Martina Gerace, Susanna Pollini

Rotch Library - HT169.576.G3 B63 2019




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Residency, class, and community in the contemporary Chinese city / edited by William Hurst

Rotch Library - HT384.C6 R47 2018




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Transit-oriented displacement or community dividends?: understanding the effects of smarter growth on communities / Karen Chapple and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Rotch Library - HT241.C424 2019




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Rethinking third places: informal public spaces and community building / edited by Joanne Dolley, Caryl Bosman

Rotch Library - HT185.R48 2019




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Temporary cities: resisting transience in Arabia / Yasser Elsheshtawy

Rotch Library - HT147.P37 E47 2019




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Creative spaces: urban culture and marginality in Latin America / edited by Niall H.D. Geraghty and Adriana Laura Massidda

Online Resource




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After the shock city: urban culture and the making of modern citizenship / Tom Hulme

Rotch Library - HT133.H85 2019




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Empty spaces: perspectives on emptiness in modern history / edited by Courtney J. Campbell, Allegra Giovine and Jennifer Keating

Online Resource




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The roots of urban renaissance: gentrification and the struggle over Harlem / Brian D. Goldstein

Rotch Library - HT177.N5 G65 2017