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The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies

The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies

Applying the latest Western translation theories to the situation in China this book redefines translation from an interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective bringing intercultural semiotic translation into the sight of translation researchers. This book systematically expounds on the cultural turn in translation studies and contributes to the escape of translation studies from the cage of language. It focuses on discussing the deconstructive postmodernist and cultural translation theories that have motivated and promoted the cultural turn especially Benjamin’s translation theory Derrida’s deconstructive view of translation and postcolonial translation theory. It also discusses in detail the theories of major international translation theorists including Hillis Miller Wolfgang Iser Edward Said Gayatri Spivak Homi Bhabha André Lefevere Susan Bassnett and Lawrence Venuti. These theories are mostly based on examples from Western or English-language texts leaving a wide gap in the discourse of the field. This book seeks to fill that gap. For example intercultural semiotic translation is defined and explained through the successful experiences of the Chinese translator Fu Lei. The role of translation during the Chinese revolution and the relocation of Chinese culture in the global cultural landscape through translation are also discussed. This book will be an essential read to students and scholars of translation studies and Chinese studies. It will also be a useful resource for translators and researchers of comparative literature and cultural studies.

GBP 130.00
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The Anachronistic Turn Historical Fiction Drama Film and Television

The Anachronistic Turn Historical Fiction Drama Film and Television

The Anachronistic Turn: Historical Fiction Drama Film and Television is the first study to investigate the ways in which the creative use of anachronism in historical fictions can allow us to rethink the relationship between past and present. Through an examination of literary cinematic and popular texts and practices this book investigates how twenty-first-century historical fictions use creative anachronisms as a way of understanding modern issues and anxieties. Drawing together a wide range of texts across all forms of historical fiction – novels dramas musicals films and television – this book re-frames anachronism not as an error but as a deliberate strategy that emphasises the fictionalising tendencies of all forms of historical writing. The book achieves this by exploring three core themes: the developing trends in the twenty-first century for creators of historical fiction to include deliberate anachronisms such as contemporary references music and language; the ways in which the deliberate use of anachronism in historical fiction can allow us to rethink the relationship between past and present; and the way that contemporary historical fiction uses anachronism to better understand modern issues and anxieties. This book will appeal to students and scholars of historical fiction contemporary historical film and television studies and historical theatre studies. | The Anachronistic Turn Historical Fiction Drama Film and Television

GBP 130.00
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Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers presents a comprehensive introduction to the latest resources and technologies used in high performance and net zero energy buildings with a practical focus on the design and integration of these systems. This textbook and convenient reference offers a single-source guide to renewable technologies balancing broad knowledge with the details of implementation crucial for successful sustainable design. It equips students and professionals with foundations and critical information needed to confidently plan for and meet the highest standards of energy efficiency in new construction and retrofitted buildings. Part I of the book establishes key principles of renewable systems power production and design for climate introducing energy modeling and measurements of performance. Part II focuses in more depth on renewable energy systems including photovoltaics heat pumps solar thermal and more. Dedicated chapters break down the fundamental concepts behind each renewable technology and present guidelines for configuration and installation including system requirements equipment specification sizing and location of components. Part III discusses topics relevant across renewable systems including energy storage control and monitoring and cost/payback calculation. Part IV comprises case studies of exemplary renewable energy projects. Features: Covers resources and technologies including photovoltaics solar thermal hot water heat pumps biomass wind and microhydro turbines marine renewable energy deep cycle rechargeable batteries and system controllers. Compiles up-to-date essential information on designing with renewable systems in one location organized by technology for easy reference. Presents clear explanations of all concepts and system aspects using US/SI units and full-color diagrams and illustrations throughout. Features case studies of renewable energy systems in completed projects demonstrating a range of climate specific applications. Includes study questions a comprehensive guide to terminology and acronyms spreadsheets for calculations system sizing worksheets and additional online resources. Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers: Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design will serve as an essential introduction and enduring reference for students of architecture engineering construction and building science. Equally valuable as a professional resource it will quickly become the go-to guide for energy efficient design for practitioners in these areas. | Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

GBP 89.99
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Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual cultural and artistic contexts of the period. Most studies view the abundance of murder representations throughout the nineteenth century as an indicator of a supposedly typical Victorian appetite for sensation and melodrama. Modern Murders however demonstrates the turn of the century's backlash against melodramatic and sensational representations of murder and reads them as an important component in the struggles for better aesthetic standards in art and entertainment and as a dominant feature in the debates on mass culture. Through a plethora of visual and written texts representations of fictional and actual real life murders and high and popular forms of writing the volume considers the importance of murder in the elite claim to cultural authority versus its perception of plebian taste in the context of the democratization of culture. This book will be of value to scholars and graduate students in a variety of research areas as well as general readers interested in the role of murder as a central trope in modern art and culture. | Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

GBP 120.00
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Military Reform and Democratisation Turkish and Indonesian Experiences at the Turn of the Millennium

Military Reform and Democratisation Turkish and Indonesian Experiences at the Turn of the Millennium

There is no recipe for democratisation that can be readily applied to all countries. Every country presents unique factors that influence the fate of its democratic reforms which must therefore be evaluated within their specific socio-political cultural and historical context. Building on this premise this paper examines military reform and democratisation through the experiences of Turkey and Indonesia two democratising countries with predominantly Muslim populations secular regimes and militaries that are deeply involved in politics. The paper strives to explain why both the Turkish and Indonesian militaries which have developed a sense of ownership over the state may be wary of democratic change; how 'the people' perceive the military's traditional role in society; and in which direction societal and military attitudes towards democratic reform have been moving over the years. In relating these domestic observations to various external factors it seeks to identify the regional and global trends events and actors that promote and obstruct the development of substantive democracy in each country and to draw broader lessons for the study of democratisation and military reform. | Military Reform and Democratisation Turkish and Indonesian Experiences at the Turn of the Millennium

GBP 110.00
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Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

These proceedings present a selection of papers from the ICTTE 2021 conference. While face-to-face classroom instruction is brought back there are a lot of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that schools teacher training and education institutions and government have to take into account. There is a need to reconsider what additional knowledge and skills pre-service teachers and in-service teachers need to be prepared for to anticipate such a similar unexpected situation in the future. Additionally there is also a need to listen to in-service teacher experiences during the emergency remote teaching and integrate the positive lessons that they have gained such as the use of technology into the current post pandemic face-to-face classroom instruction. This proceeding is designed for teacher educators researchers in-service teachers and pre-service teachers in the field of language education math and science education and social science education who are interested in these topics. | Teacher Education and Teacher Professional Development in the COVID-19 Turn Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training

GBP 110.00
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The Wald Report The Decline Of Israeli National Security Since 1967

The Wald Report The Decline Of Israeli National Security Since 1967

It took only fifteen years for an army once known for its agility and operational brilliance to turn into a clumsy bureaucratic labyrinth according to Colonel Emanuel Wald's report to Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Levi. Not surprisingly Wald's conclusions greatly embarrassed Israeli political and military leaders as news of the report circulated t | The Wald Report The Decline Of Israeli National Security Since 1967

GBP 130.00
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Advances in Nanotechnology for Smart Agriculture Techniques and Applications

Advances in Nanotechnology for Smart Agriculture Techniques and Applications

The yield of major agricultural crops can be severely decreased due to the inappropriate application of commonly used harmful chemicals. Excessive agrochemicals in field application can negatively affect microbial populations and their diversity which in turn ultimately affects plant growth. Thus it is necessary to turn toward more eco-friendly approaches which equally protect crops as well as the desirable microbial populations of complex soil systems. Nanoparticles are considered as potential agents for the production and development of sustainable agriculture. Green synthesis of nanoparticles has gained attention as a useful measure to diminish the harmful effects associated with the old methods of nanoparticle synthesis. Advances in Nanotechnology for Smart Agriculture: Techniques and Applications illustrates the science and practical applications of nanoparticles for sustainable agriculture. Features: Examines the role of nanotechnology in agricultural best practices including sustainable development precision farming and long-term soil health | Advances in Nanotechnology for Smart Agriculture Techniques and Applications

GBP 110.00
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Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future Proceedings of the International Conference on Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future 2023

Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future Proceedings of the International Conference on Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future 2023

The transport sector continues to shift towards alternative powertrains particularly with the UK Government’s focus on ending the sale of petrol and diesel passenger cars by 2030 and increasing support for alternatives. Despite this announcement the internal combustion could continue to play a significant role both in the passenger car market through the use of hybrids and sustainable low carbon fuels including hydrogen as well as a key role in other sectors such as heavy-duty vehicles and off-highway applications across the globe. The contributions presented at the International Conference on Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future 2023 (London UK 29- 30 November 2023) focus on the internal combustion engine’s role in net-zero transport as well as covering developments in the wide range of propulsion systems available (electric hydrogen internal combustion engines and fuel cells sustainable fuels etc) and their associated powertrains. To achieve a sustainable future for transport across the globe we will need to deploy all technologies and so to help understand how these might fit together life-cycle analysis of future powertrain systems and energy will also be included. Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future provides a forum for engine fuels e-machine fuel cell and powertrain experts to look closely at developments in powertrain technology required to meet the demands of the net-zero future and global competition in all sectors of the road transportation off-highway marine and stationary power industries. | Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future Proceedings of the International Conference on Powertrain Systems for a Sustainable Future 2023

GBP 130.00
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Development and Planning Economy Environmental and resource issues

Development and Planning Economy Environmental and resource issues

This book describes in detail how the property market operates giving a clear picture of the economics of development and the way which development issues are defined by (and in their turn have an effect on) community and individual needs. By describing how the market works and explaining the factors which need to be analysed the author aims to improve decision-making techniques and machinery. | Development and Planning Economy Environmental and resource issues

GBP 175.00
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Aircraft Performance An Engineering Approach

Aircraft Performance An Engineering Approach

Aircraft Performance: An Engineering Approach Second Edition introduces flight performance analysis techniques of fixed-wing air vehicles particularly heavier-than-aircraft. It covers maximum speed absolute ceiling rate of climb range endurance turn performance and takeoff run. Enabling the reader to analyze the performance and flight capabilities of an aircraft by utilizing only the aircraft weight data geometry and engine characteristics this book covers the flight performance analysis for both propeller-driven and jet aircraft. The second edition features new content on vertical takeoff and landing UAV launch UAV recovery use of rocket engine as the main engine range for electric aircraft electric engine endurance for electric aircraft gliding flight pull-up and climb-turn. In addition this book includes end-of-chapter problems MATLAB® code and examples and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding. This book is intended for senior undergraduate aerospace students taking courses in Aircraft Performance Flight Dynamics and Flight Mechanics. Instructors will be able to utilize an updated Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for their course. | Aircraft Performance An Engineering Approach

GBP 120.00
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Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control

Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control

Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control Third Edition presents the state of the art in the methodology of sampling while integrating both theory and best practices. It discusses various standards including those from the ISO MIL-STD and ASTM and explores how to set quality levels. The book also includes problems at the end of each chapter with solutions. This edition improves upon the previous editions especially in the areas of software applications and compliance sampling plans. New to the Third Edition: Numerous Microsoft Excel templates to address sampling plans are used. Commercial software applications are discussed at the end of many chapters. Discussion of quick switching systems has been expanded to account for the considerable recent activity in this area. Added discussion of zero acceptance number chained quick switching systems.

GBP 115.00
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Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Computational and Intelligent Systems

Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Computational and Intelligent Systems

This book comprehensively discusses the modeling of real-world industrial problems and innovative optimization techniques such as heuristics finite methods operation research techniques intelligent algorithms and agent- based methods. Discusses advanced techniques such as key cell Mobius inversion and zero suffix techniques to find initial feasible solutions to optimization problems. Provides a useful guide toward the development of a sustainable model for disaster management. Presents optimized hybrid block method techniques to solve mathematical problems existing in the industries. Covers mathematical techniques such as Laplace transformation stochastic process and differential techniques related to reliability theory. Highlights application on smart agriculture smart healthcare techniques for disaster management and smart manufacturing. Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Computational and Intelligent Systems is primarily written for graduate and senior undergraduate students as well as academic researchers in electrical engineering electronics and communications engineering computer engineering and mathematics.

GBP 120.00
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Leadership for Older Adults Aging With Purpose And Passion

Leadership for Older Adults Aging With Purpose And Passion

This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless and a burden challenging questions arise: how do we develop the resources and leadership potential of our ageing population? How do we turn old age from an expensive wasteland into a fertile period of growth and development? | Leadership for Older Adults Aging With Purpose And Passion

GBP 175.00
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The Regional Dimension of Transformation in Central Europe

The Regional Dimension of Transformation in Central Europe

Providing a new picture of the socio-economic map of central Europe after several years of transformation and focusing in particular on Poland this book gives an account of the major problems of regional restructuring. The author identifies the opportunities and problems faced by particular regions by relating the Polish experience to the experience of other central European countries. This in turn provides a general picture of spatial patterns of transformation in this specific part of Europe and will interest those concerned with the transformation of Eastern Europe. | The Regional Dimension of Transformation in Central Europe

GBP 175.00
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Walter Pater: an Imaginative Sense of Fact A Collection of Essays

Walter Pater: an Imaginative Sense of Fact A Collection of Essays

First Published in 1981. Pater is certainly the least widely read and understood of any of the Victorian critics and creative writers though there are signs of a coming revival of interest in him. Each of the discussions included in this issue devoted to Pater touches in some significant way on his imaginative sense of fact on his struggle with the objective ‘givens’ of experience (ideas or individuals) and on his efforts to co-opt or turn that Other into a reordered reflection of his own image. | Walter Pater: an Imaginative Sense of Fact A Collection of Essays

GBP 130.00
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The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India Illiberal Spaces Illiberal Cities

The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India Illiberal Spaces Illiberal Cities

This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India. It is based on an ethnographic study in Noida a city at the eastern fringe of the state of Uttar Pradesh bordering national capital Delhi. The book demonstrates a flexible planning approach being central to the entrepreneurial turn in India’s post-liberalisation urbanisation whereby a small-scale industrial township is transformed into a real-estate driven modern city. Its real point of departure however is in the argument that this turn can enable a form of illiberal community-making in new cities that are quite different from older metropolises. Exclusivist forms of solidarity and symbolic boundary construction - stemming from the differences across communities as well as their internal heterogeneities - form the crux of this process which is examined in three distinct but often interspersed socio-spatial forms: planned middle-class residential quarters ‘urban villages’ and migrant squatter colonies. The book combines radical geographical conceptualisations of social production of space and neoliberal urbanism with sociological and anthropological approaches to urban community-making. It will be of interest to researchers in development studies sociology urban studies as well as readers interested in society and politics of contemporary India/South Asia. | The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India Illiberal Spaces Illiberal Cities

GBP 120.00
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African Constructions of China Insights from Ghana and Kenya

African Constructions of China Insights from Ghana and Kenya

Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship this book explores African constructions of China. Using Ghana and Kenya as case studies the book outlines the role of diverse state and non-state actors in defining what China represents to the region and how it compares to Western powers. Resisting Sino- and state-centric analysis of China-Africa relations this book emphasises the importance of African agency in shaping the discourse. The book demonstrates that the identity construction of a foreign state such as China takes place both at the international level and at a domestic intrastate level. Domestic constructions of China in Ghana and Kenya reflect internal tensions about future directions for African political and socioeconomic development and these constructions in turn help to justify government policies towards China. The book concludes by questioning the idea of a straightforward win-win relationship and suggests that exploitative hierarchical relations conventionally associated with North-South interactions may continue in South-South relations. This book’s important analysis of the role of domestic non-state actors in shaping African policymaking extends much needed nuance to a sometimes polarised debate. It will be of interest to researchers across the fields of politics international relations global development and African and Chinese Studies. | African Constructions of China Insights from Ghana and Kenya

GBP 130.00
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Dictionary of Algebra Arithmetic and Trigonometry

Dictionary of Algebra Arithmetic and Trigonometry

Clear rigorous definitions of mathematical terms are crucial to good scientific and technical writing-and to understanding the writings of others. Scientists engineers mathematicians economists technical writers computer programmers along with teachers professors and students all have the need for comprehensible working definitions of mathematical expressions. To meet that need CRC Press proudly introduces its Dictionary of Algebra Arithmetic and Trigonometry- the second published volume in the CRC Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics. More than three years in development top academics and professionals from prestigious institutions around the world bring you more than 2 800 detailed definitions written in a clear readable style complete with alternative meanings and related references. From Abelian cohomology to zero ring and from the very basic to the highly advanced this unique lexicon includes terms associated with arithmetic algebra and trigonometry with natural overlap into geometry topology and other related areas. Accessible yet rigorous concise but comprehensive the Dictionary of Algebra Arithmetic and Trigonometry is your key to accuracy in writing or understanding scientific engineering and mathematical literature.

GBP 175.00
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Dialogic Pedagogy Discourse in Contexts from Pre-school to University

Dialogic Pedagogy Discourse in Contexts from Pre-school to University

Taking a dialogic approach this edited book engages in analysis and description of dialogic discourse in a number of different educational contexts from early childhood to tertiary with an international team of contributors from Australia Finland New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The chapters focus mostly on dialogic face-to-face discourse with some examples of online interactions and feature insights from educational linguistics particularly the work of Michael Halliday. While the contributors come from a range of theoretical backgrounds they all share an interest in language in use and engage in close analysis of transcripts of naturally-occurring interaction. Taking inspiration from Alexander and other theorists they employ a fine-grained and analytic approach to the exploration of their data. The authors make use of the linguistic tools and models of language in society in order to examine the turn-by-turn unfolding of the interaction. The authors relate their insights from disparate forms of linguistic analysis to elements of Alexander’s (2020) dialogic framework situating the discourse in its contexts and discussing the pedagogical implications of the linguistic choices at play. In presenting this work from a range of situations and perspectives the authors strive to demonstrate how dialogic discourse plays out in educational contexts across the world. The book aims to foster further research in this direction and to inspire educators to explore dialogic discourse for themselves. It will be of interest to a wide audience including literacy researchers linguists teachers and teacher educators as well as graduate students. | Dialogic Pedagogy Discourse in Contexts from Pre-school to University

GBP 120.00
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Education Law

Education Law

Education Law Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive survey of the legal problems and issues confronting school leaders teachers and policymakers today. Court cases accompanied by explanation and analysis can help aspiring educators understand the subtlety and richness of the law. Accordingly each of the 12 thematic chapters begins with an overview concludes with a summary and balances an explanation of the important principles of education law with actual court decisions to illuminate those issues most relevant for educational policy and practice. This updated and expanded Sixth Edition includes: Revision of case law education policy and citations to reflect the most recent decisions and developments in the field. Cases and commentary on key topics such as constitutional rights of students in public schools school discipline safety and zero tolerance policies school choice and parental rights claims the regulation of charter schools and home-based education cyberbullying and the regulation of online speech racial and sexual harassment policies and collective bargaining unions and working conditions. eResources accessible at www. routledge. com/9780367195250 include a Glossary for students Chapter Outlines and Abstracts for instructors as well as Tables of Cases.

GBP 94.99
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