1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137394503321

Autore

Johnson Carol

Titolo

The social sciences in the Asian century / / edited by Carol Johnson, Vera Mackie and Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2015

Acton, ACT, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-925022-59-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

300.95

Soggetti

Social sciences - Pacific Area

Social sciences - Study and teaching - History

Education and globalization - Pacific Area

History

Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 226

Sommario/riassunto

In this collection of essays, we reflect on what it means to practise the social sciences in the twenty-first century. The book brings together leading social scientists from the Asia-Pacific region. We argue for the benefit of dialogue between the diverse theories and methods of social sciences in the region, the role of the social sciences in addressing real-world problems, the need to transcend national boundaries in addressing regional problems, and the challenges for an increasingly globalised higher education sector in the twenty-first century. The chapters are a combination of theoretical reflections and locally focused case studies of processes that are embedded in global dynamics and the changing geopolitics of knowledge. In an increasingly connected world, these reflections will be of global relevance



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811630703321

Autore

Carr Karen Eva

Titolo

Shifting Currents : A World History of Swimming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781789145779

9781789145786

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 pages)

Disciplina

797.2109

Soggetti

Swimming - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Learning to Swim -- 1. Once Everyone Could Swim -- 2. Leaving Africa -- 3. A Northern Swimming Hole -- 4. Danger, Sex, Gods and Strangers -- 5. Learning to Swim -- 6. Ancient Greece and Rome -- 7. Soldiers and Divers -- Part II: Forgetting How to Swim -- 8. Medieval Asia -- 9. Medieval Europe -- 10. Central Asian Power -- 11. A Famous Drowning -- 12. The Little Ice Age -- Part III: Still Swimming -- 13. African Swimmers -- 14. In the Americas -- 15. China and the Pacific Ocean -- 16. Floating for Witchcraft -- 17. Ducking Stools -- Part IV: Changing Places -- 18. The Avant-garde -- 19. The Middle Class -- 20. Out with the Old, In with the New -- 21. Swimming is So Last Century -- 22. Everyone Out of the Water -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- References -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.