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  • Canadian Founding

    by Janet Ajzenstat ...
    Distinguishing between the Internet a communication system and cyberspace an environment for human exchange the author provides a framework for exploring the metaphors and images used in cyberspace to represent and model social reality. He clarifies how these symbolic interactions are linked to the technologies used to create store and transmit them and to their social context. Drawing on examples ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Discovering Confederation

    A Canadian's Story

    by Janet Ajzenstat ...
    Series Book 19 - Footprints Series
    Janet Ajzenstat is one of Canada's most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. Discovering Confederation is a study of political science over the last forty years through the intellectual lens of her career.Ajzenstat details her academic journey, from her early years as a hopeful, radical activist in the 1960s, through her ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Canadian Founding

    John Locke and Parliament

    by Janet Ajzenstat ...
    Series Book 44 - McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
    Convinced that rights are inalienable and that legitimate government requires the consent of the governed, the Fathers of Confederation - whether liberal or conservative - looked to the European enlightenment and John Locke. Janet Ajzenstat analyzes the legislative debates in the colonial parliaments and the Constitution Act (1867) in a provocative reinterpretation of Canadian political history ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Canada's Founding Debates

    Edited by Janet Ajzenstat, Ian Gentles, Paul Romney, William Gairdner ...
    Series series The Canada 150 Collection
    Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    by David Miller ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. It ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Rethinking UX

    by Smashing Magazine ...
    Series series Smashing eBooks
    In "Rethinking UX", various UX professionals share their lessons learned and provide practical advice from their very own personal experience. The eBook is packed with interesting thoughts and concepts that let us reflect on our own practices. Every designer has their own user research techniques and strategies, but leaving the office and talking to people on the streets can foster innovation even ... Read more

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  • Law: A Very Short Introduction

    by Raymond Wacks ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our ... Read more

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  • Experience Design

    Technology for All the Right Reasons

    by Marc Hassenzahl ...
    Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
    In his book "In the blink of an eye" Walter Murch, the Oscar-awarded editor of The English Patient, Apocalypse Now, and many other outstanding movies, devises the Rule of Six -- six criteria for what makes a good cut. On top of his list is "to be true to the emotion of the moment," a quality more important than advancing the story or being rhythmically interesting. The cut has to deliver a ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Rights Revolution

    by Michael Ignatieff ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    With an updated preface by the author.Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our ... Read more

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  • Design, Make, Play

    Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators

    Edited by Margaret Honey ...
    Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators is a resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and program developers that illuminates creative, cutting edge ways to inspire and motivate young people about science and technology learning. The book is aligned with the National Research Council’s new Framework for Science Education, which includes an explicit focus on ... Read more

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  • What is Gender History?

    by Sonya O. Rose ...
    Series series What is History?
    This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the field of gender history, one that has vastly expanded in scope and substance since the mid 1970s. Paying close attention to both classic texts in the field and the latest literature, the author examines the origins and development of the field and elucidates current debates and controversies. She highlights the significance of race, ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Popular Culture in the US

    People, Politics, and Power

    by Jenn Brandt, Callie Clare ...
    Winner of the Popular Culture Association's 2018 John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook / PrimerWhat is popular culture? Why study popular culture in an academic context? An Introduction to Popular Culture in the US: People, Politics, and Power introduces and explores the history and contemporary analysis of popular culture in the United States. In situating popular culture as lived ... Read more

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