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The early acheulean
This book presents a beautiful photo collection of the Konso stone tools, the Acheulean artifacts. These artifacts include the world’s oldest stone tools shaped to preconceived form. The volume illustrates early stone tool technology and its development from 1.75 to fewer than 1 million years ago.
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Education and social stratification in south korea
South Korea is noted for the hard-fought competition in university admission exams, which are widely believed to determine one’s prospects and shape their takers’ entire lives. In this book, Shin Arita validates this belief with vast amounts of sociological data. He traces the mechanisms that sho...
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Images of japan
This supplemental volume for the "Images of Japan" textbook is aimed at intermediate and advanced-level students of Japanese language who are interested in present-day Japanese society. Its six thematic units focus on Japan's diversity; topics include women's lifestyles, young people's attitudes ...
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Participatory forest management in a new age
The UN’s International Initiative of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has enabled wide comparative research on forestry in global climate change. In this book, an international team of authors who are deeply committed to this initiative provide the first compre...
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Reweaving the economy
Information technology (IT) affects every aspect of modern society from daily communication to business models and politics. Developments in IT are especially important to business organizations. They not only alter the internal structure of departments and divisions but also the relationships am...
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Environment and development challenges
The Blue Planet Prize, awarded by the Asahi Glass Foundation, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious international honors for scientists and researchers in environmental studies. This book features contributions from recent award winners eager to add their voices to the global debate o...
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Jikifu
Washoku, or Japanese cuisine, was registered for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages Program in 2013. Its transient beauty, with natural ingredients, refined techniques, and spatial sense, has been the object of Shinichiro Ogata's work throughout his career. In this beautifully produced book...
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