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Black Inc.
An imprint of Schwartz Books, Black Inc. is a leading independent Australian book publisher of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We are passionate about diversity, inclusivity, social justice, new ideas and writing which informs, entertains and inspires. We are fiercely independent, but also strongly commercial. We publish local and international commercial mass-market titles under our Nero imprint, and children’s books under Piccolo Nero. Our La Trobe University Press imprint brings leading scholars and exports to deliver books of high intellectual quality, substance and originality. Schwartz Books also publishes the issue-defining journals Quarterly Essay and Australian Foreign Affairs.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Emigrant homecomings
The return movement of emigrants, 1600–2000
by Marjory Harper
Emigrant Homecomings addresses the significant but neglected issue of return migration to Britain and Europe since 1600. While emigration studies have become prominent in both scholarly and popular circles in recent years, return migration has remained comparatively under-researched, despite evidence that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries between a quarter and a third of all emigrants from many parts of Britain and Europe ultimately returned to their countries of origin. Emigrant Homecomings analyses the motives, experiences and impact of these returning migrants in a wide range of locations over four hundred years, as well as examining the mechanisms and technologies which enabled their return. The book examines the multiple identities that migrants adopted and the huge range and complexity of homecomers' motives and experiences. It also dissects migrants' perception of 'home' and the social, economic, cultural and political change that their return engendered.
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Agricultural scienceJuly 2012Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy
Filling the CAP's Core Information Gap
by Berkeley Hill
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no official system in place to track the economic wellbeing of farmers and their families. This book examines the evidence on the overall wealth of farming households, and concludes that in nearly all member states, they are not generally a poor sector of society, with disposable incomes that are similar to, or exceed, the national average. In this updated edition, the author discusses the latest evidence, makes recommendations for gathering better information, and considers the implications for the CAP as we enter the second decade of the 21st century.
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RETURN TO NATURE
The Five Pillars of Healing
by Jon Burras
Return to Nature provides the reader with a profound new model with which to re-claim their lost body and mind. It is a road map to vibrant health and recovery from many modern ailments. This new and profound healing system is based on the laws of nature and five pillars. The Five Pillars of Healing: 1. Recovery of your Mind. 2. Recovery of your Breath. 3. Recovery through Bodywork. 4. Expansive Movement. 5. Natural Recovery from Addictions. Healing is not only possible but it is natural.
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2018Leaving Is a Return
by A Lai
“Leaving Is a Return” is the latest collection of essays by writer A Lai. It is divided into four series. The first part is “bronze years”: the meditation and recollection of the hometown. The second part is called “ideal country of vegetation”: a unique understanding of flowers and trees and Rural Movement, in the author's pen, it is an ideal country. The third part is “dust has not fallen”: it is the author's reading notes, as well as the knowledge of literature and reading experience. The fourth part is “music and poetry”: the author's creative experience and writing process and his understanding of many years of writing career. Leaving Is a Return gives us a lot of insights in seemingly ordinary things. The author compares the layers of the mountain to the "staircase" and says "My soul will go to heaven by stepping on these ladders." The author turns his eyes to nature and whispers with the vast world. These beautiful words can let us comprehend the spiritual space of A Lai.
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Business, Economics & LawJuly 2024False profits of ethical capital
Finance, labour and the politics of risk
by Claire Parfitt
False profits of ethical capital is a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism. Rather than focusing on the inadequacies of corporate responsibility, sustainable investment and consumer politics, this book grapples with the technical and rhetorical functions of ethical capital for profit and accumulation. It provides a unique and eclectic analysis of the political dynamics between finance, capital and labour, offering a refreshing perspective on struggles interlocking social, ecological and economic crises, and suggesting new ways of thinking about sustainability politics.
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Business, Economics & LawApril 2022Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa
Hard Work and Hazard
by James Sumberg, Jordan Chamberlin, Barbara Crossouard, Máiréad Dunne, Justin Flynn, Marjoke Oosterom, Carolina Szyp, Dorte Thorsen, Felix Kwame Yeboah, Thomas Yeboah
This book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.
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Diseases & disordersDecember 2015Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in Low and Middle-income Countries
by Richard Cooper, Anoop Mishra, Liz Grant, Daniel Boakye, William Midodzi, Ursula Read, Kofi Anie, Nigel Unwin, Juliet Addo, Ernestina Coast, Montserrat Mendez, Philip Onyebujoh, Kwadwo Koram, Shanthi Mendis, André Pascal Kengne, Edited by Ama de-Graft Aikins, Charles Agyemang
Low and middle income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America bear a significant proportion of the global burden of chronic non-communicable diseases. This book synthesizes evidence across countries that share similar socio-economic, developmental and public health profiles, including rapid urbanization, globalization and poverty. Providing insights on successful and sustainable interventions and policies, it shows how to slow and reverse the rising burden of chronic diseases in resource-poor settings.
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July 2024The Untold Stories of African Agriculture
Lessons from Ethiopia
by Tsedeke Abate
This landmark volume presents the results of a comprehensive and coherent in-depth assessment of Ethiopian agriculture and draws lessons from it to generate actionable recommendations that will inform policy decisions and priority setting for agricultural transformation across Africa. Policy makers in Africa are faced with the challenges of ensuring food and nutrition security and the economic wellbeing of their rapidly growing populations while at the same time maintaining the integrity of their natural resource base. Between 2000 and 2021, 74% of the growth in overall crop production on the continent was derived from increases in land area expansion, while increases in yield contributed only 26% of the growth. This unchecked expansion of land use puts the sustainability of the natural resource base under severe pressure. Even though some countries have made substantial increases in their farm productivity over the last two decades, the overall performance for Africa is far behind other regions. For the most part, in Africa, agriculture is not fulfilling its expected functions of food and nutrition security, increased export earnings, import substitution, and raw material supply for local industries. Attempts have been made to transform African agriculture over the years, but few countries have succeeded in achieving sustainable change. Using examples from Ethiopia this book identifies the major factors for success and the root causes of underperformance, and offers evidence-based recommendations for future decision making, policy change and the creation of growth. This book: · Draws on a unique set of case studies from Ethiopia described and told from a truly African perspective. · Emphasises to policy makers in Africa that development cannot be outsourced and there are no shortcuts; it is only through consistent effort and sustained support for their agricultural research and development that positive change can be brought about. · States that past agricultural development efforts by the international community have not properly included a strong African voice, and that therefore, all future academic research, policies and strategies dealing with the continent's agriculture and food security should be formulated by Africa's own leading thinkers and experts. · Is not a polemic; its arguments are knowledge and evidence based, building a compelling picture of how agricultural development can be sustained for the future.
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November 1996Net Jargon
Englisch fürs Internet. (rororo computer)
by Kreisel, Uwe; Tabbert, Pamela A
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April 2000Einkünfte versus Income.
Eine systemvergleichende und wertende Betrachtung des deutschen Einkünftebegriffs und dessen US-amerikanischen Synonyms, insbesondere dargestellt am Beispiel der Vermietung und Verpachtung von Wohnimmobilien.
by Bernhardt, Michael
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PsychologySeptember 2021Narrative Expositionstherapie (NET)
by Neuner, Frank; Catani, Claudia; Schauer, Maggie
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August 2003Zwischen Profit und Moral
Für eine menschliche Wirtschaft
by v. Pierer, Heinrich; Homann, Karl; Lübbe-Wolff, Gertrude
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Sanxiang Net Affairs
by Wang Lijun
This book is mainly written in the process of poverty alleviation. Various e-commerce platforms have emerged at the historic moment, and have been stationed in rural areas. The extensive sales network has helped the poor in a special way and improved the production and life of rural areas. Many poor people rely on e-commerce. Not only do they get rid of poverty, they also bring others out of poverty. Although some poor people have encountered difficulties in the process of e-commerce, the party and government, as well as the poverty alleviation cadres sent by the society, and the poverty alleviation teams from all walks of life are doing their best Help them break through the bottleneck and other true stories, and write about the advent of the e-commerce era, making many remote villages that were originally barren and backward to counterattack into moving scenes of rich life, full of vitality and beautiful villages; writing about the trend of Hunan people in the era China's pragmatism and responsibility, tenacity and strength, reflect China's e-commerce miracle that China has demonstrated to the world with the Hunan e-commerce story.
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May 2010Datenbankprogrammierung mit .NET 4.0
Mit Visual Studio 2010 und SQL Server 2008 R2
by Kansy, Thorsten / Herausgegeben von Schwichtenberg, Dr. Holger
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December 2008Windows Presentation Foundation .NET WPF
Grafische Benutzerschnittstellen mit .NET 3.5
by Wegener, Jörg / Herausgegeben von Schwichtenberg, Dr. Holger
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November 2012Datenbankprogrammierung mit .NET 4.5
Mit Visual Studio 2012 und SQL Server 2012
by Kansy, Thorsten / Herausgegeben von Schwichtenberg, Dr. Holger
