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In the history of education, the question of how computers were introduced into European classrooms has so far been largely neglected. This edited volume strives to address this gap. The contributions shed light on the computerization of general education from a historical perspective, by looking closely at the different actors, political rationales and ideologies, as well as financial, political, or organizational structures and relations.
* Unique reference source* Compiled with assistance from the industry's two leading international associations* Includes over 4,000 direct and e-marketing companies from over 50 countries* Includes country-by-country regulatory material* Sixth edition - right up-to-date informationA comprehensive annual directory that analyzes Direct Marketing strategies and trends, and that lists providers of DM services in over 50 countries. At its core is a country-by-country directory of marketing and e-marketing service providers. It also includes a series of overview articles on key topics affecting the development and delivery of direct and e-marketing around the world. In two parts, the first examines new opportunities in the field and includes statistics, new techniques, regulatory regimes, regional developments and the internationalization of sales. The second part is a country by country directory of providers that also contains profiles giving basic demographic and economic data, language and cultural considerations, legislation and consumer protection, information on postal services and local DMA addresses.
Der Band bietet ein Kompendium zur deutschen Wirtschaft unter dem Nationalsozialismus unter Einschluss der Kriegsperiode und der Besatzungswirtschaft. Wirtschaftsgeschichte wird in einem umfassenden Sinne verstanden, d. h. es werden auch Themenfelder wie Sozial-, Arbeitsmarkt- und Umweltpolitik oder Wissenschafts- und Konsumgeschichte einbezogen. Ausführliche Kapitel widmen sich dem Kern der bisherigen Forschung: Rüstung, Industriebranchen, Landwirtschaft, Außenwirtschaft und Wirtschaftslenkung. Daneben werden Bereiche wie Tourismus, Medien oder Luxusgüter behandelt. In vielen Kapiteln findet das Thema der Vernichtung wirtschaftlicher Existenzen einen Platz. Forschungserkenntnisse der ve...
This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public debate. With its help, statements are bundled together and discourse is organized and amplified around common buzzwords. This method enables us to navigate more easily the huge volume of online utterances, but it also increases the risk of leveling statements and extinguishing difference, as exemplified by the #MeToo debate. Andreas Bernard traces the young and spectacular career of the humble hashtag. He follows the history of the # sign, documenting its use by Twitter and Instagram, and then examines the most prominent contemporary domains of the sign in socio-political activism and in marketing – two apparently very different fields which are united in their passion for the hashtag. Theory of the Hashtag shines a bright light on a small but pervasive feature of our contemporary digital culture and shows how it is surreptitiously shaping the public sphere.
The stunning objects in this fully illustrated volume include furniture and household appliances, cars and toys as well as many other design items which transcended their everyday utility to achieve iconic status during the twentieth century. Each object is examined in color photographs and illustrations of its use, together with a brief biography of the designer and additional information illuminating our contemporary design culture.
"Examines photo essays from Weimar Germany's many social crises. Traces photography's emergence as a new language that German photographers used to intervene in modernity's key political and philosophical debates: changing notions of nature and culture, national and personal identity, and the viability of parliamentary democracy"--