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"During the Nazi era, about three million Jews and tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma were deported to ghettos, camps, and extermination centers, where most of them were murdered. Deportations were central to National Socialist persecution and extermination. In over 20 contributions, scholars from different countries examine the deportations through a variety of perspectives and questions, with a special emphasis on the discussion of historical source material. The main geographical focus is on deportations from the German Reich and German-occupied Southeastern Europe."--

This book presents intimate, engaging, and largely untold portraits of Western lives and livelihoods in Japanese and Chinese treaty ports, as well as in the British colonies of Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, during the 19th century. It does so by examining how Westerners chronicled their overseas lives in personal letters, diplomatic dispatches, business records, and academic papers. By utilizing these rich but often overlooked sources, Chronicling Westerners in Nineteenth-Century East Asia presents new insights into the pace and challenges of daily life, especially in the Japanese treaty ports of Nagasaki and Yokohama but also in Shanghai and Hong Kong. In the process, the volume stresses the connectivities between its subjects, as Westerners lives intersected, and as they moved between Japanese and Chinese port cities. Contributors based in the USA, Japan, the UK, New Zealand and Switzerland reveal the various commercial, maritime, and imperial connections, linked in surprising ways to Westerners in East Asia portrayed here, which shaped colonial development in Australia and New Zealand. Through a broad investigation of Westerners recording their lives, the book re-examines wider histories of the so-called openings of China and Japan in the 1850s and 1860s, as well as how Westerners sought to make sense of these events, and to narrate their place within them. Finally the volume considers how flows of people, capital, commerce, and communications not only cut across the histories of distinct treaty ports in Japan and China, but also shows their implications for empire and exchange beyond East Asia, including Australia, New Zealand, and the 19th-century maritime world

Das Verhalten von Stoffen erscheint widersprüchlich. Einerseits machen sie unser Leben angenehmer, andererseits können sie Schäden an Mensch, Umwelt und Gütern verursachen. Besonders deutlich zeigt sich diese Doppeldeutigkeit am Klimawandel. Es sind Stoffe, die den Klimawandel hervorrufen. Gleichzeitig sind wir aber auch auf Stoffe angewiesen, um die Folgen des Klimawandels zu begrenzen. Damit dies gelingt, müssen Fach- und Führungskräfte in der Lage sein, die Eigenschaften und das Verhalten von Stoffen einzuschätzen. Das gilt besonders für die Logistik, der es bislang als einziger Branche nicht gelungen ist, ihren Anteil an den Treibhausgasemissionen zu senken. Dieses Buch liefert sowohl Studierenden als auch Praktiker:innen das notwendige Grundwissen, um den kommenden Herausforderungen zu begegnen. Es behandelt unter anderem folgende Themen: - Rechtsrahmen für Chemikalien und Gefahrgut: Entwicklung, Bedeutung und wesentliche Inhalte nationaler, europäischer und internationaler Regelungen - Physikalisch-chemische Grundlagen (z. B. Einteilung und Aufbau von Stoffen sowie Gemischen, grundlegende physikalische Gesetzmäßigkeiten, Radioaktivität) - Gase, Flüssigkeiten und Feststoffe: Eigenschaften, Verhalten und mögliches Schädigungspotenzial - Physikalische und chemische Umwandlungen sowie deren Bedeutung für die Risikoabschätzung In buchbegleitenden Videos auf plus.hanser-fachbuch.de zeigt der Autor verschiedene Versuche, die zum besseren Verständnis physikalischer Vorgänge dienen. Die Versuche können im Rahmen studentischer Laborveranstaltungen nachvollzogen werden. Eine Aufgabensammlung rundet den Inhalt ab.

The China Question: Contestations and Adaptations provides fresh perspectives on, and empirics about, China's international relations through the lens of the local and regional configurations and developments around the world. While China's foreign policy strategies have received much attention, and in particular the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the local contestations and/or adaptations that China provokes in the countries and regions it engages remain under-researched. In this book, a global collection of scholars examines how countries, societies, and individuals around the world are responding to China's rise

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between communism (understood as an ideological, political, and social project) and culture, broadly defined as the field of aesthetic production. Communism was a global phenomenon, and the global civil war of the 20th century was, in more than one respect, a cultural war, which involved some of the most influential figures of the last century. The book highlights and explains the impact of political mythologies in the effiorts to transcend the "bourgeois" legacies and engage in a social, cultural, and anthropological revolution. The authors examine the interplay between utopian goals and cultural practices in fields such as literature, visual arts, film, and humanities in general

This book describes various crisis situations in transitional China, and by analyzing the unique characteristics and backgrounds of emergencies and crisis, it argues that crisis management has become a major challenge for the Chinese governments. It then discusses the chronology of crisis, organizational behaviors and the decision-making processes to construct a modern crisis management system in detail, to shed light on the creation of a strategic design and institutional framework of crisis management in China. In so doing, it provides not only insights into the dynamics of crisis decision-making and communication, but also solutions for possible problems specific to a transitional political regime in China

The fourth industrial revolution and contemporary technological, economic and cultural megatrends -- Public goods in economics and other social sciences -- The impact of megatrends on the evolution of public goods -- Health security as a public good in the era of the fourth industrial revolution in Poland -- Local public goods and public utility services in municipalities (urbanized areas) -- Challenges for the education system in the era of the fourth industrial revolution.

"This book explores socio-economic disparities that contribute to the economic challenges of vulnerable communities in various countries, addressing opportunities and threats in how the future of work and entrepreneurship can be impeded or supported in helping to enact successful outcomes for underserved communities"--

Introduction: Like Saul on the road to Damarcus -- The new preservation -- Visibility and representation -- Drifting away from the truth -- Districts and displacement -- Planning and process, awakening and reaction -- Heritage conservation as a civil right.

"In 2021, women represented 54.3% of the US workforce but only held 35% of senior leadership positions. Of that percentage, only 2.7% of Asian women were seen in management roles. While there have been great leaps for women in the workplace in the last decade, women of color still fall behind. The Tao of Self-Confidence book sets a foundation to help Asian Women start being seen as leaders in work and life rather than by our stereotypes. In order to move forward with true confidence, we must learn the lessons our challenges have taught us and heal our trauma. With an honest and vulnerable approach, Yap Chan discusses and explores the specific challenges our community faces, historically and now in the midst of the pandemic, intergenerational and historical trauma, false stories we tell ourselves, and how we can rise above stereotypes. We'll tap into our inner joy, celebrate our authentic self, and awaken the leader within."--

Part 1: Dynamics of Bordering in the Post-Soviet Space -- Beate Eschment, Ketevan Kutsishvili, Sabine von Lèowis, Dynamics of Bordering in the Post-Soviet Space over the Last 30 Years -- Tatiana Zhurzhenko, Between the 'Opening to the West' and the Trauma of Re-Bordering: Towards a Genealogy of Post-Soviet State Border Studies -- Stephan Rindlisbacher, The Territorial Challenge in the Early Soviet State -- Johanna Jaschik, Machteld Venken, Dialoguing Borders in the Post-Soviet Space through Citizen Science, Ukrainian Borderland Perspectives -- Part 2: Western part -- Rita Sanders, Within and Across Borders: Trust and Distrust in Russia's Exclave of Kaliningrad -- Mikhail I. Klyuchnikov, Simon G. Pavlyuk, Nikita L. Turov, Transnistria: The Everyday of a De Facto Border -- Anton Gritsenko, Maria Zotova, Local Responses to the Contested Border in Crimea -- Part 3: South Caucasus -- Nino Aivazhvili-Gehne, Experiencing the Border, Encountering the State: The Ingiloy at the Azerbajani-Georgian Borderland -- Ariane Bachelet, Borderisation of South Ossetia: The Perspective of the Border Population -- Giorgi Cheishvili, Connected and Disconnected by the Border: The Shaping of the Turkish-Georgian Borderland -- Part 4: Central Asia -- Asel Murzakulova, Rethinking the Meaning of Neighbourhood: The Transformation of the Fergana Valley's Transborder Infrastructure -- Saodat Olimova, Muzaffar Olimov, Integration vs Disintegration: State Borders and Border Conflicts in the Isfara Valley -- Henryk Alff, Post-Soviet Decline or China-Induced Prosperity? Agricultural and Socio-Economic Change in the Kazakhstan-China Borderlands.

"Native American celebrations are packed with symbolic gestures and intriguing details. A kind of party called a potlatch, staged by native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, was marked by guests receiving gifts, not giving them, and were sometimes observed to get back at an enemy. This appealing volume about a high-interest aspect of native cultures highlights several celebrations like the potlatch as well as ceremonies important to Native Americans across North America. Thought-provoking fact boxes, historical images, and modern-day customs will engage readers of all levels. A concluding graphic organizer and critical-thinking questions encourage readers to consider the book's key ideas"--