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Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and the benefits of a sound monetary regime to economic growth, innovation, culture, trade, individual freedom, and international peace.

Wartime sexual violence as a feminist topic of analysis -- The evolution of gender-based violence in international law -- The trajectory of wartime sexual violence-from marginalised phenomenon of wartime history to highly visible offence in international criminal law -- Feminist approaches to human rights, gender, ethnicity, culture and conflict -- The dynamics of "ethno-nationalist conflict" : the interface of gender and ethnicity in ICTY and ICTR wartime sexual violence jurisprudence -- The value of critique and the representation of female identity in contemporary wartime sexual violence jurisprudence

"Over 15 chapters, Dunaway transforms what we know about icons and events. Seeing Green is the first history of ads, films, political posters, and magazine photography in the postwar American environmental movement. From fear of radioactive fallout during the Cold War to anxieties about global warming today, images have helped to produce what Dunaway calls "ecological citizenship," telling us that "we are all to blame." Dunaway heightens our awareness of how depictions of environmental catastrophes are constructed, manipulated, and fought over"--Publisher info

More than words / Alice Dreger and francoise Baylis -- "Where there's smoke, there's Pfizer" / Francoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie -- "So what?" : historical contingency, activism, and reflections on the studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala / Susan M. Reverby -- Twenty years of working toward intersex rights / Alice Dreger -- Working with public citizen : an academic-NGO collaboration / Ruth Macklin -- Reproductive technology's legacy of omission / Miriam Zoll -- Establishing pediatric palliative care : overcoming barriers / Joel E. Frader -- History and philosophy of science engaging the public / Jane Maienschein -- The Flint water crisis / Aron Sousa

At a time of major transformations in the conditions and self-conceptions of cultural history and ethnological museums worldwide, it has become increasingly important for these museums to engage in cooperative projects.This book brings together insights and analyses of a wide variety of approaches to museum cooperation from different expert perspectives. Featuring a variety of African and European points of view and providing detailed empirical evidence, it establishes a new field of museological study and provides some suggestions for future museum practice.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Author; Section I: Public Health; Chapter 1: Medical Ethics from Hippocrates to the AMA; The Art of Medicine; History of Ethics; Ethics and Deontology; Societal Values; The Search for Guidelines; The Professional Code of Ethics; The AMA Code of Ethics; Ethics Summary Table; Ethics and You, The Physician; Chapter 2: Changes in Health Care and the Physician's Role; First Insurance; Cost Reimbursement; First Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Capitation Payment; No HMO Restrictions.

2. Slovenian Refugees in World War I3. After World War I; 4. History-An Unnecessary Burden?; References; Chapter Four; 1. Introduction; 2. The Legacy of Empires and the Calamity of Forced Migration; 3. Causes of the Conflict-The Syrian Turmoil; 4. Conclusion; References; Chapter Five; 1. Introduction; 2. Bosnian Refugees as "Temporary Refugees"; 3. "Tides" and "Waves" of Refugees; 4. Refugees as Criminals; 5. From "Temporary Refugees" to "Illegal Migrants"; 6. Illegals, Foreigners, and Other "Four-Letter Words"; 7. Eliminating Foreigners; 8. Refugees as Waste

Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I The Theoretical and Policy Context; 1 Conceptualising Children as 'Risk': An Introduction; Defining Terms; Public and Official Discourses on Sexual Offending Concerning Children; Framing the Debates; A Brief Note on the Primary Research; Recurrent Themes; Structure of the Book; 2 Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A Contemporary History of Concerns; The Early Emergence of Child Abuse: Intra-familial Abuse; Extrafamilial Abuse: The Predatory Stranger; Institutional Child Abuse

Introduction -- Marxism and social movements: reconstructed, post-, and new social movements -- Marxism and the Occupy movement -- Overview of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philadelphia -- The occupying context: history and the macro context -- The proximate context -- Organizational structures; hierarchies and power; autonomy and authenticities in Occupy -- Ideologies and the conflicts of humanism and rationality -- Schisms part one - race, liberals and anarchy -- Schisms part two - more ideological divides -- Relations with the outside -- The many faces of framing -- Emergent craziness: frustrations, hope, and trust -- Conclusion

"This book, originally published in 1943 deals with the features of Soviet life which the editor and contributors feel are of particular ;significance to Western readers. It describes the soviet political system and gives an account of the institutions of soviet economic life, the principles on which they are based and the significance for everyday life. The role and organization of Trade Unions are also discussed as is the education in ;the USSR, showing its connection with the past history of Russia. "--Provided by publisher.

Emergence of Latino OppositionThe Working Class; Global Women's Liberation; Chapter 3: Revolution in France? May 1968; Global Connections; Roots of the May Events; The Workers; The New Working Class; Capitalist Relations of Production; Cultural Poverty of Consumer Societies; The Political Meaning of May 1968: Internationalism and Self-management; Patriotism and Internationalism; Authoritarianism and Self-management; Limits of Spontaneity; Some Implications of May; Chapter 4: Revolution in the United States? May to September 1970; The Largest Strike in U.S. History; Black Panthers Go to Yale

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Neurons galore -- Chapter 2: A judgement on judgement -- Chapter 3: More bytes than we can chew -- Chapter 4: Spot the expert -- Chapter 5: Group power -- Chapter 6: Forecasting ourselves -- Chapter 7: I spy impostors! -- Chapter 8: The lure of one number -- Chapter 9: Those who neglect history -- Chapter 10: You can't tell me my forecast was wrong -- Chapter 11: Knowing we don't know and the danger of knowing -- Chapter 12: Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Copyright -- Advertisement.

Introduction -- Social media, social networking, and social movements -- The history of marriage in the U.S -- Inside the newsroom: shifting attitudes about how to cover same-sex marriage -- Media framing of the marriage debate -- The proponents: making the case for marriage equality -- The opponents: the religious right fights to save traditional marriage -- The opponents within: queer resistance to the marriage movement -- From pariah to cause célèbre: corporate evolution on the issue of same-sex marriage -- Social media and the inevitability of same-sex marriage

This book presents a detailed history of chemical warfare development during the First World War and discusses design approaches to gas masks and the performance of new filter materials that decontaminate chemical warfare agents (CWA) when applied in the vapor phase. It describes multifunctional nanocomposites containing zinc and zirconium (hydr)oxides, graphite oxide and silver or gold nanoparticles as reactive adsorbents for the degradation of the CWAs vapors. In addition it examines in detail the surface properties that are most important in the mineralization performance.

This is a comprehensive and gripping account of the disaster that devastated New Guinea in 1998, destroying towns and villages, and taking a shocking death toll. This book explains in harrowing detail the events of the earthquake and tsunami, and the recovery effort that followed. It also describes the history and geology of the area for layperson and scientist alike. Many lessons learned in the aftermath helped inform the response to earthquakes and tsunamis that followed, such as the Boxing Day tsunami and the Fukushima tsunami