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The Evolution of Automotive Technology - A Handbook (2nd Revised edition): Gijs Mom The Evolution of Automotive Technology - A Handbook (2nd Revised edition)
Gijs Mom
R2,151 Discovery Miles 21 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The idea of "understanding the present through its history" is based on two insights. First, it helps to know where a technology comes from: what were its predecessors, how did they evolve as a result of the continuous efforts to solve theoretical and practical problems, who were crucial in their emergence, and which cultural differences made them develop into divergent families of artifacts? Second, and closely related to the first insight, how does a certain technology or system fit into its societal context, its culture of mobility, its engineering culture, its culture of car driving, its alternatives, its opponents? Only thus, by studying its prehistory and its socio-cultural context, can we acquire a true 'grasp' of a technology.The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook, Second Edition covers one and a quarter century of the automobile, conceived as a cultural history of its technology, aimed at engineering students and all those who wish to have a concise introduction into the basics of automotive technology and its long-term development.

From Grandma with Love (Hardcover): Bella Neville Cruz, Mom (Katia Quintana Cruz), Sarah Fabiny From Grandma with Love (Hardcover)
Bella Neville Cruz, Mom (Katia Quintana Cruz), Sarah Fabiny
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pacific Automobilism - Adventure, Status and the Carnival of Mobility, 1970-2015 (Hardcover): Gijs Mom Pacific Automobilism - Adventure, Status and the Carnival of Mobility, 1970-2015 (Hardcover)
Gijs Mom
R5,319 Discovery Miles 53 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West's media-driven car culture has contrasted with existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an 'adventure machine' seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car's status character.

Bell-Shape Testing System - Testing the Students Based on Simple and Complex Teachings Related to Bloom's Taxonomy of... Bell-Shape Testing System - Testing the Students Based on Simple and Complex Teachings Related to Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Hardcover)
Bsw Mom Fleurmons
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dedications (Hardcover): Pamela Hengen Matthew's Mom Dedications (Hardcover)
Pamela Hengen Matthew's Mom
R1,199 Discovery Miles 11 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Globalizing Automobilism - Exuberance and the Emergence of Layered Mobility, 1900-1980 (Hardcover): Gijs Mom Globalizing Automobilism - Exuberance and the Emergence of Layered Mobility, 1900-1980 (Hardcover)
Gijs Mom
R4,272 R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Save R3,123 (73%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why has "car society" proven so durable, even in the face of mounting environmental and economic crises? In this follow-up to his magisterial Atlantic Automobilism, Gijs Mom traces the global spread of the automobile in the postwar era and investigates why adopting more sustainable forms of mobility has proven so difficult. Drawing on archival research as well as wide-ranging forays into popular culture, Mom reveals here the roots of the exuberance, excess, and danger that define modern automotive culture.

Atlantic Automobilism - Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Hardcover): Gijs Mom Atlantic Automobilism - Emergence and Persistence of the Car, 1895-1940 (Hardcover)
Gijs Mom
R4,299 Discovery Miles 42 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present "car society." Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the vehicle.

Our Babies are Crying for Justice (Hardcover): "Mom" Our Babies are Crying for Justice (Hardcover)
"Mom"; Illustrated by Kurt Hershey
R752 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R85 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sound and Safe - A History of Listening Behind the Wheel (Hardcover): Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, Gijs Mom Sound and Safe - A History of Listening Behind the Wheel (Hardcover)
Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, Gijs Mom
R1,470 Discovery Miles 14 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Do you enjoy listening to music while driving? Do you find radio traffic information indispensable? Do you appreciate the moments of your drive in which you can listen to or sing along with whatever you like? This book shows how we created auditory privacy in cars, making them feel sound and safe, even though automobiles were highly noisy things at the beginning of the twentieth century. It explains how engineers in the automotive industry found pride in making car engines quieter once they realized that noise stood for inefficiency. It follows them as they struggle against sounds audible within the car after the automobile had become a closed vehicle. It tells how noise-induced fatigue became an issue once the car became a mass means for touring across the country. It unravels the initial societal concerns about the dangers of car radio and what it did to drivers' attention span. It explores how car drivers listened to their cars' engines to diagnose car problems, and appreciated radio traffic information for avoiding traffic jams. And it suggests that their disdain for the ever-expanding number of roadside noise barriers made them long for new forms of in-car audio entertainment. This book also allows you to peep behind the scenes of international standardization committees and automotive test benches. What did and does the automotive industry to secure the sounds characteristic for their makes? Drawing on archives, interviews, beautiful automotive ads, and literature from the fields of cultural history, science and technology studies, sound and sensory studies, this book unveils the history of an everyday phenomenon. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.

Political Transformations in Nepal - Dalit Inequality and Social Justice (Hardcover): Mom Bishwakarma Political Transformations in Nepal - Dalit Inequality and Social Justice (Hardcover)
Mom Bishwakarma
R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious circle of impact upon the Dalit groups and the changes brought by the recent political transformations. It explores the links between identity politics, Dalit struggle and Dalit rights although Dalit identity is contested within the group. The author explores the types of institutional measures that would be required to achieve social justice for Dalit in Nepal and analyses the underlying causes and nature of the deeply entrenched social, economic, education and political inequality manifested in the life cycle of Dalit. The book examines contemporary political transformations, including state restructuring and federalism processes, and explores different models of federalism by a variety of experts in detail; this is done with a view to making specific findings on the required institutional reform measures for the improvement of Dalit inclusion and representation in state mechanisms and policies. This book contributes to the literature on the caste and Dalit discourse by proposing that the hegemonic caste structure is deeply entrenched and needs to be deracinated by asserting unified group politics of recognition in Nepal. Political Transformations in Nepal will be of interest to academics working on South Asian Politics, Identity Politics, and Asian Social Policy.

Intellectual Property and Information Law, Essays in Honour of Herman Cohen Jehoram (Hardcover): Jan J.C. Kabel, Gerard J.H.M.... Intellectual Property and Information Law, Essays in Honour of Herman Cohen Jehoram (Hardcover)
Jan J.C. Kabel, Gerard J.H.M. Mom
R7,071 Discovery Miles 70 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work honours the achievements of Professor Herman Cohen Jehoram in the field of intellectual property law. Herman Cohen Jehoram helped put the Netherlands on the intellectual property law map through his organizational and academic work for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Association Literaire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI), and the European Community's Legal Advisory Board. He has also served as the voice of Dutch copyright law abroad and has been described as the founding father of the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Information Law. This collection of essays is international in scope and the contributions from prominent experts cover a broad range of topics in intellectual property law reflecting the academic and historical interests of Professor Cohen Jehoram. The text not only represents a monument to a major force in the field, but also offers a range of insights in specific issues in industrial property, media, and information law.

Political Transformations in Nepal - Dalit Inequality and Social Justice (Paperback): Mom Bishwakarma Political Transformations in Nepal - Dalit Inequality and Social Justice (Paperback)
Mom Bishwakarma
R1,434 Discovery Miles 14 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious circle of impact upon the Dalit groups and the changes brought by the recent political transformations. It explores the links between identity politics, Dalit struggle and Dalit rights although Dalit identity is contested within the group. The author explores the types of institutional measures that would be required to achieve social justice for Dalit in Nepal and analyses the underlying causes and nature of the deeply entrenched social, economic, education and political inequality manifested in the life cycle of Dalit. The book examines contemporary political transformations, including state restructuring and federalism processes, and explores different models of federalism by a variety of experts in detail; this is done with a view to making specific findings on the required institutional reform measures for the improvement of Dalit inclusion and representation in state mechanisms and policies. This book contributes to the literature on the caste and Dalit discourse by proposing that the hegemonic caste structure is deeply entrenched and needs to be deracinated by asserting unified group politics of recognition in Nepal. Political Transformations in Nepal will be of interest to academics working on South Asian Politics, Identity Politics, and Asian Social Policy.

Daoist Meridian Yoga - Activating the Twelve Pathways for Energy Balance and Healing (Paperback): Camilo Sanchez, L.Ac,... Daoist Meridian Yoga - Activating the Twelve Pathways for Energy Balance and Healing (Paperback)
Camilo Sanchez, L.Ac, Sanchez, L.Ac, MOM
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Maintain the flow of vital energy, or Qi, through your body and promote longevity with Daoist Meridian Yoga. This definitive guide provides everything you need to develop your practice. It includes illustrated and detailed instruction on the 24 exercises that work by stretching, extending and toning specific muscle groups associated with the twelve main meridians. The book also explains how to spot signs of imbalance that manifest as physical ailments, describes the specific channels and internal branches, and provides meridian charts of the main muscle groups. Drawing on the traditions of Dao Yin, Qigong and Chinese medicine, Daoist Meridian Yoga is an ancient system that will help to transform your health and balance your energy. This book will be an invaluable resource for Qigong practitioners, and for health practitioners wishing to prescribe Qigong exercises to ameliorate specific health conditions.

Fairy Coloring Book for Adults - Fairy in the magical world with her Animal (Adult Coloring Book) (Paperback): Coloring Book... Fairy Coloring Book for Adults - Fairy in the magical world with her Animal (Adult Coloring Book) (Paperback)
Coloring Book for Mom, Adult Coloring Book
R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On The Edge - True Life Journey (Paperback): "Mom" On The Edge - True Life Journey (Paperback)
"Mom"
R218 R203 Discovery Miles 2 030 Save R15 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Love You Mom Coloring Book - A beautiful and inspirational mom quote coloring book for adults.: Mom Quotes Publishing I Love You Mom Coloring Book - A beautiful and inspirational mom quote coloring book for adults.
Mom Quotes Publishing
R232 Discovery Miles 2 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fireside - Modern Legends and Lore (Paperback): Moms Who Write Fireside - Modern Legends and Lore (Paperback)
Moms Who Write
R380 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wizardly Kids - Wizard Coloring and Activity Book for Kids of All Ages! Makes a great gift for boys and girls! (Paperback): Mom... Wizardly Kids - Wizard Coloring and Activity Book for Kids of All Ages! Makes a great gift for boys and girls! (Paperback)
Mom Beach, Becky Beach
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fairy Dot Marker Coloring Book (Paperback): Busy Mom Press Fairy Dot Marker Coloring Book (Paperback)
Busy Mom Press
R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I am a champion coloring book for children - Cute coloring book for children that love sport: Mom Nona I am a champion coloring book for children - Cute coloring book for children that love sport
Mom Nona
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cobbler Mom Coloring Book - A celebration of a mother's love & dessert (Paperback): Cobbler Mom Cobbler Mom Coloring Book - A celebration of a mother's love & dessert (Paperback)
Cobbler Mom
R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
ANXIETY RELIEVING Mandala Coloring Book: Mom Is King ANXIETY RELIEVING Mandala Coloring Book
Mom Is King
R233 Discovery Miles 2 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Trace Alphabet Letters - Handwriting Practice Workbook For Kids Ages 3+ (Paperback): Mum Teacher Trace Alphabet Letters - Handwriting Practice Workbook For Kids Ages 3+ (Paperback)
Mum Teacher
R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ella's Colorful Year (Paperback): Ella's Mom Ella's Colorful Year (Paperback)
Ella's Mom
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Angaran Chronicles - The Underside (Paperback): Audra Gerber The Angaran Chronicles - The Underside (Paperback)
Audra Gerber; Illustrated by Veronica Anrathi; Foreword by Penny Jacobs (My Mum)
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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