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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The American Philatelist
Author: Measuring Nonuse Damages Using Contingent Valuation
Author: William H. DesvousgesPublisher: RTI Press
ISBN: 193483100X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This second edition of Measuring Nonuse Damages Using Conjoint Valuation is essentially a reprint of a 1992 monograph that has been in steady demand since its original appearance. The RTI Press edition, which is intended to meet continued inquiries and requests for the monograph, contains a Foreword and a Preface to the second edition that put the original work into historical perspective. These studies of ways to value stated preferences, as applied then to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, continue to be a timely and still-rigorous examination of such methods; even with the passage of time and statistical advances from the past two decades, the conclusions and insights as to whether and how these techniques might still be employed in valuing use or nonuse losses from similar events remain valid.
Fast Food Nation
Author: Eric SchlosserPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547750331
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Author: Jan-Peter HerbstPublisher:
ISBN: 9781862181847
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Gear Acquisition Syndrome, also known as GAS, is commonly understood as the musicians unrelenting urge to buy and own instruments and equipment as an anticipated catalyst of creative energy and bringer of happiness. For many musicians, it involves the unavoidable compulsion to spend money one does not have on gear perhaps not even needed. The urge is directed by the belief that acquiring another instrument will make one a better player. This book pioneers research into the complex phenomenon named GAS from a variety of disciplines, including popular music studies and music technology, cultural and leisure studies, consumption research, sociology, psychology and psychiatry. The newly created theoretical framework and empirical studies of online communities and offline music stores allow the study to consider musical, social and personal motives, which influence the way musicians think about and deal with equipment. As is shown, GAS encompasses a variety of practices and psychological processes. In an often life-long endeavour, upgrading the rig is accompanied by musical learning processes in popular music.
Mexican Maritime Mail
Author: Karl H. SchimmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9789963579785
Category : Mail steamers
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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A Century of German Ship Posts
Author: Edwin DrechselPublisher:
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Category : Mail steamers
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Ein Jahrhundert Deutsche Schiffspost / Seepost / Schiffspoststempel / Abstempelung / Datumstempel / Geschichte.
Cartographies of Disease
Author: Tom KochPublisher: Esri Press
ISBN: 9781589481206
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine, new expanded edition, is a comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease. This look at medical mapping advances the argument that maps are not merely representations of spatial realities but a way of thinking about relationships between viral and bacterial communities, human hosts, and the environments in which diseases flourish. Cartographies of Disease traces the history of medical mapping from its growth in the 19th century during an era of trade and immigration to its renaissance in the 1990s during a new era of globalization. Referencing maps older than John Snow's famous cholera maps of London in the mid-19th century, this survey pulls from the plague maps of the 1600s, while addressing current issues concerning the ability of GIS technology to track diseases worldwide. The original chapters have some minor updating, and two new chapters have been added. Chapter 13 attempts to understand how the hundreds of maps of Ebola revealed not simply disease incidence but the way in which the epidemic itself was perceived. Chapter 14 is about the spatiality of the disease and the means by which different cartographic approaches may affect how infectious outbreaks like ebola can be confronted and contained.
Interpreting Objects and Collections
Author: Susan M. PearcePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415112885
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Bringing together the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections, this volume examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things.
Postage Stamps of Canada
Author: Jarrett FredPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016942522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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