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Book 2020

Prognostication in the Medieval World

A Handbook

Matthias Heiduk, Klaus Herbers, Hans-Christian Lehner

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Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the firm believe during the Middle Ages in a future which could be shaped and even manipulated. The handbook provides the first overview of current historical research on medieval prognostication. It considers the entangled influences and transmissions between Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and non-monotheistic societies during the period from a wide range of perspectives. An international team of 63 renowned authors from about a dozen different academic disciplines contributed to this comprehensive overview.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499773
ISBN:: 9783110499773
ISBN:: 9783110501209
ISBN:: 9783110498479
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: History of Science
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Neidhart und die Neidhart-Lieder

Ein Handbuch

Margarete Springeth, Franz Viktor Spechtler, Katharina Zeppezauer-Wachauer

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Along with Walther von der Vogelweide, the Minnesinger and poet Neidhart is regarded as one of the most original and influential song authors of the German Middle Ages. A rich lyrical oeuvre has been handed down to us under his name. This volume reviews the current state of research about the author, appraising his works from historical, literary, linguistic, musical, and art historical perspectives.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110334067
ISBN:: 9783110334067
ISBN:: 9783110333930
ISBN:: 9783110382648
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Neue Diskurse der Gelehrtenkultur in der Frühen Neuzeit

Ein Handbuch

Herbert Jaumann, Gideon Stiening

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The New Discourses continue the volume published in 2011. The book brings together discourses from multiple disciplines and is therefore relevant to the history of the disciplines and scholarship. The 17 essays include such themes as the criticism of religion, polyhistory, polymathy, concepts of utopia, criticism and political anthropology, cosmography and technology, the problem of death in medicine, and the New World.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110289992
ISBN:: 9783110289992
ISBN:: 9783110289763
ISBN:: 9783110388770
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Subject:: History of Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Walter-Kempowski-Handbuch

Carla Damiano, Andreas Grünes, Sascha Feuchert

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Until now, literary researchers on Walter Kempowski (1929–2007) have lacked a comprehensive reference work that considered both the life and work of Germany’s most important author of the post-war period. The Kempowski Handbook fills this gap – in the book, leading scholars elucidate Kempowski’s biography, artistic oeuvre, and the current state of research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110237597
ISBN:: 9783110237597
ISBN:: 9783110237580
ISBN:: 9783110390742
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Praxishandbuch Ausstellungen in Bibliotheken

Petra Hauke

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Preparing and staging an exhibition demands intense personal commitment and requires experience and professional expertise. The range of tasks includes planning, financing, resolving technical legal and insurance issues (especially in relation to possible loans), conservation aspects, working with cooperation partners, accompanying events, and intensive public relations work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110475043
ISBN:: 9783110475043
ISBN:: 9783110472868
ISBN:: 9783110472790
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2017

Atlas spätmittelalterlicher Schreibsprachen des niederdeutschen Altlandes und angrenzender Gebiete (ASnA)

Band I: Einleitung, Karten; Band II: Verzeichnis der Belegtypen; Band III: Verzeichnis der Schreibformen und der Textzeugen (Ortspunktdokumentation)

Robert Peters, Christian Fischer, Norbert Nagel

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The Atlas evaluates around 6,000 legal texts dating from the 13^th to the 15^th centuries. An indispensable research tool for linguists, medievalists, codicologists, and historians, documenting for the first time the most important urban written languages of the Low German "Altland" and neighboring areas.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110417623
ISBN:: 9783110417623
ISBN:: 9783110416879
ISBN:: 9783110417791
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: General Linguistics
Subject:: Historical Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

J.M.R.-Lenz-Handbuch

Julia Freytag, Inge Stephan, Hans-Gerd Winter

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The works of J. M. R. Lenz (1751–1792) have garnered increased attention and respect during the last few decades. At the same time, because of their formal and thematic complexity, his works elude quick interpretation. This handbook takes the latest research into account. It includes articles on the author’s life and work, and about current issues in Lenz scholarship, as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110237610
ISBN:: 9783110237610
ISBN:: 9783110237603
ISBN:: 9783110384932
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 18th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Handbuch Sturm und Drang

Matthias Luserke-Jaqui, Vanessa Geuen, Lisa Wille

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For the first time, this handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the Sturm und Drang movement. Alongside articles on individual authors, there are systematic essays that address the academic, aesthetic, musical, and poetic history of Sturm und Drang. The articles on works discuss and re-evaluate the movement’s texts. Three comprehensive indexes enable examination of highly specific themes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050093239
ISBN:: 9783050093239
ISBN:: 9783050055725
ISBN:: 9783110380255
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 18th Century
Subject:: 19th Century
Subject:: Literary History
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)

Book 2017

The Peoples of Ancient Italy

Gary D. Farney, Guy Bradley

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Although there are many studies of certain individual ancient Italic groups (e.g. the Etruscans, Gauls and Latins), there is no work that takes a comprehensive view of each of them—the famous and the less well-known—that existed in Iron Age and Roman Italy. Moreover, many previous studies have focused only on the material evidence for these groups or on what the literary sources have to say about them.

This handbook is conceived of as a resource for archaeologists, historians, philologists and other scholars interested in finding out more about Italic groups from the earliest period they are detectable (early Iron Age, in most instances), down to the time when they begin to assimilate into the Roman state (in the late Republican or early Imperial period). As such, it will endeavor to include both archaeological and historical perspectives on each group, with contributions from the best-known or up-and-coming archaeologists and historians for these peoples and topics. The language of the volume is English, but scholars from around the world have contributed to it. This volume covers the ancient peoples of Italy more comprehensively in individual chapters, and it is also distinct because it has a thematic section.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513001
ISBN:: 9781614513001
ISBN:: 9781614515203
ISBN:: 9781501500145
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Gryphius-Handbuch

Nicola Kaminski, Robert Schütze

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Andreas Gryphius is among the best-studied authors of the 17^th century, yet until now, there has been no comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of his life and work. The handbook seeks to fill this gap. It includes chapters on individual texts and covers a number of interpretative approaches. It also presents an overview of the current state of research and an expanded set of references, including previously neglected textual corpora.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229448
ISBN:: 9783110229448
ISBN:: 9783111130262
ISBN:: 9783110390711
ISBN:: 9783110229431
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2017

SignGram Blueprint

A Guide to Sign Language Grammar Writing

Josep Quer, Carlo Cecchetto, Caterina Donati, Carlo Geraci, Meltem Kelepir, Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union.

Current grammatical knowledge about particular sign languages is fragmentary and of varying reliability, and it appears scattered in scientific publications where the description is often intertwined with the analysis. In general, comprehensive grammars are a rarity. The SignGram Blueprint is an innovative tool for the grammar writer: a full-fledged guide to describing all components of the grammars of sign languages in a thorough and systematic way, and with the highest scientific standards.
The work builds on the existing knowledge in Descriptive Linguistics, but also on the insights from Theoretical Linguistics. It consists of two main parts running in parallel: the Checklist with all the grammatical features and phenomena the grammar writer can address, and the accompanying Manual with the relevant background information (definitions, methodological caveats, representative examples, tests, pointers to elicitation materials and bibliographical references). The areas covered are Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Syntax and Meaning. The Manual is endowed with hyperlinks that connect information across the work and with a pop-up glossary.
The SignGram Blueprint will be a landmark for the description of sign language grammars in terms of quality and quantity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511806
ISBN:: 9781501511806
ISBN:: 9781501516085
ISBN:: 9781501518966
ISBN:: 9781501515705
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Linguistic Typology
Subject:: Sign Languages
Publisher:: De Gruyter Mouton

Book 2017

Handbuch der völkischen Wissenschaften

Akteure, Netzwerke, Forschungsprogramme

Michael Fahlbusch, Ingo Haar, Alexander Pinwinkler, David Hamann

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"Völkisch" nationalism, whose origins date back to the 19^th century, extended its influence since the time of the German Empire and survives to this day. The new edition of this handbook addresses the vast increase in research findings and fills earlier gaps with new information and revised insights. It has a broad focus, considering everything from research programs and institutions to biographies, newspapers, and important individuals.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110429893
ISBN:: 9783110429893
ISBN:: 9783110438918
ISBN:: 9783110429954
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Antisemitism
Subject:: Political Ideologies and Ideas
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Antisemitism
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2016

Handbook of Israel: Major Debates

Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Julius H. Schoeps, Yitzhak Sternberg, Olaf Glöckner, Anne Weberling

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The Handbook of Israel: Major Debates serves as an academic compendium for people interested in major discussions and controversies over Israel. It provides innovative, updated and informative knowledge on a range of acute debates. Among other topics, the handbook discusses post-Zionism, militarism, democracy and religion, (in)equality, colonialism, today’s criticism of Israel, Israel-Diaspora relations, and peace programs. Outstanding scholars face each other with unadulterated, divergent analyses. These historical, political and sociological texts from Israel and elsewhere make up a major reference book within academia and outside academia. About seventy contributions grouped in thirteen thematic sections present controversial and provocative approaches refl ecting, from different angles, on the present-day challenges of the State of Israel.

Other Major Works by the Editors:

Eliezer Ben-Rafael
Is Israel One? Religion, Nationalism and Ethnicity Confounded, Brill (2005)
Ethnicity, Religion and Class in Israel, Cambridge University Press (paperback) (2007)

Julius H. Schoeps
Begegnungen. Menschen, die meinen Lebensweg kreuzten. Suhrkamp (2016)
Pioneers of Zionism: Hess, Pinsker, Rülf. Messianism, Settlement Policy, and the Israeli-Palestinan Conflict. De Gruyter (2013)

Yitshak Sternberg
World Religions and Multiculturalism: A Relational Dialectic. Brill (2010).
Transnationalism. Brill (2009)

Olaf Glöckner
Being Jewish in 21st Century Germany. De Gruyter (2015, with Haim Fireberg)
Deutschland, die Juden und der Staat Israel. Olms (2016, with Julius H. Schoeps)

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110351637
ISBN:: 9783110351637
ISBN:: 9783110607727
ISBN:: 9783110351606
ISBN:: 9783110383386
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Israel and Palestine
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Israel and Palestine
Subject:: Zionism
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2019

Bettina von Arnim Handbuch

Barbara Becker-Cantarino

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The literary and political works of Bettina von Arnim have been rediscovered by the public. Drawing on the latest research, this handbook places her in her historical and familial context and highlights her links with intellectuals as well as her cultural politics. The contributions elucidate the entire body of her literary and socio-political work, her correspondence, her pictorial and musical works, and the reception of her person and work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260939
ISBN:: 9783110260939
ISBN:: 9783110260915
ISBN:: 9783110392067
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 19th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Robert-Musil-Handbuch

Birgit Nübel, Norbert Christian Wolf

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The Austrian author Robert Musil (1880–1942) was a soldier, engineer, and trained philosopher. Besides his fragmentary novel The Man Without Qualities (1930/32), his works include plays, stories, essays, reviews and an extensive legacy. This handbook offers a broad overview of Musil’s life, work and impact. It also opens multiple research perspectives on one of the most important works of German classical modernity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110255577
ISBN:: 9783110255577
ISBN:: 9783110185645
ISBN:: 9783110391978
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Literatur- und Kulturtheorien in der Germanistischen Mediävistik

Ein Handbuch

Christiane Ackermann, Michael Egerding

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This volume presents current theoretical approaches from the fields of cultural and literary theory and describes their reception and application in the area of Medieval German studies. Each chapter engages in a literary analysis of a key text from Medieval German literature. The work also provides extensive bibliographic information and a glossary of key terms.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050094236
ISBN:: 9783050059600
ISBN:: 9783050094236
ISBN:: 9783110380668
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)

Book Open Access 2017

Handbook Global History of Work

Karin Hofmeester, Marcel van der Linden

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Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of.

What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work – a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook.

In 8 thematic chapters, this book discusses these aspects of work in a global and long term perspective, paying attention to several kinds of work. Convict labour, slave and wage labour, labour migration, and workers of the textile industry, but also workers' organisation, strikes, and motivations for work are part of this first handbook of global labour history, written by the most renowned scholars of the profession.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424584
ISBN:: 9783110424584
ISBN:: 9783110428353
ISBN:: 9783110424706
ISBN:: 9783110646627
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Social History
Subject:: Labour History
Subject:: Global History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2022

Handbook of Digital Public History

Serge Noiret, Mark Tebeau, Gerben Zaagsma

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This handbook provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in digital public history. Individual studies by internationally renowned public historians, digital humanists, and digital historians elucidate central issues in the field and present a critical account of the major public history accomplishments, research activities, and practices with the public and of their digital context. The handbook applies an international and comparative approach, looks at the historical development of the field, focuses on technical background and the use of specific digital media and tools. Furthermore, the handbook analyzes connections with local communities and different publics worldwide when engaging in digital activities with the past, indicating directions for future research, and teaching activities.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110430295
ISBN:: 9783110430295
ISBN:: 9783110439229
ISBN:: 9783110430370
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History since 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Public History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2017

Handbook of Arthurian Romance

King Arthur's Court in Medieval European Literature

Leah Tether, Johnny McFadyen, Keith Busby, Ad Putter

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The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of almost every European vernacular during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This Handbook seeks to showcase the European character of Arthurian romance both past and present.

By working across national philological boundaries, which in the past have tended to segregate the study of Arthurian romance according to language, as well as by exploring primary texts from different vernaculars and the Latin tradition in conjunction with recent theoretical concepts and approaches, this Handbook brings together a pioneering and more complete view of the specifically European context of Arthurian romance, and promotes the more connected study of Arthurian literature across the entirety of its European context.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432466
ISBN:: 9783110432466
ISBN:: 9783110440614
ISBN:: 9783110655803
ISBN:: 9783110432480
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Subject:: Romance Literature
Subject:: Romance Literature, general
Subject:: Literary History
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Individual Motifs, Motif Research
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Hermann-Broch-Handbuch

Michael Kessler, Paul Michael Lützeler

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Considering his literary works – especially his novels – together with his writings on literature, philosophy, and politics, Hermann Broch is one of the most innovative German-language writers of the 20^th century. This handbook was created in cooperation with an international research team. It presents Broch’s life history along with all of his literary and essayistic output, analyzing and reassessing Broch’s work in its multiple contexts.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295566
ISBN:: 9783110200713
ISBN:: 9783110295566
ISBN:: 9783110634167
ISBN:: 9783110389050
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Exile Literature
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Ungarn und Rumänien

Cora Dietl, Anna-Lena Liebermann

Part of the multi-volume work Lexikon der regionalen Literaturgeschichte des Mittelalters

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This encyclopedia examines medieval German literature in geographic contexts. It documents institutions and individuals that fostered the creation, reception, and dissemination of literature, textual culture, and literary education. It traces the history of German textual culture in Hungary and Romania from the early contacts through the Battle of Mohács.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050090658
ISBN:: 9783050052939
ISBN:: 9783050090658
ISBN:: 9783110379914
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Subject:: Romance Literature
Subject:: Romance Literature, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)

Book 2015

Das Haus in der Geschichte Europas

Ein Handbuch

Joachim Eibach, Inken Schmidt-Voges, Simone Derix, Philip Hahn, Elizabeth Harding, Margareth Lanzinger, Roman Bonderer

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The Handbook illustrates a new interdisciplinary conceptualization of the category “house” as evoked by current discussions in the social sciences and humanities. In addition, it offers readers a panorama of European research related to the historical dimensions of house, household, and domesticity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110358988
ISBN:: 9783110358889
ISBN:: 9783110358988
ISBN:: 9783110463712
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Society
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2019

Handbook of Ancient Nubia

Dietrich Raue

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Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The contributions to this handbook illuminate our current understanding of the cultural history of this fascinating region, including its interconnections to the natural world.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110420388
ISBN:: 9783110420388
ISBN:: 9783110416695
ISBN:: 9783110420654
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Egyptology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Handbuch Kulturportale

Online-Angebote aus Kultur und Wissenschaft

Ellen Euler, Monika Hagedorn-Saupe, Gerald Maier, Werner Schweibenz, Jörn Sieglerschmidt

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The book surveys major culture portals in the fields of culture and science, such as the German Digital Library. It presents a range of different projects with a focus on historical, disciplinary, organizational, legal, and economic aspects. The descriptions of the portals are uniformly organized to enable a comparative assessment of the offerings, thereby providing an overview of the current landscape of online culture portals.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110405774
ISBN:: 9783110405712
ISBN:: 9783110405774
ISBN:: 9783110405804
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Subject:: Archives and Museums
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2016

Handbuch Informationskompetenz

Wilfried Sühl-Strohmenger, Martina Straub

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This work offers a basic overview of information literacy from the perspective of the library and information sciences. It includes essays on strategies for practical implementation of support for information literacy in schools, universities, and research facilities. A particular focus is placed on designing such programs to promote learning through calculated spatial and technical infrastructures and didactically effective planning.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110403367
ISBN:: 9783110403367
ISBN:: 9783110403299
ISBN:: 9783110403428
ISBN:: 9783110578300
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2016

Praxishandbuch Bibliotheksbau

Planung – Gestaltung – Betrieb

Petra Hauke, Klaus Ulrich Werner

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The Practical Handbook of Library Construction deals with all aspects of building and equipping a library. It covers planning, site selection, exterior facilities, space allotment, tendering, financing, laws and standards, library facilities, technical infrastructure, transport systems, classroom spaces, and barrier-free design. The handbook includes an extensive bibliography.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110403183
ISBN:: 9783110403183
ISBN:: 9783110403138
ISBN:: 9783110403237
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2015

Lesen

Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch

Ursula Rautenberg, Ute Schneider

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Our society, focused on media, communication, and knowledge, has been paying more and more attention to topics such as reading, reading comprehension, and reading competency. Ever since the PISA study in 2000, these issues have been the focus of both political and popular discussion. This handbook is based on the latest research findings in neurophysiology, psycholinguistics, education, sociological communications theory, and book studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110275537
ISBN:: 9783110275513
ISBN:: 9783110275537
ISBN:: 9783110613452
ISBN:: 9783110381283
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Praxishandbuch Bibliotheksmanagement

Rolf Griebel, Hildegard Schäffler, Konstanze Söllner

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Similar to its predecessor work, The Modern Library, The Practical Handbook of Library Management is a handbook that covers all aspects of library organization. It provides an overview of library management in Germany, with special emphasis on current developments in consideration of the international context. It also offers a detailed outlook on the most important contemporary trends in library work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110303261
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030315-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030326-1
ISBN:: 9783110395938
ISBN:: 9783110302936
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2015

Praxishandbuch Urheberrecht für Bibliotheken und Informationseinrichtungen

Bernd Juraschko

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Since 2008 the world’s economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build, refurbish and operate them has decreased. Many countries report a decrease in funding of libraries. On the other hand, public and student demand for study and collaborative work space, the changing nature of the content delivery and the increased need for access to computer technologies are creating an increasing need for more library space that is smart, flexible and economical to build and operate. Libraries are central to our knowledge economy. Without them, many communities would have no access to technology, study space or tutorial and literacy training.

High Quality Design on a Low Budget brings together a range of building projects from national, academic and public Libraries from different regions of the world showing how these libraries are able to continue to provide high quality library space that is affordable in these times of difficult economic circumstances.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110346756
ISBN:: 9783110346695
ISBN:: 9783110346756
ISBN:: 9783110395839
ISBN:: 9783110578294
Subject:: Law
Subject:: Commercial Law
Subject:: Copyright and Media Law, Publishing Law
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2014

Handbuch Hochschulbibliothekssysteme

Leistungsfähige Informationsinfrastrukturen für Wissenschaft und Studium

Konstanze Söllner, Wilfried Sühl-Strohmenger

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Changing conditions are forcing university libraries to redesign how academic information is supplied to users. The Handbook of University Library Systems presents planning recommendations from the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Research Foundation, and explores a number of delivery models using examples taken from professional practice.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110310092
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030991-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031009-2
ISBN:: 9783110396218
ISBN:: 9783110559323
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2016

Praxishandbuch Digitale Bibliotheksdienstleistungen

Strategie und Technik der Markenkommunikation

Frauke Schade, Johannes Neuer

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There has been an unmet need for theoretical and practical strategies and models directly relevant to market-oriented and customer-oriented digital library services. This book fills this gap, describing the basic principles and major challenges of marketing digital library services, and uses best-practice examples from academic and public libraries as well as from commercial providers.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110346558
ISBN:: 9783110346558
ISBN:: 9783110346480
ISBN:: 9783110396423
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2014

Die Audio-Enzyklopädie

Ein Nachschlagewerk für Tontechniker

Andreas Friesecke

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Die 2. Auflage der Audio-Enzyklopädie bietet einen aktuellen Überblick über alle Felder der Tonstudiotechnik. Behandelt werden neben elektrotechnischen und -akustischen Grundlagen vor allem moderne Verfahren der Digitaltechnik. Über 850 Abbildungen und Tabellen machen die Inhalte anschaulich. Damit ist die Audio-Enzyklopädie zugleich Nachschlagewerk für Profis, Handbuch für Praktiker und Lehrbuch für Ausbildung und Selbststudium.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110340181
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034013-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034018-1
ISBN:: 9783110396027
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Electronics
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Media and Press
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2013

Handbook

Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual, Roman Gladyshevskii

Part of the multi-volume work Inorganic Substances > 2014

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294446
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029445-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029444-6
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Handbook

Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual, Roman Gladyshevskii

Part of the multi-volume work Inorganic Substances > 2013

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Since the discovery of X-ray diffraction in 1913 over 100 000 different inorganic substances (also called compounds or phases) have been structurally characterized. The aim of this reference work is to provide the researcher with a comprehensive compilation of all up to now crystallographically identified inorganic substances in only one volume. All data have been processed and critically evaluated by the "Pauling File" editorial team using a unique software package. Each substance is represented in a single row containing the following information adapted to the number of chemical elements:
- Alphabetically sorted chemical elements
- Standardized chemical formula
- Prototype (structure type): type-defining compound, Pearson symbol, space group number
- Hermann-Mauguin symbol for the space group
- Unit cell dimensions
- Mineral name or structural family
- Color
- Density calculated from the chemical formula and unit cell dimensions
- Code indicating the level of structural studies (atom coordinates refined; no atom coordinates refined, but prototype assigned; only cell parameters determined)
- Reference number

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110276596
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027647-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027659-6
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Handbook

Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual

Part of the multi-volume work Inorganic Substances > 2012

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Since the discovery of X-ray diffraction in 1913 over 100 000 different inorganic substances (also called compounds or phases) have been structurally characterized. The aim of this reference work is to provide the researcher with a comprehensive compilation of all up to now crystallographically identified inorganic substances in only one volume. All data have been processed and critically evaluated by the "Pauling File" editorial team using a unique software package. Each substance is represented in a single row containing the following information:
- Alphabetically sorted chemical elements
- Standardized chemical formula
- Prototype (structure type): type-defining compound, Pearson symbol, space group number
- Hermann-Mauguin symbol for the space group
- Unit cell dimensions
- Color
- Density calculated from the chemical formula and unit cell dimensions
- Code indicating the level of structural studies (atom coordinates refined; no atom coordinates refined, but prototype assigned; only cell parameters determined)
- Reference number

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110268935
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026843-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026893-5
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Bibliography

Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual, Marinella Penzo

Part of the multi-volume work Inorganic Substances > 2014

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By browsing about 10 000 000 scientific articles of over 200 major journals some 200 000 publications were selected. The extracted data is part of the following material research fields: crystal structures (S), phase diagrams (C) and intrinsic physical properties (P). These research field codes as well as the chemical systems investigated in each publication were included in the present work. The aim of this Bibliography is to provide researchers with a comprehensive compilation of all up to now published scientific publications on inorganic systems in only three handy volumes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294460
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029447-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029446-0
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Bibliography

Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual, Marinella Penzo

Part of the multi-volume work Inorganic Substances > 2012

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By browsing about 10 000 000 scientific articles of over 200 major journals mainly in a ‘cover to cover approach’ some 200 000 publications were selected. The extracted data is part of the following fundamental material research fields: crystallographic structures (S), phase diagrams (also called constitution) (C) and the comprehensive field of intrinsic physical properties (P). This work has been done systematically starting with the literature going back to 1900. The above mentioned research field codes (S, C, P) as well as the chemical systems investigated in each publication were included in the present work. The aim of the Inorganic Substances Bibliography is to provide researchers with a comprehensive compilation of all up to now published scientific publications on inorganic systems in only two handy volumes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110268959
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026844-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026895-9
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Chemistry, other
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Handbuch Staat und Migration in Deutschland seit dem 17. Jahrhundert

Jochen Oltmer

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States configure and shape migration processes, channel migratory movements, and categorize migrants. This handbook surveys the genesis of the relationship between state and migration in Germany and examines the changes in ideological and political principles, government-established rules, and administrative decision-making processes that have affected emigration and immigration.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110345391
ISBN:: 9783110345285
ISBN:: 9783110345391
ISBN:: 9783110396638
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Social History
Subject:: Migration History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2018

Handbuch Landesgeschichte

Werner Freitag, Michael Kißener, Christine Reinle, Sabine Ullmann

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This volume is the first handbook of regional history, which does not take on a specific regional focus but instead, explores over-arching connections and features of the discipline. It presents the history of the discipline, spatial concepts, areas of intellectual interest, forms of access, and thematic fields (all with references to specific historical regions) and shows the commonalities between individual regional histories.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110354188
ISBN:: 9783110354188
ISBN:: 9783110710007
ISBN:: 9783110354119
ISBN:: 9783110397543
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Epoch-spanning History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Germany
Subject:: General German History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: History of Science
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2014

Migrationen im Mittelalter

Ein Handbuch

Michael Borgolte

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We think of immigration as prototypical of our globalizing world, but migratory movement has long characterized human history. For the first time, this study seeks to examine the migrations that occurred during the medieval millennium. The volume will become an indispensable reference work for all who are interested in the Middle Ages from the perspective of the world at large.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050064758
ISBN:: 978-3-05-006474-1
ISBN:: 978-3-05-006475-8
ISBN:: 9783110554830
ISBN:: 9783110380002
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Africa
Subject:: Arab World
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)

Book 2015

Volume 3

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Medieval Culture

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A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture.

Medieval research has grown tremendously in depth and breadth over the last decades. Particularly our understanding of medieval culture, of the basic living conditions, and the specific value system prevalent at that time has considerably expanded, to a point where we are in danger of no longer seeing the proverbial forest for the trees. The present, innovative handbook offers compact articles on essential topics, ideals, specific knowledge, and concepts defining the medieval world as comprehensively as possible. The topics covered in this new handbook pertain to issues such as love and marriage, belief in God, hell, and the devil, education, lordship and servitude, Christianity versus Judaism and Islam, health, medicine, the rural world, the rise of the urban class, travel, roads and bridges, entertainment, games, and sport activities, numbers, measuring, the education system, the papacy, saints, the senses, death, and money.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110377613
ISBN:: 9783110377576
ISBN:: 9783110377613
ISBN:: 9783110392920
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Volume 2

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Medieval Culture

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A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110377637
ISBN:: 9783110377569
ISBN:: 9783110377637
ISBN:: 9783110387322
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Volume 1

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Medieval Culture

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A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110267303
ISBN:: 9783110266597
ISBN:: 9783110267303
ISBN:: 9783110385441
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Handbuch der Kardinäle

1846-2012

Martin Bräuer

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This is the first German language work that presents biographies of all the Cardinals from the papacy of Pope Pius IX in 1846 through the end of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. The volume is amplified by introductions to the history of the College of Cardinals, to its mission and its standing in the Roman Catholic Church, establishing it as an essential reference work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110269475
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026944-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026947-5
ISBN:: 9783110370775
ISBN:: 9783110488012
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Contemporary History until 1945
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Modern Church History (19th and 20th Centuries)
Subject:: Denominational Studies, Ecumenism, World Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Handbuch Chroniken des Mittelalters

Gerhard Wolf, Norbert H. Ott

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Extensive chronicles have been handed down from the Middle Ages, preserving and interpreting stories of the past and present in literary form. Their sheer numbers pose a challenge to researchers. This handbook systematically presents the most important medieval chronicles in terms of their conception and function. It offers the reader initial access to these unjustly neglected texts.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110341713
ISBN:: 9783110341713
ISBN:: 9783110995497
ISBN:: 9783110382556
ISBN:: 9783110206272
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Handbook of Rare Earth Elements

Analytics

Alfred Golloch, Bin Hu, Man He, Norbert Jakubowski, Jürgen Meinhardt, F.Michael Meyer, Jörg Niederstraßer, Rainer Schramm, Sven Sindern, Heinz-Günter Stosch, Martin Bertau

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The Handbook of Rare Earth Elements focuses on the essential role of modern instrumental analytics in the recycling, purification and analysis of rare earth elements. Due to their numerous applications, e.g. in novel magnetic materials for computer hardware, mobile phones and displays, rare earth elements have become a strategic and valuable resource. The detailed knowledge of rare earth element contents at every step of their life cycle is of great importance.

This reference work was compiled with contribution from an international team of expert authors from Academia and Industry to presend a comprehensive discussion on the state-of-the-art of rare earth element analysis for industrial and scientific purposes, recycling processes and purification of REEs from various sources.

Written with Analytical Chemists, Inorganic Chemists, Spectroscopists as well as Industry Practitioners in mind, the Handbook of Rare Earth Elements is an indispensable reference for everyone working with rare earth elements.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365085
ISBN:: 9783110365085
ISBN:: 9783110391251
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Solid State Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Handbook of Religious Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Anthony J. Steinhoff, Jeffrey T. Zalar

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This handbook offers a guide to research on religious culture during Europe’s long 19th century. It is organized around the concept of "religious culture".This focus encourages assessments of the evolution of religious belief & promotes attention to religion’s changing role in the formation of personal and group identities, the shifting ties between faith and politics, and the religious motivations for social engagement.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110609059
ISBN:: 9783110609059
ISBN:: 9783110573671
ISBN:: 9783110606324
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Europe
Subject:: General European History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: History of Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2023

Theodor Fontane Handbuch

Rolf Parr, Gabriele Radecke, Peer Trilcke, Julia Bertschik

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This book sheds light on Theodor Fontane’s multifaceted oeuvre based on recent scholarship and with a view to posthumous texts, to contemporary events and society, and to his relationships. The articles it contains discuss his work in the context of the 19^th century history of ideas, knowledge, and media.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110545388
ISBN:: 9783110545388
ISBN:: 9783110544374
ISBN:: 9783110541496
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 19th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Ödön-von-Horvath-Handbuch

Nicole Streitler-Kastberger, Martin Vejvar

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The Horvaìth Handbook provides an initial or more in-depth introduction to the life and work of Ödön von Horváth. It begins by exploring biographical and text-critical constellations before providing precise descriptions of the various work groups. It places a special focus on the specific features of Horváth’s poetics. The volume closes by examining Horváth’s reception and providing an index of people and works.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110704310
ISBN:: 9783110704310
ISBN:: 9783110704174
ISBN:: 9783110704389
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Handbuch Künstliche Intelligenz und die Künste

Stephanie Catani, Jasmin Pfeiffer

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Artificial intelligence is booming: new methods are being developed, visions of the future sounded out, and innovative fields of application opened up. Manifestations of artificial intelligence have also arrived in the arts – both as their subject matter and as tools of creative production. This handbook examines both fields and investigates how AI methods are transforming the traditional concepts and contexts that have defined arts discourse.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110656978
ISBN:: 9783110656978
ISBN:: 9783110655605
ISBN:: 9783110657753
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Sciences
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Print Only 2023

Joseph-Roth-Handbuch

Johann Georg Lughofer, Stéphane Pesnel

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ISBN:: 9783110201062
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Volume 2 Handbook of Colorants Chemistry

in Painting, Art and Inks

Ingo Klöckl

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colorants Chemistry

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Volume 2 of The Handbook of Colorant Chemistry focuses on paints, painting and drawing systems used by the painter and craftsman. From presenting molecular compositions of common paints and inks to a historical look at color chemistry, the author offers an in-depth look at the world of color.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110777123
ISBN:: 9783110777123
ISBN:: 9783110777291
ISBN:: 9783110777000
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Volume 1 Jewish Studies on Premodern Periods

A Handbook

Carl S. Ehrlich, Sara R. Horowitz

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Jewish Studies

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This volume examines new developments in the fields of premodern Jewish studies over the last thirty years.

The essays in this volume, written by leading experts, are grouped into four overarching temporal areas: the First Temple, Second Temple, Rabbinic, and Medieval periods. These time periods are analyzed through four thematic methodological lenses: the social scientific (history and society), the textual (texts and literature), the material (art, architecture, and archaeology), and the philosophical (religion and thought). Some essays offer a comprehensive look at the state of the field, while others look at specific examples illustrative of their temporal and thematic areas of inquiry.

The volume presents a snapshot of the state of the field, encompassing new perspectives, directions, and methodologies, as well as the questions that will animate the field as it develops further. It will be of interest to scholars and students in the field, as well as to educated readers looking to understand the changing face of Jewish studies as a discipline advancing human knowledge

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110418873
ISBN:: 9783110418873
ISBN:: 9783110418989
ISBN:: 9783110419399
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Judaism
Subject:: Overviews and Introductions
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2023

Caucasian Albania

An International Handbook

Jost Gippert, Jasmine Dum-Tragut, European Research Council (ERC), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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By consequence of the Karabakh War in 2020 and due to Azerbaijanian revisionism concerning the history, culture and cultural monuments of the region, the discussion on Caucasian "Albania", which is little known in the West in both academic and public circles, has been reignited. The handbook provides an overview of the current state of research on the Caucasian "Albanians" in an objective, scientifically sound manner. The contributions are not necessarily intended to reveal new scientific findings but rather to summarise approved knowledge. The volume brings together internationally renowned scholars, researchers and practitioners from various fields of studies reporting on and reviewing the state of research concerning the Caucasian "Albanians", their history and archaeology, their language and written monuments, their religion, church history and their art, including their relation to the Udi people of today. The companion is intended to neutrally introduce the readership to the subject of Caucasian Albania from various perspectives.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110794687
ISBN:: 9783110794687
ISBN:: 9783110794595
Subject:: Asian and Pacific Studies
Subject:: Western Asia
Subject:: Western Asia, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Historical Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter Mouton

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Handbuch Literatur und Kultur der Wirtschaftswunderzeit

Nicole Mattern, Stefan Neuhaus

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In spite of its enormous significance for the development of German culture and society, hardly any research has been done on the Wirtschaftswunder as an independent period. Economic recovery and political stability influenced the production and reception of art, literature, film, and other media. This handbook surveys a wide range of works – synchronously for the Wirtschaftswunder period and diachronically for the period that went after it.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110679823
ISBN:: 9783110679823
ISBN:: 9783110679953
ISBN:: 9783110679595
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: General Cultural Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Konrad von Würzburg

Ein Handbuch

Markus Stock

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Due to the broad range of topics he worked on and the period and various genres he worked in, Konrad von Würzburg is one of the most important authors of Middle High German literature. Alongside a comprehensive introduction to the author, the sociohistorical background, the places he worked, and chronology of his works, this volume contains individual articles on works/work groups, poetics/aesthetics, transmission, and reception. It also provides both an overview of the latest research and an outlook on future areas of research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110373561
ISBN:: 9783110373561
ISBN:: 9783110386202
ISBN:: 9783110204988
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Volume 1 Handbook of Colorants Chemistry

Dyes and Pigments Fundamentals

Ingo Klöckl

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colorants Chemistry

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Volume 1 of the Handbook of Colorants Chemistry covers the fundamentals of color as well as the scientific principles, via the presentation of molecular compositions of inorganic and organic pigments. The book is supplemented by a comprehensive bibliography with references to standard works, monographs and original papers. The reader is provided with a unique overview of the field of color chemistry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110777116
ISBN:: 9783110777116
ISBN:: 9783110777284
ISBN:: 9783110776997
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2022

Handbuch kommunikationswissenschaftliche Erinnerungsforschung

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This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, perspectives, and main emphases of studying processes of communicative remembering and media memory. Its chapters analyze the field of communication memory studies and link it to complementary approaches from the social sciences, the humanities, and cultural studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110629743
ISBN:: 9783110629743
ISBN:: 9783110626841
ISBN:: 9783110626711
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Genres and Media in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Digital Media and Communication
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Memory
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Memory
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Communication Research Methods
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2022

Central and Eastern European Literary Theory and the West

Michał Mrugalski, Schamma Schahadat, Irina Wutsdorff, Danuta Ulicka

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Literary theory flourished in Central and Eastern Europe throughout the twentieth century, but its relation to Western literary scholarship is complex. This book sheds light on the entangled histories of exchange and influence both within the region known as Central and Eastern Europe, and between the region and the West. The exchange of ideas between scholars in the East and West was facilitated by both personal and institutional relations, both official and informal encounters. For the longest time, however, intellectual exchange was thwarted by political tensions that led to large parts of Central and Eastern Europe being isolated from the West. A few literary theories nevertheless made it into Western scholarly discourses via exiled scholars. Some of these scholars, such as Mikhail Bakhtin, become widely known in the West and their thought was transposed onto new, Western cultural contexts; others, such as Ol’ga Freidenberg, were barely noticed outside of Russian and Poland. This volume draws attention to the schools, circles, and concepts that shaped the development of theory in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the histoire croisée – the history of translations, transformations, and migrations – that conditioned its relationship with the West.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110400304
ISBN:: 9783110400304
ISBN:: 9783110400342
ISBN:: 9783110378726
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Arno-Schmidt-Handbuch

Axel Dunker, Sabine Kyora

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Arno Schmidt is potentially the greatest outsider of German postwar literature. This handbook aims to provide access to his oeuvre, to arouse interest in his works, and to give Schmidt the place he deserves in literary history. It provides both information for a first encounter with Schmidt's texts and an overview of existing research for readers who are already familiar with his works.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110554120
ISBN:: 9783110554120
ISBN:: 9783110549331
ISBN:: 9783110552805
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Handbuch elektrische Energieversorgung

Energietechnik und Wirtschaft im Dialog

Oliver D. Doleski, Monika Freunek

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This comprehensive book makes power supply easy to understand in a dialogue between technical and non-technical factors. Renowned experts introduce specialist principles and specific issues. Each chapter is easy for beginners to understand but also provides experts with an opportunity to consolidate their knowledge. Practical examples round off the compendium. Everybody working in the energy world needs this book on their desk!

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110753585
ISBN:: 9783110753585
ISBN:: 9783110753530
ISBN:: 9783110753639
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Industries
Subject:: Energy Industry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Energy Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2022

Jewish Literatures in Spanish and Portuguese

A Comprehensive Handbook

Ruth Fine, Susanne Zepp

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This volume offers a thorough introduction to Jewish world literatures in Spanish and Portuguese, which not only addresses the coexistence of cultures, but also the functions of a literary and linguistic space of negotiation in this context. From the Middle Ages to present day, the compendium explores the main Jewish chapters within Spanish- and Portuguese-language world literature, whether from Europe, Latin America, or other parts of the world. No comprehensive survey of this area has been undertaken so far. Yet only a broad focus of this kind can show how diasporic Jewish literatures have been (and are ) – while closely tied to their own traditions – deeply intertwined with local and global literary developments; and how the aesthetic praxis they introduced played a decisive, formative role in the history of literature. With this epistemic claim, the volume aims at steering clear of isolationist approaches to Jewish literatures.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110563795
ISBN:: 9783110563795
ISBN:: 9783110561111
ISBN:: 9783110531060
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Jewish Literature
Subject:: Jewish Literature, general
Subject:: Romance Literature
Subject:: Hispanic Literature
Subject:: Hispanic Literature, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Staging Authority

Presentation and Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe. A Handbook

Eva Giloi, Martin Kohlrausch, Heikki Lempa, Heidi Mehrkens, Philipp Nielsen, Kevin Rogan

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Staging Authority: Presentation and Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe is a comprehensive handbook on how the presentation, embodiment, and performance of authority changed in the long nineteenth century. It focuses on the diversification of authority: what new forms and expressions of authority arose in that critical century, how traditional authority figures responded and adapted to those changes, and how the public increasingly participated in constructing and validating authority. It pays particular attention to how spaces were transformed to offer new possibilities for the presentation of authority, and how the mediatization of presence affected traditional authority. The handbook’s fourteen chapters draw on innovative methodologies in cultural history and the aligned fields of the history of emotions, urban geography, persona studies, gender studies, media studies, and sound studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110574012
ISBN:: 9783110574012
ISBN:: 9783110571141
ISBN:: 9783110571417
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Europe
Subject:: Western Europe
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Political Ideologies and Ideas
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2022

The Qur’an with Cross-References

Mun'im Sirry

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The Qur’an with Cross-References provides for nearly every verse in the Qur’an a selection of other verses which shed light upon, clarify, or explain the verse you are reading. The Qur’an in its printed edition has not yet been cross-referenced, despite the fact that　Qur’an commentators realized quite early on the central importance of　tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Qur’ān　(interpreting the Qur’an through the Qur’an itself). Even some modern Muslim exegetes claim to follow this method. However, the cross-references they provided are very limited.

Perhaps, the most extensive treatment and pioneered work on　tafsīr al-Qur’ān bi’l-Qur’ān　is that composed by Rudi Paret entitled　Der Koran: Kommentar und Konkordanz.　Paret’s work is certainly very rich, which includes – in addition to possible cross-references – interpretations of and alternate renderings for a given verse or passage. Furthermore, as the term "Konkordanz" may indicate, his　Der Koran　provides all identical or similar phraseology and usage in different places of the Qur’an, a model that will not be followed in this Qur’an cross-references project.

Instead, The Qur’an with Cross-References is based on connection between words, phrases, themes, concepts, events, and characters. One word may occur several times in the Qur’an, but the cross references will be made only where there is connection in meaning between two or more verses or passages. In preparing this cross-references project, several models and methods used for the cross-references of the Bible are consulted. As is well-known, Bible cross-references have been a long-established tradition, while the Qur’an, at least in its printed edition, has not been cross-referenced.

The Qur’an with Cross-References is the first of its kind. The field has needed something like this, because in the existing Qur’an there is nothing to indicate that certain passages can shed light upon, clarify, or explain other passages.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110782448
ISBN:: 9783110782448
ISBN:: 9783110782561
ISBN:: 9783110779158
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Text and Exegesis
Subject:: Quran
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Islam
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2022

International Handbook of Practical Theology

Birgit Weyel, Wilhelm Gräb, Emmanuel Lartey, Cas Wepener

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Practical theology has outgrown its traditional pastoral paradigm. The articles in this handbook recognize that faith, spirituality, and lived religion, within and beyond institutional communities, refer to realms of cultures, ritual practices, and symbolic orders, whose boundaries are not clearly defined and whose contents are shifting. The International Handbook of Practical Theology offers insightful transcultural conceptions of religion and religious matters gathered from various cultures and traditions of faith.

The first section presents ‘concepts of religion’. Chapters have to do with considerations of the conceptualizing of religion in the fields of ‘anthropology’, ‘community’, ‘family’, ‘institution’, ‘law’, ‘media’, and ‘politics’ among others. The second section is dedicated to case studies of ‘religious practices’ from the perspective of their actors. The third section presents major theoretical discourses that explore the globally significant diversity and multiplicity of religion.

Altogether, sixty-one authors from different parts of the world encourage a rethinking of religious practice in an expanded, transcultural, globalized, and postcolonial world.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110618150
ISBN:: 9783110618150
ISBN:: 9783110618396
ISBN:: 9783110644555
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Practical Theology
Subject:: History and Theory of Practical Theology
Subject:: Sociology of Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Handbuch Poetikvorlesungen

Geschichte – Praktiken – Poetiken

Gundela Hachmann, Julia Schöll, Johanna Bohley

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This collection provides a systematic overview of lectures on poetics, investigating the still little-known Anglo-American origins of the genre, as well as its establishment and rise in the German-speaking world. International experts compare central poetological positions, bringing together their reception in both academic and non-academic contexts in order to describe how this genre functions in the literary field.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647884
ISBN:: 9783110647884
ISBN:: 9783110644760
ISBN:: 9783110645019
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Theory
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Poetics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Handbook of Rare Earth Elements

Analytics

Alfred Golloch

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The reference work describes in its new edition still more up-to-date methods for the recycling and purifi cation processes of rare earth element analysis for industrial and scientific purposes alike. Due to their vast applications, from computer hardware to mobile phones and electric cars, REEs have become a valuable resource for our modern life. New topics: emission spectroscopy, analysis of environmental samples and pharmaceutical applications.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110696455
ISBN:: 9783110696455
ISBN:: 9783110696363
ISBN:: 9783110696646
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Solid State Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Magnetic Materials
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Praxishandbuch Richtige Lobbyarbeit für Bibliotheken

Claudia Lux

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This practical handbook is the first to extensively present the principles (the internal and external perception of libraries, various political levels, the definition of lobby work versus marketing) and the practice of lobby work for libraries (goals, strategies, partners, competitors). It describes both successful and failed examples of lobby work with extensive explanations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110673746
ISBN:: 9783110673746
ISBN:: 9783110673333
ISBN:: 9783110673807
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2022

Praxishandbuch Urheberrecht für Bibliotheken und Informationseinrichtungen

Bernd Juraschko

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The second, completely revised edition of this volume reviews material copyright in relation to libraries and discusses the methods of legal case analysis and the steps that precede it. It focuses on the field of license agreement law and also takes into account the legal situations in Switzerland and Austria.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110707588
ISBN:: 9783110707588
ISBN:: 9783110707670
ISBN:: 9783110707502
Subject:: Law
Subject:: Commercial Law
Subject:: Copyright and Media Law, Publishing Law
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2022

History of Ancient Greek Literature

Volume 1: The Archaic and Classical Ages. Volume 2: The Hellenistic Age and the Roman Imperial Period

Franco Montanari, Fausto Montana, Orla Mulholland, Rachel Barritt Costa

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This book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient Greek literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. Its clear structure and detailed presentation of Greek authors and their works as well as literary genres and phenomena makes it an indispensable reference work for all those interested in Greek Antiquity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110426328
ISBN:: 9783110426328
ISBN:: 9783110426342
ISBN:: 9783110419924
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Dual-Phase Depolarization Analysis

Interactive Coupling in the Amorphous State of Polymers

Jean Pierre Ibar

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This book focuses on the characterization of the amorphous phase of polymers, whether they are pure amorphous or semi-crystalline ones, above Tg or below Tg, by studying the relaxation of dipoles and space charges naturally found in their structure after they have been activated by the application of a voltage field. The experimental deconvolution of the relaxation modes responsible for internal motion in the amorphous phase is coupled with a mathematical procedure (Thermal-Windowing Deconvolution-TWD) that leads to the understanding of their coupling characteristics which, it is shown, relate to the state of the material itself, for instance its non-equilibrium state or its internal stress for matter belonging to interfaces between aggregated or dispersed phases.

Describes quantitatively the Thermal Stimulated Depolarization techniques of polymer characterization (TSD, TWD), i.e. how to decouple the relaxation modes collectively interacting (interactive coupling) and relate it to the thermodynamic properties of the amorphous phase.
Understands the results of depolarization in terms of the new physics of polymer interactions: the Dual-Phase model, here applied to the dipoles-space charge dynamics.
Provides a roaster of CASE STUDIES: practical applications of the TSD and TWD characterization techniques to describe coupled molecular motions in resins, medical tissues, wood, blends and block copolymers interfaces, rubbers, can coatings, internal stress in molded parts, etc

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110756746
ISBN:: 9783110756746
ISBN:: 9783110756692
ISBN:: 9783110756845
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Volume 3 Mixed Metal Oxide Pigments - Zinc Sulfide Pigments

Part of the multi-volume work Encyclopedia of Color, Dyes, Pigments

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Volume 3

From Mixed Metal Oxide Pigments to Zinc Sulfi de Pigments

With contributions on various industrially important dyes, inorganic pigments and organic pigments

A comprehensive overview on all important dyes, inorganic and organic pigments supplemented by information on all relevant applications and color fundamentals
The chapters are clearly structured and arranged in alphabetical order in the 3-volumes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110587128
ISBN:: 9783110587128
ISBN:: 9783110586886
ISBN:: 9783110586862
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Volume 2 Color Measurement - Metal Effect Pigments

Part of the multi-volume work Encyclopedia of Color, Dyes, Pigments

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Volume 2

From Color Measurement to Metal Effect Pigments

With contributions on various industrially important dyes, inorganic pigments and organic pigments, on color measurement and historical pigments, dyes and binders

A comprehensive overview on all important dyes, inorganic and organic pigments supplemented by information on all relevant applications and color fundamentals
The chapters are clearly structured and arranged in alphabetical order in the 3-volumes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110587104
ISBN:: 9783110587104
ISBN:: 9783110586848
ISBN:: 9783110586947
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2022

Volume 1 Antraquinonoid Pigments - Color Fundamentals

Gerhard Pfaff

Part of the multi-volume work Encyclopedia of Color, Dyes, Pigments

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Volume 1

From Antraquinonoid Pigments to Color Fundamentals

With contributions on various industrially important dyes, inorganic and organic pigments, on color fundamentals and colorants in various application systems (building materials, coatings, cosmetics, plastics, printing inks)

A comprehensive overview on all important dyes, inorganic and organic pigments supplemented by information on all relevant applications and color fundamentals
The chapters are clearly structured and arranged in alphabetical order in the 3-volumes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110588071
ISBN:: 9783110588071
ISBN:: 9783110585889
ISBN:: 9783110586633
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Africa in Global History

A Handbook

Toyin Falola, Mohammed Bashir Salau

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This handbook places emphasis on modern/contemporary times, and offers relevant sophisticated and comprehensive overviews. It aims to emphasize the religious, economic, political, cultural and social connections between Africa and the rest of the world and features comparisons as well as an interdisciplinary approach in order to examine the place of Africa in global history.

"This book makes an important contribution to the discussion on the place of Africa in the world and of the world in Africa. An outstanding work of scholarship, it powerfully demonstrates that Africa is not marginal to global concerns. Its labor and resources have made our world, and the continent deserves our respect." – Mukhtar Umar Bunza, Professor of Social History, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, and Commissioner for Higher Education, Kebbi State, Nigeria

"This is a deep plunge into the critical place of Africa in global history. The handbook blends a rich set of important tapestries and analysis of the conceptual framework of African diaspora histories, imperialism and globalization. By foregrounding the authentic voices of African interpreters of transnational interactions and exchanges, the Handbook demonstrates a genuine commitment to the promotion of decolonized and indigenous knowledge on African continent and its peoples." – Samuel Oloruntoba, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110678017
ISBN:: 9783110678017
ISBN:: 9783110677812
ISBN:: 9783110678147
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Epoch-spanning History
Subject:: Regional and National History
Subject:: Africa
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2021

Handbook of Empirical Literary Studies

Donald Kuiken, Arthur M. Jacobs

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This handbook reviews efforts to increase the use of empirical methods in studies of the aesthetic and social effects of literary reading. The reviewed research is expansive, including extension of familiar theoretical models to novel domains (e.g., educational settings); enlarging empirical efforts within under-represented research areas (e.g., child development); and broadening the range of applicable quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g., computational stylistics; phenomenological methods). Especially challenging is articulation of the subtle aesthetic and social effects of literary artefacts (e.g., poetry, film). Increasingly, the complexity of these effects is addressed in multi-variate studies, including confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. While each chapter touches upon the historical background of a specific research topic, two chapters address the area’s historical background and guiding philosophical assumptions. Taken together, the material in this volume provides a systematic introduction to the area for early career professionals, while challenging active researchers to develop theoretical frameworks and empirical procedures that match the complexity of their research objectives.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110645958
ISBN:: 9783110645958
ISBN:: 9783110626582
ISBN:: 9783110644784
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2021

Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction

Works and Contexts

Elisa-Maria Hiemer, Jiří Holý, Agata Firlej, Hana Nichtburgerová

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The Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction aims to increase the visibility and show the versatility of works from East-Central European countries. It is the first encyclopedic work to bridge the gap between the literary production of countries that are considered to be main sites of the Holocaust and their recognition in international academic and public discourse. It contains over 100 entries offering not only facts about the content and motifs but also pointing out the characteristic fictional features of each work and its meaning for academic discourse and wider reception in the country of origin and abroad.

The publication will appeal to the academic and broader public interested in the representation of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and World War II in literature and the arts. Besides prose, it also considers poetry and theatrical plays from 1943 through 2018. An introduction to the historical events and cultural developments in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czech, and Slovak Republic, and their impact on the artistic output helps to contextualise the motif changes and fictional strategies that authors have been applying for decades.

The publication is the result of long-term scholarly cooperation of specialists from four countries and several dozen academic centres.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671056
ISBN:: 9783110671056
ISBN:: 9783110667257
ISBN:: 9783110667417
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Holocaust
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: Holocaust
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literature of other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Slavic Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2021

Handbuch Minnesang

Beate Kellner, Susanne Reichlin, Alexander Rudolph

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The Minnesang, or courtly love-song, is the most important type of medieval German lyric. The texts in this handbook portray the Minnesang in great depth, discussing their authors, subjects, semantics, and various research questions. At the same time, this book situates the history of German Minnesang in the context of European love poetry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110351859
ISBN:: 9783110351859
ISBN:: 9783110351811
ISBN:: 9783110387629
Subject:: General Interest
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Frontiers in Optics and Photonics

Federico Capasso, Dennis Couwenberg

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This book provides a cutting-edge research overview on the latest developments in the field of Optics and Photonics. All chapters are authored by the pioneers in their field and will cover the developments in Quantum Photonics, Optical properties of 2D Materials, Optical Sensors, Organic Opto-electronics, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, Plasmonics, Quantum Cascade lasers, LEDs, Biophotonics and biomedical photonics and spectroscopy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110710687
ISBN:: 9783110710687
ISBN:: 9783110709735
ISBN:: 9783110710700
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Electronic and Optical Materials
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Mittelalterrezeption im Musiktheater

Ein stoffgeschichtliches Handbuch

Christian Buhr, Michael Waltenberger, Bernd Zegowitz

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This handbook provides key information on the reception of major sujets in the European musical theater, thereby tracing characteristic cultural historical features in the transformation of medieval stage productions. The 40 paradigmatic topics and groups of materials were selected for their current existence on the opera stage and for their particular cultural historical importance.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424089
ISBN:: 9783110424089
ISBN:: 9783110426106
ISBN:: 9783110424232
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media Studies
Subject:: Media History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Drama, Theater
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Handbook Bibliometrics

Rafael Ball

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Bibliometrics and altmetrics are increasingly becoming the focus of interest in the context of research evaluation. The Handbook Bibliometrics provides a comprehensive introduction to quantifying scientific output in addition to a historical derivation, individual indicators, institutions, application perspectives and data bases. Furthermore, application scenarios, training and qualification on bibliometrics and their implications are considered.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110646610
ISBN:: 9783110646610
ISBN:: 9783111089003
ISBN:: 9783110642599
ISBN:: 9783110642278
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2020

Handbuch Brief

Von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Gegenwart

Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig, Jörg Schuster, Gesa Steinbrink, Jochen Strobel

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This handbook presents current knowledge about “letters” as a text genre. Containing diverse essays from multiple disciplines of cultural studies, it captures for the first time the full dimension of epistolary culture from early modernity to the present day. The textual and communicative phenomenon of the letter is analyzed comprehensively in systematic conceptual and historical articles and source-based case studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110376531
ISBN:: 9783110376531
ISBN:: 9783110375107
ISBN:: 9783110392876
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Diaries, Letters and Journals
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2020

Handbook of Stemmatology

History, Methodology, Digital Approaches

Philipp Roelli, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

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Stemmatology studies aspects of textual criticism that use genealogical methods to analyse a set of copies of a text whose autograph has been lost. This handbook is the first to cover the entire field, encompassing both theoretical and practical aspects of traditional as well as modern digital methods and their history. As an art (ars), stemmatology’s main goal is editing and thus presenting to the reader a historical text in the most satisfactory way. As a more abstract discipline (scientia), it is interested in the general principles of how texts change in the process of being copied. Thirty eight experts from all of the fields involved have joined forces to write this handbook, whose eight chapters cover material aspects of text traditions, the genesis and methods of traditional "Lachmannian" textual criticism and the objections raised against it, as well as modern digital methods used in the field. The two concluding chapters take a closer look at how this approach towards texts and textual criticism has developed in some disciplines of textual scholarship and compare methods used in other fields that deal with "descent with modification". The handbook thus serves as an introduction to this interdisciplinary field.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110684384
ISBN:: 9783110684384
ISBN:: 9783110684391
ISBN:: 9783110674170
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Textual Scholarship
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Hans Sachs

Ein Handbuch

Niklas Holzberg, Horst Brunner, Eva Klesatschke, Dieter Merzbacher, Johannes Rettelbach

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Because of its extent and diversity, the oeuvre of the Nuremberg Meistersinger, dramatist, and author of moral didactic poems Hans Sachs (1494–1576) is difficult to summarize. The first part of the handbook presents a complete chronological repertory, while the second part includes a chronologically numbered overview of all texts, their sources, their typologies, selected motifs, reception literature, and a bibliography.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110657289
ISBN:: 9783110657289
ISBN:: 9783110657913
ISBN:: 9783110632798
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers

Catia Bastioli

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This handbook covers characteristics, processability and application areas of biodegradable polymers, with key polymer family groups discussed. It explores the role of biodegradable polymers in different waste management practices including anaerobic digestion, and considers topics such as the different types of biorefineries for renewable monomers used in producing the building blocks for biodegradable polymers.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511967
ISBN:: 9781501511967
ISBN:: 9781501511981
ISBN:: 9781501519215
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Subject:: Macromolecular Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Polymers
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Infrared Spectra of Rubbers, Plastics and Thermoplastic Elastomers

Yvonne Davies, Jason Davies, Martin J. Forrest

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This handbook collects over 800 infrared spectra of rubbers, plastics and thermoplastics elastometers. It contains five different libraries: rubbers in transmission spectroscopy, rubbers in pyrolysate spectroscopy, plastics in transmission spectroscopy, plastics in pyrolysate spectroscopy, and rubbers and plastics in single-bounce ATR spectroscopy. This is an invaluable reference for the rubbers and plastics industry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110645750
ISBN:: 9783110645750
ISBN:: 9783110644081
ISBN:: 9783110644210
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Materials Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Literatur, Buchgestaltung und Buchkunst

Ein Kompendium

Monika Schmitz-Emans

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There are many instances where interest in the materiality and design of the book links contemporary literature to art books, as they have developed since the 1960s. The five parts of this Handbook cover the themes and forms of reflection on book design, design considerations in historical book types, children’s books and picture books, central forms and concepts, along with 100 examples from literature and the art of the book.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110528299
ISBN:: 9783110528299
ISBN:: 9783110526479
ISBN:: 9783110355345
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Genres
Subject:: Genres, other
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Book History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 8 Peptides and Others

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed as well. The 8th volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of peptides and other products.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655834
ISBN:: 9783110655834
ISBN:: 9783110654028
ISBN:: 9783110654134
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 7 O-Heterocycles and Aromatics

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed as well. The 7th volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of O-heterocycles and aromatics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655810
ISBN:: 9783110655810
ISBN:: 9783110654011
ISBN:: 9783110654165
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 4 Alkaloids, Part 2

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed. The 4th volume continuously illustrates the molecular formula and structures of alkaloids.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653908
ISBN:: 9783110653908
ISBN:: 9783110653731
ISBN:: 9783110653625
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 2 Terpenoids, Part 2

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed in the book as well. The 2nd volume continuously illustrates the molecular formula and structures of terpenoids.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655155
ISBN:: 9783110655155
ISBN:: 9783110653250
ISBN:: 9783110653281
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 3 Alkaloids, Part 1

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed as well. The 3rd volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of alkaloids.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655193
ISBN:: 9783110655193
ISBN:: 9783110653274
ISBN:: 9783110653267
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 6 Aliphatic Metabolites

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed. The 6th volume illustrates the molecular formula and structures of aliphatic metabolites.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655797
ISBN:: 9783110655797
ISBN:: 9783110654004
ISBN:: 9783110654141
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 5 Polyketides and Steroids

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed as well. The 5th volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of polyketides and steroids.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653922
ISBN:: 9783110653922
ISBN:: 9783110653717
ISBN:: 9783110653632
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 1 Terpenoids, Part 1

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Active Marine Natural Products

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This 8-volume set provides a systematic description on 8,350 active marine natural products from 3,025 various kinds of marine organisms. The diversity of structures, biological resources and pharmacological activities are discussed in detail. Molecular structural classification system with 264 structural types are developed in the book as well. The 1st volume mainly illustrates the molecular formula and structures of terpenoids.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110655131
ISBN:: 9783110655131
ISBN:: 9783110653311
ISBN:: 9783110653243
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Praxishandbuch Strategische Planung und Controlling in Bibliotheken

Petra Düren, Regine Lipka

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This practical handbook shows how to develop a comprehensive strategic management model and a system of operations management with truly informative reporting in public and academic libraries. Fully up-to-date and with many practical examples, the book gives a comprehensive and easy-to-understand account of the process from strategic planning to operational implementation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110528176
ISBN:: 9783110528176
ISBN:: 9783110525908
ISBN:: 9783110525922
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Subject:: Information Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2019

Volume 1 Handbook of Greek Sculpture

Olga Palagia

Part of the multi-volume work Ancient Greek and Roman Art and Architecture

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The Handbook of Greek Sculpture aims to provide a detailed examination of current research and directions in the field. Bringing together an international cast of contributors from Greece, Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, the volume incorporates new areas of research, such as the sculptures of Messene and Macedonia, sculpture in Roman Greece, and the contribution of Greek sculptors in Rome, as well as important aspects of Greek sculpture like techniques and patronage. The written sources (literary and epigraphical) are explored in dedicated chapters, as are function and iconography and the reception of Greek sculpture in modern Europe. Inspired by recent exhibitions on Lysippos and Praxiteles, the book also revisits the style and the personal contributions of the great masters.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513537
ISBN:: 9781614513537
ISBN:: 9781614515401
ISBN:: 9781614519744
Subject:: Architecture and Design
Subject:: Architecture and Design, other
Subject:: Arts
Subject:: Arts, general
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Classical Archaeology
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire

A Bio-bibliographical Handbook. Volume 5: Supplement

John L. Flood

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Between 1355 and 1806 the title of Poet Laureate was bestowed on around 1500 persons in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire. In some cases the title was conferred by the Emperor himself, on his own initiative or in response to a petitioner. In others the title was granted by a count palatine acting upon the Emperor's behalf, but an even larger number had the title bestowed on them by various German universities exercising this privilege under the Emperor's authority.
The lives and publications of 1340 of these poets were detailed in the four-volume Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook published in 2006. This supplementary volume provides similar information about some 130 further poets who have come to light since that work was published. Furthermore, it updates, augments and - where necessary - corrects details relating to the poets covered in the previous volumes. In particular, it includes extensive new information about the two dozen women poets who were laureated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook, Volume 1–4 is still available for purchase.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110640861
ISBN:: 9783110640861
ISBN:: 9783110638264
ISBN:: 9783110638035
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Poetics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Praxishandbuch Schreiben in der Hochschulbibliothek

Wilfried Sühl-Strohmenger, Ladina Tschander

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Users, their requirements for knowledge generation, and the transformation of libraries into learning spaces and teaching libraries have effects on the services offered by libraries at institutions of higher education. This handbook describes the activities involved in supporting academic writing, before explaining the organizational implications and describing forms of networking with other higher education institutions (e.g. writing centers).

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110594140
ISBN:: 9783110594140
ISBN:: 9783110591163
ISBN:: 9783110591385
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2019

Sangspruch / Spruchsang

Ein Handbuch

Dorothea Klein, Jens Haustein, Horst Brunner, Holger Runow

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Developed by renowned scholars in the field, this handbook presents current research on one of the principal genres of medieval German poetry – the Sangspruch. It describes the genre’s pragmatic and media-related determinants, literary contexts, the most important thematic foci, forms, and authors, as well as the historical development of the genre.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110351897
ISBN:: 9783110351897
ISBN:: 9783110351828
ISBN:: 9783110383416
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Handbuch Geschichte der Sklaverei

Eine Globalgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart

Michael Zeuske

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Michael Zeuske has fully revised and substantially expanded this perennial work. For the first time, the global history of slavery is presented systematically and in historical context, including an analysis of all its forms on all continents, and its respective designations. It develops a comprehensive history of slavery on a broad empirical base, from its beginnings until the present day.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110561630
ISBN:: 9783110561630
ISBN:: 9783110558845
ISBN:: 9783110559026
ISBN:: 9783110735093
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Epoch-spanning History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Labour History
Subject:: Global History
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2019

Volume 3 Numerical Methods

George Em Karniadakis

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This third volume collects authoritative chapters covering several numerical aspects of fractional calculus, including time and space fractional derivatives, finite differences and finite elements, and spectral, meshless, and particle methods.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571684
ISBN:: 9783110571684
ISBN:: 9783110571066
ISBN:: 9783110570830
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 8 Applications in Engineering, Life and Social Sciences, Part B

Dumitru Bǎleanu, António Mendes Lopes

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This eighth volume collects authoritative chapters covering several applications of fractional calculus in engineering, life and social sciences, including applications in signal and image analysis, and chaos.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571929
ISBN:: 9783110571929
ISBN:: 9783110571073
ISBN:: 9783110570922
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 7 Applications in Engineering, Life and Social Sciences, Part A

Dumitru Bǎleanu, António Mendes Lopes

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This seventh volume collects authoritative chapters covering several applications of fractional calculus in in engineering, life, and social sciences, including applications in biology and medicine, mechanics of complex media, economy, and electrical devices.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571905
ISBN:: 9783110571905
ISBN:: 9783110570960
ISBN:: 9783110570915
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Praxishandbuch IT-Grundlagen für Bibliothekare

Elke Lang, Andreas Bohne-Lang

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This Practical Handbook presents in a clearly understandable fashion the fundamentals of computer science and IT required for day-to-day work in libraries. Information systems, distributed applications, linked data, and semantic web concepts are explained while devoting particular attention to practical issues. The work also includes examples from the library world, thus enabling thorough comprehension of the terminology.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110528190
ISBN:: 9783110528190
ISBN:: 9783110525939
ISBN:: 9783110525878
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Project Management
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Subject:: Information Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2019

Volume 2 Fractional Differential Equations

Anatoly Kochubei, Yuri Luchko

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This second volume collects authoritative chapters covering the mathematical theory of fractional calculus, including ordinary and partial differential equations of fractional order, inverse problems, and evolution equations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571660
ISBN:: 9783110571660
ISBN:: 9783110571059
ISBN:: 9783110570823
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 4 Applications in Physics, Part A

Vasily E. Tarasov

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This fourth volume collects authoritative chapters covering several applications of fractional calculus in physics, including classical and continuum mechanics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571707
ISBN:: 9783110571707
ISBN:: 9783110571004
ISBN:: 9783110570885
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 1 Basic Theory

Anatoly Kochubei, Yuri Luchko

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This first volume collects authoritative chapters covering the mathematical theory of fractional calculus, including fractional-order operators, integral transforms and equations, special functions, calculus of variations, and probabilistic and other aspects.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571622
ISBN:: 9783110571622
ISBN:: 9783110570816
ISBN:: 9783110570632
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 6 Applications in Control

Ivo Petráš

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This sixth volume collects authoritative chapters covering several applications of fractional calculus in control theory, including fractional controllers, design methods and toolboxes, and a large number of engineering applications of control.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571745
ISBN:: 9783110571745
ISBN:: 9783110570908
ISBN:: 9783110570939
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Automation
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Volume 5 Applications in Physics, Part B

Vasily E. Tarasov

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications

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This multi-volume handbook is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference work in the field of fractional calculus and its numerous applications. This fifth volume collects authoritative chapters covering several applications of fractional calculus in physics, including electrodynamics, statistical physics and physical kinetics, and quantum theory.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571721
ISBN:: 9783110571721
ISBN:: 9783110570991
ISBN:: 9783110570892
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Quantum Physics
Subject:: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Jürg Glauser, Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell

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In recent years, the field of Memory Studies has emerged as a key approach in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and has increasingly shown its ability to open new windows on Nordic Studies as well. The entries in this book document the work-to-date of this approach on the pre-modern Nordic world (mainly the Viking Age and the Middle Ages, but including as well both earlier and later periods). Given that Memory Studies is an ever expanding critical strategy, the approximately eighty contributors in this volume also discuss the potential for future research in this area. Topics covered range from texts to performance to visual and other aspects of material culture, all approached from within an interdisciplinary framework. International specialists, coming from such relevant fields as archaeology, mythology, history of religion, folklore, history, law, art, literature, philology, language, and mediality, offer assessments on the relevance of Memory Studies to their disciplines and show it at work in case studies. Finally, this handbook demonstrates the various levels of culture where memory had a critical impact in the pre-modern North and how deeply embedded the role of memory is in the material itself.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431360
ISBN:: 9783110431360
ISBN:: 9783110440201
ISBN:: 9783110431483
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: Literature of other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Scandinavian Literature
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Memory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Hans-Fallada-Handbuch

Gustav Frank, Stefan Scherer

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This handbook sheds light upon the complete works of Hans Fallada, who was a representative of synthetic modernity in literature, and reveals their connections to medial and social history through the Nazi era. It analyzes his literary creative methods in relation to his journalistic work. Essays on his impact, which has extended to a worldwide audience today, and a comprehensive bibliography of all extant publications complete the volume.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110282146
ISBN:: 9783110282146
ISBN:: 9783110764642
ISBN:: 9783110387759
ISBN:: 9783110281873
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Literarische Orte in deutschsprachigen Erzählungen des Mittelalters

Ein Handbuch

Tilo Renz, Monika Hanauska, Mathias Herweg

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This work presents more than 40 places, which played prominent roles in medieval German narrative literature. It explores the language used to present these places, their plot functions, along with their historical and genre-specific connections. The volume compiles findings from recent spatial analytic research and develops individual analyses.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783050093918
ISBN:: 9783050093918
ISBN:: 9783050058559
ISBN:: 9783110380330
ISBN:: 9783110763836
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 8th-15th Century
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter (A)

Book 2018

Languages for Special Purposes

An International Handbook

John Humbley, Gerhard Budin, Christer Laurén

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This handbook gives an overview of language for special purposes (LSP) in scientific, professional and other contexts, with particular focus on teaching and training. It provides insights into research paradigms, theories and methods while also highlighting the practical use of LSPs in concrete discourse situations. The volume is transdisciplinary oriented with a firm basis in the language sciences, including terminology, knowledge transfer, multilingual and cross-cultural exchange.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110228014
ISBN:: 9783110228014
ISBN:: 9783110394658
ISBN:: 9783110228007
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Language Policy and Planning
Subject:: Language Teaching and Learning
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter Mouton

Book 2018

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Handbuch

Cornelia Blasberg, Jochen Grywatsch

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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) is considered the most important female author writing in German in the 19^th century. This manual is devoted to rediscovering her complex literary and musical oeuvre through a combination of general overviews and individual-text analyses. It also contains the first scholarly compendium of her complete work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110353204
ISBN:: 9783110353204
ISBN:: 9783110351941
ISBN:: 9783110387834
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 19th Century
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Praxishandbuch Prozessmanagement in Bibliotheken und Informations- einrichtungen

Cornelia Vonhof, Eva Haas-Betzwieser, Cornelius Bauknecht

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For many library workers, the analysis, design, and management of processes is terra incognita. This book offers a practical helping hand, imparting essential knowledge for working with library processes. Checklists, templates, tips, and case examples drawn from libraries facilitate the application of the discussed material. Thought exercises and questions encourage reflection on goals and the management of outcomes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499599
ISBN:: 9783110499599
ISBN:: 9783110500028
ISBN:: 9783110497250
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Libraries and Library Science
Subject:: Information Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter Saur

Book 2018

Stefan-Zweig-Handbuch

Arturo Larcati, Klemens Renoldner, Martina Wörgötter

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This handbook fully updates research on Stefan Zweig and, for the first time, presents his life, work, and impact in the context of cultural history. Zweig’s poetological conceptions and the diversity of his thought are presented with particular attention to unfamiliar aspects of his works and to his activities as a translator, editor, and autograph collector.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110304152
ISBN:: 9783110304152
ISBN:: 9783110382808
ISBN:: 9783110303889
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Jewish History
Subject:: General Jewish History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 20th Century
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Exile Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 4 Industrial Applications II

Agrochemicals, Paints, Coatings and Food Systems

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science

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Volume 4 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey into the applications of colloids in a variety of fields, based on theories presented in Volumes 1 and 2. The Handbook provides a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces can be applied in materials science, chemical engineering, and colloidal science. It is ideally suited as reference work for research scientists, universities, and industries.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110578997
ISBN:: 9783110578997
ISBN:: 9783110578034
ISBN:: 9783110578331
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Food Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Condensed and Soft Matter
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 3 Industrial Applications I

Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Personal Care

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science

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Volume 3 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey into the applications of colloids in a variety of fields, based on theories presented in Volumes 1 and 2. The Handbook provides a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces can be applied in materials science, chemical engineering, and colloidal science. It is ideally suited as reference work for research scientists, universities, and industries.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110555257
ISBN:: 9783110555257
ISBN:: 9783110554908
ISBN:: 9783110554090
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Condensed and Soft Matter
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 2 Basic Principles of Dispersions

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science

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Volume 2 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey into the theory of dispersions in a variety of fields, as well as characterization by rheology. It is an ideal reference work for research scientists, universities, and industry practitioners looking for a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces behave in the areas of materials science, chemical engineering, and colloidal science.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110541953
ISBN:: 9783110541953
ISBN:: 9783110539912
ISBN:: 9783110540192
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Condensed and Soft Matter
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 1 Basic Principles of Interface Science and Colloid Stability

Part of the multi-volume work Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science

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Volume 1 of the Handbook of Colloid and Interface Science is a survey of the theory of colloids in a variety of fields, as well as theircharacterization by rheology. It is an ideal reference work for research scientists, universities, and industry practitioners looking for a complete understanding of how colloids and interfaces behave.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110540895
ISBN:: 9783110540895
ISBN:: 9783110539905
ISBN:: 9783110539936
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Condensed and Soft Matter
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Martin Luther

A Christian between Reforms and Modernity (1517-2017)

Alberto Melloni

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The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther’s life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500.

This handbook is also available in German.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499025
ISBN:: 9783110499025
ISBN:: 9783110501018
ISBN:: 9783110498233
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Reformation Studies
Subject:: Early Modern Times
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Martin Luther

Ein Christ zwischen Reformen und Moderne (1517–2017)

Alberto Melloni

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This handbook is also available in English.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110498745
ISBN:: 9783110498745
ISBN:: 9783110501001
ISBN:: 9783110498257
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Reformation Studies
Subject:: Early Modern Times
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Philipp Melanchthon

Der Reformator zwischen Glauben und Wissen. Ein Handbuch

Günter Frank, Axel Lange

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Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this newly conceived handbook provides a reliable introduction to the life, work, and impact of Philipp Melanchthon. It presents the latest research on Melanchthon’s role in Reformation history, but beyond this, reveals his importance in intellectual history as a universal scholar of the 16^th century.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110335804
ISBN:: 9783110335804
ISBN:: 9783110335057
ISBN:: 9783110389265
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Early Modern History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: German Literature
Subject:: 16th-17th Century
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Reformation Studies
Subject:: Early Modern Times
Publisher:: De Gruyter