Deviance Across Cultures: Constructions of Difference

Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by bookwyrm at Aug. 7, 2013
Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy

Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy By Helaine Selin
2000 | 677 Pages | ISBN: 0792363639 | PDF | 31 MB

Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by bookwyrm at Aug. 7, 2013
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics

Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics By Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, Helaine Selin
2000 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 1402002602 | PDF | 21 MB

Writing Around the World: A Guide To Writing Across Cultures (repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by interes at Dec. 29, 2013
Writing Around the World: A Guide To Writing Across Cultures (repost)

McCool, Ottmar Liebert, "Writing Around the World: A Guide To Writing Across Cultures"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0826489826, 082644072X | 160 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Cultures use different writing strategies because they strive for different goals. Some cultures rely on writer responsibility while other cultures rely on reader responsibility. Writer responsibility emphasizes clear and concise prose, actions over subjects, practical implications, and follows a deductive logical structure.

Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tukotikko at Jan. 19, 2014
Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics (Repost)

Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics By Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, Helaine Selin
2000 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 1402002602 | PDF | 21 MB
Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages

Farzad Sharifian, Rene Dirven, "Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages"
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter | 2008 | ISBN: 3110196220 | English | PDF | 440 pages | 1.7 Mb

One of the central themes in cognitive linguistics is the uniquely human development of some higher potential called the ""mind"" and, more particularly, the intertwining of body and mind, which has come to be known as embodiment. Several books and volumes have explored this theme in length. …

Marketing Across Cultures (repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by libr at Jan. 9, 2014
Marketing Across Cultures (repost)

Marketing Across Cultures by Prof Jean-Claude Usunier, Julie Lee
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0273685295 | 594 pages | PDF | 5,8 MB

Marketing Across Cultures offers a different approach to global marketing, based on the recognition of diversity in world markets and on local consumer knowledge and marketing practices.
Yunxia Zhu, "Written Communication across Cultures: A sociocognitive perspective on business genres"

Yunxia Zhu, "Written Communication across Cultures: A sociocognitive perspective on business genres"
Publisher: J. Benjamins Pub | 2005 | ISBN: 9027253846 | English | PDF | 236 pages | 1.3 Mb

This book explores effective written communication across cultures both theoretically and practically. Specifically it conceptualizes cross-cultural genre study and compares English and Chinese business writing collected from Australia, New Zealand and China. It is also one of those inspired by contrastive rhetoric but has contributed innovatively and uniquely by incorporating research findings from genre analysis, in particular, the sociocognitive genre perspective into this cross-cultural study. …

Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by nebulae at Feb. 10, 2014
Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes

Arturo Escobar, "Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes"
English | ISBN: 0822343274, 0822343444 | 2009 | 456 pages | PDF | 4 MB

Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tukotikko at Jan. 19, 2014
Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy (Repost)

Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy By Helaine Selin
2000 | 677 Pages | ISBN: 0792363639 | PDF | 31 MB

Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by nebulae at March 2, 2014
Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures (Repost)

Marcia Ascher, "Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0691070202, 0691120226 | 224 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB