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How is the Holocaust remembered in Romania since the fall of communism? Alexandru Florian and an international group of contributors unveil how and why Romania, a place where large segments of the Jewish and Roma populations perished, still fails to address its recent past. These essays focus on the roles of government and public actors that choose to promote, construct, defend, or contest the memory of the Holocaust, as well as the tools—the press, the media, monuments, and commemorations—that create public memory. Coming from a variety of perspectives, these essays provide a compelling view of what memories exist, how they are sustained, how they can be distorted, and how public remembrance of the Holocaust can be encouraged in Romanian society today.

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La obra que el lector tiene en sus manos analiza el derecho de la insolvencia con vocación íntegra y multidisciplinar, desde la perspectiva de su aplicación ?tras las sucesivas reformas legislativas operadas en el mismo? y con una visión actualizada y crítica de las principales cuestiones que suscita. Se incluye el estudio de las alternativas preconcursales, consolidadas en su carácter de instrumentos de desjudicialización de algunas situaciones de insolvencia y del propio proceso concursal, siguiendo, en este último caso, una sistemática próxima a la legal, que permita una mejor comprensión de las diferentes cuestiones que se abordan. Se integra, igualmente, el examen de aspectos tan relevantes en numerosos procedimientos de insolvencia como la posición de los trabajadores, la fiscalidad, las consecuencias penales y los concursos transfronterizos. Se trata, en síntesis, de ofrecer una obra, con pretensión de homogeneidad, que pueda ir más allá de la simple actualización para conseguir

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En la actualidad, con objeto de garantizar su sostenibilidad y viabilidad, el diseño y mantenimiento de instalaciones de climatización en edificios debe verificar ciertos requerimientos de eficiencia, por lo que los especialistas en este campo deben dominar un amplio y diverso conjunto de elementos de eficiencia energética, tanto en las fases de diseño, como de ejecución y mantenimiento del edificio.;Los edificios catalogados como eficientes energéticamente permiten una significativa reducción económica en sus gastos asociados de operación y mantenimiento, que repercute en los usuarios debido a que la energía se aprovecha más adecuadamente.;Supone, además, una disminución en el consumo de recursos energéticos, representando un profundo impacto socioeconómico.;A lo largo de este libro se lleva a cabo un extenso análisis de todos los componentes que deben tenerse en cuenta a la hora de mejorar la eficiencia energética en edificios introduciendo al lector en topologías de instalación, com

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Alguien dijo que "una abuela es un poco madre, un poco maestra y un poco mejor amiga". Lo que es indudable es que ser abuela es una de las cosas más bonitas de la vida.'Diario de una abuela feliz' es el libro de una abuela que quiere disfrutar de los primeros años de su nieto/a y anotar los momentos más felices para, llegado el momento, poder recordarlos juntos.

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Caja regalo que contiene el 'El libro de #MiBebé' y un bolígrafo a juego con la dedicatoria ?La mejor mamá?.El día que supiste que estabas embarazada, la primera patadita, los antojos, su primer diente... Este es 'El libro de #MiBebé', un tierno diario de tu embarazo y su primer año de vida con el que te reirás, te emocionarás,te desahogarás y recordarás para siempre esta bonita etapa de vuestra vida. Además, más pronto que tarde, podrás compartir este libro con el otro ?gran? protagonista ;)

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With its hilarious dialogue, trio of bumbling goats, and fantastically zany villain, this unique, laugh-out-loud story based on a legendary monster is sure to crack up kids and grown-ups alike. Like most goats, Jayna, Bumsie, and Pep’s greatest fear is being eaten for dinner by the legendary chupacabra—it’s common knowledge that goats are a chupacabra’s favorite food! One night, tired of living in fear, the impetuous goats whip out their trusty candelabra and head off to find the beast and scare it away before it can find them. Little do they know that candelabras are the chupacabra’s third-favorite food . . . and he isn’t about to stop there. This chupacabra has quite the appetite, and the goats are in for a big surprise!

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Encompassing photography, sculpture and installation - this career spanning survey of Norwegian artist Per Barclay contextualises his place within the Arte Povera movement. This publication is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Per Barclay: Soft Sweet Vortex' at Henie Onstad Kuntsenter. The career survey combines forty artworks made from 1979 up to this year, including a new photographic series of Barclay’s ‘oil room’ at the former Deichman Library in Oslo, produced in 2022. The exhibition considers photography, sculpture and collage to create a total installation, speaking to the magnetic and extensive character of the artist’s international practice, which has spanned four decades. 'Soft Sweet Vortex' seeks to highlight Barclay's interest in the contrast between air and liquid, which creates tension and a deep sense of the uncanny in his work. Barclay's use of solid materials, such as steel and oil, and choice of extravagant sites and repetitive formal exercises, reflect on industry and capital in their mutual dependency and entwined logic.

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There are so many things that go to discover outside! What will YOU spot? This fun and chunky board book encourages little ones to explore their environment and spot and recognise the different vehicles around them. Toddlers will love carrying the book around with the pair of bright and sturdy fabric handles! Each page contains simple labels to help curious explorers identify the transport in their own surroundings, with bright, bold illustrations and peep-through pages for extra fun. Toddler Take-Along Things That Go is the second title in a new series of board books focussed on child-led learning. Each book encourages children to explore their environment by observing the different things around them – perfect for keeping kids busy when you’re out and about! Also available in the series: Toddler Take-Along Nature

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In 1881, US Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Furthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team’s dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for survival in one of the most remote and harshest regions in the world. Told through a gripping, full-colour graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports readers back in time to uncover what became of the stranded voyage., bringing history to life for even the most reluctant and struggling readers.

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Silviano Santiago has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially postcolonial theory. The notions of “hybridity” and “the space in-between” have been so completely absorbed into current theory that few scholars even realize these terms began with Santiago. He was the first to introduce poststructuralist thought to Brazil—via his publication of the Glossario de Derrida and his role as a prominent teacher. The Space In-Between translates many of his seminal essays into English for the first time and, in the process, introduces the thought of one of Brazil’s foremost critics and theorists of the late twentieth century.Santiago’s work creates a theoretical field that transcends both the study of a specific national literature and the traditional perspectives of comparative literature. He examines the pedagogical and modernizing mission of Western voyagers from the conquistadors to the present. He deconstructs the ideas of “original” and “copy,” unpacking their implications for the notions of so-called dominant and dominated cultures. Santiago also confronts questions of cultural dependency and analyzes the problems involved in the imposition of an alien European history, the cultural displacements experienced by the Indians through their religious conversion, and the hierarchical suppression of native and Afro-Brazilian values. Elegantly written and translated, The Space In-Between will provide insights and perspectives that will interest cultural and literary theorists, postcolonial scholars, and other students of contemporary culture.

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In the aftermath of Covid-19, the subject of 'empty places' has gained renewed topicality and resonance. Watching, Waiting presents a collection of essays, both photographic and written, that brings emptiness into interdisciplinary focus as an object of study that extends beyond the present. The contributors approach the specific interrelationships of photography and place through emptiness by considering historical and contemporary material in equal measure. Drawing on architecture, anthropology, sociology, and public health, among other fields, they provide insights into geographically and temporally diverse production models of empty places and their corresponding complex and sensitive global and local relations, while also tackling the ethics of behaviour and protests that unfold within them. The book's chapters, both visual and scholarly essays, cover areas that range widely both thematically and geographically, spanning static film footage of Nicosia's buffer zone, protest photographs in the wake of Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Bristol, staged images from the University of Zagreb's ethnological archives, historic landscape and architectural photography, aerial shots of covid-19 mass graves in Brazil, photos of artificially built field hospitals and quarantine rooms during the pandemic, and images of empty airports at night. Through still and moving images, Watching, Waiting examines the photographic aestheticization of emptiness, existing stereotypes of 'empty places', and transformations of human experiences. Free ebook available at OAPEN Library, JSTOR, Project Muse, and Open Research Library Contributors: Ruth Baumeister (Aarhus School of Architecture), Isabelle Catucci da Silva (Federal University of Parana), Stella Fatovic-Ferencic (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), Martin Kuhar (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), Catlin Langford (Centre for Contemporary Photography), Jessie Martin (University of West London), Stuart Moore (University of the West of England), Luca Nostri (Independent Artist Photographer), Kayla Parker (University of Plymouth), Bec Rengel (University of the West of England), Tihana Rubic (University of Zagreb), Klaudija Sabo (University of Klagenfurt), Anna Schober (University of Klagenfurt), Elke Katharina Wittich (Leibniz University Hannover)

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Defining the construct of interaction for paired assessment purposes has been difficult, despite the evolution of our view of language to include the social perspective of co-construction, and the fact that such discourse is increasingly taught and assessed. In this volume three sequenced studies define interaction in paired oral assessment through the verbal protocols of learners of Spanish and their assessors. Assessors then scale performances from videoed test performance data resulting in the development of an evidence based rating process which includes non-verbal interpersonal communication, interactive listening and interactional management.

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Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milo’s slaughterhouse: reliable, responsible, quietly dispatching cows and following orders, wherever that may take him. It’s important to calm the cows, especially now that they seem so unsettled: they have begun to run in panic into walls and over cliffs. Bronco Gil, the foreman, thinks it’s a jaguar or a wild boar. Edgar Wilson has other suspicions. But what is certain is that there is something in this desolate corner of Brazil driving men, and animals, to murder and madness.

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Are you ready to do the unicorn dance? This magical novelty book is guaranteed to get little children moving. It features a different group of dancing unicorns on each page, with a lively tune for children to dance along to. The inviting text explains one very simple dance move to go with each tune, and then at the end they put them all together and do the whole dance while the unicorns neigh and sparkle.

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'This is an old and wicked island. An island of Phoenicians and merchants, of bloodsuckers and frauds'Expelled from her convent school for kicking the prioress, and abandoned by her father when her mother dies, rebellious teenager Matia is sent to live with her domineering grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot, oppressive stillness of an adolescent summer, she learns to scheme with her cousin Borja, and finds herself increasingly drawn to the strange outsider Manuel. But civil war has come to Spain, and it will teach Matia about the adult world in ways she could not foresee.This powerful, lyrical coming-of-age novel depicts Mallorca as an enchanted island, a lost Eden and a Never Land combined, where ancient hatreds and present-day passions collide.'brilliant, devastating . . . every character is remarkable and captivating' The Times Literary Supplement'a feverish, dramatic brew . . . the style is intoxicating . . . it offers a unique view of a part of Spain usually overlooked by literature' The Irish Times

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You'd better not tickle the unicorn... because it just might neigh if you do! This delightful interactive book combines touchy-feely patches with sounds: as well as the unicorn, babies and toddlers will enjoy tickling the dragon, phoenix and yeti to find out what noises they make. At the end of the book, all of the animals make their noises at the same time, along with a bouncy tune guaranteed to get everyone dancing.

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When babies and toddlers touch the soft patches in this irresistible novelty book, the sea creatures come to life with hilarious and charming sounds. As well as tickling the shark, they can also tickle a dolphin, a sea lion and a seagull, before all the animals gather at the end for a musical finale guaranteed to get everyone dancing!

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An emotional, revealing memoir of one family’s life in seclusion—and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it. Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt’s retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had been diagnosed with severe autism. What followed was a painful struggle to hold their family and their marriage together in a home filled with chaos, emotional exhaustion, and constant fear for the safety of their unpredictable but beloved boys. Now, after years of silence, the Warners share their inspiring journey from stardom and success to heartbreaking self-imposed isolation. Above all, it’s a story of the life-changing truth that love for family and each other—no matter how challenged—is the path to healing and peace. The Warner Boys is the true story of a family who fought for their children and how they grew stronger against all odds.

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An emotional, revealing memoir of one family’s life in seclusion—and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it. Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt’s retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had been diagnosed with severe autism. What followed was a painful struggle to hold their family and their marriage together in a home filled with chaos, emotional exhaustion, and constant fear for the safety of their unpredictable but beloved boys. Now, after years of silence, the Warners share their inspiring journey from stardom and success to heartbreaking self-imposed isolation. Above all, it’s a story of the life-changing truth that love for family and each other—no matter how challenged—is the path to healing and peace. The Warner Boys is the true story of a family who fought for their children and how they grew stronger against all odds.

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A blended print and digital Early Years programme for children aged 3 to 5. Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a structured and integrated English, maths and science programme with inspiring characters and a wide range of play-based activities that put each child at the heart of the learning experience. The programme has been designed for international pre-primary teachers following the EYFS or Oxford International Curriculum Oxford International Pre-Primary offers a consistent and engaging route through pre-primary English, maths and science based on international best practice, with coverage of a range of curricula and a strong focus on wellbeing to fully prepare children for primary education.

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Fundamentals of Taxation emphasizes a hands-on approach to tax education. It's a Taxation textbook designed to expose beginning tax students to tax law, but to also teach the practical intricacies involved in the preparation of tax forms and tax returns.To train tomorrow's tax preparers to handle the complex U.S. tax law, the Fundamentals of Taxation textbook and Connect author team have devised four primary teaching advantages: Organized to closely follow the IRS tax forms. Actual tax forms are incorporated throughout the text, giving students the opportunity to understand the principles behind tax law while they learn how to work with clients to obtain the information they will need to complete tax forms. Proper reporting of tax issues are illustrated. The authors present a tax issue, discuss the legal requirements, illustrate the proper tax form placement, and show the completed form in the text, mixing practical and legal implications of tax preparation. Integration of an individual income tax software package (TaxACT). The authors supplement the text with citations of relevant tax authorities, such as the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, Revenue Rulings, Revenue Procedures, and court cases.

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Crime, Deviance and Society: An Introduction to Sociological Criminology offers a comprehensive introduction to criminological theory. The book introduces readers to key sociological theories, such as anomie and strain, and examines how traditional approaches have influenced the ways in which crime and deviance are constructed. It provides a nuanced account of contemporary theories and debates, and includes chapters covering feminist criminology, critical masculinities, cultural criminology, green criminology, and postcolonial theory, among others. Case studies in each chapter demonstrate how sociological theories can manifest within and influence the criminal justice system and social policy. Each chapter also features margin definitions and timelines of contributions to key theories, reflection questions and end-of-chapter questions that prompt students reflection. Written by an expert team of academics from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Crime, Deviance and Society is a highly engaging and accessible introduction to the field for students of criminology and criminal justice.

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The volume covers the 2008 season of clearing and mapping at the Khentkawes Town (KKT) on the Giza Plateau, and survey, mapping, and excavation of burials in the area. The work at the KKT site encompasses excavations in both the Khentkawes complex and the Menkaure Valley Temple Ante-town. This volume also covers the 2008 results of the 3-D laser scanning of the Djoser Step Pyramid at Saqqara, under the combined auspices of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Osaka University, and DEVELO Solutions of Osaka, Japan.

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Reputation is a strategic asset for all companies. Businesses with a good reputation are able to stand out, attracting the attention of investors and retaining the loyalty of customers and employees. "Reputation" can be somewhat of a vague form, but this book provides measurement tools and models for rigorous management of a company's reputation. Written by three leading practitioners and thinkers, this is a definitive and modern handbook to help companies and executives manage their corporate reputation and brand in today's highly competitive marketplace.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2023, held in Oslo, Norway, during September 18–20, 2023. The 13 full papers and 3 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They focus on all aspects of theoretical advances; novel technologies; innovative applications; knowledge representation; reasoning with rules; and research, development, applications of rule-based systems.

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This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring, and Optimization, Bench 2022, held virtually in November 2022.The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: Architecture and System, Algorithm and Dataset, Network and Memory.

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A personal chef monograph, and the first book, from globally-acclaimed chef Ana Roš of Hiša Franko in Slovenia Set near the Italian border in Slovenia's remote Soča valley, in the foothills of mountains and beside a turquoise river full of trout, Ana Roš tells the story of her life. Through essays, recollections, recipes, and photos, she shares the idyllic landscape that inspires her, the abundant seasonal ingredients from local foragers, the tales of fishing and exploring, and the evolution of her inventive and sophisticated food at Hiša Franko - where she has elevated Slovenian food and become influential in the global culinary landscape.

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The greatest ever collection of action songs for little children!Everything from the sizzling Ten fat sausages to the hilarious No laugh race with all manner of toe tapping, hand clapping, nose wiggling, wriggling and giggling in between. Every early years setting and primary school should have one. The collection is in the familiar songbook format with sturdy wire-o binding to keep the book open at the song you're singing. Each song has a simple piano accompaniment and guitar chords and the words are brought to life by illustrator David McKee's wonderfully comical little people, performing all the actions to show you how. Recordings of all the songs with backing tracks are available separately on CD.

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Ground yourself in the social issues surrounding occupational therapy practice with Social Occupational Therapy: Theoretical and Practical Designs. Written by Roseli Esquerdo Lopes and Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano, this groundbreaking text offers a global view of the role of occupational therapy and the potential contributions of occupational therapists to their societies - specifically in social services and with populations in situations of social vulnerability. Theoretical and practical chapters examine both occupational therapy and social challenges, and the text's emphasis on human rights and social issues reflects the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists. It's the unique perspective needed to tackle the social aspects of occupational therapy and respond to social field issues, including education, culture, justice, welfare, and work, as well as health. Worldview of social occupational therapy reinforces the importance of the field and underscores the growing practice and theoretical field for global occupational therapy. In-depth analysis of social issues is incorporated throughout the text along with a detailed analysis of the potential contributions of occupational therapists to their societies. Focus on the social role of occupational therapy highlights the role of occupational therapy as a social profession and prepares readers to respond to social issues. Theoretical and practical chapters talk about occupational therapy and social challenges. Emphasis on human rights and social issues reflects the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Minimum Standards for the Education of Occupational Therapists.

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How is the Holocaust remembered in Romania since the fall of communism? Alexandru Florian and an international group of contributors unveil how and why Romania, a place where large segments of the Jewish and Roma populations perished, still fails to address its recent past. These essays focus on the roles of government and public actors that choose to promote, construct, defend, or contest the memory of the Holocaust, as well as the tools—the press, the media, monuments, and commemorations—that create public memory. Coming from a variety of perspectives, these essays provide a compelling view of what memories exist, how they are sustained, how they can be distorted, and how public remembrance of the Holocaust can be encouraged in Romanian society today.

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THE authoritative guide to prenatal neuro ultrasound—fully updated and revised!Featuring unmatched content from an international team of experts, Ultrasound of the Prenatal Brain facilitates a thorough comprehension the normal and abnormal fetal central nervous system. With highly clinical text and visual atlas, this acclaimed reference covers the full spectrum of prenatal sonography tools and insight—from using ultrasound and MRI to diagnose the fetal face, eye, and brain, to the neurobehavioral development of the fetal brain.This fourth edition has been updated with new chapters, revised content, and higher-quality 2D and 3D imaging highlighting cross-sectional views of the brain for practical learning from every angle. Full-color original illustrations demonstrate ideal fetal development, probe placement, and representative views.FEATURES Information on the latest device techniques, diagnostics, and clinical management New 2D and 3D images offer high-quality views of all anomalies Evidence-based management for practical clinical decision-making 500+ photos and illustrations New chapters: The Fetal Neurology Clinic Anomalies of the Midbrain and Hindbrain Fetal Cerebral Vascular Malformations Tumors of the Fetal Brain Sonography of the Feta Outer and Inner Ear CNS Involvement and Risk in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease In-Utero Fetal Neurosurgery

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Many societies are experiencing substantial change in family forms and structures. For both families and individuals, conjugal trajectories continue to be a core element of life under the pressures of societal conventions, prompting many toward some variety of conjugal relationship. However, a combination of factors, including decreasing marriage and fertility rates and an increase in cohabitation and singlehood, have brought about more variety in conjugal relationships than ever before. Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions covers a wide range of topics related to conjugality including the growing rejection of marriage, the impact of education and employment, cultural perceptions of couple-hood, dating and relationship formation, migration and transnational conjugality, peer versus familial pressures, marriage-divorce-marriage trajectories, tradition versus modernity, generational differences, gender identities, divorce status, conjugal violence, aging, and parenthood. Multidisciplinary in scope and using predominantly qualitative approaches, Conjugal Trajectories: Relationship Beginnings, Change, and Dissolutions focuses upon relevant trajectories to better comprehend the evolving nature of conjugal relationships and its implications for family life moving forward.

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