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Book Fin de Si  cle Beirut

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jens Hanssen
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780199281633
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Fin de Si cle Beirut written by Jens Hanssen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining urban theory with postcolonial methodology, Jens Hanssen argues that modern Beirut is the outcome of persistent social and intellectual struggles over the production of space.

Book State Formation in Riau Islands Province

Download or read book State Formation in Riau Islands Province written by Mulya Amri and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formation of the Riau Islands Province (RIP) in 2002 is argued to be part of a broader trend of pemekaran (blossoming) that saw the creation of seven new provinces and more than 100 new districts throughout Indonesia after the fall of the New Order. This article argues that the main motivation for these subnational movements was a combination of rational interests and cultural sentiments. In the case of RIP, rational interests involved struggles over unfair distribution of power and resources, including the way development under the control of (mainland) Riau Province had been detrimental to the peripheral and archipelagic people of Riau Islands. Cultural sentiments also played an important role, as the people of the Riau Islands considered themselves as “archipelagic Malays” and heirs of the great Malay-maritime empires of the past, as opposed to “mainland Malays” who were mostly farmers. Since becoming its own province, RIP has been performing well and has surpassed Riau, the “parent” province, in multiple aspects including human development, poverty alleviation, and government administration. Ultimately, the formation of RIP is argued to be a natural process in a large, diverse, and decentralizing country like Indonesia, where cultural identities are being reasserted and local autonomies re-negotiated. Despite the usual hiccups such as capacity gaps and corruption, the formation of the Province has been positive in achieving a balance between keeping the country intact while allowing local stakeholders a substantial level of autonomy.

Book Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022  BIS HSS 2022

Download or read book Proceedings of the 4th Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2022 BIS HSS 2022 written by Zulfikar Bagus Pambuko and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 1655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book.Related to the big theme of the SDGs reinforcement at our previous conference, we try to invite all academics and researchers around the world to participate in the 4th Borobudur International Symposium 2022 (4thBIS 2022). As we know, the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all the 17 SDGs have demonstrated how what began as a health catastrophe swiftly transformed into a human, socioeconomic and environmental crisis. The 4th BIS brought up “The Innovation Chain: A Contribution to Society and Industry” as the main theme to respond this condition. This conference is expected to support the UN Agenda. Additionally, this conference will also provide avenues for participants to exchange ideas and network with each other as well as domain experts from their fields. Overall, this event is aimed at professionals across all spheres of technology and engineering including the experienced, inexperienced, and students as well. The conference will be held virtually on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Book The History of Costa Rica

    Book Details:
  • Author : Monica A. Rankin
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2012-05-03
  • ISBN : 0313379459
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book The History of Costa Rica written by Monica A. Rankin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise yet thorough, this engaging book provides an overview of the unique history of an increasingly important Central American nation. The History of Costa Rica provides a thorough, straightforward narrative of a Central American country that has become increasingly more visible since the end of the 20th century. Written for students and the general reader, this book covers the nation from its pre-Colombian origins to the present day. This chronologically organized volume documents the area's earliest inhabitants, then moves on through the colonial period, the process of nation-state formation in the 19th century, the volatile period of liberal reform, and the era of civil war and its aftermath. More recent times are also explored, including the role of Costa Rica in the Cold War, the peace process of the 1980s, and the development of the strong tourism industry that flourishes today. Among the prominent themes running through the book are the unique historical development of the country, the importance of its democratic tradition, and Costa Rica's role in a global context.

Book Formation of a Provincial Nobility

Download or read book Formation of a Provincial Nobility written by Jonathan DeWald and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of one group of the new nobility, Jonathan Dewald argues that the origin, attitudes, and behavior of the noblesse de robe were in fundamental ways similar to those of the old nobility. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Report on the Administration of the Province of Assam

Download or read book Report on the Administration of the Province of Assam written by Assam (India) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Oxford Handbook of Central American History

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Central American History written by Robert Holden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting the History of a Region in Crisis / Robert H. Holden -- Land and Climate: Natural Constraints and Socio-Environmental Transformations / Anthony Goebel McDermott -- Regaining Ground: Indigenous Populations and Territories / Peter H. Herlihy, Matthew L. Fahrenbruch, Taylor A. Tappan -- The Ancient Civilizations / William R. Fowler -- Marginalization, Assimilation, and Resurgence: The Indigenous Peoples since Independence / Wolfgang Gabbert -- The Spanish Conquest? / Laura E. Matthew -- Spanish Colonial Rule / Stephen Webre -- The Kingdom of Guatemala as a Cultural Crossroads / Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara -- From Kingdom to Republics, 1808-1840 / Aaron Pollack -- The Political Economy / Robert G. Williams -- State Making and Nation Building / David Díaz Arias -- Central America and the United States / Michel Gobat -- The Cold War: Authoritarianism, Empire, and Social Revolution / Joaquín M. Chávez -- Central America since the 1990s: Crime, Violence, and the Pursuit of Democracy / Christine J. Wade -- The Rise and Retreat of the Armed Forces / Orlando J. Pérez and Randy Pestana -- Religion, Politics, and the State / Bonar L. Hernández Sandoval -- Women and Citizenship: Feminist and Suffragist Movements, 1880-1957 / Eugenia Rodríguez Sáenz -- Literature, Society, and Politics / Werner Mackenbach -- Guatemala / David Carey Jr. -- Honduras / Dario A. Euraque -- El Salvador / Erik Ching -- Nicaragua / Julie A. Charlip -- Costa Rica / Iván Molina -- Panama / Michael E. Donoghue -- Belize / Mark Moberg.

Book Fraternal Capital

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sharad Chari
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780804748735
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book Fraternal Capital written by Sharad Chari and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly textured ethnography about knitwear manufacturers in South India that explains how peasant-workers have refined notions of place, gender, and class to create a local industrial form that succeeds in the global economy.

Book History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West

Download or read book History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West written by Norman Fergus Black and published by Regina : North West Historical Company. This book was released on 1913 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of South America from Its Discovery to the Present Time

Download or read book The History of South America from Its Discovery to the Present Time written by Alfred Joseph Deberle and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Borno

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vincent Hiribarren
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017-02-17
  • ISBN : 1787384403
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book A History of Borno written by Vincent Hiribarren and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Borno, renowned throughout Africa and beyond, which in its later incarnation, the Bornu Empire, lasted from 1380 to 1893. This book offers the reader the first modern history of Borno, drawing upon sources in London, Berlin, Paris, Kaduna and Maiduguri and recently released 'migrated archives'. As its longevity suggests, what is particularly remarkable about Borno is the permanence of its boundaries-its territorial integrity-which dates back centuries, and the political and social identities that such borders framed in the minds of its inhabitants.

Book Town Planning

Download or read book Town Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons  and Concordant Orders

Download or read book History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons and Concordant Orders written by Henry Leonard Stillson and published by Boston ; New York : Fraternity Publishing Company ; London : G. Kenning. This book was released on 1898 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Political Landscapes of Capital Cities

Download or read book Political Landscapes of Capital Cities written by Jessica Joyce Christie and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Landscapes of Capital Cities investigates the processes of transformation of the natural landscape into the culturally constructed and ideologically defined political environments of capital cities. In this spatially inclusive, socially dynamic interpretation, an interdisciplinary group of authors including archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians uses the methodology put forth in Adam T. Smith’s The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities to expose the intimate associations between human-made environments and the natural landscape that accommodate the sociopolitical needs of governmental authority. Political Landscapes of Capital Cities blends the historical, political, and cultural narratives of capital cities such as Bangkok, Cusco, Rome, and Tehran with a careful visual analysis, hinging on the methodological tools of not only architectural and urban design but also cultural, historiographical, and anthropological studies. The collection provides further ways to conceive of how processes of urbanization, monumentalization, ritualization, naturalization, and unification affected capitals differently without losing grasp of local distinctive architectural and spatial features. The essays also articulate the many complex political and ideological agendas of a diverse set of sovereign entities that planned, constructed, displayed, and performed their societal ideals in the spaces of their capitals, ultimately confirming that political authority is profoundly spatial. Contributors: Jelena Bogdanović, Jessica Joyce Christie, Talinn Grigor, Eulogio Guzmán, Gregor Kalas, Stephanie Pilat, Melody Rod-ari, Anne Parmly Toxey, Alexei Vranich

Book History of the Christian Church

Download or read book History of the Christian Church written by Wilhelm Ernst Möller and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: