Cities as Palimpsests?. Responses to Antiquity in Eastern Mediterranean Urbanism, Hardback - ***

Explores the historical complexity and cultural hybridity of post-classical eastern Mediterranean cities with case studies examining how cities' pa...

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

DescriptionThis volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origi...

Reducere. This interdisciplinary introduction to urban theory explains how the concepts that help us understand the contemporary urban experience have develo...

The recent pandemic has put into perspective the impact of epidemic illness on urban life and exposed the vulnerabilities of societies. Interdiscip...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jassen CallenderIllustration(s): 13 Line drawings, black and white; 73 Halftones, black and white; 3 Tabl...

DescriptionSince antiquity, Roman architecture and planning have inspired architects and designers. In this volume, Diane Favro and Fikret Yeg l of...

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Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences DivisionNumber of pages: 516Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 190 x 234 x 36Cover type: Paperback / softbackE...

This searching account sheds new light on Christopher Wren's relationship with Eastern architecture.About the AuthorVaughan Hart is a professor of ...

By using a specific case study, the contributors to this book aim to help establish a common theoretical ground for investigating how humans and th...

Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to the area, which...

This book provides a detailed exploration of the responses of the criminal justice system to domestic abuse in Northern Ireland. The book's primary...

Intended for cultural historians and literary scholars, this volume offers new insights into the trope of the fallen city in folk-song and a variet...

The theory and practice of modeling cities and regions as complex, self-organizing systems, presenting widely used cellular automata-based models, ...

This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers...

Using a unique analytical framework based on host-stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the arrival and settlement of la...

Publisher: Page Street Publishing Co.Author(s): Hanady NabutIllustration(s): 60 photosNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 204 x 2...

Rome is unique in its combination of abundant, important ruins, a long urban history, and a vibrant city setting with changing political, cultural,...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Luis M. A. BettencourtIllustration(s): 156 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 568Publication date: 20...

Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eas...

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. ...

Tal Smith, owner of the popular Sea Point deli, Sababa, is back with new recipes in Feast with Sababa: Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Food. This ...

An overview of cutting-edge research in Old World zooarchaeology.Illustrations: B/WEditor(s): Joao Tereso

Publisher: ACA Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): Kerry BrownPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 149 x 225 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lec...

A beautifully illustrated history of human engagement with amber across three millennia.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Rachel KingIllustration...

As well as writing cookbooks and presenting cooking shows on the BBC, the author is also a cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom. Thi...

In a world that is constantly illuminated, there is much to gain from looking into the darkness of times past. This fascinating picture of nocturna...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Charles WaldheimIllustration(s): 158 b/w illus.Number of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

This book presents new, cross-disciplinary research on leprosy in medieval Europe, focusing on questions of identity. It reveals complex responses ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This anthology shares creative ways feminists in higher education respond to the challenges of budget cuts, staffing shortages, and restructuring t...

Publisher: SkiraIllustration(s): 250 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 249 x 282 x 22Cover type: Hard...

Twenty-seven critics, as well as Updike himself, provide a kaleidoscopic view of the Rabbit Angstrom saga in 34 reviews and essays.

Publisher: Hikoki PublicationsAuthor(s): Vic FlinthamIllustration(s): Over 200 photos, diagrams and mapsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022D...

Sarah Derbew brings into brilliant new focus varied portrayals of blackness in ancient Greek literature and art, while critiquing modern classical ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressIllustration(s): 25 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 210 x...

Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

An extensive ethnographic analysis of one of the world's largest refugee camps, revealing a distinct form of urbanization and its unique challenges...

This volume is a compilation of articles written by renowned scholars and promising young researchers, in which the Jewish space is revealed as div...

Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. This wide-ranging work...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Theresa (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto) EnrightIllustration(s): 9 figures; 9 Illustrations, unspeci...