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The School of Salamanca: A Case of Global Knowledge Production
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 444

The School of Salamanca: A Case of Global Knowledge Production

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-03-01
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Over the past few decades, a growing number of studies have highlighted the importance of the ‘School of Salamanca’ for the emergence of colonial normative regimes and the formation of a language of normativity on a global scale. According to this influential account, American and Asian actors usually appear as passive recipients of normative knowledge produced in Europe. This book proposes a different perspective and shows, through a knowledge historical approach and several case studies, that the School of Salamanca has to be considered both an epistemic community and a community of practice that cannot be fixed to any individual place. Instead, the School of Salamanca encompassed a variety of different sites and actors throughout the world and thus represents a case of global knowledge production. Contributors are: Adriana Álvarez, Virginia Aspe, Marya Camacho, Natalie Cobo, Thomas Duve, José Luis Egío, Dolors Folch, Enrique González González, Lidia Lanza, Esteban Llamosas, Osvaldo R. Moutin, and Marco Toste.

Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 528

Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-06-26
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  • Publisher: Springer

ECDL2000, the Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Te- nology for Digital Libraries, is being held this year in Lisbon, Portugal, following previous events in Pisa (1997), Heraklion (1998), and Paris (1999). One major goal of the ECDL conference series has been to draw information professionals, stakeholders, and user communities from both the research world and from - dustry into a discussion of the alternative technologies, policies, and scenarios for global digital libraries. The success of previous conferences makes them a hard act to follow. The eld of digital libraries draws on a truly diverse set of scienti c and technical disciplines. In the past three years, moreover,...

Genealogia Das Famílias Moreira Maia E Ferreira Dos Reis
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 533

Genealogia Das Famílias Moreira Maia E Ferreira Dos Reis

A obra teve por fundamentação o fato inédito de famílias cristalenses: Moreira Maia e Ferreira dos Reis se originarem de dois padres. A história é tecida ao longo de três séculos:final do século XIX, século XX e início do século XXI.

Maps of the Moon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 101

Maps of the Moon

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-12-30
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  • Publisher: BRILL

When does a depiction of the moon become a lunar map? This publication addresses this question from theoretical and historical standpoints. It is argued that moon maps are of crucial importance to the history of cartography, for they challenge established notions of what a map is, how it functions, what its purposes are, and what kind of power it embodies and performs. The publication also shows how terrestrial cartography has shaped the history of lunar mapping since the seventeenth century, through visual and nomenclature conventions, the cultural currency of maps, mapmakers’ social standing, and data-gathering and projection practices. It further demonstrates that lunar cartography has also been organized by an internal principle that is born of the fundamental problem of how to create static map spaces capable of representing a referent that is constantly changing to our eyes, as is the visible face of the moon. It is suggested that moon maps may be classed in three broad categories, according to the kinds of solutions for this representational problem that have been devised over the last 400 years.

Os livros em sua ordem: para a história da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade (antes de 1513-2013)
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 216

Os livros em sua ordem: para a história da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade (antes de 1513-2013)

Este estudo torna-se, deste modo, um tributo, um testemunho de reconhecimento, fixando uma outra memória na qual acontecimentos e afetos se entretecem. Sente-se, nesta história, discreta mas nítida, a presença dos narradores: o que chega até nós é um olhar a partir de dentro, das problemáticas que dia a dia os interpelam, da paixão que os liga ao trabalho que desenvolvem, projetada na leitura que fazem do passado e das personagens do seu enredo. Ao contarem a biblioteca, contam-se a si próprios: e esta perspetiva quase confidencial torna aliciante a leitura deste texto.

Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 466

Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-05-27
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Contents: I. INSTRUMENTS OF IMPERIAL RULE. ECK, W.: Lateinisch, Griechisch, Germanisch ...? Wie sprach Rom met seinen Untertanen? TALBERT, R.: Rome’s provinces as framework for world-view. KOKKINIA, C.: Ruling, inducing, arguing: how to govern (and survive) a Greek province. SLOOTJES, D.: The governor as benefactor in Late Antiquity. LIGT, L. DE: Direct taxation in western Asia Minor under the early Empire. II. CONQUEST AND ITS EFFECTS BIRLEY, A.: Britain 71-105: advance and retrenchment. ROSSUM, J.A.. VAN: The end of the Batavian auxiliaries as ‘national’ units. COULSTON, J.C.N.: Military identity and personal self-identity in the Roman army. BRUUN, C.: The legend of Decebalus. III. R...

Atlas Obscura: Wild Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 860

Atlas Obscura: Wild Life

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-09-17
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes a nature book like no other—a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field guide–it's an adventure. From the curious minds of Atlas Obscura, authors of #1 New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes an unputdownable celebration of the world's living wonders. Learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars, and trees communicate through their roots. Meet one of the strongest animals in the world: the puny peacock mantis shrimp. Pay your respects to a 44,000 year old shrub, float along flying...

OECD Economic Surveys: Brazil 2023
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 126

OECD Economic Surveys: Brazil 2023

The Brazilian economy rebounded strongly after the Covid-19 pandemic. Resilient domestic demand, supported by social transfers, continues to drive growth. Inflation is decreasing, providing room for further monetary policy easing. However, public debt remains high, calling for a credible fiscal framework and improved spending efficiency.

Hong Kong & Macau
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 438

Hong Kong & Macau

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

You'll fall in love with Hong Kong. And why not? Glittering skyscrapers and a world-famous shopping scene. Frenetic wet markets and the best dim sum ever. Spectacular hikes through jungle-covered islands. And don't forget the devil-may-care casino-hop through Macau. This indispensable guidebook is the key to all your Cantonese adventures.

Crónicas de História, Cultura e Cidadania
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 134

Crónicas de História, Cultura e Cidadania

A convite da Direção do “Diário de Coimbra”, João Gouveia Monteiro manteve durante quase dois anos uma coluna quinzenal nas páginas deste órgão da imprensa regional. Este livro compila as 40 crónicas que então escreveu, entre Setembro de 2009 e Julho de 2011. Ligeiramente revistas e adaptadas para efeitos desta edição, essas crónicas organizam-se aqui em três territórios confluentes: “Viagens pela História” (20 crónicas, cobrindo temas variados de História política, militar e cultural europeia da Antiguidade, da Idade Média e dos inícios da Época Moderna); “O Olhar da Cultura” (10 crónicas, várias delas sobre o livro e a leitura, em especial entre os jovens...