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In new regional history, national states are not seen to play a special role. Regions are understood as evolutionary processes in which time and space—history and geography—are connected in research questions. To illustrate the entanglement of time and space in various forms and ages, this volume explores regional history from around the globe. The editor’s review of the various works written under the heading of regional history serves as an introduction to this theme. This volume shows how historical events and changes have influenced the reproduction of regions in Czechia; it will also highlight how regional identities were manifested in a cultural form in romantic operas of post-Na...
Este libro recoge la mayoría de las conferencias presentadas en dos encuentros académicos celebrados en Madrid durante los meses de julio y agosto de 2001 que tenían el objetivo implícito de favorecer la aproximación, conocimiento y diálogo entre la realidad catalana y la española. Los encuentros contaron con un elenco numeroso, plural y destacado de ponentes procedentes tanto del territorio catalán como de otras zonas del territorio español: Joan B. Cuila, Joaquín Arango, Montserrat Guibernau, Joaquim Triadu y Xavier Trias, entre otros, se ocuparon de las relaciones políticas, mientras que Javier Tusell, Vicenç Villatoro, Ignacio Sotelo, Norbert Bilbeny, Manuel Reyes Mate, Valen...
In recent years, society has focused more and more attention on the period between active working age and old age (or the “Third Age”). This book reports the results of an experiential home research project in which inhabitant-based information on housing experiences was gathered in order to help housing designers and planners make their products feel “homier”. What is the relationship between housing and experiences of home? What makes housing feel “homey”? What things are necessary in an apartment to make it a real home? The data consist of group discussions which took place in South Ostrobothnia, Finland. The most crucial factors in homey housing proved to be human relationshi...
La realidad de la Europa actual está marcada por una identidad que es pasada, presente y que tiene una clara virtualidad futura. Esta obra recoge diversos trabajos, realizados por profesores de distintas Universidades, relativos a los acontecimientos históricos más relevantes que han contribuido a la formación de Europa; proceso de integración europea desde la CEE a la UE; estudio de las instituciones y pensadores más relevantes con especial referencia al pensamiento español europeista; Constitución Europea, etc.