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The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness
An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements. Measurement is all around us—from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted. Yet, this has not always been the case. This book reaches back to medieval Italy to speak of a time when measurements were displayed in the open, showing how such a deceptively simple innovation triggered a chain of cultural transformations whose consequences are visible today on a globa...
Cities and the Shaping of Memory in the Ancient Near East
This book investigates the practice of constructing cities in the ancient Near East, bringing together architecture and cultural history.
Broadening Horizons
â ~Broadening Horizons: multidisciplinary approaches to landscape studyâ (TM) presents nine papers on physical landscape research in the Mediterranean and the Near East. Giving prime place to young researchers working in this field, it brings together highly diverse applications ranging from ground survey to semi-automated remote sensing, from cuneiform studies to palynology and from human geography to paradigm re-evaluation. Aimed at a public of both students and scholars with a shared interest in the study of past landscapes, its aims are dual. In presenting ongoing research which applies various techniques available to the student of landscape, it aims to add to the practice of these su...
She Spoke
Profiles fourteen women who impacted the world, including Mary McLeod Bethune, Dolores Huerta, and Maya Angelou.
Progress in Mosquito Research
Progress in Mosquito Research provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists, with Volume 51 focusing on recent progress in mosquito research. - Presents a comprehensive overview of recent progress in mosquito science - Written by leaders in their respective areas of mosquito research - Ideal resource for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists
The Vision Zero Petition
In the aftermath of losing our two youngest daughters, AnnaLeah (17) and Mary (13), due to a truck underride crash on May 4, 2013, we became aware of far too many facts about tra ffic fatalities. In an e ffort to do more than just put a bandaid on the problem, we launched a campaign to call for major change in how safety laws and regulations are determined. Th€is book is a compilation of our request for a National Vision Zero Goal and for a Vision Zero rulemaking policy. It includes our petition letters to President Obama and DOT Secretary Foxx--along with the signatures and comments of thousands of people who signed the petitions and are speaking up with us to call for a move Towards Zero Crash Deaths & Serious Injuries.
Mediterranean and Baltic Essays on Contemporary Agricultural Systems
Recoge: 1. Triadic globalization and regional scenarios the Baltic and Mediterranean regions - 2. Mediterranean and Baltic agro-food systems between marginalization and specialisation - 3. Mediterranean agro-food systems: tradition, technology, trade - 4. The Mediterranean and europe's EC Core: recent history of agrarian system - 5. Trade in Mediterranean agricultural commodities - 6. Mediterranean crops and farm management - 7. Agro-industry in the Mediterranean countries from dualism to marginalization - 8. Biotechnology and the Mediterranean basin - 9. Plant biotechnology research in Turkey and prospective impacts - 10. Castel Guelfo di Bologna: a case study of the agricultural system of a rural community in Northern Italy's Po Valley.
L'opportunità dell'innovazione
Da non molti anni il dibattito sui temi paesistici ha imboccato una svolta, dalle preoccupazioni conservative e vincolistiche alla ricerca di metodologie d'intervento e norme attive, che consentano lo sviluppo del territorio compatibile con il mutare delle esigenze collettive . Ciò è basato sul riconoscimento della natura intrinsecamente dinamica del paesaggio, inteso nella sua materialità ma anche nel suo essere, al tempo stesso, un costrutto sociale. La svolta è sancita dalla Convenzione Europea del Paesaggio, che ammette tra gli obiettivi delle politiche del paesaggio anche la creazione di nuovi paesaggi "per soddisfare le aspirazioni della popolazione interessata". Questo volume si c...
