401 Ergebnisse - Zeige 61 von 80.

Features records of 66 diplomas or fragments which provide evidence for the Roman military and legal world.

There have been dramatic changes both in the town of Aswan and among the devoutly Muslim Nubians of the village of West Aswan. This work reflects those changes and also incorporates literature on the impact of tourism, the work of Muslim women in the informal sector, and the interdependence of male and female domains.

Do the traditional tools of governance make sense in the decidedly nontraditional political entity that is the European Union? Or are the realities of the unique EU system generating new, and sometimes eclectic approaches to policymaking? This book responds to these questions, and explores the development of governance approaches in policy areas.

Explores the development of Syria's political economy under the Ba'th, particularly the role of the state in facilitating or obstructing economic development. This book examines Syria's political economy under populism (1963-2000), and an analysis of the post-populist period since 2000.

Ranging from prehistoric to early classic periods, this book addresses theoretical and methodological issues. It presents a series of cases using traditional and feminist research methods.

Explores the evidence left by the use of axes on wooden beams and tools found in waterlogged archaeological sites dating over 2000 years old.

Keine Beschreibung.

The origin of Israel, their settlement in the land of Canaan and transformation into an organized kingdom is one of the most stimulating and controversial chapters in the history of ancient Israel. In this volume, three of the researchers who have presented key models regarding this eraaFinkelstein, Whitelam, and Kitchenaoffer their latest thinking and are critiqued by a panel of other scholars, using biblical, historical, archaeological, anth...

The South African township of Lady Selborne was a comparatively small place, situated in an area on the slopes of the gentle Magaliesberg mountains to the west of the city center of Pretoria. The township was approximately two square kilometers in extent. This was a scenic and fertile area with pleasant weather throughout the year. From anywhere in the township, people had a view of the city center with the imposing Union Buildings (the seat o...

This remarkable life story offers young and old, white and black South Africans, an insight into life as it was in the country at the time when Ramaphakela Hans Hlalethwa grew up. We are given a picture of family life and values, with vivid descriptions of both comical situations and tragic events. We follow Hans in his hard slog to succeed in his chosen profession, education. It is vital for those who did not experience apartheid and what thi...

At the turn of the 21st century, the black body remains an object of discursive analysis, as material and symbol, inscribed by multiple levels of meaning and shaped by the past, the present, and ideas about imagined futures. Through the lens of different disciplines, this book considers how the black body is read polysemically in terms of social and political contexts and issues of power. The contributors to this text critically examine themes...

This study centres on the opposition of the majority Afrikaner sheep farmers in the 1890s to legislation affecting their stock farming pursuit. Focusing on the sheep-farming community, the study delves deeper into the process of ethnic identity formation among Afrikaner farmers. These farmers left, unusually, an amazingly rich body of written evidence. This offered the author a unique opportunity to explore the elusive process of ethnic consci...

Report of a key survey of archaeological sites in the southern toe of Italy to discover Neolithic sites and documenting prehistoric trade in obsidian.

Features records of 82 diplomas or fragments which provide evidence for the Roman military and legal world.

Covering subjects ranging from treaties and dispute resolution to the environment, human rights, and terrorism, this anthology reveals the influence of international law on political behavior. It also considers the future evolution of the international legal system.

There have been dramatic changes both in the town of Aswan and among the devoutly Muslim Nubians of the village of West Aswan. This title reflects those changes and also incorporates literature on the impact of tourism, the work of Muslim women in the informal sector, and the interdependence of male and female domains.

Keine Beschreibung.

A collection of research articles by European scholars assessing the state of environmental archaeology and its relationship to the field, along with discussions on how to present environmental issues in prehistory to the public.

Keine Beschreibung.

Written in a clear, concise style by a recognized researcher in this field, this book introduces the modeling and simulation of functionally graded materials (FGMs) and presents the derivation of the governing equations of FGM plates in the von Karman sense. It presents the geometrically nonlinear bending of FGM plates due to transverse static loads of heat conduction and furnishes a detailed treatment of the postbuckling problems of FGM plate...