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Author | : John H. Jameson |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2007-04-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0387482164 |
The last decade has witnessed increased interest in establishing partnerships between professional practitioners in public interpretation and educational institutions to excavate and preserve the past. These developments have occurred amidst a realization that community-based partnerships are the most effective mechanism for long-term success. With international contributions, this volume addresses these latest trends and provides case studies of successful partnerships.
Author | : Noga Efrati |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2012-01-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231530242 |
Noga Efrati outlines the first social and political history of women in Iraq during the periods of British occupation and the British-backed Hashimite monarchy (1917–1958). She traces the harsh and long-lasting implications of British state building on Iraqi women, particularly their legal and political enshrinement as second-class citizens, and the struggle by women's rights activists to counter this precedent. Efrati concludes with a discussion of post-Saddam Iraq and the women's associations now claiming their place in government. Finding common threads between these two generations of women, Efrati underscores the organic roots of the current fight for gender equality shaped by a memory of oppression under the monarchy. Efrati revisits the British strategy of efficient rule, largely adopted by the Iraqi government they erected and the consequent gender policy that emerged. The attempt to control Iraq through "authentic leaders"—giving them legal and political powers—marginalized the interests of women and virtually sacrificed their well-being altogether. Iraqi women refused to resign themselves to this fate. From the state's early days, they drew attention to the biases of the Tribal Criminal and Civil Disputes Regulation (TCCDR) and the absence of state intervention in matters of personal status and resisted women's disenfranchisement. Following the coup of 1958, their criticism helped precipitate the dissolution of the TCCDR and the ratification of the Personal Status Law. A new government gender discourse shaped by these past battles arose, yet the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, rather than helping cement women's rights into law, reinstated the British approach. Pressured to secure order and reestablish a pro-Western Iraq, the Americans increasingly turned to the country's "authentic leaders" to maintain control while continuing to marginalize women. Efrati considers Iraqi women's efforts to preserve the progress they have made, utterly defeating the notion that they have been passive witnesses to history.
Author | : Amy Shannon |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2008-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1435724437 |
Life Series: Volume 4, Sequel #2It's over five years later where "Rewritten Life" ended. Alex has had her share of problems in the past, but she finally broke when the loss was too much too bare. She is trying to overcome her breakdown. As she tries to move forward, secrets from the past and people from the past show up unexpectedly. Is she strong enough to keep her family? Is she strong enough to hold on to her sanity? Especially, when she finds a long lost relative who she thought was dead, living here in Sars Springs.
Author | : Jose Afonso |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 2006-08-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 981447746X |
This volume considers recent theoretical and observational developments in astronomy and astrophysics with contributions on solar system bodies, extrasolar planets, star formation, galaxy evolution and cosmology. A special section is dedicated to the history of astronomy including papers on the history of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, time service and legal time, the 1870 solar eclipse expedition, and a comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers´ methods for the determination of the orbits of comets.
Author | : Christine Ross |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1441147748 |
The term 'temporality' often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works. Ross first provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary studies on time, focusing on findings in philosophy, psychology, sociology, communications, history, postcolonial studies, and ecology. She then illustrates how contemporary artistic practices play around with what we consider linear time. Engaging the work of artists such as Guido van der Werve, Melik Ohanian, Harun Farocki, and Stan Douglas, allows investigation though the art, as opposed to having art taking an ancillary role. The Past is the Present; It's the Future Too forces the reader to understand the complexities of the significance of temporal development in new artistic practices.
Author | : B. J. Neblett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781936587735 |
"Elysian Dreams" transports the reader from the grimy, violent streets of the Prohibition-era Philadelphia to a peaceful Amish communityNand from the visions of a young girl to the beckoning midnight skies and beyond. It is an exhilarating search for answers to be found only in another world.
Author | : Tina Moffat |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1845459814 |
There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked.
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Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Audiences |
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Author | : Leah Cheung Ah Li |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2018-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3643908873 |
Xi'an, the former Chang'an - home to the terracotta army and capital to 13 dynasties of Chinese emperors - experienced World Heritage fame in 1987 when the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was listed. In 2014, five more heritage sites in Xi'an were listed as part of the Silk Roads World Heritage nomination. The ancient capital represents glorious moments of Chinese history and local citizens are proud of Xi'an's archaeological and historical status. However, the modern cityscape is as much shaped by high rises as by historical buildings and heritage policies intersect with demands for urbanization, modernization, and economic growth. This book seeks to understand how modernity, history, and heritage are reconciled in this city where the past meets the future.
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Release | : 2004 |
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