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In the 1970s, several members of the DDR opposition began to investigate the limits to unrestrained economic growth. The result of their work was three distinctive eco-utopias with an astonishing relevance to contemporary debates. This volume presents the first detailed account of them for an English-language readership.

Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education: Swedish and International Perspectives outlines the background to and current implementation of programming and computational thinking in a Swedish school technology setting, in relation to international contexts.

This book demonstrates the unique and far-reaching claims John Chrysostom made concerning almsgiving's many benefits, including its ability to forgive any and all sin. The author also identifies several factors that led John to favor almsgiving over other ascetic practices.

Bridging Knowledge Cultures is a comprehensive exploration of how knowledge is understood, constructed, validated, and utilized in both academic and community settings. It goes beyond theoretical examination by providing practical recommendations to construct "bridges" that connect diverse forms of knowledge.

By reinterpreting German law and politics between the Peace of Westphalia and the French Revolution, this book demonstrates that the growth of civil liberties and legal equality was shaped by institutional pressures resulting from state competition, commercialization, and population growth.

Study of royal letters of uncertain authenticity in circulation in ancient Mesopotamia ca. 700-100 BCE. Contains catalogue, text editions and a systematic assessment of their reliability as historical sources for the reigns and events they depict.

Thousands of migrants die every year in the seas for varying reasons. This book addresses the problem from the perspective of international law, hoping to eradicate the problem of migrant deaths at sea.

A unique study of Liszt's approach to literary art; an exploration and reconstruction of his method of work with poetry and music in his songs for voice and piano.

Was the Catholic Church responsible for Spanish imperialism? Activists say yes, the Church says no. This book examines the history and finds that whether Pope Alexander VI intended it or not, Spain saw its empire as a gift from him.

This book focuses on translations by al-Bīrūnī (ca. 973-1050) of Indian philosophical texts from Sanskrit into Arabic. It explores the social and intellectual contexts that gave him the resources to study Indian culture and to transmit its sciences to his peers.

This Handbook includes numerous contributions from some of the most well-regarded researchers in Cognitive Semantics and it aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the field to date.

This Handbook includes numerous contributions from some of the most well-regarded researchers in Cognitive Semantics and it aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the field to date.

Defining the Identity of the Younger Europe launches an eye-opening journey into emerging cultures and civilizations of the "Younger Europe"--Byzantine-Slavic and Scandinavian territories--from the fall of Constantinople (1453) to the dawn of the Industrial Age.

This Handbook includes numerous contributions from some of the most well-regarded researchers in Cognitive Semantics and it aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the field to date.

With contributions from global experts, including legal practitioners and academics, this book addresses pressing issues relating to international disputes in the hospitality and construction industries. Insights and predictions are based on current practices that will help parties, counsel and arbitrators navigate complex topics.

Tana Toraja is a highland region in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, best known today for its exquisite Arabica coffee and as an exotic destination. Toraja is a place, but more importantly a people who have been shaped by location, and by selective absorption of and resistance to cultural forces from the Islamic lowlands. This ambitious, multifaceted study traces the history of Tana Toraja, from 1870 (40 years before the Dutch took control of the highlands) to the 1990s. It shows how the people of this area re-negotiated their place in the province and in the Indonesian nation during times of major political change, and succeeded in avoiding ethnic and religious hostility of the sort that has recently plagued nearby Central Sulawesi and other parts of Eastern Indonesia. Drawing from Dutch and Indonesian archives as well as extensive interviews with Torajans and lowlanders in South Sulawesi, the author discusses a wide range of subjects, including trade (coffee, slaves and arms), the missionary presence, colonial administration, modern education and the development of ethnic consciousness, religious change, and the growth of political activity. The invaluable oral sources collected in this book are no longer possible today because of a passing of a generation.

This book unravels China's contemporary Confucian Renaissance, delving into the interplay between universal and nationalist ideas and offering insightful case studies on Confucian metaphysics, ethics, and politics.

This book argues that educational reform filled a critical role in strengthening China's embryonic democracy. It offers a multi-level analysis of the parallel, but at the same time interconnected, developments of the educational system and civic knowledge in China between 1901-1937.

Volume 40 of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs publishes scholarly articles and essays on international and transnational law, as well as compiles official documents on the state practice of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 2022.

The IOS Annual volume 24: "Let the Tabarna, the King, Be dear to the Gods" brings forth cutting-edge studies devoted to a wide array fields and disciplines of the Middle East, from the beginning of civilization to modern times.

This volume contributes to global labour, working-class, and migration history by illuminating the lives of working people over the 19th and 20th centuries.

This book explores the production of knowledge of normativity in the age of early modern globalization by looking at the global production, circulation, and consumption of Manual de Confessores by the Spanish canon law professor Martín de Azpilcueta (1492-1586).

This historical ethnography of Tetouan rescues from oblivion the lives of the last slaves who arrived in Morocco in the 20th century and portrays in detail the power mechanisms of servility and the stereotypes of blackness in the Arab world.

This edited volume comprises a compilation of autoethnographic evocations from U.S. doctoral students in the fields of social sciences and humanities, who narrate and analyze their experiences in the doctoral journey and beyond.

This edited volume comprises a compilation of autoethnographic evocations from U.S. doctoral students in the fields of social sciences and humanities, who narrate and analyze their experiences in the doctoral journey and beyond.

"The historian of the Christians" this is how Ibn Ḫaldūn referred to his Coptic predecessor al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd. His universal chronography is finally available in a critical edition and annotated translation.

Part III of the Buddhism in Central Asia explores the impact of non-Buddhist influences on, and doctrinal issues in, Buddhist traditions within and between inter alia the Silk Road, China, Tibet, and the Uyghur and Tangut Empires.

In the Shadow of War and Empire tells the story of how workers in Turkey, who were recategorised from imperial subjects to citizens, lived and worked through the simultaneous processes of postimperial nation-building and state-led industrialisation, and struggled to be heard amid the thunder of nationalist developmentalism.

The goal of this book is to provide up to date information about silymarin chemistry, biochemistry and molecular mechanisms of protective actions of this phytochemical with a special emphasis to its vitagene- and transcription factor-modulating properties. Silymarin applications in human diseases, including hepatoprotection, neuroprotection, anti-diabetic, anti-arthritis and other protective activities are reviewed. Immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, anti-toxic protective activities of silymarin are characterised in detail. Practical applications of silymarin in poultry and animal industry with a special emphasis on its protective roles in gut health maintenance are also presented.