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"The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange-expanded beyond the special issue of Medieval Encounters from which it was drawn-centers on the magnificent treasury of San Isidoro de Leo´n to address wider questions about the meanings of cross-cultural luxury goods in royal-ecclesiastical settings during the central Middle Ages. Now fully open access and with an updated introduction to ongoing research, an additional chapter, composite bibliographies, and indices, this multidisciplinary volume opens fresh ways into the investigation of medieval objects and textiles through historical, art historical, and technical analyses. Carbon-14 dating, iconography, and social history are among the methods applied to material and textual evidence, together shining new light on the display of rulership in medieval Iberia"--

Luxuries --- Archaeology, Medieval --- History. --- Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain) --- Antiquities, Medieval --- Medieval antiquities --- Medieval archaeology --- Luxury goods --- Luxury services --- Commercial products --- Real Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain) --- León, Spain (City). --- Real Colegiata de San Isidoro (León, Spain). --- History --- León (Spain) --- Antiquities. --- León, Spain (City) --- Archaeology, Medieval. --- Cultural relations. --- Social archaeology.

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The mining of diamonds, their trading mechanisms, their financial institutions, and, not least, their cultural expressions as luxury items have engaged the work of historians, economists, social scientists, and international relations experts. Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world's main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the diamond-cutting i

Diamond cutting industry --- Diamond industry and trade --- Jewelry trade --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- Gem cutting industry --- History --- British Empire --- Mandate Palestine --- Israel --- business history --- luxury goods --- labor history --- commodities --- Middle East

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Dwelling on the Future focuses on the design of dwellings and their varied environments, and questions how an architect responds to the challenge of providing humane places in which to live for a growing, multifarious population in an increasingly divided world. The issue is never just housing. People – individuals, groups and societies – can and do have different goals and aspirations. Is it possible to imagine and implement a world in which a level of comfort and stability is available for even the poorest members of societies? Pierre d’Avoine covers a wide range of examples, including proposals for luxury housing and designs for low-cost dwellings, which all address the needs and desires of their potential inhabitants. He explores an inclusive approach to the design of settlements – and not just in cities – that recognises difference, an approach that demands a fresh political vision to resolve humanity’s increasing inequality, for the benefit of all. D’Avoine asks if we can respond with optimism to the Kabakovs’ mordantly titled installation ‘Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future (2001)’. While this was perhaps a statement of fact in Russia and elsewhere in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, it is implicit, and ever more so, in the West today. Praise for Dwelling on the Future 'Beautifully judged line drawings, physical models and critical texts ...supplemented here by interviews that he has conducted with the full range of project partners. These illuminate the rich, diverse and often idiosyncratic contexts within which housing in the UK is produced and prove that good housing is not merely a socio-technical process. The resulting proposals suggest the triumph of possibility over regulatory limitation ...As the Welsh Government’s laudable Innovative Housing Programme progresses, Dwelling on the Future illustrates the value of different ways of thinking and acting.' Touchstone: The journal for architecture in Wales ‘The merits of the images [in paperback] out perform the on-screen version.’Construction Expert, Russia ‘In the modern world, with its growing speed and increasingly widespread clip-based thinking, it is rare to find an architect's book about architecture in which text prevails over images. …Dwelling on the Future is also unusual in that it is based not on a text by the architect about his projects, but on a series of interviews with those who were involved in them. …The book should be of interest to anyone who is curious about the origins of architectural ideas, projects and the process of their implementation.’ Gleb A. Sobolev '‘The ultimate problem for the profession is that of setting out the possibilities and choices in building and environment.’ - Architect and educator Leslie Martin (1967) In this valuable book[the] projects, individually and in sum, are ‘possibilities and choices’ for housing in the 21st century.' Buildings & Cities

Architecture --- Working class --- Middle class --- Housing --- Dwellings --- Architecture. --- Housing. --- Affordable housing --- Homes --- Houses --- Housing needs --- Residences --- Slum clearance --- Urban housing --- City planning --- Human settlements --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Social aspects --- Design and construction --- Architecture - Great Britain - 21st century --- Working class - Dwellings - Great Britain --- Middle class - Dwellings - Great Britain --- Housing - Great Britain --- architecture --- land use --- design research --- residential housing --- luxury housing --- low-cost dwellings --- ethnography --- collaborative practice

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Luxus qualifie l’excès dans le mode de vie, le faste, la débauche. Il est l’enjeu et le thème d’une comédie sociale qui oppose privilégiés et spectateurs tout en impliquant une certaine connivence entre eux. Si le luxe est consacré par ceux qui en jouissent, il l’est aussi, et autant, par ceux qui le contemplent sans jamais pouvoir en disposer. Le luxe n’est pas seulement rareté, vanité, il est réussite, fascination sociale, rêve. Le développement du luxe a été un phénomène majeur de l’histoire de la Rome républicaine dont il a bouleversé les usages sociaux et les mentalités, introduisant des conduites nouvelles et suscitant des réactions extrêmes symbolisées par de grandes figures telles que Caton le Censeur d’un côté, Lucullus et Crassus de l’autre. Le luxe, initialement perçu par les Romains comme une importation hellénistique, s’est diffusé à Rome après la conquête de la Grèce et de l’Asie. La distinction entre luxe privé et faste public apparaît dès lors capitale, les Romains séparant nettement la magnificentia qui s'exerce dans le domaine public de la luxuria privée. Alors que le luxe individuel pouvait être condamné, les manifestations du faste et de la puissance de la res publica étaient louées. Le luxe, phénomène économique, social et culturel considéré au IIème s. av. J.-C. comme déstabilisateur, devint, en tant que faste public, une condition nécessaire au bon fonctionnement de la vie sociale et politique. Après la fin de la République, quelle fut l’attitude d’Auguste et de ses successeurs, pris entre magnifïcentia et luxus? Le fait que les débats sur le luxe prennent fin au moment où s’achève la mise en place du régime impérial suggère-t-il que l’enjeu n’était pas seulement la préservation des valeurs traditionnelles, mais celle de la République comme système politique ? C’est à ces questions que ce livre tente de répondre en examinant les manifestations publiques et privées du luxe, notamment celui de la table, celui déployé dans les demeures des…

Material culture --- Dinners and dining --- Dwellings --- Art objects --- Luxury. --- Rome --- Social conditions. --- Social life and customs. --- History --- Economics --- Wealth --- Cost and standard of living --- Leisure class --- Bric-a-brac --- Objects, Art --- Objets d'art --- Art --- Decoration and ornament --- Decorative arts --- Object (Aesthetics) --- Antiques --- Domiciles --- Homes --- Houses --- One-family houses --- Residences --- Residential buildings --- Single-family homes --- Buildings --- Architecture, Domestic --- House-raising parties --- Household ecology --- Housing --- Banquets --- Dining --- Eating --- Meals --- Caterers and catering --- Entertaining --- Etiquette --- Cooking --- Gastronomy --- Menus --- Table --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- société --- Époque impériale --- luxe

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This book highlights the latest research findings on sustainability within the context of consumer behaviour. It brings together the collaborative work of researchers from Finland, Denmark, USA, the Netherland, Mexico, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan and China to improve our understanding on consumer behaviour and its relationship with sustainable resource consumption. The thirteen chapters in this book focus on different aspects of consumer behaviour and sustainability, including purchase intentions towards recycled products, environment fit hospitality experiences, purchase intentions of recycling items, consumer loyalty, electric vehicle market consumption, consumption of the educational products, revisit intention, online complaint behaviour, consumer and CSR, eco-friendly behaviour, brand trust and social media consumer communication.

recreationist-environment fit --- guests’ satisfaction --- revisit intention --- guest’ pro-environmental behavior --- green-hotel --- electric vehicle --- theory of planned behavior --- unified theory of acceptance and use of technology --- perceived risk --- intention to use --- religious tourism --- 100 religious attractions --- destination marketing --- consumer behavior --- emotion --- information --- social media --- sustainability practices --- cotton apparel --- sustainable fashion --- dispositional optimism --- explanatory optimism --- eco-friendly tourist behavior --- positive psychology --- green consumer behavior --- customer satisfaction --- online consumer complaining behavior --- hospitality --- cultural differences --- TripAdvisor --- Vietnam --- destination image --- destination regeneration --- consumer --- recycled products --- purchase intention --- VBN theory --- structural equation modeling --- SmartPLS --- corporate social responsibility --- community-based CSR --- community perspectives --- hotel --- legitimacy theory --- entrepreneurial self-efficacy --- perceived lecturers’ entrepreneurial competency --- perceived social support --- entrepreneurial attitude orientation --- flow experience --- loyalty --- GTTT --- electric vehicles --- fashion consciousness --- leadership consciousness --- environmental consciousness --- price consciousness --- interpersonal influence --- market disruption --- luxury --- pre-owned --- purchasing behavior --- second-hand --- sustainability