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The book focuses on the early period of Roma publishing (from the nineteenth century until the Second World War) when the first original texts, fiction and media publications authored by Roma appeared.Based on extensive archival and historical research, including the discovery of earlier, up to now unknown sources, the literary activities of Roma in Central, South-eastern and Eastern Europe are discussed in their historical context and interrelation with the birth of the Roma emancipatory movement. Romani literature and press are thus embedded in the history and literary studies of the European national literatures.The authors: Raluca Bianca Roman, Sofiya Zahova, Aleksandar G. Marinov, Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov are affiliated with the University of St Andrews, UK. Other authors are Tamás Hajnáczky (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary), Viktor Shapoval (Moscow City University, Russia), and Risto Blomster (Finnish Literature Society/ The Finnish Cultural Foundation).
civic emancipation --- romantic nationalism --- activism --- interwar Europe --- journalism --- Slavic and Eurasian Studies --- History --- Romani literature --- Romani poetry. --- History and criticism.
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Small-scale traders play a crucial role in forging Asian connectivity, forming networks and informal institutions separate from those driven by nation-states, such as China's Belt and Road Initiative. This ambitious study provides a unique insight into the lives of the mobile traders from Afghanistan who traverse Eurasia. Reflecting on over a decade of intensive ethnographic fieldwork, Magnus Marsden introduces readers to a dynamic yet historically durable universe of commercial and cultural connections. Through an exploration of the traders' networks, cultural and religious identities, as well as the nodes in which they operate, Marsden emphasises their ability to navigate Eurasia's geopolitical tensions and to forge transregional routes that channel significant flows of people, resources, and ideas. Beyond the Silk Roads will interest those seeking to understand contemporary iterations of the Silk Road within the context of geopolitics in the region. This title is also available as Open Access.
Merchants, Foreign --- Geopolitics --- Afghans --- Business networks --- Social networks --- Commerce --- Eurasia --- Commerce. --- Business networking --- Networking, Business --- Networks, Business --- Industrial clusters --- Strategic alliances (Business) --- Afghanis --- Ethnology --- World politics --- Foreign merchants --- Asia --- Europe --- Eurasian history --- social and cultural anthropology --- Afghanistan --- migration and diaspora
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Questions concerning mobility and migration as well as subsistence strategies of past societies have always been of major importance in archaeological research. The West Eurasian steppes in the Eneolithic, the Early Bronze and the Iron Age were largely inhabited by cultural communities believed to show an elevated level of spatial mobility, often linked to their subsistence economy. In this volume, questions concerning the mobility and potential migration as well as the diet and economy of the West Eurasian steppes communities during the 4th, the 3rd and the 1st Millennia BC are approached by applying isotope analysis, specifically 87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, δ15N and δ13C analyses. Adapting a combination of different isotopic systems to a study area of vast spatial and chronological dimension allowed a wide variety of questions to be answered and establishes the beginning of a database of biogeochemical data for the West Eurasian steppes. Besides the characterisation of mobility and subsistence patterns of the archaeological communities under discussion, attempts to identify possible Early Bronze Age migrations from the steppes to the steppe-like plains in parts of Eastern Europe were made, alongside an evaluation of the applicability of isotope analysis to this context.
Prehistoric peoples --- Social archaeology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Stable isotopes --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- Stable isotopes. --- Eurasia --- Antiquities. --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistory --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Isotopes --- Archaeology --- Human beings --- Methodology --- Early Bronze Age. --- Eurasian steppe. --- isotope analysis. --- Primitive societies
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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian's interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended "Persographia," the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages of expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history's key languages of global exchange.
Literature & literary studies --- History --- beijing. --- bengali. --- chinese. --- eurasian language. --- geographical. --- imperial. --- islamic world. --- language. --- literary. --- london. --- persian. --- persographia. --- pre modern cosmopolitanism. --- punjabi. --- shared language. --- siberia. --- social frontiers. --- southeast asia. --- turkic. --- under explored language. --- vernacular competitors. --- world historical inquiry. --- world history. --- written persian.
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Predation and scavenging are pervasive ecological interactions in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. The ecology, evolution and conservation of predators and scavengers have received wide scientific attention and public awareness. However, the close connection that exists between predation and scavenging has not been emphasized until very recently. The recognition that carnivorous animals may obtain meat by either hunting prey or scavenging their carcasses has profound implications from individual behavior to population, community and ecosystem levels. However, many relevant questions still remain unexplored. This book deals with some of these questions, with the final aim to definitively dismiss the traditional view that predation and scavenging are disconnected ecological processes. This compendium of science may help to inspire ecologists, evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, epidemiologists, forensic scientists, anatomists, and, of course, conservation biologists in their stimulating and promising endeavor of achieving a more comprehensive understanding of carnivory in a rapidly changing world.
caching --- Capreolus capreolus --- carrion --- Eurasian lynx --- Lynx lynx --- Norway --- predation --- roe deer --- scavenging --- decomposition --- nitrogen --- nutrient recycling --- trophic cascade --- apex predators --- bear --- interspecific interactions --- moose --- wolf --- birds of prey --- foraging --- predators --- scavengers --- vision --- carcass --- confrontational scavenging --- disease risk --- facultative scavenger --- landscape of peril --- marine ecosystems --- parasite risk --- predator risk --- terrestrial ecosystems --- anthropogenic food --- diet --- urban habitats --- ecological functions --- carnivorous --- n/a
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The open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. The authors demonstrate that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time. The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia’s physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia. Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Asian history --- General & world history --- Archaeology --- Human geography --- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography --- travel writing --- Asian networks --- Silk Roads --- Eurasian encounters --- intellectual history --- borders and identities --- curiosity in global history --- knowledge and Empire --- transnational culture --- transnational history --- imperial geographies --- imperial mobilities --- early globalisation --- ethnography and peripheries --- Asia—History. --- World history. --- Archaeology. --- Human geography. --- Cultural geography. --- Ethnology. --- Asian History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Social and Cultural Geography. --- Sociocultural Anthropology. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Universal history
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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue “Multiple Roles for Landscape Ecology in Future Farming Systems” that was published in Land. This book aims to inspire landscape ecologists to explore theories and practical tools that can assist in the planning, design, modification, and development of new farming landscapes with the best environmental, economic, and social outcomes in mind. It is also hoped that it will contribute toward developing land systems and land management practices for specific landscapes that meet the goals of increased nutritious food production in the face of market and climatic variability whilst reducing environmental impacts and enhancing natural capital and assisting to drive and support the transformative changes in the socioeconomic and environmental systems of rural areas required for future food production.
future farming systems --- sustainable landscapes --- landscape planning --- environmental challenges --- transdisciplinary --- agricultural systems --- indigenous economic development --- production systems --- landscape ecology --- wild harvest --- yerba mate --- agroforestry --- integrated landscape --- agrobiodiversity --- silvopastoral systems --- multifunctional landscapes --- landscape services --- geodesign --- agricultural landscape planning --- agricultural land --- cropland --- land category --- land fund --- territory --- Russia --- land cover --- land use --- landscape structure --- Eurasian skylark --- farmland birds --- prediction --- Natura 2000 --- land use changes --- wild bees --- land management practices --- validation --- InVEST model --- land system dynamics --- emergent properties --- time series analysis --- nonlinear dynamics --- Recurrence Plots --- Scotland --- social–ecological system --- mountain region --- spatial analysis --- land-use change --- farming --- n/a --- social-ecological system
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Limiting Institutions examines the security threats in Eurasia and the role of institutions in the post-Cold War international environment. It looks at both the crucial aspect of foreign policy as well as a theoretical area of security studies and its impact in the former Soviet States.
Europe -- Foreign relations -- Former Soviet republics. --- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-. --- Former Soviet republics -- Foreign relations -- Europe. --- Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government. --- Geopolitics -- Former Soviet republics. --- National security -- Former Soviet republics. --- National security --- Geopolitics --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- History & Archaeology --- Russia & Former Soviet Republics --- Armies --- Former Soviet republics --- Europe --- Politics and government. --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- CIS countries --- Commonwealth of Independent States countries --- Ex-Soviet republics --- Ex-Soviet states --- Former Soviet states --- New Independent States (Former Soviet republics) --- Newly Independent States (Former Soviet republics) --- NIS (Former Soviet republics) --- Council of Europe countries --- World politics --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- eurasia --- nato --- eurasian --- soviet --- Central Asia --- China --- Commonwealth of Independent States --- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe --- Partnership for Peace --- Russia --- United States
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This book collects selected high-quality papers published in 2018–2020 to inaugurate the “Natural Hazards” Section of the Geosciences journal. The topics encompass: trends in publications at international level in the field of natural hazards research; the role of Big Data in natural disaster management; assessment of seismic risk through the understanding and quantification of its different components; climatic/hydro-meteorological hazards; and finally, the scientific analysis and disaster forensics of recent natural hazard events. The target audience includes not only specialists, but also graduate students who wish to approach the challenging, but also fascinating
big data --- disaster management --- review --- natural hazards --- disaster --- scientometrics --- bibliometrics --- citation analysis --- NatCatSERVICE --- Sigma Explorer --- Oroville Dam --- spillway --- incident --- flood control --- flood-frequency analysis --- dam operation --- drought --- impacts --- exposure --- vulnerability --- risk --- policy --- risk assessment --- earthquake risk --- energy security --- reliability of power supply --- Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) --- integration process --- common electricity market --- masonry aggregates --- vulnerability assessment --- vulnerability curves --- damage scenarios --- local hazard effect --- psychological representation of earthquakes --- open-ended and closed-questions surveys --- children --- seismic hazard assessment --- emotions --- emotional prevention --- African easterly wave --- attractor coexistence --- chaos --- hurricane --- limit cycle --- Lorenz model --- predictability --- recurrence --- extended range weather prediction --- Jakarta basin --- site effects --- shear-wave velocity --- urban fabrics --- seismic vulnerability --- critic analysis --- cost modelling --- urban preservation programming --- building works programming --- natural hazard --- earthquake --- dam spillway --- psychology --- cyber-infrastructure
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