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This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy. Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical' Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy, provincial Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive cultural work (revival of ritual; restoration of buildings) aimed at further emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying Greek culture under the principate.

Social change --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Ethnicity --- Acculturation --- Political culture --- Cities and towns, Ancient --- Changement social --- Elite (Sciences sociales) --- Ethnicité --- Culture politique --- Villes antiques --- History --- Histoire --- Augustus, --- Hadrian, --- Influence. --- Geschichte 27 v. Chr.-14. --- Greece --- Grèce --- Civilization --- Roman influences. --- Moral conditions. --- Civilisation --- Influence romaine --- Conditions morales --- Auguste (empereur romain ; 0063 av. J.-C.-0014) --- Influence --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Ethnicité --- Grèce --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Culture --- Political science --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Culture contact --- Development education --- Ethnology --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Adrian, --- Hadrianus, --- Adriano, --- Hadrien, --- אדריאנוס, --- Octavius Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius, --- Octavius, Gaius, --- Octavianus, --- Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, --- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- Octavian, --- Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, --- T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, --- Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, --- Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, --- Octavianus Augustus, --- Augusto, --- Cesarz August, --- Ogusṭus, --- Augustus Caesar, --- Gaius Octavius Thurinus, --- Octavio Augusto, --- Cayo Octavio Turino, --- Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, --- Turino, Cayo Octavio, --- אוגוסטוס --- Griechenland --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Rome --- Culture contact (Acculturation) --- Arts and Humanities

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As probably the only book of its type, this work is aimed at the observer who wants to spend time with something less conventional than the usual fare. Because we usually see objects in space by means of illumination of one kind or another, it has become routine to see them only in these terms. However, part of almost everything that we see is the defining dimension of dark shading, or even the complete obscuration of entire regions in space. Thus this book is focused on everything dark in space: those dark voids in the stellar fabric that mystified astronomers of old; the dark lanes reported in many star clusters; the magical dust belts or dusty regions that have given so many galaxies their identities; the great swirling 'folds' that we associate with bright nebulae; the small dark feature detectable even in some planetary nebulae; and more. Many observers pay scant attention to dark objects and details. Perhaps they are insufficiently aware of them or of the viewing potential they hold, but also it may be because of the various viewing challenges that dark objects pose. Discussions on viewing methods and the best equipment for a wide cross section of these objects are included, along with many detailed descriptions. The book contains virtually every dark object worth the observer's attention. Whether viewing live through the eyepiece or indirectly through CCD or other imaging techniques, this unique compendium and discussion of all things dark in space will hopefully prove compelling and rewarding.

Astronomy -- Observations. --- Interstellar matter -- Observations. --- Nebulae -- Observations. --- Astronomy --- Interstellar matter --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Practical & Spherical Astronomy --- Astronomical Observatories & Instruments --- Astronomy - General --- Astronomy. --- Physics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Observations. --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Dynamics --- Astronomy—Observations.

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Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Zionism and Israeli policies towards the Palestinians.

Arab-Israeli conflict --- Jews --- Zionism. --- Zionist movement --- Jewish nationalism --- Zionism --- Israel-Arab conflicts --- Israel-Palestine conflict --- Israeli-Arab conflict --- Israeli-Palestinian conflict --- Jewish-Arab relations --- Palestine-Israel conflict --- Palestine problem (1948- ) --- Palestinian-Israeli conflict --- Palestinian Arabs --- Social aspects. --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Restoration --- Political and social conditions --- History --- Lerman, Antony --- Lerman, Tony --- Political and social views. --- Israel

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Science --- Space research --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy --- astrofysica --- popularisering wetenschap --- ruimte (astronomie) --- astronomie