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People passing rude: British responses to Russian culture
Described by the sixteenth-century English poet George Turbervile as "a people passing rude, to vices vile inclin’d", the Russians waited some three centuries before their subsequent cultural achievements—in music, art and particularly literature—achieved widespread recognition in Britain. The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia’s influence on…
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- 9781909254121
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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- 303.48241047
Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia : a longue durée perspective
This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access. In Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia: A Longue Dur
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- 9789004288058
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- VIII, 262 p.
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- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 300
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- 959 HEN e
Manuscripts of the Latin classics 800-1200
This volume explores the production and use of medieval manuscripts that contain classical Latin texts. Six experts in the field address a range of topics related to these manuscripts, including how classical texts were disseminated throughout medieval society, how readers used and interacted with specific texts, and what these books look like from a material standpoint. This collection of essa…
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- 9789087283278
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- 224p. : ill.
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- 091 MAN m
Western Arabia in the Leiden collections : traces of a colourful past
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from the Netherlands East Indies, present-day Indonesia. Notable guests at this consulate …
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- 9789087282592
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- 191p. : ill.
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- 953.8 MOL w
Urban memory and visual culture in Berlin: framing the asynchronous city, 195…
As sites of turbulence and transformation, cities are machines for forgetting. And yet archiving and exhibiting the presence of the past remains a key cultural, political and economic activity in many urban environments. This book takes the example of Berlin over the past four decades to chart how the memory culture of the city has responded to the challenges and transformations thrown up by th…
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- 9789089648532
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- 212 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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- Cities and cultures
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- 153 WAR u
New horizons for a data-driven economy : a roadmap for usage and exploitation…
In this book readers will find technological discussions on the existing and emerging technologies across the different stages of the big data value chain. They will learn about legal aspects of big data, the social impact, and about education needs and requirements. And they will discover the business perspective and how big data technology can be exploited to deliver value within different se…
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- 9783319215693
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- xx, 303p. : ill.
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- 005.7 NEW n
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