This open access book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) science and applications to address environmental challenges in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. It includes a complete package of knowledge on service life cycles including multi-disciplinary topics and practically tested applications for the HKH. It comprises …
This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integrate a wide range of historical, cartographic, archaeological, field-based, and onomastic data pertaining to early medieval and medieval administrative practic…
Sepanjang sejarah peradaban manusia, konflik etnis telah banyak terjadi di berbagai negara di seluruh dunia, termasuk di Indonesia. Dengan lebih dari 1.300 suku menghuni seluruh wilayah negara kita, potensi terjadinya konflik sangatlah besar. Tak hanya korban jiwa, konflik etnis yang terjadi juga meninggalkan banyak pertanyaan: apa pemicunya, mengapa bisa terjadi eskalasi, dan bagaimana metode …
Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world’s foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical proj…
Edited by Lionel Gossman, this volume contains three programmatic essays by Michelet. The first two are available here for the first time in English translation. The third, the Preface to the 1869 edition of the Histoire de France, originally published in its first English translation by Edward K. Kaplan in his Michelet’s Poetic Vision (1977), has been revised by the translator for this volum…
Maestro tari Sardono W Kusuma hampir ucul nyawanya ditabrak mobil jeep, imbas dari pementasan Samgita tahun 1971 di Solo. Dianggap merusak pakem, orang Jawa “garis keras” melabrak lelaki yang kelak menjadi guru besar IKJ tanpa ijazah sarjana tersebut. Empu karawitan gaya Surakarta, Mlayawidada saban pagi mengelilingi separuh kutha sambil mulutnya ndremimil menghapal ratusan gending. Buahnya…
Usaha menduniakan sastra Indonesia yang sedang digalakkan mau tidak mau mensyaratkan satu hal penting, yakni pengetahuan tentang pengarang itu sendiri, yang mencakup jejak proses kreatif, pengembangan diri pengarang, dan karya yang dihasilkan. Buku ini mencoba menelusuri jejak pengarang sejak masa pres muncul, 1880 hingga 1980. Tujuh pengarang yang menghasilkan karya dalam kurun waktu satu abad…
Many people know the stories behind the tulip mania in the 17th century and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-p…
Tourists are travelling the world in greater numbers than ever before, seeking immersive cultural experiences. This massive rise of tourism has raised issues of social and cultural sustainability in the world’s global cities. At the same time, smaller cities and rural communities struggling with increasing urbanization and the loss of traditional industries could benefit from increased touris…