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Gallucci's commentary on Dürer’s 'four books on human proportion': renaiss…
In 1591, Giovanni Paolo Gallucci published his Della simmetria dei corpi humani, an Italian translation of Albrecht Dürer’s Four Books on Human Proportion. While Dürer’s treatise had been translated earlier in the sixteenth-century into French and Latin, it was Gallucci’s Italian translation that endured in popularity as the most cited version of the text in later Baroque treatises, cov…
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- 9781783748891
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- xiii, 208 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24cm
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- 704.942 HUT g
Life histories of etnos theory in Russia and beyond
Life Histories of Etnos Theory in Russia and Beyond makes a powerful argument for reconsidering the importance of etnos in our understanding of ethnicity and national identity across Eurasia. The collection brings to life a rich archive of previously unpublished letters, fieldnotes, and photographic collections of the theory’s early proponents. Using contemporary fieldwork and case studies, t…
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- 9781783745463
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- xix, 425 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 305.8 LIF l
A 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…
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- 9781909254121
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- xvi, 331 p.: illustrations
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- 947.084 CRO a
Methodological approaches to societies in transformation: how to make sense o…
This open access book provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspectives on societal transformations and on the different ways people experience social change, whereas the research carried out to study change is necessarily limited to …
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- 9783030650674
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- xiii, 282 p. : ill.
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- Anthropology, Change, and Development,
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- 338.9 LUD m
Measuring the master race : physical anthropology in Norway, 1890-1945
Measuring the Master Race by Kyllingstad,which explores the various theories and debates held by Norwegian anthropologists and eugenicists on the concept of a superior Nordic race in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is an important contribution to [Physical anthropology's history] research . . . Measuring the Master Race, the first monograph to open up Norwegian anthropology to the Engli…
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- 9781909254565
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- xxii, 251p.
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- 599.909481 KYL m
The theatre of Shelley
This is the first full-length study of Shelley’s plays in performance. It offers a rich, meticulously researched history of Shelley’s role as a playwright and dramatist and a reassessment of his "closet dramas" as performable pieces of theatre. With chapters on each of Shelley’s dramatic works, the book provides a thorough discussion of the poet’s stagecraft, and analyses performanc…
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- 9781906924324
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- xiv, 289 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 822.709 MUL t
Optimization-based energy management for multi-energy maritime grids
This open access book discusses the energy management for the multi-energy maritime grid, which is the local energy network installed in harbors, ports, ships, ferries, or vessels. The grid consists of generation, storage, and critical loads. It operates either in grid-connected or in islanding modes, under the constraints of both power system and transportation system. With full electrificatio…
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- 9789813367340
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- xviii, 201p. : ill.
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- 621.312 FAN o
Strategi dan negosiasi: dalam konflik air di Bali dan Banten
Sumber daya air semula dipandang tidak hanya sebagai bagian penting dalam kehidupan, tetapi juga dipandang sebagai komoditas untuk mendapatkan keuntungan ekonomi. Perbenturan dua pandangan ini mendorong munculnya persoalan-persoalan yang mengarah pada konflik dengan dimensi yang lebih kompleks dan rum it yang melibatkan masyarakat, negara, dan juga korporasi. Bunga rampai ini tidak hanya mengu…
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- 9786024960537
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- xvii, 162 p.; 21 cm
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- 363.6159825896 SYA s
Śaivism and the tantric traditions : essays in honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sande…
Academic study of the tantric traditions has blossomed in recent decades, in no small measure thanks to the magisterial contributions of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson, until 2015 Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University. This collection of essays honours him and touches several elds of Indology that he has helped to shape (or, in the case of Śaivism, revolutionised): t…
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- 9789004432802
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- XXXIV, 598 p.
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- Gonda Indological Studies, 22
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- 294.5513 SAV s
Penemuan Senyawa Aktif Baru dari Calophyllum spp. sebagai Bahan Baku Obat ant…
Sehubungan dengan tingginya angka kematian karena kan-ker dan usaha Indonesia untuk tetap mengimpor obat kanker meski pun harganya sangat mahal dan mempunyai efek samping, hal ini mengindikasikan risiko yang besar dan biaya tinggi bagi kehidupan penderita kanker jika terus bergantung pada obat kanker impor. Oleh karena itu, sangat perlu dicari dan dikembangkan obat kanker baru dari tumbuhan Ind…
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- 9786024960698
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- xi, 52 p.; ill, : 21 cm
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- 583 JAM p
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