Palgrave macmillan jan 2026 (545 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book presents a comprehensive examination of crime patrolling problems across various domains, including robotics, security, and law enforcement, with a focus on the mathematical models used to optimize patrolling strategies. Patrolling is a critical crime prevention and deterrence strategy, requiring the effective allocation of resources to address evolving security challenges. In addition, patrolling is one of the most effective and widely adopted crime prevention and deterrence strategies worldwide. It is integral to security agencies such as police and military forces across various domains, including land, air, and maritime areas. As such, effective patrolling requires the coordination of manpower, technological resources, and policies to address evolving security challenges.The authors review recent research on robotic patrolling, multirobot systems, and police patrolling and also explore advances in modeling, optimization, and practical applications. In addition, the author s analysis categorizes studies by core modeling themes, such as Game Theory, Mathematical Optimization, and Stochastic methods, and highlights the secondary modeling themes that frequently complement the primary approaches. Each study is categorized by fields including, but not limited to domain, patrolling focus, area representation, and solution methodology to facilitate cross-comparison. The book identifies gaps in current research, particularly the lack of a holistic examination of patrolling from robotic, autonomous, human, and hybrid perspectives, and proposes future directions for research in this evolving field. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines the relationship between the emergence of Byzantine archaeology and British colonialism during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine. Taking a single case study, the Negev Desert (now in southern Israel), this study explores how the development of Byzantine archaeology and historical enquiry in the region after 1800 provided the British government with a political and economic blueprint to secure its strategic interests over the Suez Canal. Several excavations of Byzantine sites during the British Mandate were utilised as an historic proof of concept for scientific programmes of desert greening , and to advocate for the displacement of Arab populations in favour of British economic development and town planning. Invariably, such contemporary concerns to secure British access to the Suez after 1869 shaped the interpretation of Byzantine history. Ideas of the Negev as a timeless frontier zone , which benefitted from the imposition of a central imperial government and increased economic immigration from a Hellenised western Europe, gained a historical precedent in an imagined Byzantine past. 168 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the impact of the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War. The Civil War has long been recognized as bringing together the political, social and other elements key to understanding the 1930s in Europe and later, the Second World War. It was a conflict involving fascism, communism, anarchism and other movements of the day, and led to a dictatorship that kept Spain separate from the rest of Europe until the late 1970s. Recent scholarship on the Civil War has focused on the deaths of 200,000 civilians in the conflict, largely as a result of executions, a number that equals and perhaps surpasses the number of those killed in battle. This effectively recasts the conflict as one that is better thought of as a systematic attack against civilians, rather than as a traditional military conflict. What is missing from this new understanding of the Civil War is an analysis of the impact of bombing. The infamous bombing of civilians in the Basque town of Guernica is widely known but, in reality, the bombardment of civilians was a regular feature of the conflict, including in both Madrid and Barcelona. This book therefore provides a study of the war against civilians from the air, civilian responses to these attacks, and the contemporary memory of this part of the Civil War. 148 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), tubes of nanometer diameter, have exceptional properties and promising technological applications including in electronics. Different permutations and combination of mechanical, electrical, or chemical properties can be obtained by controlling the structure and surface chemistry and topography of these carbon-based nanomaterials.In this book, carbon nanotube materials, their range of properties from semiconductors, metals, and dielectrics, and fabrication methods, are introduced as well as their current and potential applications in electronics. 148 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Ch 1: Hold the Line: Byzantine Palestine and the postcolonial fray.- Ch 2: Drawing lines: Byzantium and the historicization of the Negev frontier.- Ch 3: Making deserts bloom: Britain, Byzantium, and agriculture in the Negev.- Ch 4: Conclusion: holding the line between past and present.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the impact of the bombing of civilians during the Spanish Civil War. The Civil War has long been recognized as bringing together the political, social and other elements key to understanding the 1930s in Europe and later, the Second World War. It was a conflict involving fascism, communism, anarchism and other movements of the day, and led to a dictatorship that kept Spain separate from the rest of Europe until the late 1970s. Recent scholarship on the Civil War has focused on the deaths of 200,000 civilians in the conflict, largely as a result of executions, a number that equals and perhaps surpasses the number of those killed in battle. This effectively recasts the conflict as one that is better thought of as a systematic attack against civilians, rather than as a traditional military conflict. What is missing from this new understanding of the Civil War is an analysis of the impact of bombing. The infamous bombing of civilians in the Basque town of Guernica is widely known but, in reality, the bombardment of civilians was a regular feature of the conflict, including in both Madrid and Barcelona. This book therefore provides a study of the war against civilians from the air, civilian responses to these attacks, and the contemporary memory of this part of the Civil War.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides healthcare professionals with comprehensive information on arteriovenous fistula (AF) as a vascular access. It is structured into topics that focus on aspects relevant to this day-to-day care.In this book, two areas of attention are highlighted, one focused on the dialysis professional (promoting assessment skills and maintaining access) and the other on empowering the patient to care for the fistula. No book in the literature has this perspective.The assistance model of care developed by Clemente Sousa shows that the existence of a structure with focus areas to specifically care for people with arteriovenous fistula facilitates the development of cognitive skills and the acquisition of skills that allow nurses to identify and diagnose early changes in the AVF functioning. This structure reorganizes and outlines the areas of care where the nurse can help maximize the longevity of the arteriovenous fistula and minimize the implications for health systems.In this book, the information is systematized using this assistance model to improve AF care and, simultaneously, minimize as much as possible the complications of access through the inclusion of the patient.This book establishes an integration between the aspects of preparation, development, and maintenance of arteriovenous fistula, relating them to the needs of the individual and the need for nurses and health professionals to promote continuous improvement of care. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book explores how two million years of natural selection left us with a strong tendency to bestow purposeful intention to the natural world forming a robust cognitive basis for religious belief across human cultures. This cognitive legacy forms the foundation of much of how we interpret the world around us today, and understanding the reasons why and how it evolved can shed light on the peculiar relationships we sometimes form with the many complex social institutions of our time, including one of the most dominant and ubiquitous ones, the nation-state.To explore how our tendencies for religious belief interact with the complex social institutions we currently live under, we go on a journey from the start of the Pleistocene era to domestication, from ancient states to colonialism, and from the industrial revolution to the birth of modern nations, all while tracking the various biological, cognitive, and social elements that explain why today we interpret the nation-state (and other modern social institutions) in very similar ways to how we understood deities of the ancient past. Understanding why and how this happens requires reconstructing how evolution shaped our cognition, how complex social organizations arose after domestication, how they act as external forces to ourselves, and how they grew into distinct and cohesive social entities that our cognition interprets as purposeful players with agency and intent.This book continues the long-held tradition in the social sciences of making this type of interdisciplinary synthesis accessible to the general public, and for that reason, it minimizes discipline-specific jargon and describes experiments and results rather than relying on cited works.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen kosmischen Ursprünge vieler Begriffe unserer Alltagssprache wiederzuentdecken. Wörter wie Zenit, Montag, Desaster, Hundstage, Seestern oder Kosmetik haben kosmische Wurzeln auch wenn wir sie längst selbstverständlich verwenden. In einer Reise durch Raum, Zeit und Sprache erschließen der französische Astrophysiker Daniel Kunth und die deutsche Linguistin Carola Koubek die erstaunliche Geschichte eines kosmischen Vokabulars , das sich in Redewendungen, Alltagswörtern und Fachbegriffen verbirgt.Mit einer Mischung aus wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund, historischen Anekdoten und sprachlichem Feingefühl zeigt das Buch, wie sehr der Nachthimmel unsere Sprache, unser Denken und unsere Kultur beeinflusst hat und bis heute prägt. Das Buch kommt ohne Vorkenntnisse in Astronomie oder Sprachwissenschaft aus und richtet sich an alle, die Sprache, Weltanschauung und Wissenschaft in einem neuen Licht betrachten möchten. Zahlreiche Illustrationen und anschauliche Begriffserklärungen machen das Buch auch visuell zu einer Entdeckungsreise. 280 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch zusammen mit den drei weiteren Bänden bietet einen klaren und umfassenden Zugang zur Theoretische Physik des gesamten Bachelorstudiums.BesonderheitenTheoretische Herleitungen werden verknüpft mit charakteristischen Beispielen, deren Lösungen sowie typischen Anwendungen und klar veranschaulicht in Abbildungen. Die benötigte Mathematik wird im physikalischen Kontext hergeleitet und transparent erklärt.InhaltStatistische Gesamtheiten Identische Teilchen Konzept der statistischen Gesamtheit Statistische Definition der Entropie Statistische Gesamtheiten im Gleichgewicht Unabhängige identische Teilchen Statistische Mechanik und Thermodynamik Kleine Abweichungen vom Gleichgewicht 216 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch zusammen mit den drei weiteren Bänden bietet einen klaren und umfassenden Zugang zur Theoretische Physik des gesamten Bachelorstudiums.Besonderheiten:Theoretische Herleitungen werden verknüpft mit charakteristischen Beispielen, deren Lösungen sowie typischen Anwendungen und klar veranschaulicht in Abbildungen. Die benötigte Mathematik wird im physikalischen Kontext hergeleitet und transparent erklärt.Der Inhalt:Einführung in die Elektrodynamik Coulombsches Gesetz Grundlagen der Elektrostatik Randwertprobleme in der Elektrostatik Amperesches Gesetz Grundgleichungen der Magnetostatik Die Maxwellschen Gleichungen Die elektromagnetischen Potentiale 232 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential. 404 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential. 404 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines fair citizen participation as a key element of effective policy support. Over the past two decades, many countries have embraced more reflective and inclusive governance in environmental policymaking.This book demonstrates how democratic and deliberative approaches yield better policy outcomes than technocratic methods that only superficially engage the public. Reflective governance highlights the importance of deliberative democracy, offering fair and open discourse opportunities for all stakeholders. Throughout the chapters, some of the most renowned authors in the field present the principal mechanisms for public engagement in deliberative decision-making.By exploring innovative formats like stakeholder round tables and citizen assemblies, this book provides practical guidance on their unique merits and limitations. It addresses scholars, practitioners, and representatives of administrations, public and private institutions, and NGOs interested in a better understanding of the selection and design of the most effective formats for competent and fair policymaking, ensuring each format meets its full potential.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides an overview of career opportunities in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sectors to help students and young professionals address some of the key questions they face today - What career options do I have How do I find the right path for me What does it take to succeed By organizing more than 100 professions into clear categories and offering insights into less commonly discussed roles, this book opens new horizons for anyone standing at the crossroads of a career in Life Sciences and Healthcare. This guide provides detailed profiles of each profession, uncovering daily activities, essential qualities, and recommended educational paths. It also includes ten tips for identifying suitable professions and a Q&A section selected by the author from her conversations with students.Aimed at students and young professionals eager to carve out a fulfilling career in Life Sciences and Healthcare, as well as seasoned professionals contemplating a change, this book bridges the gap between academic training and the real-world job market. This guide will not only be an invaluable resource for individual professionals but also a tool for educators guiding the next generation.This book is a translated, adapted and expanded version of the original Spanish edition 'Cienciagramers' by Angela Quintana Vega, published by Caligrama in 2024. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The text has subsequently been revised further by the author to refine the work stylistically. 272 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This is the first academic research about the historiography of China film history. The author spent several years in depth reading of relevant documents, in order to reveal the reasons through the complicated phenomena. Readers in the field of film study, whether beginners or senior researchers, can learn about the development of China film history in the past forty years. The writing method of the book is unique. Different from the linear mode of general academic history writing, it observes the historiography of China film history from different aspects, such as the historical concept, the research paradigms, the writing methods, and the oral history of film. 300 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Materiality of Digital Comics asks how we can speak meaningfully about digital comics, and how we can do so in a way that remains meaningful as time passes and technology changes. In Part I, the bookproposes a model for the study of digital comics that is founded on a material understanding of the form. Across three chapters, the book explores what digital comics are, in physical terms, and how we might structure our understanding of digital comics using six key terms: identifier, file type, software, firmware, hardware, and producers/readers. Each of these elements is explored individually before the relationships between them are discussed. The second part of the book develops this framework across three key areas: economics, histories and geographies. Chapter 5 explores the sales of digital comics and highlights a variety of costs and risks in digital comics that do not apply straightforwardly to print comics. Chapter 6 considers questions of histories as they pertain to digital comics, framing the discussion around four stages in the life cycle of a digital comic: creation, maintenance, movement and destruction. Chapter 7 addresses geographies through four topics: localities, nationalities, languages and law. Central to this chapter is the argument that digital comics are physically located things. The book concludes with a discussion of how the model presented here, and the concerns it raises, might be used actively for further scholarship, as well as an outline of other key areas that might be explored through a material analysis of digital comics in future. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book documents, via oral history, experiences of the emotions of parenthood during the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on testimonies collected during a time of crisis and exploring how parents' feelings and reflections shifted and changed with the passage of time at an important and unique juncture in history. The broad aim of the book, divided into seven chapters, is to analyse the effects of the restrictions imposed on the British population as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of parents with young children (of primary age and below), with a particular focus on the emotional impact of the time period. Key topics and themes discussed include parents' experiences of pregnancy and birth, education and childcare, work, leisure, and health during the pandemic. 232 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -What would a theory of adaptation look like if it was constructed around literary games rather than novels on film Bridging disciplinary gaps between adaptation studies, game scholarship, and literary theory, this book presents a framework for understanding adaptations as dynamic systems of experience whose meaning arises from the playful interactions between their formal and intertextual components. Such an approach not only reframes the disciplinary ghosts that haunt each field the intractable concept of fidelity criticism in adaptation studies and games studies perennial ludology/narratology debate but also provides new tools with which to examine the under-theorized phenomenon of games based on literary works. Whether it is a Shakespearian choose-your-own-adventure book, a text-adventure version ofThe Hobbit,a Jane Austen roleplaying game, or an immersive first-person simulation of Thoreau sWalden, literary game adaptations are uniquely suited to teach us how to play with texts and culture in our hypermediated digital world. 232 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive review of concepts from general Structuralist Semiotics, and their application to the study of fashion systems and the objects they originate. It goes beyond the visual aspect of images and material culture, exploring the relations of narrative and meaning that crystallize the mechanism of change that governs fashion systems. Furthermore, the author argues that the system of dress, accessories, and self-presentation are not the only manifestations of a fashion system, interrogating the pertinence of the model developed throughout its sections to the study of knowledge. The book presents three case studies. The first focuses on the construction of body and dress as agents, and their dynamic interaction as the core of fashion changes. In the second case study, the foundations of cultural opposition between Western practices and the Islamic Other are challenged, utilizing the semiotic analysis to test the semantic pertinence of this false contrariety . The book closes with the reassessment of the assumption that fashion occurs only in dress and, perhaps, other objects and forms of life belonging to consumable culture.Through these case studies the book makes a statement about the value of cross-discipline and cross-paradigm explorations. As the three sections of this work present the results of a search for a theory of everything , this manuscript demonstrates the comprehensiveness and urgency of semiotic studies that cross areas and push the limits of the theory. 260 pp. Englisch.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive review of concepts from general Structuralist Semiotics, and their application to the study of fashion systems and the objects they originate. It goes beyond the visual aspect of images and material culture, exploring the relations of narrative and meaning that crystallize the 'mechanism of change' that governs fashion systems. Furthermore, the author argues that the system of dress, accessories, and self-presentation are not the only manifestations of a fashion system, interrogating the pertinence of the model developed throughout its sections to the study of knowledge. The book presents three case studies. The first focuses on the construction of body and dress as agents, and their dynamic interaction as the core of fashion changes. In the second case study, the foundations of cultural opposition between Western practices and the 'Islamic Other' are challenged, utilizing the semiotic analysis to test the semantic pertinence of this 'false contrariety'. The book closes with the reassessment of the assumption that fashion occurs only in dress and, perhaps, other objects and forms of life belonging to consumable culture.Through these case studies the book makes a statement about the value of cross-discipline and cross-paradigm explorations. As the three sections of this work present the results of a search for a 'theory of everything', this manuscript demonstrates the comprehensiveness and urgency of semiotic studies that cross areas and push the limits of the theory.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book documents, via oral history, experiences of the emotions of parenthood during the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on testimonies collected during a time of crisis and exploring how parents' feelings and reflections shifted and changed with the passage of time at an important and unique juncture in history. The broad aim of the book, divided into seven chapters, is to analyse the effects of the restrictions imposed on the British population as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of parents with young children (of primary age and below), with a particular focus on the emotional impact of the time period. Key topics and themes discussed include parents' experiences of pregnancy and birth, education and childcare, work, leisure, and health during the pandemic.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Chapter 1: Introduction.- PART I: A Material Model of Digital Comics.- Chapter 2: What Are Digital Comics .- Chapter 3: Six Core Elements of Digital Comics' Materialities.- Chapter 4: An Integrated Model.- PART II: Contexts for Material Considerations.- Chapter 5: Economics.- Chapter 6: Histories.- Chapter 7: Geographies.- Chapter 8: Conclusion. …

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the role of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) among migrant communities in the UK. It examines how diverse cultural practices, from life celebrations to death commemorations, have travelled with communities, evolved in new settings, and taken root in the UK. Through case studies from different community groups, spanning oral traditions, performing arts, social customs, and craftsmanship, this book illustrates how ICH becomes a vital part of everyday life, identity, and belonging within the UK s multicultural mosaic.In a landscape often dominated by narratives of immigration pressures and societal division, this book shifts the focus and reclaims the narrative, illuminating the cultural knowledge, creativity, and practices that migrants bring. It highlights the significant yet frequently undervalued contributions of migrant ICH to the UK s evolving socio-cultural fabric. This timely work emerges amidst crucial debates surrounding UK heritage policy, including the recent ratification of UNESCO s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the growing movement to establish national ICH inventories, offering a critical and much-needed perspective.This powerful, interdisciplinary collection brings together the voices of scholars, artists, and heritage professionals, many of whom are migrants themselves. Through a combination of personal experience and academic insight, contributors explore how ICH is safeguarded, lived, and transformed in the UK. From South Asian Bhangra to Syrian herbal remedies, Polish parenting traditions to Irish storytelling, this book captures a wide spectrum of cultural expressions that span continents and communities. It brings visibility to both formally recognised forms of ICH and the everyday rituals that rarely make headlines but profoundly shape identity and belonging.By foregrounding these voices and experiences, this book aims to inspire the development of inclusive ICH inventories and to champion the recognition of migrant heritage not as peripheral, but as central to the UK s shared cultural landscape.Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, community organiser, or simply someone curious about the human stories behind migration, this book invites you to view cultural heritage not as something fixed, but as something living, shared, and sustained across generations and borders. 400 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This fully comprehensive, ready-for-use handbook is devoted to the care of cardiac surgical patients in both ward and critical care environments. The book is set out for rapid and straightforward access, and it encompasses all essential elements of perioperative care, starting from preoperative management plans and continuing through post-operative pain management, wound care, haematology, respiratory care, including pleural space complications, gastroenterology, and urinary care.The book concentrates on day-to-day practices such as blood glucose management, fluid and electrolyte management, nutritional support, and pain management to attain the best patient outcomes. The book also discusses complex issues such as infection prevention and other critical issues, such as fall prevention and discharge planning.Whether you are a junior or senior cardiac surgeon, trainee, intensivist, anaesthetist, nurse, general practitioner, resident, medical student, or paramedic, this resource offers indispensable advice for high-quality perioperative care. Arm yourself with this vital resource and improve your practice in cardiac surgery patient management. 232 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book analyzes the relation between the Churches' official teachings regarding 'desired' and forbidden forms of sexual behaviour on the one hand, and mundane practice on the other hand, focusing on perspectives 'from below'. Since the very beginning, Christianity has sought to regulate the love lives of its believers. The clergy's growing influence on state institutions and the introduction of Christian sexual ethics left its mark on law, education and social norms. However, the everyday lives of most believers had little in common with the sexual norms propagated by clerics. The territory of Poland is especially interesting due to the fact that over the centuries different Christian confessions as well as distinct ethnic groups with various cultural norms co-existed there. Additionally, this edited collection looks at different groups of actors, such as peasants, the clergy or townspeople from the Early Middle Ages until the late twentieth century, and also includes different types of sources as well as of methodological approaches. This long-term perspective shows the impact and influence of Church teachings in a longue durée, and highlights social factors that both shaped discourses on sexuality and also indicated the changing power of the Church.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This powerful, interdisciplinary collection brings together the voices of scholars, artists, and heritage professionals, many of whom are migrants themselves. Through a combination of personal experience and academic insight, contributors explore how ICH is safeguarded, lived, and transformed in the UK. From South Asian Bhangra to Syrian herbal remedies, Polish parenting traditions to Irish storytelling, this book captures a wide spectrum of cultural expressions that span continents and communities. It brings visibility to both formally recognised forms of ICH and the everyday rituals that rarely make headlines but profoundly shape identity and belonging.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book deploys the analytic model of centres and peripheries to study medieval southwestern Europe and, more specifically, the Iberian Peninsula. Here, the reader will find engaging, up-to-date scholarship on the monastic management of landscapes and hydric resources; the diffusion of fishing techniques; the roles of epigraphy and consecrations in establishing territorial, cultural, and jurisdictional boundaries; the symbolic aspects of royal legitimacy in late antiquity; the identitarian and memorialistic strategies deployed by trans-national aristocratic dynasties; the expansion of corso-piracy in the Mediterranean; and the transformation in the organization of feudal landscapes.Within this diversity of themes, the intrinsic tension between centres and peripheries serves as a common thread. This inherently comparative approach facilitates the construction of geographical and political systems, inter-regional hierarchies and connections, and, ultimately, a more comprehensive view of past societies. Indeed, medieval societies, territories, and cultures are particularly well-suited for these approaches due to the fragmented and highly localized nature of power, development of diverse languages and cultural systems, and exploitative nature of economic relations. 332 pp. Englisch.…