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  • Reframing the Roman Economy

    New Perspectives on Habitual Economic Practices

    Edited by Dimitri Van Limbergen, Adeline Hoffelinck, Devi Taelman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book focuses on those features of the Roman economy that are less traceable in text and archaeology, and as a consequence remain largely underexplored in contemporary scholarship. By reincorporating, for the first time, these long-obscured practices in mainstream scholarly discourses, this book offers a more complete and balanced view of an economic system that for too long has mostly been ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Less Dust the More Trust

    Participating In The Shamatha Project, Meditation And Science

    by Adeline van Waning ...
    The Less Dust, the More Trust presents the story of the author's participation in the Shamatha Project, addressing Buddhism, shamatha mindfulness practices (concentration-calm), and meditation-research. With diary excerpts, dream log, and audio transcripts she gives the reader a feel for her personal experiences. The current research outcomes of this unique ongoing project are reported, focusing ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Eco-Social Polity?

    Theoretical, Conceptual and Empirical Issues

    by Teea Kortetmäki, Tuuli Hirvilammi, Katharina Bohnenberger, Martin Fritz, Kajsa Emilsson, Jayeon Lee, Laua Wiman, Steffen Lange, Raphael Kaufmann, Daniel Hausknost, Vincent Gengnagel, Bianca Luna Fabris, Philippe Pochet, Jan Pollex, Adeline Otto, Dimitri Gugushvili, Benedetta Cotta, Katirn Uba, Nicolas Jager, Milena Buchs, Sebastiano Sabato, Matteo Mandelli, Jeroen Candel, Miriam Hartlapp, Nessa Winston, Orla Dingley, Jesper Ole Jensen, Jeroen van der Heijden, Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Paul Bridgen, Luca Cigna, Elke Heins, Philip Rathgeb, Torben Fischer, Emina Hasanagic ...
    The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental wellbeing has gained prominent attention from both academia and policy makers. Scholarly research on the interaction between social and employment policy domains has flourished. Academics now reflect on the ... Read more

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  • Urban Society In Roman Italy

    Edited by Tim J. Cornell, Kathryn Lomas ...
    This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social and anthropological issues of recent research, these contributions explore not only questions of urban origins, interaction with the countryside and economic function, but also the social use of space within the ... Read more

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  • The World of Pompeii

    Edited by Pedar Foss ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Future is Degrowth

    A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

    by Matthias Schmelzer, Aaron Vansintjan, Andrea Vetter ...
    We need to break free from the capitalist economy. Degrowth gives us the tools to bend its bars.Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture

    The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient Mediterranean world

    Edited by Michela Spataro, Alexandra Villing ...
    The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but long-neglected category of evidence in its wider social, political and economic contexts. Structured around main themes concerning technical aspects of ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Companion to Roman Italy

    Edited by Alison E. Cooley ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A Companion to Roman Italy investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms—political, cultural, social, and economic—upon Italy's various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy.The collection presents new archaeological data relating to the sites of Roman ItalyContributions discuss new theories of how to understand cultural change in the ... Read more

    $200.99 CAD

  • Key Concepts in Economic Geography

    by Yuko Aoyama, Susan Hanson, James T Murphy ...
    Series series Key Concepts in Human Geography
    "A comprehensive and highly readable review of the conceptual underpinnings of economic geography. Students and professional scholars alike will find it extremely useful both as a reference manual and as an authoritative guide to the numerous theoretical debates that characterize the field."- Allen J. Scott, University of California"Guides readers skilfully through the rapidly changing field of ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • The Etruscan World

    Edited by Jean MacIntosh Turfa ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Etruscans can be shown to have made significant, and in some cases perhaps the first, technical advances in the central and northern Mediterranean. To the Etruscan people we can attribute such developments as the tie-beam truss in large wooden structures, surveying and engineering drainage and water tunnels, the development of the foresail for fast long-distance sailing vessels, fine ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development eBook

    by Ian Scoones ...
    Series Book 4 - Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies
    The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy

    Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems

    by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation-related paintings, and literature, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow explores this little-known world of bathrooms ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD