Toby Lincoln discusses the themes of his forthcoming book, which focuses on urbanization in China, with an emphasis on the city of Wuxi in the first half of the twentieth century.
Toby Lincoln is a Lecturer in Chinese Urban History in the School of…
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Cities have become the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centres of the West, Cities Under Siege traces how political violence now operates…
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«Cet ouvrage s’apparente à un casting de personnages romanesques. Ils ont en commun d’avoir reconnu leur obsession au contact d’une ville assiégée. Choisis parmi…
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L’ouvrage réunit les contributions issues des travaux du network d’excellence européen Ramses2 (fp7 - CIT3-CT-2005-513366) –coordonnée par la MMSH- et aussi de…
Abstract from the publisher: Cities have always had a key role in warfare, as strategic centres which periodically suffered the horrors of siege and sack. With industrialisation, however, they were drawn ever closer to the front line and to direct…
Abstract from the publisher: The history of Jerusalem as traditionally depicted is the quintessential history of conflict and strife, of ethnic tension, and of incompatible national narratives and visions. It is also a history of dramatic changes…
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Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait croire, la Seconde Guerre mondiale correspond en fait à un intense ensemble d'expériences architecturales observées dans les pays en guerre…
Présentation par l'éditeur : Le monde occidental connaît le Hezbollah en tant que parti chiite, agent de l'Iran au Liban et force militaire qui fait la guerre à Israël. Médias et gouvernements dénoncent…
Abstract from the publisher : Between 1550 and 1700, artillery siege warfare transformed the European city, which was theorized, fortified, violated, rebuilt, and celebrated by leading artists and architects. The fortified perimeter, with its…
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Powerful exposé of how contemporary political violence now perates through sites, space and infrastructures of everyday life
Cities have become the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the…
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Avec les Sumériens et les Assyriens, la Mésopotamie porta au plus haut raffinement l'art de la construction et du décor en brique. Cette technique, transmise par les Abbassides, s'est…
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Offrir une vision nouvelle du territoire libanais et mettre en évidence ses transformations depuis une trentaine d’années : tel est le projet de cet atlas, produit d’une…
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Some of the most intractable and enduring challenges of development are concerned with reducing insecurity. Early and very current development debates have been concerned with issues of food security.
Ensuring…
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