Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance Orphan Care in Florence and Bo…

In the early development of the modern Italian state, individual orphanages were a reflection of the intertwining of politics and charity.Nearly half of the children who lived in the cities of the late Italian Renaissance were under fifteen years of age. Grinding poverty, unstable families, and the death of a parent could make caring for these young children a burden. Many were abandoned, other…

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“Humanized” Large Animal Cancer Models: Accelerating Time and Effectivene…

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researcher…

The Sweetpotato Genome

This open access book is a compilation of advances in sweetpotato genomics, which have been used to improve our understanding of the evolution of sweetpotato, increase our knowledge of crop growth and development, and provided critical information required for genomic-assisted breeding in sweetpotato. Sweetpotato is a critical food staple for millions of people in the developing world that has…

Memory and Identity in the Learned World; Community Formation in the Early Mo…

Memori dan Identitas dalam Dunia Pembelajaran menawarkan akun yang rinci dan bervariasi tentang pembentukan komunitas di dunia belajar dan sains awal modern. Buku ini melacak bagaimana identitas kolektif, memori institusional, dan cara pengingat membantu membentuk komunitas ilmiah dan belajar. Studi kasus dalam buku ini menganalisis bagaimana komunitas ilmu pengetahuan dan individu mempersembah…

Mapping China; Peasants, Migrant Workers and Informal Labor

Koleksi ini mencakup tujuh artikel dari jurnal Open Times, sebuah jendela ke dalam tren akademik kontemporer Tiongkok. Semua artikel membahas topik "petani, pekerja migran, dan tenaga kerja informal," tetapi masing-masing memiliki penekanan yang berbeda. Ini menggambarkan berbagai cara orang dari daerah pedesaan memanfaatkan sumber daya sosial lokal untuk mencari cara menghasilkan mata pencahar…

Universal Śaivism : The Appeasement of All Gods and Powers in the Śāntyadh…

In Universal Śaivism Peter Bisschop provides a critical edition and annotated translation of the sixth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra `Treatise on the Religion of Śiva’, the so-called Śāntyadhyāya 'Chapter on Appeasement’. The Sanskrit text is preceded by an extensive introduction on its composition, transmission and edition. The Śivadharmaśāstra has arguably played a crucial r…

Environmental Dispute Resolution in Indonesia

In the last two decades, Indonesia has seen a dramatic proliferation of environmental disputes in a variety of sectors, triggered by intensified deforestation and large scale mining operations in the resource rich outer islands, together with rapid industrialisation in the densely populated inner island of Java. Whilst the emergence of environmental disputes has sometimes attracted political re…

'Entré en tant que cousin, sorti en tant que gendarme'

« Entré en tant que cousin, sorti en tant que gendarme ». Cette anecdote révèle le paradoxe identitaire aux Comores et le drame ‘migratoire’ qui se déroule dans l’Archipel depuis l’instauration arbitraire du Visa Balladur en 1995. L’île de Mayotte, officiellement française, est taxée de « plus grand cimetière marin du monde. » Comment des œuvres d’imagination sur la « …

Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean : Selected Essays by Jao Tsung-i on Li…

Jao Tsung-i’s scholarship illuminated the development of classical Chinese literature from antiquity through the end of the Qing dynasty. In this volume, eight interviews with and essays by Jao are translated faithfully into English, giving a sampling of his diverse insights into literature and its broader significance. Topics range from the religious beliefs underpinning the earliest Chinese…