Chapter Territorial transformations, landscape and architectural features of …

The paper presents the first acquisitions relating to the transformations of Isola Sacra, in the Agro Romano, between the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, implemented through the land reclamation and enhancement work started by Genio Civile and completed by the Opera Nazionale Combattenti. The intent is to return a crucial phase of the territorial development of t…

Chapter Territorial transformations, landscape and architectural features of …

The paper presents the first acquisitions relating to the transformations of Isola Sacra, in the Agro Romano, between the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, implemented through the land reclamation and enhancement work started by Genio Civile and completed by the Opera Nazionale Combattenti. The intent is to return a crucial phase of the territorial development of t…

Chapter Spatial planning prospects on changeability process of urban and natu…

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Chapter San Cataldo (Lecce, Italy): The Historical Evolution Of The Coastal L…

San Cataldo (Lecce, Italy) is located on the Adriatic sea coast, about 10 km east from Lecce, in Apulia (Puglia) region. Since ancient times it was an important departure and landing place for trades and travels between the two shores of the Adriatic Sea.

Chapter Emotion and Female Authority: A Comparison of Chinese and English Fic…

This essay considers how early modern Chinese romance novels conceive of female agency and how this conception was received by prominent cultural elites in eighteenth-century England. In his notes to Hau Kiou Choaan, the first English translation of a full-length Chinese novel, Thomas Percy referred to the novel’s heroine as a “masculine woman”, displaying a peculiar misreading of its tro…

Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740-1834

Buku ini menyajikan kajian paling mendalam mengenai hukuman mati di Skotlandia antara pertengahan abad ke-18 hingga awal abad ke-19 hingga saat ini. Berdasarkan pengumpulan dan analisis ekstensif terhadap sumber-sumber yang sebelumnya belum pernah dieksplorasi, buku ini mengajak pembaca dalam sebuah perjalanan dari ruang sidang di Skotlandia hingga ke panggung tiang gantungan. Buku ini memperke…

Chapter Postface Mapping Historical Landscapes in Transformation

The relational complexity of urban and rural landscapes in space and in time. The development of historical geographical information systems (HGIS) and other methods from the digital humanities have revolutionised historical research on cultural landscapes. Additionally, the opening up of increasingly diverse collections of source material, often incomplete and difficult to interpret, has led t…

Chapter Discovering the marina’s cultural heritage and cultural landscape

Culture and heritage are relevant elements in the marinas’ landscape, and they could be competitive advantages in the management of these maritime facilities. This paper explores the marinas’ cultural heritage and cultural landscape, and it attempts to deep into the relationship between them. The identification and evaluation of these elements represents a main stage. It is also proposed th…

Chapter 5 Mapping Punishment: Provincial Places to Dissect Staging Post-Exec…

Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crim…

Chapter 5 Consequences of Anthropogenic Changes in the Sensory Landscape of M…

Human activities are altering a wide range of key marine cues at local and global scales, and it is important to know how animals may respond. Species survival and performance depend on the ability of individuals to successfully extract and interpret information from their environment about preferred abiotic conditions and the presence of prey, predators, competitors, mates and suitable habitat…