Tabla de Contenidos: “…Peasant households under pressure : women's work and the cultivation system on Java, 1830-1870 / Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk -- Peasant life courses and social mobility in serfdom : the Baltic Provinces of the Russian empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Josef Ehmer -- Escape from New York : gender and the rural safety valve, 1856-1884 / Katherine Jellison -- Landlords and sharecroppers in wine producing regions : Beaujolais, Catalonia and Tuscany, 1800-1940 / Juan Carmona and James Simpson -- Co-producers of architects : the role of farm women in the reconstruction of farmhouses in the Netherlands after the Second World War / Sophie Elpers -- Hoeing the land and shifting the cultivator : labour, land and environment in the eastern Himalayas / Debojyoti Das -- Agrarian change in the hills of northeast India : the unlikely story of shifting agriculture / A. …”

“…The three genres examined are horror, biographical series, and sports-themed dramas; the three examples of format remakes are of a period mystery (Spain, Mexico), a romantic comedy (Venezuela, US), and a historical epic (Catalonia, Spain). Paul Julian Smith is Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. …”

“…The book's empirical section analyzes ideational stabilization in Catalonia (Spain), which takes an inclusive approach to immigration, and in South Tyrol (Italy), where immigration is framed as a threat. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EL CASO DEL ARQUITECTO JOSÉ DOMÉNECH ESTAPÁ (1858-1917) -- NEO-GOTHIC CONTROVERSIAL CASES IN CATALONIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- VICENTE LAMPÉREZ Y ROMEA - GOTIK ALS IDEALBILD UND HISTORISCHES PHÄNOMEN. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Questions and aims -- Key themes and paradigms covered in this book -- Structure of the book -- Organizing perspectives -- 2 Analysing localism -- The polycentric world order -- In search of localism: mapping the intellectual and conceptual landscape -- Conceptual analysis of localism -- The localist turn: geography, environmentalism, politics -- Analysing social and political organization -- Three dynamics of localism -- 3 Localism in context -- Place, space and scale: core dimensions of social and political organization -- Communities of place and their governance -- The nation state and the limits of government -- The international relations system and the size of states -- The global and the local -- Multi-level governance, empires and political orders -- Political community, public goods and sovereignty -- Localism and sovereignty in conflict: the case of Catalonia and Spain -- 4 Varieties of localism -- 'Old localism': established local governance -- Neighbourhood governance -- Governance at the micro level: pathologies and challenges -- Governing locally in a polycentric world: towards a 'new' localism? …”

“…It includes de facto states, such as Kosovo, Transnistria, and North Cyprus; strong separatist movements aimed at achieving independence, like Catalonia, Basque Country, Scotland, Flanders, and Faroe Islands; strong movements aimed at achieving a more regional autonomy, for example, Lombardy and Veneto; and weaker regional movements, which could potentially escalate in the future, such as Transylvania in Romania or Vojvodina in Serbia. …”

“…This increase in religious publications led to the widespread dissemination of religious messages among the working classes of Catalonia. The article is divided into four sections. …”
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“…In spite of the chronological gap, it can be claimed that Claret’s initiative was half a century a headof the early plans for library networks promoted in the civil domain by the Mancomunitat (Commonwealth) of Catalonia and other regional governments in Spain…”
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“…The various contributions in this book analyse the concept of flexicurity and its effective feasibility in different institutional contexts, in particular Italy and Spain and - at regional level - in Tuscany and Catalonia. The consequence of the variety of employment and social security models is that the meanings and manifestations of flexicurity are highly divergent, even in cases as analogous as Spain and Italy, since the different contexts generate significant differences. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Castella Lidon: Enthusiastic, Hesitant and Resistant Teachers Toward the One-To-One Laptop Programme: A Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study in Catalonia - Vincenzo De Masi/Yan Han: Animation: A New Method of Educational Communication in China - Judith Faifman/Brian Goldfarb: Teaching the Unteachable: Networked Media, Simulation and Community Research/Activism - David Elliott/Scott Bulfin: Beyond "Beyond Schools": Young People's Unsanctioned Digital Media Use In and Around Schools and Classrooms - Julie Faulkner: Digital Introductions as Critical Practice - Dennis N. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Episcopatus Balbastrensis et Comitatus Ribagorcae. Catalonia. Insulae Balearides et Pytiusae. Asia recens summa cura delineata Turcicum Imperium. …”

Accés restringit als usuaris de la UB, UAB, UPC, UPF, UdG, UdL, URV, UOC, BC, UVic-UCC, URL, UIC, UdA

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Salford, Manchester, UK, 2002, Studio Llbeskind, p. 80 ; lgualada Cemetery, Catalonia, Spain, 1991, Enric Miralles & Carme Piños, p. 86 ; Vulcanology Museum, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2002, Hans Hollein, p. 92 ; Weald & Downland Museum Workshop, West Sussex, UK, 2002, Edward Cullinan Architects, p. 98 ; Osaka City University Media Centre, Osaka. …”

“…While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. …”