Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Urban Geographies of a Small Island: A Dialectical Spatial Approach | Hong Gang -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Otherness and national identity in 19th-century Spanish literature: Spaniards on the margins  / Marieta Cantos Casenave and Daniel Muñoz Sempere -- Staging the last stand: the politics of Aben Humeya in Richard Lalor Sheil and Francisco Martínez de la Rosa / Diego Saglia -- Aben Humeya and the journey of historical myths: on Telesforo de Trueba's The romance of history: Spain (1830) and its Spanish translation (1840) / Daniel Muñoz Sempere -- Moors and Christians in Washington Irving's The Alhambra and the imaginary of Romantic Spain / Marieta Cantos Casenave -- El imaginario sobre los judíos en La España (1848-1868) y la Revista histórica (1851) / Alberto Ramos Santana -- A converso in the Canary Islands: counter-narratives of Spanish imperialism in Agustín Millares Torres' Aventuras de un converso (1877) / Nettah Yoeli-Rimmer -- Los márgenes del mito romántico y la identidad nacional en la colección La España Dramática (1849-1881) / Alberto Romero Ferrer -- Marginación e intolerancia: la imagen del moro y del judío en Doña Perfecta y Gloria de Benito Pérez Galdós / David Loyola López -- Mujeres con tara: La Educanda (1861-1865) y las mujeres al margen / Beatriz Sánchez Hita -- Female discourse on Spanish identity: Baroness Wilson / Ma. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction by the editorPART I ASIA: CENTRE OF GROWTH AND GLOBALITY -- Chapter 1Chinese Cities from the Ground to the Sky: Building Suzhou as a Global City beyond the TraditionRaffaele Pernice -- Chapter 2 The Urban Geographies of a Small Island: A Dialectical Spatial Approach Gang Hong -- Chapter 3The rise of Chongqing and Queretaro: the territorial dimension of the divergent trajectories of two emerging urban economies in China and MexicoMiguel Hidalgo Martinez -- Chapter 4Migration, expatriation, and heterosexuality in a globalized city - SingaporeLiangni Sally Liu -- Chapter 5City-regions reconsideredAllen J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Front matter -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTORY (DIS)ORIENTATION: A Czech's View from Singapore -- THE DUTCH EAST INDIES IN THE EYES OF A POLE: Teodor Anzelm Dzwonkowski and His Memoirs of Service in the Dutch Navy in the Years 1788-1793 -- CZECH ARMY DOCTOR IN SUMATRA: Native Soil, Miasmatic Mud, Russian Hallucinations, All the Empires -- THE FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SINGAPORE IN SERBIAN LITERATURE -- JULIAN FAŁAT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Hybridity and Mimicry in the Memoirs of a Polish/Kakanian/European Painter -- COLONIALISM, FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND POLISH AMBIGUITY: How Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski and Bronisław Piłsudski (Almost) Met in Singapore -- THE FATE OF THE BIRDS OF PARADISE: Enrique Stanko Vráz in Southeast Asia -- ETHNIC COMPARISONS IN TRAVELOGUES ABOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA BY POLES AND SERBS OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN BACKGROUND, 1869-1914 -- THE POLISH BOTANIST MARIAN RACIBORSKIAND HIS 1901 WAYANG KULIT PERFORMANCE: Images and Encounters -- THE IDENTITY OF THE STRANGE: The (Post)colonial Perspective in the Texts and Pictures of László Székely -- ISLANDS OF PARADISE? JAVA AND BALI THROUGH A WOMAN'S EYES: The Journey of Ilona Zboray -- INDOCHINA'S DEADLY SUN: The Polish Maritime and Colonial League's Depictions of Southeast Asia -- CZECHOSLOVAKS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYA BEFORE AND DURING WORLD WAR II -- COLONIALISM MEETS EMPATHY AND INSIGHTFULNESS: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's Travel Diary to Burma -- DOUBLE VISION: Yugoslav Travelers and the Conflicting Images of Southeast Asia in the Era of Late Colonialism -- Contributors -- Index -- Back cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Smith: Statue Practice in the late Roman Empire: Numbers, Costumes, and Style 2: Bryan Ward-Perkins: Statues at the End of Antiquity: The Evidence of the Inscribed Bases REGIONS 3: Carlos Machado: Italy 4: Gabriel de Bruyn and Carlos Machado: North Africa 5: Christian Witschel: Hispania, Gallia, and Raetia 6: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Danube Provinces and North Balkans 7: Ulrich Gehn: Greek Mainland and Islands 8: Julia Lenaghan: Asia Minor 9: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Egypt, Near East, and Cyprus CITIES 10: Carlos Machado with Julia Lenaghan: Rome 11: Ulrich Gehn and Bryan Ward-Perkins: Constantinople 12: R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The pre-Columbian discovery of America / Jaime Cortesão -- Christopher Columbus and his enterprise to the Indies : scholarship of last quarter century / Delno West -- European expansion before Columbus : causes and consequences / Seymour Phillips -- The inter-Atlantic paradigm : the failure of Spanish medieval colonization of the Canary and Caribbean Islands / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contemporary responses to the histories of art education, surrealism, and psychoanalysis in Egypt / Tammer El-Sheikh -- Historical archives and contemporary art : the case of the Umm el-Fahem Gallery in Palestine/Israel / Merav Yerushalmy -- Dalriada, the lordship of the isles, and the northern rim : decentralizing the visual culture of the highlands and islands of Scotland / Lindsay Blair -- New maps for networks : Reykjavik Fluxus -- a case of connections / Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir -- Hitching a ride : American know-how in the engineering of Canadian photographic institutions / Martha Langford -- Migratory affiliations : contemporary Romanian art / Corina Ilea -- Maraya's Sisyphean cart : twinned visions of Vancouver and Dubai / Alice Ming Wai Jim -- Urban art histories (in Canada) / Johanne Sloan -- A stranger in New York / Steve Lyons -- Mending walls : imagining the sovereign subject in contemporary exhibition practices / Erin Silver -- Embodying sovereignty : indigenous women's performance art in Canada / Carla Taunton…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Visiones desde América Latina y el Caribe -- Héctor Pérez Brignoli (San José, Costa Rica) -- Archipelago or Continental Island? Reflections on Brazilian Insularity -- Heike Muranyi (Belo Horizonte) -- Ex-islados. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Geomorphic and archaeological consequences of human arrival and agricultural expansion on Pacific islands: A reconsideration after 30 years of debate -- 14. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hammer time; Explore Demo island; The wonders of technology!; The Scene window; The Game window; The Hierarchy; The Project panel; The Inspector; Invade Island Demo as a paratrooper; Layers and layout dropdowns; Playback controls; Scene controls; Don't stop there-live a little!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Table of Materials -- Introduction -- 1The Need to Provide International Protection to Persons Mobile in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change -- 1Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change as a Complex Problem -- 2International Protection as a Solution -- 2.1The Notion of International Protection in International Law -- 2.2Conceptualising the International Protection of Persons Mobile in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change -- 3Towards International Protection: The Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration -- 3.1The Notion of a Global Compact -- 3.2International Protection and the Global Compact on Refugees -- 3.3International Protection and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration -- 3.4Future Implications -- 4Conclusion -- 2Mapping the Legal Gaps -- 1Relevant International Treaty Regimes -- 1.1International Refugee Regime -- 1.2International Climate Change Regime -- 1.3International Desertification Regime -- 1.4International Labour Regime -- 1.5International Trade Regime -- 1.6International Human Rights Regimes -- 2Relevant International Rules and Principles -- 2.1Non-refoulement -- 2.2Protection in the Event of Displacement -- 2.3Protection in the Event of Disasters -- 3A Novel Challenge: Sea-Level Rise and International Law -- 4Conclusion -- 3Legal Gaps in Action – Insights from the Pacific Island States -- 1Setting the Scene -- 2Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in the Region -- 2.1Comparing the Pathways for Inter- and Intra-regional Movement -- 2.2The Prospects for a ‘Regional’ Approach to Human Mobility: pacer Plus, Free Movement and Labour Mobility -- 3Learning from the Domestic Approaches to Protection -- 3.1The Notion of Planned Relocation and the Pacific Island States -- 3.2Planned Relocation Policy of Vanuatu -- 3.3Planned Relocation Policy of Fiji -- 4Conclusion -- 4The International Protection of Persons Mobile in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change as a Community Interest -- 1The Theory of Community Interests in International Law -- 1.1Revival and Content -- 1.2Legal Effects: Obligations Erga Omnes as a Reflection of Community Interests -- 2Application of a Community Interest Approach: Towards an Obligation Erga Omnes to Protect Persons Mobile in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change -- 2.1Identification -- 2.2Pathways to Using the Existing Procedural Aspects of International Law -- 2.3Pathways to Using the Follow-Up and Review Mechanisms of the Global Compact for Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees -- 3Conclusion -- 5The International Protection of Persons Mobile in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change as a Common Concern of Humankind -- 1The Theory of the Common Concern of Humankind in International Law -- 1.1Emergence and Expressions -- 1.2Legal Effects: Treaty Regimes as a Reflection of Common Concerns -- 2The Application of a Common Concern Approach: Towards a New Treaty Regime -- 2.1A Novel Duty to Cooperate -- 2.2A Novel Duty to Act -- 3Conclusion -- Conclusion Summary and Outlook -- 1International Protection and Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change -- 2Lessons Learnt about Community Interests and Common Concerns -- 3Outlook -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…The present volume is a pioneering collection of poetry by the outstanding Kenyan poet, intellectual and imam Ustadh Mahmmoud Mau (born 1952) from Lamu island, once an Indian Ocean hub, now on the edge of the nation state. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Idakula -- Volunteering on Galveston Island : how poverty shaped my response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Deanna Meyler -- Subverting social vulnerabilities and inequality in disaster survival / R. …”
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“…Meléndez sheds an important new light on the many ways in which the government intervened in the movement of its people: attempting to provide labor to U.S. agriculture, incorporating migrants into places like New York City, seeking to expand the island's air transportation infrastructure, and even promoting migration in the public school system. …”

“…"Words as Events introduces the tradition of short, communicative rhyming couplets, the mantinádes, as still sung and recited in a variety of performance situations on the island of Crete. Recently, these poems have also entered modern mass media and they are widely being exchanged as text messages by Cretans. …”

“…From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. …”

“…The study will also enhance comparative studies concerned with networks of holy men or saints (wali) on the island of Java (Pemberton 1994; Fox 1991: 20). I want to argue that people respond to, and participate in, saint veneration on pragmatic grounds. …”