“…This book examines individuals, families and communities of craftworkers and their changing experience in town and country. Based on case studies drawn from personal, business, institutional and official records, as well as newspaper reports and visual illustrations, it looks at workplace dynamics and handmade wares shaped by personal consumption, rather than industrial production. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Editors -- Preface to "Advanced Underground Space Technology" -- Advanced Underground Space Technology -- Field Measurements for Traffic Noise Reduction in Highway Tunnels Using Closed-Cell Aluminum Foam Board -- A New Design Method of Shield Tunnel Based on the Concept of Minimum Bending Moment -- A Suitability Evaluation Method of Urban Underground Space Based on Rough Set Theory and Conditional Entropy: A Case Study in Wuhan Changjiang New Town -- Verification and Comparison of Direct Calculation Method for the Analysis of Support-Ground Interaction of a Circular Tunnel Excavation -- Behaviour of Square and Rectangular Tunnels Using an Improved Finite Element Method -- Intelligent Classification of Surrounding Rock of Tunnel Based on 10 Machine Learning Algorithms -- Asymmetric Force Effect and Damage Analysis of Unlooped Segment of Large-Diameter Shield under Synchronous Propulsion and Assembly Mode -- Experimental Study on the Influence of Slurry Concentration and Standing Time on the Friction Characteristics of a Steel Pipe-Soil Interface -- Design Optimization Method of Feet-Lock Steel Pipe for Soft-Rock Tunnel Based on Load-Deformation Coordination -- Study on the Restraint Effect of Isolation Pile on Surface Settlement Trough Induced by Shield Tunnelling -- Effect of Jack Thrust Angle Change on Mechanical Characteristics of Shield Tunnel Segmental Linings Considering Additional Constrained Boundaries -- Effects of Sidewall Brightness on LED Lighting Environment and Visual Performance in Road Tunnels -- Elastic Modulus Prediction Model of Foamed Concrete Based on the Walsh Formula -- Failure Mechanism Analysis and Optimization Analysis of Tunnel Joint Waterstop Considering Bonding and Extrusion -- Seismic Response Analysis of Anchor Joint in Shield-Driven Tunnel Considering Soil-Structure Interaction -- Waterproof Performance of Sealing Gasket in Shield Tunnel: A Review -- Experimental Study and Engineering Application of the Spatial Reticulated Grid Bolt-Shotcrete Support Structure for Excavation Tunnels -- Modeling of Water Losses in Hydraulic Tunnels under Pressure Based on Stepwise Regression Method…”

“…By including hundreds of examples, readers can see for themselves the differences between postings from a village north of London, and those from a small town in Trinidad. Why do women respond so differently to becoming a mother in England from the way they do in Trinidad? …”

“…It places Florence and its new market in a European context where architecture, town planning, politics and finance are tightly intertwined. …”

“…In a small town outside Istanbul, Sinan Basioglu, a devout Muslim, and his wife, Nilüfer, are preparing for their nine-year-old son’s coming-of-age ceremony. …”
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“…Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town -- and the family -- Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. …”
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“…Drawing the data from exhaustive research in farm account books, probate documents, and town tax valuations the author makes a significant contribution to the long-standing and vigorous debate about the pace, pattern, and genesis of growth in the early American economy. …”
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“…Throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century, Cooke explains, the yeoman town of Newtown relied on native joiners whose work satisfied the expectations of their fellow townspeople. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…<br>1.6 Assignment -- Study TOD in your city <br><br><br><strong>Expanding the Urban Growth Boundary</strong><br>2.1 Introduction -- Lancaster development<br>2.1.1 The bid-rent model<br>2.1.2 Setup Lancaster data <br>2.2 Identifying areas inside & outside of the Urban Growth Area <br>2.2.1 Associate each inside/outside buffer with its respective town<br>2.2.2 Building density by town & by inside/outside the UGA <br>2.2.3 Visualize buildings inside & outside the UGA<br>2.3 Return to Lancaster's Bid Rent <br>2.4 Conclusion -- On boundaries <br>2.5 Assignment -- Boundaries in your community </p><p><strong>Intro to geospatial machine learning, Part 1 </strong><br>3.1 Machine learning as a Planning tool <br>3.1.1 Accuracy & generalizability <br>3.1.2 The machine learning process <br>3.1.3 The hedonic model <br>3.2 Data wrangling -- Home price & crime data <br>3.2.1 Feature Engineering -- Measuring exposure to crime <br>3.2.2 Exploratory analysis: Correlation<br>3.3 Introduction to Ordinary Least Squares Regression <br>3.3.1 Our first regression model<br>3.3.2 More feature engineering & colinearity <br>3.4 Cross-validation & return to goodness of fit<br>3.4.1 Accuracy -- Mean Absolute Error <br>3.4.2 Generalizability -- Cross-validation <br>3.5 Conclusion -- Our first model <br>3.6 Assignment -- Predict house prices </p><p><strong>Intro to geospatial machine learning, Part 2</strong><br>4.1 On the spatial process of home prices <br>4.1.1 Setup & Data Wrangling <br>4.2 Do prices & errors cluster? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Defining and defying chronicity -- Care and the politics of deservingness -- Structure of the book -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 1 A house of cards: Chronicity, care packages and a 'good life' -- Background -- Methods -- Theoretical framework: Temporality, ethics and care -- Clarissa's struggle and the house of cards -- Temporal/spatial reconfiguration: a discussion -- Relationality: a discussion Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2 (Un)Deservingness and disregard: Chronicity, hospice and possibilities for care on the American periphery -- Deserving and undeserving of care -- (Un)Deservingness, attention and disregard -- Shaping a landscape of care through disregard -- Disregarded costs and the disappearance of medical equipment -- Claims to deservingness and bureaucratic mechanisms of disregard -- Durable medical equipment 'within reach' -- Snowbirds -- 'The only way to be heard': Inaudibility and absent complaints -- Ms Donovan -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References 3 Publicly privatised: Relative care support and the neoliberal reform in Finland -- Introduction -- Two facets of privatisation in the care system -- Relative caregivers in Archipelago Town and municipal support -- Families, relatives and caregiving practices in Archipelago Town -- Struggling with closed doors -- The professionalism of relative care -- The difference between relative caregivers and care workers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The 'hassle' of 'good' care in dementia: Negotiating relatedness in the navigation of bureaucratic systems of support -- Introduction 'Official' paperwork -- The fuss and trust of relatedness -- 'Getting it all sorted': (Mis)adventures in bureaucratic hassle -- The state as a bad relative -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Assemblages of care around albinism: Kin-based networks and (in)dependence in contemporary Tanzania -- Introduction -- Multiple assemblages of care around people with albinism -- The reduction of institutional care and the 'NGOisation' of the nation state -- Kin-based care and humanitarian discourses in Ilula: Florentina's experiences (In)dependence in Dar es Salaam: Daudi's self-care, care for and care about others -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 6 Alcoholism and evangelical healing in Indigenous Mexico: Chronicity and care at the margins of the state -- From comorbidity to syndemics of alcoholism and marginality -- Five centuries of alcoholisation -- Drinking at the margins -- Care for whom? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reflections on Alfred, Asser and the Power of Memory in the West Saxon Landscape / Wessex and the Reign of Edmund ii Ironside / Rulers and Religious Affiliations / Alcuin’s Letters Sent from Francia to Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Women Religious / The Role of Mercian Kings in the Founding of Minsters in the Kingdom of the Hwicce / Beyond the Billingas: From Lay Wealth to Monastic Wealth on the Lincolnshire Fen-Edge / Mynsters and Parishes: Some Evidence and Conclusions from Wiltshire / The Anglo-Saxon Chapel of St Helen at Malmesbury / St Wærburh: The Multiple Identities of a Regional Saint / The Godwins, Towns and St Olaf Churches: Comital Investment in the Mid-11th Century / Anglo-Saxon England Beyond 1066 / William the Conqueror and Wessex / Sanctity and Suffering: The Sacred World of the Medieval Leprosarium. …”