Tabla de Contenidos: “…A (Hi)Story of Dwelling in a (Post)Mining Town in Romania / Imola Püsök ; Part III. 8. The Shifting Geopolitical Ecologies of Wild Nature Conservation in Romania / George Iordăchescu ; 9. …”

“…It is all interwoven with the author's own anthropological field research in a town in Central Nigeria…”

“…Consideration is given to the structures, social formations, and rhythms that constitute the definition of an African city, town, or urban space, and to current concepts for thinking about African cities in the twenty-first century. …”

“…for example, rebuilding a desolate town, typically identified as Jerusalem, and bringing the Israelite exiles back; thus, suggesting awareness and engagement with Jewish liturgy. …”

“…We see on the one hand the working environments of an early modern envoy on these plan but also the fortification of the town and the suburbs around 1700 can still be clearly felt…”

“…Winner of the 2015 Rachel Carson Prize presented by the Society for Social Studies of Science Residents of a small Louisiana town were sure that the oil refinery next door was making them sick. …”

“…Since 2009, the Gabii Project, an international archaeological initiative led by Nicola Terrenato and the University of Michigan, has been investigating the ancient Latin town of Gabii, which was both a neighbor of, and a rival to, Rome in the first millennium BC. …”

“…Carlos Lopes is a Professor at the Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po, Paris. …”

“…The courts, which were based in the Caribbean, West Africa, Cape Town, and Brazil, helped free at least 80,000 Africans from captured slavers between 1807 and 1871. …”

“…In the American colonies, local militiamen formed the core of every town's defense. The same was true for the Spanish province of Louisiana where the Crown did not have the financial means to provide enough regular army soldiers to defend such a vast territory. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part IIIIdentity and Evolution -- 5 The Rainbow Connection: A Time-Series Study of Rainbow Flag Display Across Nine Toronto Neighborhoods -- 5.1 Rainbow Flag: Visibility, Implication, and Meaning -- 5.2 A Capsule History of the Rainbow Flag -- 5.3 The Rainbow Flag as Place Brand for Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.4 The Power of Graphics in the Built Environment -- 5.5 Concentration and Persistence of Rainbow Flags Define Boundaries of Gay Neighborhoods -- 5.6 Empirical Plan for the Visual Assessment of Rainbow Flag Display -- 5.7 Observations and Findings -- 5.8 Diaspora as Practical Identity -- 5.9 Rainbow Proliferation: Synthesis and Conclusions -- 5.10 Takeaway Messages -- Sources -- 6 Wearing Pink in Fairy Town: The Heterosexualization of the Spanish Town Neighborhood and Carnival Parade in Baton Rouge -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Consuming Gay Culture -- 6.3 Baton Rouge Mardi Gras and the Spanish Town Parade -- 6.4 Methods -- 6.5 The Bohemian 1980s in Spanish Town -- 6.6 Spanish Town Parades as Part of Gay Cultural History in Baton Rouge -- 6.7 Homophobia and Queer Culture in the Contemporary Parade -- References -- 7 A Tale of Three Villages: Contested Discourses of Place-Making in Central Philadelphia -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The Space in Question -- 7.2.1 Gayborhood -- 7.2.2 Washington Square West -- 7.2.3 Midtown Village -- 7.3 Discursive Moments -- 7.3.1 Snapshots from the Gayborhood -- 7.3.2 The Skeleton of Washington West -- 7.3.3 Welcome to Midtown Village -- 7.4 Further Directions -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Are "Gay" and "Queer-Friendly" Neighborhoods Healthy? …”

“…The numerous contributions to this volume pose questions such as what the basic cultural significance of water was, the power of water, in the town and for the town, from different points of view. …”

“…Drawing on hemispheric studies, Indigenous studies, and southern theory to decentre British and other European metropoles, the collection offers a groundbreaking challenge to national paradigms and traditional literary periodisations and canons by prioritising southern cultural networks in multiple regional centres from Cape Town to Dunedin. Worlding the South examines the dialectics of literary worldedness in ways that recognise inequalities of power, textual and material violence, and literary and cultural resistance. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The cock and the pearl -- The wolf and the lamb -- The dog and the shadow -- The lion's share -- The wolf and the crane -- The man and the serpent -- The town mouse and the country mouse -- The fox and the crow -- The sick lion -- The ass and the lapdog -- The lion and the mouse -- The swallow and the other birds -- The frogs desiring a king -- The mountains in labour -- The hares and the frogs -- The wolf and the kid -- The woodman and the serpent -- The bald man and the fly -- The fox and the stork -- The fox and the mask -- The jay and the peacock -- The frog and the ox -- Androcles -- The bat, the birds, and the beasts -- The hart and the hunter -- The serpent and the file -- The man and the wood -- The dog and the wolf -- The belly and the members -- The hart in the ox-stall -- The fox and the grapes -- The horse, hunter, and stag -- The peacock and Juno -- The fox and the lion -- The lion and the statue -- The ant and the grasshopper -- The tree and the reed -- The fox and the cat -- The wolf in sheep's clothing -- The dog in the manger -- The man and the wooden god -- The fisher -- The shepherd's boy -- The young thief and his mother -- The man and his two wives -- The nurse and the wolf -- The tortoise and the birds -- The two crabs -- The ass in the lion's skin -- The two fellows and the bear -- The two pots -- The four oxen and the lion -- The fisher and the little fish -- Avaricious and envious -- The crow and the pitcher -- The man and the satyr -- The goose with the golden eggs -- The labourer and the nightingale -- The fox, the cock, and the dog -- The wind and the sun -- Hercules and the waggoner -- The man, the boy, and the donkey -- The miser and his gold -- The fox and the mosquitoes -- The fox without a tail -- The one-eyed doe -- Belling the cat -- The hare and the tortoise -- The old man and death -- The hare with many friends -- The lion in love -- The bundle of sticks -- The lion, the fox, and the beasts -- The ass's brains -- The eagle and the arrow -- The milkmaid and her pail -- The cat-maiden -- The horse and the ass -- The trumpeter taken prisoner -- The buffoon and the countryman -- The old woman and the wine-jar -- The fox and the goat…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Searching for a paradise in a world of theme parks / Emilie M. Townes ; Servanthood revisited : womanist explorations of servanthood theology / Jacquelyn Grant ; Disrupted/disruptive movements : black theology and black power 1969/1999 / Renee Leslie Hill ; Reimagining public discourse / Rebecca S. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…China's Superbank: Debt, Oil and Influence-How China Development Bank Is Rewriting the Rules of Finance; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Let 10,000 Projects Bloom; The Wuhu Model; The Chongqing Model; Global Financial Crisis; A Town Called Loudi; Li's Story; ""Manhattan"" in China; Credit Risk in a One-Party State; Cracks in the System; Chapter 2: Turning a Zombie Bank into a Global Bank; A Life in the Party; The Princeling Party: The Beginning of State Capitalism; Taking Over a Basket Case; Transforming CDB from an ATM Machine; Developing a Slogan…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Detroit Unreal Estate Agency: A Preface --Unreal Estate: An Introduction --Unprofessional Practices --Ruin Harvest --Detroit Demolition Disneyland --FireBreak --Salvaged Landscape --Food Infill --Earthworks Urban Farm --D-Town Farm --Georgia Street Community Garden --Brightmoor Farmway --Peaches and Greens --"Field of Our Dreams --Municipal Therapy --Motor City Blight Busters --Greening of Detroit --Hope District --Navin Field Grounds Crew --Detroit Mower Gang --Furtive Inhabitation --Detroit Blues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Imposing territoriality : First Nation land claims and the transformation of human-environment relations in the Yukon / Paul Nadasdy -- 11. Ghost towns and zombie mines : the historical dimensions of mine abandonment, reclamation, and redevelopment in the Canadian north / Arn Keeling and John Sandlos -- 12. …”