“…</p> <p>Examining the lived experiences of woman climate change activists based in rural areas, Peg Spitzer presents eighty-five original interviews that feature women whose careers in business, education, politics, and the arts have championed women's rights in Asia, environmental defenders who have established projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and woman farmers in three Indian villages who have faced climate-related droughts and floods. …”

“…Esta Historia universal SIGLO XXI, preparada y editada inicialmente por Fischer Verlag (Alemania), sigue un nuevo concepto: exponer la totalidad de los acontecimientos del mundo, dar todo su valor a la historia de los países y pueblos de Asia, África y América. …”

“…La batalla contra la modernidad ha de librarse en solitario, decía el gran aforista Nicolás Gómez-Dávila, porque donde hay dos hay traición. …”

“…Esta sugestiva biografia, que se lê como um romance histórico, traça um retrato épico da acção de Afonso de Albuquerque como conquistador e estadista na Ásia. …”

“…En la actualidad, las enfermedades como la obesidad, la diabetes mellitus y el asma son frecuentes en la etapa de Educación Primaria, causando una gran preocupación a nivel mundial. …”
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“…Este trabajo, pues, sugiere una posible solución al problema a través de una hipótesis que contempla la obra como resultado de varias operaciones editoriales sucesivas, proceso que, además, se ubica en un contexto histórico concreto —una historia que comenzó en Samaria y culminó en Asia Menor—, que determinó la propia peripecia redaccional del texto…”
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“…Armas galas en los textos clásicos: aspectos metodológicos, cronologías y dificultades de asimilación; armas ofensivas (espada, sistema de suspensión de la espada gala, cinturón de cadenas, lanza empuñada, armas arrojadizas de asta y carro de guerra galo); armas defensivas activas: escudo oval; armas defensivas pasivas (desnudez guerrera,¿tópico o realidad?…”
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“…This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. …”

“…Estos cambios se abordan en diversos capítulos sobre política internacional,cuyos resortes, antes puramente europeos, pasarán a ser mundiales: la difusión de la tecnología y de las ideas políticas de Occidente a los países subdesarrollados de África y Asia; el impacto de la ideología marxista; los problemas sociológicos y políticos de una sociedad de masas; la repercusión de la nueva civilización tecnológica sobre el arte y otras tendencias…”

“…Afirmó haber alcanzado China y varias islas de la costa oriental de Asia, ignoraba que había llegado a un nuevo continente. …”

“…El papel ha sido el principal soporte de la escritura a lo largo de la historia, por lo que los materiales y las técnicas para su elaboración se han adaptado a las necesidades, los recursos y el desarrollo cultural de cada época desde su origen, hace más de dos mil años, y durante su evolución, partiendo de China hacia otras regiones de Asia, Europa y el resto del mundo, hasta su industrialización. …”

“…As the global balance of power and economic growth shifts towards Asia, and a whole new set of forces is seeking to redefine the international order, opportunities abound for the subcontinent to carve out its place as a leading, democratic, global actor. …”

“…The California idea became the leading model for higher education across the world and has had great influence in the rapid growth of universities in China and East Asia. Yet remarkably, the political conditions supporting the California idea in California itself have evaporated. …”

“…The book contains poems from Sison’s Prison and Beyond, which won the Southeast Asia WRITE Award, as well as new poems that further develop the theme of struggle for national and social liberation as well as exile. …”

“…Several chapters consider regional aspects of biodiversity in Europe, Asia, Central and South America, among them an approach for monitoring conservation of the regional tropical phytodiversity in India is of special importance. …”

“…This book is organized into eight chapters and presents the state-of-the art and new research highlights in the context of contaminated soil monitoring and remediation strategies, including examples from South America, Europe and Asia. The chapters deal with the following topics: - monitoring of dioxin, furan, hydrocarbons and heavy metals level in soils - bioindicators and biomarkers for the assessment of soil toxicity - use of reflectance spectroscopy for soil contaminants and waste material detection - remediation technologies and strategies…”

“…Winner of the Kahin Prize from the Association of Asia Studies, the study has considerable relevance for much wider contexts. …”

“…Its contributions provide comprehensive access to international discourses, comparative research results, and inspiring practices from diverse world regions-Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America-and emphasize the relevance of comparative studies…”

“…This volume includes chapters by junior and senior scholars hailing from Europe, Asia, North America, and Oceania, all of whom sought to understand the social and cultural implications surrounding how people take responsibility for the ways they speak or write in relation to a place—whether it is one they have long resided in, recently moved to, or left a long time ago. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mapping Landscapes in Transformation: Multidisciplinary Methods for Historical Analysis / Cartographic Grounds: The Temporal Cases / Data Friction: Mapping Strategies on a (Peri)urban Frontier, Chennai, India / Mapping and Design as Interrelated Processes: Constructing Space-Time Narratives / Mapping the Evolution of Designed Landscapes with GIS: Stourhead Landscape Garden as an Example / Unfolding Wasteland: A Thick Mapping Approach to the Transformation of Charleroi's Industrial Landscape / Photography, Railways and Landscape in Transylvania , Romania: Case Studies in Digital Humanities / Mapping Archaeological Landscapes in Transformation: A Chaîne-Opératoire Approach / A High-Resolution Multi-Scalar Approach for Micro-Mapping Historical Landscapes in Transition: A Case Study in Texas, USA / Pixels or Parcels? Parcel-Based Historical GIS and Digital Thematic Deconstruction as Tools for Studying Urban Development / The Secularisation of Urban Space: Mapping the Afterlife of Religious Houses in Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges / Mapping Through Space and Time: The Itinerary of Charles of Croÿ / Landscape Appreciation in the English Lake District: A GIS Approach / Digital Humanities and GIS for Chinese Architecture: A Methodological Experiment / Mapping Historical Landscapes in Transformation : An Overview…”