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Wenn man die von Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) erbauten Villen besichtigt, fragt man sich unweigerlich, wie Menschen im 16. Jahrhundert dort gelebt haben. Palladio konzipierte sie als «Kleinstädte» (piccole città), die eine Einheit mit den angrenzenden Wirtschaftsgebäuden und landwirtschaftlichen Flächen bildeten. Innerhalb ihrer Mauern lebte eine Vielzahl von Menschen unterschiedlichen Alters, sozialer Herkunft und Fähigkeiten. Palladio-Villen waren Schauplätze bedeutender Momente des öffentlichen Lebens, aber die Grundsätze der Hygiene, der Privatsphäre und des Komforts, die wir heute für wesentlich halten, galten dort nicht. Auch Möbel im heutigen Sinn gab es keine. Living with Palladio in the Sixteenth Century untersucht, wie Palladios Häuser, ihre Stockwerke und Räume gestaltet waren, damit sie das Leben einer so heterogenen Gemeinschaft von Menschen strukturieren konnten. Ihre hierarchische Struktur - mit dem Eigentümer (padrone) an der Spitze und allen am Haushalt Beteiligten (famiglia minuta) darunter - ist der zentrale Ausgangspunkt dieser Analyse. Antonio Foscari zeigt auf, wie Palladio die häuslichen Funktionen seiner Privatgebäude in den Vordergrund stellte, und schliesst damit eine wichtige Lücke in der Forschungsliteratur zu dem berühmten Renaissancearchitekten.

This first of three volumes starts with a short introduction to historical metrology as a scientific discipline and goes on with an anthology of acient and modern measurement systems of all kind, scientific measures, units of time, weights, currencies etc.

Therefore, this book conceptualises circular business models and investigates their theoretical foundations in relation to the rationale for adopting them, drawing on circular economy, business model, strategic management and neo-institutional literature and secondary data.

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This book argues that neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral economics often function as a political ideology masquerading as a new science.

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The book applies to the study of the collapse of the Roman Near East techniques taken from the historiography of the fall of the Roman West. It presents a fresh approach to the century that witnessed the end of the ancient world, appealing to students of Roman and medieval history, Islamic Studies, and advanced scholars alike.

Following up on Donna Starr-Deelen's previous book Presidential Policies on Terrorism: From Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama (Palgrave, 2014), this book compares and contrasts the approach of the Obama administration with the Trump administration regarding national security and counter-terrorism.

Milcent examines the medication market in China against the global picture of healthcare organization, and how public healthcare insurance plans have been implemented in recent years, as well as reforms to tackle hospital inefficiency.

The seemingly unlimited technological potential of nanotechnology brings with it new practices of governance, networking, and exercising power and agency.

This book offers a critical-constructive study of Korean women's self-esteem from a feminist practical theological perspective.

In late 2015, against a background of growing populist opposition to international trade agreements, the European Commission announced its willingness to negotiate a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan.

This textbook acts as a pathway to higher mathematics by seeking and illuminating the connections between graph theory and diverse fields of mathematics, such as calculus on manifolds, group theory, algebraic curves, Fourier analysis, cryptography and other areas of combinatorics.

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This book describes the problems of intelligence sharing among peacekeeping partners, mainly due to security concerns and a lack of policies and resources.

What is good sex from the perspective of liberation theology? From the perspective of liberation theologies and an analysis of biblical texts, the Christian tradition, and the reality of our sexual experience, this book reframes theologies of partnership, sex work, and reproduction through the celebration of desire and sex.

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This book examines the European discussion about alternative schooling in the 20th century. It refers to a stream of concepts that are often described as New Education, Progressive Education, Education Nouvelle or Reformpadagogik, and discusses a range of different models of alternative schooling.

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Climate Change and Writing the Canadian Arctic explores the impact of climate change on Canadian literary culture.

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