1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463363803321

Autore

Aigle Denise

Titolo

The Mongol Empire between myth and reality : studies in anthropological history / / by Denise Aigle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28064-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Collana

Iran Studies, , 1569-7401 ; ; Volume 11

Disciplina

950/.2

Soggetti

Mongols - History - To 1500

Ethnohistory - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Mythico-Legendary Figures and History between East and West -- 2 The Mongols and the Legend of Prester John -- 3 The Historiographical Works of Barhebraeus on the Mongol Period -- 4 The Historical taqwīm in Muslim East -- 5 Shamanism and Islam in Central Asia. Two Antinomic Religious Universes? -- 6 The Transformation of a Myth of Origins, Genghis Khan and Timur -- 7 Mongol Law versus Islamic Law. Myth and Reality -- 8 From ‘Non-Negotiation’ to an Abortive Alliance. Thoughts on the Diplomatic Exchanges between the Mongols and the Latin West -- 9 Hülegü’s Letters to the Last Ayyubid Ruler of Syria. The Construction of a Model -- 10 Legitimizing a Low-Born, Regicide Monarch. Baybars and the Ilkhans -- 11 The Written and the Spoken Word. Baybars and the Caliphal Investiture Ceremonies in Cairo -- 12 Ghazan Khan’s Invasion of Syria. Polemics on his Conversion to Islam and the Christian Troops in His Army -- 13 A Religious Response to Ghazan Khan’s Invasions of Syria. The Three “Anti-Mongol” fatwās of Ibn Taymiyya -- Epilogue. The Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan -- Maps -- Genealogical Tables -- Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality , Denise Aigle presents the Mongol empire as a moment of contact between political



ideologies, religions, cultures and languages, and, in terms of reciprocal representations, between the Far East, the Muslim East, and the Latin West. The first part is devoted to “The memoria of the Mongols in historical and literary sources” in which she examines how the Mongol rulers were perceived by the peoples with whom they were in contact. In “Shamanism and Islam” she studies the perception of shamanism by Muslim authors and their attempts to integrate Genghis Khan and his successors into an Islamic framework. The last sections deal with geopolitical questions involving the Ilkhans, the Mamluks, and the Latin West. Genghis Khan’s successors claimed the protection of “Eternal Heaven” to justify their conquests even after their Islamization.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145449603321

Titolo

Sustainable brownfield regeneration [[electronic resource] ] : liveable places from problem spaces  / / edited by Tim Dixon ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2007

ISBN

1-281-31906-6

9786611319069

0-470-69211-1

0-470-69140-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DixonTimothy J. <1958->

Disciplina

333.77/137

Soggetti

Soil remediation

Brownfields

Reclamation of land

Sustainable buildings

Building sites

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Part 1 Introduction; 1



Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Aims and objectives; 1.3 Structure of the book; 2 Researching Sustainability: The Possibilities and Limitations of Cross-Cutting Research in the Urban Environment; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Intellectual disciplines, interdisciplinarity and the construction of knowledge; 2.3 The rise and rise of the sustainability agenda; 2.4 The EPSRC's Sustainable Urban Environments programme and the emergence of the SUBR:IM consortium

2.5 Conclusions: SUBR:IM and new ways of workingPart 2 Regeneration; 3 Democracy, Trust and Risk Related to Contaminated Sites in the UK; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Contaminated land in the UK: context and policy; 3.3 Democracy, trust and risk in environmental governance; 3.4 Case studies; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Actor Networks: The Brownfield Merry-Go-Round; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Actors and their roles; 4.3 Networks and their construction; 4.4 Network processes in brownfield regeneration; 4.5 Conclusions

5 Heroes or Villains? The Role of the UK Property Development Industry in Sustainable Urban Brownfield Regeneration5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The nature and challenge of brownfield development; 5.3 The role of the UK property development industry in brownfield regeneration; 5.4 Survey and interview findings; 5.5 Learning from practice: Thames Gateway and Greater Manchester; 5.6 Towards best practice?; 5.7 A checklist for developers; 5.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 5A.1 Appendix 1 National developer interviewees and questionnaire sample; 5A.2 Appendix 2 Details of case study interviews

6 Delivering Brownfield Regeneration: Sustainable Community-Building in London and Manchester6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Building for the future: visions, practices and the delivery of sustainable urban regeneration; 6.3 Flagship urban brownfield regeneration in the UK: the redevelopment of Salford Quays and Paddington Basin; 6.4 Conclusions: lessons for urban development policy; Part 3 Remediation; 7 Greening Brownfield Land; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Background and context; 7.3 A sustainable process for greenspace; 7.4 Contamination; 7.5 Sustainable greenspace

7.6 The future of greenspace on brownfield land7.7 Conclusions; 8 Novel Special-purpose Composts for Sustainable Remediation; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Materials characterisation; 8.3 Experimental design; 8.4 Heavy metals containment in soils; 8.5 Biomass; 8.6 Enhanced compost; 8.7 Magnetic resonance imaging; 8.8 Conclusions; 9 Robust Sustainable Technical Solutions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Sustainability assessment of currently available remediation technologies in the UK; 9.3 Sustainability improvements to remediation techniques; 9.4 Conclusions

10 'The Creature Lurks Within?' Restoring Acid Tar Lagoons

Sommario/riassunto

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration presents a comprehensive account of UK policies, processes and practices in brownfield regeneration and takes an integrated and theoretically-grounded approach to highlight best practice.Brownfield regeneration has become a major policy driver in developed countries. It is estimated that there are 64,000 hectares of brownfield land in England, much of which presents severe environmental challenges and lies alongside some of the most deprived communities in the country. Bringing such land back into active use has taken on a new urgency among policymak