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UNINA9910453363003321 |
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May Natalie N |
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The Fabric of cities : aspects of urbanism, urban topography and society in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome / / edited by Natalie N. May and Ulrike Steinert |
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Leiden : , : BRILL, , [2013] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East |
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Cities and towns - Middle East - History |
Cities and towns - Rome - History |
Civilization, Classical |
Urbanization - Middle East - History |
Urbanization - Rome - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Urban Topography as a Reflection of Society? / Natalie N. May and Ulrike Steinert -- The Cost of Cosmogony: Ethical Reflections on Resource Extraction, Monumental Architecture and Urbanism in the Sumerian Literary Tradition / J. Cale Johnson -- Gates and Their Functions in Mesopotamia and Ancient Israel / Natalie N. May -- City Streets: Reflections on Urban Society in the Cuneiform Sources of the Second and First Millennium bce / Ulrike Steinert -- The Babylonian Cities: Investigating Urban Morphology Using Texts and Archaeology / Heather D. Baker -- From bābānu to bētānu, Looking for Spaces in Late Assyrian Palaces / David Kertai -- „Ich bin die Grenze der Agora.“ Zum kognitiven Stadtbild der Athener in klassischer Zeit / Jan Stenger -- Religiöse Topographie Roms: Der Aventin Innerhalb der Stadt und ausserhalb des Pomeriums / Darja Šterbenc Erker -- Index. |
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The Fabric of Cities presents an interdisciplinary collection of articles on urbanism in ancient Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Rome, which |
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focuses on the social dimension of cities' topographical features. The contributions of this book offer investigations of neighbourhoods, city gates, streets, temples and palaces drawing on textual and archaeological sources as well as art. The topics treated in this work encompass the diverse functions of public and marginal spaces in Mesopotamian cities and Rome, the role of agency in the development of Babylonian neighbourhoods, the relationship between public and private in Assyrian palaces, the connection between political strategies and temple building in Sumerian literary texts, and the communicative uses of language in Classical Greek texts to talk about urban space. |
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UNINA9910456501203321 |
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Autore |
Bivins Roberta E. <1970-> |
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Alternative medicine? [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Roberta Bivins |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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1-283-22265-5 |
9786613222657 |
0-19-161382-7 |
0-19-156881-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Alternative medicine - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; dedication; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction: 'Rival Systems of Medicine'?; 1. 'What is this Burning?'; 2. Health and The New Science'; 3. 'The Chinese Have a Great Deal of Wit'; 4. With our Western Brethren, the Case Seems to be Quite Different'; Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the (Im)Patient-Consumer; FURTHER READING; NOTES; INDEX |
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Walk into the local health food shop or pick up today's paper and the |
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chances are that you'll see adverts for acupuncture and herbal medicine, hypnotists and homeopaths. Some doctors and scientists mourn the lost lustre of mainstream medicine and complain about a new breed of 'irrational' consumer. But what exactly is 'alternative' medicine? Is the astonishing popularity of alternative and multicultural medicine really such a recent development? And, given the success story of modern biomedical science, why are alternative and traditional treatments now so fashionable? Has the impersonal chill |
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