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Record Nr.

UNINA9910743398103321

Titolo

Death and the Societies of Late Antiquity : New methods, new questions?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aix-en-Provence, : Presses universitaires de Provence, 2023

ISBN

979-1-03-200470-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Archéologies méditerranéennes

Soggetti

Anthropology

Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This bilingual volume proposes to draw up an assessment of the recent research conducted on funerary behavior during Late Antiquity in the provinces of the Roman Empire and on their borders, in order to open new perspectives on its possible developments. The considerable transformations of the methodologies have raised the need for a renewal of the questions on the funerary practices during Late Antiquity, a period marked by multiple political, social, demographic and cultural changes. The emergence field anthropology, which was the beginning of archaeothanatology, and then the recent development of collaborative approaches between various scientific fields (archaeothanatology, biochemistry and geochemistry, genetics, history, epigraphy, for example), have been decisive. The research collected in this book is structured around four main themes: Evolution of funerary practices over time; Social identity through death; Changing burial grounds (organisation and topography); Territories of the Empire (from the heart to the margins). These studies propose a review and a revision of the data, both anthropological and archaeological or historical on Late Antiquity, and reveal a mosaic of political, social, and cultural landscapes singularly rich and complex. In doing so, they demonstrate that we can truly understand the cultural and social structures of ancient communities and their potential transformations,



based on the study of funerary practices.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960119103321

Autore

Mathur Hari Mohan

Titolo

Displacement and resettlement in India : the human cost of development / / Hari Mohan Mathur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-04719-7

0-203-49179-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 69

Disciplina

325

Soggetti

Forced migration - India

Rural-urban migration - India

Rural development - Sociological aspects - India

Economic development - Social aspects - India

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Displacement and resettlement in the development process; PART 1 Displacement by development; 1 Not by dams alone: urban development projects and displacement of slum dwellers; 2 Mining coal, undermining people: flawed resettlement leaves displaced people worse off; 3 Common development disorders: impoverishment risks from projects that involve displacement; PART 2 The policy response; 4 Good intentions are not enough: the World Bank policy on involuntary resettlement

5 Providing a better life for displaced people: national policy guidelines on involuntary resettlementPART 3 Approaches to resettlement; 6 Social impact assessment: an aid to understanding the likely effects of a proposed intervention; 7 Making resettlement work: issues in planning and management; 8 New livelihoods for old: restoring incomes lost due to involuntary resettlement; 9 No end to injustice: gender biases in resettlement planning; PART 4 Resettlement in a



globalizing world; 10 Investors in, farmers out: private sector projects and the contentious issue of land acquisition

11 A blow to tribal life: the disastrous impact of globalizationPART 5 The way forward; 12 Development for all: ensure that the displaced people have a share in project benefits; Appendices; Appendix I: Definitions of the terms used in this book; Appendix II: Resettlement in different project types; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the past ten years or so, displacement by development projects has gone on almost untamed under the globalization pressures to meet the demand for land from local and increasingly foreign investors. Focusing on India, this book looks at the complex issue of resettling people who are displaced for the sake of development.The book discusses how the affected farming communities are fiercely opposing the development projects that often leave them worse off than before, and how this conflict is a matter of serious concern for the planners, as it could discourage potential capita