1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811301903321

Autore

Wang Bing <1979->

Titolo

Classical Chinese poetry in Singapore : witnesses to social and cultural transformations in the Chinese community / / Bing Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-3516-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

895.109/95957

Soggetti

Singaporean poetry (Chinese) - History and criticism

Chinese poetry - History and criticism

Chinese poetry - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Forgotten classical Chinese poetry in Singapore -- Identity: Whose Nanyang is it? -- Community: How to shape cultural space? -- Medium: What are the influences on classical poetry? -- Conclusion: Literary value and classification.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911035045803321

Autore

Graulau Jeannette

Titolo

Medieval Mining and Power in Thirteenth-Century Europe : Bishop Wanga’s Private Mine Drainage Works / / by Jeannette Graulau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783031992391

9783031992384

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

History Series

Disciplina

940.902

Soggetti

Europe - History - 476-1492

Human ecology - History

Economic history

Church history

Italy - History

History of Medieval Europe

Environmental History

Economic History

Church History

History of Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. An imperial city takes the audacious Auge River as its guide -- 2. The battle against surface waters -- 3. Fighting the bishop’s tax charges -- 4. Foreign miners battle pit waters -- 5. Bullion for the bishop.

Sommario/riassunto

Studying mine-drainage works of a medieval principality living through times of war, social turmoil, and land reclamation, this book examines the relation between political power and mineral wealth. It argues that mine-drainage works in Monte Calisio, Trento emerged when violent economic warfare within the upper class created profit horizons that capital seized in the subsoil of the principality. From that moment forward, war against hydrogeological conditions justified the existence



of private mining capital in the principality. This book shows that hegemonic powers striving to manage mineral wealth failed to monopolize the forces of economic change that sustained their ground as these forces shifted profit relations. Increased mining rents and profits placed a heavy burden on Prince Bishop Wanga, leading to explosive contradictions concealed in the rise of private mine-drainage works. The book offers an illuminating interpretation of the role mining played in the rise and fall of European resource hegemonies. Jeannette Graulau is Professor of Political Science at Lehman College, The City University of New York.