03761nam 22005892 450 991058596040332120230125205108.01-108-97650-61-108-96885-61-108-97438-4(CKB)4100000012011755(UkCbUP)CR9781108974387(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90915(EXLCZ)99410000001201175520200806d2021|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond the silk roads trade, mobility and geopolitics across Eurasia /Magnus Marsden[electronic resource]Cambridge University Press2021Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2021.1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Asian connectionsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2021).1-108-83831-6 Introduction: Beyond the silk roads -- 'Take your help away and leave us in peace!' the anthropology of geopolitics as lived -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (1) : the Eurasian world--China, Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe -- Inter-Asian corridor of connectivity (2) : West Asia--China, the Arabian Peninsula and Turkey -- 'Welcome to Yiwu, China international trade city' everyday life in a Chinese commercial node -- Minorities, commerce and the legacy of Muslim Asia's urban cosmopolitanism : Afghanistan's Hindus and Sikhs -- An alternative Eurasian economic geography : Afghanistan's role in long-distance distance trade -- Afghan restaurants in inter-Asian worlds : prestige, information pooling and cross-cultural exchange in long-distance trade -- Conclusion: Geopolitics, critical responsiveness and navigational agency in Eurasian connectivity.Small-scale traders play a crucial role in forging Asian connectivity, forming networks and informal institutions separate from those driven by nation-states, such as China's Belt and Road Initiative. This ambitious study provides a unique insight into the lives of the mobile traders from Afghanistan who traverse Eurasia. Reflecting on over a decade of intensive ethnographic fieldwork, Magnus Marsden introduces readers to a dynamic yet historically durable universe of commercial and cultural connections. Through an exploration of the traders' networks, cultural and religious identities, as well as the nodes in which they operate, Marsden emphasises their ability to navigate Eurasia's geopolitical tensions and to forge transregional routes that channel significant flows of people, resources, and ideas. Beyond the Silk Roads will interest those seeking to understand contemporary iterations of the Silk Road within the context of geopolitics in the region. This title is also available as Open Access.Asian connections.Merchants, ForeignSocial networksEurasiaGeopoliticsEurasiaAfghansCommerceEurasiaBusiness networksEurasiaEurasiaCommerceEurasian historysocial and cultural anthropologyAfghanistanmigration and diasporaMerchants, ForeignSocial networksGeopoliticsAfghansCommerceBusiness networks382.095SOC002010bisacshMarsden Magnus1252882UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910585960403321Beyond the silk roads2904689UNINA03502nam 2200577 a 450 991095470790332120251116160355.00-87969-659-1(CKB)111056486865748(OCoLC)607898669(CaPaEBR)ebrary10006733(SSID)ssj0000096216(PQKBManifestationID)12033909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096216(PQKBWorkID)10076507(PQKB)10296584(MiAaPQ)EBC3137903(Au-PeEL)EBL3137903(CaPaEBR)ebr10006733(OCoLC)922997993(BIP)6458702(EXLCZ)9911105648686574820000322d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics /Philip R. ReillyCold Spring Harbor, NY Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pressc20001 online resource (359 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87969-580-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- HISTORY Using DNA to Understand the Past -- 1 Abraham Lincoln Did He Have Marfan Syndrome? -- 2 Kings and Queens Genetic Diseases in Royal Families -- 3 Toulouse- Lautrec An Artist despite His Genes -- 4 Old Bones DNA and Skeletons -- JUSTICE The DNA Revolution in the Courts -- 5 DNA Detectives The New DNA Evidence -- 6 Cold Hits The Rise of DNA Felon Databanks -- 7 Genes and Violence Do Mutations Cause Crime? -- 8 Wrongful Birth What Should the Doctor Know? -- BEHAVIOR Do Genes Make Us the Way We Are? -- 9 Mental Illness How Much Is Genetic? -- 10 Personality Were We Born This Way? -- 11 Talent Nature or Nurture? -- 12 Gay Genes What's the Evidence? -- PLANTS AND ANIMALS Genetic Engineering and Nature -- 13 Genetically Modified Organisms The Next Green Revolution? -- 14 Transgenic Animals New Foods and New Factories -- 15 Endangered Species New Genes Beat Extinction -- 16 Xenotransplantation Animal Organs to Save Humans -- DISEASES The Genetic Revolution in Medicine -- 17 Cystic Fibrosis Should Everyone Be Tested? -- 18 Breast Cancer The Burden of Knowing -- 19 Alzheimer Disease Are You at High Risk? -- 20 Gene Therapy The Dream and the Reality -- DILEMMAS Genetic Technologies and Individual Choice -- 21 Genetic Testing and Privacy Who Should Be Able to Know Your Genes? -- 22 Frozen Embryos People or Property? -- 23 Cloning Why Is Everyone Opposed? -- 24 Eugenics Can We Improve the Gene Pool? -- Bibliography -- Index.Twenty-four true, wide-ranging tales of crime, history, human behaviour, illness and ethics, told from the personal perspective of an eminent physician-lawyer. Philip Reilly uses these stories to illustrate the principles of human genetics and the wider issues.Human geneticsPopular worksMedical geneticsPopular worksGenetic engineeringPopular worksHuman geneticsMedical geneticsGenetic engineering599.93/5Reilly Philip1947-1867610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954707903321Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics4475240UNINA