Nell'Alto Medioevo nasceva in Costiera Amalfitana una società che appare estremamente moderna: un'agricoltura variegata che offriva fonte di sussistenza e prospettive di mobilità sociale, cooperative per il finanziamento delle attività commerciali, imprenditoria femminile, regole del lavoro garantite da un diritto marittimo di ampia fama. La disponibilità all'innovazione comprendeva praticamente tutti i settori, dalle attività produttive all'arte. Amalfi, prima Repubblica Marinara, disponeva di una vasta rete mediterranea che collegava il mondo islamico all'impero bizantino e all'Europa occidentale latina. Questo libro offre una visione d'insieme sulla storia di Amalfi nel Medioevo: cultura, scienze, tecnologia, economia e politica. Mentre contribuisce alla ricerca storica, grazie alla sua narrazione saggistica è fonte d'ispirazione per viaggiatori e appassionati di politica, per una migliore comprensione della storia e cultura non soltanto della Costiera Amalfitana ma dell'intero Mediterraneo.

Non solo nelle guide turistiche d'Italia, ma anche nella ricerca storica l'attenzione riservata a Pisa va solitamente ben poco oltre la Torre pendente e quanto immediatamente la circonda. Un atteggiamento che in realtà 'pende' quanto il famoso campanile: Pisa giocò in Italia un ruolo di primaria importanza ben prima di Firenze, e fra le repubbliche marinare italiane fu al livello di Venezia. Nel periodo del suo massimo splendore, durante il Medioevo di mezzo, Pisa - dal Levante alla Romania, dal Maghreb all'Egitto, dalla Sardegna all'Italia centro-settentrionale - fu il punto di riferimento di una vasta rete che collegava l'Occidente e l'Oriente. Per queste ragioni due rinomati storici austriaci, Michael Mitterauer e John Morrissey, hanno analizzato le vicende di Pisa 'potenza sul mare e motore di cultura' in un'ottica comparativa che della città ricostruisce il contesto economico, politico e religioso complessivo, spaziando dalla storia dell'Italia comunale all'economia, dalla storia dell'arte a quella della costituzione cittadina, dalla storia religiosa a quella dell'imposizione dei nomi. Il risultato è un ritratto nuovo e affascinante di una 'misconosciuta' città del Medioevo, in cui costruzione del duomo e guerre navali, riforma della Chiesa, attività di crociata e rapporti commerciali sono legati insieme. Una città i cui impulsi hanno influenzato in maniera duratura la storia europea: ed è guardando ad essa che questa storia può essere meglio compresa.

'This medical handbook serves as an accessible resource for answering the questions of women with breast cancer as well as easing the concerns of their spouses and family members. Drawing on the personal experiences of a breast-cancer survivor and the professional expertise of breast-cancer specialists, this guide outlines the various treatment options for cancer patients--including lumpectomy and mastectomy surgeries, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy--both in terms of how they work and the toll they take on a patient's life. Updated information and photographs on breast reconstruction are included along with a complete list of resources and an open discussion of hereditary and reoccurrence risks'--

Edited by Dr Rob Kitchen, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, the Key Concepts in Human Geography series is an innovative set of companion texts for undergraduate students of the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 20 short essays, they provide a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in their field.

All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and extensive pedagogic features in the form of a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading.

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Morrissey et al have produced a detailed yet expansive guide to an area in which students have been poorly served in the past. Key Concepts in Historical Geography brings alive the human geographies of the past, and demonstrates their relevancy for understanding key aspects of the contemporary world.

This new and innovative includes entries on:

• Colonial and Postcolonial geographies
• Globalization
• Space
• Power

Intended Audience: Key Concepts in Historical Geography is an excellent text for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Historical Geography.

Edited by Dr Rob Kitchen, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, the Key Concepts in Human Geography series is an innovative set of companion texts for undergraduate students of the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 20 short essays, they provide a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in their field.

All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and extensive pedagogic features in the form of a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading.

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Morrissey et al have produced a detailed yet expansive guide to an area in which students have been poorly served in the past. Key Concepts in Historical Geography brings alive the human geographies of the past, and demonstrates their relevancy for understanding key aspects of the contemporary world.

This new and innovative includes entries on:

• Colonial and Postcolonial geographies
• Globalization
• Space
• Power

Intended Audience: Key Concepts in Historical Geography is an excellent text for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Historical Geography.

Many books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology.  However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and non-regulatory efforts to address the problems.  This book provides case by case examinations of how toxic chemical effects on wildlife have brought about policy and regulatory decisions, and positive changes in environmental conditions.  Wild animal stories, whether they are about the disappearance of charismatic top predators, or of grossly deformed embryos or frogs, provide powerful symbols that can and have captured the public's imagination and have resulted in increased awareness by decision makers.  It is the intent of this book to present factual and balanced overviews and summaries of the science and the subsequent regulatory processes that followed to effect change (or not).  We cover a variety of chemicals and topics beginning with an update of the classic California coastal DDT story of eggshell thinning and avian reproduction to more recent cases, such as the veterinarian pharmaceutical that has brought three species of Asian vultures to the brink of extinction.  Researchers, regulators, educators, NGOs and the general public will find valuable insights into the processes and mechanisms involved both in environmental scientific investigation and in efforts to effect positive change.