Editura Ashgate (10 cărţi)

While disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, politics, social policy and the health and medical sciences have a tradition of exploring the centrality of alcohol, drinking and drunkenness to people's » ...mai mult

The home is one of our most enduring human paradoxes and is brought to light tellingly in science-fiction (SF) writing and film. However, while similarities and crossovers between architecture and SF have » ...mai mult

Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century. This book provides the most comprehensive critical survey of Stirling's work to date, charting the development of » ...mai mult

Throughout history, the functions and roles of borders have been continuously changing. They can only be understood in their context, shaped as they are by history, politics and power, as well as cultural » ...mai mult

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity » ...mai mult

Responsive Land Policy for Extreme Floods Clumsy Floodplains Imprint: Ashgate Published: February 2011 Format: 234 x 156 mm Extent: 170 pages Binding: Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4094-1845-0 Price : £65.00 » » ...mai mult

Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained within) certain » ...mai mult

ers. Part II The Dynamics of Populations at the Edge: Bubbles and craters: analysing ageing patterns of remote area populations, Catherine Martel, Dean Carson, Emma Lundholm and Dieter Müller; Transnational » ...mai mult

While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely ignored by agro-food scholars. This » ...mai mult

The idea of 'flirting' with space is central to this book. Space is conceptualised as being in constant flux as we make our way through various contexts in our daily lives, and is considered in relation » ...mai mult