The hydraulic system of Uxul : origins, functions, and social setting /
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This research seeks to close an essential research gap - the understanding of the water management strategies of the Maya in pre-Hispanic times. It focuses on the archaeological investigation of the hydraulic system of Uxul, a medium-sized Maya centre in the south of the state of Campeche, Mexico.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xxii, 518 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919306 (ebook) :
Water in the Roman world : engineering, trade, religion and daily life /
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Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and spas.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273013 (PDF ebook) :
Non-Marxian Historical Materialism: Reconstructions and Comparisons /
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The authors of this book reconstruct the philosophical, methodological and theoretical assumptions of non-Marxian historical materialism, a theory of historical process authored by Leszek Nowak (1943-2009), a co-founder of the Poznań School of Methodology. In the first part of the book, philosophical assumptions of this theory are compared with the concepts of Robert Nozick, Immanuel Wallerstein, André Gunder Frank and analytical Marxism. In the second part, non-Marxian historical materialism is compared with the concepts of Eva Etzioni-Halevy, Andrzej Falkiewicz, Robert Michels, Vilfredo Pareto, Theda Skocpol and Karl August Wittfogel.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004507296
9789004507265
The city in the Islamic world /
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The purpose of this book, is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been specially expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047442653 :
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