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Art as an Interface of Law and Justice
This book looks at the way in which the 'call for justice' is portrayed through art and presents a wide range of texts from film to theatre to essays and novels to interrogate the law. 'Calls for justice' may have their positive connotations, but throughout history most have caused annoyance. Art is very well suited to deal with such annoyance, or to provoke it. This study shows how art operates as an interface, here, between two spheres: the larger realm of justice and the more specific system of law. This interface has a double potential. It can make law and justice affirm or productively disturb one another. Approaching issues of injustice that are felt globally, eight chapters focus on o...
Building the Urban Environment
History and critique of post-World War II urban planning explores its effects on the environment, race, labor, housing, and municipal administration.
Literary Invention and the Cartographic Imagination
Literary Invention and the Cartographic Imagination: Early Modern to Late Modern is a wide-ranging, inter- and transdisciplinary approach grounded in the twin rigors of theory and history, which, through close readings of authors from Edmund Spenser to Olga Tokarczuk, and through considered discussions of the ideologies of walking and mapping, in performance art and cultural representation, assesses and analyses the significance of maps to literary texts, and which examines the ways in which the literary maps imaginary and real worlds. Together, the essays demonstrate convincingly the close relationship between text, map and culture.
Water in Medieval Literature
Ecocritical thinking has sensitized us more than ever before to the tremendous importance of water for human life, as it is richly reflected in the world of literature. The great relevance of water also in the Middle Ages might come as a surprise for many readers, but the evidence assembled here confirms that also medieval poets were keenly aware of the importance of water to sustain all life, to provide understanding of life’s secrets, to mirror love, and to connect the individual with God. In eleven chapters major medieval European authors and their works are discussed here, taking us from the world of Old Norse to Irish and Latin literature, to German, French, English, and Italian romances and other narratives.
Cities of Tomorrow
Peter Hall’s seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth edition offers a perceptive, critical, and global history of urban planning and design throughout the twentieth-century and beyond. A revised and updated edition of this classic text from one of the most notable figures in the field of urban planning and design Offers an incisive, insightful, and unrivalled critical history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the underlying socio-economic challenges and opportunities Comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new research published over the last decade Reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth-century and beyond Draws on global examples throughout, and weaves the author’s own fascinating experiences into the text to illustrate this authoritative story of urban growth
Cultural Heritage and the Future of the Historic Inner City of Amsterdam
"This book examines how urban heritage may continue to acquire new appropriate meanings over time under changing social and economic circumstances. The scope of this question is far broader than the physical condition of the urban heritage alone. It is an exploration of the meanings of heritage for the future of the inner city and for the new proliferation of urbanity in general and Amsterdam in particular. The central question is how a monumentally structured city adapts to new developments in the market and society. Conversely, the dynamic use of urban space necessitates an ongoing search for the added value of this cultural heritage for the new social and economic trends."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
That City is Mine!
Annotation. This thesis is about urban ideal images. It is about dreams - not fictitious beliefs, but dreams that humankind can realize tomorrow. It is about images from intellectuals, pastry cooks, urban planners and firemen. About people who deeply care about their cities, about their hopes, frustrations, anger and optimism. They describe their ideals in city debates to gain support, and try to eliminate those with different urban ideal images. They grouse, cuddle, quarrel, adore allies and blacken enemies. But are they successful? Do people change their urban ideal images because of these discussions? Does the local planning council change their plans because they conflict with ideals of citizens? The answers can be found in this book. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056293826.
That City is Mine!
This thesis is about urban ideal images. It is about dreams – not fictitious beliefs, but dreams that humankind can realize tomorrow. It is about images from intellectuals, pastry cooks, urban planners and firemen. About people who deeply care about their cities, about their hopes, frustrations, anger and optimism. They describe their ideals in city debates to gain support, and try to eliminate those with different urban ideal images. They grouse, cuddle, quarrel, adore allies and blacken enemies. But are they successful? Do people change their urban ideal images because of these discussions? Does the local planning council change their plans because they conflict with ideals of citizens? The answers can be found in this book.
Alles moest nog worden uitgevonden
In Alles moest nog worden uitgevonden wordt de ontstaansgeschiedenis vastgelegd van een van de belangrijkste uitvindingen in de geschiedenis van de mens: de computer. Pioniers als Von Neumann en Alan Turing worden beschreven samen met illustere voorlopers van onze huidige pc als de Enigmamachine, een codeerapparaat dat van cruciaal belang was voor het verloop van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Van gigantische, ronkende machines evolueerde de computer in relatief korte tijd tot het compacte apparaat dat in geen enkel huis of bedrijf meer ontbreekt en dat zaken als Windows, e-mail en internet onmisbaar heeft gemaakt. Cordula Rooijendijk geeft voor het eerst een overzicht van de mensen en ontwikkelingen die voor deze revolutie gezorgd hebben. Cordula Rooijendijk (1973) promoveerde in 2005 tot doctor in de stadsgeografie. Ze werkt nu als zelfstandig onderzoeker en schrijver, en als leerkracht in het basisonderwijs
Vrije jongens
Van Hanzekoop tot slavenhandel: ontdek de gewetenloze ondernemers die Nederland rijk maakten. Een duister verhaal van winst boven moraal, waar alles te koop was. Wie zaten er achter de handel die Nederland ooit rijk maakte? Cordula Rooijendijk portretteert de succesvolle ondernemers van toen, de ‘vrije jongens’ van de Hanze, de Bergenvaarders, de VOC en de WIC. Ze vertelt over Hinrick van Hasselt, die alle Hanzegeboden negeerde en zijn stokvissen gewoon in Noorwegen verkocht, over Louis de Geer, die zonder scrupules vanuit Zweden de WIC beconcurreerde, over Jan Reeps, die in z’n eentje Zuid-Amerika wilde koloniseren, en over Anthony van Hoboken, die rustig in slavenjongens bleef handelen toen dat allang verboden was. Vrije jongens is een meeslepend, inspirerend en soms huiveringwekkend verhaal over mensen van vlees en bloed die maar één handelsmotto hadden: als het moet verkoop je ook jezelf.
