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The book investigates China's relations to the outside world between ca. 100 BCE and 1800 CE. In contrast to most histories of the Silk Roads, the focus of this book clearly lies on the maritime Silk Road and on the period between Tang and high Qing, selecting aspects that have so far been neglected in research on the history of China's relations with the outside world.

This book offers an English translation, a working Latin text, and an up-do-date historical and historiographical overview of the Libri Feudorum, the earliest known collection of feudal law lying at the core of current debates on feudalism.

Spanish Diversity in the Amazon focusses on Spanish varieties spoken in the Peruvian, Ecuadorean and Colombian Amazon, and this volume is the first of its kind. It introduces studies on theoretical, methodological and descriptive studies on linguistic, typological, ethnographic, and contact linguistics perspectives.

When does eating become art? Can a cook be an artist? This book answers these questions by exploring the position of taste in contemporary culture and the manners in which taste meanders its way into the realm of art.

Based on the translation of the Correct Explanation of the Tang "Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching" (1644) by the Jesuit Manuel Dias Jr. and other late Ming Chinese Christian sources, the book reconstructs the process of interpretation and "appropriation" of the Xi'an stele and other ancient Christian relics by the Jesuit missionaries and their Chinese converts.

This study provides--based on the Nyāyasūtravivaraṇa--a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the core Nyāya teachings, the preparation and processing of text-critical data, and three South Indian writing systems: the Grantha Tamil, Telugu script and Kannada script.

Imagined Israel(s) presents a nuanced image of Israel by considering multiple artistic representations of the Jewish state, stretching beyond stereotypical representations of war and conflict, while also encompassing the experience and perspective of the Jewish diaspora and other communities.

The Yearbook aims to promote research, studies and writings in the field of international law in Asia, as well as to provide an intellectual platform for the discussion and dissemination of Asian views and practices on contemporary international legal issues.

One of the major contributions to scholarship on Marx, Engels and nineteenth-century science, Liedman's work is here presented in English translation and with a new preface by the author.

This study examines theological dissertations by international students accepted by major Austrian universities and shows that academic incompetence, plagiarism, and negligent supervision are seriously damaging theological institutions - in Europe and abroad. Some Catholic priests from developing countries receive theological doctorates in Austria by submitting substandard dissertations. Overwhelmed by culture shock and lacking proper academic guidance, these students resort to copying and manipulating data. Many go on to become church leaders at home. This study addresses the damage done by deficient dissertations.

Rudolf Hilferding was one of European socialism's leading figures from 1902-1941. This volume of his previously unpublished correspondence shows how, even as his thought evolved in the face of the movement's changing fortunes, democracy stood at the core of his vision of socialism.

Using interdisciplinary methodologies and making a case study around the military aḳıncı institution, a relic of early times, this study discusses the emergence of the Ottoman polity in dealing with various warlords and across different identities and political affiliations.

A Saudi Tribal History, the fourth volume of Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, presents the oral traditions of the Daw?sir tribal confederation which continue to shape its members' collective consciousness. It comprises an analytical introduction, the Arabic text in transcription with English translation on the facing page, and a substantial glossary.

This book reflects on how climate change concerns are integrated in a number of policy sectors, and on how integration is shaped by a range of factors, at the subnational level in selected cases in Italy and Austria.

This Yearbook contains a selection of papers presented at the 14th Polar Law Symposium and other papers submitted.

Editors Robert Reid and Joe Andrew present eleven essays by international scholars concerning Tolstoi's influence on contemporaries and posterity through his fiction and thought. They cover themes ranging from translation to Tolstoian communes and cast unique light on Tolstoi's genius.

Yawen Zheng evaluates China's foreign investment legal regime's guiding of its two-way investments towards the country's development goals: building technological capacity, deepening integration into the global economy, promoting green development, protecting security, and participating in global economic governance and rule-making.

This book presents Miriam Ben-Peretz's world-renowned scholarship as a pioneering female professor, university leader, and founding citizen of Israel. The book features her academic lineage, her signature research, and her collaboration with Israel's MOFET Institute.

This book presents Miriam Ben-Peretz's world-renowned scholarship as a pioneering female professor, university leader, and founding citizen of Israel. The book features her academic lineage, her signature research, and her collaboration with Israel's MOFET Institute.

The first book in English on Chinese-language media in Australia, Digital Transnationalism explores the challenges, opportunities and development of this sector against the backdrop of China's rise, its soft power agenda, and renewed hostility between China and the global West. Situated in the Australian context, this study nevertheless is essential to understand the complex and evolving nature of Chinese-language digital media, and the role they play in fostering digital transnationalism among first-generation Chinese migrants across the globe.

A critical examination of the thought and life of Richard FitzRalph (1300-1360), a central protagonist in scholarly debates at both Oxford, Avignon and in Ireland, best known for his role in the poverty controversies of the 1350s.

Large-Scale Technology Implementation Stories to Inspire Change offers leader practical insights through stories and cases to aid planned and unplanned large-scale technology deployments. Diverse perspectives of institutional and industry leaders provide administrative, collaboration, and inclusive excellence guidance.

Katarzyna Skrzypińska introduces two models: describing the relation between religiousness and spirituality in the context of looking for the meaning in life (Meaning Making Beliefs-Spirituality-Religiousness, MM B-S-R model) and indicating the triple nature of spirituality (Threefold Nature of Spirituality, TNS model).

Large-Scale Technology Implementation Stories to Inspire Change offers leader practical insights through stories and cases to aid planned and unplanned large-scale technology deployments. Diverse perspectives of institutional and industry leaders provide administrative, collaboration, and inclusive excellence guidance.