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The armed forces of Rome, particularly those of the later Republic and Principate, are rightly regarded as some of the finest military formations ever to engage in warfare. Less well known however is their use by the State as tools for such nonmilitary activities in political, economic and social contexts. In this capacity they were central instruments for the Emperor to ensure the smooth running of the Empire. In this book the use of the military for such non-conflict related duties is considered in detail for the first time. The first, and best known, is running the great construction projects of the Empire in their capacity as engineers. Next, the role of the Roman military in the running of industry across the Roman Empire is examined, particularly the mining and quarrying industries but also others. They also took part in agriculture, administered and policed the Empire, provided a firefighting resource and organized games in the arena. The soldiers of Rome really were the foundations on which the Roman Empire was constructed: they literally built an empire. Simon Elliott lifts the lid on this less well-known side to the Roman army, in an accessible narrative designed for a wide readership

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Radiological Impact in Forest Ecosystems -- Abstract -- Introduction -- General Concepts about Ionizing Radiations -- Sources of Radionuclides in the Environment -- Radiological Protection of Human in Forest Ecosystems -- Radiological Protection of the Environment -- Dose Rates to Organism -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Litter Chemistry, Decomposition and Its Effects on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Litter Decomposition and Soil Organisms -- 3. Chemical Changes during Litter Decomposition -- 4. Litter Chemistry -- 4.1. Chemistry of Lignin -- 4.1.1. Lignin Effects on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- 4.2. Chemistry of Phenolics -- 4.2.1. The Effects of Phenols on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- 4.3. Chemistry of Tannins -- 4.3.1. Effects of Tannin on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- 4.4. Chemistry of Carbohydrates (Cellulose and Hemicelluloses) -- 4.4.1. Effects of Cellulose and Hemicelluloses on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- 4.5. The Chemistry of Nitrogen -- 4.5.1. Effects of Nitrogen on Soil Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Impact of Forest Management Practices After Windstorm and Wildfire in Spruce Forest on Soil Nematode Communities -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Soil Nematodes as Bioindicators of Soil Conditions -- 2. About Our Research -- 2.1. Windstorm and Wildfire in Spruce Forest Tatra National Park Slovakia -- 2.2. Effect of Windstorm and Wildfire in Spruce Forest on Soil Nematode Communities in Different Forest Management Practices -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Biographical Sketch -- Organization of Boreal Forests in Insular Volcanic Landscapes of North-West Pacific -- Abstract

Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 What is democracy promotion? -- chapter 2 Democratic representation -- chapter 3 Disordering histories -- chapter 4 Authoring the codes elsewhere: Colonial governmentality and teleological time -- chapter 5 Blood in the codes: Liberal governmentality, democracy and Pakistan -- chapter 6 Twelve months that shook the world: 1989 and the Salman Rushdie affair -- chapter 7 The art of integration: Representing British Muslims.

The armed forces of Rome, particularly those of the later Republic and Principate, are rightly regarded as some of the finest military formations ever to engage in warfare. Less well known however is their use by the State as tools for such nonmilitary activities in political, economic and social contexts. In this capacity they were central instruments for the Emperor to ensure the smooth running of the Empire. In this book the use of the military for such non-conflict related duties is considered in detail for the first time. The first, and best known, is running the great construction projects of the Empire in their capacity as engineers. Next, the role of the Roman military in the running of industry across the Roman Empire is examined, particularly the mining and quarrying industries but also others. They also took part in agriculture, administered and policed the Empire, provided a firefighting resource and organized games in the arena. The soldiers of Rome really were the foundations on which the Roman Empire was constructed: they literally built an empire. Simon Elliott lifts the lid on this less well-known side to the Roman army, in an accessible narrative designed for a wide readership.

Jane Elliott is an educator who began her career in a third-grade classroom in Riceville, Iowa, and over the past fifty years has become an educator of people of all ages all over the U.S. and abroad.The Blue-eyed, Brown-eyed Exercise which she devised to help her students to understand Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work, has been cited and studied by psychologists and sociologists all over the world. Elliott lives in a remodeled schoolhouse twenty-one miles from where she was born. She remains stedfast in her belief that there is only one race, THE HUMAN RACE, of which we are all members

This volume is the latest to emerge from a series of workshops about the role of media in Canadian popular culture. By examining topics such as the values embedded in food marketing, the locavore movement, food tourism, dinner parties, food bank donations, the moral panic surrounding obesity, food crises, and fears about food safety, the contributors to this volume paint a rich, and sometimes unsettling portrait of how food is represented, regulated, and consumed in Canada. With chapters from leading scholars such as Ken Albala, Harvey Levenstein, Stephen Kline and Valerie Tarasuk, the volume also includes contributions from "food insiders"—bestselling cookbook author and food editor Elizabeth Baird and veteran restaurant reviewer John Gilchrist. The result is a timely and thought-provoking look at food as a system of communication through which Canadians articulate cultural identity, personal values, and social distinction

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: identity troubles -- PART I THEORIES OF IDENTITY -- 1 Identity, individualism, individualization: three versions of the self -- 2 The theory of new individualism -- 3 Identity weakened? The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization -- 4 Experimental worlds: on posthuman identity -- PART II PRACTICES OF IDENTITY -- 5 Accelerated identity: five theses on the self -- 6 Drastic plastic: identity in the age of makeover -- 7 New global elites: on the new individualist arts of escape -- 8 Digital lives, miniaturized mobilities and identity -- 9 DIY self-design: experimentation across global airports -- References -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- PART I: Expanding forms of disaster research -- 1. Broadening horizons of disaster research -- The social significance of disasters -- Disasters at the edge of history -- Expanding forms of disaster research -- Disasters and social division -- Social theory and the psycho-social dimensions of disasters -- The messiness of disaster research in the 21st century -- Note -- References

Radically revises our conception of climate change as a political problem, not a natural phenomenon.Brian Elliott persuasively argues that climate change is, in fact, a symptom of neoliberal governance. This helps us to understand how, across wealthy liberal democracies, environmental concern has increasingly been framed as a consumer responsibility issue rather than as a matter of structural social-political transformation.Thinking of a world truly beyond climate change requires us to reimagine the state beyond its current neoliberal configuration. Elliott argues that, in order to achieve this, environmental politics in the west needs to renew the Marxist challenge to the global market's benign production of social utility and construct a new non-apocalyptic politics of nature.

"Food nourishes the body, but our relationship with food extends far beyond our need for survival. We use food choices not only to express our personal tastes but also, and perhaps more importantly, to declare our affiliation with certain groups to the exclusion of others. Thanks to a newly global system of food production, however, coupled with rising concerns about the nutritional value of the foods we consume and the impact of our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, the modern foodscape has become remarkably difficult to navigate. A single food item may, for example, be labelled with health-related claims made by the manufacturer that do not dovetail with the information provided in the "Nutrition Facts" label. In the media sphere, the enormous amount of food-related advice provided by government agencies, assorted advocacy groups, diet books, and so on compete with efforts on the part of the food industry to sell their product and to respond to a consumer-driven desire for convenience. As a result, the topic of food has grown fraught, engendering sometimes acrimonious debates about what we should eat, and why. This volume is the latest to emerge from a series of workshops about the role of media in Canadian popular culture. By examining topics such as the values embedded in food advertising, the meaning of "organic" and "natural," the locavore movement, food tourism, dinner parties, food bank donations, the moral panic surrounding obesity, food crises, and fears about food safety, the contributors to this volume paint a rich, if at times disturbing, portrait of how food is represented, regulated, and consumed in Canada. We also hear from "food insiders"--Bestselling cookbook author and food editor Elizabeth Baird, veteran restaurant reviewer and food writer John Gilchrist, executive chef and culinary tourism provider Eric Pateman--who provide valuable insights about the way that Canadians cook, eat, and experience food. The result is a thought-provoking look at food as a system of communication through which Canadians articulate cultural identity, personal values, and social class."--