This transdisciplinary volume investigates the ways in which people and organisations deal with the overflow of information, goods or choices. It explores two main themes: the emergence of overflows and the management of overflows, in the sense of either controlling or coping with them. Individual chapters show the management of overflows taking place in various social settings, periods and pol…
Every Silversea guest knows from personal experience that stories and travel are close companions. Yet the two have never been so deeply interwoven as they were for the Silversea Tale of Tales World Cruise 2019. This anthology celebrates all those who were part of that extraordinary voyage. Those who travelled further into the world to discover its beauty. Those who were fascinated, amazed and …
is chapter distinguishes the differences between co-living and co-housing and focuses on co-living environments, which are based on the temporary sharing of spaces, services, and above all, experi-ences with building a community. Unlike co-housing, co-living spaces are constantly redefined by the relationships of their inhabitants. The co-existence …
In the 17th century, markets in Europe were rapidly expanding and cocoa spread to most islands in the Caribbean and subsequently to mainland Venezuela and Colombia. In the same century, the Spanish succeeded in transferring a few live plants to Manila in the Philippines. Cocoa cultivation gradually spread southward through the East Indies, and ultimately also to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. A…
This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic, and political challenges facing contemporary Japan. Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offers hidden.
The hands of the clock on the front of the Strangers' Gallery were nearing six. The long-expected introductory speech of the Minister in charge of the new Land Bill was over, and the leader of the Opposition was on his feet. The House of Commons was full and excited. The side galleries were no less crowded than the benches below, and round the entrance-door stood a compact throng of member…
"Milly, come down! come down directly! Mother wants you. Do make haste!" "I'm just coming, Olly. Don't stamp so. Nurse is tying my sash." But Master Olly went on stamping, and jumping up and down stairs, as his way was when he was very much excited, till Milly appeared. Presently down she came, a sober fair-haired little maiden, with blue eyes and a turn-up nose, and a mouth that was gener…