Political Representation: Communities, Ideas and Institutions in Europe (c. 1200 - c. 1690) (Later Medieval Europe) edited by Jelle Haemers, Mario Damen, Alastair J. Mann
English | August 30, 2018 | ISBN: 9004352414 | True PDF | 332 pages | 8.4 MB
Political Representation: Communities, Ideas and Institutions in Europe (c. 1200 - c. 1690), a scholarly collection on representation in medieval and early modern Europe, opens up the field of institutional and parliamentary history to new paradigms of representation across a wide geography and chronology - as testified by the volume's studies on assemblies ranging from Burgundy and Brabant to Ireland and Italy.

Smart Zero-energy Buildings and Communities for Smart Grids
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1786306840 | 308 Pages | PDF (True) | 42 MB
Smart zero-energy buildings and communities have a major role to play in the evolution of the electric grid towards alignment with carbon neutrality policies. The goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment can be pursued through a holistic approach, including the drastic reduction of buildings' energy consumption.

Bob de Graaf, "Intelligence Communities and Cultures in Asia and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Reference"
English | ISBN: 1626378894 | 2020 | 505 pages | PDF | 5 MB
"An invaluable piece of literature for students of intelligence studies and cognate disciplines." ―Aidan Parkes, Journal of Asian Security & International Affairs

Majid Sharifi, "Insecurity Communities of South Asia and the Middle East"
English | ISBN: 0367543184 | 2020 | 286 pages | EPUB | 915 KB
This book critically examines how US foreign policy has produced a regional regime of instability and insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East. It focuses on three interconnected zones of conflict―Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia, Iran and the Persian Gulf states, and Iraq and its neighbours.

José E. Igartua, "Communities of the Soul: A Short History of Religion in Puerto Rico "
English | ISBN: 0228008395 | 2021 | 200 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Religion is fundamental to contemporary Puerto Rican society. From the cosmology of the Indigenous Taíno, to the wide range of Judeo-Christian churches and sects, to the practitioners of spiritism, Afro-Caribbean religions, and witchcraft, religious practice in its many forms permeates the lives of most Puerto Ricans. Communities of the Soul illuminates the landscape and history of religion in Puerto Rico from the beliefs and practices of the Taíno to the religious diversity of the present day. Throughout its history, religion in Puerto Rico has braided institutional forms and popular practices, yet has always been a community-based process - made by the people. When the island was under Spanish colonial rule, the formal but weak presence of Catholicism meant that Puerto Ricans cultivated their religious experiences within families and local communities as much as within the structures of the church. These communal practices continued as Puerto Ricans joined Protestant denominations - particularly evangelical Pentecostalism - after the American conquest of the island in 1898. In the second half of the twentieth century, religious diversity increased with the formation of Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as numerous local evangelical congregations. Even as Puerto Rican society becomes more cosmopolitan and diverse, popular devotions and ritualistic practices remain an important part of everyday life. The first synthesis of the religious history of the island, Communities of the Soul is an innovative exploration of religion in Puerto Rico and the beliefs, practices, and diversity of its past and present.

Walter Pohl, "Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World, C. 400-1000 CE "
English | ISBN: 0190067942 | 2021 | 464 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Sarah A. Herr, "Beyond Chaco: Great Kiva Communities on the Mogollon Rim Frontier"
English | 2001 | pages: 147 | ISBN: 0816521565 | PDF | 15,5 mb
During the eleventh and twelfth centuries A.D., the Mogollon Rim region of east-central Arizona was a frontier, situated beyond and between larger regional organizations such as Chaco, Hohokam, and Mimbres. On this southwestern edge of the Puebloan world, past settlement poses a contradiction to those who study it. Population density was low and land abundant, yet the region was overbuilt with great kivas, a form of community-level architecture. Using a frontier model to evaluate household, community, and regional data, Sarah Herr demonstrates that the archaeological patterns of the Mogollon Rim region were created by the flexible and creative behaviors of small-scale agriculturalists. These people lived in a land-rich and labor-poor environment in which expediency, mobility, and fluid social organization were the rule and rigid structures and normative behaviors the exception. Herr's research shows that the eleventh- and twelfth-century inhabitants of the Mogollon Rim region were recent migrants, probably from the southern portion of the Chacoan region. These early settlers built houses and ceremonial structures and made ceramic vessels that resembled those of their homeland, but their social and political organization was not the same as that of their ancestors. Mogollon Rim communities were shaped by the cultural backgrounds of migrants, by their liminal position on the political landscape, and by the unique processes associated with frontiers. As migrants moved from homeland to frontier, a reversal in the proportion of land to labor dramatically changed the social relations of production. Herr argues that when the context of production changes in this way, wealth-in-people becomes more valuable than material wealth, and social relationships and cultural symbols such as the great kiva must be reinterpreted accordingly. Beyond Chaco expands our knowledge of the prehistory of this region and contributes to our understanding of how ancestral communities were constituted in lower-population areas of the agrarian Southwest.

Christopher L. Atkinson, "Toward Resilient Communities: Examining the Impacts of Local Governments in Disasters "
English | ISBN: 0415658039 | 2013 | 206 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
In June 2011, the city of Minot, North Dakota sustained the greatest flood in its history. Rather than buckling under the immense weight of the flood on a personal and community level, government, civic groups, and citizens began to immediately assess and address the event's impacts. Why did the disaster in Minot lead to government and community resilience, whereas during Hurricane Katrina, the non-resilience of the government and community of New Orleans resulted in widespread devastation?

Communities of Innovation : How Organizations Harness Collective Creativity and Build Resilience
by Patrick Cohendet, Madanmohan Rao
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811234272 | 411 Pages | True PDF | 31 MB

Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays By Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
2006 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0786426403 | PDF | 8 MB
Fans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer's Odyssey and Euripedes' Medea. More recently, a number of science fiction, fantasy, media, and game works have found devoted fan followings. The advent of the Internet has brought these groups from relatively limited, face-to-face enterprises to easily accessible global communities, within which fan texts proliferate and are widely read and even more widely commented upon. New interactions between readers and writers of fan texts are possible in these new virtual communities. From Star Trek to Harry Potter, the essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction--its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative, and the role of the beta reader in online communities. The work also discusses the terminology used by creators of fan artifacts and comments on the effects of technological advancements on fan communities.