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This book traces the birth and evolution of the first chairs of Political Economy at University College London, associated with the development and changes of the institution itself, both organisationally and academically. The research took into account the entry of female students and faculty into the teaching of Political Economy. Also, the importance of the organisational chart and the personalities who occupied the top positions. In a transcendental way, the figure of the professors and lecturers of Political Economy and Statistics is dealt with, scrutinising teaching aspects, programmes elaborated in different periods and exams. As well as the grants awarded to students, the associations that were formed and the initial development of museums and libraries. All of this with the intention of demonstrating the great importance of University College London in the spectrum of higher education in the United Kingdom, with a liberal ideology and distancing itself from the discriminatory models of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

This collective work contains ten interesting chapters in regards to the development of Intercultural Universities in Contemporary Mexico, paying attention to constitutional and legal reforms in the sphere of human rights in indigenous communities. Under the perspective of interdisciplinarity, the authors display the projection of historical and ideological changes in Mexican Higher Education. In this sense, the Intercultural model of universities have the purpose of resolving diverse problems in rural and indigenous municipalities and localities. This aim is based on the respect of indigenous cosmovisions and epistemologies. The unfavorable circumstances in local economy of coffee producers in the Totonac town of Huehuetla (State of Puebla), the main risks in health of adolescent population or the ignorance in human rights are some illuminated troubles in this book. Additionally, the intercultural universities plan and execute projects of community bonding that are starring by higher students and indigenous groups, such as Primary students, peasant women and local public officials, among others. These projects are strategies aimed at improving living conditions of vulnerable collectives of population.

The hospital’s foundation for poor students was focused in medical attention and pharmacy. In general, this references about this type of institutions are limited. In 1540 was founded with the title of confraternity, “Hospital de Pobres Estudiantes del Estudio General de Valencia” which monograph pretends to contribute to the study of the university’s history specifically to the aforementioned Universitat de València on their assistance function. It describe and analyze life on this hospital in his organizational aspects, economy, patrimonial and accounts, when it went extincted in 1847. The used resources, they have been notarial protocols, constitutions of “Universidad de Valencia” and some books from this university: about economy, minutes from “Junta de Hacienda”, written instruments cloisters of professors and of priories. Likewise books of “Juntas de Patronato de la Ciudad de Valencia”.

Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the key question posed by Margaret Lee in this provocative book, in which she argues that all too often the voices of African traders are obscured amid a blizzard of statistical analysis. However, it is these very voices - from those operating on the ground as formal or informal traders - that must be listened to in order to form a true understanding of the impact trade regimes have on these individuals and their communities. Featuring a wealth of oral histories from across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, including Africans in China, Africa's World Trade offers a unique insight into how the complexity of international trade agreements can shape the everyday lives of ordinary Africans.

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies and polities are very much informal in character, with informal actors, including so-called Big Men, often using their positions in the formal structure as a means to reach their own goals. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, this comprehensive volume shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent's conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain.

This volume presents new research on royal courts from antiquity to the modern world, from Asia to Europe. It addresses the interactions of rulers and and elites at court, as well as the multiple connections between court, capital, and realm.

In Dinner at Dan, Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework.

About the editors Cyril Obi is a senior researcher, and leader, Research Cluster on Conflict, Displacement and Transformation, at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden. He has been on leave since 2005 from the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, where he is an associate research professor. In 2004, Dr Obi became the second Claude Ake Visiting Professor at the University of Uppsala. He is the recipient of the following international recognition/awards: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Governance Institute Fellow in 1993; fellow of the Salzburg Seminar 1994; SSRC-MacArthur Foundation visiting fellow in 1996; visiting fellow to the Africa Studies Centre (ASC), Leiden; and visiting fellow and senior research associate, St Antony's College, Oxford, from October 1999 to March 2000. In 2001, he was a fellow of the 21st Century Trust conference on ‘Rethinking security for the 21st century', also held at Oxford. He is a contributing editor to the Review of African Political Economy, and is on the editorial board of the African Journal of International Affairs, the African Security Review and the Review of Leadership in Africa. Dr Obi has been a guest editor of journals such as African and Asian Studies and the African Journal of International Affairs. His most recent book, co-edited with Fantu Cheru, is The Rise of China and India in Africa (Zed Books, 2010). Siri Aas Rustad is a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Her research is mainly concerned with post-conflict natural resource management, with a particular focus on Nigeria. Other research interests include the role of natural resources in conflict and the geography of conflict.

The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been discovered, using the newest archaeological techniques, about the town and its economy, its military importance, and the religious and domestic buildings it held. It will be essential reading for anyone studying the economy of the Roman provincial countryside or the details of food supply for the Roman army and town.

The Tomb of the Priests of Amun, also known as Bab el-Gasus, was uncovered in 1891 at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes). The site proved to be the largest undisturbed tomb ever found in Egypt, as there were found the intact burials of 153 individuals that lived under the 21st Dynasty (ca. 1069-945 BC). This outstanding find was subsequently divided in lots of antiquities and dispersed by 17 nations. This volume presents the first comprehensive publication of the Italian Lot, kept in the Egyptian Museum of Florence. Besides the formal description of the objects, a critical assessment of the collection is provided regarding the reconstruction of the burial assemblages, the reuse of the burial equipment and the art historical examination of coffin decoration.