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Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

Ecocriticism and Transnational Literature

By: Kim Fortuny

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Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

Ecocriticism and Transnational Literature

By: Kim Fortuny

Landscape and animals have been fundamental elements of Turkish culture from the Ottomans to the present day. This book examines representations of and attitudes toward land and animals in selected Turkish literary texts and cultural contexts. Informed by global debates in ecocriticism, ecopoetics and animal studies, Kim Fortuny explores literary and arts activism, as well as environmental interventions in the Turkish cultural sphere in light of ongoing ecological degradation in Turkey. Writers from the Turkish canon such as Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar and Nâzim Hikmet are explored alongside American and English texts to reveal common transnational environmental and ecological concerns across these distinct literary cultures. Analysing works of Turkish literature within the emerging field of ecocriticism, this interdisciplinary work will be of interest to scholars of Turkish and comparative literature and animal studies and ecocriticism across the humanities.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786736632

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9781786736635

American Writers in Istanbul

Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin and Settle

By: Kim Fortuny

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American Writers in Istanbul

Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin and Settle

By: Kim Fortuny

A Westerner writing about Istanbul “comes up against the Orient as a European or American first, as an individual second,” writes Edward Said. The American writers gathered in this collection are approached from the willed double perspective advocated by Said: as historically and culturally positioned observers and as individuals. Looking at texts by writers who do not necessarily define themselves as Orientalists, Kim Fortuny broadens the possible ways of thinking about this complex, idiosyncratic city of the world. In addition, the author’s close critical readings of the works of eight American writers who came to Istanbul and wrote about it offer a transnational approach to American writing that urges a loosening of a collective, national grip on literature as a product of place. This volume will be an invaluable addition to the history of literature.

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293

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Syracuse University Press

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0815655959

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9780815655954

Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and Applications

By: Tschangho John Kim

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Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and Applications

By: Tschangho John Kim

A wide range of books on urban systems models are available today for the student of urban planning, geography, and economics. There are few, if any, books, however, that deal with integrated urban systems modeling from the operational viewpoint. The term "integrated" is used here in the same sense as the "general equilibrium", in contrast to such approaches as "sequential" or "partial equilibrium". In fact, the main thesis of this book is that the characteristics of ur ban activity that best distinguish it from rural activity are (1) the intensive use of urban land and (2) urban congestion. On this basis, models that are introduced in this book are three- dimensional in character and produce urban land use configurations with explicit optimal density of urban pro duction activities along with optimal levels of transportation congestion. It is also assumed that both public and private sectors play significant roles in shaping urban forms, structures, and functions in mixed economic systems. From this viewpoint, models developed in this book address two integrated decision-making procedures: one by the public sector, which provides urban infrastructure and public services, and the other one by the private sector, which uses provided infrastructure and public services in pursuing parochial interests.

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278

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400924054

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9789400924055

Tropical Home

Inspirational Design Ideas

By: Kim Inglis

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Tropical Home

Inspirational Design Ideas

By: Kim Inglis

This Asian interior design and architecture book showcases the best luxury homes and interior spaces of the Pacific region. Asia has emerged in the last couple of decades as the global leader in tropical villa design. With innovative indoor/outdoor architecture engineered to facilitate relaxed, al fresco lifestyles, there are myriad solutions to suit every taste and pocket. Featuring hundreds of homes, garden estates, hotels, restaurants and more from India to Indochina, Indonesia to Sri Lanka, the design book gives a tantalizing glimpse of the latest trends for tropical wannabe decorators. Full-color photography of interiors and exteriors, garden features, pools and pavilions, as well as decorative details and fashion forward furniture, is accompanied by insightful text that traces past history and present trends, and predicts what is to come, design wise, in the future.

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468

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462906079

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9781462906079

Advanced Transport and Spatial Systems Models

Applications to Korea

By: Tschangho J. Kim

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Advanced Transport and Spatial Systems Models

Applications to Korea

By: Tschangho J. Kim

The usual view in a mixed economy is that some goods and services are produced privately and some, such as transportation, are produced publicly. Private institutions, such as households and entrepreneurs, produce and con sume goods and services in pursuing their parochial interests, while the pub lic sector attempts to broaden public interests. More precisely, the public sector constructs new transportation systems, improves their capaci ties, and regulates services and prices; and the private sector chooses locations of pro duction, modes of transportation, and routes of shipmellt. At the sallie' Lillte'. all forms of transportation influence our lives and cause us concern for Oll r environment, health, and safety. Thus, transportation is intimately woven into the daily life of individuals and organizations in our society. Because of its constant presence, transportation is easy to overlook until it fails in some way. Few would contend that private firms could or should construct an effi cient transportation system in a mixed economic system. Because the entire transportation system must be integrated and coordinated, firms with the power to construct such a system would have considerable monopoly control.

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260

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461234107

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9781461234104

Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

Ecocriticism and Transnational Literature

By: Kim Fortuny

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Ecocriticism and Transnational Literature

By: Kim Fortuny

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786726572

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9781786726575

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Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

American Writers in Istanbul

American Writers in Istanbul

Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and Applications

Integrated Urban Systems Modeling: Theory and Applications

Tropical Home

Tropical Home

Advanced Transport and Spatial Systems Models

Advanced Transport and Spatial Systems Models

Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture

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