In the spring of 1893, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine and his younger sister Princess Alix, the future wife of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, went on a holiday to the Italian cities of Florence and Venice. They admired works of art in museums and churches, rode through the parks of Florence and the surrounding hills, and enjoyed gondola rides on the canals and in the lagoon of Venice. They also spent time with relatives, including Queen Victoria, Prince and Princess Henry of Ba...

In this book the old problem of the unfair distribution of wealth is again analyzed as to its root causes. Since money tends to be attracted by those who have more power then others to do so, too often resulting in a flagrantly unfair distribution of wealth where those who work hardest see the least of it, a solution is developed in which the freedom to trade and organize are protected or even enhanced while the power of everyone to be and remain free - their economic power - is equalized as ...

The Netherlands is not only known for its clogs and tulips, but also for its waterworks. From the Stormvloedkering (flood barrier) in Zeeland and the Balgstuw (weir) in Flevoland to the new locks in the Maas River: besides examples of unprecedented technical ingenuity, these so-called wet infrastructural works are also an integrated part of Dutch public space and culture.The publication Waterworks in the Netherlands: Tradition and Innovation portrays the diversity and spatial, cultural and cu...

The changing attitude of Catholic culture towards modernity.After decades of a problematic, if not plainly hostile, approach to modernity by Catholic culture, the 1960s marked the beginning of a new era. As the Church employed a more positive approach to the world, voices in the Catholic milieu embraced a radical perspective, channeling the need for social justice for the poor and the oppressed. The alternative and complementary world views of 'universalism' and 'liberation' would drive the e...

The Young Property Lawyers Forum is an international network of property law researchers, which has since its inception in 2008 organised seven conferences. Property Law Perspectives V contains a selection of peer reviewed papers presented at the sixth conference of the Young Property Lawyers Forum, which took place at the University of Groningen from 23 to 25 November 2015.

The contributors to this book deal with major challenges facing property law in the 21st century, such as inequality, E...

International crimes are the gravest crimes we know. International crimes – under which are classified genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – entail murder, rape, looting, destruction, and in general the uprooting of families and entire societies. The study of these crimes is not without its own peculiarities and obstacles. The purpose of this book is to discuss the methodological and statistical particularities from a non-technical, conceptual point of view. The book has been...

This book presents a remarkable collection of letters from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) and her governess, Elizabeth Saxton Winter (1855-1936), an Englishwoman. The earliest letters are those of a child, sent to Miss Winter when she was on holiday in England, but after Wilhelmina's education was finished in 1896 and she had no more need of a governess, she continued to write to Winter weekly. Her long letters cover a wide range of subjects: including her perspective on peop...

Deze prachtige uitgave 'James Aldridge, As above so below', hardcover, 104 pagina's en op groot formaat, gaat in op de serie van 8 indrukwekkende schilderijen. Door de riante hoeveelheid detailfoto's krijgt de lezer een innige weergave van de imposante, originele kunstwerken. De teksten zijn van Mathias Ussing Seeberg, curator van het Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denemarken. De vormgeving en uitgave zijn in vertrouwde handen van Galerie Christian Ouwens.

De schilderstijl van de kunstenaa...

Nine essays on home, identity and ruins. Writers, artist curators, and researchers, discuss homelessness and war, utopias of free movement, reconstructing cities and their histories, and the ethics of art. Viewpoints from Benelux, Finland, and Syria are bound together by artist Anssi Pulkkinen's 'Street View (Reassembled)', a mobile installation of a ruined Syrian home. The essays offer surprising perspectives into timely themes in today's world.

With contributions by Umayyad Abu-Hanna, Marwa...

Nowadays we know much more about the working of the brain, especially how it perceives things, how it decides and how it prepares and performs actions. This book uses that new understanding. It focuses on the question what the brain teaches us about safe work behaviour and which opportunities we have to influence that behaviour. The author offers the reader an innovative insight in the psychology behind the success or failure of many work-related safety measures.

One of the key messages is th...