Blast effects on buildings

Penang and its networks of knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Gathering knowledge in the Bay of Bengal, the letters of John Adolphus Pope, 1785-1788 / Barbara Watson Andaya -- Regional networks of knowledge, the Penang College General and beyond / Anthony Reid -- Emplacing a network religion in a world in motion, evangelical Christianity and the Brethren movement in Penang / Jean DeBernardi -- Indian Ocean connections, illuminated Islamic manuscripts from Penang / Annabel Teh Gallop -- A view from the hill, romantic imaginings and improvement in early Penang / Christina Skott -- New ways of knowing, the Prince of Wales Island gazzette, Penang's first newspaper / Geoff Wade -- Secret histories of the colonial city, Penang viewed through the 1867 riots / Anoma Pieris -- The press and pan-Islamism / Khoo Salma Nasution -- Cosmopolitanism and the modern girl, a cross-cultural discourse in 1930s Penang / Su Lin Lewis -- The changing perceptions of waqf and other religious endowments, social, cultural, and symbolic capital in Penang / Judith Nagata -- At the crossroads of history and development, an urban kampung as unseen heritage and a critique of development in Penang / Peter Zabielskis.…”

Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games volume one : making the games

Table of Contents: “…Beijing-London-Rio de Janeiro : a never-ending global competition / John R. Gold and Margaret M. …”