Immigrants italiens et frontière américaine : Pioneers ! Ο pioneers ! by Marie-Christine Michaud

“…Between the Civil War and the First World War most of the Italian immigrants settled in Eastern cities. …”
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The Literary Roots of Southern Westerns by Lauric Guillaud

“…Landscapes, notably Monument Valley in the Western, and the swamp in the Southern, point towards the American obsession for the dichotomy between civilization and the wilderness – a dichotomy which transcends the Frontier West.…”
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Les Inventaires européens, un exemple : English Heritage

“…As part of the 'Maison du Moyen Age', an external department of the 'Bibliothèque nationale de France' based in Poitiers, which specializes in mediaeval civilization, the 'Service régional de l'Inventaire' in Poitou-Charentes is trying to collect the publications of other European institutions which publish material on aspects of heritage. …”
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Introduction. Palmyre-Tadmor : le patrimoine culturel en guerre by Sylvie Crogiez-Pétrequin

“…After its instrumentalization by the Syrian Baathist regime, the destruction by Daech of Palmyra’s archaeological heritage, perceived as a symbol of both Western civilization and the national identity of the Syrian state, is thus destined to shock Westerners, just as the use of Palmyra was envisaged by the Syrian state in the construction of the Syrian national novel.…”
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Edukacja przyrodnicza elementem procesu wychowania by Elżbieta Buchcic

“…This is due to the rapid development of our civilization, which makes it necessary to engage in constant decision-making and have the ability to distinguish positive and negative values. …”
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The Eurasian Integration as a New Stage of Development of the Russian Statehood by O. A. Podberezkina

“…To that purpose are analysed the features of «phase transition» of Russia to qualitatively new civilization essence, line of the national innovative system, structure of creative class and demographic potential of country, sixth technological mode and chances of capture its to the Russian Federation.…”
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The Deer Hunter : essai de topologie imaginaire américaine by Jacques Pothier

“…In this film the dichotomies between civilization/the wilderness, male space / female territory, national vs. ethnic identities present in the American imagination from Cooper to the classic western through Washington Irving or Mark Twain, are thoroughly revisited through the tragic counterpointing of a Russian working-class community in a Pennsylvania small town and an Asian heart of darkness. …”
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The beneficial effects of Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) on diet-induced obesity in mice are related to the modulation of gut microbiota composition by Yiming Zhou, Haoyu Lu, Shen Zhao, Beibei Yan, Hong Wang, Xiaoli Zhou, Ying Xiao

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المکتبات الخضراء ودورها فى مواجهة تحدیات الاستدامة البیئیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. مها لؤى حاتم

“…Achievingenvironmental sustainability is not limited to the library building, but also tomanagement, equipment, collections, and technical processes, services providedand marketing.The study draws its importance from the rules and standards that must beavailable to achieve the elements of environmental sustainability in libraries as afacade of civilization, heritage portfolio, and a model of social development.Libraries can continuously check the environmental sustainability rules andprovide their components of: structure, building, facades, atmosphere, interior  environment of ventilation, cooling, heating, lighting and other interior fittings,along with green ICT and other characteristics that refer to green marketing in theend to represent a real interface to innovation Civilization.The study aims at identifying the nature of green libraries, the reasonsand justifications for their transformation, the mechanisms of such transformation,in addition to surveying of their standards specifications, and comparing thedifferent models of green libraries in the world.One of the most prominent results of the study is the presentation oflibrary institutions as a living voice for the environment, and their role inrepresenting a model of green and sustainable development. …”
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Visions du futur et imaginaire technologique entre la fin du xixe et le début du xxe siècle en Italie. De la science-fiction archaïque à l’avant-garde futuriste et vice-versa.... by Michela Toppano

“…It argues that the illustrations of the first scientific imagination novels probably contributed to build the imagery on which Futurist based their celebration of industrial civilization’s potential. Conversely, the visual culture of the Futurist Avant-garde influenced the evolution of how the future was represented in youth novels’ illustrations.…”
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Le royaume de Méroé by Claude Rilly

“…One could even speak of a “Pharaonic civilization” with two sides, Egypt and Ancient Sudan. …”
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Wychowanie dla zrównoważonego rozwoju w nauczaniu zintegrowanym szkoły podstawowej by Artur W. Mielczarek

“…School is one of the institutions which must supply its students with certain knowledge about the natural environment, teach them responsibility towards the natural environment and themeselves, make them aware of the dangers created by modern civilization and teach, how to use the natural resources in proper way. …”
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Pasternak i Majakowski. Historia znajomości by Zygmunt Zbyrowski

“…They were poets-urbanists, but Mayakovsky was captivated by urban civilization as well as ethical and social phenomena, while Pasternak was fascinated with municipal parks. …”
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REVITALISASI NALAR HUKUM ISLAM: DARI GERAKAN POLITIK MENUJU KESADARAN ETIK by Hijrian A. Prihantoro

“…Based on the historical analysis of the diachronic data, comparing the various political phenomena in the past Islamic history to the nowadays situation, the study revealed that the logical reasoning of Islamic jurisprudence was always related dialectically with the human social life as a fact that Islamic studies have been able to change the paradigm and mindset of the civilization.…”
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La viande rouge : un critère de virilité dans la Rome antique ? IIe siècle-IIe siècle ap. J.-C.) by Christophe Badel

“…As the embodiment of civilization, the vir had no attraction for a matter gorged with blood that placed it on the side of nature and rawness. …”
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CAREER-GUIDANCE AND DIGITALIZATION AS LINKS OF ONE PROBLEM by V. Lukin, V. Dikarev

“…Within the conditions of worldwide transition to digital economy the reevaluation of socio-economic situations occurs which has an eect on education sector, its relation to society, labour market, culture, a human being and, as a result, economic, moral, spiritual potential of society and civilization as a whole. The value system of the choice of the place of work and study by individuals, the motives for the choice of professional activity are specied.…”
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Spirituality in a secular age: from Charlies Taylor to study of the Bible and spirituality by A. T. Lincoln

“… This essay proposes that those engaged in the study of the Bible in relation to spirituality would benefit from awareness of Charles Taylor’s thinking in A Secular Age, which is a narrative not only about the emergence of the secular but also about the role of the spiritual in Western civilization. The essay indicates the significance of Taylor’s work for understanding the present context of the experience of spirituality. …”
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Chandigarh la Main ouverte : d’un urbanisme de plan à un urbanisme de vie by Enrico Chapel, Thierry Mandoul

“…This counterpoint to analyses that equate Chandigarh to the excesses of modern planning questions the relationships that the city's designers maintained with Indian civilization, and how certain appropriations by local residents played a part in shaping the initial urban project. …”
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„Àwwer selbsch ém dood züèm drutz“ by Helmut Pillau

“…The mastery over the living, which has led to the successes of Western civilization, is based on a secret alliance with death.…”
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Cannibalism and Other Transgressions of the Human in The Road by Andrew Estes

“…Cannibalism commands a particular moral force and is often associated with ultimate evil or the antithesis of civilization. The recent emergence of posthumanism as an area of philosophical and literary enquiry adds further urgency to the topic of anthropophagy, which serves both to define the human and to place individuals outside this category. …”
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