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Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Microhistories of Domestic Murder

By: Alexa Neale

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Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Microhistories of Domestic Murder

By: Alexa Neale

How can we read crime scenes through photography? Making use of micro-histories of domestic murder and crime scene photographs made available for the first time, Alexa Neale provides a highly original exploration of what crime scenes can tell us about the significance of expectations of domesticity, class, gender, race, privacy and relationships in twentieth-century Britain. With 10 case studies and 30 black and white images, Photographing Crime Scenes in 20th-Century London will take you inside the homes that were murder crime scenes to read their geographical and symbolic meanings in the light of the development of crime scene photography, forensic analysis and psychological testing. In doing so, it reveals how photographs of domestic objects and spaces were often used to recreate a narrative for the murder based on the defendant's perceived identity rather than to prove if they committed the crime at all. Bringing the history of crime, British social and cultural history and the history of forensic photography to the analysis of the crime scene, this study offers fascinating details on the changing public and private lives of Londoners in the 20th century.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350089435

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Reimagining God and Resacralisation

By: Alexa Blonner

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Reimagining God and Resacralisation

By: Alexa Blonner

This book shows that widespread resacralisation has been taking place, which is producing new ways of perceiving God and the divine. The last century has seen unmistakable changes in religious practices and the concept of spirituality right across the world. There was a broad expectation for much of the twentieth century that religious worldviews would eventually succumb to the challenge of secularist materialism, but this process of secularisation has yet to occur as predicted. The book begins by contrasting theories of secularisation and resacralisation. Throughout the book, conceptual threads, or ‘new religious themes’, related to this resacralisation are discussed in terms of three main categories: reimagining God’s nature, substance and location; reimagining human value and purpose; and reimagining modes of redemption. Finally, the book considers how these threads are moving in various different directions, and what the religious future might hold. This is a bold examination of contemporary spirituality that will appeal to academics and scholars of religious studies, new religious movements and the sociology of religion.

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200

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Routledge

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042962445X

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9780429624452

Intimate Empire

The Mansurov Family in Russia and the Orthodox East, 1855-1936

By: Alexa von Winning

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Intimate Empire

The Mansurov Family in Russia and the Orthodox East, 1855-1936

By: Alexa von Winning

After a humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the Russian Empire struggled to reassert its position as a global power. A small noble family returned from the siege of Sevastopol and joined the rulers' efforts to advance Russian standing in the decades before 1917. Leaving Home tells the story of the Mansurovs, who were known to nineteenth-century observers as resourceful imperial agents and staunch supporters of Orthodoxy. In close interplay with scholarship and the media, they built churches and pilgrim hostels to increase Russian dominance within its borders and in the Ottoman Empire. They facilitated communication between the Russian Empire and the wider Orthodox world and expanded its institutional infrastructure in areas of religion and scholarship outside Russia. Some of the family's achievements stand to this day: the Russian complex in Jerusalem and an impressive Orthodox convent in Riga. When the Revolution came, they faced stigmatization as former nobles, believers, and monarchists. Impoverishment and arrests became part of their daily lives in Soviet Russia. Leaving Home is a study of the momentous role played by elite families in Russia's international involvement in the age of empire. It shows how three generations of a mobile noble family advanced the intertwined causes of the Russian Empire and Orthodoxy, using family resources and tools of intimacy. Women were crucial for the family's efforts, both behind the scenes and in public. Russia, Orthodoxy, and noble family life emerge as part of the European trans-imperial scene." --

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Oxford University Press

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0192844415

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Financially Forward

How to Use Today's Digital Tools to Earn More, Save Better, and Spend Smarter

By: Alexa von Tobel

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How to Use Today's Digital Tools to Earn More, Save Better, and Spend Smarter

By: Alexa von Tobel

Chief digital officer at Northwestern Mutual, founder/CEO of LearnVest, and New York Times bestelling author shows how to use the simple tools of the digital age to get more out of our money. We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully digital. From mobile pay to on-demand everything to cryptocurrencies, technology is rewriting the rules for how we earn, save, spend and invest. Technology has made virtually every aspect of our lives cheaper and more convenient. Shouldn't it do the same when it comes to managing our finances? Von Tobel says that it can. In this straightforward and jargon-free guide, she shows us how to use the simple tools found on any smartphone to put more money back into our wallets. Readers will learn: Six new trends that are impacting our finances - and how to optimize them How to navigate the world of mobile pay, and cash in by going cash-free How to save time and money by putting your savings--and spending--on autopilot Best practices for keeping your identity and financial accounts ultra-secure How to talk to digital natives - ie your kids - about financial planning What the Bitcoin hype is all about and how to prepare for the future of digital money Preparing ourselves for the financial future gives us the security and freedom to live our richest lives. It's time to move Financially Forward...or get left behind.

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Crown Currency

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1984823531

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9781984823533

Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Microhistories of Domestic Murder

By: Alexa Neale

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Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Microhistories of Domestic Murder

By: Alexa Neale

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350089427

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Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Reimagining God and Resacralisation

Reimagining God and Resacralisation

Intimate Empire

Intimate Empire

Financially Forward

Financially Forward

Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

Photographing Crime Scenes in Twentieth-Century London

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