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Combinatorial Designs and their Applications

By: Kathleen Quinn,Bridget Webb,F.C. Holroyd,Chris Rowley

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Combinatorial Designs and their Applications

By: Kathleen Quinn,Bridget Webb,F.C. Holroyd,Chris Rowley

The fruit of a conference that gathered seven very active researchers in the field, Combinatorial Design and their Applications presents a wide but representative range of topics on the non-geometrical aspects of design theory. By concentrating on a few important areas, the authors succeed in providing greater detail in these areas in a more complete and accessible form. Through their contributions to this collection, they help fill a gap in the available combinatorics literature.The papers included in this volume cover recent developments in areas of current interest, such as difference sets, cryptography, and optimal linear codes. Researchers in combinatorics and other areas of pure mathematics, along with researchers in statistics and computer design will find in-depth, up-to-date discussions of design theory and the application of the theory to statistical design, codes, and cryptography.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351459740

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The Fields of Britannia

Continuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Landscape

By: Stephen Rippon,Chris Smart (Archaeologist),Ben Pears

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The Fields of Britannia

Continuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Landscape

By: Stephen Rippon,Chris Smart (Archaeologist),Ben Pears

It has long been recognized that the landscape of Britain is one of the 'richest historical records we possess', but just how old is it? The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use through to the present day, shaping the character of our modern countryside. Commencing with a discussion of the differing views of what happened to the landscape at the end of Roman Britain, the volume then brings together the results from hundreds of archaeological excavations and palaeoenvironmental investigations in order to map patterns of land-use across Roman and early medieval Britain. In compiling such extensive data, the volume is able to reconstruct regional variations in Romano-British and early medieval land-use using pollen, animal bones, and charred cereal grains to demonstrate that agricultural regimes varied considerably and were heavily influenced by underlying geology. We are shown that, in the fifth and sixth centuries, there was a shift away from intensive farming but very few areas of the landscape were abandoned completely. What is revealed is a surprising degree of continuity: the Roman Empire may have collapsed, but British farmers carried on regardless, and the result is that now, across large parts of Britain, many of these Roman field systems are still in use.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199645825

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The Victorian Eye

A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910

By: Chris Otter

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The Victorian Eye

A Political History of Light and Vision in Britain, 1800-1910

By: Chris Otter

During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to collect knowledge. And he contends that, contrary to presumptions that illumination helped create a society controlled by intrusive surveillance, the new radiance often led to greater personal freedom and was integral to the development of modern liberal society. The Victorian Eye’s innovative interdisciplinary approach—and generous illustrations—will captivate a range of readers interested in the history of modern Britain, visual culture, technology, and urbanization.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226640787

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American Overdose

The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts

By: Chris McGreal

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American Overdose

The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts

By: Chris McGreal

A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic -- devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusions The opioid epidemic has been described as "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of the history of greed, corruption, and indifference that pushed the US into consuming more than 80 percent of the world's opioid painkillers. Journeying through lives and communities wrecked by the epidemic, Chris McGreal reveals not only how Big Pharma hooked Americans on powerfully addictive drugs, but the corrupting of medicine and public institutions that let the opioid makers get away with it. The starting point for McGreal's deeply reported investigation is the miners promised that opioid painkillers would restore their wrecked bodies, but who became targets of "drug dealers in white coats." A few heroic physicians warned of impending disaster. But American Overdose exposes the powerful forces they were up against, including the pharmaceutical industry's coopting of the Food and Drug Administration and Congress in the drive to push painkillers -- resulting in the resurgence of heroin cartels in the American heartland. McGreal tells the story, in terms both broad and intimate, of people hit by a catastrophe they never saw coming. Years in the making, its ruinous consequences will stretch years into the future.

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PublicAffairs

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1541773772

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Environmental Archaeology

Theoretical and Practical Approaches

By: Chris Turney,Matthew Canti,Nick Branch,Peter Clark

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Environmental Archaeology

Theoretical and Practical Approaches

By: Chris Turney,Matthew Canti,Nick Branch,Peter Clark

Environmental Archaeology: Theoretical and Practical Approaches outlines and assesses the various methods used to reconstruct and explain the past interaction between people and their environment. Emphasising the importance of a highly scientific approach to the subject, the book combines geoarchaeological, bioarchaeological (archaeobotany and zooarchaeology) and geochronological information and examines how these various aspects of archaeology may be used to enhance our knowledge and understanding of past human environments. Drawing from both the practical experiences of the authors and cutting-edge research, Environmental Archaeology: Theoretical and Practical Approaches is a valuable contribution to the subject. It will be essential reading for students and professionals in archaeology, geography and anthropology.

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Routledge

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1134664516

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Dogopolis

How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris

By: Chris Pearson

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Dogopolis

How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris

By: Chris Pearson

Dogopolis presents a surprising source for urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships. Stroll through any American or European city today and you probably won’t get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It’s expected that these domesticated animals can easily navigate sidewalks, streets, and other foundational elements of our built environment. But what if our cities were actually shaped in response to dogs more than we ever realized? Chris Pearson’s Dogopolis boldly and convincingly asserts that human-canine relations were a crucial factor in the formation of modern urban living. Focusing on New York, London, and Paris from the early nineteenth century into the 1930s, Pearson shows that human reactions to dogs significantly remolded them and other contemporary western cities. It’s an unalterable fact that dogs—often filthy, bellicose, and sometimes off-putting—run away, spread rabies, defecate, and breed wherever they like, so as dogs became a more and more common in nineteenth-century middle-class life, cities had to respond to people’s fear of them and revulsion at their least desirable traits. The gradual integration of dogs into city life centered on disgust at dirt, fear of crime and vagrancy, and the promotion of humanitarian sentiments. On the other hand, dogs are some people’s most beloved animal companions, and human compassion and affection for pets and strays were equally powerful forces in shaping urban modernity. Dogopolis details the complex interrelations among emotions, sentiment, and the ways we manifest our feelings toward what we love—showing that together they can actually reshape society.

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022679704X

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Information Processing in Medical Imaging

18th International Conference, IPMI 2003

By: Chris Taylor

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Information Processing in Medical Imaging

18th International Conference, IPMI 2003

By: Chris Taylor

This book constitutes the refeered proceedings of the 18th Interational Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2003, held in UK, in July 2003. The 57 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections shape modeling, shape analysis, segmentation, color, performance characterization, registration and modeling similarity, registration and modeling deformation, cardiac motion, fMRI analysis, and diffusion imaging and tractography.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540405607

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Managing Complex Projects

Networks, Knowledge and Integration

By: Neil Alderman,Chris Ivory,Ian Mcloughlin,Roger Vaughan

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Managing Complex Projects

Networks, Knowledge and Integration

By: Neil Alderman,Chris Ivory,Ian Mcloughlin,Roger Vaughan

Concerned with the management of complex long-term engineering projects, this important volume, of great interest to postgraduate students of business, technology management and engineering, reports on a set of rich, novel and unique findings concerning the conduct and management of three high profile and complex projects. The major investments which constitute complex long-term projects represent an increasingly important source of economic activity, often with particularly significant consequences for economic growth and public policy. This informative volume expertly contributes to broader debates concerning new organizational forms, knowledge management and organizational learning and the management of innovation in project-based settings.

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1134423616

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From Hitler's U-Boats to Khruschev's Spyflights

Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF

By: Chris Clarke

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From Hitler's U-Boats to Khruschev's Spyflights

Twenty Five Years with Flight Lieutenant Thomas Buchanan Clark, RAF

By: Chris Clarke

This book tells the tale of the illustrious Royal Air Force career of Tom Clark, a World War Two gunner and post-war signaller in action during some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Lovingly penned by his son, it provides an authentic insight into this dynamic period of world history.From work as an air gunner, involved in the daunting task of taking on the might of Hitler's U-boat fleet, to post-war involvement in an Intelligence capacity during the dramatic events surrounding Khrushchev and the atomic threat of the late 1950s, Clark's career was dramatic and varied to say the least. Having joined the RAF as an aircraft man just before the Second World War, Clark was destined to take part in a whole range of wartime operational engagements. His career featured involvement in the famous 1941 hunt for the elusive Bismarck, the dangers of life as part of an Air Sea Rescue squadron in conflicted waters, and the experience of training as a gunnery leader (later an instructor), training air gunners for the famed Desert Air Force. His career also took in a fraught period behind enemy lines, when his crew of four were shot down in enemy territory in Northern Italy. Seven weeks in a safe house in Florence are relayed in engaging and dramatic style, as are a raft of other personal and professional achievements, set within the context of the wider conflict. Here is a career that deserves to be recorded and celebrated, and there is perhaps no-one better placed than the subject's son to act as custodian to his thrilling story.

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Pen and Sword

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1473826888

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Content is King

News Media Management in the Digital Age

By: Gary Graham,Anita Greenhill,Donald Shaw,Chris J. Vargo

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Content is King

News Media Management in the Digital Age

By: Gary Graham,Anita Greenhill,Donald Shaw,Chris J. Vargo

From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet. But the effect of this innovation has been devastating in capturing the vast majority of the advertising revenues on which newspapers have depended. The larger the internet-based media became the more newspapers and other media shrank. Pairing an academic and former industry news manager, this textbook assesses the situation in which the regional news media industry finds itself, and explores methods, processes and techniques, which might usefully be introduced to help the news media firm secure a viable future. In focusing on newspapers, magazines, TV and radio, the work is filled with real-life examples and interviews with news media managers, illustrating how management is being conducted in this age of turbulence. The goal is to give students practice in solving complex strategic problems and to provide them with a series of intellectual and professional exercises. Their method of using case studies will enable students to explore in detail key theoretical issues before applying them to real life management settings.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1623564506

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Biology of Disease

By: Nessar Ahmed,Maureen Dawson,Chris Smith,Ed Wood

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Biology of Disease

By: Nessar Ahmed,Maureen Dawson,Chris Smith,Ed Wood

Biology of Disease describes the biology of many of the human disorders and disease that are encountered in a clinical setting. It is designed for first and second year students in biomedical science programs and will also be a highly effective reference for health science professionals as well as being valuable to students beginning medical school. Real cases are used to illustrate the importance of biology in understanding the causes of diseases, as well as in diagnosis and therapy.

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Garland Science

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0203504720

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Qualitative Research in Marketing and Management

Doing Interpretive Research Projects

By: Chris Hackley

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Qualitative Research in Marketing and Management

Doing Interpretive Research Projects

By: Chris Hackley

This is a practical and accessible, yet sophisticated introduction to interpretive methods for doing qualitative research projects and dissertations. Bringing together concepts of qualitative research from ethnography, phenomenology, critical discourse analysis, semiotics, literary analysis, postmodernism and poststructuralism this textbook offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the subject. Utilising a uniquely pragmatic approach, it bridges the gap between advanced, specialised books on research traditions with more general introductory business research books. This new edition has been fully updated to include new examples, explorations of the field, and an improved pedagogy with better exposition of key issues and concepts, as well as more schematics and diagrams to aid understanding. The first half of the book considers the practicalities of research and writing a research project, including the craft of academic writing, the critical literature review, the role of the independent research project as part of university courses, suggested projected structures, standards of academic scholarship, and the main techniques for gathering qualitative data. The book’s second half deals with abstract concepts and advanced theory by looking at key theoretical traditions that guide the interpretation of qualitative data. It is perfect for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of marketing, management, consumer behaviour and research methods. It will also be useful as a primer for practitioners in qualitative research.

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0429822790

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Cats in Australia

Companion and Killer

By: Chris Dickman,John Woinarski,Sarah Legge

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Cats in Australia

Companion and Killer

By: Chris Dickman,John Woinarski,Sarah Legge

Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests. But cats, both pets and feral, also kill many native animals and this toll can be enormous. Cats have been remarkably successful in Australia, spreading pervasively across the continent and many islands, occurring in all environments, and proving to be adept and adaptable hunters. A large proportion of Australia’s distinctive fauna is threatened and recent research highlights the significant role that cats play in the decline and extinction of native species. Cats in Australia brings this research together, documenting the extent to which cats have subverted, and are continuing to subvert, Australia’s biodiversity. But the book does much more than spotlight the impacts of cats on Australian nature. It describes the origins of cats and their global spread, their long-standing and varying relationship with people, their global impacts and their ecology. It also seeks to describe the challenge of managing cats, and the options available to constrain their impacts.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486308449

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An Iron Age Settlement and Roman Complex Farmstead at Brackmills, Northampton

By: Chris Chinnock

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An Iron Age Settlement and Roman Complex Farmstead at Brackmills, Northampton

By: Chris Chinnock

MOLA undertook archaeological excavations at Brackmills, Northampton, investigating part of a large Iron Age settlement and Roman complex farmstead. The remains were very well preserved having, in places, been shielded from later truncaton by colluvial deposits. Earlier remains included a late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1803276878

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Internet Communication and Qualitative Research

A Handbook for Researching Online

By: Chris Mann,Fiona Stewart

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Internet Communication and Qualitative Research

A Handbook for Researching Online

By: Chris Mann,Fiona Stewart

Examines the impact of Internet technology on qualitative research methods. This book draws on studies using computer-mediated communication (CMC) and shows how online researchers can employ Internet-based qualitative methods to collect descriptive, contextually-situated data. It is intended as a guide for students and researchers.

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SAGE

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0761966277

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The Official Bury Football Club Quiz Book

By: Chris Cowlin

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The Official Bury Football Club Quiz Book

By: Chris Cowlin

Are you a loyal supporter of Bury Football Club? Eager to impress your family and friends with just how much you know about your favourite team? If so, this quiz book is exactly what you need to test your knowledge of the Shakers and prove your worth as their number one fan. There are sections covering all aspects of the Club's history including players, managers, transfer fees, nationalities, opponents, competitions and great goals, as well as all of those memorable matches. The 800 challenging questions have been designed to your test your memory of the people and places that have played an important role in shaping Bury Football Club but watch out for one of two surprises. Packed with fascinating facts and figures The Official Bury Football Club Quiz Book is sure to prove an instant hit with Bury fans everywhere regardless of age. Guaranteed to educate as well as entertain this book is a must have for all Shakers supporters and anyone with a keen interest in football.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1907792732

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9781907792731

Human Resource Management

By: Chris Hendry

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Human Resource Management

By: Chris Hendry

The majority of textbooks on HRM tend to focus on the administrative side of the subject and fail to examine its strategic importance. This book is intended to redress the balance and, taking strategy as its starting point, it looks at the overall role of HRM in the organization. The author explores strategic human resource management through chapters on managing change in strategy, structure, and culture; the role of human resource planning, and types of employment system. He also reviews some of the key issues in managing different employee groups. These themes are problem- and issue- focused and extensively illustrated throughout with case study examples. Dr Chris Hendry is the author of many reports, research papers and articles on HRM and strategic management.

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1136017291

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Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation

Facilitating Communication Across the Lifespan, Eighth Edition

By: Ronald L. Schow,Michael A. Nerbonne,Gabriel A. Bargen,Kristina M. Blaiser,Chris A. Sanford

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Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation

Facilitating Communication Across the Lifespan, Eighth Edition

By: Ronald L. Schow,Michael A. Nerbonne,Gabriel A. Bargen,Kristina M. Blaiser,Chris A. Sanford

The eighth edition of Introduction to Audiologic Rehabilitation offers a comprehensive exploration of aural rehabilitation spanning across the lifespan. Written in an accessible style for undergraduate students, the text covers the fundamentals, methods of assessment and management, technologies, and contemporary issues for a thorough understanding of audiologic rehabilitation practices. Two chapters focus solely on real-world case studies addressing the needs of children and adults. There are detailed chapters on hearing aids and hearing assistive technologies, cochlear implants, auditory and visual stimuli in communication, language and speech of the deaf and hard of hearing, psychosocial aspects of hearing loss, and more. New to the Eighth Edition: * Discussion of current issues and trending topics including over-the-counter hearing aids * Highlights related to telepractice and teleaudiology * Addition of diversity, equity, and inclusion topics related to hearing health disparities and audiologic rehabilitations Key Features: * Based on a proven model framed within the concepts of the World Health Organization * Authored by leading experts ensuring current, evidence-based information * Emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach, recognizing the collaborative nature of audiologic rehabilitation involving professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and related fields * Case studies offer application opportunities across the lifespan * Each chapter includes activities, recommended readings, and websites for additional resources * Visual aids, including figures, tables, and photos enhance student comprehension, particularly for complex topics such as cochlear implants and auditory stimulation * Appendices containing valuable terms, definitions, and additional resources for easy reference

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Plural Publishing

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1635504821

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Animal Fables after Darwin

Literature, Speciesism, and Metaphor

By: Chris Danta

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Animal Fables after Darwin

Literature, Speciesism, and Metaphor

By: Chris Danta

The ancient form of the animal fable, in which the characteristics of humans and animals are playfully and educationally intertwined, took on a wholly new meaning after Darwin's theory of evolution changed forever the relationship between humans and animals. In this original study, Chris Danta provides an important and original account of how the fable was adopted and re-adapted by nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors to challenge traditional views of species hierarchy. The rise of the biological sciences in the second half of the nineteenth century provided literary writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Angela Carter and J. M. Coetzee with new material for the fable. By interrogating the form of the fable, and through it the idea of human exceptionalism, writers asked new questions about the place of the human in relation to its biological milieu.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108664571

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Sam Sixkiller

Cherokee Frontier Lawman

By: Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

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Sam Sixkiller

Cherokee Frontier Lawman

By: Chris Enss,Howard Kazanjian

The Oklahoma Historical Society Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History for 2012. A riveting biography of a little-known Native-American who shaped history—complete with shootouts, romance, intrigue, and a little politics.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762789484

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Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

By: Nathalie Gontier,Andy Lock,Chris Sinha

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Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

By: Nathalie Gontier,Andy Lock,Chris Sinha

The biological and neurological capacity to symbolize, and the products of behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic, and technological uses of symbols (symbolism), are fundamental to every aspect of human life. The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution explores the origins of our characteristically human abilities - our ability to speak, create images, play music, and read and write. The book investigates how symbolization evolved in human evolution and how symbolism is expressed across the various areas of human life. The field is intrinsically interdisciplinary - considering findings from fossil studies, scientific research from primatology, developmental psychology, and of course linguistics. Written by world leading experts, thirty-eight topical chapters are grouped into six thematic parts that respectively focus on epistemological, psychological, anthropological, ethological, linguistic, and social-technological aspects of human symbolic evolution. The handbook presents an in-depth but comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the of the state of the art in the science of human symbolic evolution. This work will be of interest to academics and students active in all fields contributing to the study of human evolution.

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0192543512

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Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory

By: Chris Jolly,Brendan Schembri,Stewart Macdonald

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Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory

By: Chris Jolly,Brendan Schembri,Stewart Macdonald

A land of extremes, the Northern Territory’s arid deserts and monsoonal forests harbour some of Australia’s smallest and the world’s largest reptiles, as well as some of the world’s most venomous snakes. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory is the first regional guide to the crocodiles, turtles, lizards and snakes of this megadiverse region. It presents introductions to order, family and genus; keys to family, genus and species; and species profiles, including descriptions, photos, distribution maps and notes on natural history. It features profiles for the 390 species that occur or may occur on the land and in the sea of the Northern Territory. Extensively illustrated, this is an essential resource for wildlife enthusiasts and professional and amateur herpetologists.

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1486312705

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Communicating Your Research with Social Media

A Practical Guide to Using Blogs, Podcasts, Data Visualisations and Video

By: Amy Mollett,Cheryl Brumley,Chris Gilson,Sierra Williams

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Communicating Your Research with Social Media

A Practical Guide to Using Blogs, Podcasts, Data Visualisations and Video

By: Amy Mollett,Cheryl Brumley,Chris Gilson,Sierra Williams

This dynamic, engaging guide empowers you to go beyond bar charts and jargon-filled journal articles to bring your research online and present it in a way that highlights and maximises its relevance through social media. Drawing upon a wealth of timely, real-world examples, the authors present a framework for fully incorporating social media within each step of the research process. From visualising available data to tailoring social media to meet your needs, this book explores proactive ways to share cutting edge research. A complete ‘how to’ for communicating research through blogs, podcasts, data visualisations, and video, it teaches you how to use social media to: create and share images, audio, and video in ways that positively impacts your research connect and collaborate with other researchers measure and quantify research communication efforts for funders provide research evidence in innovative digital formats reach wider, more engaged audiences in academia and beyond Through practical advice and actionable strategies, this book shows how to achieve and sustain your research impact through social media.

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1526414236

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The Official Walsall Football Club Quiz Book

800 Questions on The Saddlers

By: Chris Cowlin

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The Official Walsall Football Club Quiz Book

800 Questions on The Saddlers

By: Chris Cowlin

Are you a fan of Walsall Football Club? Never missed a match? Have you picked up lots of little known facts about The Saddlers along the way? Then the time has come to find out how much you really know about your favourite team with The Official Walsall Football Club Quiz Book. The 800 questions contained within these pages, some easy, some more challenging, have been put together to test your memory of the people and places that have shaped the club's long and interesting history. With sections about all aspects of the game including players, managers, opponents, transfers, final scores, club honours, wins, draws and losses, this book is certain to have you disputing points with your friends and family to find out who really knows the most about The Saddlers. A fitting tribute to Walsall Football Club, this book is packed with information and is as educational as it is entertaining. A must have for all dedicated Walsall fans but just as certain to score a hit with football enthusiasts everywhere.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1908548096

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Problem Solving

A statistician's guide, Second edition

By: Chris Chatfield

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Problem Solving

A statistician's guide, Second edition

By: Chris Chatfield

This book illuminates the complex process of problem solving, including formulating the problem, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting the conclusions.

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1482224208

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Left of Hollywood

Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture

By: Chris Robé

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Left of Hollywood

Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture

By: Chris Robé

In the 1930s as the capitalist system faltered, many in the United States turned to the political Left. Hollywood, so deeply embedded in capitalism, was not immune to this shift. Left of Hollywood offers the first book-length study of Depression-era Left film theory and criticism in the United States. Robé studies the development of this theory and criticism over the course of the 1930s, as artists and intellectuals formed alliances in order to establish an engaged political film movement that aspired toward a popular cinema of social change. Combining extensive archival research with careful close analysis of films, Robé explores the origins of this radical social formation of U.S. Left film culture. Grounding his arguments in the surrounding contexts and aesthetics of a few films in particular—Sergei Eisenstein's Que Viva Mexico!, Fritz Lang's Fury, William Dieterle's Juarez, and Jean Renoir's La Marseillaise—Robé focuses on how film theorists and critics sought to foster audiences who might push both film culture and larger social practices in more progressive directions. Turning at one point to anti-lynching films, Robé discusses how these movies united black and white film critics, forging an alliance of writers who championed not only critical spectatorship but also the public support of racial equality. Yet, despite a stated interest in forging more egalitarian social relations, gender bias was endemic in Left criticism of the era, and female-centered films were regularly discounted. Thus Robé provides an in-depth examination of this overlooked shortcoming of U.S. Left film criticism and theory.

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The Sack Race

The Story of Football's Gaffers

By: Chris Green

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The Story of Football's Gaffers

By: Chris Green

The future of football management is a hot topic of debate. An unprecedented spate of sackings in the 2001-02 season and the manner of many of the dismissals filled the back pages. There has even been talk of managers going on strike to defend their ill-treated colleagues. Packed with big names and exclusive stories, The Sack Race challenges the sanitised picture of football management portrayed in glossy autobiographies. It lays bare a profession where pressure to obtain results is immense and the tolerance of failure is low. Despite football's supposed professionalism, we learn that 'The Gaffer' is often an ill-prepared ex-player who has hopped onto the managerial merry-go-round more as a perceived 'character' than a qualified coach. This remarkable book traces the development of the football manager's role, offers a critique of the way the game trains its coaches for management and raises valid concerns about the suitability of their employers - the directors whose impatience creates a climate of fear and insecurity. Finally, it asks the controversial question - does 'The Gaffer' have a future?

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Hanged for the Word If

The Murder of Lily Volpert and the Execution of Mahmood Hussein Mattan

By: Chris Phillips

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Hanged for the Word If

The Murder of Lily Volpert and the Execution of Mahmood Hussein Mattan

By: Chris Phillips

In 1952 a shopkeeper named Lily Volpert was murdered in the docks district of Cardiff, known as Tiger Bay. A Somali former merchant seaman, Mahmood Hussein Mattan, was charged with the murder, convicted and hanged. But 46 years later he became the first person in British history to have a murder conviction overturned after being executed. "Hanged for the Word If" is the first book in English about this historic case. Drawing on all the available documentary evidence, including the surviving records held by the police, it tells the story of the crime, the investigation, the trial and the execution. It traces the later history of some of the people involved, and relates how another murder and an attempted murder raised doubts about Mattan's guilt. It describes the campaign to reopen the case in the 1990s and the appeal that overturned his conviction. And finally it tries to answer the question of who really killed Lily Volpert in 1952.

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1916312934

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Putting My Past Behind Me - A Family Story

By: Chris Shields

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Putting My Past Behind Me - A Family Story

By: Chris Shields

South London musician, composer, writer and historian Chris Shields investigates his varied and unusual family tree. ?I spent my childhood asking questions about my family's past. This led to tales of Romanies, of the Northamptonshire Smiths, Loveridges, Scarrotts and Boswells and the discovery of Charlie Chaplin's birth in a caravan on the Black Patch.Then to the French Mazoyers and a watchmaker's shop in Soho. Stories of Evans and Wormull ? surgical instrument makers to the Army and government. Then the Baker family of Eastbourne and Herstmonceux. Seaside concert parties ? Fred Austin's Merrie Middies. Then to war and Stalag IVb POW, buzzbombs and blackouts. The Snell family of Mortimer and the Arlotts of Watership Down. The Shields family of Peckham ? pie, mash and poverty. Then to music - the '60s and The Twilights and the Star Club, Hamburg. This information shared here was told to me directly from the mouths of those involved ? who lived, breathed and experienced all of this.

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0244498164

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Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

By: Paul Goldberg,Richard I. Macphail,Chris Carey,Yijie Zhuang

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Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology

By: Paul Goldberg,Richard I. Macphail,Chris Carey,Yijie Zhuang

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic deposits and site formation processes and their investigation. provides guidelines for the presentation of field and laboratory methods and the reporting of geoarchaeological results. essential reading for archaeology undergraduate and graduate students, practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies, and help foster the dialog among diverse researchers investigating archaeological sites. Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology, and a great practical reference for practicing archaeologists and geoscientists who need to understand and apply geoarchaeological methodologies internationally.

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1119413192

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Surface Computing and Collaborative Analysis Work

By: Judith Brown,Jeff Wilson,Stevenson Gossage,Chris Hack

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Surface Computing and Collaborative Analysis Work

By: Judith Brown,Jeff Wilson,Stevenson Gossage,Chris Hack

Large surface computing devices (wall-mounted or tabletop) with touch interfaces and their application to collaborative data analysis, an increasingly important and prevalent activity, is the primary topic of this book. Our goals are to outline the fundamentals of surface computing (a still maturing technology), review relevant work on collaborative data analysis, describe frameworks for understanding collaborative processes, and provide a better understanding of the opportunities for research and development. We describe surfaces as display technologies with which people can interact directly, and emphasize how interaction design changes when designing for large surfaces. We review efforts to use large displays, surfaces or mixed display environments to enable collaborative analytic activity. Collaborative analysis is important in many domains, but to provide concrete examples and a specific focus, we frequently consider analysis work in the security domain, and in particular the challenges security personnel face in securing networks from attackers, and intelligence analysts encounter when analyzing intelligence data. Both of these activities are becoming increasingly collaborative endeavors, and there are huge opportunities for improving collaboration by leveraging surface computing. This work highlights for interaction designers and software developers the particular challenges and opportunities presented by interaction with surfaces. We have reviewed hundreds of recent research papers, and report on advancements in the fields of surface-enabled collaborative analytic work, interactive techniques for surface technologies, and useful theory that can provide direction to interaction design work. We also offer insight into issues that arise when developing applications for multi-touch surfaces derived from our own experiences creating collaborative applications. We present these insights at a level appropriate for all members of the software design and development team. Table of Contents: List of Figures / Acknowledgments / Figure Credits / Purpose and Direction / Surface Technologies and Collaborative Analysis Systems / Interacting with Surface Technologies / Collaborative Work Enabled by Surfaces / The Theory and the Design of Surface Applications / The Development of Surface Applications / Concluding Comments / Bibliography / Authors' Biographies

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1627051260

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Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!

My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group

By: Dennis Dunaway,Chris Hodenfield

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Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!

My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group

By: Dennis Dunaway,Chris Hodenfield

As the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says: "Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band." When Alice Cooper became the stuff of legend in the early '70s, their shows were monuments of fun and invention. Riding on a string of hits like "I'm 18" and "School's Out," they became America's highest-grossing act, producing four platinum albums and hitting number one on the U.S. and U.K. charts with Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. Their utterly original performance style and look, known as Shock Rock, was swiftly copied by countless bands. Dennis Dunaway, the bassist and co-songwriter for the band, tells a story just as over-the-top crazy as their (in)famous shows. As teenagers in Phoenix, Dennis Dunaway and lead singer Vince Furnier, who would later change his name to Alice Cooper, formed a hard-knuckles band that played prisons, cowboy bars and teen clubs. Their journey took them from Hollywood to the ferocious Detroit music scene, along the way adding new dimensions of rock theater. From struggling for recognition to topping the charts, the Alice Cooper group was entertaining, outrageous, and one-of-a-kind. Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! is the riveting account of the band's creation in the '60s, strange glory in the '70s, and the legendary characters they met along the way.

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1466848405

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Wars of Disruption and Resilience

Cybered Conflict, Power, and National Security

By: Chris C. Demchak

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Wars of Disruption and Resilience

Cybered Conflict, Power, and National Security

By: Chris C. Demchak

Increasingly, the power of a large, complex, wired nation like the United States rests on its ability to disrupt would-be cyber attacks and to be resilient against a successful attack or recurring campaign. Addressing the concerns of both theorists and those on the national security front lines, Chris C. Demchak presents a unified strategy for survival in an interconnected, ever-messier, more surprising cybered world and examines the institutional adaptations required of our defense, intelligence, energy, and other critical sectors for national security. Demchak introduces a strategy of “security resilience” against surprise attacks for a cybered world that is divided between modern, digitally vulnerable city-states and more dysfunctional global regions. Its key concepts build on theories of international relations, complexity in social-technical systems, and organizational-institutional adaptation. Demchak tests the strategy for reasonableness in history’s few examples of states disrupting rather than conquering and being resilient to attacks, including ancient Athens and Sparta, several British colonial wars, and two American limited wars. She applies the strategy to modern political, social, and technical challenges and presents three kinds of institutional adaptation that predicate the success of the security resilience strategy in response. Finally, Demchak discusses implications for the future including new forms of cyber aggression like the Stuxnet worm, the rise of the cyber-command concept, and the competition between the U.S. and China as global cyber leaders. Wars of Disruption and Resilience offers a blueprint for a national cyber-power strategy that is long in time horizon, flexible in target and scale, and practical enough to maintain the security of a digitized nation facing violent cybered conflict.

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0820341371

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Rethinking Advertising as Paratextual Communication

By: Hackley, Chris,Hackley, Rungpaka A.

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Rethinking Advertising as Paratextual Communication

By: Hackley, Chris,Hackley, Rungpaka A.

Providing new insights into the textual and paratextual character of brands and advertising, this innovative book showcases an extensive selection of vivid and topical case examples that assist the practical understanding of advertising paratexts.

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1800882629

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Prospects for Citizenship

By: Gerry Stoker,Andrew Mason,Anthony McGrew,Chris Armstrong,David Owen,Graham Smith,Momoh Banya,Derek McGhee,Clare Saunders

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Prospects for Citizenship

By: Gerry Stoker,Andrew Mason,Anthony McGrew,Chris Armstrong,David Owen,Graham Smith,Momoh Banya,Derek McGhee,Clare Saunders

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Is citizenship in decline due to globalisation and an erosion of civic participation and democratic representation? Or is it merely transformed and extended to new levels and larger scales? Should we assess these challenges and changes primarily from a perspective of global justice, or consider also membership in a democratic polity as itself a basic good? Prospects for Citizenship addresses these broad questions in a unique collaborative effort. The result is an impressive book that looks at the future of citizenship from multiple research perspectives while remaining coherent in its overall purpose. Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence This book offers a perspicuous overview of the prospects for citizenship in our contemporary political context. The authorial team draw on a wide range of empirical and normative research in order to offer an incisive analysis of the problems and pressures of citizenship in the twenty-first century. The authors focus in particular on the apparent decline of traditional forms of civic engagement, the emergence of new forms of participation and the relationship between citizenship and globalization.

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A&C Black

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1849660751

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Practical Guide to Evidence

By: Christopher Allen,Chris Taylor,Janice Nairns

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Practical Guide to Evidence

By: Christopher Allen,Chris Taylor,Janice Nairns

Practical Guide to Evidence provides a clear and readable account of the law of evidence, acknowledging the importance of arguments about facts and principles as well as rules. This fifth edition has been revised and updated to address recent changes in the law and debates on controversial topics such as surveillance and human rights. Coverage of expert evidence has also been expanded to include forensic evidence, bringing the text right up-to-date. Including enhanced pedagogical support such as chapter summaries, further reading advice and self-test exercises, this leading textbook can be used on both undergraduate and professional courses.

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Routledge

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1317670175

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The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013

By: Chris Perry

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The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013

By: Chris Perry

A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years.

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190020360X

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Blue Smoke

The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music, 1918–1964

By: Chris Bourke

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Blue Smoke

The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music, 1918–1964

By: Chris Bourke

Bringing to life the musical worlds of New Zealanders both at home and out on the town, this history chronicles the evolution of popular music in New Zealand during the 20th century. From the kiwi concert parties during World War I and the arrival of jazz to the rise of swing, country, the Hawaiian sound, and then rock'n'roll, this musical investigation brings to life the people, places, and sounds of a world that has disappeared and uncovers how music from the rest of the world was shaped by Maori and Pakeha New Zealanders into a melody, rhythm, and voice that made sense on these islands.

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Auckland University Press

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177558027X

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Sources In British Political History, 1900-1951

Volume 5: A Guide to the Private Papers of Selected Writers, Intellectuals and Publicists

By: Chris Cook,Jeffrey Weeks

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Sources In British Political History, 1900-1951

Volume 5: A Guide to the Private Papers of Selected Writers, Intellectuals and Publicists

By: Chris Cook,Jeffrey Weeks

From 1970 to 1977 a major project to uncover source material for students of contemporary British history and politics was undertaken at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. Fiananced by the Social Science Research Council, and under the direction of Dr Chris Cook, this project has attempted a unique and systematic operation to locate, and then to make readily available, those archives that provide the indispensable source material for the contemporary historian. This volume (the fifth in the series) provides a guide to the papers of propagandists who were influential in British public life. Included in this volume are the papers of such persons as newspaper editors, leading economists, social reformers, socialist thinkers, trade unionists, industrialists and a variety of theologians and philanthropists. In all, this volume not only completes the findings of the project but opens up the archive sources of a hitherto neglected area of research into contemporary social and political history.

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