Colin Allen's Books

Species of Mind

The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

By: Colin Allen,Marc Bekoff

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Species of Mind

The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

By: Colin Allen,Marc Bekoff

The heart of this book is the reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition. Colin Allen (a philosopher) and Marc Bekoff (a cognitive ethologist) approach their work from a perspective that considers arguments about evolutionary continuity to be as applicable to the study of animal minds and brains as they are to comparative studies of kidneys, stomachs, and hearts. Cognitive ethologists study the comparative, evolutionary, and ecological aspects of the mental phenomena of animals. Philosophy can provide cognitive ethology with an analytical basis for attributing cognition to nonhuman animals and for studying it, and cognitive ethology can help philosophy to explain mentality in naturalistic terms by providing data on the evolution of cognition. This interdiscipinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds. The heart of the book is this reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition. All theoretical discussion is carefully tied to case studies, particularly in the areas of antipredatory vigilance and social play, where there are many points of contact with philosophical discussions of intentionality and representation. Allen and Bekoff make specific suggestions about how to use philosophical theories of intentionality as starting points for empirical investigation of animal minds, and they stress the importance of studying animals other than nonhuman primates.

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MIT Press

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0262511088

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Allen 'Red' Bailey

By: Colin Richards

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Allen 'Red' Bailey

By: Colin Richards

A story that starts with a vague search that unexpectedly locates the family of the GI father who left behind a daughter. And his geneakogical tree going back to the 1700s

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1291173900

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9781291173901

The Nelson Encyclopedia

By: Colin White

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The Nelson Encyclopedia

By: Colin White

- The ultimate source book on the life and times of Britain's greatest naval hero - Includes the latest findings and controversies surrounding the famous admiral - Provides an ideal introduction to the world of the Royal Navy at the pinnacle of its success

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Stackpole Books

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0811700135

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Animals in Space

From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

By: Colin Burgess,Chris Dubbs

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Animals in Space

From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

By: Colin Burgess,Chris Dubbs

This book is as a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights carried out by all nations, but principally the United States and the Soviet Union. It explores the ways in which animal high-altitude and space flight research impacted on space flight biomedicine and technology, and how the results - both successful and disappointing - allowed human beings to then undertake that same hazardous journey with far greater understanding and confidence. This complete and authoritative book will undoubtedly become the ultimate authority on animal space flights.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387496785

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9780387496788

The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800

War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People

By: Colin G. Calloway

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The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800

War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People

By: Colin G. Calloway

Before European incursions began in the seventeenth century, the Western Abenaki Indians inhabited present-day Vermont and New Hampshire, particularly the Lake Champlain and Connecticut River valleys. This history of their coexistence and conflicts with whites on the northern New England frontier documents their survival as a people-recently at issue in the courts-and their wars and migrations, as far north as Quebec, during the first two centuries of white contacts. Written clearly and authoritatively, with sympathy for this long-neglected tribe, Colin G. Calloway's account of the Western Abenaki diaspora adds to the growing interest in remnant Indian groups of North America. This history of an Algonquian group on the periphery of the Iroquois Confederacy is also a major contribution to general Indian historiography and to studies of Indian white interactions, cultural persistence, and ethnic identity in North America Colin G. Calloway, Assistant Professor of History in the University of Wyoming, is the author of Crown and Calumet: British-Indian Relations, 1783-181S, and the editor of New Directions in American Indian History, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press. "Colin Calloway shows how Western Abenaki history, like all Indian history, has been hidden, ignored, or purposely obscured. Although his work focuses on Euro-American military interactions with these important eastern Indians, Calloway provides valuable insights into why Indians and Indian identity have survived in Vermont despite their lack of recognition for centuries."-Laurence M. Hauptman, State University of New York, New Paltz. "Far from being an empty no-man's-land in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the western Abenaki homeland is shown in this excellent synthesis to have been an active part of the stage on which the events of the colonial period were acted out. -Dean R. Snow, State University of New York, Albany. "At last the western Abenakis have a proper history. Colin Calloway has made their difficultly accessible literature his own and has written what will surely remain the standard reference for a long time."-Gordon M. Day, Canadian Ethnology Service. "Although they played a central role in the colonial history of New England and southern Quebec, the western Abenakis have been all but ignored by historians and poorly known to anthropologists. Therefore, publication of a careful study of western Abenaki history ranks as a major event.... Calloway's book is a gold mine of useful data."-William A. Haviland, senior author, The Original Vermonters.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806125683

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NASA's Scientist-Astronauts

By: Shayler David,Colin Burgess

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NASA's Scientist-Astronauts

By: Shayler David,Colin Burgess

This book provides unique access to the story of how scientists were accepted into the American Space Programme, and reveals how, after four difficult decades, the role of the heroic test pilot astronaut has been replaced by men and women who are science orientated space explorers.

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0387493875

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New Skeletons

By: Colin Richards

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New Skeletons

By: Colin Richards

The authors complete family biography including a genealogical profile of connected families

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Lulu.com

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1291925627

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9781291925623

Ungulate Taxonomy

By: Colin Groves,Peter Grubb

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Ungulate Taxonomy

By: Colin Groves,Peter Grubb

A well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.

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JHU Press

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1421400936

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Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Forensic Scientists

By: Colin Aitken,Franco Taroni

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Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Forensic Scientists

By: Colin Aitken,Franco Taroni

The first edition of Statistics and the Evaluation of Evidence for Forensic Scientists established itself as a highly regarded authority on this area. Fully revised and updated, the second edition provides significant new material on areas of current interest including: Glass Interpretation Fibres Interpretation Bayes’ Nets The title presents comprehensive coverage of the statistical evaluation of forensic evidence. It is written with the assumption of a modest mathematical background and is illustrated throughout with up-to-date examples from a forensic science background. The clarity of exposition makes this book ideal for all forensic scientists, lawyers and other professionals in related fields interested in the quantitative assessment and evaluation of evidence. 'There can be no doubt that the appreciation of some evidence in a court of law has been greatly enhanced by the sound use of statistical ideas and one can be confident that the next decade will see further developments, during which time this book will admirably serve those who have cause to use statistics in forensic science.' D.V. Lindley

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John Wiley & Sons

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047001122X

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9780470011225

Hollywood in Crisis

Cinema and American Society 1929-1939

By: Colin Schindler

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Hollywood in Crisis

Cinema and American Society 1929-1939

By: Colin Schindler

Hollywood in Crisis is a detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Colin Schindler, looking at Hollywood as an agent of Roosevelt's New Deal and the attempts made by film moguls and movie makers to withstand the political turmoil that threatened to engulf America. Schindler illustrates how the studios and their products, from the glamour of MGM stars and escapist musicals to gangster movies and Westerns, even to the 'radical' films of the Warner studios, helped foster ideas of social unity and patriotism.

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Routledge

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1134850468

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The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights

Austrian, Public Choice, and Institutional Economics Perspectives

By: Colin Harris,Meina Cai,Ilia Murtazashvili,Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

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The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights

Austrian, Public Choice, and Institutional Economics Perspectives

By: Colin Harris,Meina Cai,Ilia Murtazashvili,Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

Property rights are the rules governing ownership in society. This Element offers an analytical framework to understand the origins and consequences of property rights. It conceptualizes of the political economy of property rights as a concern with the follow questions: What explains the origins of economic and legal property rights? What are the consequences of different property rights institutions for wealth creation, conservation, and political order? Why do property institutions change? Why do legal reforms relating to property rights such as land redistribution and legal titling improve livelihoods in some contexts but not others? In analyzing property rights, the authors emphasize the complementarity of insights from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives, including Austrian economics, public choice, and institutional economics, including the Bloomington School of institutional analysis and political economy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108981437

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9781108981439

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

By: Colin Larkin

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

By: Colin Larkin

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

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Omnibus Press

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0857125958

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Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

By: Stephen Jackson,Colin Groves

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Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

By: Stephen Jackson,Colin Groves

Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian mammals undertaken to date. It proposes significant changes to the higher ranks of a number of groups and recognises several genera and species that have only very recently been identified as distinct. This easy to use reference also includes a complete listing of all species, subspecies and synonyms for all of Australia’s mammals, both native and introduced as well as terrestrial and marine. This book lays a foundation for future taxonomic work and identifies areas where taxonomic studies should be targeted, not only at the species and subspecies level but also broader phylogenetic relationships. This work will be an essential reference for students, scientists, wildlife managers and those interested in the science of taxonomy.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486300146

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9781486300143

Power at Odds

The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike

By: Colin John Davis

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Power at Odds

The 1922 National Railroad Shopmen's Strike

By: Colin John Davis

During the tumultuous era of World War I and the years immediately following, the leadership of the United States had shifted from Wilson to Harding and the mood of the nation from pro-labor to pro-business. Colin Davis introduces readers to the 400,000 railroad shopmen and their working world and to the national government's dynamic influence on labor from 1917 to 1922. Davis's study provides a much-needed synthesis of shifting power relations among labor, capital, and the state, as well as a cogent interpretation of union structural experimentation and failure. It will be of interest to social, political, business, legal, and labor historians.

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University of Illinois Press

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025206612X

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9780252066122

The Devil and Doctor Dwight

Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic

By: Colin Wells

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The Devil and Doctor Dwight

Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic

By: Colin Wells

At the close of the eighteenth century, Timothy Dwight--poet, clergyman, and, later, president of Yale College--waged a literary and intellectual war against the forces of "infidelity." The Devil and Doctor Dwight reexamines this episode by focusing on The Triumph of Infidelity (1788), the verse satire that launched Dwight's campaign and, Colin Wells argues, the key to recovering the deeper meaning of the threat of infidelity in the early years of the American Republic. The book also features the first modern, annotated edition of this important but long-overlooked poem. Modeled after Alexander Pope's satiric masterpiece, the Dunciad, Dwight's poem took aim at a number of his contemporaries, but its principal target was Congregationalist Charles Chauncy, author of a controversial treatise asserting "the salvation of all men." To Dwight's mind, a belief in universal salvation issued from the same naive faith in innate human virtue and inevitable progress that governed all forms of Enlightenment thought, political as well as religious. Indeed, in subsequent works he traced with increasing dismay a shift in the idea of universal salvation from a theological doctrine to a political belief and symbol of American national identity. In this light, Dwight's campaign against infidelity must also be seen as an early and prescient critique of the ideological underpinnings of Jeffersonian democracy.

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UNC Press Books

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0807839051

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9780807839058

Searching for Lord Haw-Haw

The Political Lives of William Joyce

By: Colin Holmes

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Searching for Lord Haw-Haw

The Political Lives of William Joyce

By: Colin Holmes

Searching for Lord Haw-Haw is an authoritative account of the political lives of William Joyce. He became notorious as a fascist, an anti-Semite and then as a Second World War traitor when, assuming the persona of Lord Haw-Haw, he acted as a radio propagandist for the Nazis. It is an endlessly compelling story of simmering hope, intense frustration, renewed anticipation and ultimately catastrophic failure. This fully-referenced work is the first attempt to place Joyce at the centre of the turbulent, traumatic and influential events through which he lived. It challenges existing biographies, which have reflected not only Joyce’s frequent calculated deceptions but also the suspect claims advanced by his family, friends and apologists. By exploring his rampant, increasingly influential narcissism it also offers a pioneering analysis of Joyce’s personality and exposes its dangerous, destructive consequences. "What a saga my life would make!" Joyce wrote from prison just before his execution. Few would disagree with him.

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Routledge

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1317408357

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9781317408352

Pragmatism as Transition

Historicity and Hope in James, Dewey, and Rorty

By: Colin Koopman

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Pragmatism as Transition

Historicity and Hope in James, Dewey, and Rorty

By: Colin Koopman

Pragmatism is America's best-known native philosophy. It espouses a practical set of beliefs and principles that focus on the improvement of our lives. Yet the split between classical and contemporary pragmatists has divided the tradition against itself. Classical pragmatists, such as John Dewey and William James, believed we should heed the lessons of experience. Neopragmatists, including Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and Jürgen Habermas, argue instead from the perspective of a linguistic turn, which makes little use of the idea of experience. Can these two camps be reconciled in a way that revitalizes a critical tradition? Colin Koopman proposes a recovery of pragmatism by way of "transitionalist" themes of temporality and historicity which flourish in the work of the early pragmatists and continue in contemporary neopragmatist thought. "Life is in the transitions," James once wrote, and, in following this assertion, Koopman reveals the continuities uniting both phases of pragmatism. Koopman's framework also draws from other contemporary theorists, including Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Bernard Williams, and Stanley Cavell. By reflecting these voices through the prism of transitionalism, a new understanding of knowledge, ethics, politics, and critique takes root. Koopman concludes with a call for integrating Dewey and Foucault into a model of inquiry he calls genealogical pragmatism, a mutually informative critique that further joins the analytic and continental schools.

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Columbia University Press

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0231520190

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9780231520195

The Indo-Aryan Languages

By: Colin P. Masica

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The Indo-Aryan Languages

By: Colin P. Masica

In his ambitious survey of the Indo-Aryan languages, Colin Masica has provided a fundamental introduction which will interest not only general and theoretical linguists but also students of one or more of these languages who want to acquaint themselves with the broader linguistic context. Generally synchronic in approach, concentrating on the phonology, morphology and syntax of the modern representatives of the group, the volume also covers their historical development, areal context, writing systems and aspects of sociolinguistics. The survey is organised not on a language-by-language basis but by topic, so that salient theoretical issues may be discussed in a comparative context.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521299446

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From Rail to Road and Back Again?

A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency

By: Colin Divall

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From Rail to Road and Back Again?

A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency

By: Colin Divall

The coming of the railways signalled the transformation of European society, allowing the quick and cheap mass transportation of people and goods on a previously unimaginable scale. By the early decades of the twentieth century, however, the domination of rail transport was threatened by increased motorised road transport which would quickly surpass and eclipse the trains, only itself to be challenged in the twenty-first century by a renewal of interest in railways. Yet, as the studies in this volume make clear, to view the relationship between road and rail as a simple competition between two rival forms of transportation, is a mistake. Rail transport did not vanish in the twentieth century any more than road transport vanished in the nineteenth with the appearance of the railways. Instead a mutual interdependence has always existed, balancing the strengths and weaknesses of each system. It is that interdependence that forms the major theme of this collection. Divided into two main sections, the first part of the book offers a series of chapters examining how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport, and exploring the degree to which railways depended on road transportation at different times and places. Part two focuses on road mobility, interpreting it as the innovative success story of the twentieth century. Taken together, these essays provide a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last one hundred years.

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Routledge

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131713186X

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Genealogy as Critique

Foucault and the Problems of Modernity

By: Colin Koopman

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Genealogy as Critique

Foucault and the Problems of Modernity

By: Colin Koopman

Shows that philosophical genealogy involves not only the critique of modernity but also its transformation

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Indiana University Press

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0253006198

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Steam Trains

The Magnificent History of Britain's Locomotives from Stephenson's Rocket to BR's Evening Star

By: Colin Maggs

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Steam Trains

The Magnificent History of Britain's Locomotives from Stephenson's Rocket to BR's Evening Star

By: Colin Maggs

The history of steam in Britain from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445632837

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A History of the Southern Railway

By: Colin Maggs

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A History of the Southern Railway

By: Colin Maggs

The story of one of the most iconic railway companies of the great age of steam.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445652722

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Cross and Tapper on Evidence

By: Colin Tapper

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Cross and Tapper on Evidence

By: Colin Tapper

Cross and Tapper on Evidence discusses the theory and practice of this field, and provides criticism and comment on the law, drawing on numerous recent cases to illustrate the workings of the law. It has been fully revised and rewritten to take into account the radical and controversial newCriminal Justice Act 2003. Major changes brought about by the new legislation, including those relating to the effect on acquittals, all the rules relating to character, and the hearsay rule in criminal cases, have been fully incorporated into the text.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199292000

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9780199292004

Race, Class, and the Politics of Decolonization

Jamaica Journals, 1961 and 1968

By: Colin Clarke

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Race, Class, and the Politics of Decolonization

Jamaica Journals, 1961 and 1968

By: Colin Clarke

This book offers a detailed picture of Jamaica before and after independence. A 1961 journal sheds light on the political and social context before independence, while a 1968 journal shows how independence dissolved dissident forces and identifies the origins of Jamaica's current two party politics.

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Springer

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1137540788

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Becoming a Teacher

By: Colin Marsh

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Becoming a Teacher

By: Colin Marsh

Marsh, Becoming a Teacher, 5e continues to offer pre-service teachers a practical and user-friendly guide to learning to teach that students find invaluable throughout their entire degree. Marsh covers a comprehensive introduction to teaching methodology, preparing pre-service teachers for the challenges they face in a 21st-century classroom. Throughout the text, students are given the chance to reflect on the major issues facing teachers and students through the use of case studies, classroom examples and references providing opportunities to research topics further.

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Pearson Higher Education AU

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1442537388

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Party Politics and Local Government

By: Colin Copus

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Party Politics and Local Government

By: Colin Copus

This book is an explanation of the long-standing interrelationship between local government and political parties. It examines and outlines the differences between the political party outside the council and the political party group of councillors within the council. It explores the impact that the party groups have on the conduct of council business, decision-making and policy development and the impact they have on local representation. It addresses two questions that are fundamental to local representative democracy--who or what is it that the councillor represents, and are councillors elected to govern or to serve.

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Manchester University Press

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0719066352

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The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede

By: Colin A. Ireland

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The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede

By: Colin A. Ireland

Seventh-century Gaelic law-tracts delineate professional poets (filid) who earned high social status through formal training. These poets cooperated with the Church to create an innovative bilingual intellectual culture in Old Gaelic and Latin. Bede described Anglo-Saxon students who availed themselves of free education in Ireland at this culturally dynamic time. Gaelic scholars called sapientes (“wise ones”) produced texts in Old Gaelic and Latin that demonstrate how Anglo-Saxon students were influenced by contact with Gaelic ecclesiastical and secular scholarship. Seventh-century Northumbria was ruled for over 50 years by Gaelic-speaking kings who could access Gaelic traditions. Gaelic literary traditions provide the closest analogues for Bede’s description of Cædmon’s production of Old English poetry. This ground-breaking study displays the transformations created by the growth of vernacular literatures and bilingual intellectual cultures. Gaelic missionaries and educational opportunities helped shape the Northumbrian “Golden Age”, its manuscripts, hagiography, and writings of Aldhelm and Bede.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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1501513877

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9781501513879

Rebel Star

Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun

By: Colin Stuart

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Rebel Star

Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun

By: Colin Stuart

Rebel Star is a timely and essential guide, examining our long-held fascination with the sun, from ancient beliefs, to early scientific studies, and an up-to-date look at what we know - and still don't know - taking us on a thrilling journey to the centre of our solar system.

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Michael O'Mara Books

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1789290457

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Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

By: Colin Dexter

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Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

By: Colin Dexter

Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all . . . ? How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph Hotel? Why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look upon the festive season with uncharacteristic goodwill? And what happens when Morse himself falls victim to a brilliantly executed crime? Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories is a dazzling collection of short stories from Inspector Morse's creator, Colin Dexter. It includes six ingenious cases for the world's most popular fictional detective – plus five other tantalizingly original tales to delight all lovers of classic crime fiction.

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Pan Macmillan

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0330523856

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Into That Silent Sea

Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965

By: Francis French,Colin Burgess

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Into That Silent Sea

Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965

By: Francis French,Colin Burgess

A history of early space flight focuses on the careers of both American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts and includes coverage of other persons who worked in support roles.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803206976

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The World Rubber Industry

By: Colin Barlow,Sisira Jayasuriya,C Suan Tan

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The World Rubber Industry

By: Colin Barlow,Sisira Jayasuriya,C Suan Tan

Despite the fact that Rubber is one of the world's major commodities, surprispingly little has been written about hte the subject. First published in 1994, The World Rubber Industry seeks to redress this deficiency. It presents information in a clear and accessible manner, with numerous tables and illustrations, and an extensive glossary. This is a comprehensive and definitive analysis of one of the world's major and most essential commodities.

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1317829131

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The Global Pigeon

By: Colin Jerolmack

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The Global Pigeon

By: Colin Jerolmack

The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance—if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the “pigeon wars” waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.

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University of Chicago Press

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022600189X

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A History of the Global Economy

The Inevitable Accident

By: Colin White

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A History of the Global Economy

The Inevitable Accident

By: Colin White

Providing an exceptional overview and analysis of the global economy, from the origins of Homo sapiens to the present day, Colin White explores our past to help understand our economic future. He veers away from traditional Eurocentric approaches, providing a truly global scope for readers. The main themes include the creative innovativeness of humans and how this generates economic progression, the common economic pathway trodden by all societies, and the complementary relationship between government and the market.

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1788971981

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War, Peace and International Relations

An introduction to strategic history

By: Colin S. Gray

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War, Peace and International Relations

An introduction to strategic history

By: Colin S. Gray

War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars. Written by leading strategist Professor Colin Gray, the book provides students with a good grounding in the contribution of war to the development of the modern world, from the pre-industrial era to the age of international terrorism and smart weapons. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated: It is the first one-volume strategic history textbook on the market; It covers all the major wars of the past two centuries; It is up to date and comprehensive, including a new section on the American Civil War, a new chapter on geography and strategy, and completely rewritten chapters on Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s and on irregular warfare. This textbook will be essential reading for students of strategic studies, security studies, war studies, international relations and international history.

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Routledge

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1136588612

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9781136588617

Common Good Politics

British Idealism and Social Justice in the Contemporary World

By: Colin Tyler

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Common Good Politics

British Idealism and Social Justice in the Contemporary World

By: Colin Tyler

This book examines the British tradition of common good politics, both historically and in the contemporary world. We live in a time when many anti-Conservative parties and voters feel a profound sense of crisis and disorientation over political principles and policy directions. As a result, many people are turning to common good politics as an alternative to state-centred socialism and laissez-faire individualism. Colin Tyler explores the practical and intellectual history of the British idealist tradition, which flourished from the 1870s to the 1920s, before applying the principles of common good politics to contemporary issues. These issues include the positive roles that can be played by conflict within democratic societies, the radical demands of social justice in a diverse world, the continuing influence of Bush’s ‘war on terror’, international society and free speech under Tony Blair and David Cameron, and the relationships between economic migration, social justice and the common good. The book will appeal particularly to students and scholars interested in British politics, internationalism and political theory.

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Springer

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3319324047

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Adult Education: As Social Policy

By: Colin Griffin

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Adult Education: As Social Policy

By: Colin Griffin

First published in 1987, Adult Education: As Social Policy intends to provide an introduction to the social policy analysis of adult education, contributing to the larger literature around lifelong or continuing education. The roots of policy in alternative social welfare models are traced to their ideological sources and to the origins of adult education theory itself. The development of professionalism is also considered in relation to policy analysis and there is a case study of major policy documents to illustrate the analysis. The book will be of interest to students of pedagogy, education, and policy.

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Routledge

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1000532380

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Colin's Shorts

By: Colin Owen

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Colin's Shorts

By: Colin Owen

Colin's Shorts is a compilation of 30 short stories. It is a very varied mix covering several genres. It has Sci-Fi, ghosts, horror, romance, comedy and there's even a cowboy in there somewhere! Something for everyone.

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Lulu.com

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1447764226

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9781447764229

American Imperialism and the State, 1893–1921

By: Colin D. Moore

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American Imperialism and the State, 1893–1921

By: Colin D. Moore

How did the acquisition of overseas colonies affect the development of the American state? How did the constitutional system shape the expansion and governance of American empire? American Imperialism and the State offers a new perspective on these questions by recasting American imperial governance as an episode of state building. Colin D. Moore argues that the empire was decisively shaped by the efforts of colonial state officials to achieve greater autonomy in the face of congressional obstruction, public indifference and limitations on administrative capacity. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book focuses principally upon four cases of imperial governance - Hawai'i, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic and Haiti - to highlight the essential tension between American mass democracy and imperial expansion.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108211054

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9781108211055

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