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Perpetual Carnival

Essays on Film and Literature

By: Colin MacCabe

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Perpetual Carnival

Essays on Film and Literature

By: Colin MacCabe

Upholding literature and film together as academically interwoven, Perpetual Carnival underscores the everlasting coexistence of realism and modernism, eschewing the popularly accepted view that the latter is itself a rejection of the former. Mining examples from both film and literature, Colin MacCabe asserts that the relationship between film and literature springs to life a wealth of beloved modernist art, from Jean-Luc Godard's Pierre le Fou to James Joyce's Ulysses, enriched by realism's enduring legacy. The intertextuality inherent in adaptation furthers this assertion in MacCabe's inclusion of Roman Polanski's Tess, a 1979 adaptation of Thomas Hardy's nineteenth-century realist novel, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Showcasing essays enlivened by cosmopolitan interests, theoretical insight, and strong social purpose, Perpetual Carnival supports a humanities which repudiates narrow specialization and which seeks to place the discussion of film and literature firmly in the reality of current political and ideological discussion. It argues for the writers and directors, the thinkers and critics, who have most fired the contemporary imagination.

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Oxford University Press

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0190239131

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Writing and the Rise of Finance

Capital Satires of the Early Eighteenth Century

By: Colin Nicholson

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Writing and the Rise of Finance

Capital Satires of the Early Eighteenth Century

By: Colin Nicholson

The early eighteenth century saw a far-reaching financial revolution in England, whose impact on the literature of the period has hitherto been relatively unexplored. In this original study, Colin Nicholson reads familiar texts such as Gulliver's Travels, The Beggar's Opera and The Dunciad as 'capital satires', responding to the social and political effects of the installation of capitalist financial institutions in London. The founding of the Bank of England and the inauguration of the National Debt permanently altered the political economy of England: the South Sea Bubble disaster of 1721 educated a political generation into the money markets. While they invested in stocks and shares, Swift, Pope and Gay conducted a campaign against the civic effects of these new financial institutions. Conflict between these writers' inherited discourse of civic humanism and the transformations being undergone by their own society, is shown to have had a profound effect on a number of key literary texts.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521453232

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9780521453233

Rich Crime, Poor Crime

Inequality and the Rule of Law

By: Colin Webster

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Rich Crime, Poor Crime

Inequality and the Rule of Law

By: Colin Webster

An important and challenging book comprehensively spanning across the establishment of power systems, Rich Crime, Poor Crime is a vital read for academics, professionals and those interested in the fields of history, sociology, criminology, and politics.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1839098244

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9781839098246

The Protest Makers

The British Nuclear Disarmament Movement of 1958-1965, Twenty Years On

By: Richard J K Taylor,Colin Pritchar

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The Protest Makers

The British Nuclear Disarmament Movement of 1958-1965, Twenty Years On

By: Richard J K Taylor,Colin Pritchar

The Protest Makers: The British Nuclear Disarmament Movement of 1958-1965, Twenty Years On discusses issues regarding the British nuclear disarmament movement. The book is comprised of four parts that covers specific topic related to the movement, such as the political and ideological aspects of the movement. The text discusses the problems faced by the movement that prevented it in making a significant change in modern Britain. The book also analyzes the future activities and attitude of the movement. The text will be of great interest to individuals who are concerned with the trends of anti-nuclear movements, particularly in Britain.

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Elsevier

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1483150593

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Anti-Catholicism in Eighteenth-century England, C. 1714-80

A Political and Social Study

By: Colin Haydon

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Anti-Catholicism in Eighteenth-century England, C. 1714-80

A Political and Social Study

By: Colin Haydon

This study of anti-Catholicism in 18th-century England demonstrates that the "no Popery" sentiment was a potent force under the first three Georges and was, on occasions, manifested in the hostility of significant sections of the middle and upper ranks of society, as well as the populace at large.

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Manchester University Press

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0719028590

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9780719028595

Sustainable Cities

By: Graham Haughton,Colin Hunter

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Sustainable Cities

By: Graham Haughton,Colin Hunter

This book tackles two issues: sustainable environmental development and urban development. It brings together the insights of environmental science, the social science and management.

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Routledge

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1134996071

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Waterfront Revolts

New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61

By: Colin John Davis

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Waterfront Revolts

New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61

By: Colin John Davis

Davis also documents struggles by New York black and Hispanic longshoremen against union and employer discrimination and shows how the wildcat strikes in both ports altered the balance of power and facilitated the establishment of viable oppositional movements." "Addressing questions of why dockworkers were such influential and explosive forces in the postwar industrial arena, Waterfront Revolts reveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced cold war politics, the economy, and culture - even across geographical borders."--Jacket.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252028783

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9780252028786

The Navy and Anglo-Scottish Union, 1603-1707

By: Colin Helling

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The Navy and Anglo-Scottish Union, 1603-1707

By: Colin Helling

Examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707.This book examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. For most of the century the Scottish crown had no separate naval force which made the Stuart monarchs' navy, seen by them as a personal not a state force, unusual in being an institution which had a relationship with both kingdoms. This did not necessarily make the navy a shared organisation, as it continued to be financed from and based in England and was predominantly English. Nevertheless, the navy is an unusually good prism through which the nature of the regal union can be interrogated as English commanded ships interacted with Scottish authorities, and as Scots looked to the navy for protection from foreign invaders, such as the Dutch in the Forth in 1667, and for Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain.r Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain.r Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain.r Scottish merchant ships trading with the Baltic and elsewhere. These interactions were often harmonious, but there were also many instances of tensions, particularly in the 1690s. The book illustrates both the ambiguous relationship between England and Scotland in the seventeenth century and also the navy's under-appreciated role in creating the political union of Britain.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783277041

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From Atlantis to the Sphinx

By: Colin Wilson

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From Atlantis to the Sphinx

By: Colin Wilson

In this compelling book, Colin Wilson argues that thousands of years before ancient Egypt and Greece held sway, there was a great civilization whose ships traveled the world from China to Antarctica. Their advanced knowledge of science, mathematics, and astronomy was passed on to descendants who escaped to Egypt and South America. From Atlantis to the Sphinx bases this assertion on a true fact: that archaeologists and geologists are at odds over the age of the Sphinx. Archaeologists claim that the Sphinx dates to classical dynastic Egypt, around 2,400 b.c. But some geologists claim that it could have been built as early as 7,000 to 10,500 b.c. The geologists' claim is based on the curious fact that the erosion of the Sphinx is more characteristic of water erosion than that of wind and sand. Starting from the assumption that there was an advanced civilization in existence much earlier than previously thought, Wilson goes on to claim that it could very well be Atlantis--not a literal island that sank, but more of a great civilization that either declined naturally or experienced a great catastrophe, passing on only a fraction of its knowledge to other peoples. From Atlantis to the Sphinx delves into what might have been a completely different knowledge system from that of modern man--one as alien to us as that of the Martians. The book sets out to reconstruct that ancient knowledge in a fascinating exploration of the remote depths of history, a ground-breaking attempt to understand how these long-forgotten peoples thought, felt, and communicated with the universe.

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Weiser Books

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1578633060

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9781578633067

Edward Frankland

Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England

By: Colin A. Russell

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Edward Frankland

Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England

By: Colin A. Russell

The first scientific biography of Edward Frankland, the most eminent chemist of nineteenth-century Britain.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521545811

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9780521545815

Genetics and Biochemistry of Antibiotic Production

By: Colin Stuttard,L. Vining

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Genetics and Biochemistry of Antibiotic Production

By: Colin Stuttard,L. Vining

* Emphasizes the molecular genetics of antibiotic production * Provides the latest information on the organization of genes encoding the biosynthetic pathway * Explores the mechanisms governing their expression and regulation * Examines the role of resistance genes in protecting organisms from their own lethal products Genetics and Biochemistry of Antibiotic Production brings together the most up-to-date information on the genetic and biochemical mechanisms involved in antibiotic production. A collection of internationally recognized authors provide the latest information on the organization, function and regulation of genes responsible for antibiotic synthesis in a range of bacteria. This unique book groups antibiotics according to their biosynthetic affiliation, providing a background into evolutionary relationships while raising intriguing questions about the raison d'etre of antibiotics in nature.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483295079

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Centrality of Agriculture

Between Humankind and the Rest of Nature

By: Colin A.M. Duncan

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Centrality of Agriculture

Between Humankind and the Rest of Nature

By: Colin A.M. Duncan

Using ecological, historical, humanist, institutionalist, and Marxist methodologies, Duncan argues that the entire project of developing the theory of political economy has been seriously sidetracked by industrialism. Using England as a case study he shows that the relationship between modernity and agriculture need not be uncomfortable and suggests ways in which the original socialist project can be rejuvenated to make it both more feasible and more attractive. Duncan concludes that no sustainable human future can be conceived unless and until the centrality of agriculture is properly recognized and new economic institutions are developed that will encourage people to take care of their landscapes.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077356571X

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9780773565715

Trans-European Telecommunication Networks

The Challenges for Industrial Policy

By: Colin Turner

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Trans-European Telecommunication Networks

The Challenges for Industrial Policy

By: Colin Turner

Examining the nature of telecommunication networks and the rationale for the developement of trans-European networks, the study explores the features networks need to exhibit if they are to complement the broad themes of Europe's industrial policy, and demonstrates the economic importance of advanced telecommunications to business. The final chapters of the volume offer an analysis of the technology associated with the three chosen priorities of the EU in the development of advanced telecommunication infrastructure: * the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) * the development of telematic networks * the development of broadband networks.

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Routledge

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1134718039

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9781134718030

Legendary Locals of New Haven

By: Colin M. Caplan

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Legendary Locals of New Haven

By: Colin M. Caplan

Finding someone who is not legendary in New Haven is nearly as hard as knowing how to pronounce the local dialect. In its earliest period there appeared epic characters like John Davenport, the town's founder; Roger Sherman, the city's first mayor and only signer of the four major US papers; and Benedict Arnold, patriot and famed traitor. The growing city emerged as a place of innovation and industry with people like Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin; Noah Webster, author of the first American English dictionary; Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber; and William Lanson, a distinguished African American contractor in the early 19th century. As the seat of Yale University and other major institutions, New Haven's men and women continue to make a name for themselves. These legends include Yoshi and Bun Lai, mother and son restaurateurs who create sustainable sushi; Doris Townsend, historian and author; Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana, begun in 1925; and Louis Lunch, birthplace of the hamburger. Legendary Locals of New Haven opens the doors to the city's rich history and its continuing legacy as a cultural center.

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Arcadia Publishing

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146710096X

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Abortion Care as Moral Work

Ethical Considerations of Maternal and Fetal Bodies

By: Curtis Boyd,Glenna Boyd,Renee Chelian,Marc Heller,Sarah Dubow,Amy Hagstrom Miller,Thomas Cunningham,Shelley Sella,Colin Partridge,Shannon Withycombe

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Abortion Care as Moral Work

Ethical Considerations of Maternal and Fetal Bodies

By: Curtis Boyd,Glenna Boyd,Renee Chelian,Marc Heller,Sarah Dubow,Amy Hagstrom Miller,Thomas Cunningham,Shelley Sella,Colin Partridge,Shannon Withycombe

This anthology brings together the voices of abortion providers, counselors, clinic owners, neonatologists, bioethicists, and historians. Authors address the motivations that lead them to offer abortion care, discuss how anti-abortion regulations have made it increasingly difficult to offer feminist-inspired services, and ponder the ethical frameworks supporting abortion care and fetal research.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813597269

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9780813597263

Information Security and Privacy

Third Australasian Conference, ACISP'98, Brisbane, Australia July 13-15, 1998, Proceedings

By: Colin Boyd

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Information Security and Privacy

Third Australasian Conference, ACISP'98, Brisbane, Australia July 13-15, 1998, Proceedings

By: Colin Boyd

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP'97, held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, in July 1997. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The book is divided into sections on security models and access control, network security, secure hardware and implementation issues, cryptographic functions and ciphers, authentication codes and secret sharing systems, cryptanalysis, key escrow, security protocols and key management, and applications.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540647325

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9783540647324

Pancreatic Disease

Basic Science and Clinical Management

By: Colin D. Johnson

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Pancreatic Disease

Basic Science and Clinical Management

By: Colin D. Johnson

Pancreatic Disease: Basic Science and Clinical Management summarises the state of the art in basic science and clinical management of pancreatic disease. This book provides a clear and up-to-date review of the advancing areas in clinical pancreatology and clinical research related to the pancreas. Written by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive review directs the interested reader towards important and current published source material. Covering all aspects of pancreatic disease, contributions are included from pancreatic surgeons and medical pancreatologists on pancreatic cancer, acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Special features include a systematic review of the evidence for the use of gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer prepared for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK body charged with evaluating new drug treatment. Gemcitabine has FDA approval. There are several contributions dealing with the management of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. This book will be useful to gastroenterologists, internists and surgeons, and specialist clinicians with an interest in pancreatic disease. Trainees in medical and surgical pancreatology will find it a companion to supplement standard textbooks.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1852339047

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9781852339043

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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9780857125958

Black and Asian Theatre In Britain

A History

By: Colin Chambers

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Black and Asian Theatre In Britain

A History

By: Colin Chambers

Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an unprecedented study tracing the history of ‘the Other’ through the ages in British theatre. The diverse and often contradictory aspects of this history are expertly drawn together to provide a detailed background to the work of African, Asian, and Caribbean diasporic companies and practitioners. Colin Chambers examines early forms of blackface and other representations in the sixteenth century, through to the emergence of black and Asian actors, companies, and theatre groups in their own right. Thorough analysis uncovers how they led to a flourishing of black and Asian voices in theatre at the turn of the twenty-first century. Figures and companies studied include: Ira Aldridge Henry Francis Downing Paul Robeson Errol John Mustapha Matura Dark and Light Theatre The Keskidee Centre Indian Art and Dramatic Society Temba Edric and Pearl Connor Tara Arts Yvonne Brewster Tamasha Talawa. Black and Asian Theatre in Britain is an enlightening and immensely readable resource and represents a major new study of theatre history and British history as a whole.

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Routledge

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1134216904

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Murderous Acts

By: Knight Colin (author)

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Murderous Acts

By: Knight Colin (author)

If an injury has to be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."A chance encounter and an overheard conversation was all it took to undo the psychotherapy that had buried David's bitterness and suppressed his desire for revenge.Little by little, the ruthless characters David had once played on London's premier stages, forced their way in to his consciousness.Little by little, David identified the undeserving, balanced the evidence, and passed sentences.Deluded by a demanding imaginary audience, and manipulated by an increasingly powerful subconscious, David is compelled to act.Killing for the adulation of his 'audience', David cleansed his past, purged the unworthy and settled his soul.But...Little by little, unknown by David, the protective and inquisitive child of the woman he loves has watched, made notes, and took photographs.As the killings become more personal, and the child reveals what he knows, David must make a choice.Is he too far gone to make a rational choice?Will his now dominant subconscious demand David kill the child of the woman he loves?Will David's imaginary audience recoil at the murder of a child?Or is there another way out?

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Colin Knight

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0463556119

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9780463556115

Process Intensification

Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility

By: David Reay,Colin Ramshaw,Adam Harvey

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Process Intensification

Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility

By: David Reay,Colin Ramshaw,Adam Harvey

Process Intensification: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility is the first book to provide a practical working guide to understanding process intensification (PI) and developing successful PI solutions and applications in chemical process, civil, environmental, energy, pharmaceutical, biological, and biochemical systems. Process intensification is a chemical and process design approach that leads to substantially smaller, cleaner, safer, and more energy efficient process technology. It improves process flexibility, product quality, speed to market and inherent safety, with a reduced environmental footprint. This book represents a valuable resource for engineers working with leading-edge process technologies, and those involved research and development of chemical, process, environmental, pharmaceutical, and bioscience systems. - No other reference covers both the technology and application of PI, addressing fundamentals, industry applications, and including a development and implementation guide - Covers hot and high growth topics, including emission prevention, sustainable design, and pinch analysis - World-class authors: Colin Ramshaw pioneered PI at ICI and is widely credited as the father of the technology

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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0080983057

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9780080983059

The End of Parliamentary Socialism

From New Left to New Labour

By: Leo Panitch,Colin Leys

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The End of Parliamentary Socialism

From New Left to New Labour

By: Leo Panitch,Colin Leys

Argues against the assertion that there is no alternative to neo-liberalism.

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1859843387

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To Make Another World

Studies in Protest and Collective Action

By: Colin Barker,Paul Kennedy

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To Make Another World

Studies in Protest and Collective Action

By: Colin Barker,Paul Kennedy

This book is a significant contribution to the expanding study of social movements. The essays consider some of the manifold ways in which people join together in popular movements to pursue visions of a different and more just society. They examine the impact of such movements, both on ordinary citizens swept along by demands for change, and on conventional institutions caught in the crossfire between radical protest and the pursuit of more mundane goals. They cast a new light on seemingly familiar themes: participation as a learning experience, the critical ingenuity of leadership but also its failures of judgment and internal divisions and the ever-changing nature of protest in the face of relentless social change. Above all, these essays succeed in capturing the essential vitality and creativity of ideas and language expressed by citizens as they struggle to reinvent their lives and times.

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1351878832

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The Making of Bourgeois Europe

Absolutism, Revolution, and the Rise of Capitalism in England, France and Germany

By: Colin Mooers

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The Making of Bourgeois Europe

Absolutism, Revolution, and the Rise of Capitalism in England, France and Germany

By: Colin Mooers

A defense of the concept of bourgeois revolution in European history

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0860915077

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Anarchism and the Mexican Revolution

The Political Trials of Ricardo Flores Magón in the United States

By: Colin M. MacLachlan

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Anarchism and the Mexican Revolution

The Political Trials of Ricardo Flores Magón in the United States

By: Colin M. MacLachlan

Historians of the Mexican experience in the United States, immigration, leftist politics, and legal affairs . . . [and] anyone interested in the First Amendment should read this book; anyone concerned about individual rights during wartime should read it as well."--William H. Beezley, Texas Christian University "A rich and multi-textured presentation. While scholars will find this work extremely enlightening, the general reader will be caught up in the human drama."--James W. Wilkie, University of California, Los Angeles

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Univ of California Press

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0520071174

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Selecting the Mercury Seven

The Search for America's First Astronauts

By: Colin Burgess

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Selecting the Mercury Seven

The Search for America's First Astronauts

By: Colin Burgess

The names of the seven Mercury astronauts were announced in April 1959 amid a flurry of publicity and patriotism. This work provides biographical details of all thirty-two finalists for the seven coveted places as America's pioneering astronauts. All of the candidates were among the nation's elite pilots involved in testing new supersonic aircraft capabilities. Most had served as wartime fighter and bomber pilots; some were test pilots on top secret and sophisticated aviation projects, while others were fleet admirals, prisoners of war, and proposed pilots for spaceflight programs such as the Dyna-Soar (X-20). The names of all 32 finalists have been kept secret until very recently. "Selecting the Mercury Seven" also relates the history and difficulties behind the initial choice of candidates. The lives, motivations, military careers, and achievements of the unsuccessful twenty-five finalists are explored first in fully authorized biographies. Test pilots for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, each man has a fascinating and very different story to tell. All thirty-two men had to endure meticulous, demeaning, and brutal week-long medical examinations at the Lovelace Clinic in New Mexico. This was followed by another torturous week at the Wright Aeromedical Laboratory in Ohio, where they were subjected to extreme fitness and physiological testing, the sole purpose of which was to sort out the Supermen from the near-supermen. The final part of the book examines the accomplishments and spaceflights of the seven successful candidates, bringing their amazing stories right up to date.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441984054

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9781441984050

The New Republic

A Commentary on Book I of More’s Utopia Showing Its Relation to Plato’s Republic

By: Colin Starnes

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The New Republic

A Commentary on Book I of More’s Utopia Showing Its Relation to Plato’s Republic

By: Colin Starnes

Colin Starnes radical interpretation of the long-recognized affinity of Thomas More’s Utopia and Plato’s Republic confirms the intrinsic links between the two works. Through commentary on More’s own introduction to Book I, the author shows the Republic is everywhere present as the model of the “best commonwealth,” which More must first discredit as the root cause of the dreadful evils in the collapsing political situation of sixteenth-century Europe. Starnes demonstrates how More, once having shorn the Republic of what was applicable to a society that had for a thousand years accepted and been moved by the Christian revelation, then “Christianized” it to arrive at one of the earliest and most coherent accounts of the ideal modern state: the description of Utopia in Book II. Knowing this radically new view of a long-recognized position may be questioned, the author has included a criticism and appreciation of the other major lines of interpretation concerning More’s Utopia.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889205957

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9780889205956

One Vast Winter Count

The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark

By: Colin Gordon Calloway

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The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark

By: Colin Gordon Calloway

This magnificent, sweeping work traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conflict and change, One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region by blending ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. Drawing on a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West, Colin G. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496206355

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Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700

Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality

By: James Colin Davis

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Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700

Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality

By: James Colin Davis

This book address the relationship between utopian and radical thought, particularly in the early modern period, and puts forward alternatives approaches to imagined ‘realities’. Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700 explores the nature and meaning of radicalism in a traditional society; the necessity of fiction both in rejecting and constructing the status quo; and the circumstances in which radical and utopian fictions appear to become imperative. In particular, it closely examines non-violence in Gerrard Winstanley’s thought; millennialism and utopianism as mutual critiques; form and substance in early modern utopianism/radicalism; Thomas More’s utopian theatre of interests; and James Harrington and the political necessity of narrative fiction. This detailed analysis underpins observations about the longer term historical significance and meaning of both radicalism and utopianism.

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Political Geography

World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality

By: Colin Flint,Peter J. Taylor

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Political Geography

World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality

By: Colin Flint,Peter J. Taylor

The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective of feminist geography. The book successfully integrates the complexity of individuals with the complexity of the world-economy by merging the compatible, but different, research agendas of the co-authors. This edition explores the importance of states in corporate globalization, challenges to this globalization, and the increasingly influential role of China. It also discusses the dynamics of the capitalist world-economy and the constant tension between the global scale of economic processes and the territorialization of politics in the current context of geopolitical change. The chapters have been updated with new examples – new sections on art and war, intimate geopolitics and geopolitical constructs reflect the vibrancy and diversity of the academic study of the subject. Sections have been updated and added to the material of the previous edition to reflect the role of the so-called Islamic State in global geopolitics. The book offers a framework to help students make their own judgements of how we got where we are today, and what may or should be done about it. Political Geography remains a core text for students of political geography, geopolitics, international relations and political science, as well as more broadly across human geography and the social sciences.

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Routledge

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1351673971

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Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology

By: Colin Chant,David Goodman

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Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology

By: Colin Chant,David Goodman

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Routledge

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1134636202

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150 Years of Pyrmont Peninsula

The Catholic Community of St. Bede 1867-2017

By: Colin F. Fowler

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150 Years of Pyrmont Peninsula

The Catholic Community of St. Bede 1867-2017

By: Colin F. Fowler

St Bede's Catholic Church in Pyrmont Street is the oldest, continuously functioning church on the Pyrmont peninsula. The Sydney Morning Herald article on the laying of the foundation stone (7/2/1867) stated that, when completed, the new church would be "a very neat and elegant structure".

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ATF Press

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1925486907

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World Famous in New Zealand

How New Zealand's Leading Firms Became World Class Competitors

By: Colin Campbell-Hunt

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World Famous in New Zealand

How New Zealand's Leading Firms Became World Class Competitors

By: Colin Campbell-Hunt

How can NZ firms in a small economy at the edge of the world make it on the international stage? This pioneering study answers these questions based on close study of 10 world class NZ companies. By a respected team of researchers.

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Auckland University Press

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1775582442

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Floods 10: Lost

By: Colin Thompson

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Floods 10: Lost

By: Colin Thompson

The caves under Transylvania Waters are about to be explored for the first time ever. What will the Floods find? The Floods are back in their rightful place as rulers of Transylvania Waters and there is an enormous amount to do to bring the country out of the Dark Ages. But what does a country need to become part of the modern world? Well, it needs socks, PlayStations and seventy-three varieties of genetically modified sausage, but above all else it needs maps. Winchflat's new wife, Maldegard, has been appointed Transylvania Waters's first ever Official Map-Maker. What she and Edna Hulbert discover during their travels will astound, terrify, amuse and intrigue you.

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Random House Australia

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1742743129

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John Henry Williams (1747-1829)

"political Clergyman" : War, the French Revolution, and the Church of England

By: Colin Haydon

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John Henry Williams (1747-1829)

"political Clergyman" : War, the French Revolution, and the Church of England

By: Colin Haydon

First full-length study of the life and career of John Henry Williams, one of the most fascinating figures of the eighteenth-century church. John Henry Williams was the vicar of Wellesbourne in south Warwickshire from 1778 until his death some fifty years later. A dedicated pastor, displaying an `enlightened and liberal' outlook, his career illuminates the Church of England's condition in the period, and also a clergyman's place in local society. However, he was not merely a country parson. A `political clergyman', Williams engaged fervently in both provincial and national political debate, denouncing the war with revolutionary France between 1793 and 1802, and published a series of forceful sermons condemning the struggle on Christian principles. To opponents, he appeared insidious and blinkered, but to admirers he was 'a sound divine, and not a less sound politician'. This book, the first to examine Williams' career in full, is a detailed, vivid, and sometimes moving, study of a man who occupies an honorable and significant position in the Church of England's history and in the history of British peace campaigning. Dr COLIN HAYDON teaches in the Department of History at the University of Winchester.

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Boydell Press

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1843833301

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Fitting In

By: Colin Thompson

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Fitting In

By: Colin Thompson

Everything in this book is true. You might think some things are just too unbelievable or funny or silly to be true, but every tiny detail really did happen." Take one small boy; add manic depression, three wives, three daughters, two divorces, amazing creative talent, and Asperger's syndrome. In this memoir, Colin Thompson invites you to explore his almost-unbelievable life from past to present, though not necessarily in that order. Filled with family photographs and mesmerising illustrations drawn by the author himself, prepare to step inside the life and mind of an extraordinary man. If you, or your friends or relations, have ever felt that you do not fit in this world, then this book will tell you how one person survived it all.

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1784503010

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Moon Bound

Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts

By: Colin Burgess

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Moon Bound

Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts

By: Colin Burgess

Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups included the leading figures for NASA's activities for the following two decades. “Moon Bound” complements the author’s recently published work, “Selecting the Mercury Seven” (2011), extending the story of the men who helped to launch human spaceflight and broaden the American space program. Although the initial 1959 group became known as the legendary pioneering Mercury astronauts, the astronauts of Groups 2 and 3 gave us many household names. Sixteen astronauts from both groups traveled to the Moon in Project Apollo, with several actually walking on the Moon, one of them being Neil Armstrong. This book draws on interviews to tell the astronauts' personal stories and recreate the drama of that time. It describes the process by which they were selected as astronauts and explains how the criteria had changed since the first group. “Moon Bound” is divided into two parts, recounting the biographies relating to the nine astronauts from NASA’s Group 2 in the first part, and the fourteen finalists in Group 3 in the second part. The stories of both selection groups are narrated through the experiences of four finalists with interesting backgrounds. One of these men is Al Rupp of the USAF who, as a West Point cadet, cheekily helped to steal the Navy mascot goat prior to the annual Army versus Navy game in 1953, thus achieving legendary status in the game’s history. Rupp was killed in a plane crash just two years after being named as a finalist for Group 3. The service career of naval aviator John Yamnicky was also very much the equal of other finalists, but he was killed on September 11, 2001, as he was a passenger on hijacked Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. At the end of the work there are several chapters on how these candidates were prepped for their missions.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461438551

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Barry

By: Colin Thompson

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Barry

By: Colin Thompson

Charged with saving the Earth from natural disasters, war and reality television, miniature robot Barry is accidentally trapped behind a couch and challenged to escape with a discarded red lipstick as his only tool.

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1864718846

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Stravinsky in the Americas

Transatlantic Tours and Domestic Excursions from Wartime Los Angeles (1925-1945)

By: H. Colin Slim

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Stravinsky in the Americas

Transatlantic Tours and Domestic Excursions from Wartime Los Angeles (1925-1945)

By: H. Colin Slim

Stravinsky in the Americas explores the “pre-Craft” period of Igor Stravinsky’s life, from when he first landed on American shores in 1925 to the end of World War II in 1945. Through a rich archival trove of ephemera, correspondence, photographs, and other documents, eminent musicologist H. Colin Slim examines the twenty-year period that began with Stravinsky as a radical European art-music composer and ended with him as a popular figure in American culture. This collection traces Stravinsky’s rise to fame—catapulted in large part by his collaborations with Hollywood and Disney and marked by his extra-marital affairs, his grappling with feelings of anti-Semitism, and his encounters with contemporary musicians as the music industry was emerging and taking shape in midcentury America. Slim’s lively narrative records the composer’s larger-than-life persona through a close look at his transatlantic tours and domestic excursions, where Stravinsky’s personal and professional life collided in often-dramatic ways.

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0520971531

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