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The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

By: Elisabeth Heijmans

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The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

By: Elisabeth Heijmans

In The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Expansion (1686-1746) Elisabeth Heijmans places directors and their connections at the centre of the developments and operations of French overseas companies. The focus on directors’ decisions and networks challenges the conception of French overseas companies as highly centralized and controlled by the state. Through the cases of companies operating in Pondicherry (Coromandel Coast) and Ouidah (Bight of Benin), Elisabeth Heijmans demonstrates the participation of actors not only in Paris but also in provinces, ports and trading posts in the French expansion. The analysis brings to the fore connections across imperial, cultural and religious boundaries in order to diverge from traditional national narratives of the French early modern empire.

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9004414401

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9789004414402

The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

By: Elisabeth Heijmans

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Stress and Poverty

A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation of Stress in Cells, Individuals, and Society

By: Michael Breitenbach,Elisabeth Kapferer,Clemens Sedmak

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Stress and Poverty

A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation of Stress in Cells, Individuals, and Society

By: Michael Breitenbach,Elisabeth Kapferer,Clemens Sedmak

The word stress is everywhere and highly overused. Everyone is stressed, it seems, all the time. Looking into the meaning of stress in the natural science and the humanities, this book explores cellular stress as cause of and in correlation with what humans experience as stress. When do we psychologically feel stress and when do we show physiological evidence of stress in our brain? Stress is a deviation from what feels normal and healthy. It can be created by social or economic factors and become chronic, which has substantial impacts on the individual and society as a whole. Focusing on poverty as one chronic inducer of stress, this book explores how the lack of pressure-free time, the hardships and unpredictability of everyday life and a general lack of protection lead to destructive toxic stress. This pressure affects cognitive and social functioning, brain development during childhood and may also result in premature aging. How can the sciences inform our understanding of and our response to stress? What can be done about toxic stress both on a personal level and in terms of structures and policies? The book is written for anyone interested in stress, its causes and consequences, and its relationship to poverty.

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249

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Springer Nature

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3030777383

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9783030777388

Peacebuilding

Women in International Perspective

By: Elisabeth Porter

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Peacebuilding

Women in International Perspective

By: Elisabeth Porter

This book clarifies some key ideas and practices underlying peacebuilding; understood broadly as formal and informal peace processes that occur during pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict transformation. Applicable to all peacebuilders, Elisabeth Porter highlights positive examples of women’s peacebuilding in comparative international contexts. She critically interrogates accepted and entrenched dualisms that prevent meaningful reconciliation, while also examining the harm of othering and the importance of recognition, inclusion and tolerance. Drawing on feminist ethics, the book develops a politics of compassion that defends justice, equality and rights and the need to restore victims’ dignity. Complex issues of memory, truth, silence and redress are explored while new ideas on reconciliation and embracing difference emerge. Many ideas challenge orthodox understandings of peace. The arguments developed here demonstrate how peacebuilding can be understood more broadly than current United Nations and orthodox usages so that women’s activities in conflict and transitional societies can be valued as participating in building sustainable peace with justice. Theoretically integrating peace and conflict studies, international relations, political theory and feminist ethics, this book focuses on the lessons to be learned from best practices of peacebuilding situated around the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Peacebuilding will be of particular interest to peace practitioners and to students and researchers of peace and conflict studies, international relations and gender politics.

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475

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Routledge

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1134151721

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9781134151721

The Barbet Revealed

Getting under the curls of the ancient French water dog

By: Elisabeth Roest Kempemo,Brigitte Waller-Rengelink

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The Barbet Revealed

Getting under the curls of the ancient French water dog

By: Elisabeth Roest Kempemo,Brigitte Waller-Rengelink

Up until the 21st century, the barbet, or French water dog, was a relatively unknown breed outside of France. Water dogs are nowadays gaining popularity in part due to the increasing demand for so-called hypoallergenic dogs. The barbet is now being discovered throughout Europe as well as in the United States and Canada. While reading this book, you’ll be getting under the curls of this age-old breed, to meet the fantastic dog beneath that unique coat. A dog which stands out for its combination of laid back friendliness and endless energy. The barbet is a versatile dog, whose gentle and amiable nature makes him the ideal family companion. He is also suitable for use as a working dog in many different fields. The barbet was originally used for hunting waterfowl but is nowadays also a popular choice as a therapy and assistance dog. This book provides excellent advice for anyone who is considering buying a barbet, in order to determine whether this breed is indeed the right choice. For barbet owners, it offers a practical guide to raising and training. If you continue to stimulate your barbet with fun and challenging activities – and you will find plenty of tips in this book – you and your barbet will be best friends for life! Come along on a fascinating voyage of discovery under the curls of the ancient French water dog – the barbet!

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Dog Eared Pages

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908221881X

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9789082218817

Developmental Neuropsychology

A Clinical Approach

By: Vicki Anderson,Elisabeth Northam,Jacquie Wrennall

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Developmental Neuropsychology

A Clinical Approach

By: Vicki Anderson,Elisabeth Northam,Jacquie Wrennall

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence-informed clinical practice rather than research issues. Although research findings are presented, they are described with emphasis on what is relevant for assessment, treatment and management of paediatric conditions. The authors focus on a number of areas. First, the text examines the natural history of childhood central nervous system (CNS) insult, highlighting studies where children have been followed over time to determine the impact of injury on ongoing development. Second, processes of normal and abnormal cerebral and cognitive development are outlined and the concepts of brain plasticity and the impact of early CNS insult discussed. Third, using a number of common childhood CNS disorders as examples, the authors develop a model which describes the complex interaction among biological, psychosocial and cognitive factors in the brain-injured child. Finally, principles of evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and intervention are discussed. The text will be of use on advanced undergraduate courses in developmental neuropsychology, postgraduate clinical training programmes and for professionals working with children in clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology and educational and rehabilitation contexts. The text is also an important reference for those working in paediatric research.

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1134441657

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9781134441655

Book's by Elisabeth Heijmans

The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

The Agency of Empire: Connections and Strategies in French Overseas Expansion (1686-1746)

Stress and Poverty

Stress and Poverty

Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding

The Barbet Revealed

The Barbet Revealed

Developmental Neuropsychology

Developmental Neuropsychology

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