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The Orange Order

A Contemporary Northern Irish History

By: Eric P. Kaufmann

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The Orange Order

A Contemporary Northern Irish History

By: Eric P. Kaufmann

Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way, he sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from ex-Prime Minister John Andrews to Ulster Unionist Party politicians like Martin Smyth, James Molyneaux, and David McNarry, and also includes the highly revealing correspondence with adversaries such as Ian Paisley and David Trimble. Packed with analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes, the book also takes care to tell the story of the Order from 'below' as well as from above. In the process, it argues that the traditional Unionism of West Ulster is giving way to the more militant Unionism of Antrim and Belfast which is winning the hearts of the younger generation in cities and towns throughout the province.

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0191559679

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Graveyard Poetry

Religion, Aesthetics and the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Poetic Condition

By: Eric Parisot

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Graveyard Poetry

Religion, Aesthetics and the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Poetic Condition

By: Eric Parisot

While immensely popular in the eighteenth century, current critical wisdom regards graveyard poetry as a short-lived fad with little lasting merit. In the first book-length study of this important poetic mode, Eric Parisot suggests, to the contrary, that graveyard poetry is closely connected to the mid-century aesthetic revision of poetics. Graveyard poetry's contribution to this paradigm shift, Parisot argues, stems from changing religious practices and their increasing reliance on printed material to facilitate private devotion by way of affective and subjective response. Coupling this perspective with graveyard poetry’s obsessive preoccupation with death and salvation makes visible its importance as an articulation or negotiation between contemporary religious concerns and emerging aesthetics of poetic practice. Parisot reads the poetry of Robert Blair, Edward Young and Thomas Gray, among others, as a series of poetic experiments that attempt to accommodate changing religious and reading practices and translate religious concerns into parallel reconsiderations of poetic authority, agency, death and afterlife. Making use of an impressive body of religious treatises, sermons and verse that ground his study in a precise historical moment, Parisot shows graveyard poetry's strong ties to seventeenth-century devotional texts, and most importantly, its influential role in the development of late eighteenth-century sentimentalism and Romanticism.

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Routledge

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1317124901

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The Natural History of the Trans-Pecos

Desert Legends, Rugged Grandeur, and the Big Bend

By: Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen

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The Natural History of the Trans-Pecos

Desert Legends, Rugged Grandeur, and the Big Bend

By: Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen

The last frontier in Texas, the Trans-Pecos region is an immense and remote series of desert basins in the western-most part of the state. Columns of rock and stony debris dot the landscape, with various peaks, such as the notable El Capitan, rising from a long-forgotten sea floor. While the acidic and shallow desert soil only allows for scrubby vegetation in many places, what survives is rugged, colorful, and adaptable. Far from just an arid region, however, the Trans-Pecos is also home to grasslands, wetlands, and even woodlands. Animal life varies considerably, from the Black-tailed Jackrabbit and Desert Cicada to Bighorn Sheep, Black Bears, and Mountain Lions. Complete with an introduction chronicling the stories of biologists and naturalists who have explored and defined the ecological areas of Texas over time, The Natural History of the Trans-Pecos explores the formation of the region more than 600 million years ago, the adaptability of its ecosystems, and the conservation efforts to keep these wildly diverse environments flourishing. Detailed descriptions, vivid anecdotes, and vibrant pictures of the features that make this region so unique emphasize the rugged grandeur of the Trans-Pecos.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623498627

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Seceding from Secession

The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

By: Eric J. Wittenberg,Edmund A. Sargus,Penny L. Barrick

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Seceding from Secession

The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

By: Eric J. Wittenberg,Edmund A. Sargus,Penny L. Barrick

A “thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening” account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war (Civil War News). “West Virginia was the child of the storm.” —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union’s 35th state. Seceding from Secession chronicles those events in an unprecedented study of the social, legal, military, and political factors that converged to bring about the birth of West Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln, an astute lawyer in his own right, played a critical role in birthing the new state. The constitutionality of the mechanism by which the new state would be created concerned the president, and he polled every member of his cabinet before signing the bill. Seceding from Secession includes a detailed discussion of the 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision Virginia v. West Virginia, in which former Lincoln cabinet member Salmon Chase presided as chief justice over the court that decided the constitutionality of the momentous event. Grounded in a wide variety of sources and including a foreword by Frank J. Williams, former Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Chairman Emeritus of the Lincoln Forum, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in American history.

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Savas Beatie

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1611215072

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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

By: Eric Foner

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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

By: Eric Foner

From a master historian comes the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the crucible of slavery and emancipation.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039334066X

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9780393340662

Pearson Edexcel A Level Global Politics

By: Robert Murphy,John Jefferies,Josie Gadsby,Eric Magee

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Pearson Edexcel A Level Global Politics

By: Robert Murphy,John Jefferies,Josie Gadsby,Eric Magee

- Newly revised to accompany the Pearson Edexcel specification for Global Politics, with updated case studies and recent developments from around the world - Provides synoptic links within global politics, and across UK and political ideas topics - Includes definitions of key terms and concepts throughout - Includes quickfire knowledge-check questions and summaries of key content to help consolidate knowledge and understanding - Features practice questions throughout, helping students improve their analysis and evaluation skills - Provides answer guidance for exam-style questions online on the Hodder Education website.

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Hodder Education

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1398345059

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9781398345058

Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics Sixth Edition

By: Neil McNaughton,Toby Cooper,Eric Magee

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Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics Sixth Edition

By: Neil McNaughton,Toby Cooper,Eric Magee

This fully updated Textbook for Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics will help your students develop a critical understanding of the latest developments in UK Government and Politics. This trusted textbook by Neil McNaughton, revised by Toby Cooper, is specially designed to reflect the Edexcel specification and help your students approach complex topics with confidence. This Student Textbook: - Comprehensively covers Government of the UK and Politics of the UK, including the 2019 General Election and the Brexit process - Places recent developments in a historical context throughout to show the influence of political history on current events - Builds your confidence by highlighting key terms and explaining synoptic links between different topics in the specification - Develops your analysis and evaluation skills through debates and practice questions - Provides answer guidance for practice questions online at www.hoddereducation.co.uk Hodder Education textbooks covering the Core and Non-Core Political Ideas are available to complete your students' studies for Components 1 and 2 of the Pearson Edexcel specification. Core and Non-Core Political Ideas are compulsory elements of Components 1 and 2.

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1398311146

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9781398311145

How Political Eras End

1906 and 2017

By: Eric Caines

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How Political Eras End

1906 and 2017

By: Eric Caines

This book examines the frequently expressed assertion by political commentators and historians that the UK is currently experiencing ‘the end of a political era’. It does this by analysing the seismic shifts in the way politics have been conducted in recent years, principally since the EU Referendum in 2016. It also considers these developments in the light of the relative political stability which lasted from the end of the Second World War, and it compares this with another discrete ‘political era’, spanning from 1832 to the 1906 election. Comparisons between the two periods make a compelling case for contemporary claims and also provide a broad definition of what constitutes a political era. The book will be of importance to historians and students of history, but in its broader treatment of such current issues as democracy, voter motivation, electoral systems, globalisation, national and local identities, and migration, it will also appeal to the politically-minded general reader.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527547612

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What is Wrong with Us?

Essays in Cultural Pathology

By: Eric Coombes,Theodore Dalrymple

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What is Wrong with Us?

Essays in Cultural Pathology

By: Eric Coombes,Theodore Dalrymple

Can any of us entirely banish from our hearts and minds grave misgivings about the condition of the culture we now inhabit? Expressions of those misgivings are mostly unheard in public forums, ignored in the dominant media, and, if noticed at all, dismissed by state-supported bureaucracies and commercial vested interests. To have any chance of gaining attention, they must resolve themselves into coherent forms. We need to clarify our perceptions of the things that trouble us, by articulating and developing our thoughts about them. That is, we are in need of serious criticism—serious criticism, aesthetic, social and political—which is notably lacking in the contemporary world, especially in places readily available to the educated non-specialist, such as the 'quality' weekend newspapers, and especially, perhaps, in relation to the visual arts. The pieces collected in this volume are not presented as amounting to an overall account or theory of our cultural condition. They are offered merely as examples of serious criticism, of what we need if we are to begin to think more profitably about our condition, daring, in defiance of contemporary dogmatism, to make the necessary judgements of value without which our culture will continue to disintegrate.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1845409183

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9781845409180

Malaya House

By: Eric Mawson

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Malaya House

By: Eric Mawson

Three distinct and very different ethnic groups, Malays, Chinese, and Indians, combined to form the populous of Malaysia. The nation evolved from a feudal colonial society into a singular, modern-day peaceful country. Malaysia's contributions to world affairs are significant, but as a country, it's often overlooked as a player on the world stage. During the past one hundred twenty years, Malaysia has made huge strides into the twenty-first century. The country's global evolvement from a shambled and discombobulated, piecemeal feudal system into a modern, unified powerhouse is a remarkable feat. Incredibly, despite undue external political pressures from the West and religious pressures from the Middle East, Malaysia has somehow mastered the technique of blending the best of the East and the West to form its own singular independent identity. The characters in the short stories of Malaya House reflect the temperament and social commentary of the times as well as the gradual evolvement and eventual maturity of a developing nation. They also illustrate how the citizens of Malaysia have decided that they can get along, put past hatred and racism aside, and show the world that people from all persuasions can live in relative peace and tolerance with Islam as their central core.

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iUniverse

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0595429750

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9780595429752

The Kosmic Symphony - Volume 2

By: Eric Coxall

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The Kosmic Symphony - Volume 2

By: Eric Coxall

The Kosmic Symphony' is a holistic approach which examines the evolution of our social, religious and cultural world, our physical and scientific world and finally our inner mind or subjective reality. This book identifies where many of our beliefs and traditions originate. These have been imposed on us by religious authorities, politics, large corporations and institutions. We absorb these ideas without our conscious awareness or control, they can lead to wars and fundamentalism. Science has transformed our understanding of the universe, life and the mind. With this new world-view we have the knowledge to reach our full potential and progress into a new era of self -actualisation and enlightenment. Volume 1 -covers the ascent of humanity into the classical world. Followed by a decent to the dark ages when humans become puppets of Gods, Priests and Kings. Volume 2 brings the thesis forward from the reformation.

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Lulu.com

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1326532081

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9781326532086

Thatcher and Thatcherism

By: Eric J. Evans

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Thatcher and Thatcherism

By: Eric J. Evans

This book focuses on the career of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and surveys the origins and impact of 'Thatcherism' as a cultural construct and an economic creed.

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0415660181

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The Therapeutic Cloning Debate

Global Science and Journalism in the Public Sphere

By: Eric A. Jensen

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The Therapeutic Cloning Debate

Global Science and Journalism in the Public Sphere

By: Eric A. Jensen

Exploring the controversy surrounding therapeutic human cloning, this book draws upon data collected from news articles and interviews with journalists to examine the role of mass media in shaping biomedical controversies. With specific reference to the US and the UK as two leading scientific nations grappling with the global issue of therapeutic cloning, together with attention to the important role played by nations in Southeast Asia, this book sheds light on media representations of scientific developments, the unrealistic hype that can surround them, the influence of religion and the potentially harmful imposition of journalistic and nationalist values on the scientific field. Empirically grounded and theoretically innovative, The Therapeutic Cloning Debate will appeal to social scientists across a range of disciplines with interests in science communication, public engagement, cultural and media studies, science politics, science journalism, the sociology of expert knowledge and risk. It will also appeal to scientists, journalists, policymakers and others interested in how news media frame science for the public.

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1317014170

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The Ultimate Vanishing Act

By: Eric LaMont Gregory MSc Oxon

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The Ultimate Vanishing Act

By: Eric LaMont Gregory MSc Oxon

Eric LaMont Gregory provides an eye-opening account of American foreign policy and how the decisions made today will influence the forces that propel America into the future. His international career began in the Middle East in the 1960s. Over the next 40-plus years, he was in Bosnia during the war; Rwanda before and after the genocide; Honduras after Hurricane Mitch; Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua during the Contra death squad era, and Afghanistan shortly after 9/11. He witnessed two famines in Ethiopia, conflicts in North, East, South and West Africa, as well as in the Middle East, and Central, South, and East Asia. Gregory is unswerving in his assessment of the way America carries out emergency humanitarian relief operations, stating that while the goodwill of the American people plays out on the world stage, all too often we are making enemies, not friends. The Ultimate Vanishing Act is an authoritative account of contemporary diplomacy and science. It is undeniably informative and a right riveting read. “Detailed, revealing, charming, funny, witty, compassionate, sensitive, adventurous, and seductive.” – Naji, author of My Invisible Empire

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1628576626

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Forfeits and Successfully Protested Games in Major League Baseball

A Complete Record, 1871-2013

By: David Nemec,Eric Miklich

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Forfeits and Successfully Protested Games in Major League Baseball

A Complete Record, 1871-2013

By: David Nemec,Eric Miklich

This chronologically organized book is the first to provide comprehensive coverage of forfeits and successful protests of major league baseball games, educating the reader on the rules and prevailing styles of play at the time that each of the games was played. In addition to the date, location, and source information, this work provides capsule biographies of many of the principal characters involved (including, for instance, the obscure one-game umpire who perpetrated the first forfeited game in major league history in 1871).

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McFarland

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1476616299

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9781476616292

Holy Fairs

Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism

By: Leigh Eric Schmidt

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Holy Fairs

Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism

By: Leigh Eric Schmidt

Winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History, Holy Fairs traces the roots of American camp-meeting revivalism to the communion festivals of early modern Scotland. This new paperback edition of Leigh Eric Schmidt's seminal work features updated material, a dozen illustrations, and a new preface by the author.

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0802849660

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Patient Safety and Health Care Management

By: Grant T. Savage,Eric W. Ford

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Patient Safety and Health Care Management

By: Grant T. Savage,Eric W. Ford

Contains four sections that include, theoretical perspectives on managing patient safety, top management perspectives on patient safety, health information technology perspectives on patient safety, and organizational behavior and change perspectives on patient safety.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1846639549

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BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media

By: Mark Kurlansky,Eric Zelz

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BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media

By: Mark Kurlansky,Eric Zelz

A KIRKUS' SELECTION FOR BEST TEEN & YA NONFICTION 2022 NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 PW HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2022 In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “BIG LIE”, a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world. It is not only a history-of, but a how-to manual for seeing through Big Lies and thinking critically. Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization. They corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. They prevent humanity from addressing critical challenges. They perpetuate injustices. They destabilize the world. The modern age has provided ever-more-effective ways of spreading lies, but it has also given us the scientific method, which is the most effective tool for finding what is true. In the book’s final chapter, Kurlansky reveals ways to deconstruct an allegation. A scientific theory has to be testable, and so does an allegation. BIG LIES soars across history: alighting on the “noble lies” of Socrates and Plato; Nero blaming Christians for the burning of Rome; the great injustices of the Middle Ages; the big lies of Stalin and Hitler and their terrible consequences; the reckless lies of contemporary demagogues, which are amplified through social media; lies against women and Jews are two examples in the long history of “othering” the vulnerable for personal gain; up to the equal-opportunity spotlight in America. “Belief is a choice,” Kurlansky writes, “and honesty begins in each of us. A lack of caring what is true or false is the undoing of democracy. The alternative to truth is a corrupt state in which the loudest voices and most seductive lies confer power and wealth on grifters and oligarchs. We cannot achieve a healthy planet for all the world’s people if we do not keep asking what is true.”

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Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing

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0884489140

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Europe Reforms Labour Markets

– Leaders‘ Perspectives –

By: Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld

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Europe Reforms Labour Markets

– Leaders‘ Perspectives –

By: Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld

Focusing on the perspectives of policy-makers, the book's purpose is to closely examine the factors that make for successful/unsuccessful labor market related policy reforms. The aim is to reveal the political aspects, namely the chances, challenges and impediments to designing labor market reforms and to establish the conditions under which successful labor market reforms can be advocated, adopted and implemented (process). The work includes exclusive interviews with twelve former European prime ministers about the labour market reforms they initiated in their respective countries: Wolfgang Schüssel Anders Fogh Rasmussen Andrus Ansip François Fillon Gerhard Schröder Georgios Papandreou Mario Monti Jan Peter Balkenende Jerzy Buzek Iveta Radicová Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Tony Blair

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110365103

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9783110365108

The Natural History of the Edwards Plateau

The Texas Hill Country

By: Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen

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The Natural History of the Edwards Plateau

The Texas Hill Country

By: Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen

The roughly 24 million acres that make up the Edwards Plateau, commonly known as the Texas Hill Country, are characterized by rolling highlands, picturesque river canyons, and beautiful springtime wildflowers. Located in the heart of Texas, this region is home to hundreds of natural springs, thousands of limestone caves, and the famous Devil’s Sinkhole. Encompassing grasslands, savannas, and woodlands, the Edwards Plateau is a unique and diverse ecological haven. Beginning with the stories of how biologists and naturalists have defined the ecological areas of the great state of Texas over time, The Natural History of the Edwards Plateau explores the formation of the region more than a billion years ago, its diverse ecosystems, and the conservation efforts to keep those ecosystems intact and thriving. With detailed descriptions and vivid pictures of the flora, fauna, and geologic features that make this area so unique, the authors also explore the ways in which people have interacted with the ecosystems over time, from natural spring water used by San Antonio’s Pearl Brewing Company to the use of bats for gunpowder and bombing raids. In their exploration of the natural history, veteran ecologists Brian R. Chapman and Eric G. Bolen remain especially conscious of the conservation and management issues that affect the natural resources of the Edwards Plateau region, revealing their deep connection to the state. Bolstered by a glossary, further reading suggestions, and an appendix of scientific terms, this is an educational and essential guide for all Texans and environmental enthusiasts.

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1623498600

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The Architecture of Norman England

By: Eric Fernie

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The Architecture of Norman England

By: Eric Fernie

This important addition to the literature is the first overall study of the architecture of Norman England since Sir Alfred Clapham's English Romanesque Architecture after the Conquest (1934). Eric Fernie, a recognized authority on the subject, begins with an overview of the architecture ofthe period, paying special attention to the importance of the architectural evidence for an understanding of the Norman Conquest. The second part, the core of the book, is an examination of the buildings defined by their function, as castles, halls, and chamber blocks, cathedrals, abbeys, andcollegiate churches, monastic buildings, parish churches, and palace chapels. The third part is a reference guide to the elements which make up the buildings, such as apses, passages, vaults, galleries, and decorative features, and the fourth offers an account of the processes by which they wereplanned and constructed. This book contains powerful new ideas that will affect the way in which we look at and analyze these buildings.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199250812

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Soldiers from Experience

The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863

By: Eric Michael Burke

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Soldiers from Experience

The Forging of Sherman's Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863

By: Eric Michael Burke

Winner of the 2022 Civil War Books and Authors Book of the Year Award In Soldiers from Experience, Eric Michael Burke examines the tactical behavior and operational performance of Major General William T. Sherman’s Fifteenth US Army Corps during its first year fighting in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Burke analyzes how specific experiences and patterns of meaning-making within the ranks led to the emergence of what he characterizes as a distinctive corps-level tactical culture. The concept—introduced here for the first time—consists of a collection of shared, historically derived ideas, beliefs, norms, and assumptions that play a decisive role in shaping a military command’s particular collective approach on and off the battlefield. Burke shows that while military historians of the Civil War frequently assert that generals somehow imparted their character upon the troops they led, Sherman’s corps reveals the opposite to be true. Contrary to long-held historiographical assumptions, he suggests the physical terrain itself played a much more influential role than rifled weapons in necessitating tactical changes. At the same time, Burke argues, soldiers’ battlefield traumas and regular interactions with southern civilians, the enslaved, and freedpeople during raids inspired them to embrace emancipation and the widespread destruction of Rebel property and resources. An awareness and understanding of this culture increasingly informed Sherman’s command during all three of his most notable late-war campaigns. Burke’s study serves as the first book-length examination of an army corps operating in the Western Theater during the conflict. It sheds new light on Civil War history more broadly by uncovering a direct link between the exigencies of nineteenth-century land warfare and the transformation of US wartime strategy from “conciliation,” which aimed to protect the property of Southern civilians, to “hard war.” Most significantly, Soldiers from Experience introduces a new theoretical construct of small unit–level tactical principles wholly absent from the rapidly growing interdisciplinary scholarship on the intricacies and influence of culture on military operations.

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LSU Press

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0807178756

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The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

A History and Roster

By: Eric R. Faust

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The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

A History and Roster

By: Eric R. Faust

The hard-fighting 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was recruited from sparsely settled southwest Michigan shortly after the Civil War broke out. Mainly composed of young farmers and tradesmen, the regiment rapidly evolved into one of the Army of the Cumberland's elite combat units, tenaciously fighting its way through some of the war's bloodiest engagements. This book--featuring a complete unit roster--chronicles the regiment through the words of the veterans, tracing their development from a rabble of idealists into a fine-tuned fighting machine that executed successful bayonet charges against superior numbers. The narrative continues into the postwar period, discussing the ex-soldiers' careers through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Photographs, maps, illustrations and a statistical analysis round out the work.

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1476622825

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UK Government and Politics for A-level Sixth Edition

By: Philip Lynch,Paul Fairclough,Toby Cooper,Eric Magee

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UK Government and Politics for A-level Sixth Edition

By: Philip Lynch,Paul Fairclough,Toby Cooper,Eric Magee

- Comprehensive coverage and analysis of relevant political developments helps develop students' knowledge and key skills -Up-to-date examples, case studies and debate feature will improve students' grasp of contemporary developments in UK politics -Includes more synoptic links to help students understand how different topics within the A-level link together -Includes quickfire knowledge-check questions and summaries of key content to help consolidate knowledge and understanding -Features exam-style questions throughout, helping students improve their analysis and evaluation skills -Provides answer guidance for exam-style questions online on the Hodder Education website

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Hodder Education

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1398345091

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UK Government & Politics Annual Update 2014

By: Neil McNaughton,Eric Magee

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UK Government & Politics Annual Update 2014

By: Neil McNaughton,Eric Magee

Featuring information and analysis of recent events in UK politics, UK Government & Politics Annual Update provides you with topical material to draw on for tasks throughout your course, and for answering examination questions. Written by experienced teachers and edited by an acknowledged expert in the field of UK politics, this is the book you need if you are aiming for the highest grades at AS. - Reviews all the key events and developments in UK politics that you need to know - Up-to-date examples and data to help you present knowledgeable and persuasive arguments - Written by experienced authors who know what you need to know to get your top grades - The perfect update for your textbook, bringing you right up to date with all the topical material you need to achieve your best in your exams Contents: Chapter 1 2013 elections: who won and does it matter? Chapter 2 UKIP: a new political force or merely a protest group? Chapter 3 Political parties: are they ideology-free zones? Chapter 4 Welfare reform: real change or just cost-cutting? Chapter 5 Lobby and all-party groups: a threat to democracy? Chapter 6 E-petitions: a form of democratic renewal? Chapter 7 Boris Johnson: Britain's next Conservative prime minister? Chapter 8 Select committees: are they effective? Chapter 9 'Civil servants advise, ministers decide': fact or fiction? Chapter 10 Rights: is the European Convention on Human Rights Chapter 11 Briefings

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Whiteshift

Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities

By: Eric Kaufmann

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Whiteshift

Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities

By: Eric Kaufmann

“This ambitious and provocative work . . . delves into white anxiety about the demographic decline of white populations in Western nations” (Publishers Weekly). “Whiteshift” is defined as the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majorities. In this dada-driven study, political scientist Eric Kaufmann explores how these demographic changes across Western societies are transforming their politics. The early stages of this transformation have led to a populist disruption, tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. If we want to avoid more radical political divisions, Kaufmann argues, we have to enable white conservatives as well as cosmopolitans to view whiteshift as a positive development. Kaufmann examines the evidence to explore ethnic change in North American and Western Europe. Tracing four ways of dealing with this transformation—fight, repress, flight, and join—he makes a persuasive call to move beyond empty talk about national identity. Deeply thought provoking, enriched with illustrative stories, and drawing on detailed and extraordinary survey, demographic, and electoral data, Whiteshift will redefine the way we discuss race in the twenty-first century.

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Abrams

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The Media and Political Process

By: P. Eric Louw

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The Media and Political Process

By: P. Eric Louw

The Media and Political Process examines the increasingly topical subject of the political process and assesses: The nature of the relationship between mass media and the political process The impact of media-ization on existing political frameworks The implications of media-ized politics Eric Louw uses a number of case-studies including political, celebrity, war and terrorism to provide a media studies perspective on how media workers (journalists, public affairs officers, spin-doctors) impact upon the political process. The book also considers the media's role in promoting a range of twentieth century ideologies and emerging dominant discourses.

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The Media and Political Process

By: Eric Louw

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The Media and Political Process

By: Eric Louw

How have professional communicators transformed the business of politics? How do political bodies use the media to sell domestic and foreign policies to the public? This fully revised new edition of The Media and Political Process assesses the impact of spin doctoring and media activity in liberal democracies that are just as concerned with impression management and public relations as with policy. Political processes never stand still, and this revised second edition explores the mediatisation of the political process in light of recent developments, from Vladimir Putin′s growth into a political celebrity, to the activities of spin doctors in the 2008 US Presidential Elections. Providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution, operation and terminology of political communication, this text is an accessible, lively resource for students of political communication and media and politics, and will be important further reading for students of journalism, public relations and cultural studies.

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MX & Off-Road Performance Handbook -3rd Edition

Performance Handbook

By: Eric Gorr

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MX & Off-Road Performance Handbook -3rd Edition

Performance Handbook

By: Eric Gorr

This book includes: - Four-stroke engine rebuilding and tuning - Suspension setup and tuning - Carburettor jetting - Setup tips for late-model motocross and off-road bikes [From cover].

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Neurobiology of Mental Illness

By: Eric J. Nestler

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Neurobiology of Mental Illness

By: Eric J. Nestler

The new edition of this definitive textbook reflects the continuing reintegration of psychiatry into the mainstream of biomedical science. The research tools that are transforming other branches of medicine - epidemiology, genetics, molecular biology, imaging, and medicinal chemistry - are also transforming psychiatry. The field stands poised to make dramatic advances in defining disease pathogenesis, developing diagnostic methods capable of identifying specific and valid disease entities, discovering novel and more effective treatments, and ultimately preventing psychiatric disorders. The Neurobiology of Mental Illness is written by world-renowned experts in basic neuroscience and the pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders. It begins with a succint overview of the basic neurosciences followed by and evaluation of the tools that are available for the study of mental disorders in humans. The core of the book is a series of consistently organized sections on the major psychiatric disorders that cover their diagnostic classification, molecular genetics, functional neuroanatomy, neurochemistry and pharmacology, neuroimaging, and principles of pharmacotherapy. Chapters are written in a clear style that is easily accessible to practicing psychiatrists, and yet they are detailed enough to interest researchers and academics. For this second edition, every section has been thoroughly updated, and 13 new chapters have been added in areas where significant advances have been made, including functional genomics and animal models of illness; epidemiology; cognitive neuroscience; postmortem investigation of human brain; drug discovery methods for psychiatric disorders; the neurobiology of schizophrenia; animal models of anxiety disorders; neuroimaging studies of anxiety disorders; developmental neurobiology and childhood onset of psychiatric disorders; the neurobiology of mental retardation; the interface between neurological and psychiatric disorders; the neurobiology of circadian rhythms; and the neurobiology of sleep disorders. Both as a textbook and a reference work, Neurobiology of Mental Illness represents a uniquely valuable resource for psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and their students or trainees.

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Order and Ardor

The Revival Spirituality of Oliver Hart and the Regular Baptists in Eighteenth-Century South Carolina

By: Eric C. Smith

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Order and Ardor

The Revival Spirituality of Oliver Hart and the Regular Baptists in Eighteenth-Century South Carolina

By: Eric C. Smith

The first book-length study of the vital role Regular Baptists played in creating the modern Southern Baptist denomination The origins of the Southern Baptist Convention, the world's largest Protestant denomination, is most often traced back to the colorful, revivalist Separate Baptist movement that rose out of the Great Awakening in the mid-1700s. During that same period the American South was likewise home to the often-overlooked Regular Baptists, who also experienced a remarkable revitalization and growth. Regular Baptists combined a concern for orderly doctrine and church life with the ardor of George Whitefield's evangelical awakening. In Order and Ardor, Eric C. Smith examines the vital role of Regular Baptists through the life of Oliver Hart, pastor of First Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a prominent patriot during the American Revolution, and one of the most important pioneers of American Baptists and American evangelicalism. In this first book-length study of Hart's life and ministry, Smith reframes Regular Baptists as belonging to an influential revival movement that contributed significantly to creating the modern Southern Baptist denomination, challenging the widely held perception that they resisted the Great Awakening. During Hart's thirty-year service as the pastor of First Baptist Church, the Regular Baptists incorporated evangelical and revivalist values into their existing doctrine. Hart encouraged cooperative missions and education across the South, founding the Charleston Baptist Association in 1751 and collaborating with leaders of other denominations to spread evangelical revivalism. Order and Ardor analyzes the most intense, personal experience of revival in Hart's ministry—an awakening among the youths of his own congregation in 1754 through the emergence of a vibrant thirst for religious guidance and a concern for their own souls. This experience was a testimony to Hart's revival piety—the push for evangelical Calvinism. It reinforced his evangelical activism, hallmarks of the Great Awakening that appear prominently in Hart's diaries, letters, sermon manuscripts, and other remaining documents. Extensively researched and written with clarity, Order and Ardor offers an enlightened view of eighteenth-century Regular Baptists. Smith contextualizes Hart's life and development as a man of faith, revealing the patterns and priorities of his personal spirituality and pastoral ministry that identify him as a critically important evangelical revivalist leader in the colonial lower South.

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1611178797

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Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction

By: Eric L. McKitrick

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Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction

By: Eric L. McKitrick

Describes America at the start of Reconstruction and identifies President Andrew Johnson as one of the reasons it proceeded with such difficulty.

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This is Today

A Window on Our Times

By: Eric Mink

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This is Today

A Window on Our Times

By: Eric Mink

A retrospective of the television program celebrates fifty years of news broadcasts, interviews, and commentary, from early days to the present day team of Katie Couric and Matt Lauer, accompanied by a DVD.

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The Men Who Killed the News

The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

By: Eric Beecher

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The Men Who Killed the News

The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

By: Eric Beecher

Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media moguls – from William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk – and on his own unique experience of working for (and being sued by) the Murdochs. What’s gone wrong with our media? The answer: its owners. From William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk, from the British press barons to colonial upstarts Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch, media proprietors have manipulated the news to accumulate wealth and influence as they meddled with democracy. Eric Beecher knows the news business from bottom to top. He has been a journalist, editor and media proprietor (of Text Media and Crikey), with the rare distinction of having both worked for and been sued (unsuccessfully) by the Murdochs. This book reveals the distorted role of the media moguls of the past two centuries: their techniques, strategies, behind-closed-doors machinations, and indulgent lifestyles. It explains how they have exploited the shield of the freedom of the press to undermine journalism – and truth. In an era of fake news, AI and misinformation, this is democracy’s chillingly important story: how a small coterie of flawed and narcissistic moguls created a shadow of power that has contributed to making the media an agent of mistrust.

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Simon and Schuster

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1761428055

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The Media and Political Process

By: Dr Eric Louw

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The Media and Political Process

By: Dr Eric Louw

Has the mediaization of politics played any role in encouraging a growing cynicism and disillusionment with political processes in Western democracies? This book examines the increasingly topical subject of the political process and assesses: - The nature of the relationship between mass media and the political process - The impact of media-ization on existing political frameworks - The implications of media-ized politics Eric Louw uses a number of case-studies including political, celebrity, war and terrorism to provide a media studies perspective on how media workers (journalists, public affairs officers, spin-doctors) impact upon the political process. The book also considers the media's role in promoting a range of twentieth century ideologies and emerging dominant discourses. It will be important reading for students of Media, Politics, Cultural Studies; Journalism and Public Relations.

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