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A Moralist in and Out of Parliament

John Stuart Mill at Westminster, 1865-1868

By: Bruce L. Kinzer,Ann Provost Robson,John Mercel Robson,John M. Robson

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A Moralist in and Out of Parliament

John Stuart Mill at Westminster, 1865-1868

By: Bruce L. Kinzer,Ann Provost Robson,John Mercel Robson,John M. Robson

This detailed study places the political and personal beliefs and behaviour of Britain's leading philosopher in the context of the crucial changes resulting from the growing democratization of society and culture in Britain.

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342

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University of Toronto Press

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080205949X

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9780802059499

Miscellaneous Writings

Volume XXXI

By: John Stuart Mill

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Miscellaneous Writings

Volume XXXI

By: John Stuart Mill

The interests and activities of John Stuart Mill (1806–73) were so wide-ranging that even the varied subjects of thirty previously published volumes of Collected Works cannot encompass them all. In this volume are brought together diverse and interesting instances of his polymathic career, none before republished and some previously unpublished. Neatly framing Mill’s writing career are his editorial prefaces and extensive notes to Jeremy Bentham;s Rationale of Judicial Evidence (1827) and James Mill’s Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1869). Both demonstrate his extraordinary powers of mind and diligence as well as his fealty. His constant avocation, field botany, is shown in his botanical writings, which open a window on an almost unknown activity that sustained and delighted him. Brief comments on two medical works hint at another interest. Two articles of which he was co-author demonstrate his work as editor of the London and Westminster Review, and a calendar of his contributions to the Political Economy Club provides yet another glimpse into his chosen activities and concerns. Published for the first time are Mill’s English and French wills, providing still further biographical detail.

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1012

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University of Toronto Press

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1442655895

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9781442655898

Education Policy

Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy

By: Mark Olssen,John A Codd,Anne-Marie O'Neill

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Education Policy

Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy

By: Mark Olssen,John A Codd,Anne-Marie O'Neill

Providing an international perspective on education policy, and of the role and function of education in the global economy, this text covers the major topics of central significance in education and the sociology of education.

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340

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SAGE

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0761974709

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9780761974703

Melodrama

Genre, Style and Sensibility

By: John Mercer,Martin Shingler

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Melodrama

Genre, Style and Sensibility

By: John Mercer,Martin Shingler

Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of Douglas Sirk or as a sensibility that emerges in the context of specific texts, speaking to and reflecting the desires, concerns and anxieties of audiences. Films discussed include All That Heaven Allows, Safe, Fear Eats the Soul, Black Narcissus, Suddenly Last Summer and Rebel Without a Cause. Each chapter includes overviews of key essays, analyses of significant and widely studied films and includes an annotated reading list.

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146

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Columbia University Press

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0231503067

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9780231503068

The Myth of the North American City

Continentalism Challenged

By: Michael Goldberg,John Mercer

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The Myth of the North American City

Continentalism Challenged

By: Michael Goldberg,John Mercer

The continuing tendency to "continentalize" Canadian issues has been particularly marked in the area of urban studies where United States-based research findings, methodologies, and attitudes have held sway. In this book, Goldberg and Mercer demonstrate that the label "North American City" as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment. Examining such elements of the cultural context as mass values, social and demographic structures, the economy, and political institutions, they reveal salient differences between Canada and the United States.

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330

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UBC Press

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0774843292

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9780774843294

Rock Hudson

By: John Mercer

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Rock Hudson

By: John Mercer

Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an ideal that was to be questioned and ultimately undermined during the years to follow by lurid accounts of his private life and his death from AIDS related illness. This illuminating analysis of Hudson's career reassesses the perceived disparity between his public persona and his 'true' nature. Exploring his unique qualities as a performer and exposing the role of his agent, producers and directors in the construction of his image, John Mercer unpicks Hudson's stardom to reveal a more complex star identity than has hitherto been understood. Foregrounding the ways in which Hudson's career provides insights into the nature of American popular culture and attitudes towards gender and sexuality, Mercer ultimately depicts Hudson as a star who embodied a period of transition between the old Hollywood and the new.

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183

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838717854

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9781838717858

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

By: Max Quanchi,John Robson

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Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

By: Max Quanchi,John Robson

The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.

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386

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Scarecrow Press

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0810865289

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9780810865280

Book's by John Mercel Robson

A Moralist in and Out of Parliament

A Moralist in and Out of Parliament

Miscellaneous Writings

Miscellaneous Writings

Education Policy

Education Policy

Melodrama

Melodrama

The Myth of the North American City

The Myth of the North American City

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

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