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Sword and Baton Volume 1: 1900 to 1939

Senior Australian Army Officers from Federation to 2001

By: Justin Chadwick

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Sword and Baton Volume 1: 1900 to 1939

Senior Australian Army Officers from Federation to 2001

By: Justin Chadwick

Sword and Baton is a collection of 86 biographies representing every Australian Army officer to reach the rank of major general from Federation to the outbreak of World War II. This is the first of two volumes, and its scope is broad, including chaplains-general, surgeons-general and British Army officers who served with the AIF or the permanent forces. Author Justin Chadwick portrayal of these officers careers provides a lens through which he examines trends such as the development of military skills which ensured that, by the commencement of hostilities in 1914, Australia boasted a pool of well-trained, albeit inexperienced officers. The effects of command under pressure of war and the enormous physical impact of combat are likewise portrayed in these comprehensive biographies. By the end of hostilities Australian officers had garnered immense experience and were among the best in the Allied forces. Ironically, this hard-won skill base was to be all but lost in the interwar period. Sword and Baton offers its readers more than a series of biographies. Rather, it describes a crucial period in Australian military history through the lives of the extraordinary men at its head.

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Simon and Schuster

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1925520315

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From Random Walks to Random Matrices

By: Jean Zinn-Justin

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From Random Walks to Random Matrices

By: Jean Zinn-Justin

Theoretical physics is a cornerstone of modern physics and provides a foundation for all modern quantitative science. It aims to describe all natural phenomena using mathematical theories and models, and in consequence develops our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe. This books offers an overview of major areas covering the recent developments in modern theoretical physics. Each chapter introduces a new key topic and develops the discussion in a self-contained manner. At the same time the selected topics have common themes running throughout the book, which connect the independent discussions. The main themes are renormalization group, fixed points, universality, and continuum limit, which open and conclude the work. The development of modern theoretical physics has required important concepts and novel mathematical tools, examples discussed in the book include path and field integrals, the notion of effective quantum or statistical field theories, gauge theories, and the mathematical structure at the basis of the interactions in fundamental particle physics, including quantization problems and anomalies, stochastic dynamical equations, and summation of perturbative series.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198787758

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The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa

Democracy, Voting and Virtue

By: Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis

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The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa

Democracy, Voting and Virtue

By: Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis

Do elections turn people into democratic citizens? Elections have long been seen as a way to foster democracy, development and security in Africa, with many hoping that the secret ballot would transform states. Adopting a new approach that focusses on the moral economy of elections, Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis show how elections are shaped by competing visions of what it means to be a good leader, bureaucrat or citizen. Using a mixed-methods study of elections in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, they explore moral claims made by officials, politicians, civil society, international observers and voters themselves. This radical new lens reveals that elections are the site of intense moral contestation, which helps to explain why there is such vigourous participation in processes that often seem flawed. Demonstrating the impact of these debates on six decades of electoral practice, they explain why the behaviour of those involved so frequently transgresses national law and international norms, as well as the ways in which such transgressions are evaluated and critiqued – so that despite the purported significance of 'vote-buying', the candidates that spend the most do not always win.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108265839

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Property and Trust Law in Uganda

By: David Justin Bakibinga

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Property and Trust Law in Uganda

By: David Justin Bakibinga

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of property in Uganda deals with the issues related to rights and interests in all kinds of property and assets – immovable, movable, and personal property; how property rights are acquired; fiduciary mechanisms; and security considerations. Lawyers who handle transnational disputes and other matters concerning property will appreciate the explanation of specific terminology, application, and procedure. An introduction outlining the essential legal, cultural, and historical considerations affecting property is followed by a discussion of the various types of property. Further analysis describes how and to what extent legal subjects can have or obtain rights and interests in each type. The coverage includes tangible and intangible property, varying degrees of interest, and the various ways in which property is transferred, including the ramifications of appropriation, expropriation, and insolvency. Facts are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance. The book includes ample references to doctrine and cases, as well as to relevant international treaties and conventions. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for any practitioner faced with a property-related matter. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Uganda will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative property law.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403547359

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Lincoln Castle Revealed

The Story of a Norman Powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon Precursor

By: Jonathan Clark,Justin Garner-Lahire,Cecily Spall,Nicola Toop

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Lincoln Castle Revealed

The Story of a Norman Powerhouse and its Anglo-Saxon Precursor

By: Jonathan Clark,Justin Garner-Lahire,Cecily Spall,Nicola Toop

This book tells a new story of the royal castle of Lincoln in the north of England, how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town, and how it developed over the next 900 years in the hands of the English king or his aristocratic associates, leaving us a surviving monument of three great towers, each with its own biography. Led by FAS Heritage, archaeologists, architectural historians and a large cohort of the general public have combined to produce a revealing and accessible account of the story of Lincoln Castle and a reborn historical attraction for the city of Lincoln.

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Oxbow Books

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1789257387

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Beyond Consumer Capitalism

Media and the Limits to Imagination

By: Justin Lewis

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Beyond Consumer Capitalism

Media and the Limits to Imagination

By: Justin Lewis

Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date. Beyond Consumer Capitalism begins by showing how, for people in the developed world, consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable and is no longer able to deliver its abiding promise of enhancing quality of life . This cutting-edge book then asks why we devote so little time and effort to imagining other forms of human progress. The answer, Lewis suggests, is that our cultural and information industries limit rather than stimulate critical thinking, keeping us on the treadmill of consumption and narrowing our vision of what constitutes progress. If we are to find a way out of this cul de sac, Lewis argues, we must begin by analysing the role of media in consumer capitalism and changing the way we organize media and communications. We need a cultural environment that encourages rather than stifles new ideas about what guides our economy and our society. Timely and compelling, Beyond Consumer Capitalism will have strong appeal to students and scholars of media studies, cultural studies and consumer culture.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745671667

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9780745671666

EBOOK: Citizens or Consumers: What the Media Tell us about Political Participation

By: Justin Lewis,Sanna Inthorn,Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

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EBOOK: Citizens or Consumers: What the Media Tell us about Political Participation

By: Justin Lewis,Sanna Inthorn,Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

In this superb account of how the British and American news mediarepresent everyday citizens and public opinion, the authors show howcoverage of politics and policy debates subtly - even inadvertently - urgepeople to see themselves as and thus to be politically passive,disengaged and cynical. The book's analysis of how journalistsmisrepresent, even invent, public opinion is alone worth the price ofadmission. Written with great verve, passion and unswerving clarity,Citizens or Consumers? promises to become an instant classic in the studyof the failings--and the still untapped promise--of the news media tofurther democracy." Susan J. Douglas, Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor and Chair,Department of Communication Studies, The University of Michigan "Based on an exhaustive cross-Atlantic empirical study, Citizens or Consumers? is an engaging and incisive contribution to a subject usually restricted to clichés and vague generalizations. Looking not only at how media impact upon their audiences, but the manner in which that influence is mediated by the way in which citizenship itself is represented in news stories, Lewis et. al. offer us unusual and keen insight into a familiar world. Written in an engaging and lively style, first year students and experienced faculty members (as well as general readers) will benefit from its many perceptive insights. Especially useful are the last few pages which suggest how journalists might alter their representation practices to invoke citizenship rather than passive consumerism." Sut JhallyProfessor of Communication, University of Massachusetts at AmherstFounder & Executive Director, Media Education Foundation "The two great duelists for our attention - citizens and consumers - are locked in a struggle for the future of democracy. Citizens or Consumers? offers its readers a sharp lesson in how the media highlight and distort that struggle. It's the kind of lesson we all need." Toby Miller, author of Cultural Citizenship. In recent years there has been much concern about the general decline in civic participation in both Britain and the United States - especially among young people. At the same time we have seen declining budgets for serious domestic and international news and current affairs amidst widespread accusations of a “dumbing down” in the coverage of public affairs. This book enters the debate by asking whether the news media have played a role in producing a passive citizenry. And, if so, what might be done about it? Based on the largest study of the media coverage of public opinion and citizenship in Britain and the United States, this book argues that while most of us learn about politics and public affairs from the news media, we rarely see or read about examples of an active, engaged citizenry. Key reading for students in media and cultural studies, politics and journalism studies.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335226248

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9780335226245

The Case Computers

By: Justin Tully

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The Case Computers

By: Justin Tully

The Case Computers is the story of a group of highly sophisticated new computers designed by a professor for use by the police and other law enforcement agencies. They are instead accidentally sold to members of the general public, which leads to an amazing adventure for one of these members of the public. Jack Spencer is catapulted back in time to February 1956 to a few days before the movie starlet Jacqueline Davies is found murdered in West Echo Point, New Humberside. It's a fifty-two year old unsolved murder, but can Jack Spencer solve the case in this spectacular and thrilling new mystery/sci-fi/crime novel by the author Justin Tully.This is his third novel following Show Me Something (2007) & Orlando's Secret (2008).

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Lulu.com

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1409240894

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Pedicab Hearsay (San Diego) - Birth of the PEPOR

By: Justin Howard

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Pedicab Hearsay (San Diego) - Birth of the PEPOR

By: Justin Howard

Pedicab Hearsay offers the reader an inside look into a growing phenom. In 1972, a three-wheel tricycle was featured at the Seattle's World's Fair. By 1996, San Diego, CA depicts one story following a musician who seeks aspirations utilizing the Pedicab industry as a springboard. Detail accounts of the inner-world and its customers introduces a mass amount of characters who caught Pedicab Fever along the way. From the innocent to the Freebird, the whole truth is not given. No contempt charges will be made. The only guarantee is that the pedicab industry has scatter across America for a reason - capitalism's last stand and a push toward independent means. The Birth of the PEPOR (Professional Entertaining Pedicab Operating Rider) is a money game. The greatest hustling machine on earth.

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1365584135

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A Student's Guide to the Navier-Stokes Equations

By: Justin W. Garvin

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A Student's Guide to the Navier-Stokes Equations

By: Justin W. Garvin

A clear and focused guide to the Navier-Stokes equations that govern fluid motion, including exercises and fully worked solutions.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009236156

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Carter Sullivan & The Lemon Stone Of New York

By: Justin Tully

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Carter Sullivan & The Lemon Stone Of New York

By: Justin Tully

Carter Sullivan and the Lemon Stone of New York is the story of an adventurer being hired by a rich businessman in order to find the legendary Lemon Stone, which was stolen by the thief Mark Shearer around the subway stations of New York way back in 1933.Unfortunately the officers' of the law back in the day got a bit carried away when they arrested Mark Shearer and caused him to forget what subway station he had hidden the Lemon Stone in.Over the past seventy - eight years numerous adventure seekers and amateur detectives have gone looking for the Lemon Stone, but it has never been found.Carter Sullivan knows that finding the Lemon Stone could prove to be his greatest challenge yet...but can even he find it?

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1446760677

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9781446760673

Other People's Money

By: Justin Cartwright

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Other People's Money

By: Justin Cartwright

A darkly comic novel about a rich family on the edge of ruin, by the author of the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet and Richard & Judy selection The Promise of Happiness. 'Other People's Money is wise, droll and beautiful fiction' David Mitchell 'What a great read this is. Cartwright assembles a wonderful cast of characters in this masterpiece of a comic novel' Observer 'A high-class piece of literary entertainment' Spectator The Trevelyan family is in grave trouble. Their private bank of Tubal & Co. is on the verge of collapsing. It's not the first time in its three-hundred-and-forty year history, but it may be the last. A sale is under way, and a number of important facts need to be kept hidden, not only from the public, but also from Julian Trevelyan-Tubal's deeply traditional father, Sir Harry, who is incapacitated in the family villa in Antibes. Great families, great fortunes and even greater secrets collide in this gripping, satirical and acutely observed story of our time.

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A&C Black

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1408817640

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Architects of Buddhist Leisure

Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks

By: Justin Thomas McDaniel

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Architects of Buddhist Leisure

Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks

By: Justin Thomas McDaniel

Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region—in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s culture of Buddhist leisure—what he calls “socially disengaged Buddhism”—through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how “secular” and “religious,” “public” and “private,” are in many ways false binaries. Moreover, places like Lek Wiriyaphan’s Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand, Suối Tiên Amusement Park in Saigon, and Shi Fa Zhao’s multilevel museum/ritual space/tea house in Singapore reflect a growing Buddhist ecumenism built through repetitive affective encounters instead of didactic sermons and sectarian developments. They present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise: Together they form a gathering, not a movement. Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.

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University of Hawaii Press

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082487675X

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9780824876753

The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

A Commentary

By: Justin Malbon,Charles Lawson,Mark Davison

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The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

A Commentary

By: Justin Malbon,Charles Lawson,Mark Davison

This Commentary on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides a detailed textual analysis of TRIPS _ a pivotal international agreement on intellectual property rights. TRIPS sets minimum standards

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781006040

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Star Performance

Uniting Planning and Doing for a High Performance Leadership Model

By: Justin Thompson PhD

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Star Performance

Uniting Planning and Doing for a High Performance Leadership Model

By: Justin Thompson PhD

The STAR model integrates intelligent planning with proactive doing to allow peak performance. Planning involves defining and communicating a strong strategy and sound tactics, and doing is all about taking intelligent action and getting the desired results. Excelling in the processes of both planning and doing is what it takes to achieve STAR Performance. This leadership process begins with a strategy that defines purpose, principles that establish the values that will govern our operation, and a vision for the future that inspires passion. It builds with a tactical plan that combines preparation, planning, and prioritization to set the course forward. Execution is achieved through action that involves practice, persistence in the face of adversity, and good old-fashioned perspiration. Finally, results are achieved and improved with patience, a focus on productivity, and honestly introspective probing that leads to corrective actions and improvements. When all of these elements are in place, properly communicated, and focused on the same target, the result is continually improving performance that makes the team shine like the STAR they were meant to be.

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WestBow Press

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1512716820

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9781512716825

The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

Generation Eleven of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

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The Washingtons. Volume 7, Part 1

Generation Eleven of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

This is the seventh volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations, including such luminaries as General George S. Patton, the author Shelby Foote, and the actor Lee Marvin. Volume three traced the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this “Presidential Branch” back to the royalty and nobility of England and continental Europe. Volumes four, five, and six treated respectively generations eight, nine, and ten. Volume Seven presents generation eleven, comprising more than 10,000 descendants of the immigrant John Washington. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. Volume Seven, Part One covers the descendants of the immigrant’s children Lawrence and John Washington, Jr. Volume Seven, Part Two covers the descendants of the immigrant’s child Anne (Washington) Wright.

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Savas Publishing

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1940669324

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9781940669328

Vampire

The Requiem For Dummies

By: Justin Achilli,Ken Cliffe

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Vampire

The Requiem For Dummies

By: Justin Achilli,Ken Cliffe

Includes tips on characters and storylines for storytellers Develop your character, understand the World of Darkness, and play today! Vampire lore has intrigued ordinary mortals for centuries. Sink your teeth into this book and find out how to slip into their mysterious, mystical world! Create the vampire of your dreams (or nightmares), choose attributes, skills, and advantages, understand the characteristics of each clan, enter the World of Darkness -- and throw away the garlic. Discover how to * Calculate your character's advantages and Blood Potency * Set the mood for the game * Select a clan and a covenant for your character * Explore sources of inspiration * Master the art of storytelling

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470105941

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9780470105948

Electromass

The Same Principles at Every Scale

By: Justin Sandburg

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Electromass

The Same Principles at Every Scale

By: Justin Sandburg

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light; a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." - Max Plank "The choice is the Universe, or nothing." - H. G. Wells When the Laws of Physics are observed to have been violated, it is not a scietist's job to explain the violation by creating new forces and keeping the Laws; it is the scientist's job to question and even abandon those Laws. - Justin Sandburg "Without expansion, our observations actually become harder to explain without inventing new physics. We have to be careful in which context this is used. Expansion is consistent with General Relativity and doesn't require new physics to describe it. Accelerating expansion, on the other hand, does!" - Anonymous "Chemistry ignores everything inside the valence shell, even though the space between the electrons and the nucleus cause emission which is unique even for atoms of the same valance. I couldn't help but make the connection to the very large emission in the observational study of the Universe." - Justin Sandburg Well the future looks bright indeed! I am not sure how anyone can read that and not come away with a much richer, more fulfilling, and far more interesting view of the universe we reside in. It is all right there, in your face, and all you have to do is take a halfway decent look at it and it becomes obvious..." -Anonymous "Some form on ultra dense compact matter may be the dynamo in forming the stable jets that reform galaxies such as the "cartwheel" and dual and quad jets that we can observe. These stable jets are responsible for the evolution and form of not only their galaxy but distant galaxies. This paper is quite interesting." -Anonymous "I have read your book quickly and it deserves another read. Good effort!... to take someone from the very basics of physics and expose them to... I applaud your effort." - Anonymous "Why has it taken this long to arrive at such a logical deduction? It makes so much more sense, really." - Anonymous "The question is: what is mass really a function of? This is where ideas like electromass come in. I totally dig this idea...." -Anonymous "So we have to admit that there are no absolutes. Only differences. And it is the differences that mean things, not the similarities (although they are not completely worthless). (Funny how, as a society, we are made to conform and so minimize differences where as everything else relies on seeing differences and making use of them" -Anonymous "Time/line differentials are hardly mainstream physics." -Anonymous

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1440193800

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Tomorrow, Again

By: Justin Andrew Wild

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Tomorrow, Again

By: Justin Andrew Wild

If you took a blank calendar and looked at it month by month, would each month hold a special, life-changing anniversary? Could you fill the calendar with events which have shaped you and stood out, or would it be filled with blanks? Do you seek a life where you create more meaningful moments which can become important anniversaries as you look back? Are you spending your life in pursuit of something worthy, or are you drifting around from day to day as time passes by? These philosophical questions are the guiding principle behind a series of events framed over 11 days in a searing Midwestern summer fixated on devotion to the dying, accumulation of others’ possessions, searching for purpose, and hoping for escape. On nights racked by storms accompanied by the strumming hymns of insects, through days burned by the sun and wind, and on a day the color of whales, events unfold to confront each character with the truth of their life and the path their calendar has set them on, with the last day ending in moments of crucial realizations and hope.

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Sanders Hall

The Sequel to Redbridge, Vermont

By: Justin Curtis Ermer Lacche

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Sanders Hall

The Sequel to Redbridge, Vermont

By: Justin Curtis Ermer Lacche

Construction Crew Finds Possible Lost Journal of Samuel de Champlain Sanders Hall, Victorian Housing of Local College, May Unlock Vermont’s Greatest Mystery By Eve Olsdatter and Justin Walterovich West Champlain News-Times Burlington, Vermont – Find of the century or an amazing work of creative writing? Only time will tell, but all of New England is buzzing about the contents of a black leather box discovered in the foundation of a local college housing. Late last evening, the construction crew working on some foundation improvements at Sanders Hall, Victorian housing of the local college, found a journal that may have been directly written by the famed, and, for some, controversial, Samuel de Champlain – for whom Lake Champlain was named. The documents were discovered in a small dark leather chest, and remained undisturbed: Once discovered, after the foreman of the site called his aunt who works at the very college which owns Sanders Hall. “I’m proud of my veteran crew for having the presence of mind to not pass around the journal, rather to call me down right away. It speaks to their integrity and commitment to the community,” said Jamie Bourgeois, foreman of Swanton and Brothers Construction. “I called Pam (Wayne, Ph.D., Professor of New England Studies) who fortunately was still in her office after teaching the last class of the day. Dr. Wayne was on site within the hour, and eventually took custody of the find. It was at that moment Dr. Wayne said the documents were in French and had the name of Samuel de Champlain on the inside cover.” Law enforcement and college security officials were also called by the construction crew who, together, formally secured the area. Dr. Wayne, who is fluent in French, was not ready to reveal any information of the document at the time the News-Times reached her, but did make this statement: “It’s always important, when one makes a find like this, to treat the physical materials as original, while keeping a healthy skeptical mind if, in fact, the items in questions are indeed authentic,” Dr. Wayne said. “I am not prepared at this time to say these writings are authentic. There is a standard process, which is peer reviewed, to determine authenticity. I will say that the French writing is exceptionally strong and has both the authentic use of grammar and taxonomy, true to the times of the 1600s. We will partner with all the proper experts and authorities to study this find. Again, I want to salute Jamie Bourgeois and his team for nothing short of perfect execution once they made their discovery.” Dr. Wayne also confirmed that leadership of the Abenaki Tribe and First Nation and Iroquois Confederacy, respectively, have been contacted and “have already been invited” to fully and equally participate in the analysis. Governor Ruth Augustsen, who, unrelated to events at the time, was speaking near the site promoting gender equality in pay and employment opportunities, told the News-Times: “All potential archaeological and anthropological finds should be given the full breathing room in research to validate authenticity and proper context. I was very encouraged with the teamwork that I was told happened the moment these items were discovered. That collaboration, in itself, shows the true spirit of community that all Vermonters represent. Like all other citizens, I look forward to hearing what the experts determine about this recent find. It makes for an exciting summer.” The News-Times was on-site and secured pictures of the journal. The News-Times also has confirmed that the documents also included some drawings that express some of Vermont’s most fantastic legends, including, reportedly that of Champ, the famed Lake Monster of Lake Champlain. “I respect there will come a strong push both for a quick confirmation and hopes the document, if proved authentic, would address fabulous legends,” Dr. Wayne said. “We ask everyone to suspend judgement, no matter the temptation, and experts will partner together to properly render a comprehensive and complete assessment.” See – Amazing Find. Page 2.

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1645163261

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Reflections of Power

By: Justin Dwinnell

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Reflections of Power

By: Justin Dwinnell

To Samson Slater, his abrupt recall to RADCAL Corporation means only one thing—a security threat to SUNRAY, a solar satellite project designed to endAmerica's crippling dependency onMideastoil. Like a spider hidden in a web of corporate intrigue, there lurks a sinister conspiracy, and in the corridors of power ofWashington, the budget ax hangs over the bill to fund SUNRAY. As Sam struggles through a serpentine maze to track down pieces of a deadly puzzle... Aboard a luxury yacht, a plot unfurls. On a cruise ship, a gigolo seduces a RADCAL secretary to steal the technology. At RADCAL, Sam is charmed by Daria, an exquisite Russian scientist. In aHoustongay nightclub, the gigolo, who knows too much, is murdered. In SugarlandTexas, inspectors uncover shortages inUSoil reserves. Inside Morgan Oil's executive suite, a deadly power game plays out. On the Senate floor, an eloquent orator pleads for SUNRAY funding. From the Oval Office, the President threatens a veto. InCuba, a clandestine UHF radio station targets the SUNRAY space launch. ...and while scrambling to unmask the mastermind behind the conspiracy, Sam discovers he must choose between Daria and the success of SUNRAY.

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Write My Name

Authorship in the Poetry of Thomas Moore

By: Justin Tonra

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Authorship in the Poetry of Thomas Moore

By: Justin Tonra

Write My Name: Authorship in the Poetry of Thomas Moore is the first monograph devoted to Moore’s poetry. The focus of the book is on Moore’s poetry and differing formulations of authorship therein. Its scope comprises poetic publications from Moore’s early career, from his Romantic Orientalist writings, and from selected musical works, and political and satirical verse. It shares the strong historicist awareness of much previous scholarship on Moore, but combines this with a range of new and interdisciplinary contexts that are of increasing interest to scholarship in the twenty-first century, and which are rarely adopted as frameworks for viewing Moore’s work: digital humanities, book history, legal history, and textual theory. Ultimately, the book argues for the value of attending to neglected aspects of Moore’s work through analysis of his shifting modes of authorship and their various motivations

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Genius of Place

The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

By: Justin Martin

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Genius of Place

The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

By: Justin Martin

The full and definitive biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, influential abolitionist, ardent social reformer and conservationist, and the visionary designer of Central Park Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed by a tragic personal life, also fully portrayed here.Most of all, he was a social reformer. He didn't simply create places that were beautiful in the abstract. An awesome and timeless intent stands behind Olmsted's designs, allowing his work to survive to the present day. With our urgent need to revitalize cities and a widespread yearning for green space, his work is more relevant now than it was during his lifetime. Justin Martin restores Olmsted to his rightful place in the pantheon of great Americans.

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0306819848

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Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

By: Andrew M Luks,Philip N Ainslie,Justin S Lawley,Robert C Roach,Tatum S Simonson

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Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

By: Andrew M Luks,Philip N Ainslie,Justin S Lawley,Robert C Roach,Tatum S Simonson

This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time at altitude for both work and recreation. Building on this established reputation, the new and highly experienced authors provide a fully revised and updated text that will help doctors continue to improve the health and safety of all people who visit, live or work in the cold, thin air of high mountains. The sixth edition remains invaluable for any doctor accompanying an expedition or advising patients on a visit to altitude, those specialising in illness and accidents in high places, and for physicians and physiologists who study our dependence on oxygen and the adaptation of the body to altitude.

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0429814771

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 6

By: Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram,Ralph O'Connor,Roger Luckhurst,Justin Sausman

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Victorian Science and Literature, Part II vol 6

By: Gowan Dawson,Bernard Lightman,Claire Brock,Marwa Elshakry,Sujit Sivasundaram,Ralph O'Connor,Roger Luckhurst,Justin Sausman

This eight-volume, reset edition in two parts collects rare primary sources on Victorian science, literature and culture. The sources cover both scientific writing that has an aesthetic component – what might be called 'the literature of science' – and more overtly literary texts that deal with scientific matters.

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Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena

Fifth Edition

By: Jean Zinn-Justin

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Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena

Fifth Edition

By: Jean Zinn-Justin

Introduced as a quantum extension of Maxwell's classical theory, quantum electrodynamics has been the first example of a Quantum Field Theory (QFT). Eventually, QFT has become the framework for the discussion of all fundamental interactions at the microscopic scale except, possibly, gravity. More surprisingly, it has also provided a framework for the understanding of second order phase transitions in statistical mechanics. As this work illustrates, QFT is the natural framework for the discussion of most systems involving an infinite number of degrees of freedom with local couplings. These systems range from cold Bose gases at the condensation temperature (about ten nanokelvin) to conventional phase transitions (from a few degrees to several hundred) and high energy particle physics up to a TeV, altogether more than twenty orders of magnitude in the energy scale. Therefore, this text sets out to present a work in which the strong formal relations between particle physics and the theory of critical phenomena are systematically emphasized. This option explains some of the choices made in the presentation. A formulation in terms of field integrals has been adopted to study the properties of QFT. The language of partition and correlation functions has been used throughout, even in applications of QFT to particle physics. Renormalization and renormalization group properties are systematically discussed. The notion of effective field theory and the emergence of renormalisable theories are described. The consequences for fine tuning and triviality issue are emphasized. This fifth edition has been updated and fully revised, e.g. in particle physics with progress in neutrino physics and the discovery of the Higgs boson. The presentation has been made more homogeneous througout the volume, and emphasis has been put on the notion of effective field theory and discussion of the emergence of renormalisable theories.

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0192571613

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The Washingtons. General Index, L-Z

By: Justin Glenn

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The Washingtons. General Index, L-Z

By: Justin Glenn

Published in two parts, the General Index of all Washington descendants and their spouses completes a ten-volume history that traces the “Presidential Line” of the Washington family in America. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It contained the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Subsequent volumes two through eight continued this family history for an additional eight generations, also highlighting most notable members (volume two) and tracing lines of descent from the royalty and nobility of England and continental Europe (volume three). Volume nine treated in detail the recently discovered line of William Wright (died in Franklin County, Va., ca. 1809). It also provided briefer accounts of five other Southern Wright families that have often been mentioned by researchers as close kinsmen of George Washington. ADVANCE PRAISE “At long last the Washingtons have a published history worthy of their place in history. Glenn has done a masterful job. . . . I am convinced that his work will be of wide interest to historians and academics as well as members of the Washington family itself. Although the surname Washington is perhaps the best known in American history and much has been written about the Washington family for well over a century, it is surprising that no comprehensive family history has been published. Justin M. Glenn’s The Washingtons: A Family History finally fills this void for the branch to which General and President George Washington belonged, identifying some 63,000 descendants. This is truly a family history, not a mere tabulation of names and dates, providing biographical accounts of many of the descendants of John Washington who settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1657.” — John Frederick Dorman, editor of The Virginia Genealogist (1957-2006) and author of Adventurers of Purse and Person “Decades of reviewing Civil War books have left me surprised and delighted when someone applies exhaustive diligence to a topic not readily accessible. Dr. Glenn surely meets that standard with the meticulous research that unveils the Washington family in gratifying detail—many of them Confederates of interest and importance.” — Robert K. Krick, author of The Smoothbore Volley that Doomed the Confederacy and Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain

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1940669405

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Gunslinging justice

The American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law

By: Justin A. Joyce

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Gunslinging justice

The American culture of gun violence in Westerns and the law

By: Justin A. Joyce

This book is a cultural history of the interplay between the Western genre and American gun rights and legal paradigms. From muskets in the hands of landed gentry opposing tyrannical government to hidden pistols kept to ward off potential attackers, the historical development of entwined legal and cultural discourses has sanctified the use of gun violence by private citizens and specified the conditions under which such violence may be legally justified. Gunslinging justice explores how the Western genre has imagined new justifications for gun violence which American law seems ever-eager to adopt.

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Manchester University Press

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1526126184

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The Washingtons. Volume 4, Part 1

Generation Eight of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

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The Washingtons. Volume 4, Part 1

Generation Eight of the Presidential Branch

By: Justin Glenn

This is the fourth volume of Dr. Justin Glenn’s comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume One began with the immigrant John Washington, who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and became the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume Two highlighted notable members of the next eight generations of John and Anne Washington’s descendants, including General George S. Patton, author Shelby Foote, and actor Lee Marvin. Volume Three traced the ancestry of the early Virginia members of this “Presidential Branch” back in time to the aristocracy and nobility of England and continental Europe. Volume Four resumes the family history where Volume One ended. It presents Generation Eight of the immigrant John Washington’s descendants, containing nearly 7,000 descendants. Future volumes will trace generations nine through fifteen, making a total of over 63,000 descendants. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These in turn strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. Volume Four, Part One covers the descendants of the immigrant John Washington’s child Lawrence Washington. Volume Four, Part Two covers the descendants of the Immigrant’s children John Washington, Jr., and Anne (Washington) Wright.

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1940669294

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Parting Words

Victorian Poetry and Public Address

By: Justin A. Sider

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Parting Words

Victorian Poetry and Public Address

By: Justin A. Sider

Valedictory addresses offer a way to conceptualize the relation of self to others, private to public, ephemeral to eternal. Whether deathbed pronouncements, political capitulations, or seafaring farewells, "parting words" played a crucial role in the social imagination of Victorian writing. In this compelling new book, Justin Sider traces these public addresses across a wide range of works, from poems by Byron, Tennyson, and Browning, to essays by Twain and Wilde, to novels by Dickens and Eliot. Ironically, while the Victorian era saw the loss of faith in a unitary national public, it asked poetry to address just such a public. Attending to the form, rather than the discursive content, of poets' engagement with public culture, Parting Words explains how the valedictory allowed Victorian poets to explore the ways their poems might be received by distant and anonymous readers in an emergent mass culture. Using a wide array of materials such as letters and reviews to describe the rapidly changing print culture in which poets were intervening, Sider shows how the growing diversification and destabilization of the Victorian reading public was countered by the demand for a public poetry. Characteristically, the speakers of Tennyson's "Ulysses" and Matthew Arnold's "Empedocles on Etna" imagine their farewells as simultaneous entrances into a public space where they and their readers, however distant, might yet meet. This new consciousness anticipated modernist poetry, which in turn used the valedictory to underscore the futility and alienation of such hopes.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813941830

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The Merchant John Askin

Furs and Empire at British Michilimackinac

By: Justin M. Carroll

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The Merchant John Askin

Furs and Empire at British Michilimackinac

By: Justin M. Carroll

John Askin, a Scots-Irish migrant to North America, built his fur trade between the years 1758 and 1781 in the Great Lakes region of North America. His experience serves as a vista from which to view important aspects of the British Empire in North America. The close interrelationship between trade and empire enabled Askin’s economic triumphs but also made him vulnerable to the consequences of imperial conflicts and mismanagement. The ephemeral, contested nature of British authority during the 1760s and 1770s created openings for men like Askin to develop a trade of smuggling liquor or to challenge the Hudson’s Bay Company’s monopoly over the fur trade, and allowed them to boast in front of British officers of having the “Key of Canada” in their pockets. How British officials responded to and even sanctioned such activities demonstrates the vital importance of trade and empire working in concert. Askin’s life’s work speaks to the collusive nature of the British Empire—its vital need for the North American merchants, officials, and Indigenous communities to establish effective accommodating relationships, transgress boundaries (real or imagined), and reject certain regulations in order to achieve the empire’s goals.

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1628953128

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Visual Ecology

By: Thomas W. Cronin,Sönke Johnsen,Justin Marshall,Eric J. Warrant

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Visual Ecology

By: Thomas W. Cronin,Sönke Johnsen,Justin Marshall,Eric J. Warrant

A comprehensive treatment of visual ecology Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text, this comprehensive and accessible book begins by discussing the basic properties of light and the optical environment. It then looks at how photoreceptors intercept light and convert it to usable biological signals, how the pigments and cells of vision vary among animals, and how the properties of these components affect a given receptor's sensitivity to light. The book goes on to examine how eyes and photoreceptors become specialized for an array of visual tasks, such as navigation, evading prey, mate choice, and communication. A timely and much-needed resource for students and researchers alike, Visual Ecology also includes a glossary and a wealth of examples drawn from the full diversity of visual systems. The most up-to-date overview of visual ecology available Features some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text Guides readers from the basic physics of light to the role of visual systems in animal behavior Includes a glossary and a wealth of real-world examples

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Princeton University Press

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0691151849

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Political Identity and Conflict in Central Angola, 1975–2002

By: Justin Pearce

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Political Identity and Conflict in Central Angola, 1975–2002

By: Justin Pearce

This book examines the internal politics of the war that divided Angola for more than a quarter-century after its independence. It emphasises the Angolan people's relationship to the rival political forces that prevented the development of a united nation, an aspect of the conflict that has received little attention in earlier studies. Drawing upon interviews with farmers, town dwellers, soldiers and politicians in Central Angola, Justin Pearce examines the ideologies about nation and state that elites deployed in pursuit of hegemony and traces how people responded to these attempts at politicisation. The book not only demonstrates the potency of the rival conceptions of state and nation in shaping perceptions of self-interest and determining political loyalty, but also shows the ways in which allegiances could and did change for much of the Angolan population in response to the experience of military force.

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1316299740

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