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Tanks on the Streets?

The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919

By: Gordon Barclay,Louise Heren

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Tanks on the Streets?

The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919

By: Gordon Barclay,Louise Heren

At 12.08pm on Friday 31 January 1919, Margaret Buchanan drives her tram into George Square in Glasgow’s city center. She slows down to avoid the youths and men holding their arms up to stop her; some even jump onto the front of her tram. Swirling around her tram is a sea of heavy-coated men who have been on strike since Monday, demanding a reduction to a forty-hour working week. Crucially, the tram workers have not joined the strike; they are being abused as ‘scabs’. Constables and officers of Glasgow’s police force use their hands to try to part the crowd to allow the tram to proceed, but their efforts fail and batons are drawn. Within minutes, the violence will have spread across and beyond the Square; men will have been injured; the Sheriff will have read the Riot Act; strike leaders will lie stunned and bleeding inside the City Chambers; policemen and protestors will lie beaten in the streets. The violence and destruction in the Square, the streets to the north and south, in Glasgow Green and even south of the River Clyde, involves thousands of men. The city authorities believe the situation is beyond the control of the outnumbered police; the Sheriff sends a message to the local army commander requesting assistance. For the first time in history, tanks will be dispatched as ‘military aid to the civil power’. They will be accompanied by 10,000 soldiers. At approximately 12.30pm on Friday 31 January 1919, a century of myth-making commences. Using thousands of pages of court papers, memoirs and news reports, this book is the first attempt to tell the story of what happened in day-by-day detail.

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Pen and Sword

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1526782669

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9781526782663

British Nannies & the Great War

How Norland's Regiment of Nannies Coped with Conflict & Childcare in the Great War

By: Louise Heren

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How Norland's Regiment of Nannies Coped with Conflict & Childcare in the Great War

By: Louise Heren

In 1912, Norland childrens nurse Kate Fox was travelling by train heading to the British military station at Nowshera on the Afghan border to care for the premature baby born to the bases commanding officer. Two years later, Kate was escaping from Germany in the first days of the Great War, leaving behind her adored German royal charges and all her personal possessions. Due to their prestige as the crme-de-la-crme of Edwardian childrens nurses to Europes royal and wealthy families, Kate was one among many Norland nannies who witnessed the early days of the War on the Continent with all its tumult and fear. Some fled for home; others managed to stay for a while. And yet others gave up their privileged way of life to undertake war work as nurses in Flanders and refugee camps.The stories in this book are the nannies eye-witness accounts described in their correspondence with their beloved Norland Institute. These previously unpublished letters recount a version of womens Great War history that has remained untold until now. British Nannies and the Great War is the true story of a group of Edwardian, highly trained and opinionated women in the First World War. For the first time in a century, the Norland nannies unique stories of escape from enemy territory, their experiences at home and the Front during the War, and their thoughts on how the conflict changed their role in post-Edwardian Britain are told in their own words.

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213

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Pen and Sword

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1473880408

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9781473880405

Nanny in a Book

The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare

By: Louise Heren,Susan McMillan

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Nanny in a Book

The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare

By: Louise Heren,Susan McMillan

The English nanny is an institution. The image of the smartly uniformed, traditional nanny features in many books and films and there is something rather comforting about the idea of a 'no nonsense', nurturing and sensible childcare expert looking after your family. For over a century, Norland Nannies have cared for royal and celebrity families and are the best, most respected nannies in the world. Now their clear advice and straightforward methods - tried and tested on thousands of families - are brought together for the first time. Nanny in a Book is a practical companion to childcare that will help you with: * Setting up your nursery * Sleeping, weaning and potty training * Teaching your child good manners and behaviour * Nursing common ailments from sore tummies to measles * Organising a fabulous birthday party. Full of Nanny's top tips and personal stories, Nanny in a Book will become a trusted guide and a treasured companion - the next best thing to Mary Poppins herself sweeping in on the East wind and turning up on your doorstep.

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288

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Random House

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1409034666

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9781409034667

Probation and the Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain, 1907-1962

By: Louise Settle

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Probation and the Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain, 1907-1962

By: Louise Settle

In 1907 the Probation of Offenders Act introduced a system which allowed offenders to be rehabilitated at home under supervision, rather than being sent to prison. This book explores how the probation system was used to regulate the private lives, emotions and behaviours of people in Britain between 1907 and 1962. Access to the private sphere, both physically and psychologically, meant that the probation system was particularly well-suited to offences related to intimate and personal relations. With each chapter focusing on a particular type of offence, including wife assault, attempted suicide, male sexual offences and female prostitution, Settle shows how experiences of the probationers were shaped by the everyday practices of probation, and assesses the extent to which probation was successful in rehabilitating offenders and protecting the public. Also examining the role of probation officers in marriage reconciliation, the book explores how ideas about gender and domesticity were crucial to both the process of rehabilitation and the endeavour to make the home a safe environment in which these domestic ideals could come into fruition. Probation and Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain enriches our understanding of the role of the state in policing, monitoring and promoting the well-being of its citizens, and explores the nuances of probation's dual purpose as a form of social control as well as a social work service designed to help the most vulnerable in society.

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365

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350233471

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9781350233478

Holy Wednesday

A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico

By: Louise M. Burkhart

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Holy Wednesday

A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico

By: Louise M. Burkhart

Identified only in 1986, the Nahuatl Holy Week play is the earliest known dramatic script in any Native American language. In Holy Wednesday, Louise Burkhart presents side-by-side English translations of the Nahuatl play and its Spanish source. An accompanying commentary analyzes the differences between the two versions to reveal how the native author altered the Spanish text to fit his own aesthetic sensibility and the broader discursive universe of the Nahua church. A richly detailed introduction places both works and their creators within the cultural and political contexts of late sixteenth-century Mexico and Spain.

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328

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812200241

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9780812200249

New Mutants Epic Collection

The End Of The Beginning

By: Louise Simonson

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New Mutants Epic Collection

The End Of The Beginning

By: Louise Simonson

Collects New Mutants (1983) #95-100 and Annual #7, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #270-272 and X-Factor (1986) #60-62 - plus material from New Warriors Annual #1, X-Men Annual (1970) #15 and X-Factor Annual #6. The road to X-Force! The mystery man called Cable continues to train the New Mutants into a fierce fighting force just as the team is targeted - along with the X-Men and X-Factor - by Cameron Hodge and the Genoshan government! Escape will only come at a devastating cost, and two New Mutants will not return home! Then, when Cable's past catches up to him, the fast-talking Deadpool and the lethal Domino make their debuts! And as Sunspot heads into the sunset, the arrival of two strange new allies - Feral and Shatterstar - will lead to an end…and a beginning! But can the all-new New Mutants survive the resurrection of Proteus?

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Marvel Entertainment

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130294214X

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9781302942144

The Librarian Spies

Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and Cold War Espionage

By: Louise Robbins

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The Librarian Spies

Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and Cold War Espionage

By: Louise Robbins

In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Among famous targets, like Alger Hiss, the senator also named librarian Mary Jane Keeney and her husband Philip, who had been called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee to account for friendships with suspected communists, memberships in communist fronts, and authorship of articles that had been published in leftist periodicals. Conservative journalists and politicians had seized the occasion to denounce the pair as communist sympathizers and spies for the Soviet Union. If the accusations were true, the Keeneys had provided the Soviets with classified information about American defense and economic policies that could alter the balance of power between those rival nations. If false, the Keeneys had been shamefully wronged by their own government, for the accusations tumbled them into grief and poverty. In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Among famous targets, like Alger Hiss, the senator also named librarian Mary Jane Keeney and her husband Philip, who had been called before The House UnAmerican Activities Committee to account for friendships with suspected communists, memberships in communist fronts, and authorship of articles that had been published in leftist periodicals. Conservative journalists and politicians had seized the occasion to denounce the pair as communist sympathizers and spies for the Soviet Union. If the accusations were true, the Keeneys had provided the Soviets with classified information about American defense and economic policies that could alter the balance of power between those rival nations. If false, the Keeneys had been shamefully wronged by their own government, for the accusations tumbled them into grief and poverty. This book draws on a wide range of archival materials, especialy FBI files, interviews, and extensive reading from secondary sources to tell the story of Philip Olin Keeney and his wife Mary Jane, who became part of the famed Silvermaster Spy Ring in the 1940s. It paints a picture of two ordinary people who took an extraordinary path in life and, while they were never charged and tried as spies, were punished through blacklisting. It also reaveals the means by which the FBI investigated suspected spies through black bag jobs, phone tapping, and mail interceptions. Spies compromise national security by stealing secrets, but secrets can be defined to suit individual political designs and ambitions. Philip and Mary Jane Keeney constantly tested the boundaries of free access to information - to the point of risking disloyalty to their country - but the American government responded in a manner that risked its democratic foundations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216110897

Typology

Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age

By: Steven Heller,Louise Fili

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Typology

Type Design from the Victorian Era to the Digital Age

By: Steven Heller,Louise Fili

A must-have for designers, not to mention that quirky group in love with type for types sake (you know who you are), Typology is the most visually dynamic compendium of typefaces on the market. Steven Heller and Louise Fili, two of the most admired and respected designers working today, cover everything from the classic elegance of the late 19th century to the fractured hypermedia of today. Organized by historical era and country of origin, each section introduces the culture and aesthetic of the period, discusses how individual styles developed, and offers insights into the artistry of key typographers and foundries. Expertly assembled and thoughtfully written, no other book encompasses this wealth of type styles in historical context. Its pages are profusely illustrated with hundreds of complete alphabets, and such original artifacts as typesheets, catalogs, broadsides, posters, and many other primary source examples. In all, Typology is the long-awaited type encyclopedia destined to be a standard reference work for years to come.

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Chronicle Books

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0811823083

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9780811823081

British Nannies & the Great War

How Norland's Regiment of Nannies Coped with Conflict & Childcare in the Great War

By: Louise Heren

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How Norland's Regiment of Nannies Coped with Conflict & Childcare in the Great War

By: Louise Heren

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Pen and Sword

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Nanny in a Book

The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare

By: Louise Heren,Susan McMillan

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Nanny in a Book

The Common-Sense Guide to Childcare

By: Louise Heren,Susan McMillan

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Random House

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1409034666

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Tanks on the Streets?

The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919

By: Gordon Barclay,Louise Heren

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Tanks on the Streets?

The Battle of George Square, Glasgow, 1919

By: Gordon Barclay,Louise Heren

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Tanks on the Streets?

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British Nannies & the Great War

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Probation and the Policing of the Private Sphere in Britain, 1907-1962

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Holy Wednesday

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New Mutants Epic Collection

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British Nannies & the Great War

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Nanny in a Book

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