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Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

By: Martyn David Smith

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Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

By: Martyn David Smith

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan addresses Japan's evolving nationalism and national identity in relation to its newly rising consumerism during the two decades from 1952 to 1972, through a study of the transformation of the print media and the market for weekly and monthly magazines. Martyn Smith argues that the transformation of the print media in the 1950s and 1960s expanded the possibilities for social, individual and national identities in Japan. From the late 1950s, the growth in the market for weekly magazines was fuelled by the huge potential for advertising revenue, the rapid development of the Japanese economy, and the necessity for the growth of a consumer society. This resulted in the merging of national identity with individual subjectivity – which this book describes as 'national subjectivity' – as the Japanese media promoted individual consumption to aid the recovery of the Japanese nation as a whole. Examining housewife magazines such as Fujin Koron, Fujin no Tomo and Fujin Gaho, as well as news magazines such as Mainichi Graph and Asahi Graph, and publications aimed at young people – Shukan Heibon and Heibon Punch – Smith shows how the relationship of nationalism to everyday life is best understood by taking into account the changing nature of consumption in the period. By presenting an alternative to the traditional 'top-down' narrative of state-driven economic nationalism, this book therefore makes a unique contribution to the study of postwar Japanese history and Japanese nationalism.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350030775

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9781350030770

Apocalyptic Politics

A Taproot of Political Radicalization and Populism

By: Martyn Whittock

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Apocalyptic Politics

A Taproot of Political Radicalization and Populism

By: Martyn Whittock

Apocalyptic (end times) beliefs are found across different religious cultures and time periods, especially those influenced by the Abrahamic faiths. These apocalyptic beliefs are often associated with radicalized politics and what we would today often describe as “populist” movements and leaders. What are the roots of such beliefs? How have they developed over time? In what ways do they impact the modern world? In a series of case studies—ranging over different faiths, time periods, and global locations—this book explores how and why these beliefs have become so often the driver of radicalized politics.

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228

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725292750

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9781725292758

Oliver Cromwell

By: Martyn Bennett

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Oliver Cromwell

By: Martyn Bennett

In this concise and accessible biography, Martyn Bennett examines the life of Oliver Cromwell – one of the most controversial figures in world history. This study challenges long-held perceptions of Cromwell and the Commonwealth, arguing that they need to be placed at the core of early Modern British and Irish history. Charting his early career, the origins of his political and religious thought, and the development of his notions of governance that influenced him as Lord Protector, Martyn Bennett contests the post-Restoration vilification of Cromwell to examine how his influence has shaped notions of citizenship, identity and governance and informed the relationship between religion and the state in Britain. This radical interpretation will give students a clearer view of the motivations and achievements of a fascinating and pivotal figure in British history.

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325

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Routledge

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1134364954

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The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace

By: Martyn Housden

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The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace

By: Martyn Housden

The League of Nations - pre-cursor to the United Nations - was founded in 1919 as a response to the First World War to ensure collective security and prevent the outbreak of future wars. It was set up to facilitate diplomacy in the face of future international conflict, but also to work towards eradicating the very causes of war by promoting social and economic justice. The philosophy behind much of the League's fascinating and varied roles was to help create satisfied populations who would reject future threats to the peace of their world. In this new volume for Seminar Studies, Martyn Housden sets out to balance the League's work in settling disputes, international security and disarmament with an analysis of its achievements in social and economic fields. He explores the individual contributions of founding members of the League, such as Fridtjof Nansen, Ludwik Rajchman, Rachel Crowdy, Robert Cecil and Jan Smuts, whose humanitarian work laid the foundations for the later successes of the United Nations in such areas as: the welfare of vulnerable people, especially prisoners of war and refugees dealing with epidemic diseases and promoting good health anti-drugs campaigns Supported by previously unpublished documents and photographs, this book illustrates how an understanding of the League of Nations, its achievements and its ultimate failure to stop the Second World War, is central to our understanding of diplomacy and international relations in the Inter-War period.

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Routledge

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1317862228

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9781317862222

On Their Own Behalf

Ewald Ammende, Europe’s National Minorities and the Campaign for Cultural Autonomy 1920-1936

By: Martyn Housden

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On Their Own Behalf

Ewald Ammende, Europe’s National Minorities and the Campaign for Cultural Autonomy 1920-1936

By: Martyn Housden

What form should Europe take? Should it be based on ‘nation states’ or ‘states of nations’? On what basis should European unification proceed? Should it be an élite undertaking pioneered by statesmen elected to democratic government offices, or should true unification also demand a significant European cultural forum open to spokesmen and –women representing the continent’s nationality groups? Was the League of Nations really such a thing? Or was it a League of States? All these questions were posed by Ewald Ammende and his fellow minority associates during the 1920s. Coming to terms with the consequences of collapsed empires and at least four years of conflict, they were forced to consider how best to re-build their continent as if it were a tabula rasa. In the process, they provided intelligent, perceptive analyses of the national and international affairs of the day, particularly as they affected Central and Eastern Europe. Their voices, reflecting their status as national minorities and a geographical location beyond the borders of the post-war Great Powers, deserve to be written more thoroughly into the history of the interwar years. Their ideas still provide food for thought even today.

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BRILL

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9401211477

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9789401211475

Containment Systems

A Design Guide

By: Nigel Hirst,Martyn Ryder,Mike Brocklebank

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Containment Systems

A Design Guide

By: Nigel Hirst,Martyn Ryder,Mike Brocklebank

Containment Systems: A Design Guide is the only book that covers containment, specifically for the process industries. This Guide covers the range of containment equipment from simple air-flow control devices to enclosures that restrict exposures to well below a microgram per cubic meter averaged over a working day. The selection of a particular containment system for a particular transfer operation can be difficult because of the wide choice available. This Guide provides a structured approach to the selection process. - Covers the legislation for containment guidelines in the US, UK, and Europe - Provides an exhaustive list of containment equipment, including chapters on maintenance and reliability - Shows the engineer how to develop a containment strategy for his/her plant

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Elsevier

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0080502997

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9780080502991

Neighbours or enemies?

Germans, the Baltic and beyond

By: John Hiden,Martyn Housden

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Neighbours or enemies?

Germans, the Baltic and beyond

By: John Hiden,Martyn Housden

This is the first attempt to redress the injustice done to the memory of German minorities by the popular equation of ‘Lebensraum’ and Nazism; minorities, many of whom chose to be neighbours rather than enemies and who over time peacefully shared with other nationalities the territorial space east of the Reich. Their borderland experiences, particularly in the Baltic region, the historic interface between East and West, are all the more relevant as Hitler’s regime recedes into the past and Europe seeks to renew itself in the wake of the Cold War.

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BRILL

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9401205469

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9789401205467

The Civil Wars Experienced

Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

By: Martyn Bennett

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The Civil Wars Experienced

Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

By: Martyn Bennett

The Civil Wars Experienced is an exciting new history of the civil wars, which recounts their effects on the 'common people'. This engaging survey throws new light onto a century of violence and political and social upheaval By looking at personal sources such as diaries, petitions, letters and social sources including the press, The Civil War Experienced clearly sets out the true social and cultural effects of the wars on the peoples of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and how common experiences transcended national and regional boundaries. It ranges widely from the Orkneys to Galway and from Radnorshire to Norfolk. The Civil Wars Experienced explores exactly how far-reaching the changes caused by civil wars actually were for both women and men and carefully assesses individual reactions towards them. For most people fear, familial concerns and material priorities dictated their lives, but for others the civil revolutions provided a positive force for their own spiritual and religious development. By placing the military and political developments of the civil wars in a social context, this book portrays a very different interpretation of a century of regicide and republic.

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308

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Routledge

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1134724535

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9781134724536

The Postsouthern Sense of Place in Contemporary Fiction

By: Martyn Bone

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The Postsouthern Sense of Place in Contemporary Fiction

By: Martyn Bone

For generations, southern novelists and critics have grappled with a concept that is widely seen as a trademark of their literature: a strong attachment to geography, or a "sense of place." In the 1930s, the Agrarians accorded special meaning to rural life, particularly the farm, in their definitions of southern identity. For them, the South seemed an organic and rooted region in contrast to the North, where real estate development and urban sprawl evoked a faceless, raw capitalism. By the end of the twentieth century, however, economic and social forces had converged to create a modernized South. How have writers responded to this phenomenon? Is there still a sense of place in the South, or perhaps a distinctly postsouthern sense of place? Martyn Bone innovatively draws upon postmodern thinking to consider the various perspectives that southern writers have brought to the concept of "place" and to look at its fate in a national and global context. He begins with a revisionist assessment of the Agrarians, who failed in their attempts to turn their proprietary ideal of the small farm into actual policy but whose broader rural aesthetic lived on in the work of neo-Agrarian writers, including William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. By the 1950s, adherence to this aesthetic was causing southern writers and critics to lose sight of the social reality of a changing South. Bone turns to more recent works that do respond to the impact of capitalist spatial development on the South -- and on the nation generally -- including that self-declared "international city" Atlanta. Close readings of novels by Robert Penn Warren, Walker Percy, Richard Ford, Anne Rivers Siddons, Tom Wolfe, and Toni Cade Bambara illuminate evolving ideas about capital, land, labor, and class while introducing southern literary studies into wider debates around social, cultural, and literary geography. Bone concludes his remarkably rich book by considering works of Harry Crews and Barbara Kingsolver that suggest the southern sense of place may be not only post-Agrarian or postsouthern but also transnational.

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LSU Press

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0807156353

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9780807156353

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

By: Martyn David Smith

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By: Martyn David Smith

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350030791

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A Handbook for Training Strategy

By: Martyn Sloman

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A Handbook for Training Strategy

By: Martyn Sloman

The world of HRD has moved on since the first edition of this book was published in 1994, and Martyn Sloman has now substantially revised the text to reflect the increased complexity of organizational life and the many recent developments in the field. His aim remains the same: to help readers to develop a framework in which training can be effectively managed and delivered.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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0566081288

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9780566081286

Book's by Martyn David Smith

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

Apocalyptic Politics

Apocalyptic Politics

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace

The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace

On Their Own Behalf

On Their Own Behalf

Containment Systems

Containment Systems

Neighbours or enemies?

Neighbours or enemies?

The Civil Wars Experienced

The Civil Wars Experienced

The Postsouthern Sense of Place in Contemporary Fiction

The Postsouthern Sense of Place in Contemporary Fiction

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan

A Handbook for Training Strategy

A Handbook for Training Strategy

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