After all the endeavours that combined to make Britain the first great industrial nation, that dominant position was then relinquished. Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), the driven and self-made Birmingham businessman who shifted his energies formidably into politics, might have appeared to be one leader well equipped to help Britain stay competitive in the global race for economic growth. But, as Michael Balfour suggests in this absorbing study, Chamberlain's personality and temperament were not suited to the challenge. Determined always to have his way, animated by 'the business man's love of getting things done', Chamberlain lacked the gift of persuasion and made enemies too well, it being his unique achievement to split both major parties in the space of twenty years. Had it been possible for one man to arrest Britain's slackening growth then that man, Balfour contends, was not the erstwhile 'Radical Joe.
The purpose of this work is to redress the imbalance in existing scholarship on Neville ChamberlainOCOs domestic political career. Most work on Chamberlain focuses on the three years of his Premiership from 1937 to 1940, neglecting the remainder of his career.
Beyond Ellen White: SDAism in transition is a comprehensive and scholarly sociohistorical and sociocultural analysis of changes in SDA culture and practice based on a doctoral thesis by Michael Chamberlain. Its focus is the relationship between the teaching and writings of Ellen White, the SDA prophet and the founding and development of the senior Australian SDA college, Avondale College from the late 19th century to the present day. Particular attention is devoted to the social, cultural and curricular changes and controversies across that time, and the apparent concomitant increasing secularisation of the institution. At the same time, the broader canvas of a similar process of change in first-world SDAism is also developed. It is the most extensive study of its kind on this topic and constitutes a significant and controversial addition to the scholarly literature on the rise and development of Seventh-day Adventism."--Provided by publisher.
Modular tissue engineering was initially introduced as a method of building intrinsically vascularized tissue engineered constructs by mixing together smaller building blocks (“modules”), with each module designed to include both vascular cells as well as functional cells. This approach has several advantages: it includes a built-in vascular component, it is scalable, it enables uniform cell distribution within the construct, it enables mixing of multiple cell types in controlled ratios, and it is minimally invasive because modules can be simply injected through a needle. The modular approach has also been used as a means of building larger tissues with controlled architecture from the bottom up, with or without a vascular component, and using different techniques to direct the assembly of the modules. The goal in this case is to recreate the native tissue architecture by directing the assembly of the building blocks. Both natural and synthetic materials have been used to fabricate the modules.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print “My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.
“My favorite historical novel . . . A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny. Praise for The Killer Angels “Remarkable . . . a book that changed my life . . . I had never visited Gettysburg, knew almost nothing about that battle before I read the book, but here it all came alive.”—Ken Burns “Shaara carries [the reader] swiftly and dramatically to a climax as exciting as if it were being heard for the first time.”—The Seattle Times “Utterly absorbing.”—Forbes
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