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Realising Health

The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea

By: Philip Conford

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Realising Health

The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea

By: Philip Conford

This book examines the history of the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, South London, and the various offshoots to which it gave rise. A world-renowned experiment in health-creation, it was nevertheless forced to close in 1950; but its example and ideas have continued to inspire doctors, public health workers and community-builders. The text investigates the reasons why the Pioneer Health Centre and other initiatives have found it difficult to make headway. It looks at factors such as financial and administrative problems, various vested interests (including those of pharmaceutical companies and the medical profession), and, underlying these considerations, the tension between the principles of Hygiea (the goddess of healthy living) and Aesculapius (the god of healing and surgery). Our culture values those who try to put things right more than those who try to ensure they do not go wrong in the first place. The book opens with a thorough examination of the concept of health, sets the Pioneer Health Centre in its socio-historical context, and shows how a number of contemporary projects have been developed along broadly similar lines. It draws on many primary sources and on interviews with people committed to the cause of “realising health”.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527558312

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Farming, Fascism and Ecology

A life of Jorian Jenks

By: Philip Coupland

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Farming, Fascism and Ecology

A life of Jorian Jenks

By: Philip Coupland

The life of Jorian Jenks (1899-1963) has great potential to upset settled assumptions. Why did a sensitive and intelligent man from a liberal family become a fascist? How did a Blackshirt go green? The son of an eminent academic, from his childhood onwards Jenks instead longed to farm. Lacking the means to do so, he worked as a farm bailiff and then, in New Zealand, as a government agricultural instructor. Finally, a legacy permitted him to come home and become a tenant farmer. Struggling to survive in the economic depression of the 1930s, he became an author and activist for rural reconstruction. Then, having lost faith in the established parties, he joined the British Union of Fascists. Becoming one of the Blackshirts’ leading figures, he was imprisoned without trial during the war. On his release, Jenks returned to the struggle, this time in the cause of ecology, becoming a pioneer of today’s organic movement and a founder of the Soil Association. This book draws on an extensive range of sources, a large proportion of which were previously unseen by historians. For the first time, it portrays the private and public life of this unusual man, revealing many hitherto un-glimpsed facets of Jenks’ life.

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Routledge

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1317300211

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Nature, Environment and Society

By: Philip Sutton

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Nature, Environment and Society

By: Philip Sutton

How have sociologists responded to the emergence of environmentalism? What has sociology to offer the study of environmental problems? This uniquely comprehensive guide traces the origins and development of environmental movements and environmental issues, providing a critical review of the most significant debates in the new field of environmental sociology. It covers environmental ideas, environmental movements, social constructionism, critical realism, 'ecocentric' theory, environmental identities, risk society theory, sustainable development, Green consumerism, ecological modernization and debates around modernity and post- modernity. Philip Sutton adopts a long-term view, which focuses on the relationship between ideas of nature and environment, ecological identities and social change, providing a framework for future research. Bringing environmental isssues into contact with sociological theories, Nature, Environment and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to this important new field. It will be essential reading for all students of sociology, environmental studies and anyone interested in understanding environmental problems.

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216

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230212441

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9780230212442

Explaining Environmentalism

In Search of a New Social Movement

By: Philip W. Sutton

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Explaining Environmentalism

In Search of a New Social Movement

By: Philip W. Sutton

This title was first published in 2000: The author examines those current theories which purport to explain the emergence and character of 'new' social movements in the 'advanced' industrial societies since the 1960s. In particular, it sets out to test the efficacy of these explanations in relation to the history of the environmental movement in Britain. The book breaks new ground in bringing together both short-term and the more historically orientated long-term explanations into a single volume, thus providing an invaluable resource for students of social movements. Its critical exposition of major theories also points to the need for a more developmental approach which seeks to connect old and new movement forms, thus allowing for a more balanced evaluation of the potential of the environmental movement to bring about significant social change.

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Routledge

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135176523X

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This is Me, Period

By: Philip Cowell,Caz Hildebrand

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This is Me, Period

By: Philip Cowell,Caz Hildebrand

Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain as This is me, full stop by Particular Books, an imprint of Penguin Press, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd, London, in 2017"--Title page verso.

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Clarkson Potter

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0525573550

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Philip's Driver's Atlas Britain 2007

By: George Philip & Son

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Philip's Driver's Atlas Britain 2007

By: George Philip & Son

An excellent value atlas featuring fully updated cartography from Philip's digital database, which has been voted Britain's clearest and most detailed mapping in an independent consumer survey and now includes speed camera locations. This atlas includes all the mapping features normally included only in more expensive road atlases.The front section includes route-planner, distance table, legend, London street map, chart of motorway junctions with restricted access, and key map.The road map section includes 96 pages of large-scale mapping covering Britain at 3 miles to 1 inch (north Scotland at 4 miles to 1 inch), marking all fixed speed cameras as well as full road network and town and village details.The town plan section includes 53 town centre maps, marking car parks and places of interest.The comprehensive index includes 28,000 namesMain map scale: 3 miles to 1 inch

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054008882X

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Realising Health

The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea

By: Philip Conford

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The Peckham Experiment, Its Descendants, and the Spirit of Hygiea

By: Philip Conford

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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The Works of Philip Lindsley

Vol. I

By: Philip Lindsley

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The Works of Philip Lindsley

Vol. I

By: Philip Lindsley

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382306832

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The Works of Philip Lindsley ...: Sermons and Religious Discourses

By: Philip Lindsley

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The Works of Philip Lindsley ...: Sermons and Religious Discourses

By: Philip Lindsley

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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732

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Wentworth Press

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1010956973

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9781010956976

Sir Philip Sidney

Selected Prose and Poetry

By: Philip Sidney

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Sir Philip Sidney

Selected Prose and Poetry

By: Philip Sidney

An anthology grounded in the historic and aesthetic context of a crucial figure in 16th-century English literature

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299091341

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9780299091347

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