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Politics: An Introduction

By: Barrie Axford,Victoria Browne,Richard Huggins,Rico Isaacs

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Politics: An Introduction

By: Barrie Axford,Victoria Browne,Richard Huggins,Rico Isaacs

The second edition of this user-friendly text for students taking introductory courses in politics builds on the success of the first edition. It provides completely updated and stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasises the individual and social dimension of politics and covers theories and concepts in an accessible way. New features in the second edition include: * new examples drawn from Western democracies and other political systems * expanded sections on nationalism, religion, alternative politics, globalisation and ethnic conflict * updated examples from the most contemporary political events * biographies of key political thinkers and figures.

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Routledge

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0429792956

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The Fabrication of Labor

Germany and Britain, 1640-1914

By: Richard Biernacki

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The Fabrication of Labor

Germany and Britain, 1640-1914

By: Richard Biernacki

This monumental study demonstrates the power of culture to define the meaning of labor. Drawing on massive archival evidence from Britain and Germany, as well as historical evidence from France and Italy, The Fabrication of Labor shows how the very nature of labor as a commodity differed fundamentally in different national contexts. A detailed comparative study of German and British wool textile mills reveals a basic difference in the way labor was understood, even though these industries developed in the same period, used similar machines, and competed in similar markets. These divergent definitions of the essential character of labor as a commodity influenced the entire industrial phenomenon, affecting experiences of industrial work, methods of remuneration, disciplinary techniques, forms of collective action, and even industrial architecture. Starting from a rigorous analysis of detailed archival materials, this study broadens out to analyze the contrasting developmental pathways to wage labor in Western Europe and offers a startling reinterpretation of theories of political economy put forward by Adam Smith and Karl Marx. In his brilliant cross-national study, Richard Biernacki profoundly reorients the analysis of how culture constitutes the very categories of economic life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

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0520414373

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9780520414372

Civil War Macon

The History of a Confederate City

By: Richard William Iobst

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Civil War Macon

The History of a Confederate City

By: Richard William Iobst

In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a business community dedicated to supplying the needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton, the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South. This book offers an encyclopedic history of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War.

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Mercer University Press

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0881461725

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9780881461725

Who is My Neighbour?

The Global And Personal Challenge

By: Edited by Richard Carter

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Who is My Neighbour?

The Global And Personal Challenge

By: Edited by Richard Carter

What should Christ’s injunction to ‘love your neighbour’ mean in practice today? A team of leading theologians and practitioners explores this question and considers its bearing on the politics of poverty, discrimination, immigration, ecology and the fallout from recent political upheavals in Europe and America.

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SPCK

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0281078416

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9780281078417

Bloody British History: Leeds

By: Richard Smyth

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Bloody British History: Leeds

By: Richard Smyth

Phantom in the library! The bizarre true story of a Victorian haunting revealed! King cholera! The day that death came to the Dock family! Exploding mummies! The weirdest events of the blitz examined! A Yorkshire tragedy: Fifteenth-century murder at Calverley Hall! Leeds has one of the darkest histories on record. From the fatal Dripping Riot of 1865, sparked by the theft of two pounds of congealed fat, to the violin-playing killer Charles Peace, said to still haunt the city’s prison cells, you will find all manner of horrible events inside this book. With plague and disease in the city slums, dreadful disasters in Roundhay Park, and riots in the city centre, this is the real story of Yorkshire’s first city.

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193

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The History Press

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0752492284

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9780752492285

A Saga of Smiths

By: Richard Smith

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A Saga of Smiths

By: Richard Smith

A family history, tracing the varied fortunes of the Smiths of West Yorkshire and their relationship to other families, i.e. : - ... The Fareys of Skipton ... the Gillingsons of Leeds, The Hastings of Holderness ... the Stamfords of East Yorkshire, the Wilsons of Colne of Colne, Sutton and Crosshills'. Includes sections on Jewish Leeds and Victorian Leeds.

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Lulu.com

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1910871893

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9781910871898

A Journey of Friendships

Cherished Bonds woven through Time

By: Richard Sloan

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A Journey of Friendships

Cherished Bonds woven through Time

By: Richard Sloan

The themes running through the book are friends and friendships. It is not an academic study of friendship. It is about the relationships with some of the people the author has encountered during his life. Readers will be able to define for themselves whom they regard as good, best, close etc. friends. This book should act as a catalyst for them to arrive at these definitions. The book shows how the class ceiling was broken by his liberal thinking parents, university education and marriage. He made deep interclass friendships. He was brought up with a live-in nanny, housekeeper, gardener etc. His mother was brought up old money and upper class in Germany. Several of his friends are professors and the human sides of these and those who taught him are demonstrated. His friendship and love of Frank, his brother, a merchant navy radio officer, resulted in his love of the sea and cruising with his parents and friends. During the pandemic lockdowns of 2020/21, his garden became a friend. His relationship with the garden was a major factor in preventing loneliness and depression. Social therapeutic gardens. A significant involvement with science in his early life supplied him with an enquiring mind and involved deep working relationships with fellow scientists. Some of the scientific work undertaken jointly with his PhD supervisor, W R Keatinge, as described. Was he a friend? Since his wife died in 2015, social media and electronic means of communicating have kept him in close touch with friends and others. The evolution and some history of these modes of communication used by the author over 50 years and are described. He was actively in politics in the earl 1980s. Political work creates friendships and camaraderie amongst campaigners.

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Grosvenor House Publishing

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1803818697

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Social Identity

By: Richard Jenkins

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Social Identity

By: Richard Jenkins

This third edition builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All of the previous chapters have been updated and extra material has been added where relevant, for example, on globalization. Two new chapters have been added; one addresses the debate about whether identity matters, discussing, for example, Brubaker; the second reviews the postmodern approach to identity. The text is informed by relevant topical examples throughout and, as with earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social psychology; on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorization of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organizations.

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Routledge

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1134060939

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9781134060931

Rethinking Ethnicity

Arguments and Explorations

By: Richard Jenkins

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Rethinking Ethnicity

Arguments and Explorations

By: Richard Jenkins

3. Myths of Pluralism

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SAGE

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080397678X

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9780803976788

Power from Steam

A History of the Stationary Steam Engine

By: Richard L. Hills

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Power from Steam

A History of the Stationary Steam Engine

By: Richard L. Hills

This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.

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Cambridge University Press

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052145834X

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9780521458344

Dictionary of British Educationists

By: Richard Aldrich,Peter Gordon

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Dictionary of British Educationists

By: Richard Aldrich,Peter Gordon

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0713001771

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9780713001778

Monty Python

From the Flying Circus to Spamalot

By: Richard Topping

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Monty Python

From the Flying Circus to Spamalot

By: Richard Topping

Have you ever wanted to be a lumberjack? Had trouble with a dead parrot? Or gone for a silly walk? Combining outrageous humour, unbridled creativity and surreal animation, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Eric Idle entertained millions and inspired generations of future comedians. Including all Monty Python material ever produced, from the Flying Circus to the Life of Brian to Spamalot! with biographies, programme guides and a filmography, this is a must-have plethora of Pythonism and a fitting tribute to comedic pioneers.

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Random House

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0753549506

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London

Rugby League's Lost Heartland

By: Richard Pitchfork

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Rugby League's Lost Heartland

By: Richard Pitchfork

Rugby League is a northern Working Class sport. Since its inception, when breaking away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895 over the issue of "Broken Time Payments," it has been entrenched in what is now known as its "Northern Heartlands." The sport has tried to break away many times from these heartlands and establish itself in other areas of the country. This is the story of one of these attempts when it attempted, and very nearly succeeded, to establish itself in the Capital. The 1930s was the decade to try and break into London. Only years after the Empire Stadium at Wembley opened and hosted, for the first time, the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. The Northern Working Class was moving around the country to find work and professional sport was growing in popularity. Using letters from the owners of the clubs in London, supporters and from the Rugby Football League the book shows how close Rugby League came to establishing itself in London with initially 2 well run teams and eventually what could have been, as originally planned, a 6 team Southern Division. The Rugby League landscape and the sporting landscape of Britain as a whole could have been very different.

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Paragon Publishing

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1899820884

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9781899820887

British Sport

A Bibliography to 2000

By: Richard William Cox

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British Sport

A Bibliography to 2000

By: Richard William Cox

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

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Psychology Press

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0714652504

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Feeling Blue

By: Richard Denton

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Feeling Blue

By: Richard Denton

Feeling Blue is a football fan's memoir like no other. Spanning more than 35 years and set across three continents, it is a true story that encompasses love, race and identity - all interweaved with the chaotic fall and rise of Manchester City. Dickie Denton was born into a 1960s Manchester home with many siblings, one of whom was adopted and of Asian parentage. As he grew up, Dickie faced the twin challenges of racist bullying and academic underachievement. Football was his refuge and Manchester City became his obsession - through boyhood, coming of age and adulthood. By middle age he had the trappings of a successful international business career but still craved the thing that he most desired and continued to elude him: success for Manchester City. His story dramatically climaxes in 2012, on a sultry May night in Singapore. Feeling Blue is not just for Man City fans, or even just football fans. It is a deeply personal story told with humour and honesty that will appeal to all and bring forth tears and laughter in equal measure.

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eBook Partnership

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1801502420

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The Shop

The University of Melbourne, 1850-1939

By: Richard Joseph Wheeler Selleck

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The Shop

The University of Melbourne, 1850-1939

By: Richard Joseph Wheeler Selleck

Telling as much a social, educational, and cultural story as institutional history, this detailed account chronicles the ideological patterns, internal and countrywide conflicts, and student experiences at the University of Melbourne from 1850 to 1939. The daily life of staff, professors, and students are recounted during times of turmoil and peace in Australia, including the depression of the 1890s and World War I. The account offers a window into the pedagogical conflicts and research achievements of one of Australia's oldest continuing educational institutions.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522850510

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Politics: An Introduction

Politics: An Introduction

The Fabrication of Labor

The Fabrication of Labor

Civil War Macon

Civil War Macon

Who is My Neighbour?

Who is My Neighbour?

Bloody British History: Leeds

Bloody British History: Leeds

A Saga of Smiths

A Saga of Smiths

A Journey of Friendships

A Journey of Friendships

Social Identity

Social Identity

Rethinking Ethnicity

Rethinking Ethnicity

Power from Steam

Power from Steam

Dictionary of British Educationists

Dictionary of British Educationists

Monty Python

Monty Python

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London

British Sport

British Sport

Feeling Blue

Feeling Blue

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