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The publications of The Barleian Society

Vol. 5

By: William Henry Turner

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The publications of The Barleian Society

Vol. 5

By: William Henry Turner

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

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336812157X

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9783368121570

Beyond Dropping Out

Overcoming the Pitfalls of School Culture

By: William H. Warring

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Beyond Dropping Out

Overcoming the Pitfalls of School Culture

By: William H. Warring

The failure of alternative and continuation schools to educate our most vulnerable adolescent populations is slowly eliminating them from our educational landscapes. Millions of struggling teens, lacking options, are being set adrift without the necessary capabilities and without hope. But recent research can provide avenues of change to lead these student populations to academic achievement. Equipping educators with both the theoretical framework and a range of practical applications for program and classroom improvements, Rethinking Alternative Schools provides a look into successful alternative education that will elevate academic strugglers to academic successes.

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142

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475821018

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9781475821017

History and Directory of Posey County

By: William P. Leonard

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History and Directory of Posey County

By: William P. Leonard

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385419263

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9783385419261

The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed

William Culliford's Investigation of the Western Ports, 1682-84

By: William B. Stephens

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The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed

William Culliford's Investigation of the Western Ports, 1682-84

By: William B. Stephens

In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King's customs service, began an extraordinary journey under Treasury orders to investigate the integrity and efficiency of the customs establishments of southwest England and south Wales as part of a drive to maximize the Crown's income from customs duties (on which it relied for much of its revenue). Starting at Bristol, Culliford eventually completed this daunting task in Cornwall over two years later in the spring of 1684. His report on each of the ports he inspected (the primary source for this book) revealed widespread smuggling and fraud in the context of a customs service both lacking in efficiency and riddled with corruption. The book documents the varied frauds and wide-ranging abuses uncovered and their facilitation by customs officers only too ready to collude with smugglers, dishonest merchants and seamen and to accept bribes to ignore tax evasion. It describes, too, Culliford's assessment of the administrative practices of each port inspected and his judgment on the levels of probity and efficiency of individual officers, detailing his recommendations for procedural improvements and the treatment of the corrupt and incompetent and, incidentally, of those suspected of political and religious dissent. Additionally, the book presents a body of statistical data on the customs revenue actually collected at individual ports in the 1670s and 1680s and surveys the extent and nature of the maritime trade of the ports Culliford examined. It thus not only throws light on the history of the customs service, but provides a rare insight into the interactions of economic, social and political issues in the later seventeenth century, and makes a valuable contribution to the particular histories of the ports and maritime districts visited by this energetic and tenacious investigator.

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Routledge

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1317016203

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9781317016205

Scandal!!

130 Years of Damnable Deeds in Canada's Lotus Land

By: William Rayner

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130 Years of Damnable Deeds in Canada's Lotus Land

By: William Rayner

Lotus Land's scandals of the past 130 years may seem to be all about money, but there's also been sex, corruption, staggering incompetence and outright lies. Jump aboard as veteran political junkie William Rayner explores BC's scandal-ridden history. Read about the comely juror and the murder suspect, the two politicians who fell in love on the job, the crooked cops, the scam artists, the double-talking bureaucrats and--above all--the fast ferries from hell.

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Heritage House Publishing Co

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1894384245

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9781894384247

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The publications of The Barleian Society

The publications of The Barleian Society

Beyond Dropping Out

Beyond Dropping Out

History and Directory of Posey County

History and Directory of Posey County

The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed

The Seventeenth-Century Customs Service Surveyed

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