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British Engineers and Africa, 1875-1914
44.99 €Using a wide range of primary sources that include correspondence, diaries, technical reports, institutional minutes and periodicals, andersen reconstructs the networks and activities of britain's engineers while focusing on london as a centre of imperial expansion..
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The Laudians and the Elizabethan Church
44.99 €Notions of religious conformity in england were redefined during the mid-seventeenth century; for many it was as though the previous century's reformation was being reversed. lane considers how a select group of churchmen ?
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Criminalising the Purchase of Sex
40.99 €In 1999, sweden criminalized the purchase of sex whilst simultaneously decriminalizing its sale. in so doing, it set itself apart from other european states, promoting itself as the pioneer of a radical approach to prostitution.
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Venice and the Cultural Imagination
44.99 €In the era of the grand tour, venice was the cultural jewel in the crown of europe and the epitome of decadence. this edited collection of eleven essays draws on a range of disciplines and approaches to ask how venice's appeal has affected western culture since 1800..
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Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching
34.47 €In an effort to address the problems confronting the american education system, the obama administration has issued structural and systematic reforms such as race to the top. these initiatives introduce new statistics and accountability systems to gauge what constitutes "good" teaching, both from an administrative standpoint and the perspective of teacher training programs.
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Jane Austen's Civilized Women
44.99 €Jane austen's six complete novels and her juvenilia are examined in the context of civil society and gender. steiner's study uses a variety of contexts to appraise austen's work: scottish enlightenment theories of societal development, early-romantic discourses on gender roles, modern sociological theories on the civilizing process..
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Priestly Resistance to the Early Reformation in Germany
43.99 €Moger's study explores the personal experience of those who found themselves on the ?losing side' of the reformation.
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Middle-Class Writing in Late Medieval London
44.99 €Richardson explores how a powerful culture of writing was created in late medieval london, even though initially few inhabitants could actually write themselves. whilst previous studies have tended to focus on middle-class literary reading patterns, this study examines writing skills separately both from reading skills and from literature..
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Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia
43.99 €This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in sydney made by nicolas baudin's scientific expedition to australia in 1802. starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition's stay in colonial sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of french society, politics and science in the era of bonaparte..
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Visions of an Unseen World
44.99 €A study of the production, circulation and consumption of english ghost stories during the age of reason. this work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays.
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Selling Cromwell's Wars
44.99 €Greenspan examines a selection of cromwell's conflicts, policies and imperial ventures to explore the ways in which the media was instrumental in developing, promoting and legitimizing government actions..
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Beyond Kolkata
44.99 €This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called new town, megacity or jyoti basu nagar, in rajarhat near kolkata. conceived by the west bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision of urban planners of creating a hi-tech town beyond an unruly, crowded kolkata, and feeding the hunger of realtors and developers, the city is built on the foundations of coercive, even violent, land acquisition, state largesse and corruption ?
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The Public Lives of Charlotte and Marie Stopes
44.99 €Charlotte stopes was the first woman in scotland to get a university qualification. she devoted her life to studying shakespeare and the promotion of women in public life.
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The Development of the Art Market in England
44.99 €This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and underlying economics of the modern art market in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century britain..
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The Rise of the Left in Southern Europe
44.99 €This study looks at the influence of the anglo-american 'special relationship' on the rise of the left in southern europe, and concurrent european influence on the atlantic alliance..
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Markets and Growth in Early Modern Europe
44.99 €This is the first study to analyze a wide spread of price data to determine whether market development led to economic growth in the early modern period..
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Respectability and the London Poor, 1780-1870
44.99 €The population of london soared during the industrial revolution and the poorer areas became iconic places of overcrowding and vice. focusing on the communities of westminster, mackay shows that many of the plebeian populace retained traditional working-class pursuits, such as gambling, drinking and blood sports..
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Crime and the Fascist State, 1850-1940
48.75 €By studying the development of italy's penal system, pires marques provides valuable insights into the wider political culture of european society. focusing on the rise of fascism in spain and portugal as well as italy, he examines the role of religious, economic and political factors in the making of penal laws..
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Desperate Housewives, Neuroses and the Domestic Environment, 1945-1970
44.99 €Although the figure of the ?desperate housewife' is familiar to us, haggett suggests that many women in the 1950s and '60s led satisfying lives and that gender roles, while very different, were often seen as equal..
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Rome, Postmodern Narratives of a Cityscape
43.99 €Until the mid-twentieth century the western imagination seemed intent on viewing rome purely in terms of its classical past or as a stop on the grand tour. this collection of essays looks at rome from a postmodern perspective, including analysis of the city's 'unmappability', its fragmented narratives and its iconic status in literature and film..
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Women, Agency and the Law, 1300-1700
44.99 €Based on close readings of both public and private documents ? court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets ?
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The Lesbian Muse and Poetic Identity, 1889-1930
44.99 €Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. this dynamic caused problems for late victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old?
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A Medical History of Skin
44.99 €Diseases affecting the skin have tended to provoke a response of particular horror in society. this collection of essays uses case studies to chart the medical history of skin from the eighteenth to the twentieth century..
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Unfolding Crisis in Assam's Tea Plantations
18.61 €As the indian economy integrates into global circuits of production, exchange and accumulation, the burdens of adjustment are shared unequally by different sectors, classes and regions. this study unravels the livelihood strategies and living conditions of labour in the tea gardens of assam.
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The Scottish People and the French Revolution
44.99 €Presents a study of the political culture of scotland in the 1790s. this book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in england and ireland.
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Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets in Antebellum America
43.99 €Offers the study of antebellum southern slavery and the credit system. this work explains how the bank of the united states supported the government's and the nation's credit abroad by providing seemingly limitless credit facilities to southern planters, especially in the territories along the lower mississippi river..
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A Political Biography of John Toland
44.99 €John toland was notorious. a pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day.
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A Political Biography of Eliza Haywood
48.75 €While under arrest in 1750 on suspicion of producing a seditious pamphlet eliza haywood insisted she ?never wrote any thing in a political way'.
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Ramchandra Gandhi
44.99 €Ramchandra gandhi, famous for his rich and varied interests, left behind a large corpus of writings, both philosophical and non-philosophical. introducing the readers to the creative indian philosopher, this volume highlights the principal thrust of his works, critically locates them within the larger political, philosophical, literary and socio-cultural context, and accounts for his lasting influence.
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Equity and Difference in Physical Education, Youth Sport and Health
41.99 €Issues of equity remain an essential theme throughout the study and practice of physical education (pe), youth sport and health. this important new book confronts and illuminates issues of equity and difference through the innovative use of narrative method, telling stories of difference that enable students, academics and professionals alike to engage both emotionally and cognitively with the subject.
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Between Indigenous and Settler Governance
41.99 €Between indigenous and settler governance addresses the history, current development and future of indigenous self-governance in four settler-colonial nations: australia, canada, new zealand and the united states. bringing together emerging scholars and leaders in the field of indigenous law and legal history, this collection offers a long-term view of the legal, political and administrative relationships between indigenous collectivities and nation-states.
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The Manipulation of Literature
38.47 €First published in 1985, the essays in this edited collection offer a representative sample of the descriptive and systematic approach to the study of literary translation. the book is a reflection of the theoretical thinking and practical research carried out by an international group of scholars who share a common standpoint.
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Terrors of Uncertainty
34.99 €From frankenstein and dracula to psycho and the chainsaw massacre, horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring themes and narratives. considering horror fiction both as a genre and as a social phenomenon, joseph grixti provides a theoretical and historical framework for reconsidering horror and the cultural apparatus that surrounds it.
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Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory
35.99 €Contemporary psychoanalytic field theory articulates the theory, heuristic principles, and clinical techniques of psychoanalytic field theory. s.
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Theories of Imperialism
32.80 €@text: first published in 1984, this study examines closely the shifting attitudes towards, and theories concerning, imperialism, from the colonial wars of the late nineteenth century to america's involvement in vietnam. this lucid investigation encompasses the world wars, the disintegration of the colonies and the cold war.
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Cover Stories
38.47 €First published in 1987, this title tracks the spy thriller from john buchanan to eric ambler, ian fleming and john le carré, and shows how these tales of spies, moles, and the secret service tell a history of modern society, translating the political and cultural transformations of the twentieth century into the intrigues of a shadow world of secret agents. combining cultural history with narrative analysis, cover stories explores the two main traditions of the thriller: the thriller of the work, in which bureaucratic routines are invested with political meaning; and the thriller of leisure, in which the sports and games that kill time become a time of dangerous political contests.
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The Postcolonial City and its Subjects
42.75 €This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. varma offers a reading of both historical and contemporary debates on urbanism through the filter of postcolonial fictions and the cultural fields surrounding and containing them.
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Vicarious Trauma and Disaster Mental Health
39.44 €Vicarious trauma and disaster mental health focuses on the clinician and the impact of working with disaster survivors. floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, mass shootings, terrorism and other large-scale catastrophic events have increased in the last decade and disaster resilience has become a national imperative.
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