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View book details for Western capitalism in transition
Global processes, local challenges
Since its emergence at the end of the seventeenth century, industrial capitalism as a specific form of social organisation has set recurrent challenges to its own persistence, and until today, it has proved to be successful to develop new ways …
View book details for Stacking the coffins
Influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 191819
A social history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemics effects on an Ireland where normal patterns of life were disturbed by war and the growing separatist movement. The influenza seemed to disrupt every aspect of Irish life culture, economics, politics, medicine …
View book details for Gender, rhetoric and regulation
Women's work in the Civil Service and the London County Council, 190055
The Civil Service and the London County Council employed tens of thousands of women in Britain in the early twentieth century. As public employers these institutions influenced both each other and private organisations, thereby serving as a barometer or benchmark …
View book details for The Europeanisation of Whitehall
UK central government and the European Union
What has been the impact of the EU on UK central government? This book explores the Europeanisation of the work of civil servants and ministers and how they engage with the EU. Drawing on fresh empirical evidence, the volume offers …
View book details for Interrogation, intelligence and security
Controversial British Techniques
Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the five techniques. Through its in-depth analysis the book reveals how British forces came to use these controversial methods. Focusing on the British …
View book details for Casino capitalism
with an introduction by Matthew Watson
Originally released by Basil Blackwell in 1986, and then re-released by Manchester University Press in 1998, Casino capitalism is a cutting-edge discussion of international financial markets, the way they behave and the power they wield. It examines money's power for …
View book details for Gone Fishing
The Sinker
Gone Fishing: The Line Sinker is a powerful and delectable tale of a young mother searching for answers to questions regarding her own mother, and a journey of discovery that yields answers and new meaning to her life and the …
View book details for Gesundheit 2.0
Das ePatienten-Handbuch
Digital health, e-Patient, health 2.0 - this guidebook provides orientation in the vast and quickly expanding field of connected health. The range of subjects extends from open communication, transparency, and participation, via electronic health dossiers and medical health data, to …
Center for Creative Leadership
Both mentors and mentees realize many benefits from mentoring, as do organizations that encourage, structure, and support mentoring. Effective mentors develop the leadership capacity of their mentees while increasing their own skills. They transfer their knowledge and expertise back into …
AuthorHouse
This book consists of songs from within my heart of current and past experiences. They help inspire myself and others in different ways. My poetry helps me to vent on paper as well as relive special moments in my life's …
AuthorHouse
The book is about my life story growing up in SC. While going to church, going to work, walking around, you can lose your mind and everything.
AuthorHouse
For years, Braylee Thompson has been that kid your parents always tell you to be more like...you know, the one who never talks back, does great in school and is a poster child for cleaning her room. Born to a …
View book details for Contemporary Violence
Postmodern war in Kosovo and Chechnya
Contemporary violence: Postmodern war in Kosovo and Chechnya draws on several years of field research, as well as interpretive IR theory and analysis of empirical source material so as to shed light on contemporary violence. It is now available in …
View book details for Critical theory and sociological theory
On late modernity and social statehood
Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, populism, neoliberalism and globalisation being three of the most prominent. This book examines such challenges by investigating how the conditions of democratic statehood have been altered at several key …
View book details for Alternative countrysides
Anthropological approaches to rural Western Europe today
A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic: the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today. As locals leave for jobs in cities they are replaced by neo-hippies, lifestyle-seekers, eco-activists, and labour migrants from beyond the …
View book details for Victorians and the Virgin Mary
Religion and gender in England, 183085
This interdisciplinary study of competing representations of the Virgin Mary examines how anxieties about religious and gender identities intersected to create public controversies that, whilst ostensibly about theology and liturgy, were also attempts to define the role and nature of …
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Monarchy and visual culture in colonial Indonesia
Photographic subjects examines photography at royal celebrations during the reign of Queens Wilhelmina (18981948) and Juliana (194880), a period spanning the zenith and fall of Dutch rule in Indonesia. It is the first monograph in English on the Dutch monarchy …
View book details for The factory in a garden
A history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age
When we think about Victorian factories, 'Dark Satanic Mills' might spring to mind - images of blackened buildings and exhausted, exploited workers struggling in unhealthy and ungodly conditions. But for some employees this image was far from the truth, and …
View book details for Shakespeare and Spenser
Attractive opposites
Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive Opposites is a much-needed volume that brings together ten original papers by the experts, on the relations between Spenser and Shakespeare. There has been much noteworthy work on the linguistic borrowings of Shakespeare from Spenser, but …
R.K. Narayans reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a …
View book details for From prosperity to austerity
A socio-cultural critique of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath
This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing, film and culture in …
View book details for The politics of identity
Place, space and discourse
In what ways can we think through the complexities of identity? Identity is a contested concept, but it is more than a thing possessed by agents. Identity is contingent and dynamic, constituting and reconstituting subjects with political effects. In this …
Specific incident response procedures? Are logs and security events for all system components reviewed to identify anomalies or suspicious activity? Are passwords/passphrases set to a unique value for each user for first-time use and upon reset, and must each user …
View book details for The international dimension of the failed Algerian transition
Democracy betrayed?
The book builds an innovative theoretical framework, through which previously neglected international factors are brought into the analysis of transitions to democracy. The case of Algeria is then explored in great detail. This volume is an important contribution to the …
View book details for Simple Green Smoothies
80 Healthy Green Smoothie Recipes to help you lose Weight faster and Feel Amazing.
Xilan Long
Looking for a fast and easy way to boost your health? Go green!Green smoothies are flavorful drinks packed with disease-fighting vitamins and antioxidants. With The Green Smoothie Recipe Book youll be able to improve the way you look and feel …
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