Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2021
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry, abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post-industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965), Joseph II (1968), Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty is Death (1968). Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc for his services to science in 1988 and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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Coins and Currency : An Historical Encyclopedia, 2d Ed.
Mary Ellen Snodgrass;Mary Ellen Snodgrass
During ancient times currency took varied forms, including beaver skins, bales of to...
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Coins and Currency : An Historical Encyclopedia, 2d Ed.
2019
During ancient times currency took varied forms, including beaver skins, bales of tobacco, and sea salt blocks. As art and technology advanced, monetary systems and currencies altered. Today, coins and currency provide an historical and archeological record of culture, religion, politics, and world leaders. This updated second edition offers numerous entries of historical commentary on the role of coins and currency in human events , politics, and the arts. It begins with the origin of coins in ancient Sumer, and follows advancements in metallurgy and minting machines to paper, plastic, and electronic moneys designed to ease trade and halt counterfeiting and other forms of theft. A timeline of monetary history is provided along with a glossary and bibliography. Numerous photographs of coins and bills provide an up-close look at beautiful and ingenious artifacts.
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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2020
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post‑industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the •Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
2018
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the'post‑industrial'society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age'and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the •Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016.He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia's five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia's 100 ‘living national treasures'in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life'. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : Volume 1: 1855–1894
William F. Halloran;William F. Halloran
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of h...
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : Volume 1: 1855–1894
2018; Vol. 01855
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade'Fiona Macleod'duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman. Sharp wrote'I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out'. This three-volume collection brings together Sharp's own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp's intriguing'second self'. With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.
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Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature
Jalal Uddin Khan, Author;Jalal Uddin Khan, Author
Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature is an up-to-date explication ...
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Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature
2015
Perspectives: Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature is an up-to-date explication of various popular and classic subjects and authors arranged chronologically. The book, composed of thirteen essays, examines Blake; Coleridge; Byron; Shelley; Keats; Victorian medievalism; the Victorian reaction to British India; (Ben) Jonsonian elements in Yeats; Yeats and Maud Gonne; the treatment of the Irish civil war and Irish nationalism in Yeats; and the treatment of the Spanish civil war in the selected works of modern fiction and nonfiction. Marked by an originality of approach and a freshness and simplicity, the book takes note of contemporary theoretical, interdisciplinary and cultural discourse drawn from literature, history, politics and religion as necessary. However, it is far from being unnecessarily outweighed by the loaded clichés, oft-repeated jargon and overused euphemisms of modern literary or critical theory. The result is, regardless of its specialized treatment of otherwise commonplace or well-known texts or topics, that the overall discussion is as lucid, introductory and expository as it is deep and scholarly, making the book easily accessible and understandable to non-specialist readers, in addition to specialist researchers and academics.
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Romanticism--Great Britain - English fiction--19th century--History and criticism - English poetry--19th century--History and criticism - Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain - English fiction--20th century--History and criticismContent provider:
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Great Desert Explorers
Andrew Goudie;Andrew Goudie
Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-h...
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Great Desert Explorers
2016
Desert exploration, like climbing Everest or polar expeditions, is not for the faint-hearted, and many of the vivid tales within this fascinating biographical history end in tragedy. However, the informative and absorbing descriptions of the extraordinary journeys, challenges and achievements of these intrepid figures, are captivating. They risked their lives variously for good old fashioned epic adventure, solitude, fame, the answer to mythical questions and some were even spies. They experienced fear, excitement and hardship in their journeys into the unknown. There are many books on exploration but remarkably few on desert exploration. Moreover, some of the great desert explorers of the last three hundred years are now very little remembered or appreciated in comparison, say, with those who ventured to the poles, climbed Everest, or sought the source of the Nile. Yet, crossing unknown deserts is no less challenging. This volume finally brings these Great Desert Explorers into the limelight, with short, illustrated biographies of around 60 of the most interesting, intrepid and important explorers of the world's greatest deserts. There is also a brief introduction to each desert region. The many original quotations, illustrations and maps, contemporary figures, as well as plates of a range of desert landscapes make this a colorful, lively and informative read.
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Davis, Gwenn;Joyce, Beverly A.;Davis, Gwenn;Joyce, Beverly A.
1989
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American prose literature--Women authors--Bibliography - Women--United States--Biography--Bibliography - Women authors, American--Biography--Bibliography - English prose literature--Women authors--Bibliography - Women--Great Britain--Biography--Bibliography - Women authors, English--Biography--Bibliography - Autobiography--Women authors--Bibliography - English letters--Women authors--Bibliography - American letters--Women authors--BibliographyContent provider:
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Ehrbare Spekulanten : Stadtverfassung, Wirtschaft und Politik in der City of London, 1688-1900
Andreas Fahrmeir;German Historical Institute London;Andreas Fahrmeir;German...
Die Londoner City hat zwei Gesichter: das des modernen Finanzplatzes und das der pitto...
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Ehrbare Spekulanten : Stadtverfassung, Wirtschaft und Politik in der City of London, 1688-1900
2003
Die Londoner City hat zwei Gesichter: das des modernen Finanzplatzes und das der pittoresk-archaischen Lokalverwaltung. Die Beziehungen zwischen diesen beiden wurden in der Forschung lange vernachlässigt - Andreas Fahrmeir geht ihnen nach. Zugleich legt er die erste zusammenhängende Verfassungsgeschichte der City Corporation für die Zeit des Übergangs von der Handelsstadt zur funktional spezialisierten Bürostadt vor. Fahrmeir untersucht die Herkunft und wirtschaftliche Tätigkeit der führenden Amtsträger und er fragt nach Inhalt und Bedeutung der städtischen Rituale. Deutlich wird, dass der wirtschaftliche Erfolg der City zwar dazu beitrug, die Verfassungskontinuität der City zu bewahren, dass aber gleichzeitig die politische Ordnung der City und die Wert- und Zielvorstellungen ihrer Amtsträger die Entwicklung zum Finanzplatz in entscheidender Weise bestimmten. Andreas Fahrmeir ist Heisenberg-Stipendiat am Historischen Seminar der Universität Frankfurt.
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An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers.
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Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. 1998, p2-699. 699p.
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Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. 1998, p2-699. 699p.
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Lists several British women writers published in the journal "Encyclopedia of British ...
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An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers.
Encyclopedia of British Women Writers. 1998, p2-699. 699p.
Lists several British women writers published in the journal "Encyclopedia of British Women Writers." Eliza Acton; Cecilia Mary Ady; Grace Aguilar; Lucy Aikin; Others.
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Acton, Eliza - Ady, Cecilia Mary - Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847 - Aikin, Lucy - Women authors - Periodicals - United KingdomContent provider:
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The Cambridge History of Egypt: Volume 2, Modern Egypt, From 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century
Daly, M. W.;Petry, Carl F.;Daly, M. W.;Petry, Carl F.
The Cambridge History of Egypt offers the first comprehensive English-language treatme...
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The Cambridge History of Egypt: Volume 2, Modern Egypt, From 1517 to the End of the Twentieth Century
1998
The Cambridge History of Egypt offers the first comprehensive English-language treatment of Egyptian history through thirteen centuries, from the Arab conquest to the present day. The two-volume survey considers the political, socio-economic, and cultural history of the world's oldest state, summarizing the debates and providing insight into current controversies. As today's Egypt reclaims a leading role in the Islamic, Arab, and Afro-Asian worlds, the project stands as testimony to its complex and vibrant past. Volume 2 traces Egypt's modern history from the Ottoman conquest to the end of the twentieth century. A wide range of scholars from the humanities and social sciences have been brought together to explore the history of the period. Their conclusions reflect the work of traditional scholarship and also indicate present trends and future directions in historical writing in Egypt.
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Biographical Companion to Literature in English
Kamm, Antony;Kamm, Antony
Rev. and updated ed. of: Collins biographical dictionary of English literature. c1993.
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Biographical Companion to Literature in English
1997
Rev. and updated ed. of: Collins biographical dictionary of English literature. c1993.
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A Turk of the West: Sir Edgar Vincent's Career in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire.
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British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. May2000, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p49. 19p.
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Auchterlonie, Paul
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British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. May2000, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p49. 19p.
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Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923; 2016, p273-299, 27p
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Katz, David S.
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Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923; 2016, p273-299, 27p
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Autorinnen und Autoren A–Z.
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Metzler Lexikon Englischsprachiger Autorinnen und Autoren; 2006, p1-647, 647p
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Kreutzer, Eberhard;Nünning, Ansgar
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The Soft Heart of the British Empire: Indian Radicals in Edwardian London.
Owen, Nicholas
The article discusses the activities and attitudes of Indian radicals associated with ...
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The Soft Heart of the British Empire: Indian Radicals in Edwardian London.
Past Aug2013, Vol. 220 Issue 1, p143-184, 42p
The article discusses the activities and attitudes of Indian radicals associated with the India House hostel in London, England, during the early 20th century. These include Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Shyamji Krishnavarma. Particular focus is given to the roles of liberalism and imperialism in state tolerance and surveillance in the colonial metropole. It is suggested that while liberal imperialism made it possible for Indian radicals to obtain citizenship in the British metropole, concepts of imperial subjects as requiring external discipline led this citizenship to be dependent upon civil society's judgment of their conduct and character. Topics discussed include Krishnavarma's India Home Rule Society, race discrimination, and British anti-imperialists.
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UNITED Kingdom - INDIANS (Asians) - IMPERIALISM - LIBERALISM - BRITISH colonies - HISTORY of London, England - CITIZENSHIP - TOLERATION - TWENTIETH centuryContent provider:
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Tennyson Among the Novelists.
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Continuum Reception Studies; 2010, preceding p1-194, 206p
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Morton, John
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Continuum Reception Studies; 2010, preceding p1-194, 206p
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Tennyson Among the Novelists.
Continuum Reception Studies; 2010, preceding p1-194, 206p
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The Dictionary.
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Macmillan Dictionary of Irish Literature; 1979, p75-728, 654p
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Hogan, Robert
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Macmillan Dictionary of Irish Literature; 1979, p75-728, 654p
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LORD CURZON AND E. G. BROWNE CONFRONT THE 'PERSIAN QUESTION'.
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Historical Journal; Jun2009, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p385-411, 27p
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Ross, Christopher N. B.
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Historical Journal; Jun2009, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p385-411, 27p
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LORD CURZON AND E. G. BROWNE CONFRONT THE 'PERSIAN QUESTION'.
Historical Journal; Jun2009, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p385-411, 27p
As British efforts to secure the approaches to India intensified in the closing years of the nineteenth century, expert knowledge of the states bordering the subcontinent became an increasingly soughtafter commodity. Particularly high demand existed for individuals possessing first-hand experience of Qajar Persia, a state viewed by many policymakers as a vulnerable anteroom on the glacis of the Raj. Britain's two foremost Persian experts during this period were George Nathaniel Curzon and Edward Granville Browne. While Curzon epitomized the traditional gentleman amateur, Browne embodied the emerging professional scholar. Drawing on both their private papers and publications, this article analyses the relationship between these two men as well as surveys their respective views of British policy toward Iran from the late 1880s until the end of the First World War. Ultimately it contends that Curzon's knowledge of Persia proved deficient in significant ways and that Anglo-Iranian relations, at least in the aftermath of the Great War, might well have been placed on a better footing had Browne's more nuanced understanding of the country and its inhabitants prevailed within the foreign policymaking establishment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
