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John Buchan.
Book Book | Notable Crime Fiction Writers; 2021, p1-5, 5p Please log in to see more details
A biography of crime fiction author John Buchan is presented. Buchan was born on Augus... more
John Buchan.
Notable Crime Fiction Writers; 2021, p1-5, 5p
A biography of crime fiction author John Buchan is presented. Buchan was born on August 26, 1875. He was the eldest son of a Scots clergyman and his childhood was formed by the Border country landscape, wide reading, and religion which helped his later life. Also cited are his principal series characters, contribution, and an analysis of his works including "The Three Hostages and the Island of Sheep," "Good and Evil and a Mission," and "The House of the Four Winds."

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BUCHAN, John, 1875-1940 - THREE Hostages & the Island of Sheep, The (Book) - HOUSE of the Four Winds, The (Book) - GOOD & Evil & a Mission (Book) - AUTHORS

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"Realism coloured by poetry": rereading John Buchan.
Kimball, Roger;Kimball, Roger
Periodical Periodical | New Criterion; Sep2003, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p16, 8p Please log in to see more details

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Buchan, Sir John.
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A profile of John Buchan, a Scottish writer is presented. He worked as the governor ge... more
Buchan, Sir John.
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia. 1996, p145-146. 2p.
A profile of John Buchan, a Scottish writer is presented. He worked as the governor general of Canada. His literary works are noted for their natural settings. He has written many romantic adventure stories, depicting Scotland. His works include "The Thirty-nine Steps," and "The Three Hostages."

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Buchan, John, 1875-1940 - Scottish authors - Literary style - Scottish adventure stories - Scotland

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John Buchan.
DelFattore, Joan
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A biographical essay about John Buchan, with brief critical analysis of major works. [... more
John Buchan.
Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Jan2010, p1-8. 8p.
A biographical essay about John Buchan, with brief critical analysis of major works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Piracy in World History
Stefan Amirell;Hans Hägerdal;Bruce Buchan;Stefan Amirell;Hans Hägerdal;Bruc...
In a modern global historical context, scholars have often regarded piracy as an essen... more
Piracy in World History
2021
In a modern global historical context, scholars have often regarded piracy as an essentially European concept which was inappropriately applied by the expanding European powers to the rest of the world, mainly for the purpose of furthering colonial forms of domination in the economic, political, military, legal and cultural spheres. By contrast, this edited volume highlights the relevance of both European and non-European understandings of piracy to the development of global maritime security and freedom of navigation. It explores the significance of ‘legal posturing'on the part of those accused of piracy, as well as the existence of non-European laws and regulations regarding piracy and related forms of maritime violence in the early modern era. The authors in this volume highlight cases from various parts of the early-modern world, thereby explaining piracy as a global phenomenon.

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Piracy--History - Pirates--History

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John Buchan.
Cannadine, David
Periodical Periodical | American Scholar. Summer98, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p85. 9p. Please log in to see more details
Examines the work of author John Buchan. Background information on Buchan; Identificat... more
John Buchan.
American Scholar. Summer98, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p85. 9p.
Examines the work of author John Buchan. Background information on Buchan; Identification of some of Buchan's books; Information on Buchan's marriage; Details on Buchan's achievements.

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A Study of Crisis
Michael Brecher;Jonathan Wilkenfeld;Michael Brecher;Jonathan Wilkenfeld
As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of wide... more
A Study of Crisis
2022
As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of widespread turmoil, including two world wars, the end of the colonial era in world history, and a large number of international crises and conflicts. This book is designed to shed light on the causes and consequences of military-security crises since the end of World War I, in every region, across diverse economic and political regimes, and cultures. The primary aim of this volume is to uncover patterns of crises, conflicts and wars and thereby to contribute to the advancement of international peace and world order. The culmination of more than twenty years of research by Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, the book analyzes crucial themes about crisis, conflict, and war and presents systematic knowledge about more than 400 crises, thirty-one protracted conflicts and almost 900 state participants. The authors explore many aspects of conflict, including the ethnic dimension, the effect of different kinds of political regimes--notably the question whether democracies are more peaceful than authoritarian regimes, and the role of violence in crisis management. They employ both case studies and aggregate data analysis in a Unified Model of Crisis to focus on two levels of analysis--hostile interactions among states, and the behavior of decision-makers who must cope with the challenge posed by a threat to values, time pressure, and the increased likelihood that military hostilities will engulf them. This book will appeal to scholars in history, political science, sociology, and economics as well as policy makers interested in the causes and effects of crises in international relations. The rich data sets will serve researchers for years to come as they probe additional aspects of crisis, conflict and war in international relations. Michael Brecher is R. B. Angus Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Jonathan Wilkenfeld is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. They are the coauthors of Crises in the Twentieth Century: A Handbook of International Crisis, among other books and articles.

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War--20th century - Crises--20th century - World politics--20th century

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Suva Stories : A History of the Capital of Fiji
Nicholas Halter;Nicholas Halter
Suva Stories explores a fascinating tapestry of histories in one of the Pacific's olde... more
Suva Stories : A History of the Capital of Fiji
2022
Suva Stories explores a fascinating tapestry of histories in one of the Pacific's oldest and most culturally diverse urban centres, the capital of Fiji. Charting the trajectory of Suva from indigenous village to colonial hub to contemporary Pacific metropolis, it draws on a rich colonial archive and moving personal memoirs that bear witness to their time. The diverse contributions in this volume form a complex mosaic of urban lives and histories that contribute fresh insights into historical and ongoing debates about race, place and belonging. Suva Stories is a valuable companion to those seeking to engage with the city's pasts and present, and will prompt new conversations about history and memory in Fiji.

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William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : A Life
William F. Halloran;William F. Halloran
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of h... more
William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod” : A Life
2022
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. A Scottish poet, novelist, biographer, and editor, he began in 1893 to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod who became far more than a pseudonym. Enlisting his sister to provide the Macleod handwriting, he used the voluminous Fiona correspondence to fashion a distinctive personality for a talented, but remote and publicity-shy woman. Sometimes she was his cousin and other times his lover, and whenever suspicions arose, he vehemently denied he was Fiona. For more than a decade he duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, William Butler Yeats, and E. C. Stedman. Drawing extensively on his letters, his wife Elizabeth Sharp's Memoir, and accounts by friends and associates, this biography provides a lucid and intimate account of William Sharp's life, from his rejection of the dour religion of his Scottish boyhood, his turn to spiritualism, to his role in the Scottish Celtic Revival in the mid-nineties. The biography illuminates his wide network of close male and female friendships, through which he developed advanced ideas about the place of women in society, the constraints of marriage, the fluidity of gender identity, and the complexity of the human psyche. Uniquely this biography reveals the autobiographical content of the writings of Fiona Macleod, the remarkable extent to which Sharp used the feminine pseudonym to disguise his telling and retelling the complex story of his extramarital love affair with a beautiful and brilliant woman. The biography illuminates not only the talented and conflicted William Sharp, but also the cultural landscape of Great Britain in the late-nineteenth century. From late Pre-Raphaelitism through the'yellow nineties” and on to the excesses of the early twentieth century, Sharp dabbled in all the movements that comprised what some have called the Age of Decadence.

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At the Edges of Sleep : Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators
Jean Ma;Jean Ma
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At the Edges of Sleep : Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators
2022
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Many recent works of contemporary art, performance, and film turn a spotlight on sleep, wresting it from the hidden, private spaces to which it is commonly relegated. At the Edges of Sleep considers sleep in film and moving image art as both a subject matter to explore onscreen and a state to induce in the audience. Far from negating action or meaning, sleep extends into new territories as it designates ways of existing in the world, in relation to people, places, and the past. Defined positively, sleep also expands our understanding of reception beyond the binary of concentration and distraction. These possibilities converge in the work of Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who has explored the subject of sleep systematically throughout his career. In examining Apichatpong's work, Jean Ma brings together an array of interlocutors—from Freud to Proust, George Méliès to Tsai Ming-liang, Weegee to Warhol—to rethink moving images through the lens of sleep. Ma exposes an affinity between cinema, spectatorship, and sleep that dates to the earliest years of filmmaking, and sheds light upon the shifting cultural valences of sleep in the present moment.

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Motion picture audiences - Art and motion pictures - Dreams in motion pictures - Sleep--Psychological aspects

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Who Saved the Parthenon? : A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution
William St Clair;David St Clair;Lucy Barnes;William St Clair;David St Clair...
In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throug... more
Who Saved the Parthenon? : A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution
2022
In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before, during, and after the Greek War of Independence of 1821–32. Focusing particularly on the question of who saved the Parthenon from destruction during this conflict, with the help of documents that shed a new light on this enduring question, he explores the contributions made by the Philhellenes, Ancient Athenians, Ottomans and the Great Powers. Marshalling a vast amount of primary evidence, much of it previously unexamined and published here for the first time, St Clair rigorously explores the multiple ways in which the Parthenon has served both as a cultural icon onto which meanings are projected and as a symbol of particular national, religious and racial identities, as well as how it illuminates larger questions about the uses of built heritage. This book has a companion volume with the classical Parthenon as its main focus, which offers new ways of recovering the monument and its meanings in ancient times. St Clair builds on the success of his classic text, The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, to present this rich and authoritative account of the Parthenon's presentation and reception throughout history. With weighty implications for the present life of the Parthenon, it is itself a monumental contribution to accounts of the Greek Revolution, to classical studies, and to intellectual history.

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Natural History of Lighthouses
Love, John A.;Love, John A.
The natural history contribution of keepers in the lighthouse story, as well as the hi... more
Natural History of Lighthouses
2015
The natural history contribution of keepers in the lighthouse story, as well as the history of lighthouses and the Stevenson dynasty.

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Birds--Great Britain - Lighthouses--Great Britain - Natural history--Great Britain - Ornithology--Great Britain

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Ma`afu, Prince of Tonga, Chief of Fiji : The Life and Times of Fiji's First Tui Lau
John Spurway;John Spurway
Enele Ma`afu, son of Aleamotu`a, Tu`i Kanokupolu, grew up during a time of unprecedent... more
Ma`afu, Prince of Tonga, Chief of Fiji : The Life and Times of Fiji's First Tui Lau
2015
Enele Ma`afu, son of Aleamotu`a, Tu`i Kanokupolu, grew up during a time of unprecedented social and political change in Tonga following the advent of Christianity. Moving to Lau, Fiji, in 1847 when he was about 21, he skilfully exploited kinship links to establish a power base there and in eastern Cakaudrove. His achievements were recognised in 1853 when his cousin King Tupou I appointed Ma`afu as Governor of the Tongans in Fiji.Acting as a putative champion of the lotu, Ma`afu undertook successful military campaigns elsewhere in Fiji and, after adding the Yasayasa Moala and the Exploring Isles to the nascent Lauan state, he was able to establish the Tovata ko Lau, a union of Lau, Cakaudrove and Bua, with himself as head. His power was formally recognised in 1869 when the Lauan chiefs appointed him as Tui Lau, a new title in the polity of Fiji. Ma`afu was now able to challenge Cakobau for the mastery of Fiji.After serving as Viceroy during the farcical planter oligarchy known as the Kingdom of Fiji, Ma`afu underwent a severe humiliation when, in order to maintain his power in Lau, he was forced to accede to the wishes of Fiji's other great chiefs in offering their islands to Great Britain. He would end his days as Roko Tui Lau, a'subordinate administrator'in the Crown Colony of Fiji, presiding over a province characterised by corruption and maladministration but where the legacy of his earlier innovative land reforms has endured.

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Marriage Discourses : Historical and Literary Perspectives on Gender Inequality and Patriarchic Exploitation
Jowan A. Mohammed;Frank Jacob;Jowan A. Mohammed;Frank Jacob
Marriage was historically not only a romantic ideal, but a tool of exploitation of wom... more
Marriage Discourses : Historical and Literary Perspectives on Gender Inequality and Patriarchic Exploitation
2021
Marriage was historically not only a romantic ideal, but a tool of exploitation of women in many regards. Women were often considered commodities and marriage was far away from the romantic stereotypes people relate to it today. While marriages served as diplomatic tools or means of political legitimization in the past, the discourses about marital relationships changed and women expressed their demands more openly. Discourses about marriage in history and literature naturally became more and more heated, especially during the'long'19th century, when marriages were contested by social reformers or political radicals, male and female alike. The present volume provides a discussion of the role of marriage and the discourses about in different chronological and geographical contexts and shows which arguments played an important role for the demand for more equality in martial relationships. It focuses on marriage discourses, may they have been legal or rather socio-political ones. In addition, the disputes about marriage in literary works of the 19th and 20th centuries are presented to complement the historical debates.

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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ... more
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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John Buchan.
Kleiner, Elaine L.
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Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition. Jan2003, p1-1. 1p.
A biographical essay about John Buchan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Dictionary of World Biography
Barry Jones;Barry Jones
Jones, Barry Owen (1932–). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. ... more
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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Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa
M. Christian Green;M. Christian Green
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This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and d... more
Law, Religion and the Environment in Africa
2020; Vol. 00007
This volume explores themes of ecotheology, ecofeminism, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, human and environmental rights, sustainable development, human-animal relations through totem and taboo, sacred sites and spaces, and other environmental topics in ways that add immeasurably to the study of African environmentalisms and the interaction of law and religion. In terms of religion, the capability of humans not only to sin and destroy the earth, but also to repair and redeem it, is very much in evidence across Christianity, Islam and Africa's many indigenous religious and cultural traditions. In terms of law, the need for effective policies and for states and governments to work with indigenous groups and communities towards environmental solutions is also apparent.

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Sustainable development--Africa - Ecology--Religious aspects - Religion and law--Africa

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A Day in the Life of an American Worker : 200 Trades and Professions Through History [2 Volumes]
Nancy Quam-Wickham;Ben Tyler Elliott;Nancy Quam-Wickham;Ben Tyler Elliott
This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important rol... more
A Day in the Life of an American Worker : 200 Trades and Professions Through History [2 Volumes]
2020
This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States.A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 Trades and Professions through History allows readers to imagine the daily lives of ordinary workers, from the beginnings of colonial America to the present. It presents the stories of millions of Americans—from the enslaved field hands in antebellum America to the astronauts of the modern'space age'—as they contributed to the formation of the modern and culturally diverse United States.Readers will learn about individual occupations and discover the untold histories of those women and men who too often have remained anonymous to historians but whose stories are just as important as those of leaders whose lives we study in our classrooms. This book provides specific details to enable comprehensive understanding of the benefits and downsides of each trade and profession discussed. Selected accompanying documents further bring history to life by offering vivid testimonies from people who actually worked in these occupations or interacted with those in that field.

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Employees--United States--History - Labor--United States--History - Occupations--United States--History

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Making Mala : Malaita in the Solomon Islands, 1870s–1930s
Mr Clive Moore;Mr Clive Moore
Malaita is one of the major islands in the Solomons Archipelago and has the largest po... more
Making Mala : Malaita in the Solomon Islands, 1870s–1930s
2017
Malaita is one of the major islands in the Solomons Archipelago and has the largest population in the Solomon Islands nation. Its people have an undeserved reputation for conservatism and aggression. Making Mala argues that in essence Malaitans are no different from other Solomon Islanders, and that their dominance, both in numbers and their place in the modern nation, can be explained through their recent history.A grounding theme of the book is its argument that, far than being conservative, Malaitan religions and cultures have always been adaptable and have proved remarkably flexible in accommodating change. This has been the secret of Malaitan success.Malaitans rocked the foundations of the British protectorate during the protonationalist Maasina Rule movement in the 1940s and the early 1950s, have heavily engaged in internal migration, particularly to urban areas, and were central to the'Tension Years'between 1998 and 2003. Making Mala reassesses Malaita's history, demolishes undeserved tropes and uses historical and cultural analyses to explain Malaitans'place in the Solomon Islands nation today.

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Tides of Innovation in Oceania : Value, Materiality and Place
Ms Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone;Ms Anna Paini;Ms Elisabetta Gnecchi-Ruscone;M...
Tides of Innovation in Oceania is directly inspired by Epeli Hau'ofa's vision of the P... more
Tides of Innovation in Oceania : Value, Materiality and Place
2017
Tides of Innovation in Oceania is directly inspired by Epeli Hau'ofa's vision of the Pacific as a ‘Sea of Islands'; the image of tides recalls the cyclical movement of waves, with its unpredictable consequences. The authors propose tides of innovation as a fluid concept, unbound and open to many directions. This perspective is explored through ethnographic case studies centred on deeply elaborated analyses of locally inflected agencies involved in different transforming contexts. Three interwoven themes—value, materiality and place—provide a common thread.

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Austerity Baby
Janet Wolff;Janet Wolff
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Austerity Baby
2017
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Austerity Baby might best be described as an ‘oblique memoir'. Janet Wolff's fascinating volume is a family history – but one that is digressive and consistently surprising. The central underlying and repeated themes of the book are exile and displacement; lives (and deaths) during the Third Reich; mother-daughter and sibling relationships; the generational transmission of trauma and experience; transatlantic reflections; and the struggle for creative expression. Stories mobilised, and people encountered, in the course of the narrative include: the internment of aliens in Britain during the Second World War; cultural life in Rochester, New York, in the 1920s; the social and personal meanings of colour(s); the industrialist and philanthropist, Henry Simon of Manchester, including his relationship with the Norwegian explorer, Fridtjof Nansen; the liberal British campaigner and MP of the 1940s, Eleanor Rathbone; reflections on the lives and images of spinsters. The text is supplemented and interrupted throughout by images (photographs, paintings, facsimile documents), some of which serve to illustrate the story, others engaging indirectly with the written word.

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Jewish families--Biography - Jewish families--England - Jews--Social conditions--20th century--Biography - Art critics--England--Manchester - Art and society

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Tulagi : Pacific Outpost of British Empire
Mr Clive Moore;Mr Clive Moore
Tulagi was the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate between 1897 and 19... more
Tulagi : Pacific Outpost of British Empire
2019
Tulagi was the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate between 1897 and 1942. The British withdrawal from the island during the Pacific War, its capture by the Japanese and the American reconquest left the island's facilities damaged beyond repair. After the war, Britain moved the capital to the American military base on Guadalcanal, which became Honiara.The Tulagi settlement was an enclave of several small islands, the permanent population of which was never more than 600: 300 foreigners—one-third of European origin and most of the remainder Chinese—and an equivalent number of Solomon Islanders. Thousands of Solomon Islander males also passed through on their way to work on plantations and as boat crews, hospital patients and prisoners.The history of the Tulagi enclave provides an understanding of the origins of modern Solomon Islands. Tulagi was also a significant outpost of the British Empire in the Pacific, which enables a close analysis of race, sex and class and the process of British colonisation and government in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Assembling the Dinosaur : Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle
Lukas Rieppel;Lukas Rieppel
A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and... more
Assembling the Dinosaur : Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle
2019
A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest business tycoons.Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. At the same time, the United States emerged as the world's largest industrial economy, and creatures like Tyrannosaurus, Brontosaurus, and Triceratops became emblems of American capitalism. Large, fierce, and spectacular, American dinosaurs dominated the popular imagination, making front-page headlines and appearing in feature films.Assembling the Dinosaur follows dinosaur fossils from the field to the museum and into the commercial culture of North America's Gilded Age. Business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan made common cause with vertebrate paleontologists to capitalize on the widespread appeal of dinosaurs, using them to project American exceptionalism back into prehistory. Learning from the show-stopping techniques of P. T. Barnum, museums exhibited dinosaurs to attract, entertain, and educate the public. By assembling the skeletons of dinosaurs into eye-catching displays, wealthy industrialists sought to cement their own reputations as generous benefactors of science, showing that modern capitalism could produce public goods in addition to profits. Behind the scenes, museums adopted corporate management practices to control the movement of dinosaur bones, restricting their circulation to influence their meaning and value in popular culture.Tracing the entwined relationship of dinosaurs, capitalism, and culture during the Gilded Age, Lukas Rieppel reveals the outsized role these giant reptiles played during one of the most consequential periods in American history.

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Science museums--Public relations--United States--History - Dinosaurs in popular culture--United States--History - Fossils--Collection and preservation--United States--History

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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... more
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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Money--History--Encyclopedias - Coins--History--Encyclopedias

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