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Reflections From Shakespeare A Series of Lectures

Reflections From Shakespeare A Series of Lectures

Originally published in 1926 this title was edited from a series of lectures the author gave to raise money for her theatre group the Lena Ashwell Players. Through her work as a producer the author gained a deeper knowledge of a number of Shakespeare’s plays and in order to support her work gave a number of lectures on Women in Shakespeare. This title was perhaps the first book by a woman of the profession appealing to the public for a larger and deeper understanding of Shakespeare: the man his life and that group of tragedies in which he fathomed Hell then scaled the Heavens. | Reflections From Shakespeare A Series of Lectures

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Communities Networks and Ethnic Politics

Communities Networks and Ethnic Politics

First Published in 1998 this study explores ethnic community political participation in local politics in the North West British town. The analysis is located within the framework of the shift from Fordism to post-Fordism. From 1965 to 1980 ethnic communities increased their access to scarce resources including political influence by engaging in ethnic politics. Using membership of religious organisations as structures of support elected men deployed ethnic identities to compete with others for ethnic support and influence over local decision-making processes. This gave ethnic minorities a positive role in local politics. With the support of local community relations councils (CRCs) ethnic politics flourished. It gave ethnic communities real opportunities to participate as ethnic communities in politics. Using local events ethnic leaders competed for political influence and ethnic support. After 1977 the shift from Fordism to post-Fordism brought about a decline in ethnic political participation. While conferment of citizenship secured their right to stay in Britain the rise in consumerism undermined the manufacturing sector on which they depended for work. With no ethnic political identity today these communities are again politically disadvantaged. | Communities Networks and Ethnic Politics

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The Popular Revolutions of the Late Middle Ages

The Popular Revolutions of the Late Middle Ages

This book first published in 1973 examines the period when wars famines and epidemics bred widespread conflicts culminating in the revolutionary years of 1378–82 with the Florentine ‘Ciompi’ revolts in Flanders and France and the risings among English labourers. The analysis ends with the Hussite crisis which gave the movement a new aspect. The troubles were varied with hunger riots in cities and brigandage in the country open struggles between lords and peasants urban conflicts over municipal power and labour conflicts over pay and hours. | The Popular Revolutions of the Late Middle Ages

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Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

Following in the footsteps of his renowned teacher Konstantin Stanislavsky Michael Chekhov’s work as an actor author and theatre practitioner gave great insight into how to access the creative self. This revised and updated edition of Michael Chekhov includes: • A biographical introduction to Chekhov’s life • A clear explanation of his key writings • An analysis of his work as a director • A practical guide to Chekhov’s unique actor-training exercises. As a first step towards critical understanding and as an initial exploration before going on to further primary research Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.

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The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature

The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature

Originally published in 1984 The Image of the Middle Ages in Romantic and Victorian Literature looks at the impact of medievalism in the 18th and 19th centuries and the importance of post-Enlightenment literary religious medievalism. The book suggests that religious medievalism was not a superficial cultural phenomenon and that the romantic spirit with which it was chronologically connected was intimately associated with the metaphysical. The book suggests that this belief gave birth to the metaphysical yearning and cultural expression of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The book seeks to clarify the post-Enlightenment relationship between aesthetic culture and ‘aesthetic’ religion romanticism medievalism and religious trends.

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Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth Century When Europe Lost Its Fear of Change

Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth Century When Europe Lost Its Fear of Change

Societies perceive Reform or Reforms as substantial changes and significant breaks which must be well-justified. The Enlightenment brought forth the idea that the future was uncertain and could be shaped by human beings. This gave the concept of reform a new character and new fields of application. Those who sought support for their plans and actions needed to reflect develop new arguments and offer new reasons to address an anonymous public. This book aims to compile these changes under the heuristic term of languages of reform. It analyzes the structures of communication regarding reforms in the 18th century through a wide variety of topics. | Languages of Reform in the Eighteenth Century When Europe Lost Its Fear of Change

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American Pop Art in France Politics of the Transatlantic Image

American Pop Art in France Politics of the Transatlantic Image

Pop art was essential to the Americanization of global art in the 1960s yet it engendered resistance and adaptation abroad in equal measure especially in Paris. From the end of the Algerian War of Independence and the opening of Ileana Sonnabend’s gallery for American Pop art in Paris in 1962 to the silkscreen poster workshops of May ’68 this book examines critical adaptations of Pop motifs and pictorial devices across French painting graphic design cinema and protest aesthetics. Liam Considine argues that the transatlantic dispersion of Pop art gave rise to a new politics of the image that challenged Americanization and prefigured the critiques and contradictions of May ’68. | American Pop Art in France Politics of the Transatlantic Image

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Paupers The Making of the New Claiming Class

Paupers The Making of the New Claiming Class

Originally published in 1973 Paupers looks at poverty through the lens of class and the Welfare State. The book examines those living in poverty and the direct effects poverty has. The book follows the basis that the economic factors which gave rise to poverty have little to do with the Welfare State and that fragmentary changes can do little to change them. The book’s core argument examines the political and social significance of poverty and look at the underlying causes and effects of the drift towards a more unequal and unjust society. The book also analyses the factors which bring economically disadvantaged people together and what happens when they join for collective action. | Paupers The Making of the New Claiming Class

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After the War The Press in a Changing America 1865–1900

After the War The Press in a Changing America 1865–1900

After the War presents a panoramic view of social political and economic change in post-Civil War America by examining its journalism from coverage of politics and Reconstruction to sensational reporting and images of the American people. The changes in America during this time were so dramatic that they transformed the social structure of the country and the nature of journalism. By the 1870s and 1880s new kinds of daily newspapers had developed. New Journalism eventually gave rise to Yellow Journalism resulting in big-city newspapers that were increasingly sensationalistic entertaining and designed to attract everyone. The images of the nation’s people as seen through journalistic eyes from coverage of immigrants to stories about African American Black fiends and Native American savages tell a vibrant story that will engage scholars and students of history journalism and media studies. | After the War The Press in a Changing America 1865–1900

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Fiction & the Colonial Experience

Fiction & the Colonial Experience

British colonialism provided a rich vein of material for the novelists of the first half of the 20th century. This study originally published in 1968 looks at five writers and their reaction to the Empire: Rudyard Kipling E. M. Forster Joseph Conrad Joyce Cary and Graham Greene. It shows how the romantic adventure stories of Kipling’s early days in which the indigenous population plays almost no part gave rise to the much more important novels of spiritual and moral conflict in which the stereotyped values of Empire are questioned. The decline of colonialism from its apogee in the 1880s within a relatively short period makes the novels discussed a compact group so that not only is the use of colonial material closely studied but its impact on the novelists themselves emerges clearly. This is an important study of a major literary theme linking modern literature and modern history at a vital point. | Fiction & the Colonial Experience

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Information Technology and Workplace Democracy

Information Technology and Workplace Democracy

The revolution in new technology gave rise to new work patterns and improved productivity all of which affect the management of human resources. Expectations for increased efficiency have not always been fulfilled because of the problems that have arisen in workings of labour relations. How can management maximize the benefits of these technologies while co-operating with their employees? How far are trade unions involved in the decisions as companies adopt new technology? Is the workforce consulted in systems design? This book originally published in 1992 looks at the problems of developing strategies in information technology when considering labour relations. Experts in industrial sociology human resource management and organizational behaviour assess the achievements and failures including consideration of issues such as public sector work gender and race. Drawing on empirical evidence the contributors cover a wide range of industries including case studies in electronics and banking together with international comparisons. | Information Technology and Workplace Democracy

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The Elamite World

The Elamite World

Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of contact and interchange that gave rise to complex societies in the ancient Near East Elam has remained one of the most obscure at times languishing in the background of scholarly inquiry. In recent years however an increasing body of academic publications have acknowledged its relevance and suggested that its legacy was more considerable and long-lasting than previously estimated. The Elamite World assembles a group of 40 international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid lavishly illustrated English language treatment of Elamite civilization. It covers topics such as its physical setting historical development languages and people material culture art science religion and society as well as the legacy of Elam in the Persian empire and its presence in the modern world. This comprehensive and ambitious survey seeks for Elam hardly a household name a noteworthy place in our shared cultural heritage. It will be both a valuable introductory text for a general audience and a definitive reference source for students and academics.

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NAFTA and Democracy in Mexico A Successful Failure?

NAFTA and Democracy in Mexico A Successful Failure?

After describing NAFTA as ‘the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere’ Donald Trump’s election seemed to represent the final nail in the coffin for North American economic integration. Following a decade of stagnation however Trump’s victory presents a timely opportunity to reconsider North American integration and evaluate NAFTA’s democratic track record in Mexico. In this book Pablo Calderón Martínez presents a detailed analysis of NAFTA’s influence as a political tool for democracy in Mexico. Extending beyond a mere economic or social exploration of the consequences of NAFTA Calderón Martínez uses a three-tiered analysis based on causality mechanisms to explain how the interactions between internationalisation and democratisation unfolded in Mexico. Calderón Martínez’s analysis demonstrates that Mexico’s internationalisation project under the framework of NAFTA gave shape to if not made Mexico’s democratisation process. An original and timely resource for scholars and students interested in understanding how – in cases like Mexico where transitions to democracy are characterised by a finely poised balance of power – small influences from abroad can make significant long-lasting differences domestically. | NAFTA and Democracy in Mexico A Successful Failure?

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The Legislative Process in Great Britain

The Legislative Process in Great Britain

Originally published in 1968 this book deals with the process of public legislation in modern Britain at the time not in terms of constitutional formulae but by a realistic appraisal of the relationships between the political institutions and forces which gave the process its shape. It concentrates particularly on the procedures and conventions which operated at the preparatory stages of legislation and established that legislation was almost exclusively a governmental function Parliament playing only a minor role. It is particularly concerned to stress the extent to which consultation by the government with pressure groups was now a major feature of the legislative process and concludes that subordinate departmental legislation developed as a result of collaboration between pressure groups and Civil Servants was the most characteristic and important stage of the legislative process in Britain. The book brought together the conclusions of recent scholarship in this field and the result is a balanced perspective of an important decision-making process of British government at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context. | The Legislative Process in Great Britain

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Pakistan Origins Identity and Future

Pakistan Origins Identity and Future

This book is an accessible comprehensive and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Hoodbhoy expertly maps the journey of the region from many millennia ago to the circumstances and impulses that gave birth to the very first state in history founded upon religious identity. He documents colonial rule the trauma of Partition the nation’s wars with India the formation of Bangladesh and the emergence of Baloch nationalism. The book also examines longstanding complex themes and issues – such as religious fundamentalism identity formation democracy and military rule – as well as their impact on the future of the state of Pakistan. Drawing on a range of sources and written by one of the foremost intellectuals of the region this book will be indispensable for scholars researchers students of history politics and South Asian studies. It will be of great interest to the general reader interested in understanding Pakistan. | Pakistan Origins Identity and Future

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The Myth of Modernity

The Myth of Modernity

First published in 1950 this was a new work by Charles Baudouin world-famous French psychologist and takes its title from the opening chapter which examines the transformation of the myth of Progress characteristic of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries into the myth of Modernity characteristic of the time of writing. The author has little sympathy for a development which he regards as essentially vulgar; the myth of Progress he says had its aspiration and gave man reasons for reaching out for better things but the myth of Modernity ‘seems to give humanity reasons only for fleeing from itself reasons for unhappiness inasmuch as the man who runs away from himself is an unhappy man’. This chapter is characteristic of those that follow – on Baudelaire Verlaine and other literary topics; on Art and the Epoch The Prestige of Action Technique versus Mysticism Opinion and Tolerance etc. A broad humanity and a gentle irony are the characteristic features of this simulating book now available again to be enjoyed in its historical context.

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Ancient Egypt Anatomy of a Civilization

Ancient Egypt Anatomy of a Civilization

This fully revised and updated third edition of the bestselling Ancient Egypt seeks to identify what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics ranging across material culture the mindset of its people and social and economic factors. In this volume Barry J. Kemp identifies the ideas by which the Egyptians organized their experience of the world and explains how they maintained a uniform style in their art and architecture across three thousand years whilst accommodating substantial changes in outlook. The underlying aim is to relate ancient Egypt to the broader mainstream of our understanding of how all human societies function. Source material is taken from ancient written documents while the book also highlights the contribution that archaeology makes to our understanding of Egyptian culture and society. It uses numerous case studies illustrating them with artwork expressly prepared from specialist sources. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed the book is an indispensable text for all students of ancient Egypt and for the general reader. | Ancient Egypt Anatomy of a Civilization

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The Arabafrican Connection Political And Economic Realities

The Arabafrican Connection Political And Economic Realities

Between June 1967 and the end of 1973 most independent Black African states abandoned their neutral position in the Middle East conflict cut their ties with Israel and gave full support to the political aims of the Arab states. Since the beginning of 1974 however and despite attempts by the Arabs to shield their new allies from the adverse effects of the 1973-74 world oil and economic crises the alliance has begun to fragment as the African states become transformed from partners to clients and dependents of the Arabs. This study examines the roots of the African conversion the nature of the evolving relationship between the African and Arab states and the reasons—economic and political—for the transformation of the alliance. Basic to that transformation the authors argue is a fundamental change in the international status and power of the Arab states a change that has led them to cast their lot with the industrialized First World rather than with the poorer less developed countries. | The Arabafrican Connection Political And Economic Realities

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The Nation’s Gratitude World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania

The Nation’s Gratitude World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania

A pioneering work for the history of veterans’ rights in Romania this study brings into focus the laws and policies the state developed in response to the unprecedented human losses in World War I. It features in lively and accessible language the varied responses of veterans widows and orphans to those policies. The analysis emphasizes how ordinary citizens became educated about and used state institutions in ways that highlight the class ethnic religious and gender norms of the day. The book offers a vivid case study of how disability as a personal reality for many veterans became a point of policy making a story that has seen little scholarly interest despite the enormous populations affected by these developments. Overall the monograph shows how in the postwar European states citizenship as engaged practice was shaped by both government policies and the interpretation a large and varied group of beneficiaries gave to these policies. The analysis provides insights of great interest to scholars of these themes while it offers examples of engaged citizenship useful for an undergraduate and nonspecialist audience. | The Nation’s Gratitude World War I and Citizenship Rights in Interwar Romania

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Diasporic Social Mobilization and Political Participation during the Arab Uprisings

Diasporic Social Mobilization and Political Participation during the Arab Uprisings

The Arab protest movements of 2010-2011 gave momentum and inspiration to unprecedented political mobilisations of migrants of Arab origin whether first generation second generation or more in Europe North and South-America. This book analyses the essential yet understudied role of Arab diasporas during the Arab revolutions dissecting the new forms of diasporic mobilisations that emerged during the ‘Arab Spring’ and that were borrowed as much from the home countries’ repertoire of innovations as from global movements’ tactics from Wall Street to Sao Paulo. This collection is a very timely and much-welcome contribution to our understanding of the nexus between immigration and integration. At a time when the engagement of European youth in faraway violent conflicts is hitting the headlines all over Europe this book offers balanced and renewed academic perspectives on migrants belonging analysing how migrants use political engagement to assert their belonging in newly-imagined home countries and conversely how they get involved in the politics of their origin countries to bolster their identity in host nations. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. | Diasporic Social Mobilization and Political Participation during the Arab Uprisings

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Nazi Occultism Between the SS and Esotericism

Nazi Occultism Between the SS and Esotericism

Nazi Occultism provides a serious scholarly study of a topic that is often marred by sensationalism and misinformation. The Morning of the Magicians by Pauwels and Bergier (1960) gave rise to the idea that a secret society with wide powers the Thule society was the hidden and ignored centre of Nazism. The influence of this very real small group is however only a fantasy a myth. The author a historian specializing in neo-Nazism looks back on this speculative construction its origins its ideological tinkering and the practices which have succeeded in forming a sort of radical and sulphurous counterculture which has created a fascination with esotericism and Nazism and the SS. To better understand it he also paints a portrait of some of the authors who contributed to this extremist subculture such as the Italian esotericist Julius Evola the Argentine anthropologist Jacques-Marie de Mahieu Chilean neo-Nazi Miguel Serrano and the writer Jean-Paul Bourre. This book will appeal to scholars researchers and activists as well as general readers with an interest in the history of Nazism and the occult. | Nazi Occultism Between the SS and Esotericism

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Truth Silence and Violence in Emerging States Histories of the Unspoken

Truth Silence and Violence in Emerging States Histories of the Unspoken

Around the world in the twentieth century political violence in emerging states gave rise to different kinds of silence within their societies. This book explores the histories of these silences how they were made maintained evaded and transformed. This book gives a comprehensive view of the ongoing evolutions and multiple faces of silence as a common strand in the struggles of state-building. It begins with chapters that examine the construction of regimes of silence as an act of power and it continues through explorations of the ambiguous limits of speech within communities marked by this violence. It highlights national and transnational attempts to combat state silences before concluding with a series of considerations of how these regimes of silence continue to be extrapolated in the gaps of records and written history. This volume explores histories of the composed silences of political violence across the emerging states of the late twentieth century not solely as a present concern of aftermath or retrospection but as a diachronic social and political dimension of violence itself. This book makes a major original contribution to international history as well as to the study of political terror human rights violations social recovery and historical memory. | Truth Silence and Violence in Emerging States Histories of the Unspoken

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