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Les sources du plain-chant et de la musique médiévale

Les sources du plain-chant et de la musique médiévale

The origin and development of Western plainchant and of the genres of liturgical book in which it is recorded have occupied Michel Huglo throughout his long career which has taken him to libraries in every corner of Europe and the United States. This volume the first in a set of four to appear in the Variorum series brings together analyses of manuscripts dating from the 9th to the 13th century including Huglo's pathbreaking studies of the antiphoner of Compiègne the first troper-prosers and of alleluia lists as clues to place of origin. The consequences of the Treaty of Verdun (843) for the diffusion of the plainchant repertory research in medieval musicology in the 20th century the utility of codicology for musicological manuscript studies and the critical edition of the Gregorian antiphoner are addressed in other studies included here. Les origines et le développement du plain-chant en Occident et l'étude des genres de livres liturgiques qui le contiennent ont occupé Michel Huglo durant sa longue carrière et l'ont conduit visiter des bibliothèques partout en Europe et aux Etats-Unis. Ce volume le premier d'une série de quatre dans la collection Variorum comprend des analyses de manuscrits du neuvième au treizième siècle notamment des études novatrices relan§ant les recherches sur l'antiphonaire de Compiègne les premiers tropaires-prosaires et les listes d'alleluias comme moyen d'identification des manuscrits de chant. Les conséquences du traité de Verdun (843) pour la diffusion du répertoire de plain-chant les recherches en musicologie médiévale au XXe siècle l'application des méthodes de la codicologie l'étude des manuscrits notés et l'édition critique de l'Antiphonaire grégorien forment les sujets d'autres études réunies dans ce volume. | Les sources du plain-chant et de la musique médiévale

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Pionniers du droit occidental au Moyen Age

Pionniers du droit occidental au Moyen Age

'Pioneers' seems fitting to Professor Gouron to describe the jurists (civilists) of the 12th-century Latin West that were the bearers of a new science born in Bologna about 1100. Away from Bologna these pioneers were isolated scattered from Scotland to Styria or Catalonia and no more than one hundred can now be identified. These people and their manuscripts and the relationships between them are the subject of this collection the fifth in the Variorum series by André Gouron himself to be regarded as a pioneer in this field of research. This volume brings together twenty-two studies which have appeared since 1997 in widely scattered publications often hard to access along with additional notes and indexes. | Pionniers du droit occidental au Moyen Age

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Illustrated Souls of Black Folk

Illustrated Souls of Black Folk

This prophetic statement made by W. E. B. Du Bois over a century ago is from The Souls of Black Folk. One hundred years later Souls remains the most important treatment of African-American life and culture published in the twentieth century. Richly illustrated this special edition of Du Bois's seminal work includes historical woodcuts and engravings photos and documents. Most of the photos engravings and documents are from the 19th and early 20th century and depict American slavery and its legacy African-American life and the prominent figures and events associated with the book's content. Assembled by Eugene F. Provenzo Jr. this illustrated edition of The Souls of Black Folk also offers extensive annotations commentary and related materials from government the media advertising and popular culture. Documents include the Act Establishing the Freedman's Bureau Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Speech W. E. B. Du Bois's essay The Talented Tenth Ida B. Wells-Barnett's The Lynch Law in Georgia W. E. B. Du Bois's report The Negro in the Black Belt Alexander Crummell's sermon Common Sense and Schooling W. E. B. Du Bois's story The Black Man Brings His Gifts Thomas Wentworth Higginson's article Negro Spirituals and more. | Illustrated Souls of Black Folk

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Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

This volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages. They focus on the period of Narbonne's heyday from the mid-11th to the mid-14th centuries and a central place is held by Ermengarde viscountess for half the 12th century and celebrated figure in the 'world of the troubadours'. The book opens with an important new introductory survey in English setting the context for the detailed studies which follow several of which also appear in English for the first time and all being updated with additional notes. These articles cover the physical growth of the great medieval centre the relations and conflicts between its secular and ecclesiastical lords its administrative and religious life and its political and commercial connections with the areas around. Ce volume regroupe une série d'études de Jacqueline Caille spécialiste reconnue de l'histoire de Narbonne au Moyen Age. L'antique cité y est présentée depuis ses origines romaines jusqu' la fin du XVe siècle en insistant particulièrement sur la période la plus brillante des siècles médiévaux du milieu du XIe au milieu du XIVe siècle. Le recueil s'ouvre par un long survol historique inédit en anglais brossant le contexte général o¹ s'insèrent les études spécialisées qui suivent réactualisées par des notes additionnelles. Les principaux thèmes pouvant ªtre dégagés des ces articles concernent le développement topographique de cette grande ville médiévale les relations et les conflits entre les seigneurs qui la dirigent (archevªques et vicomtes) la vie administrative et religieuse de l'agglomération ainsi que ses relations politiques et commerciales avec les régions environnantes. Enfin une place de choix est faite l'une des éminentes figures du monde des troubadours la victomtesse | Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the Troubadour World

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Black Reconstruction in America Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction in America Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America 1860-1880

After four centuries of bondage the nineteenth century marked the long-awaited release of millions of black slaves. Subsequently these former slaves attempted to reconstruct the basis of American democracy. W. E. B. Du Bois one of the greatest intellectual leaders in United States history evaluates the twenty years of fateful history that followed the Civil War with special reference to the efforts and experiences of African Americans. Du Bois's words best indicate the broader parameters of his work: the attitude of any person toward this book will be distinctly influenced by his theories of the Negro race. If he believes that the Negro in America and in general is an average and ordinary human being who under given environment develops like other human beings then he will read this story and judge it by the facts adduced. The plight of the white working class throughout the world is directly traceable to American slavery on which modern commerce and industry was founded Du Bois argues. Moreover the resulting color caste was adopted forwarded and approved by white labor and resulted in the subordination of colored labor throughout the world. As a result the majority of the world's laborers became part of a system of industry that destroyed democracy and led to World War I and the Great Depression. This book tells that story. | Black Reconstruction in America Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America 1860-1880

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Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Méchanique des Fluides Environnementaux

Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Méchanique des Fluides Environnementaux

Dams are planned constructed and operated to meet human needs - generation of energy irrigated agricultural production flood control public and industrial supply supply of drinking water and various other purposes. Dams impound water in reservoirs during times of high flood that can be used for human requirements during times with inadequate natural flows. Positive impacts of dams are improved flood control improved welfare resulting from new access to irrigation and drinking water. Without dams there would be insufficient food to feed the world’s people and energy would be generated by burning fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases. Despite this progress there remain significant concerns about the environmental impacts of dams. These environmental impacts are complex and far reaching remote of the dam and may occur in time with the dam construction or later and may lead to a loss of biodiversity and of productivity of natural resources. This bulletin compiles improvements in knowledge and state of the art technology to avoid or mitigate environmental impacts of dams on the natural ecosystem as well as to the people that depend upon them for their livelihood and also addresses the mitigation of environmental impacts on dams and reservoirs. Les barrages sont planifiés construits et exploités de manière à répondre aux besoins humains. Les barrages retiennent l'eau dans les réservoirs pendant les périodes de forte crue une eau qui peut être utilisée pour les besoins de l'homme pendant les périodes d’insuffisance des débits naturels. Les impacts positifs de barrages sont le contrôle des crues et l'amélioration du bien-être résultant du nouvel accès à l'irrigation et à l'eau potable. Sans barrages la production alimentaire serait insuffisante pour nourrir la population du globe et l'énergie serait générée en brûlant des combustibles fossiles qui produisent des gaz à effet de serre. Malgré ces progrès d'importantes préoccupations subsistent quant aux retombées des barrages sur l’environnement. Les impacts environnementaux sont complexes et d’une grande portée. Ils peuvent se produire au moment de la construction du barrage ou plus tard et peuvent entraîner une perte de la biodiversité et de la productivité des ressources naturelles. Le présent bulletin compile l'amélioration des connaissances et des technologies les plus récentes pour éviter ou atténuer les impacts environnementaux des barrages sur l'écosystème naturel ainsi que pour les personnes qui en dépendent pour leur subsistance. Il aborde également l'atténuation des impacts environnementaux sur les barrages et les réservoirs. | Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Méchanique des Fluides Environnementaux

GBP 80.00
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Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

Dam Safety Management is a major concern during the entire lifetime cycle of a dam scheme. This is particularly true for the operational phase of the scheme that represents by far the longest period in its lifetime cycle. Bulletin 154 presented a general approach and concepts to be applied to dam operation. The current Bulletin 175 extends the developed concepts to all phases preceding the operational phase. Many risks associated with the operation of existing dams have their origins in other phases preceding the actual operation. Although there are numerous ICOLD Bulletins addressing technical aspects of planning design construction and commissioning of dams there is not a single Bulletin which covers the subject in a comprehensive manner. The current document is a first attempt to capture all relevant dam safety aspects in all preoperational phases by systematically characterizing the actors involved their roles the activities and complex interactions present in different phases of the dam lifecycle. An Overarching Safety Management System is specifically developed that can be applied to all actors involved. La gestion de la sécurité des barrages est une préoccupation majeure pendant tout le cycle de vie d'un projet de barrage. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour la phase opérationnelle du système qui représente de loin la période la plus longue de son cycle de vie. Le Bulletin 154 présente une approche générale et des concepts à appliquer à l'exploitation des barrages. Le Bulletin 175 actuel étend les concepts développés à toutes les phases précédant la phase d'exploitation. De nombreux risques associés à l'exploitation des barrages existants ont leur origine dans d'autres phases précédant l'exploitation proprement dite. Bien qu'il existe de nombreux bulletins ICOLD traitant des aspects techniques de la planification de la conception de la construction et de la mise en service des barrages il n'existe pas un seul bulletin qui couvre le sujet de manière exhaustive. Le document actuel est une première tentative de capturer tous les aspects pertinents de la sécurité des barrages dans toutes les phases pré-opérationnelles en caractérisant systématiquement les acteurs impliqués leurs rôles les activités et les interactions complexes présentes dans les différentes phases du cycle de vie du barrage. Un système global de gestion de la sécurité est spécifiquement développé et peut être appliqué à tous les acteurs impliqués. | Dam Safety Management / Gestion de la Sécurité des Barrages Pre operational phases of the dam life cycle / Phases de conception constructio

GBP 84.99
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Sedimentation and Sustainable Use of Reservoirs and River Systems / Sédimentation et Utilisation Durable des Réservoirs et Systèmes Fluviaux

Sedimentation and Sustainable Use of Reservoirs and River Systems / Sédimentation et Utilisation Durable des Réservoirs et Systèmes Fluviaux

ICOLD Bulletin 147 discusses the upstream and downstream fluvial morphological impacts of reservoir sedimentation and possible mitigation measures. The current state of and possible future sediment deposition in reservoirs have been investigated globally with the aid of the ICOLD Register on Dams. The global mean reservoir sedimentation rate was found to be 0. 8 % of the original storage capacity per year. The book also investigates the impacts of dams on the ecology related to fluvial morphological changes and guidelines are proposed to mitigate the impacts on the downstream river morphology. Finally an economical model is presented which considers a life cycle approach for reservoir conservation. Ce CIGB Bulletin 147 traite des impacts morphologiques fluviaux en amont et en aval de la sédimentation des réservoirs et des mesures d'atténuation possibles. L'état actuel et l'avenir possible du dépôt de sédiments dans les réservoirs ont été étudiés à l'échelle mondiale à l'aide du registre des barrages de la CIGB. Le taux moyen mondial de sédimentation des réservoirs s'est avéré être de 0 8 % de la capacité de stockage initiale par an. Le livre étudie également les impacts des barrages sur l'écologie liés aux changements morphologiques fluviaux et des directives sont proposées pour atténuer les impacts sur la morphologie des rivières en aval. Enfin un modèle économique est présenté qui prend en compte une approche de cycle de vie pour la conservation des réservoirs. | Sedimentation and Sustainable Use of Reservoirs and River Systems / Sédimentation et Utilisation Durable des Réservoirs et Systèmes Fluviaux

GBP 79.99
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Proust's Recherche A Psychoanalytic Interpretation

Proust's Recherche A Psychoanalytic Interpretation

Originally published in 1981 and now reissued with a new preface by Randolph Splitter this volume examines Proust’s novel A la recherche du temps perdu from a psychoanalytic viewpoint showing that Marcel the central character like the novel itself is characterized by an unstable equilibrium of opposing forces so that he wishes both to dissolve the boundaries between inner and outer worlds and to maintain divisions and defenses. Instead of trying to force the text into a rigid theoretical structure this reading of Proust’s novel illuminates it by confronting and re-examining the problems that Freudian theory itself addresses. In considering these problems the author also takes into account the findings of modern French psychoanalysis and literary criticism referring particularly to the work of Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida. | Proust's Recherche A Psychoanalytic Interpretation

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Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

Hailed as one of the key theoreticians of modernism Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was also the most renowned restoration architect of his age a celebrated medieval archaeologist and a fervent champion of Gothic revivalism. He published some of the most influential texts in the history of modern architecture such as the Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture fran§aise du XIe au XVIe siècle and Entretiens sur l’architecture but also studies on warfare geology and racial history. Martin Bressani expertly traces Viollet-le-Duc’s complex intellectual development mapping the attitudes he adopted toward the past showing how restoration in all its layered meaning shaped his outlook. Through his life journey we follow the route by which the technological subject was born out of nineteenth-century historicism. | Architecture and the Historical Imagination Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814–1879

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Integrated Operation of Hydropower Stations and Reservoirs/Exploitation des centrales hydroélectriques et des Réservoirs

Integrated Operation of Hydropower Stations and Reservoirs/Exploitation des centrales hydroélectriques et des Réservoirs

Integrated operation of hydropower stations and reservoirs has become a trend of hydropower exploitation as an effective technical measure integrated operation can improve the utilization efficiency of water resources reduce the risks of flood and drought disaster increase the safety and stability power grid and make sure that hydropower stations and reservoirs operate in an appropriate and economical way. This bulletin gives an overview of the main functional and operational aspects relating to cascade hydropower stations and reservoirs it was formed by reviewing of all the related aspects proposed and case studies provided by committee members. It collected and sorted out operation modes and practical experiences of hydropower stations and reservoirs in ICOLD member countries summarized the feasibility measures benefit evaluation methods and system platform construction of hydropower stations and reservoirs with comprehensive benefits and shared case studies from 10 countries including Brazil China France Iran Japan Korea Nigeria Russia Switzerland and USA. L'exploitation intégrée des centrales hydroélectriques et des réservoirs est devenue une mesure technique efficace de l'exploitation hydroélectrique. L'exploitation intégrée peut améliorer l'efficacité d'utilisation des ressources en eau réduire les risques de catastrophe d'inondation et de sécheresse augmenter la sécurité et la stabilité du réseau électrique et faire fonctionner les centrales hydroélectriques et les réservoirs de manière appropriée et économique. Ce bulletin donne un aperçu des principaux aspects fonctionnels et opérationnels relatifs aux centrales hydroélectriques et réservoirs en cascade. Il passe en revue tous les aspects connexes proposés et des études de cas fournies par les membres du comité. Il rassemble les modes de fonctionnement et les expériences pratiques des centrales hydroélectriques et des réservoirs dans les pays membres de la CIGB. Il résume les mesures de faisabilité les méthodes d'évaluation des avantages et la construction de plates-formes de systèmes de centrales hydroélectriques et de réservoirs avec des avantages complets. Il bénéficie des expériences et des études de cas de 10 pays y compris Brésil Chine Corée France Iran Japon Nigéria Russie Suisse et USA. | Integrated Operation of Hydropower Stations and Reservoirs/Exploitation des centrales hydroélectriques et des Réservoirs

GBP 79.99
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On African-American Rhetoric

On African-American Rhetoric

On African-American Rhetoric traces the arc of strategic language use by African Americans from rhetorical forms such as slave narratives and the spirituals to Black digital expression and contemporary activism. The governing idea is to illustrate the basic call-response process of African-American culture and to demonstrate how this dynamic has been and continues to be central to the language used by African Americans to make collective cultural and political statements. Ranging across genres and disciplines including rhetorical theory poetry fiction folklore speeches music film pedagogy and memes Gilyard and Banks consider language developments that have occurred both inside and outside of organizations and institutions. Along with paying attention to recent events this book incorporates discussion of important forerunners who have carried the rhetorical baton. These include Frederick Douglass Harriet Jacobs Sojourner Truth Anna Julia Cooper W. E. B. Du Bois Zora Neale Hurston Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. Toni Cade Bambara Molefi Asante Alice Walker and Geneva Smitherman. Written for students and professionals alike this book is powerful and instructive regarding the long African-American quest for freedom and dignity.

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Pina Bausch’s Aggressive Tenderness Repurposing Theater through Dance

Pina Bausch’s Aggressive Tenderness Repurposing Theater through Dance

Pina Bausch’s Aggressive Tenderness: Repurposing Theater through Dance maps Bausch’s pieces alongside methodologies of key theater and film practitioners. This book includes discussion of a variety of Bausch pieces including Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring 1975) Kontakthof (Meeting Place 1978) Café Müller (Café Mueller 1978) Nelken (Carnations 1982) Arien (Arias 1985) and Vollmond (Full Moon 2006). Beginning with her approach as one avenue of dance dramaturgy the author connects the content expressed in these pieces with theoretical conversations works from other artists inspired by Bausch and her own experiences providing an examination that is both academic and personally insightful. Arendell reads all of these theatrical and film approaches into Bausch’s work to highlight how the time frame involves a cross-pollination between Bausch and the other artists that looks both backward and forward in its influences. Ideal for students of dance and theater Pina Bausch’s Aggressive Tenderness shows how Bausch’s Tanztheater speaks a kinaesthetic language one that Arendell translates into a somaesthetic exploration to pair a repurposed body ethic with movements that present new forms of embodiment. | Pina Bausch’s Aggressive Tenderness Repurposing Theater through Dance

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah

This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today. The book focuses on the theme of ‘identity’ and is structured around five main topics corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race culture liberalism cosmopolitanism and moral revolutions. This helpful book: • Teaches students about the sources opportunities and dilemmas of personal and social identity—whether on the basis of race gender sexuality or class among others—in the purview of Appiah. • Locates Appiah within a broader tradition of intellectual engagement with these issues—involving such thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois John Stuart Mill and Martha Nussbaum—and thus how Appiah is both an inheritor and innovator of preceding ideas. • Seeks to inspire students on how to approach and negotiate identity politics in the present. This book ultimately imparts a more diverse and wider-reaching geographic sense of philosophy through the lens of Appiah and his intellectual contributions as well as emphasizing the continuing social relevance of philosophy and critical theory more generally to everyday life today.

GBP 19.99
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Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses is a highly original and comprehensive overview of the anthropology and sociology of the body and the senses. Discussing each sense in turn – seeing hearing touch smell and taste – Le Breton has written a truly monumental work vast in scope and deeply engaging in style. Among other pioneering moves he gives equal attention to light and darkness sound and silence and his disputation of taste explores aspects of disgust and revulsion. Part phenomenological part historical this is above all a cultural account of perception which returns the body and the senses to the center of social life. Le Breton is the leading authority on the anthropology of the body and the senses in French academia. With a repute comparable to the late Pierre Bourdieu his 30+ books have been translated into numerous languages. This is the first of his works to be made available in English. This sensuously nuanced translation of La Saveur du monde is accompanied by a spicy preface from series editor David Howes who introduces Le Breton's work to an English-speaking audience and highlights its implications for the disciplines of anthropology sociology and the cross-disciplinary field of sensory studies. | Sensing the World An Anthropology of the Senses

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New Directions in Children's Gothic Debatable Lands

New Directions in Children's Gothic Debatable Lands

Children’s literature today is dominated by the gothic mode and it is in children’s gothic fictions that we find the implications of cultural change most radically questioned and explored. This collection of essays looks at what is happening in the children’s Gothic now when traditional monsters have become the heroes when new monsters have come into play when globalisation brings Harry Potter into China and yaoguai into the children’s Gothic and when childhood itself and children’s literature as a genre can no longer be thought of as an uncontested space apart from the debates and power struggles of an adult domain. We look in detail at series such as The Mortal Instruments Twilight Chaos Walking The Power of Five Skulduggery Pleasant and Cirque du Freak; at novels about witches and novels about changelings; at the Gothic in China Japan and Oceania; and at authors including Celia Rees Frances Hardinge Alan Garner and Laini Taylor amongst many others. At a time when the energies and anxieties of children’s novels can barely be contained anymore within the genre of children’s literature spilling over into YA and adult literature we need to pay attention. Weird things are happening and they matter. | New Directions in Children's Gothic Debatable Lands

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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice is a comprehensive and multi- purpose collection on this important topic. With contributors working in various fields the Companion provides in- depth analyses of both the cumulative and emergent issues obstacles praxes propositions and theories of social justice. The first section offers a historical overview of major developments and debates in the field while the following sections look in more detail at the key traditions and show how literature and theory can be applied as analytical tools to real- world inequalities and the impact of doing so. The contributors provide reviews of major theoretical traditions including Marxism feminism Critical Race Theory disability studies and queer studies. They also share literary analyses of influential authors including W. E. B. Du Bois Yang Kui Edwidge Danticat Octavia Butler and Rivers Solomon amongst others. The final section considers future possibilities for theory and action of justice drawing specifically from theories and knowledges in decolonial Indigenous environmental and posthumanist studies. This authoritative volume draws on the intersections between literary studies and social movements in order to provide scholars students and activists alike with a complete collection of the most up- to- date information on both canonical and emerging texts and case studies globally.

GBP 205.00
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French Grammar in Context

French Grammar in Context

Now in its fifth edition French Grammar in Context presents a unique and exciting approach to learning grammar. Authentic texts from a rich variety of sources literary and journalistic are used as the starting point for the illustration and explanation of key areas of French grammar. Each point is consolidated with a wide range of written and spoken exercises. Grammar is presented not as an end in itself but as a tool essential to enjoying French understanding native speakers and communicating effectively with them. Literary texts and poems are taken from renowned French authors such as Albert Camus Émile Zola André Malraux Alain Robbe-Grillet Stendhal and Jacques Prévert. News sources include Libération Le Point Marianne and Le Monde Diplomatique in addition to articles from regional papers such as Ouest-France and La Voix du Nord. Lifestyle articles are included from magazines such as Elle. This fifth edition has been updated to include new texts for Chapters 24 and 25 and two new revision texts. In addition this new edition is supported by a revised and extended companion website that offers a wealth of additional interactive exercises to practise and reinforce the material covered. French Grammar in Context is aimed at intermediate and advanced students and is ideal for both independent and class-based study.

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Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

In the decade since Kevin Hylton’s seminal book ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory was published racialised issues have remained at the forefront of sport and leisure studies. In this important new book Hylton draws on original research in contemporary contexts from sport coaching to cyberspace to show once again that Critical Race Theory is an insightful and productive tool for interrogating problematic social phenomena. Inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’ statement that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line this book sheds a critical light on the way sport perpetuates racism while identifying opportunities to challenge its insidious presence. Exploring and explaining the ways in which notions of ‘race’ are expressed and contested at individual institutional and societal levels it addresses key topics such as whiteness diversity colourblindness unconscious bias identity leadership humour and discourse to investigate how language can be used as a device for resistance against racism in sport. Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line is vital reading for all sport studies students academics and those with an interest in race ethnicity and society. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport Shaming the Colour Line

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What Makes a Philosopher Great? Thirteen Arguments for Twelve Philosophers

What Makes a Philosopher Great? Thirteen Arguments for Twelve Philosophers

This book is inspired by a single powerful question. What is it to be great as a philosopher? No single grand answer is presumed to be possible; instead rewardingly close studies of philosophical greatness are developed. This is a scholarly yet accessible volume blending metaphilosophy with the long history of philosophy and traversing centuries and continents. The result is a series of case studies by accomplished scholars each chapter trying to understand and convey a particular philosopher’s greatness: Lloyd P. Gerson on Plato Karyn Lai on Zhuangzi David Bronstein on Aristotle Jonardon Ganeri on Buddhaghosa Jeffrey Hause on Aquinas Gary Hatfield on Descartes Karen Detlefsen on du Chtelet Don Garrett on Hume Allen Wood on Kant (as a moral philosopher) Nicholas F. Stang on Kant (as a metaphysician) Ken Gemes on Nietzsche Cheryl Misak on Peirce David Macarthur on Wittgenstein This also serves a larger philosophical purpose. Might we gain increased clarity about what philosophy is in the first place? After all in practice we individuate philosophy partly through its greatest practitioners’ greatest contributions. The book does not discuss every philosopher who has been regarded as great. The point is not to offer a definitive list of The Great Philosophers but rather to learn something about what great philosophy is and might be from illuminated examples of past greatness. | What Makes a Philosopher Great? Thirteen Arguments for Twelve Philosophers

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Sociology and Military Studies Classical and Current Foundations

Sociology and Military Studies Classical and Current Foundations

This book examines the connection between sociology and the challenges faced by the modern military. Military sociology has received little attention in the broader academic world and is mostly focused on civil-military relations. This book seeks to address this gap and combines ideas theories and insights from sociology’s founding authors with each chapter focusing on a specific thinker. There are chapters on Max Weber Emile Durkheim Karl Marx Georg Simmel Jane Addams W. E. B. Du Bois Erving Goffman Michel Foucault Morris Janowitz Norbert Elias Cornelis Lammers Arlie Russell Hochschild Cynthia Enloe and Bruno Latour and each essay discusses their ideas and theories in relation to topics that are of concern in and around the military today. Military studies are taken in a broad sense here so the volume encompasses a wide range of issues including civil-military relations military-political affairs performance and outcomes of military operations and organizational arrangements including technology and the composition performance and well-being of personnel. The book intends to provide views and insights that will help the military to innovate their organizations and practices not necessarily in the usual functional way of innovating (i. e. faster more precise etc. ) but in a broader way. This book will be of great interest to students of sociology military studies civil-military relations war and conflict studies and IR in general. | Sociology and Military Studies Classical and Current Foundations

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The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

A club house in a castle in the West End of London complete with battlements and turrets from 1882. A design for the post-war reconstruction of the City of London in 1945. A fantasy landscape featuring Le Corbusier’s Capriccio of Notre-Dame du Haut in ruins. A section of a 19th-century townhouse showing a slice of the staircase wallpaper winding from deep navy on the ground floor to pale sky blue at the top. This is a treasury of architectural drawing from the 16th century to the present day. Exploring both how and why architects draw it offers a rich visual history from Palladio Inigo Jones and Augustus Pugin to contemporaries such as Richard Rogers Foster Associates and Zaha Hadid via Sir Christopher Wren George Gilbert Scott and Erno Goldfinger and everything else in between. From back-of-envelope concept sketches to painstaking pen and ink perspectives exploded axonometrics and born-digital drawings this book celebrates the full gamut of architectural representation. With over 200 lush full-colour reproductions this is a window into soul of architectural drawing over the past five hundred years. Includes newly digitised never-seen-before material from the RIBA Collections one of the largest architectural archives in the world. Explores rare drawings and designs from John Nash Sir Edwin Lutyens Frank Lloyd Wright and many more. Insightful commentary alongside each drawing ensures that they are as accessible and engaging as possible. Wide-ranging in scope this book will both inspire and inform. | The Architecture Drawing Book: RIBA Collections

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Inspection Evaluation and Maintenance of Suspension Bridges

Inspection Evaluation and Maintenance of Suspension Bridges

Guidance on Protecting and Extending the Life of Suspension BridgesSuspension bridges are graceful aesthetic and iconic structures. Due to their attractiveness and visibility they are well-known symbols of major cities and countries in the world. They are also an essential form of transportation infrastructure built across large bodies of water. Despite being expensive to build they are economical structures for the lengths they span. They have evolved significantly from the basic concept dating back to 200 BC China through the first design for a bridge resembling a modern suspension bridge attributed to Fausto Veranzio in 1595 to present-day span lengths close to two kilometers. Many of these bridges carry significant traffic and their upkeep is very important to maintain transportation mobility. They offer grace and functionality yet are extremely complex to construct and maintain. Bridge owners spend a considerable amount of time and resources to ensure uninterrupted service safety and security for users. Inspection evaluation maintenance and rehabilitation have evolved significantly. Modern materials and innovative design and construction practices have been integrated into these bridges to maintain durability and extended service life. Captures the Experience of More Than 20 Suspension Bridge OperatorsInspection Evaluation and Maintenance of Suspension Bridges is written by the bridge owners and practitioners who strive to cost-effectively manage these bridges. It is invaluable to everyone interested not only in suspension bridges but in the upkeep of any bridges—students designers maintenance personnel contractors and owners. Describes the evolution and trends in the operation and maintenance of cable supported bridgesContains the latest methods for evaluating cable supported bridge capacities and du

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The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology Place Time and Context

The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology Place Time and Context

To confront the challenges criminologists face today and to satisfactorily critique the theories on which criminology is founded we need to learn from the past. To do this we must give context to both theorist and theory. Written from a critical perspective this book brings criminological theory to life. It presents the core theories of criminology as historical and cultural products and theorists as producers of culture located in particular places writing in specific historical periods and situated in precise intellectual networks and philosophical controversies. This book illustrates that theory does not arise ‘out of the blue’ and highlights the importance of understanding how and why ideas emerge at certain points in time why they gained currency and the influence that they have had. It follows the trajectory of criminology from pre-Enlightenment society through to the present day and the proliferation of criminological thinking. It explores: Setting the Stage for the Emergence of Criminology Classicist Criminology: The Search for Justice Equality and the Rational ‘Man’ The Positivist Revolution Physiognomy Phrenology and the Science of ‘Othering’ Chicago School of Sociology: An Explosion of Ideas Developing a Sociological Criminology: Durkheim Du Bois Merton and Tannenbaum Feminism: Redressing the Gender Imbalance Confronting the Establishment: The Emergence of Critical Criminology From Theoretical Innovations to Political Engagement The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology provides an invaluable contribution to the growing conversation about criminology’s ‘origin story’ and the level that this is grounded in the idiosyncrasies of the North Atlantic world and its historical development. This book will be invaluable reading to students and academics engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice. | The Theoretical Foundations of Criminology Place Time and Context

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