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Taylor & Francis The Genesis of an American Superpower
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive analysis of a crucial transitional period in American history, when the nation abandoned its previous isolationist tradition and accepted the burdens of global leadership in the aftermath of World War II.American society, culture, economy and politics were all transformed in the postwar era, as an abundant society evolved and confronted crucial issues such as coping with the nuclear age and addressing civil rights. During the presidency of Harry Truman, the United States undertook the reconstruction of Europe, the occupation of Germany and Japan, participated in the judicial prosecution of war criminals and instituted the policies and agencies necessary to confront the expansion of Soviet power as the Cold War took shape. The structure of a modern national security state began to form as the military was reorganized to accommodate the possible use of nuclear weapons and combat newly arisen threats. Alongside analyzing the historical, political and economic developments that led to Americaâs dramatic transformation, each chapter also sheds light on key figures of the era including Eleanor Roosevelt, Humphrey Bogart and Bayard Rustin.The Genesis of an American Superpower is a unique resource aimed at general readers and undergraduates, graduates and scholars alike interested in modern American history and politics.
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Taylor & Francis Police Reform An Obituary
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Taylor & Francis Memory Institutions and SÃmi Heritage
With a focus on SÃpmi â the transcultural and transnational homeland of the SÃmi people â this book presents case studies and theoretical frameworks which explore the ways in which memory institutions such as museums, archives, and festivals participate in and guide processes of appropriation, decolonization, and memory-making.The destruction and concealment of SÃmi objects in both private and museum collections worldwide have impacted SÃmi knowledge systems, disrupting local ways of knowing. Appreciation and reappropriation are important acts of decolonization which seek to create openings for reconnection to traditions, languages, and practices that were forcibly suppressed in the past. Western memory institutions such as museums, archives, and galleries have had a great impact on how heritage has been collected, stored, conserved, and organized within closed walls and glass cases. As the new museology movement developed in the 1990s, numerous examples revealed how difficul
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Taylor & Francis In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
Book SynopsisIn the Footsteps of Our Ancestors details through archaeological analysis, the dispersal of our species, Homo sapiens, providing a broad examination of evidence for early human migration into Asia and Oceania. Those migrations are crucial to our understanding of the global story of human evolution and cultural diversification. Chapters from an international team of experts provide the new geographical and temporal coverage. Controversies around timing, pathways, and competing models of migrations are explored in regions where archaeological data can be scarce. Genetic and archaeological data often seem inconsistent, but this book uses syntheses of archaeological evidence to give an updated view of our current knowledge of when and how these regions were first settled. These analyses help us understand the pattern of human movement and adaptation that led to the contemporary distribution of our species. This book provides the latest coverage of this important topic and contrib
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Taylor & Francis Excavating Pedregal
Book SynopsisExcavating Pedregal offers a new synthesis of household-level experiences of imperial conquest on the north coast of PerÃ, using excavations at the Late Intermediate Period farming community of Pedregal as an engaging case study of archaeological research in action. Alongside this central case study, short essays by other archaeological stakeholders highlight diverse experiences and perspectives within archaeology.This book draws on the authorâs fifteen years of experience teaching undergraduates and over twenty years as an archaeologist in Peru to offer an accessible account of how archaeological research happens. Chapters introduce key concepts from anthropological archaeology and link research questions to methods, data analysis, and findings. The book balances a discussion of the scientific processes and anthropological theories that ground archaeological research with a tangible account of the lived experiences and practical considerations of doing archaeology. Excavating Pedregalâs multivocal approach complements the central case study with vignettes by North American and Latin American archaeologists, students, and community members. These short essays enrich the main themes of the book and introduce readers to different perspectives and voices within the field, highlighting the way collaboration and conversation with multiple stakeholders enhances the study of the past.Excavating Pedregal is an approachable introduction to how archaeology works for undergraduate students and general readers. It supplements a traditional introductory text by contextualizing research questions, methods, and data in a concrete, contemporary case study, while also offering a sense of the diversity of questions, experiences, and methods that exist in archaeology today and satisfying the curiosity of those who wonder what itâs like to dig up the past.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd English Classics in Audiovisual Translation
Book SynopsisThis collection explores the translation of dialogue from the adaptations of literary classics across audiovisual media, engaging with the question of what makes a classic through an audiovisual translation lens. The volume seeks to fill a gap on the translation of classic texts in AVT research which has tended to focus on contemporary media.The book features well-known British literary texts but places a special emphasis on adaptations of the works of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, figures whose afterlives have mirrored each other in the proliferation of film and television adaptations of their work. Chapters analyze myriad modes of AVT, including dubbing, subtitling, SDH, and voice-over, to demonstrate the unique ways in which these modes come together in adaptations of classics and raise questions about censorship, language ideologies, cultural references, translation strategies, humor, and language variation. In focusing on translations across geographic contexts, t
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disasters in World History
Book SynopsisDisasters in World History surveys the development of disaster studies as a discipline as well as presenting historical case studies and theories used by historians to understand disasters. Disasters, here defined as the complex interaction between natural hazards and specific human vulnerabilities, have frequently left a mark on human history. Cataclysms have toppled dynasties, fueled massacres, and shaped the culture of societies frequently affected by natural hazards. This volume fosters understanding of such events by considering both social science theory and the natural science concepts relevant to disaster studies. In addition, the text makes heavy use of an emerging psychological theory relevant to disaster studies: the behavioral immune system, which helps to explain why xenophobic behavior and even violence often erupt in the aftermath of disasters. Chapters consider specific examples of disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, climate change (including
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the
Book SynopsisThe Italian Far Right from 1945 to the RussiaUkraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary and extra parliamentary far right in Italy. This book explores the ideology, movements and activism of the extreme right and neo- fascists. The recent victory in the Italian parliamentary elections of the post-fascist' party Fratelli d'Italia and its leader Giorgia Meloni highlights the importance of such research. The book examines why some of these movements participated with CIA- backing in the Strategy of Tension' in the years of the Cold War where terrorist actions aimed to keep Italy in NATO and prevent the Communist Party from coming to power, while other extreme- right groups vehemently opposed this and what they considered the dangerous Americanization' of the country. It debunks the myth that there was a unified postwar fascist movement in Italy, but instead excavates the complex battles within the extreme right as well as with their oTrade Review“This book is a fascinating analysis of an important period of European political history. This detailed and rigorous scholarship is a valuable resource for historians and political scientists.” Nell Bennett, Macquarie University, Australia"This book is a must for anyone interested in the extreme right in Europe from a contemporary historical and social science perspective. The great importance of neo- fascist and right- wing extremist groups in Italy is presented over decades in its historical and political references – especially with a view to the Strategy of Tension and the Years of Lead.” Fabian Virchow, University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf, GermanyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The complexity of Italian neofascism and the extreme right after World War II 1. Ideological and political inhomogeneity of the Italian far right during the Years of Lead 2. Conceptual and operational structure of the Strategy of Tension: Ordine Nuovo (ON), Avanguardia Nazionale (AN), and the Italian and American secret services 3. Redating the Strategy of Tension to 1947 and the LOS ANGELES Net Project: The ‘Bands of Revolutionary Action’ [Fasci di Azione Rivoluzionaria] and the American intelligence 4. Hate speech of the opposing extremisms during the Years of Lead: A late and precarious truce 5. Giovane Europa (GE): An ideological classification to be corrected – the origin of National Bolshevism 6. The second neofascist generation of the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR) and Terza Posizione (TP): Anarcho-fascism versus extreme right-wing hierarchism 7. The esoteric neo-Nazi group Ludwig and its relations with other far-right organizations 8. Eowyn magazine (1976–1982) and the personalizing feminism of neofascist women 9. The Russia-Ukraine war explodes the historical contradictions of the far right: Militants of different radical groups fight each other at the Ukrainian front 10. Italian Foreign Fighters of the extreme right and left on the Ukrainian front Ideological, historical, and methodological conclusions: Three neofascist generations between the Atlanticist extreme right, the Europeanist anti-American and Third-Worldist National Bolshevism, the anarcho-fascism and the nostalgic neofascism
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Taylor & Francis General Philip H. Sheridan
Book SynopsisThis biography explores General Philip H. Sheridanâs impact on the United States during and after the tumultuous Civil War era, offering new insight into Sheridanâs changing perspectives on leadership and war and how various individuals, including family, authors, artists, and entrepreneurs, shaped Sheridanâs legacy after his death in the summer of 1888.The son of Irish immigrants, Sheridan played a critical role in crushing the Confederacy during the Civil War, fighting to ensure the protection of Black people during Reconstruction and safeguard the political rights of Black people after the Civil War. He also exerted enormous influence as part of the federal governmentâs campaigns to corral Indigenous peoples on reservations in the 1850s and the decades after the Civil War, earning Sheridan the ire of Indigenous peoples and their allies. With an array of primary sources, maps, and illustrations, this volume enriches understanding of one of the most significant military figures in the second half of the nineteenth century.General Philip H. Sheridan is an ideal resource for students and scholars interested in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and historical memory.
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Taylor & Francis New Directions in Hispanic Atlantic History
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Taylor & Francis The History of Urban Planning in Spain Portugal
Book SynopsisThis book includes a historic overview of urban planning on the Iberian Peninsula and in Morocco from 700 AD until the 20th century.Under Muslim rule, there was an urban sophistication which was unfamiliar in the Christian world, with the conquest of Granada and the discovery of America often seen as the beginning of a new era. This book presents a different view of Spain and Portugal which does not equate with the glamorous picture usually painted about the 16th century. Chapters detail the untold story of Muslim refugees, who founded towns in Morocco, and how the conflicts between Morocco and Spain started not only politically but also in terms of town planning, when Spain took over the Moroccan north. The history of Islamic city planning shows more consistency compared to the Christian equivalent, which became dominant world-wide whereas the Islamic approach is mainly forgotten. Despite this, the change from Islamic to Christian cities was extremely slow regardless of the
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Taylor & Francis Art Borderlands in Theory Practice and Teaching
Book SynopsisResponding to an absence of Latina/e/o/x and Chicana/o/x artist and teaching resources, Art Borderlands in Theory, Practice, and Teaching shows how artists and educators can use borderlands, in-between geographical, emotional, cultural, and conceptual spaces, in three ways: theory, art practice, and teaching.Throughout this teaching-oriented text, the authors draw from borderlands theories and apply them to visual art and teaching. This volume centers art making and teaching practices based on borderlands lived experiences that are not commonly taught in higher education. Making productive the rupture and fragmentation that occurs in borderlands spaces, this text explores ways in which artists rebuild and become whole again through the process of making art. Using hands-on approaches, the authors model how to use borderlands theories in the classroom by employing arts-based and teaching methodologies. This includes access to Latina/e/o/x and Chicana/o/x centered digita
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Taylor & Francis Prophets and Witches
Book SynopsisProphets and Witches offers an exploration of female prophecy and witchcraft during the political and religious upheavals of the English Revolutionary period from 1640 to 1660.The religious fervour and End of Days enthusiasm precipitated by the Civil War opened the door for unprecedented numbers of women to achieve visibility and spiritual authority as prophets. However, as self-proclaimed instruments for Godâs spirit, these women were also exposed to the charge of demonic possession or witchcraft. This book explores both the gender and political elements at work in the construction of the prophet as a witch. It uncovers the role of witchcraft in the dominant political and religious debates and power conflicts of the times which provides a crucial framework for the female prophetâs transformation from divine instrument to demonic witch. This study of the early modern prophet and witch reveals the fluidity, and at times close relationship of these assumed opposites.This book is a valuable resource to students and scholars of early modern England, the English Civil War and all readers interested in female religiosity, prophecy, witchcraft, demonology and early Quakerism.
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Taylor & Francis Mindfulness and the Psychology of Oppression
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Taylor & Francis Endemics Epidemics and Pandemics in World History
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Routledge Community Courts and Postcolonial Legal Pluralism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Bread Knowledge and Freedom
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1981, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom is a study of 142 working class autobiographies all of which cover some part of the period between 1790 and 1850. It is a full-scale examination of a form of source material that is significantly extensive. The book illustrates many aspects of ordinary working-class family life as well as the working-class pursuit of knowledge and literacy and the attempts of the middle-class educators to impose their notion of useful knowledge.' Dr. Vincent concludes with an assessment of the contribution of autobiography to nineteenth century working class history. This book will be of interest to students of history, sociology and literature.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. The Sense of the Past 3. Love and Death 4. The Family Economy 5. Childhood 6. The Pursuit of Books 7. The Idea of Useful Knowledge 8. Knowledge and Freedom 9. Past and Present Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis The Cinema of Agnieszka Holland
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Taylor & Francis How to Support the Neuropsychological Health of
Book SynopsisHow to Support the Neuropsychological Health of the Vietnamese Diaspora is the first book in a new series entitled A Clinical Guide to the Neuropsychological Health of Immigrant Populations, which guides clinicians in the art and science of providing culturally competent services to specific communities. Grounded in evidence-based research and clinical experience, the book offers a better understanding of the unique problems and experiences that the Vietnamese population share, along with examples of how to navigate cultural differences in the assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment.The book reviews the sociocultural and historical factors relevant to those of Vietnamese descent, which help to conceptualize individuals' presentations, common socio-cultural considerations for assessment or treatment, and literature related to working with this population in an international and medical context. It also offers current practice guidelines or approaches to assessment and
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Taylor & Francis Emotional Labour in Oral History Research
Book SynopsisEmotional Labour in Oral History Research critically appraises the many complex ways in which emotion management features in oral history research and its specific implications for the researcher.Uniquely, this volume draws on oral historiansâ personal accounts of conducting sensitive research and assesses the applicability of the term emotional labour to this work. It examines how oral historians may perform emotional labour, highlighting the often-hidden emotional toll it takes on them. This volume considers how the emotionally taxing implications of conducting sensitive research may be exacerbated or mitigated by the institutional relations and contexts in which the researcher works. The authors evaluate recommendations from related disciplinary fields for ways of supporting researchers and consider how an ethics of care can be fostered in local research environments. Emotional Labour in Oral History Research engages critically with theories of emo
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Acquittals in the Spanish Inquisition
Book SynopsisThe Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of more than 67,000 trials uncovers over 2,500 formal acquittals, more than 6,600 suspended trials, and nearly 2,100 with unknown or no recorded outcome.The inquisitors were jurists who frequently held other judgeships before and after their tenure and used the same evidentiary rules as other Spanish courts.If every acquittal may be taken as an admission of error, the Spanish Inquisition admitted its errors thousands of times, occasionally even putting them on public display at theautos de fe. An acquittal can also be taken as a sign that the inquisitors did not wish to punish the innocent, and that while they were quick to arrest and charge people on flimsy evidence, they were too conscientious to convict them without further proof.However, it is also clear that the Holy Office at times did bend, twist or even break the law whe
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Routledge Remembering Colonialism in Zimbabwe
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Taylor & Francis Mutualist Archaeology
Book SynopsisMutualist Archaeology proposes that the theory of mutualism can transform archaeology from what someconsider to be a discipline in crisis.This book argues that the methodological and practical applications of mutualism can transform both the practice of archaeology and the way that interpretations of the past are created. Nineteenth-century theories of capitalism and Darwinism led many to assume that competition, both in the present and the past, was the most natural process in the world. Despite the tenacity of the competitive argument, this book highlights another way of seeing the natural and human world, beneficial association, or mutualism. Chapters set out how mutualist theory can offer differing perspectives on the many historical contexts archaeologists investigate, such as exchange and social complexity, as well as how archaeologists work together. Until now, no archaeologist has explicitly explored the richness that exists within mutualism, and in addition to
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Taylor & Francis Edward IV
Book SynopsisDrawing together both recent research and original sources, this concise and accessible biography reassesses the debates surrounding the life of King Edward IV.The reign of King Edward IV occupies a pivotal place in late medieval English history, marking the transition from a medieval to a renaissance monarchy, yet there has been much controversy over the King's character. Was Edward a vain and self-indulgent playboy or was his life cut tragically short? Offering readers insight into the latest scholarship, this second edition has been updated and revised to include a wider consideration of the role of women at Edwardâs court, including his mother Cecily of York, as well as Edwardâs own attitude to women and family. Kleineke also includes an extended discussion of Edwardâs legacy, the government of England in the 1470s and the cultural history of the period.As fascinating a character now as he was for Shakespeare over four centuries ago, Edward IV remains essential reading for all students of late medieval England, the Wars of the Roses and all those interested in the history of monarchy more broadly.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the discursive weaponization of conspiracy theories.In an era where truth and fiction converge, nativist populist leaders wield conspiracy theories as political weapons. This text examines the interplay between populism and conspiracism, probing their impact on democratic processes and exploring their broader political implications. The work dissects three predominant conspiracy theories: The Eurabia theory in Europe, the Deep State in the United States, and anti-Western narratives in Russia. It shows their evolution from fringe ideas to mainstream political tools and reveals the leaders' triple strategy: Constructing external threats, demonizing internal elites, and positioning themselves as protectors of the true people.' It also examines how digital media facilitates the spread of these narratives, undermining institutional trust and fuelling extremism.Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories serves as a guide to recognize and navigate the distorted
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Everyday Silence and the Holocaust
Book SynopsisEveryday Silence and the Holocaust examines Irene Levin's experiences of her family's unspoken history of the Holocaust and the silence that surrounded their war experiences as non-topics.A central example of what C. Wright Mills considered the core of sociology the intersection of biography and history the book covers the process by which the author came to understand that notes found in her mother's apartment following her death were not unimportant scribbles, but in fact contained elements of her mother's biographical narrative, recording her parents' escape from occupied Norway to unoccupied Sweden in late 1942. From the mid-1990s, when society began to open up about the atrocities committed against the Jews, so too did the author find that her mother and the wider Jewish population ceased to be silent about their war experiences and began to talk. Charting the process by which the author traced the family's broader history, this book explores the use of sil
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Taylor & Francis A Short Guide to Policy Debate
Book SynopsisThis short, practical guide to policy debate helps coaches, instructors, and students prepare for competitions at the collegiate level.This book offers step-by-step guidance on how to prepare and analyze topics, cases, and rebuttals and outlines the norms and rules of contemporary interscholastic competition in the United States. It provides a structured and systematic approach to preparation to improve the educational and competitive elements of the debate experience. Written in an accessible style, this book explains how to conduct research and compete online, the strategies behind constructing a case, and includes guidance on how to determine judge tendencies. Chapters include glossaries, sample cases and speeches, and practical activities to allow readers to develop their argumentation and cross-examination skills.Providing a streamlined, student-focused approach to policy debate, this book will be of interest to students and instructors in the fields of debate, pe
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Taylor & Francis How Not to Hate Advertising
Book SynopsisWritten by an award-winning Chief Creative Officer and featuring insights from agency and freelance advertising pros, this book is the creative professionalsâ guidebook, self-help book, and halftime speech/pep talk book all wrapped up in one, for working creatives to help them sustain and succeed in an industry that has plenty to hate about it.This is not a âœhow to break into the businessâ book, and it doesnât aim to explain the creative process and how to come up with ideas. Instead, it accepts and expects that the reader has already done the hard part of breaking in and (hopefully) getting some work produced that theyâre proud ofâitâs the âœwhatâs nextâ to avoid burnout, filled with practical tips, sage advice, and real stories from an array of people who have definitely hated advertising at some pointâbut stuck with it anyway.A sort of treasure map that creatives can use to guide them through different stages of their career, this book is pure gold for advertising professionals and students who want to thrive in their chosen industry while taking care of their whole selves, now and into the future.
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Taylor & Francis Equitable Media Literacies
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Taylor & Francis Towards a Very British Version of the âœCulture
Book SynopsisThis book examines the emergence and the political use of what has come to be known as âœculture warsâ in the United Kingdom.Adopting multidisciplinary perspectives, it investigates the ways in which cultural identities are used for political ends. The book bridges the conceptual and theoretical gap in fully understanding the so-called culture wars in a British context; as such, it envisages debates as part of a larger political project to gain popular support by tapping into votersâ sense of neglect by the political elite. Applying the concept of âœnational populismâ as a binding conceptual framework for the book, a prestigious panel of international experts offer thorough analyses to show that not enough attention is being paid to what may be considered as an âœescalationâ of culture wars, and to how divisions have been accentuated by political elites to deliberately exacerbate them.This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and readers in British politi
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Taylor & Francis Nemesis at Potsdam
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Taylor & Francis Islam in World History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Freuds British Family
Book SynopsisFreud's British Family presents ground-breaking research into the lives of the British branch of the Freud family, their connections to the founder of psychoanalysis, and into Freud's relationship to Britain.Documenting the complex relationships the elder Freud brothers had with their much younger brother Sigmund, Freud's British Family reveals the significant influence these hitherto largely forgotten Freuds had on the mental economy of the founder of psychoanalysis. Roger Willoughby shows how these key family relationships helped shape Freud's thinking, attitudes, and theorising, including emerging ideas on rivalry, the Oedipus complex, character, and art. In addition to considering their correspondence and meetings with Freud in Continental Europe, the book carefully documents Freud's own visits to his brothers and to Britain in 1875 and again in 1908. Freud's British Family concludes with a discussion of Freud's final 15 months in London after he left
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Taylor & Francis Violence and Lies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A History Of Early Television Vol 1
Book SynopsisIn the 21st Century, broadcast television is an established part of the lives of many millions of people all over the world, bringing information and entertainment directly into our homes. The pieces in this volume date from 1879 to 1934 and consist of a selection of books, articles and news items relating to the first developmental period of television, before it became the ubiquitous medium that we know today. The selection is English language material only.Table of ContentsPart 1: Dreams and Experiments: Introduction. Fantasies and Predictions, and the First Proposals For a Practical System. Part 2: Early Successes. Television Becomes a Reality: The Firt Successful Experiments. Letters, John Logie Baird/Will Day. Items from Nature, 1925-27. Items from Science and Invention, 1928. Part 3: Broadcasting Begins. Experimental Transmissions. Practical Television E. T. Larner. Items from the early years of Television agazine, 1928-34.
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Taylor & Francis Forging the Iron Lady
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the rise of Margaret Thatcher in the context of crises assailing Britain in the 1970s and how her ascent to power ushered in the neoliberal era.Forging the Iron Lady details her journey from relative obscurity to the pinnacle of power as a collective, as well as personal, tale and how an uncertain chain of events, influenced through ideas and political agency, opened the path to certain outcomes while throwing up barriers to others. It is her âœorigin storyâ as the Iron Lady. It examines a dramatic phase in her political advance and how the tumultuous politics of the 1970s shaped her as a politician and her political ideals, and how the conditions necessary to bring about major political-economic changes were created, leading to three decades of neoliberalism. In doing so, this book offers a better understanding of the political conditions needed for a change in political-economic orders.This book is of key interest to scholars, stud
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Taylor & Francis Exploring Esports
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of Diplomacy Spatiality and Islamic
Book SynopsisInspired by the spatial turn, this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy and spatiality in the premodern Islamicate world to understand practices and meanings ascribed to territory and realms.Debates on the nature of the sovereign state as a territorially defined political entity are closely linked to discussions of modernity and to the development of the field of international relations. While scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds have long questioned the existence of such a concept as a territorial state, rarely have they ventured outside the European context. A closer look at the premodern Islamicate world, however, shows that space and territoriality highly mattered in the conception of interstate contacts and in the conduct and evolution of diplomacy. This volume addresses these issues over the longue durée (thirteenth to nineteenth centuries) and from various approaches and sources, including letters, chancery manuals, notarial re
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Corporate Cancel Culture and Brand Boycotts
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Taylor & Francis A Cultural History of Laughter
Book SynopsisIs laughter a sin? Or is it man's best medicine? Is laughter now trivialised, mechanised or even weaponised by contemporary media? This book explores the social history of laughter in the West, from classical antiquity to the present day.Engaging with a range of thought from Plato to Nietzsche, it moves from classical to modern thought, considering the changing emotional climate of societies including the postmodern dictatorship of happiness and the role played by the technological changes of the last century in shaping our interpretation of laughter.A broad, historical study of the physical and emotional aspects of laughter, as well as its social role, A Cultural History of Laughter will appeal to scholars of sociology, history and cultural studies, among other fields of knowledge.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Working of the Indian Constitution
Book SynopsisThe Indian Constitution has held the country together for 75 years now. This volume demonstrates the Constitution is not a static document and has seen several amendments and interpretations over the years. It delves into how the document has worked for the people since its adoption its strengths and weaknesses, its many interpretations, how it has influenced and shaped our collectives over time and in turn been shaped by the people.The Indian Constitution clearly vests power in the hands of its people. This volume critically examines how the longest written national Constitution is made successful by people who take its spirit to heart and let it inform their activities, and how like anywhere in the world, it is a work in progress. It covers a range of debates on issues such as individual freedom (of expression, of association, freedom to lead lives of dignity, etc.), liberty (freedom from oppression), the right to life, right to equality, justice, among several others. The
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Taylor & Francis Infrastructure in Archaeological Discourse
Book SynopsisThis volume expands perspectives on infrastructure that are rooted in archaeological discourse and material evidence.The compiled chapters represent new and emerging ideas within archaeology about what infrastructure is, how it can materialize, and how it impacts and reflects human behavior, social organization, and identity in the past as well as the present. Three goals central to the work include: (1) expand the definition of infrastructure using archaeological frameworks and evidence from a wide range of social, historical, and geographic contexts; (2) explore how new archaeological perspectives on infrastructure can help answer anthropological questions pertaining to social organization, group collaboration, and community consensus and negotiation; and (3) examine the broader implications of an archaeological engagement with infrastructure and contributions to contemporary infrastructural studies. Chapters explore important aspects of infrastructure, including its relati
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Taylor & Francis The Legal Case for Palestine
Book SynopsisThis book critically analyzes the Palestinian legal arguments against Israeli occupation and in favor of Palestinian statehood.For the past two decades, Palestinians have chosen to pursue their claims against the Israeli occupation through litigation at the international courts. It is therefore appropriate, the author contends, to analyze the merits of the Palestinian legal claims separately from their political claims. To do so, the book comprises five parts: Part I addresses the role of international law in the conflict as well as Palestinian legal framing and lawfare. Part II recounts the relevant legal history, including the crucial legal implications of the Oslo Accords. Part III analyzes Palestinian legal claims regarding the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Part IV assesses the Palestinian legal case for statehood. Part V analyzes Palestinian legal claims regarding Jerusalem. Ultimately, it is argued that the Palestin
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Routledge The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven
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Taylor & Francis From Cool Britannia to Brexit
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CRC Press Scientific Synopsis of VÄgbhaáaâs Classic
Book SynopsisAyurveda, âœthe sacred knowledge of longevityâ, is Indiaâs gift to the world. It is a holistic medical system and a healthcare framework based on the observation of the human body in health and disease. Ayurveda is considered a secondary of AtharvavÄda and is inextricably associated with Hindu culture. Unlocking the treasures of India's time-honored medical heritage, Scientific Synopsis of VÄgbhaáaâs Classic Ayurveda Treatise AááÄágasaágraha: A Comparison with its Abridged Version AááÄágahádayadelves delves into the heart of Ayurveda, where it emerges from an intricate interplay of natural observations and profound yogic introspection, that shaped its foundational principles over centuries. A pivotal work in this realm, the seventh-century Sanskrit masterpiece AááÄágasaágraha, weaves together the wisdom of various medical and surgical schools. Drawing inspiration from this, this book sets forth a scientific synthesis, comparing the information contained of this Ayurved
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Taylor & Francis Introduction to Global Military History
Book SynopsisNow in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth century to the present.The book engages with the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of war, examining the causes and consequences of conflict beyond national and chronological boundaries. It challenges the dominant Western-centric, technologically focused view of military history and instead emphasises the ranges of circumstances faced by both Western and non-Western powers and the absence of any one direction of development. The chapters present integrated discussions of land, naval and air conflicts, addressing continuities and the ways in which common experiences affected different spheres. This edition revises the text throughout, has increased focus on the developments of the 2000s and 2010s, and adds a new chapter on the 2020s.Supported by a variety of illustrations, maps and case studies, this study i
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Taylor & Francis Academic Writing with Corpora
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