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Cambridge University Press The Life Extinction and Rebreeding of Quagga
Book SynopsisQuaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than other zebras. Indigenous people hunted quaggas, portrayed them in rock art, and told stories about them. Settlers used quaggas to pull wagons and to protect livestock against predators. Taken to Europe, they were admired, exhibited, harnessed to carriages, illustrated by famous artists and written about by scientists. Excessive hunting led to quaggas'' extinction in the 1880s but DNA from museum specimens showed rebreeding was feasible and now zebras resembling quaggas live in their former habitats. This rebreeding is compared with other de-extinction and rewilding ventures and its appropriateness discussed against the backdrop of conservation challengesincluding those facing other zebras. In an Anthropocene of species extinction, climate change and habitat loss which organisms and habitats should be saved, and should attempts be made to restorTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Zebras; 2. Quaggas; 3. Coat coloration; 4. Quaggas, zebras, and humans in Southern Africa; 5. Quaggas abroad; 6. Extinction; 7. Afterlife; 8. Rebreeding; 9. Identity and conservation; Appendix 1. Early illustrations of quaggas; Appendix 2. Records of quaggas kept in Europe; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Community Urban Health and Environment in the
Book SynopsisDebunking the myth of medieval cities as apathetic in the face of filth and disease, Janna Coomans builds a new understanding of how preventative health practices shaped urban communities, with responsibilities negotiated among different groups, across areas ranging from water, food and sanitation to pigs, prostitutes and plague.Trade Review'It is thoughtfully and inventively theorized, with an original interpretation solidly grounded in primary sources … Coomans provides a useful demonstration of how public health initiatives and principles could be implemented in places with different sociopolitical realities. The book is a regional case study rooted in a range of primary source genres but should be valuable to urban historians of other regions and periods as well. Coomans explicitly avoids facile comparisons with the failures and successes of contemporary public health strategies. She engages thoughtfully, however, with the conspicuously relevant questions of how multifaceted and decentralized public health strategies can be effective and the implications of conceptualizing public health as a common good.' Lucy C. Barnhouse, H-Sci-Med-TechTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Galenic Health and the Biopolitics of Flow; 2. The Purged Urban Heart: Municipal Sanitation; 3. Food, Health and the Marketplace; 4. Good Neighbours: Nuisance and Harmony in Living Environments; 5. Plague in Urban Healthscapes; 6. Building Community, Balancing Public Health and Order; Conclusion: Urban Health Expeditions.
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Cambridge University Press Politics and Politiques in SixteenthCentury
Book SynopsisDuring the French Wars of Religion, the nature and identity of politics was the subject of passionate debate and controversy. Exploring early modern French uses of the word 'politique' and the statesman who practised this art, this book investigates questions of language and of power over the course of a tumultuous century.
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Cambridge University Press Cahokia and the North American Worlds
Book SynopsisThe City of Cahokia provides a unique case study to review what draws people to a place and why. This Element examines not only the emergence and decline of this great American city but its intersection with the broader Native American world during this period. Cahokia was not an isolated complex but a place vivid on the landscape where people made pilgrimages to and from Cahokia for trade and religious practices. Cahokia was a centre-place with expansive reach and cultural influence. This Element analyses the social and political processes that helped create this city while also reflecting on the trajectory of Native American history in North America.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Cahokia in Context; 3. The Global Mississippian World and its Forebearers; 4. Historicizing the Cahokian World.
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Cambridge University Press Theophrastus
Book SynopsisTheophrastus:Characters is a collection of thirty short character-sketches of various types of individuals who might be met in the streets of Athens in the late fourth century BC. It is a unique work which has had a profound influence on European literature. This edition aims to make it accessible to students, by offering a radically improved text and a commentary which brings out the meaning and nuances of the dazzling but sometimes difficult Greek and offers full elucidation of the often enigmatic references to contemporary social practices and historical events. There is also a full introduction, which discusses the antecedents and affiliations of the work, its date, its purpose, and its literary qualities.Trade Review'… this is an outstanding edition.' Colin Leach, Classics for All (https://classicsforall.org.uk/)Table of ContentsIntroduction; Theophrastus: Characters; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press The Nationalist Dilemma
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Cambridge University Press Understanding Modern Nigeria
Book SynopsisSince its independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has emerged as Africa''s second largest economy and one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. Despite its economic success, however, there are deep divisions among its two hundred and fifty ethnic groups. Centered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria''s post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history and events that have shaped these three areas. World-renowned expert in Nigerian history, Toyin Falola shows us how the British laid the foundations of modern Nigeria, with colonialism breading competition for resources and power and the widening cleavages between the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups that had been forced together under British rule, the choice of federalism as a political system, and the religious and political pluralism that have shaped its institutions and practices. Using an examination of the outcomes of tTrade Review'Another great book from one of Nigeria's finest scholars. Falola has brought together under one cover answers to all the questions anyone may want to ask about Nigeria but have never been able to frame up in a question. This book will put us in Falola's debt for quite a long time.' Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies, King's College London'This book provides one of the most comprehensive and insightful analysis of the complexities of democracy, development, and state-building in Nigeria. Going beyond narratives of post-colonial dysfunction, this book highlights the contradictions, ambiguities, and positive potentials of Africa's most populous country. The depth of analysis and policy prescriptions make the book essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand modern Nigeria.' Bonny Ibhawoh, Senator William McMaster Chair in Global Human Rights, McMaster University'In this magisterial volume, Africa's foremost historian and theoretician weaves a mesmerizing meta-narrative and meta-theory of Africa's largest democracy and economy, Nigeria. Comprehensively capturing yet transcending the dominant scholarship, Falola's triadic framework explains Nigeria's dialectic progress and retrogression. This is the definitive text for a new generation of scholars.' Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Dean, Veronica Adeleke School of Social Sciences, Babcock University, NigeriaTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Narrating Postcolonial Nigeria; 2. In Search of Modernity; Part II. Context and History: 3. Colonial Modernity; 4. Political Pluralism; 5. Religious Identities; 6. Federalism and Its Fault-Lines; Part III. Democracy and Governance: 7. Ethnicities and Political Identities; 8. Religion and Geopolitics; 9. Democracy and Its Limits; 10. Governance, Citizenship and the State: Part IV. Development Crises: 11. Corruption; 12. The Political Economy of Oil; 13. Environment and Sustainable Development; 14. Food, Society, and Human Capabilities; 15. Women's Marginalization; 16. Human and Minority Rights; 17. Political Violence; 18. Challenges of Western Education; Part V: Reforms and Revolutions: 19. Change Agents: Youths and Politics; 20. Hashtags and Social Protests: Reformation and Revolution in the Age of Social Media; 21. Reformist Option: Grassroots and Political Activism; 22. Revolutionary Option: Social Movements and Power to the Citizens; 23. Nationalist Ethos, Collective Reformation, and Citizenry Power; 24. Popular Culture and Politics; Part VI. Conclusion: Pathways to the Future.
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Cold War Science Diplomacy
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Cambridge University Press The Archival Politics of International Courts
Book SynopsisAs the first analysis of the archives of international courts, examining how these archives produce particular understandings of what the 'international community' is, the book is essential reading for IR and ILAW scholars and archival scientists, as well as historians interested in the relationship between history, memory and law.Trade Review'Focusing on the paperwork produced by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Redwood shows how paying attention to the materiality of the archive unearths understanding of anything from the shifting intentions of the trial to the different imaginings of the genocide and ideas of justice and community.' Tim Cole, Professor of Social History and Director of Brigstow Institute, Bristol University'In this masterful account, Henry Redwood dissects the complex social and political processes at play as diverse actors construct, interpret and deploy post-atrocity archives. Critiquing a literature that stresses the importance of judges and lawyers, Redwood illuminates the vital role of everyday Rwandan witnesses in the development of the ICTR archive. He brings the entire archival process alive, showing why these records of mass crimes matter – and why, decades after the conflicts in question, they remain so heavily contested.' Phil Clark, Professor of International Politics, SOAS University of London'Redwood's book offers a thought-provoking and beautifully crafted way of looking at the politics of mass violence, the international legal system and record-keeping. With layered and nuanced insight, Redwood forges new academic ground, building a vision of the agential and material power of the archive and the procedural labours of international courts that construct meaning rather than simply reflect or react to the horrors of genocide. The book shows us how legal and archival practices constitute the ideas of community which shape our international system in unequal ways. This work is a brilliant and vital contribution to scholarship on the complex power of knowledge processes and the ideas they produce about violence.' Hannah Partis-Jennings, Lecturer in International Relations and Security, Loughborough University'In this ground-breaking book, Henry Redwood shows, through a rich and detailed analysis of the ICTR, how a particular form of knowledge was produced that has implications for how we view international courts and their legacies. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in transitional justice, international law and politics and the production of historical memory.' Rachel Kerr, Professor of War and Society, King's College London'Dispelling the myth of neutrality that often accompanies the archives of international criminal courts, Henry Redwood's meticulously researched monograph reveals archives to be dynamic sites of production, in which particular accounts of violence are constructed and certain imaginings of the international community are constituted. Focused on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Redwood reveals the archive to be a highly contested political space where different actors bring distinct and often competing versions of justice and community to bare. This monograph is essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in how law, knowledge and governance intersect within the practices of international criminal courts.' Barrie Sander, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University'This enlightening and path-breaking study of the ICTR's archive will be of value to all those concerned with the possibilities and limitations of international criminal law. Redwood does an excellent job of showing how the tribunal's archive, far from a neutral repository of the court's response to Rwandan genocide, stands as a site in which shifting legal priorities and the politics of knowledge find powerful - and, at time, disturbing - display.' Lawrence Douglas, Amherst College'This important and fascinating study of how the ICTR constructs “knowledge” of the Rwandan genocide offers a new perspective on international criminal justice. The book shows how international justice is both a constituted and contested field, and is crucial reading for academics and practitioners seeking new ways forward in this field.' Kirsten Campbell, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London'The book is a detailed and engaging analysis of the archives produced by international courts that makes an important argument about the discursive construction of justice. It is a valuable contribution to the burgeoning critical scholarly literature on legal archives … [and] demonstrates the potential for further analysis in relation to other international legal contexts.' Trish Luker, Frontiers of Socio-Legal StudiesTable of Contents1. The politics of archival knowledge in international courts; 2. The international criminal tribunal for Rwanda and its archive; 3: The force of law; 4. Contesting the archive; 5. Reconstituting justice; 6. Imagining community; 7. The residual mechanism and the archive.
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Cambridge University Press The Brexit Challenge for Ireland and the United
Book SynopsisThis book examines the challenges of Brexit for the legal and political landscape in the UK and in Ireland and for the relationship between the two countries. It will appeal to anyone wishing to inform themselves more deeply about the political and constitutional pressures exerted by Brexit.Trade Review'This timely collection provides one of the very first insights into the impact of Brexit on UK and Irish Constitutional law. It tackles this complex and challenging subject with clarity, expertise and insight, in contributions from both newer voices and well-established scholars. It will become essential reading for all who wish to learn more about this subject.' Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law, Queen Mary University of London'This is a timely and valuable collection of essays that explores the challenges posed by Brexit for Ireland and the UK. These challenges played a significant part in the negotiation of the Withdrawal Agreement, and were centre stage in subsequent trade discourse. The book will be of interest to all those concerned by the impact of Brexit on constitutional ordering broadly conceived.' Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English Law, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface; List of contributors; Introduction: the constitutional tensions of Brexit Oran Doyle, Aileen McHarg and Jo Murkens; Part I. Territorial Pressures in Ireland and the United Kingdom: 1. Subsidiarity, competence, and the UK territorial constitution Jo Hunt; 2. Brexit and the mechanisms for the resolution of conflicts in the context of devolution: do we need a new model? Elisenda Casanas Adam; 3. Beyond matryoshka governance in the 21st century: the curious case of Northern Ireland Sylvia de Mars and Aoife O'Donoghue; 4. Political parties in Northern Ireland and the post-Brexit constitutional debate David Mitchell; 5. The constitutional significance of the people of Northern Ireland C. R. G. Murray; 6. The constitutional politics of a United Ireland Oran Doyle, David Kenny and Christopher McCrudden; 7. The minority rights implications of Irish unification James Rooney; Part II. Institutional Pressures and Contested Legitimacy: 8. Populism and popular sovereignty in the UK and Irish constitutional orders Eoin Daly; 9. Party, democracy and representation: the political consequences of Brexit Malcolm Petrie; 10. Westminster versus Whitehall: what the Brexit debate revealed about an unresolved conflict at the heart of the British constitution David Howarth; 11. Brexit and the problem with delegated legislation Adam Tucker; 12. Litigating Brexit Christopher McCorkindale and Aileen McHarg; 13. The law officers: the relationship between executive lawyers and executive power in Ireland and the United Kingdom Conor Casey; 14. In search of the constitution Martin Loughlin.
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Cambridge University Press Jubilees Experiment
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Cambridge University Press Plato
Book SynopsisOffers intermediate Greek students a reliable, up-to-date introduction to Plato's most influential work. Plato's Greek is not difficult, but his ideas have generated considerable controversy. Book I serves as a dramatic introduction to them, with its memorable confrontation between Socrates and the sophist Thrasymachus over the nature of justice.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Plato: Republic Book I; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press War Communication and the Politics of Culture in
Book SynopsisProvides an original interpretation of the politics of knowledge in early modern Venice, weaving together cultural history and critical imperial studies to show how war and territorial expansion shaped seventeenth-century Venice. Timely and thought-provoking, this book offers new perspectives on the cultural history of war in early modern Europe.
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Cambridge University Press Return to Vietnam
Book SynopsisBetween 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian Vietnam War veterans returned to Vi?t Nam. This oral history tells their story and explores the national narratives which shaped those return journeys. It shows how veterans returned in search of resolution, or peace, manifesting in shifting nostalgic visions of 'Vietnam.'
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Cambridge University Press Royal Childhood and Child Kingship
Book SynopsisExamining aspects of boyhood, education, family, counsel and succession, Emily Joan Ward presents how fundamental children were to systems of political authority. The first comparative and thematic study of child rulership in this period, this book is for medievalists and those interested in childhood or dynastic succession.Trade Review'Ward has undoubtedly already achieved an enormous amount with her book: she has worked out her subject in a stringent manner, examined a wealth of material and prepared it in an original way, compiled numerous observations worth considering and created various starting points for a critical examination of the subject. In this respect, her contribution to research can undoubtedly be described as successful.' Clara Harder, Sehepunkte (from German)Table of Contents1. Royal childhood and child kingship: An introduction; Part I. Royal Childhood and Child Kingship: Models and History: 2. Children and kingship in the early and central Middle Ages; 3. Woe to thee, O land? Models of child kingship; Part II. Royal Childhood: Preparation for the Throne: 4. Familial education: Preparing boys to be kings; 5. Loyalty, diplomacy and (co-)kingship: Preparing political communities; 6. The royal deathbed: Preparing for child kingship; Part III. Child Kingship: Guardianship and Royal Rule: 7. Guardianship, regency and legality; 8. Adapting and collaborating: Child kingship and royal rule; 9. Feasting princes? Violence, conflict and child kingship; 10. Entering adolescence: Knighting, seals and royal maturity; Conclusion: Re-thinking child kingship, c. 1050–1262.
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Cambridge University Press The Soviet Union and the Construction of the
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BiblioLife The Pardoners Tale and Der Dot im Stock
Book SynopsisThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Rise of Western Christendom
Book SynopsisThis tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity s first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography.Trade Review"Summing Up. Highly recommended. Especially libraries that lack the second edition; lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2013)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Revised Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xlviii Introduction 1 Part I Empire and Aftermath: A.D. 200–500 35 1 “The Laws of Countries”: Prologue and Overview 37 2 Christianity and Empire 54 3 Tempora Christiana: Christian Times 72 4 Virtutes sanctorum . . . strages gentium: “Deeds of Saints . . . Slaughter of Nations” 93 5 On the Frontiers: Noricum, Ireland, and Francia 123 Part II Divergent Legacies: A.D. 500–600 143 6 Reverentia, rusticitas: Caesarius of Arles to Gregory of Tours 145 7 Bishops, City, and Desert: East Rome 166 8 Regimen animarum: Gregory the Great 190 Part III The End of Ancient Christianity: A.D. 600–750 217 9 Powerhouses of Prayer: Monasticism in Western Europe 219 10 The Making of a Sapiens: Religion and Culture in Continental Europe and in Ireland 232 11 Medicamenta paenitentiae: Columbanus 248 12 Christianity in Asia and the Rise of Islam 267 13 “The Changing of the Kingdoms”: Christians under Islam 295 14 Christianities of the North: Ireland 321 15 Christianities of the North: The Saxons of Britain 340 16 Micro-Christendoms 355 Part IV New Christendoms: A.D. 750–1000 381 17 The Crisis of the Image: The Byzantine Iconoclast Controversy 383 18 The Closing of the Frontier: Frisia and Germany 408 19 “To Rule the Christian People”: Charlemagne 434 20 In geār dagum, “In Days of Yore”: Northern Christendom and its Past 464 Notes 490 Coordinated Chronological Tables 573 Bibliography 578 Primary Sources 578 Secondary Sources 589 Index 632
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Japan
Book SynopsisThe second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown.Trade ReviewPraise for the previous edition "One of the foremost foreign writers on modern Japan, Kingston provides another wide-ranging analysis of interest to all of those with a stake in the nation's future." The Japan Times "Kingston's discussion of the changes Japan faces in the 21st century is among the most comprehensive and accessible treatments of Japan's recent history available." ChoiceTable of ContentsMap vii Series Editor’s Preface viii Acknowledgments x Part I Introduction 1 1 Transformations After World War II 3 2 The Lost Decade 23 Part II Risk and Consequences 39 3 Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb 41 4 Families at Risk 60 5 Jobs at Risk 77 Part III Politics and Consequences 93 6 Contemporary Politics 95 7 Security and the Peace Constitution 115 8 Immigration 136 9 War Memory and Responsibility 154 Part IV Environment and Disaster 175 10 Environmental Issues 177 11 3/11: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis 198 Part V Institutions at Risk 221 12 The Imperial Family 223 13 Yakuza 241 Part VI Postscript 261 14 Prospects 263 Glossary 270 Notes 278 Further Reading 293 Index 302
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Ovid
Book SynopsisThis volume features more than 30 newly commissioned essays by noted scholars writing on various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and style.Trade Review“The result is something quite extraordinary, a coherent and engaging treatment of the full corpus of Ovid’s writing in just under 130 pages . . . V. has produced an eminently readable, highly engaging introduction to Ovid, one that speaks to exactly the audience she had envisaged, in a voice both accessible and smart.” (The Classical Review, 1 October 2012) “Aimed at the general reading public and at newcomers to Ovid, her book is also a delight for experienced Ovidian scholars, providing an engaging, attractive, and thoughtful overview of the poet and his works that shows why his oeuvre remains intellectually valuable as well as an enjoyable read. Fluent and accessible, the volume covers a great deal of ground with lightness of foot. Volk takes a thematic approach that cuts across individual works in productive ways, but the simple titles of the chapters – ‘Work’, ‘Life’, ‘Elegy’, ‘Myth’, ‘Art’, ‘Women’, ‘Rome’, ‘Reception’ – do not adequately convey a sense of the treasures that lie within their pages.” (Greece & Rome, 1 October 2012) Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiv List of Abbreviations xv Chronological Table xvii Part I Contexts 1 1. A Poet’s Life 3 Peter E. Knox 2. Poetry in Augustan Rome 8 Mario Citroni 3. Rhetoric and Ovid’s Poetry 26 Elaine Fantham 4. Ovid and Religion 45 Julia Dyson Hejduk Part II Texts 59 5. The Amores: Ovid Making Love 61 Joan Booth 6. The Heroides: Female Elegy? 78 Laurel Fulkerson 7. The Ars Amatoria 90 Roy K. Gibson 8. Remedia Amoris 104 Barbara Weiden Boyd 9. Fasti: The Poet, The Prince, and the Plebs 120 Geraldine Herbert-Brown 10. The Metamorphoses: A Poet’s Poem 140 E. J. Kenney 11. The Metamorphoses: Politics and Narrative 154 Gareth D. Williams 12. Tristia 170 Jo-Marie Claassen 13. Ibis 184 Martin Helzle 14. Epistulae ex Ponto 194 Luigi Galasso 15. Lost and Spurious Works 207 Peter E. Knox Part III Intertexts 217 16. Ovid and Hellenistic Poetry 219 Jane L. Lightfoot 17. Ovid and Callimachus: Rewriting the Master 236 Benjamin Acosta-Hughes 18. Ovid’s Catullus and the Neoteric Moment in Roman Poetry 252 David Wray 19. Propertius and Ovid 265 S. J. Heyworth 20. Tibullus and Ovid 279 Robert Maltby 21. Ovid’s Reception of Virgil 294 Richard F. Thomas Part IV Critical and Scholarly Approaches 309 22. Editing Ovid: Immortal Works and Material Texts 311 Mark Possanza 23. Commenting on Ovid 327 Peter E. Knox 24. Ovidian Intertextuality 341 Sergio Casali 25. Sexuality and Gender 355 Alison Keith 26. Ovid’s Generic Transformations 370 Joseph Farrell 27. Theorizing Ovid 381 Efrossini Spentzou Part V Literary Receptions 395 28. Ovidian Strategies in Early Imperial Literature 397 Charles McNelis 29. The Medieval Ovid 411 John M. Fyler 30. Ovid in Renaissance English Literature 423 Heather James 31. Ovid and Shakespeare 442 Gordon Braden 32. Ovid in the Twentieth Century 455 Theodore Ziolkowski 33. Translating Ovid 469 Christopher Martin Bibliography 485 Index 516
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Caliphs and Kings Spain 7961031 A History of
Book SynopsisCALIPHS AND KINGS: ?SPAIN, 796-1031 The last twenty-five years have seen a renaissance of research and writing on Spanish history. Caliphs and Kings offers a formidable synthesis of existing knowledge as well as an investigation into new historical thinking, perspectives, and methods. The nearly three-hundred-year rule of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain (756-1031) has been hailed by many as an era of unprecedented harmony and mutual tolerance between the three great religious faiths in the Iberian Peninsula Christianity, Judaism, and Islam the like of which has never been seen since. And yet, as this book demonstrates, historical reality defies the myth. Though the middle of the tenth century saw a flowering of artistic culture and sophistication in the Umayyad court and in the city of Córdoba, this period was all too shortlived and localized. Eventually, twenty years of civil war caused the implosion of the Umayyad regime. It is through the forces that divided not Trade Review“A blessing for faculty, but also a very useful introduction for students.” (H-Soz-u-Kult, March 2014) “Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796–1031is a book for readers who seek interesting stories culled from Christian historical sources from the period from 796–1031, rather than for those who seek a book on the caliphal aspects of the same period.” (Project Muse, 1 June 2014) “Supported by useful royal genealogies and a vast bibliography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)Table of ContentsGenealogies viii Maps xi Introduction 1 1 Al-Andalus:War and Society, 796–888 14 2 The Asturian Kingdom: Chroniclers and Kings, 791–910 50 3 The Christians of al-Andalus 83 4 Monks, Books, and Saints in the Christian North 104 5 Al-Andalus: Local Government versus the Capital, 888–928 121 6 TheKingdomofLe´ on, 910–1037 138 7 Al-Andalus: Umayyad Triumph and Disaster, 912–1031 166 8 The Kingdom of Navarre and the Pyrenean Counties, 799–1035 205 9 The County of Castile, c.860–1037 238 Bibliography 257 Glossary 300 Acknowledgments 302 Index 304
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Bones of a King
Book SynopsisThe dramatic story of Richard III, England's last medieval king, captured the world's attention when an archaeological team led by the University of Leicester identified his remains in February 2013.Trade Review“an informed, readable account, with much useful detail, that gives the historical and archaeological background to the medieval city and the king, and describes the excavations, the forensic sciences and genealogy, and the events leading up to the reburial.” (British Archaeology, 1 May 2015) Table of ContentsIllustrations vi The Greyfriars Research Team ix Acknowledgements xii 1 Investigating the Bones of a King 1 2 So How Did He Get There? (rb, mm) 5 3 The Bigger Picture 35 4 The Bones Tell Their Tale 57 5 Who was Richard? 78 6 The Cousins in the Swabs (tk, ks) 109 7 What Did Richard Look Like? 127 8 The Big Announcement 139 9 The Afterlife of Richard III and the City That Never Forgot 158 10 Richard Laid to Rest 174 Appendix 1 191 Appendix 2 209 Index 211
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Wiley A Companion to Los Angeles Wiley Blackwell
Book SynopsisA Companion to Los Angeles is a unique study of America s second largest city and consists of 25 original essays, which collectively assess the best and most important work to date on its complex history.Trade Review“Every Los Angeles-based history, political science, and ethnic or urban studies instructor has been waiting for this anthology. …The book’s overarching aims serve to revisit and reenvision L.A.’s early history and prehistory, uncover long-term patterns obscured by earlier episodic treatments, and influence the shaping of the city’s future.” (Western Historical Quarterly, 2012) "Overall, this is a fascinating fractured account of various time periods, events, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and urban sprawl in a city that has become synonymous with the American Dream." (Philosophy & Religion, November 2010)Table of ContentsList of Plates vii Notes on Contributors x Introduction xv William Deverell and Greg Hise Part I The Long History of a Global City 1 1 The Border Crossed US 2 Matt Gainer 2 Born Global: From Pueblo to Statehood 20 Louise Pubols 3 Race, Place, and Ethnicity in the Progressive Era 40 Stephanie Lewthwaite 4 Between “White Spot” and “World City”: Racial Integration and the Roots of Multiculturalism 56 Scott Kurashige 5 Contemporary Voice: Where You From? 72 Susan Straight Part II Social Flashpoints 93 6 Social Flashpoints 95 Eric Avila 7 The Anti-Chinese Massacre of 1871 and Its Strange Career 110 Victor Jew 8 Disposable People, Expendable Neighborhoods 129 George J. Sanchez 9 Gridlock of Rage: The Watts and Rodney King Riots 147 Scott Saul 10 Contemporary Voice: Here, Now, I 168 Angela Oh Part III Politics and Economies 175 11 Ab Urbe Condita: Regional Regimes since 13,000 Before Present 177 Philip J. Ethington 12 Crown Jewels: Infrastructure and Growth 216 Steven P. Erie and Scott MacKenzie 13 Consolidation, Fragmentation, and New Fiscal Federalism 233 Tom Hogen-Esch 14 Contemporary Voice: Contradictions, Coalitions, and Common Ground 250 Manuel Pastor Part IV Cultures and Communities 267 15 Cultures and Communities 269 Leo Braudy 16 “A Most Advantageous Spot on the Map”: Promotion and Popular Culture 289 Anthea Hartig 17 Tijuana and the Borders of Race 313 Josh Kun 18 Counterculture 327 Dave McBride 19 Cinema and the Making of a Modern City 346 Edward Dimendberg 20 Contemporary Voice: Looking for God in the City of Angels 366 Matt Gainer Part V Landscapes and Place 391 21 Situating Stories: What Has Been Said About Landscape and the Built Environment 393 Greg Hise 22 America’s Playground: Recreation and Race 421 Lawrence Culver 23 Landscapes of Health and Rejuvenation 438 David Sloane 24 Excerpts from the San Gabriel River Series 461 Robbert Flick 25 Contemporary Voice: Thickets of Diversity, Swaths of Emptyness 479 Christopher Hawthorne Index 494
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A History of Modern Britain
Book SynopsisNow available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession to the present day. Places Britain in a global context, charting the rise and fall of the British empire and the influence of imperialism on the social, economic, and political developments of the home country Includes revised sections on imperialism and the industrial revolution that have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, a more reflective view on New Labour since its demise, and an all new section on the performance of the Conservative Lib/Dem coalition that came into office in 2010 Features illustrations, maps, an up-to-date bibliography, a full list of Prime Ministers, a genealogy of the royal family, and a comprehensive glossary explaining uniquely British terms, acronyms, and famoTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xiii List of Maps xiv List of Biographies xv Preface xvi Acknowledgments xxii Part I Uniting the Kingdoms 1 Chapter 1: The British Isles in 1714 3 Chapter 2: A New Beginning, 1714–62 41 Chapter 3: War and Revolution, 1763–1814 71 Part II The British Century 99 Chapter 4: A United Kingdom, 1815 101 Chapter 5: Reform, 1816–41 138 Chapter 6: Imperial Britain, 1842–84 167 Chapter 7: New Century, 1885–1913 201 Part III Dividing the Kingdoms 233 Chapter 8: The United Kingdom, 1914 235 Chapter 9: War and Peace and War, 1915–39 264 Chapter 10: The Warfare and Welfare State, 1940–79 297 Chapter 11: "New" Britain, 1980–2014 333 The Transformation of Britain 1688–1713 000Available online at: www.wiley.com/go/wasson Notes 365 Chronology 390 Glossary 395 Bibliography 403 List of Prime Ministers 412 Genealogy of the Royal Family 415 Index 417
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A History of the Cuban Revolution
Book SynopsisA fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightful socio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution,and the course it took over five and a half decades. Now available in a fully-revised second edition, including new material to add to the book's coverage of Cuba over the past decade under Raul Castro All of the existing chapters have been updated to reflect recent scholarship Balances social and historical insight into the revolution with economic and political analysis extending into the twenty-first century Juxtaposes U.S. and Cuban perspectives on the historical impact of the revolution, engaging and debunking the myths and preconceptions surrounding one of the most formative political events of the twentieth century Incorporates more student-friendly features such as a timeline and glossary Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Series Editor’s Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Timeline xii Introduction 1 Talking about Freedom 2 Scholars Weigh In 3 Why Revolution? 5 Comparing Capitalism and Socialism 8 Latin American Attitudes 12 1 Cuba through 1959 15 Colonial History 15 The Colony in the Republic 20 Revolution: A War, or a Process? 28 2 Experiments with Socialism 36 Analyzing the Situation: Economic Backwardness 37 The 1960s: Experimentation and the Great Debate 40 The 1970s: Institutionalization and the Soviet Model 45 Cuba in the 1970s: How it Worked 46 1986: Rectification 51 How Democratic was Cuban Socialism? 51 3 Relations with the United States 54 The United States and Cuba 55 In their Own Words: U.S. Policymakers Respond to Revolution 57 Covert War: Up to the Bay of Pigs 63 Covert War: After the Bay of Pigs 65 The Missile Crisis 68 After the Missile Crisis 70 The War Continues 72 4 Emigration and Internationalism 75 Miami 78 Beyond Miami 80 Cuba’s Global Reach: Beyond the Cold War 81 Cuba and Black Internationalism 82 Cuba in Africa and Latin America 84 Civilian Aid Missions 86 5 Art, Culture, and Revolution 88 Literature 89 Film 94 Music 98 Sport 100 Dance 102 Food 103 Political Culture and Cultural Politics 105 6 Cuba Diversa 110 Race 110 Gender 116 Sexuality 119 Religion 123 7 The “Special Period”: Socialism on One Island 126 1993–95: Rapid‐Fire Reforms 126 Social Impact of the Market Reforms 130 Limits to Capitalism 132 Charting New Territory 134 Contradictions: Inequality and Jineterismo 135 Opting to Leave: The 1994 Exodus 138 Debate and its Limits during the 1990s 141 Debating Democracy 142 Limits to Debate 146 8 Cuba into the Twenty‐First Century 149 From Perfeccionamiento to Recentralization 150 Disillusionment 153 Cuba after Fidel: A New Era? 155 Civil Society into the New Century 159 U.S. Policy: The Bush Era 163 Cuba, Venezuela, and the ALBA 164 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro: A New Relationship? 166 Analyzing the Changes 168 Conclusion 171 Glossary 174 Notes 177 Bibliography 198 Index 214
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin
Book SynopsisA Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day.Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface viii Acknowledgments x List of Illustrations xi Introduction: Topic and Themes 1 1 Expanding the Continental Republic, 1811–1897 10 2 The Cuban Crucible: Experiments in Overseas Empire, 1898–1922 34 3 Monopolizing the Central American Isthmus, 1903–1926 55 4 Wilsonian Interventions, 1913–1919 72 5 Accommodation and Resistance, 1917–1930 95 6 From Occupier to Good Neighbor, 1921–1936 115 7 Warding Off Global Ideologies, 1935–1954 133 8 Containing Revolution, 1959–1990 148 9 Identifying Post]Cold War Political Threats, 1986–2016 172 Conclusion: Multitudes of Interventions 194 Bibliography 202 Index 209
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Greek and Roman Slaveries
Book SynopsisGreek and Roman Slaveries Slavery was foundational to Greek and Roman societies, affecting nearly all of their economic, social, political, and cultural practices. Greek and Roman Slaveries offers a rich collection of literary, epigraphic, papyrological, and archaeological sources, including many unfamiliar ones. This sourcebook ranges chronologically from the archaic period to late antiquity, covering the whole of the Mediterranean, the Near East, and temperate Europe. Readers will find an interactive and user-friendly engagement with past scholarship and new research agendas that focuses particularly on the agency of ancient slaves, the processes in which slavery was inscribed, the changing history of slavery in antiquity, and the comparative study of ancient slaveries. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on ancient slavery, as well as courses on slavery more generally, this sourcebook's questions, cross-references, and bibliographies encourage an anaTrade Review"The [volume] is ambitious and wide-ranging and often surprising... This collation is a significant work of scholarship in itself... a provoking (in a good sense) collection and a valuable resource. I will use it and make sure that my students can access it." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Maps ix Note to the Reader xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 What Is Slavery? 4 2 Studying Slavery: The Variety of Evidence and Its Interpretative Challenges 30 3 Living with Slavery and Its Consequences 56 4 Slaving Strategies 85 5 Masters and Slaves 116 6 Free and Slave 139 7 Enslaved Persons and Their Communities 162 8 Slavery and the Wider World 194 9 Experiencing and Resisting Enslavement 222 10 After Slavery: Manumission, Freedmen, and Freedwomen 250 11 Slavery and Historical Change 277 12 Comparing Ancient Slaveries 305 Bibliography 337 Index of Passages Cited 358 Index of Places and Peoples 364 Index of Names 368 Thematic Index 376
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Electrochemical Engineering
Book SynopsisA Comprehensive Reference for Electrochemical Engineering Theory and Application From chemical and electronics manufacturing, to hybrid vehicles, energy storage, and beyond, electrochemical engineering touches many industriesany many livesevery day. As energy conservation becomes of central importance, so too does the science that helps us reduce consumption, reduce waste, and lessen our impact on the planet. Electrochemical Engineering provides a reference for scientists and engineers working with electrochemical processes, and a rigorous, thorough text for graduate students and upper-division undergraduates. Merging theoretical concepts with widespread application, this book is designed to provide critical knowledge in a real-world context. Beginning with the fundamental principles underpinning the field, the discussion moves into industrial and manufacturing processes that blend central ideas to provide an advanced understanding while explaining observable results. Fully-worked iTable of ContentsPreface ix List of Symbols xi About the Companion Website xv 1. Introduction and Basic Principles 1Charles W. Tobias 1.1 Electrochemical Cells 1 1.2 Characteristics of Electrochemical Reactions 2 1.3 Importance of Electrochemical Systems 4 1.4 Scientific Units, Constants, Conventions 5 1.5 Faraday’s Law 6 1.6 Faradaic Efficiency 8 1.7 Current Density 9 1.8 Potential and Ohm’s Law 9 1.9 Electrochemical Systems: Example 10 Closure 13 Further Reading 13 Problems 13 2. Cell Potential and Thermodynamics 15Wendell Mitchell Latimer 2.1 Electrochemical Reactions 15 2.2 Cell Potential 15 2.3 Expression for Cell Potential 17 2.4 Standard Potentials 18 2.5 Effect of Temperature on Standard Potential 21 2.6 Simplified Activity Correction 22 2.7 Use of the Cell Potential 24 2.8 Equilibrium Constants 25 2.9 Pourbaix Diagrams 25 2.10 Cells with a Liquid Junction 27 2.11 Reference Electrodes 27 2.12 Equilibrium at Electrode Interface 30 2.13 Potential in Solution Due to Charge: Debye–Hückel Theory 31 2.14 Activities and Activity Coefficients 33 2.15 Estimation of Activity Coefficients 35 Closure 36 Further Reading 36 Problems 36 3. Electrochemical Kinetics 41Alexander Naumovich Frumkin 3.1 Double Layer 41 3.2 Impact of Potential on Reaction Rate 42 3.3 Use of the Butler–Volmer Kinetic Expression 46 3.4 Reaction Fundamentals 49 3.5 Simplified Forms of the Butler–Volmer Equation 50 3.6 Direct Fitting of the Butler–Volmer Equation 52 3.7 The Influence of Mass Transfer on the Reaction Rate 54 3.8 Use of Kinetic Expressions in Full Cells 55 3.9 Current Efficiency 58 Closure 58 Further Reading 59 Problems 59 4. Transport 63Carl Wagner 4.1 Fick’s Law 63 4.2 Nernst–Planck Equation 63 4.3 Conservation of Material 65 4.4 Transference Numbers, Mobilities, and Migration 71 4.5 Convective Mass Transfer 75 4.6 Concentration Overpotential 79 4.7 Current Distribution 81 4.8 Membrane Transport 86 Closure 87 Further Reading 88 Problems 88 5. Electrode Structures and Configurations 93John Newman 5.1 Mathematical Description of Porous Electrodes 94 5.2 Characterization of Porous Electrodes 96 5.3 Impact of Porous Electrode on Transport 97 5.4 Current Distributions in Porous Electrodes 98 5.5 The Gas–Liquid Interface in Porous Electrodes 102 5.6 Three-Phase Electrodes 103 5.7 Electrodes with Flow 105Closure 108 Further Reading 108 Problems 108 6. Electroanalytical Techniques and Analysis of Electrochemical Systems 113Jaroslav Heyrovský 6.1 Electrochemical Cells, Instrumentation, and Some Practical Issues 113 6.2 Overview 115 6.3 Step Change in Potential or Current for a Semi-Infinite Planar Electrode in a Stagnant Electrolyte 116 6.4 Electrode Kinetics and Double-Layer Charging 118 6.5 Cyclic Voltammetry 122 6.6 Stripping Analyses 127 6.7 Electrochemical Impedance 129 6.8 Rotating Disk Electrodes 136 6.9 iR Compensation 139 6.10 Microelectrodes 141 Closure 145 Further Reading 145 Problems 145 7. Battery Fundamentals 151John B. Goodenough 7.1 Components of a Cell 151 7.2 Classification of Batteries and Cell Chemistries 152 7.3 Theoretical Capacity and State of Charge 156 7.4 Cell Characteristics and Electrochemical Performance 158 7.5 Ragone Plots 163 7.6 Heat Generation 164 7.7 Efficiency of Secondary Cells 166 7.8 Charge Retention and Self-Discharge 167 7.9 Capacity Fade in Secondary Cells 168 Closure 169 Further Reading 169 Problems 169 8. Battery Applications: Cell and Battery Pack Design 175Esther Sans Takeuchi 8.1 Introduction to Battery Design 175 8.2 Battery Layout Using a Specific Cell Design 176 8.3 Scaling of Cells to Adjust Capacity 178 8.4 Electrode and Cell Design to Achieve Rate Capability 181 8.5 Cell Construction 183 8.6 Charging of Batteries 184 8.7 Use of Resistance to Characterize Battery Peformance 185 8.8 Battery Management 186 8.9 Thermal Management Systems 188 8.10 Mechanical Considerations 190 Closure 191 Further Reading 191 Problems 191 9. Fuel-Cell Fundamentals 195Supramaniam Srinivasan 9.1 Introduction 195 9.2 Types of Fuel Cells 197 9.3 Current–Voltage Characteristics and Polarizations 198 9.4 Effect of Operating Conditions and Maximum Power 202 9.5 Electrode Structure 205 9.6 Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells 206 9.7 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 211Closure 215 Further Reading 215 Problems 216 10. Fuel-Cell Stack and System Design 223Francis Thomas Bacon 10.1 Introduction and Overview of Systems Analysis 223 10.2 Basic Stack Design Concepts 226 10.3 Cell Stack Configurations 228 10.4 Basic Construction and Components 229 10.5 Utilization of Oxidant and Fuel 231 10.6 Flow-Field Design 235 10.7 Water and Thermal Management 238 10.8 Structural–Mechanical Considerations 241 10.9 Case Study 245 Closure 247 Further Reading 247 Problems 247 11. Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors 251Brian Evans Conway 11.1 Capacitor Introduction 251 11.2 Electrical Double-Layer Capacitance 253 11.3 Current–Voltage Relationship for Capacitors 259 11.4 Porous EDLC Electrodes 261 11.5 Impedance Analysis of EDLCs 263 11.6 Full Cell EDLC Analysis 266 11.7 Power and Energy Capabilities 267 11.8 Cell Design, Practical Operation, and Electrochemical Capacitor Performance 269 11.9 Pseudo-Capacitance 271 Closure 273 Further Reading 273 Problems 273 12. Energy Storage and Conversion for Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles 277Ferdinand Porsche 12.1 Why Electric and Hybrid-Electric Systems? 277 12.2 Driving Schedules and Power Demand in Vehicles 279 12.3 Regenerative Braking 281 12.4 Battery Electrical Vehicle 282 12.5 Hybrid Vehicle Architectures 284 12.6 Start–Stop Hybrid 285 12.7 Batteries for Full-Hybrid Electric Vehicles 287 12.8 Fuel-Cell Hybrid Systems for Vehicles 291 Closure 293 Further Reading 294 Problems 294 Appendix: Primer on Vehicle Dynamics 295 13. Electrodeposition 299Richard C. Alkire 13.1 Overview 299 13.2 Faraday’s Law and Deposit Thickness 300 13.3 Electrodeposition Fundamentals 300 13.4 Formation of Stable Nuclei 303 13.5 Nucleation Rates 305 13.6 Growth of Nuclei 308 13.7 Deposit Morphology 310 13.8 Additives 311 13.9 Impact of Current Distribution 312 13.10 Impact of Side Reactions 314 13.11 Resistive Substrates 316Closure 319 Further Reading 319 Problems 319 14. Industrial Electrolysis, Electrochemical Reactors, and Redox-Flow Batteries 323Fumio Hine 14.1 Overview of Industrial Electrolysis 323 14.2 Performance Measures 324 14.3 Voltage Losses and the Polarization Curve 328 14.4 Design of Electrochemical Reactors for Industrial Applications 331 14.5 Examples of Industrial Electrolytic Processes 337 14.6 Thermal Management and Cell Operation 341 14.7 Electrolytic Processes for a Sustainable Future 343 14.8 Redox-Flow Batteries 348 Closure 350 Further Reading 350 Problems 350 15. Semiconductor Electrodes and Photoelectrochemical Cells 355Heinz Gerischer 15.1 Semiconductor Basics 355 15.2 Energy Scales 358 15.3 Semiconductor–Electrolyte Interface 360 15.4 Current Flow in the Dark 363 15.5 Light Absorption 366 15.6 Photoelectrochemical Effects 368 15.7 Open-Circuit Voltage for Illuminated Electrodes 369 15.8 Photo-Electrochemical Cells 370 Closure 375 Further Reading 375 Problems 375 16. Corrosion 379Ulick Richardson Evans 16.1 Corrosion Fundamentals 379 16.2 Thermodynamics of Corrosion Systems 380 16.3 Corrosion Rate for Uniform Corrosion 383 16.4 Localized Corrosion 390 16.5 Corrosion Protection 394 Closure 399 Further Reading 399 Problems 399 Appendix A: Electrochemical Reactions and Standard Potentials 403 Appendix B: Fundamental Constants 404 Appendix C: Thermodynamic Data 405 Appendix D: Mechanics of Materials 408 Index 413
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisA Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xvi Preface and Acknowledgments xxiii Abbreviations xxiv Maps xxvi Introduction 1 Part I Women Outside Athens and Rome 5 Case Study I: The Mother Goddess in Prehistory: Debates and Perspectives 7 Lauren Talalay 1 Women in Ancient Mesopotamia 11 Amy R. Gansell 2 Hidden Voices: Unveiling Women in Ancient Egypt 25 Kasia Szpakowska 3 Looking for Minoan and Mycenaean Women: Paths of Feminist Scholarship Towards the Aegean Bronze Age 38 Marianna Nikolaïdou 4 Women in Homer 54 Cristiana Franco 5 Etruscan Women: Towards a Reappraisal 66 Vedia Izzet Part II The Archaic and Classical Periods 79 Case Study II: Sex and the Single Girl: The Cologne Fragment of Archilochus 81 Sharon L. James 6 Woman, City, State: Theories, Ideologies, and Concepts in the Archaic and Classical Periods 84 Madeleine M. Henry and Sharon L. James 7 Women and Law 96 Barbara Levick 8 Women and Medicine 107 Holt Parker 9 Reading the Bones: Interpreting the Skeletal Evidence for Women’s Lives in Ancient Greece 125 Maria A. Liston 10 Approaches to Reading Attic Vases 141 Kathryn Topper 11 Spartan Girls and the Athenian Gaze 153 Jenifer Neils 12 Interpreting Women in Archaic and Classical Greek Sculpture 167 A. A. Donohue 13 Dress and Adornment in Archaic and Classical Greece 179 Mireille M. Lee 14 Women and Religion in Greece 191 Eva Stehle 15 Women and Roman Religion 204 Lora L. Holland 16 Women in Magna Graecia 215 Gillian Shepherd Part III Women in a Cosmopolitan World: The Hellenistic and Late Republican Periods 229 Case Study III: Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines 231 Sheila Dillon Case Study IV: Domestic Female Slaves in Roman Comedy 235 Sharon L. James 17 Female Patronage in the Greek Hellenistic and Roman Republican Periods 238 Anne Bielman 18 Women on Hellenistic Grave Stelai: Reading Images and Texts 249 Christina A. Salowey 19 Female Portraiture in the Hellenistic Period 263 Sheila Dillon 20 Women and Family in Menander 278 Cheryl A. Cox 21 Gender and Space, “Public” and “Private” 288 Monika Trümper 22 Oikos Keeping: Women and Monarchy in the Macedonian Tradition 304 Elizabeth D. Carney 23 The Women of Ptolemaic Egypt: The View from Papyrology 316 Maryline Parca 24 Jewish Women: Texts and Contexts 329 Laura S. Lieber 25 Women, Education, and Philosophy 343 Marguerite Deslauriers 26 Perceptions of Women’s Power in the Late Republic: Terentia, Fulvia, and the Generation of 63 BCE 354 T. Corey Brennan Part IV The Beginnings of Empire 367 Case Study V: Vergil’s Dido 369 Sharon L. James 27 Women in Augustan Rome 372 Judith P. Hallett 28 Women in Augustan Literature 385 Alison Keith 29 Women on the Bay of Naples 400 Eve D’Ambra 30 Early Imperial Female Portraiture 414 Elizabeth Bartman 31 Portraits, Prestige, Piety: Images of Women in Roman Egypt 423 Christina Riggs Part V From Empire to Christianity 437 Case Study VI: Female Portraiture in Palmyra 439 Maura K. Heyn 32 Women in Imperial Roman Literature 442 Rhiannon Ash 33 Female Portraiture and Female Patronage in the High Imperial Period 453 Rachel Meyers 34 Women in Roman Britain 467 Lindsay Allason-Jones 35 Public Roles for Women in the Cities of the Latin West 478 Emily A. Hemelrijk 36 Rari exempli femina: Female Virtues on Roman Funerary Inscriptions 491 Werner Riess 37 Women in Late Antique Egypt 502 Jennifer Sheridan Moss 38 Representations of Women in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium 513 Ioli Kalavrezou 39 Becoming Christian 524 Ross S. Kraemer Appendix: Women in Late Antiquity (Apart from Egypt): A Bibliography 539 References 545 Index of Women 605 Subject Index 611
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John Wiley & Sons A Social and Cultural History of the Hellenistic
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John Wiley & Sons Inc A Short History of SouthEast Asia
Book SynopsisExplore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region.Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction xi Brunei 1 Cambodia 12 East Timor 36 Indonesia 44 Lao PDR 72 Malaysia 88 Myanmar 116 Philippines 136 Singapore 158 Thailand 176 Vietnam 202 Further Reading 223 Maps 229 Index 240
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Sociology of Islam
Book SynopsisThe Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Knowledge and Power in the Sociology of Islam 1 Knowledge/Charisma vs. Power/Wealth: The Challenge of Religious Movements 18 Civility as the Engine of the Knowledge–Power Equation: Islam and ‘Islamdom’ 23 PART I Patterns of Civility 1 The Limits of Civil Society and the Path to Civility 43 The Origins of Modern Civil Society 43 Civil Society as a Site of Production of Modern Power 50 Folding Civil Society into a Transversal Notion of Civility 57 2 Brotherhood as a Matrix of Civility: The Islamic Ecumene and Beyond 73 Between Networking, ‘Charisma,’ and Social Autonomy: The Contours of ‘Spiritual’ Brotherhoods 73 Beyond Sufism: The Unfolding of the Brotherhood 85 Rewriting Charisma into Brotherhood 92 PART II Islamic Civility in Historical and Comparative Perspective 3 Flexible Institutionalization and the Expansive Civility of the Islamic Ecumene 105 The Steady Expansion of Islamic Patterns of Translocal Civility 105 Authority, Autonomy, and Power Networks: A Grid of Flexible Institutions 114 The Permutable Combinations of Normativity and Civility 118 4 Social Autonomy and Civic Connectedness: The Islamic Ecumene in Comparative Perspective 131 New Patterns of Civic Connectedness Centered on the ‘Commoners’ 131 Liminality, Charisma, and Social Organization 140 Municipal Autonomy vs. Translocal Connectedness 147 PART III Modern Islamic Articulations of Civility 5 Knowledge and Power: The Civilizing Process before Colonialism 165 From the Mongol Impact to the Early Modern Knowledge–Power Configurations 165 Taming theWarriors into Games of Civility? Violence, Warfare, and Peace 176 The LongWave of PowerDecentralization 189 6 Colonial Blueprints of Order and Civility 201 The Metamorphosis of Civility under Colonialism 201 Court Dynamics and Emerging Elites: The Complexification of the Civilizing Process 218 Class, Gender, and Generation: The Ultimate Testing Grounds of the Educational-Civilizing Project 226 7 Global Civility and Its Islamic Articulations 239 The Dystopian Globalization of Civility 239 Diversifying Civility as the Outcome of Civilizing Processes 251 From Islamic Exceptionalism to a Plural Islamic Perspective 260 Conclusion 271 Overcoming Eurocentric Views: Religion and Civility within Islam/Islamdom 271 The Institutional Mold of Islamic Civility: Contractualism vs. Corporatism? 278 From the Postcolonial Condition toward New Fragile Patterns of Translocal Civility 287 Index 295
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to the Roman Military
Book SynopsisFollows the military lives of three soldiers across the Roman world, providing interesting, historical insight into the Roman military from the late republic to the end of antiquity in the west This book introduces readers to three historical Roman soldiersTitus Pullo from the late republic, Aurelius Polion from the high imperial era, and Flavius Aemilianus from late antiquity. The three men inspire the themes and chronological organization of the text.?Drawing on a wide and diverse body of evidence, the author charts their lives from enlistment to death or retirement, allowing students to envision the life of a Roman soldier who is on duty or experiencing adventures across the Roman world. An Introduction to the Roman Military: From Marius (100 BCE) to Theodosius II (450 CE) starts with a historical overview before introducing readers to the Roman soldier. It covers such things as the military hierarchy, soldierly origins, recruitment and training, and tTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Part I Background 1 1 Sources and Approaches 3 2 Historical Overview 25 3 Soldierly Origins and Background 51 Part II Becoming a Soldier 65 4 Recruitment and Training 67 5 Unit Organization and Structure 81 6 Appearance, Equipment, and Identity 97 Part III Preparing for War 111 7 Strategy, Frontiers, and War 113 8 Food: Campaigns and Supply 127 9 Rome’s Foes 141 Part IV Fighting at the Front 157 10 Combat: Battle 159 11 Combat: Sieges 175 12 Life After War: Celebrating Victory, Mourning Defeat, and Readjusting to Civilian Life 189 Part V Beyond War 203 13 Friends and Family 205 14 The Military and the State 219 15 Retirement: Veterans and Their Legacy 235 Conclusion 249 Glossary 253 Timeline 259 Further Reading and Bibliography 269 Index 285
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements
Book SynopsisThe most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movements This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements available today. The essays address: facilitative and constraining contexts and conditions; social movement organizations, fields, and dynamics; strategies and tactics; micro-structural and social psychological dimensions of participation; consequences and outcomes; and various thematic intersections, including the intersection of social movements and social class, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, human rights, globalization, political extremism and more. Offers an illuminating guide to undTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction: Mapping and Opening Up the Terrain 1David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon PART 1 FACILITATIVE AND CONSTRAINING CONTEXTS AND CONDITIONS 17 1 The Political Context of Social Movements 19Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow 2 The Role of Threat in Collective Action 43Paul D. Almeida 3 The Cultural Context of Social Movements 63James M. Jasper and Francesca Polletta 4 The Resource Context of Social Movements 79Bob Edwards, John D. McCarthy, and Dane R. Mataic 5 The Ecological and Spatial Contexts of Social Movements 98Yang Zhang and Dingxin Zhao 6 Social Movements and Transnational Context: Institutions,Strategies, and Conflicts 115Clifford Bob 7 Social Movements and Mass Media in a Global Context 131Deana A. Rohlinger and Catherine Corrigall]Brown PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, FIELDS, AND DYNAMICS 149 8 Networks and Fields 151Nick Crossley and Mario Diani 9 Social Movement Organizations 167Edward T. Walker and Andrew W. Martin 10 Bringing Leadership Back In 185Marshall Ganz and Elizabeth McKenna 11 How Social Movements Interact with Organizations and Fields: Protest, Institutions, and Beyond 203Fabio Rojas and Brayden G. King 12 Infighting and Insurrection 220Amin Ghaziani and Kelsy Kretschmer 13 Diffusion Processes Within and Across Movements 236Sarah A. Soule and Conny Roggeband 14 Coalitions and the Organization of Collective Action 252Megan E. Brooker and David S. Meyer PART III SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS 269 15 Tactics and Strategic Action 271Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes 16 Technology and Social Media 289Jennifer Earl 17 Social Movements and Litigation 306Steven A. Boutcher and Holly J. McCammon 18 Social Movements in Interaction with Political Parties 322Swen Hutter, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Jasmine Lorenzini 19 Violence vs Nonviolence as Strategic Alternatives 338Kurt Schock and Chares Demetriou 20 Art and Social Movements 354Lilian Mathieu PART IV MICROSTRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 369 21 Individual Participation in Street Demonstrations 371Jacquelien Van Stekelenburg, Bert Klandermans, and Stefaan Walgrave 22 The Framing Perspective on Social Movements: Its Conceptual Roots and Architecture 392David A. Snow, Rens Vliegenthart, and Pauline Ketelaars 23 Emotions in Social Movements 411Justin Van Ness and Erika Summers]Effler 24 Collective Identity in Social Movements: Assessing the Limits of a Theoretical Framework 429Cristina Flesher Fominaya PART V CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES 447 25 The Political Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes Movements Seek to Influence 449Edwin Amenta, Kenneth T. Andrews, and Neal Caren 26 Economic Outcomes of Social Movements 466Marco Giugni and Maria T. Grasso 27 The Cultural Outcomes of Social Movements 482Nella Van Dyke and Verta Taylor 28 Biographical Consequences of Activism 499Florence Passy and Gian]Andrea Monsch PART VI THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS 515 29 Social Class and Social Movements 517Barry Eidlin and Jasmine Kerrissey 30 Gender and Social Movements 537Heather McKee Hurwitz and Alison Dahl Crossley 31 Race, Ethnicity, and Social Movements 553Peter B. Owens, Rory McVeigh, and David Cunningham 32 Bringing the Study of Religion and Social Movements Together: Toward an Analytically Productive Intersection 571David A. Snow and Kraig Beyerlein 33 Human Rights and Social Movements: From the Boomerang Pattern to a Sandwich Effect 586Kiyoteru Tsutsui and Jackie Smith 34 Globalization and Social Movements 602Massimiliano Andretta, Donatella Della Porta, and Clare Saunders 35 Political Extremism and Social Movements 618Robert Futrell, Pete Simi, and Anna E. Tan 36 Nationalism, Nationalist Movements, and Social Movement Theory 635Hank Johnston 37 War, Peace, and Social Movements 651David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow 38 Authoritarian Regimes and Social Movements 666Xi Chen and Dana M. Moss 39 Revolution and Social Movements 682Jack A. Goldstone and Daniel P. Ritter 40 Terrorism and Social Movements 698Colin J. Beck and Eric W. Schoon Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Greek Art
Book SynopsisThis well-illustrated Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of the development of Greek art through the 1st millennium BC.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Color Plates xxvii List of Maps xxix Notes on Contributors xxx Preface xxxviii PART I Introduction 1 1 The Greeks and their Art 3Tyler Jo Smith and Dimitris Plantzos PART II Forms, Times, and Places 15 2 Chronology and Topography 17Nicki Waugh 3 Greek Decorated Pottery I: Athenian Vase-painting 39Thomas Mannack 4 Greek Decorated Pottery II: Regions and Workshops 62Stavros A Paspalas 5 Free-standing and Relief Sculpture 105Dimitris Damaskos 6 Architecture in City and Sanctuary 132Marina Yeroulanou 7 Architectural Sculpture 153Olga Palagia 8 Wall- and Panel-painting 171Dimitris Plantzos 9 Mosaics 186Ruth Westgate 10 Luxury Arts 200John Boardman and Claudia Wagner 11 Terracottas 221Lucilla Burn 12 Coinages 235François de Callataÿ 13 Workshops and Technology 255Eleni Hasaki 14 Ancient Writers on Art 273Kenneth Lapatin PART III Contacts and Colonies 291 15 Egypt and North Africa 293Sabine Weber 16 Cyprus and the Near East 312Tamar Hodos 17 Asia Minor 330Veli Köse 18 The Black Sea 350Jan Bouzek 19 Sicily and South Italy 369Clemente Marconi PART IV Images and Meanings 397 20 Olympian Gods at Home and Abroad 399H.A Shapiro 21 Politics and Society 414Eleni Manakidou 22 Personification: Not Just a Symbolic Mode 440Amy C Smith 23 The Non-Greek in Greek Art 456Beth Cohen 24 Birth, Marriage, and Death 480John H Oakley 25 Age, Gender, and Social Identity 498Jenifer Neils 26 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 510Timothy J McNiven 27 Drinking and Dining 525Kathleen M Lynch 28 Competition, Festival, and Performance 543Tyler Jo Smith 29 Figuring Religious Ritual 564François Lissarrague 30 Agency in Greek Art 579James Whitley PART V Greek Art: Ancient to Antique 597 31 Greek Art through Roman Eyes 599Michael Squire 32 Greek Art in Late Antiquity and Byzantium 621Anthony Kaldellis 33 The Antique Legacy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 633Jill Johnson Deupi 34 Greek Art and the Grand Tour 649Sue Blundell 35 Myth and the Ideal in 20th c Exhibitions of Classical Art 667Delia Tzortzaki 36 The Cultural Property Debate 683Stelios Lekakis 37 Greek Art at University, 19th–20th c 698Stephen L Dyson 38 Surveying the Scholarship 711Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos Bibliography 723 Index 817
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Genealogy For Dummies
Book SynopsisThe fun way to research your family history Genealogy For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything you need to know about starting a genealogical research projectincluding where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to leverage social networking sites and apps, how to add digital images to your family tree, and how to build your own site for sharing information. It also explains the use of compiled genealogies, U.S. Census information, and public access catalogs. Brand new to this edition is content on how to conduct genealogical research on the road, and on how to take this research and integrate it into the data found at home. It also contains new information on DNA research and testing, new geocoding applications to record geographic data into a genealogical database, and other new technologies. The book covers which apps are worth your money, and how to get the most out of them. Use the latest toolTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Genealogy 5 Chapter 1: Beginning Your Ancestral Journey 7 It’s About Time(line) 7 Crafting an online timeline 9 Learning about Sources 13 Using Genealogical Applications 15 Entering Information into RootsMagic Essentials 17 Completing the Pedigree Page 20 Creating the Virtual You 21 Giving Your Ancestors Some Privacy 24 Beefing Up Your Profile 24 Citing Your Sources 26 Getting the Full Media Experience 28 Reaching Out to Others 29 Hinting Around about Your Ancestors 30 Giving Your Ancestors Some Mobility 31 Telling Your Story 34 Chapter 2: Hunting for Your Ancestral Treasures 35 A Brief Message about Research Steps 35 Selecting a Person to Begin Your Search 36 Trying a semi-unique name 36 Narrowing your starting point 36 Choosing someone you know about 38 Selecting a grandparent’s name 39 Beginning to Put the Puzzle Together 39 Getting the 4-1-1 from Your Kinfolk 41 Dusting off old photo albums 43 Striking it rich in closets, in basements, and under beds 45 Adding Your Ancestors One by One 47 Using a bit of (Roots)Magic to keep track of your family 48 Logging your data into Ancestry Family Tree 53 Chapter 3: Searching Primary Resource Sites 55 Touring Ancestry.com 56 Trying Ancestry.com for free 56 Searching Ancestry.com’s vast collection 58 Sifting through the results 62 RootsWeb.com at a Glance 68 Investigating FamilySearch 69 Creating a free account 69 FamilySearching records 70 Using FamilySearch results 71 Other FamilySearch search functions 75 Giving Back through FamilySearch Indexing 75 Saluting Fold3 76 Creating a trial account 76 Searching at Fold3 77 Finding Your Past 82 Exploring MyHeritage 84 Chapter 4: Using All of Your Censuses 87 Coming to Your Census 88 United States census schedules 88 State, territorial, and other census records 95 Finding Your Ancestors in U.S Census Records 97 Sifting through census record results 98 Digging into digitized census records 100 Consolidating your discoveries 104 Using census records to tell a story 106 Census Records from Afar 109 Africa 110 Asia 110 Europe 110 North America 113 Oceania 113 South America 113 Part 2: Bringing Your Ancestor to Life 115 Chapter 5: Digging Deeper into Your Ancestors’ Lives 117 These Records Are Vital 117 Reading vital records 118 Gauging vitals online 120 Investigating Immigration and Naturalization Records 123 Passenger lists 125 Naturalization records 127 Land Ho! Researching Land Records 129 Surveying land lovers in the U.S. 130 Using HistoryGeo.com to map your ancestor’s land 134 Marching to a Different Drummer: Searching for Military Records 135 Taxation with Notation 140 Trial and Error at the Courthouse 142 Getting the News on Your Ancestors 143 Chapter 6: Mapping the Past 147 Are We There Yet? Researching Where “There” Was to Your Ancestors 148 Using documents that you already possess 148 Where is Llandrindod, anyway? 149 There’s No Place like Home: Using Local Resources 153 Geographic-specific websites 154 Libraries and archives 156 Pulling the obituary 157 Genealogical and historical societies 158 Looking at local directories 159 Professional researchers 161 Localizing your search 162 Gaining historical perspective 162 Mapping Your Ancestor’s Way 164 Positioning your family: Using global positioning systems 171 Plotting against the family 172 Wrapping It Up (with a Surprise) 174 Chapter 7: Searching for That Elusive Ancestor 175 Letting Your Computer Do the Walking: Using Search Engines 176 Diving into general Internet search engines 176 Flying with Genealogy Vertical Search Engines 181 Finding the Site That’s Best for You 183 Personal genealogical sites 183 One-name study sites 185 Family associations and organizations 186 Surnames connected to events or places 187 Family Trees Ripe for the Picking: Finding Compiled Resources 188 Narrative compiled genealogies 189 Compiled genealogical databases 189 Browsing Comprehensive Genealogical Indexes 191 Chapter 8: Going Beyond Borders: International and Ethnic Records 193 Fishing for International and Ethnic Sources 194 Wiki-ing for answers 194 Surveying sites with comprehensive genealogy indexes 195 Using search engines 195 WorldGenWeb 195 Translating sites 197 Records from the English-Speaking World 197 Gathering information from England and Wales 198 A lot more than haggis — finding Scottish records 201 Researching the north o’ Ireland 201 Traversing the Emerald Isle 202 Other Irish genealogy resources 203 Heading north for Canadian records 204 Accessing Australian sources 207 Hispanic and Portuguese Roots 208 Within the United States 208 Exploring south of the border: Mexican sources 209 Continental resources 210 Central and South American research 211 Swimming through Caribbean genealogy 214 Achtung! Using Sites for the German-Speaking World 215 Along the beautiful Danube: Austrian roots 215 Consulting German resources 216 Focusing on French Resources 218 Scanning Scandinavian Countries 218 Denmark 218 Finland 219 Norway 220 Sweden 220 Iceland 221 Italian Cooking 221 Other European Sites 221 Asian Resources 223 Researching African Ancestry 224 Genealogical resource pages on the web 226 Transcribed records pertaining to ancestors with African roots 227 Special ethnic pages about African ancestry 228 Original records 229 American Indian Resources 229 Where to begin looking for information about American Indians 230 American Indian resource pages on the web 232 Transcribed American Indian records 233 Chapter 9: Specializing in Your Family History 235 Researching Religious Group Records 236 Finding Fraternal Orders and Service Clubs 240 A Photo Is Worth a Thousand Words 242 Accessing Adoption Records 245 Preparing to Be Schooled 246 Turning to Bible Records 248 Snooping through Great-Grandma’s Diary 248 Nosing through Newspaper Records 249 Part 3: Putting Your Family History to the Test 251 Chapter 10: Fitting into Your Genes: Genetic Genealogy 253 Ask What DNA Can Do for You 254 A Friendly Word of Caution 255 Delving into DNA 256 Getting down to bases 257 Variations in DNA 259 Family History: Documentation versus Genetics 261 Testing Companies 262 Selecting the Right Test for You 263 Finding Helpful DNA Sites 264 Chapter 11: Direct-Line Genetic Tests 265 Y chromosome (Y-DNA) testing 265 “Junk” DNA is worth something 266 The testing process 267 Comparing the results 268 Assessing the probability of a relationship 270 Haplogroups 271 Locating others with the same results 275 Mitochondrial (mtDNA) testing 276 Testing method 278 Making sense of the results 279 Finding others with the same results 280 Chapter 12: Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Testing 281 But First a Quick Review 281 Testing Process 283 What Can I Learn from Autosomal DNA Testing? 284 Ethnicity Estimation 285 Relationship Testing 288 Back to a familiar family 290 Objectives of the test 291 Playing the match game 292 Set your phasing to stun 293 We have something In Common With you 294 Sticking with tradition 296 Browsing through the chromosomes 296 Triangulating the data 298 Meeting the objectives 300 X-Chromosome DNA Testing 301 Utilities to the Rescue 303 Part 4: Casting Your Nets in the Genealogy Sea 305 Chapter 13: Finding Your Research Path 307 Introducing the Helm Online Family Tree Research Cycle 307 Planning your research 309 Collecting useful information 311 Researching: Through the brick wall and beyond 312 Consolidating information in a database 313 Validating your findings 313 Distilling the information that you gather 314 Too Many Ancestor Irons in the Research Fire 315 Verifying Your Information 315 Chapter 14: Share and Share Alike 317 Why Would Anyone Want Your Stuff? 318 Making Friends on Facebook 318 Jumping on the Facebook bandwagon 319 Making Facebook friends 320 Sorting your Facebook friends 321 Posting statuses on Facebook 322 Sharing photos via Facebook 322 Pinning Family History to Pinterest 324 Realizing Instant Gratification with Instagram 326 Networking Genealogy-Style 326 Sharing your history on Geni.com 327 Discovering contacts through Member Connect 331 Showing context in LifeStory 331 Blogging for Attention 334 Hunting blogs 334 Getting a blog of your own 335 Building Your Own Home 338 Free web-hosting services 338 Do you speak HTML? 340 Deciding which treasures to include 340 Including Your GEDCOM 340 Generating GEDCOM files 341 Checking a GEDCOM for possible errors 343 Creating traditional trees and reports 343 Earning a Good Citizenship Award 345 Mandatory lecture on privacy 345 Respecting copyrights 346 Citing your sources 347 Chapter 15: Help Wanted! 349 Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone 349 The Shotgun Approach 350 Making Friends (and Keeping Them) Online 351 Joining a Herd: Research Groups 353 Becoming a solid member of geographical societies 354 Rooting for family and surname associations 354 Joining the crowd — Crowd Sourced Indexing, that is 356 Gathering Kinfolk: Using the Family Reunion for Research 357 Rent-a-Researcher 357 DNA Consulting 361 Helping Yourself 361 Reading up on genealogical things 362 Getting educated online 362 Part 5: The Part of Tens 365 Chapter 16: Ten Sites Worth a Visit 367 rootsfinder 367 FamilySearch Help Center 368 WeRelate 368 kindex 368 One-Step Webpages by Stephen P Morse 369 Photogrammar 369 Story Corps 369 American Battle Monuments Commission 370 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States 370 ArchiveGrid 371 Chapter 17: Ten Mobile Applications for Genealogy Research 373 Ancestry 373 FamilySearch Tree 375 RootsMagic 375 BillionGraves 376 Evernote 377 The Family Nexus 377 Saving Memories Forever 378 OldNews USA 379 QromaTag 379 Kindle 379 Index 381
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cowens History of Life
Book SynopsisA newly revised and fully updated edition of the market-leading introduction to paleontology Designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet, the new edition of this classic text describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations and the ecology and environments in which they functioned. Cowen's History of Life, 6th Edition includes major updates, including substantial rewrites to chapters on the origins of eukaryotes, the Cambrian explosion, the terrestrialization of plants and animals, the Triassic recovery of life, the origin of birds, the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, and human evolution. It also features new chapters on plants, soils and transformation of the land; the Mesozoic marine revolution; and the evolution of oceans and climates. Beginning with the origin of the Earth and the earliest life on earth, the book goes on to offer insightful contributions covering: the evolution of Metazoans; the early vertebrates; life of vertebrates on land; and early amniotes and thermoregulation. The book also looks at: dinosaur diversity, as well as their demise; early mammals; the rise of modern mammals; the Neogene Savannas; primates; life in the ice ages; and more. Covers the breadth of the subject in a concise yet specific way for undergrads with no academic background in the topicReorganizes all chapters to reflect the geological series of events, enabling a new focus on big eventsUpdated with three brand new chapters and numerous revised onesPut together by a new editorial team internationally recognized as the global leaders in paleontologyFilled with illustrations and photographs throughoutIncludes diagrams to show internal structures of organisms, cladograms, time scales and events, and paleogeographic mapsSupplemented with a dedicated website that explores additional enriching information and discussion, and which features images for use in visual presentations Cowen's History of Life, 6th Edition is an ideal book for undergraduate students taking courses in introductory paleontology, as well those on global change and earth systems.Table of ContentsPreface vii About the Companion Website xi 1 The Origin of Life on Earth 1 2 The Earliest Life on Earth 17 3 The Origin of Eukaryotes 33 4 The Evolution of Metazoans 45 5 The Cambrian Explosion 59 6 Changing Life in a Changing World 71 7 The Early Vertebrates 93 8 Leaving the Water 109 9 Early Tetrapods and Amniote Origins 123 10 Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation 137 11 The Mesozoic Marine Revolution 151 12 The Triassic Takeover 169 13 Dinosaurs 181 14 Birds and the Evolution of Flight 203 15 The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution 219 16 The End of the Dinosaurs 233 17 Changing Oceans and Climates 245 18 The Origin of Mammals 263 19 Cenozoic Mammals 277 20 Geography and Evolution 297 21 Primates 313 22 Evolving Toward Humans 325 23 Life in the Ice Age 343 Glossary 361 Index 369
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Archaeological Sciences 2 Volume Set
Book SynopsisHANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES A modern and comprehensive introduction to methods and techniques in archaeology In the newly revised Second Edition of the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, a team of more than 100 researchers delivers a comprehensive and accessible overview of modern methods used in the archaeological sciences. The book covers all relevant approaches to obtaining and analyzing archaeological data, including dating methods, quaternary paleoenvironments, human bioarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology and archaeogenetics, resource exploitation, archaeological prospection, and assessing the decay and conservation of specimens. Overview chapters introduce readers to the relevance of each area, followed by contributions from leading experts that provide detailed technical knowledge and application examples. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to human bioarchaeology, including hominin evolution and paleopathologyThe use of biomolecular analysis to characterize past environments Novel approaches to the analysis of archaeological materials that shed new light on early human lifestyles and societiesIn-depth explorations of the statistical and computational methods relevant to archaeology Perfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of archaeology, the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences will also earn a prominent place in the libraries of researchers and professionals with an interest in the geological, biological, and genetic basis of archaeological studies.Table of ContentsSection 1. Dating Overview Quaternary geochronological frameworks New developments in Radiocarbon dating Dendrochronology and archaeology Trapped charge dating and archaeology U-series dating Archaeomagnetic dating Obsidian hydration dating with SIMS Amino acid dating An introduction to tephrochronology and the correlation of sedimentary sequences using volcanic ash layers Section 2. Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Overview Modelling Quaternary Palaeoclimates Ice core and marine sediment records of Quaternary environmental change Insects as palaeoenvironmental and archaeological indicators Non-marine molluscs as palaeoenvironmental indicators Mammals as palaeoenvironmental indicators Lake and peat records of climate change and archaeology Archaeological soil micromorphology Pollen and macroscopic plant remains as indicators of local and regional environments Environmental controls on human dispersal and adaptation Holocene climate changes and human consequences Section 3. Human Bioarchaeology Overview Hominin evolution Biological distance (normal variation/non-metrical and metrical analysis) Palaeopathology Integrating bioarchaeology and palaeodemography Palaeodiet through stable isotope analysis Palaeomobility through stable isotopes Preserved human bodies Cremated bone Section 4. Biomolecular Archaeology Overview Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) Archaeological proteomics The use of immunological methods in archaeology Lipids in archaeology Archaeological microbiology Dental calculus The biomolecular archaeology of psychoactive substances Section 5. Archaeogenetics Overview Sex and kinship typing of human archaeological remains Human populations origins and movement Palaeogenomics of extinct and archaic humans Palaeogenetics and palaeogenomics to study the domestication of animals Domestication of plants Palaeomicrobiology of human infectious diseases Section 6. Biological Resource Exploitation Overview Archaeobotany Human impact on vegetation Zooarchaeology Coprolites/intestinal contents Invertebrates Secondary animal and plant products Section 7. Inorganic Resource Exploitation Overview Lithic exploitation and usewear analysis Ancient binders and pigments Materials analysis of ceramics The archaeometry of glass Mining and resource procurement: methods and approaches to the appropriation of mineral raw materials in past societies Making and using metals Provenancing inorganic materials: biography and mutability Section 8. Archaeological Prospection Overview Approaches to archaeological surface survey Geophysical survey techniques Remote sensing/LIDAR Geochemical prospecting Integrating survey data Section 9. Burial, Decay and Archaeological Conservation Overview Defining the burial environment Metallic corrosion processes and information from corrosion products Post-depositional changes in archaeological ceramics and glass Deterioration of organic materials Diagenetic alterations to vertebrate mineralized tissues Forensic taphonomy Section 10. Statistical and Computational Methods Overview Spatial information in archaeology Multivariate analysis in archaeology The Bayesian inferential paradigm in archaeology Quantification in zooarchaeology and palaeoethno(archaeo)botany The use of kernel density estimates on chemical and isotopic data in archaeology Modelling/Simulations in archaeology Big data in archaeology
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Book of Middle English
Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation, the book goes on to examine key middle English texts including a new extract from Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Divine Love with helpful notes to direct students to key points within the text. Keeping in mind adopter feedback, this new edition includes a new model translation section with a student workbook and model exercise for classroom use. This new chapter will include sections on 'false friend' words, untranslatable idioms and notes on translating both poetry and prose. The text and references will be fully updated throughout and a foreword dedicated to the late J. A. Burrow will be included.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface to the Fourth Edition xi Abbreviations xiii Part One 1 Introducing Middle English 3 1.1 The Period 3 1.1.1 From Old to Middle English 3 1.1.2 From Middle to Modern English 4 1.2 Varieties of Middle English 5 1.2.1 Regional Dialects 5 1.2.2 Early and Late Middle English 8 1.2.3 Spelling 8 2 Pronouncing Middle English 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Vowels 10 2.2.1 The Long Vowels 10 2.2.2 The Short Vowels 11 2.2.3 Unstressed Final -e 11 2.2.4 The Diphthongs 12 2.3 Consonants 12 2.4 Stress 13 3 Vocabulary 14 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 Scandinavian 14 3.3 English, French and Latin 15 3.4 Latin Loan-Words 17 3.5 French Loan-Words 18 4 Inflexions 19 4.1 Introduction 19 4.1.1 The Inflexional System 19 4.1.2 Loss of Inflexional Endings 19 4.2 Nouns 20 4.2.1 Introduction 20 4.2.2 Noun Inflexions: Early Southern Texts 21 4.2.3 Developments in Noun Inflexions 22 4.2.4 Genitive Singular Without Ending 23 4.2.5 Unchanged Plurals 23 4.2.6 Mutated Plurals 23 4.3 Pronouns and Articles 24 4.3.1 Forms of the Personal Pronouns 24 4.3.2 First and Second Person Pronouns 25 4.3.3 Third Person Pronouns: Masculine and Neuter Singular 25 4.3.4 Third Person Pronouns: Feminine Singular 25 4.3.5 Third Person Pronouns: Plural 26 4.3.6 The Definite Article 26 4.3.7 Demonstratives 27 4.3.8 The Indefinite Article 27 4.4 Adjectives and Adverbs 27 4.4.1 Definite and Indefinite Inflexions 27 4.4.2 Inflexions for Case 28 4.4.3 Comparison of Adjectives 29 4.4.4 Comparison of Adverbs 29 4.5 Verbs 30 4.5.1 Introduction 30 4.5.2 Present Tense 30 4.5.3 Past Tense and Past Participle 32 4.5.4 Past of Weak Verbs 32 4.5.5 The Verbs ‘Have’ and ‘Say’ 33 4.5.6 Past of Strong Verbs 34 4.5.7 Irregular Verbs 35 4.5.8 The Verb ‘To Be’ 36 5 Syntax 38 5.1 Gender 38 5.2 Number 38 5.3 Use of Cases 39 5.3.1 Nominative and Accusative 39 5.3.2 Genitive 39 5.3.3 Dative 40 5.4 Pronouns and Articles 41 5.4.1 Þou and ʒ e 41 5.4.2 Non-expression of Personal Pronouns 41 5.4.3 Man 42 5.4.4 Self 42 5.4.5 Reflexive Pronouns 43 5.4.6 Relative Pronouns 43 5.4.7 The Articles 44 5.5 Adjectives and Adverbs 44 5.5.1 Position 44 5.5.2 Comparatives and Superlatives 44 5.5.3 Adjectives as Nouns 45 5.6 Verbs 45 5.6.1 Use of Present Tense 45 5.6.2 Use of Past Tense 46 5.6.3 Auxiliaries of the Past 46 5.6.4 Auxiliaries of the Future: shall and will 47 5.6.5 The Infinitive 47 5.6.6 The Subjunctive 48 5.6.7 The Imperative 50 5.6.8 Impersonal Verbs 50 5.6.9 Verbs of Motion 51 5.6.10 The Passive 51 5.7 Negation 52 5.8 Questions 52 5.9 Word-Order 53 5.9.1 Inversion 53 5.9.2 The Object 54 5.9.3 Prepositions 54 5.9.4 Relative Clauses 54 5.9.5 Adverbial Phrases 54 5.9.6 Verb in Final Position 55 5.10 Recapitulation and Anticipation 55 6 Metre 56 6.1 Introduction 56 6.2 Rhymed Verse 56 6.3 Alliterative Verse 59 6.4 Laʒamon’s Brut 61 7 From Manuscript to Printed Text 62 8 Translating Middle English 65 8.1 Trevisa’s Dialogue 65 8.2 Words and Their Meanings 66 8.3 Dictionaries 67 8.4 False Friends 68 8.4.1 ‘lewd’ 68 8.4.2 ‘kind’ 70 8.4.3 Some Nouns and Verbs 71 8.5 Idioms 71 8.6 Translating Prose 71 8.7 Translating Verse 73 8.8 Translating Pearl 74 9 Select Bibliography 77 9.1 Bibliographies, Indexes, and Internet Resources 77 9.2 Language Studies 78 9.3 General Studies of the Literature 79 9.4 Studies of Particular Genres 81 9.5 Historical and Social Studies 82 Part Two: Prose and Verse Texts Note on Treatment of Texts 86 1 The Peterborough Chronicle 1137 87 2 The Owl and the Nightingale 93 3 Laʒamon: Brut 108 4 Ancrene Wisse 118 5 Sir Orfeo 124 6 The Cloud of Unknowing 144 7 William Langland: Piers Plowman 153 8 Patience 174 9 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 194 10 Pearl 214 11 St Erkenwald 233 12 John Trevisa: Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk 247 13 John Gower: Confessio Amantis 255 14 Lyrics 267 15 The York Play of the Crucifixion 284 16 Geoffrey Chaucer: The Parliament of Fowls 295 17 Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde 321 18 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 339 18a The Reeve’s Tale 340 18b The Prioress’s Tale 358 19 Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love 368 Textual Notes 375 Glossary 382
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World
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John Wiley & Sons Inc World War II For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Most Destructive War 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part 1: Origins and Causes of the War, 1919–1939 4 Part 2: Starting the War: The Axis Invades and Conquers, 1939–1942 4 Part 3: Behind Enemy Lines: Nations at War 5 Part 4: Planning and Launching the Allied Counterattack, 1942–1943 5 Part 5: The Long Haul, 1944 6 Part 6: Starting Over: The War’s Aftereffects, 1945 6 Part 7: The Part of Tens 7 Icons Used in This Book 7 Where to Go from Here 8 Beyond the Book 8 Part 1: Origins and Causes of The War, 1919–1939 9 Chapter 1: World War II: Why It Matters and What You Need to Know 11 The War’s Beginnings 12 The World War I peace agreement 12 The global economy 12 The rise of totalitarianism 13 The birth of Fascism and Nazism 13 The rise of Hitler 14 The British and French fear of another war 14 The isolationism of the United States 14 The empire building of Japan 14 Who’s Who of Combatants 15 The Allies 15 The Axis 15 The Course of the War 16 Where in the World Was the World War Fought? 17 The battles in Europe 17 The battles in the Soviet Union 18 The battles in North Africa 18 The battles in the Pacific and in Southeast Asia 18 The battle in the Atlantic 18 The Effect of World War II 19 Chapter 2: The Great War and the Uneasy Peace: How World War II Happened 21 The End of One War and the Roots of Another 22 The victors and the spoils: The Treaty of Versailles 23 Woodrow Wilson’s last card: The League of Nations 25 The world in the 1920s 26 Collapsing Economies: The Great Depression 32 The effect on countries’ economies 32 The threat to democracy 32 Fascism and Nazism: Whose Bright Idea Was This? 33 Fascism in a nutshell — if only 33 Fascism in Italy 35 Nazism: Fascism with a twist 36 The Rise of Hitler 38 The putsch that failed 38 Mein Kampf 39 Hitler consolidates power 39 Creating the regime: The alpha wolf takes over 40 Nazi top brass: The rest of the pack 42 Japan and the Militarists: The Army Calls the Shots 47 The military acts 48 The fall of Japanese democracy 48 Japan takes control of China 49 Chapter 3: Hoping for Peace: The Rise of the Dictators, 1933–1939 51 The Steps to War: Taking Advantage of Circumstances 52 Rebuilding the army 52 Buying time 53 Forging an agreement with Poland 53 Reclaiming the Saar 54 Breaking treaties 54 Advancing into the Rhineland 54 Getting Aggressive: Italy Makes a War 55 Forging a Pact: The Axis Is Born 56 The Spanish Civil War: Fascism and Communism Clash 57 Germany: Using Diplomacy and Smoke Screens for War 58 Britain: Seeking Mediation and Appeasement 59 Austria and Czechoslovakia Catch Hitler’s Eye 60 The Anschluss in Austria 60 Onward to Czechoslovakia 61 May I have more, please? 64 The diplomats — Did they do their job? 65 Part 2: Starting The War: The Axis Invades And Conquers, 1939–1942 67 Chapter 4: Invading Eastern Europe: Hitler’s Power Grows, 1939 69 Czechoslovakia Disappears: Divvying Land and German Occupation 70 Chamberlain and Daladier wise up 71 Why wasn’t I informed?! — Mussolini in the dark 71 Playing Both Sides of the Fence: Negotiations with the Soviets 72 Talks with Britain and France 72 Talks with Germany: The Nazi-Soviet pact 73 Talking Peace and Planning War: Hitler Finds an Excuse 76 Hitler’s plans for Poland 76 On the brink — and beyond 76 Chapter 5: Blitzkrieg in Europe: World War II Begins, 1939–1941 79 The Invasion of Poland 80 The German onslaught 80 The Soviets enter the fray 81 A new style of warfare: The blitzkrieg 82 After Poland’s defeat 82 Drawing the Line: Britain and France Declare War on Germany 83 British action — such that it was 84 French action: Patrolling the border 85 Fighting His Own War: Stalin Goes after Finland 85 Wave 1: Stalin faces the fighting Finns 86 Wave 2: Let’s try this again 86 Anyone paying attention? The message of the Soviet-Finnish War 87 He’s B-a-a-ck: Hitler Strikes Norway and Denmark 88 The plan 88 The attack and the resistance 88 Fighting with the hearts of lions: The Allies respond 89 Winners and losers 90 The Phony War: Using France to Get at Britain 91 The Germans: Making the most of unexpected delays 91 The Allies: You’d think that they would have been prepared 92 The first phase: Attacking the Low Countries 95 The second phase: The attack through the Ardennes Forest 95 The Allies: Stuck in Flanders 96 The Royal Navy to the rescue: Salvation at Dunkirk 96 France falls to Germany 97 Improving their position: The other dictators act 99 A British Epic: The Battle of Britain 100 Standing alone 100 Taking to the air: New considerations for aerial warfare 101 The not-so-friendly skies 102 Descending on London: The Luftwaffe Blitz 102 The Balkans: Mussolini’s Mess and Hitler’s New Target 103 Mussolini invades 103 Britain appears on the scene 103 Hitler jumps on the bandwagon 104 Greece falls to Germany 105 Capturing Crete from the air 106 The Italians Take Their Lumps All Over Africa 106 Running them out on a rail: The Italians surrender 107 Helping the Italians: Enter Rommel 108 Chapter 6: The Ultimate Battle: Hitler versus Stalin 109 If at First You Don’t Succeed, Find Another Target 110 Why the Soviet Union? 110 Working the dream: Inside the Führer’s mind 111 Laying the groundwork: Operation BARBAROSSA 112 Appeasing Germany: Stalin Is Clueless 112 Information Stalin ignored 113 Mistakes Stalin made 113 The Germans hit hard and fast 114 Forgetting What’s Important: Hitler’s Fatal Decision 116 Stalin rallies the Soviet people 118 The road to Moscow 118 New fire for the Soviets: Zhukov takes command 120 Corporal Hitler Takes Charge of the Eastern Front 120 Chapter 7: America on the Sidelines: 1933–1941 121 Looking Inward: A New President and a Neutral Stance 122 The Neutrality Act of 1935 and its extension 124 The Neutrality Act of 1937 124 The effect of the Neutrality Acts 124 Message from Japan 125 Bad Signs in Europe 126 Roosevelt Plays the Neutrality Game 126 France’s Fall: America’s Wake-up Call 127 Wheeling and dealing with Britain: Talkin’ belligerent 127 Help thy neighbor: The Lend-Lease Act 128 American ships go out 129 Enough is enough: A neutral starts shooting 130 Chapter 8: Collision in Asia: Japan and America, 1937–1941 131 A Brief History of Politics in Japan 131 Building the Perfect Machine: Japan Thinks War 132 Choking China into surrender 132 Diplomatic chess: Japan’s big plans 133 Oops! Miscalculations in diplomacy: Japan joins the Axis 134 A new guy takes over 134 Japan’s gamble: How the war would go 135 Dancing diplomats: Japan and America do the two-step 136 War Comes to America: Pearl Harbor 137 The attack 138 The aftermath 138 Japanese gains 139 The U.S declares war on Japan 139 The Japanese Wage War 140 Malaya: The worst defeat in British history 140 The Dutch East Indies 141 “A hell of a beating” in Burma 142 Wake, Guam, and the Philippines 142 Ignoring the Writing on the Wall: MacArthur Fights 144 Giving the Allies hope: “I shall return” 145 Defeat and the Death March 146 Hitler Declares War on the Mongrel Race 146 Now It’s a World War 147 Part 3: Behind Enemy Lines: Nations At War 149 Chapter 9: Maintaining Resources: The Axis 151 Nazi Germany 151 A well-fed German is a happy German 152 Spearheading the production process 152 Slave labor and other workers 153 Under the illusion: Morale 153 Resisting Hitler inside Germany 154 Unready and Unwilling: Fascist Italy 155 Wartime production 156 Struggling for labor 156 Wondering what to do: Morale 156 Believing in Victory: Imperial Japan 157 Taking control: Production 157 The Japanese labor force 158 The Emperor’s new clothes: Morale 158 Chapter 10: Working Together: The Allies 159 Staying United: The United Kingdom 160 The Yanks are comin’ again 160 Mobilizing manpower: Labor and the war effort 160 Keeping a stiff upper lip: British morale 161 Working Hard: The United States 161 Building the arsenal: The America triumph 162 Back home on the range: Morale 164 The dark side of American zeal: The internment camps 164 The Soviet Union 165 Staying alive: Production 166 Worked to death: Soviet labor 167 Becoming a world power: Morale 168 Chapter 11: The War against the Jews 169 The Rationale: Nazi Thinking 169 The Persecution Begins: Jews in Germany 170 Mobile Killing Units: The Einsatzgruppen 171 Deportation to Ghettos, Concentration Camps, and Death Camps 172 Life in the ghetto 173 Life in the concentration camps 173 The “death factories” 174 The Final Solution and Its Ultimate Failure 175 Hiding their crime 176 The arrival of the Americans, British, and Soviets 177 Part 4: Planning and Launching The Allied Counterattack, 1942–1943 179 Chapter 12: The Politics of Compromise, 1942 181 The Axis Powers: Deals among Desperados 182 American-British Cooperation: Not a Bed of Roses 183 The Atlantic Charter 183 An Allied picnic: The Arcadia Conference 184 Clashing Strategies: A Debate among Friends 185 Japan first? 185 Or Germany first? 186 What about North Africa? 186 Heating up the debate: Stalin’s call for help 187 Making the First Decision: Germany First 187 Chapter 13: Taking North Africa, Sicily, and the Boot 189 Rommel’s Desert Defeat: El Alamein 189 The Eighth Army takes on Rommel 190 Rommel returns and Montgomery enters 191 Between a rock and a hard place: Rommel’s position 191 Rommel’s defeat: Montgomery gives chase 192 Throwing the Torch: The Allies Strike in North Africa 194 Getting organized: The invasion force takes shape 195 The operation begins 197 The end of Vichy France 198 Winning ugly: The Americans’ steep learning curve 198 Turning toward Tunisia 199 Hitler sends reinforcements 199 Rommel returns again 199 Kasserine Pass: The first battle 200 The Americans regroup and attack 200 A Day and Night in Casablanca: The Allies Go-Forward Plan 201 Operation HUSKY: Invading Sicily 201 An Allied victory, an Italian surrender, and a few snafus 202 He’s OUTTA here! Mussolini gets the hook 204 Who needs a friend like you? Italy declares war on Germany 204 Up the Boot: Invading the Italian Mainland 205 Salerno to the Winter Line 205 In the wake of the victory 206 Chapter 14: Germany a Three-Time Loser: In Russia, At Home, and in the Atlantic 207 Hitler’s 1942 Offensive in Russia 208 Hitler’s plan: Bold but flawed 208 Soviet response 209 Hitler dooms his troops 210 The agony of Stalingrad 211 Setting the trap for the Germans 212 The bear trap snaps shut: The Soviets attack 212 Stalingrad: A decisive Soviet victory 213 Amassing Ammo and Men at Kursk 215 The plum of Stalin’s eye: Operation Zitadelle 216 Kursk: Another big win for the Soviets 216 Taking It to the Streets: Bombing Germany 216 Striking in daylight: The Americans join in 217 Changing Allied strategy 219 Raiding Ploesti and Schweinfurt 219 Rating the raids: Were they worth it? 220 High Tide of the U-Boat: The Battle of the Atlantic 221 The fearsome U-boats 221 Keeping the USSR strong: The Murmansk run 223 Sinking the U-boats: The turning point, 1943 223 Chapter 15: Guadalcanal, New Guinea, and Midway: Japan’s Three Strikes 225 The Rope-a-Dope: Japan Fights for Time 225 Raising American morale: The Allied counterpunch 227 Setting Tokyo on fire: Doolittle’s raid 228 A Military First: The Battle of the Coral Sea 229 Intercepting helpful info: A critical tip-off 229 Engaging in pea soup on the way to Port Moresby 230 Going after the carriers instead 231 A Japanese victory, an American triumph 231 Midway: Naval Aviation’s Finest Moment 232 Setting a trap: The Japanese three-pronged approach 232 Having two aces in the hole: The Nimitz shuffle 234 Opening moves: Bombs over Midway 234 Off the beaten path: McClusky’s miracle 235 Midway: A Strategic Analysis 236 New Guinea: Green Hell 236 Jungle fighting: The Aussies hold the Japanese 237 Bringing the Americans: MacArthur and his troops 238 Protecting Australia: Allied Pacific Strategy 239 The Americans take the offensive 239 “The Fork in the Road”: Battles on land and sea for Guadalcanal 241 Bloody Ridge: The Americans hold Guadalcanal 241 Other clashes between U.S and Japanese forces in the Solomons 242 Looking at Guadalcanal blow by blow 242 Nimitz Takes the Offensive 243 Japan’s suicide defenders at Tarawa 243 Running aground: A bitter surprise 244 The Marines take the island 244 Chapter 16: Planning for the Rest of the War, 1943 245 The Big Three: Conference at Teheran 246 Winds of Change in 1943: From the Axis Perspective 247 Playing both sides of the fence: The Japanese 247 Holding out for now: The Germans 248 The Panorama of 1943: From the Allied Perspective 248 Stepping up production: The Americans 249 Preserving and restoring the British Empire 249 Creating a new role for itself: The Soviet Union 250 Riding the storm out: China 250 Part 5: The Long Haul, 1944 251 Chapter 17: The Italian Campaign and Soviet Victories in the East 253 Changing Plans: End Run on the Winter Line 254 The strategy and potential problems 254 The fight at Cassino 255 Landing at Anzio: Surprises for everyone 255 The battle on the Anzio beach 256 The fight at the Gustav Line 256 Rome: The First Capital to Fall — So What? 257 When in Rome 258 Stalemate again 258 Steamrolling the German Army in Russia 258 Blitzkrieg, Soviet style 259 Driving into the Balkans: The Soviets take over 261 Courageous uprising in Warsaw 261 Chapter 18: Liberating Europe: From Normandy to Paris, and Beyond 263 Deciding on Strategy: OVERLORD 264 Need a plan, a real big Allied plan 265 Germans step up their defenses 267 The toughest job: Eisenhower makes the call 268 D-Day: Invasion and Breakout 268 Some success for the Canadians and British at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches 269 Success for the Americans at Utah beach 270 A near disaster at Omaha 270 A day late and a dollar short: Another Hitler blunder 271 Expanding the Beachhead 272 The battle for Caen 272 The Allied breakout into the open 273 Forcing the German retreat: The disaster at Falaise 273 Liberating Paris 274 Too Far, Too Fast: More Decisions 275 Tough choices for Eisenhower 275 The British offensive: Monty miscalculates 276 Americans bloody Germany’s nose on the border 278 Combat fatigue all along the line 278 The Air War: Wearing Germany Down 279 Allied attacks on war production factories 279 The offensive intensifies 279 Feeling the effects 280 Hitler’s Gamble: The Battle of the Bulge 281 Through the Ardennes Forest again 281 Narrowing the gap: The Allies just keep fighting 282 Losses on both sides: The aftermath 284 The Soviets on Germany’s Doorstep 284 Advancing into Yugoslavia and Hungary 284 Chapter 19: Japan Begins to Crack 287 The Island Assault Plan: The Marshalls and Then the Marianas 288 Marshall Islands: Learned Lessons Well Applied 288 Overwhelming odds: The Allies take the islands 290 Some is enough: The Marshalls go to the Allies 290 Mauling the Marianas 291 Saipan 291 Guam 292 Tinian 292 The Japanese Navy Weighs In: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 292 The Marianas “Turkey Shoot” 293 Bad news for the Japanese fleet 293 MacArthur’s island hopping 294 Kicking Off the New Guinea Campaign 294 Rabaul is encircled 295 Dominating the air: Hollandia 295 Controlling the sea: Biak 296 Same old mistakes: Peleliu 297 Preparing to Take Leyte 298 MacArthur returns 299 The Battle of Leyte Gulf 299 MacArthur: Bogged down in Leyte 303 A hard won victory 303 Aftermath of Leyte: Marching on Mindoro 304 Operations in the Pacific: An Appreciation 304 The China-Burma-India Theater 305 Allied Hit and Runs in Burma 307 British General Wingate and the Chindits 307 Chinese troops and Merill’s Marauders 307 The Japanese Tip the Balance in China 308 Stirring Up Trouble: The Japanese Offensive against India 309 Battle at Imphal 309 Battle at Kohima 310 The End of the Line in Burma: Good-bye to Stilwell and the Japanese 310 A victim of politics: Exit Vinegar Joe 311 Breaking Japanese resistance: Clearing Burma 311 Part 6: Starting Over: The War’s Aftereffects, 1945 313 Chapter 20: Ending the War (Almost): The Final Offensive 315 The Allies Cross the Rhine, the Germans Turn a Corner 316 Can’t someone shut this guy up? — Hitler tries again 317 Another bridge awaits: Pushing the river 317 A tale of two crossings 318 The Germans: Down but not out 318 The Soviets Move Forward 319 Regaining Hungary 319 Clearing the way to Berlin 319 Fearing the worst: The German exodus 320 Fighting in the Air and at Sea: The Final Acts 320 Air attacks: The bottom line 321 An end to the U-boat threat 321 Capturing German Territory 322 Symbolic spoils: The fate of Berlin 322 Understanding Eisenhower’s decision 323 Roosevelt’s Last Act and Stalin’s Coup at Yalta 323 Winning over Uncle Joe (not) 324 On the United Nations 324 On the fate of Poland 325 On the future of Germany 325 On the USSR’s involvement in Japan 326 A bitter pill 326 The War in Italy Ends, and Germany Succumbs 327 The battle in northern Italy 328 Defying Der Führer: The Germans surrender 328 Stalin Moves on Berlin 328 The Soviet onslaught 329 The end of Berlin’s most notorious citizen: Hitler 330 The fall of Berlin 331 No Way Out: The Germans Surrender 332 The German surrender to the British and Americans 332 One more time! Stalin demands another surrender 333 Celebrating VE Day 333 The happy stuff: Allies celebrate 333 The not so happy stuff 334 Reconstructing a New Germany: The Potsdam Conference 334 Getting thrown into the pot: The newcomers 336 Conference Outline: What was decided 336 Tying up loose ends: Plans for another conference 337 Warning Japan: The secret threat 338 Loose Ends of a Bitter Victory 339 Chapter 21: The Japanese Defeat 341 Returning to the Philippines 342 Luzon: The First Phase 342 Nothing is spared: Terror in Manila 344 Death from above at Corregidor 345 Finishing the battle to clear Luzon 346 Mindanao: Still more fighting to do 346 A sometimes forgotten triumph: The Philippines 347 Attack from Air and Sea: Japan Is Next 347 Targeting Tokyo, Osaka, and other cities 348 Targeting merchant ships: Submarine operations 348 The Fight for Iwo Jima 349 Defenses like never before: Japanese preparations 349 Throwing a lot of stuff: Bombing before the attack 350 Hitting the beach and a flag raising at Mount Suribachi 350 The terrible finale 352 Okinawa: A Different Set of Problems 352 On familiar ground: Okinawa’s defenders 353 The easy landing 354 Kamikaze attacks 354 The end of the Japanese fleet 355 The battle for the ridges 356 The mud of May and the Shuri Line 356 Okinawa: Another costly victory 357 The Planned Invasion of Japan 357 Planning considerations 358 Taking down Japan: The plan 359 The Atomic Bomb and the Defeat of Japan 360 Hiroshima: The first target 361 Japanese government reaction 362 The Soviets declare war on Japan 362 Nagasaki next 363 The cost 363 The end of an era: The Emperor submits 363 The announcement to the Japanese people 364 The Japanese surrender 364 The Allied Occupation of Japan 365 Chapter 22: The Uneasy Peace 367 The Costs: A Global Assessment 367 Remaking the World: War and Technology 368 Giving Peace a Chance: The United Nations 369 A New World Emerges 369 The Beginnings of the Cold War 371 Some Final Thoughts 372 Part 7: The Part of Tens 373 Chapter 23: Ten Formidable Military Leaders of World War II 375 Winston S Churchill: Timeless Excellence 375 Dwight D Eisenhower: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 376 Douglas MacArthur: Damn the Torpedoes! 376 George C Marshall: Sterling Dedication 377 Chester W Nimitz: Master of the Sea 377 George S Patton: A Warrior for All Seasons 378 Irwin Rommel: The Desert Fox 379 Franklin D Roosevelt: Artful Dodger 379 Isoroku Yamamoto: Samurai Warrior 380 Georgi Zhukov: Leading the Masses 380 Chapter 24: Ten Weapons That Made a Difference 383 The German MG-42 Machine Gun 383 The German Tiger Tank 384 The M-1 Garand Rifle 384 The V-2 Rocket 385 The P-51 Mustang 386 The Me-262 Jet Aircraft 386 The B-17 Bomber: The Flying Fortress 387 The 88 mm Gun 387 The Yorktown and Essex Class Carriers 388 The Atomic Bomb 388 Chapter 25: Ten “What Ifs?” of World War II 389 What If Hitler Conquered Great Britain Instead of Attacking the Soviet Union? 389 What If U.S Carriers Had Been at Pearl Harbor? 390 What If Hitler Pursued Proper Strategic Programs? 391 What If There Had Been No Attack on Pearl Harbor Until 1942? 391 What If Hitler Liberated the Russians? 392 What If France Held Out in 1940? 392 What If the Bulge Had Worked? 393 What If Hitler Had Been Assassinated? 393 What If Hitler Let His Generals Plan Strategy? 394 What If the Japanese Navy Had Survived? 394 Index 397
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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures viii Acknowledgments ix About the Companion Website x 1 Introduction 1 Women’s and Gender History 1 World and Global History 4 Gender, Sex, and Sexuality 6 Difference and Intersectionality 9 Theory in History 11 Gender History as a Field 15 Structure of the Book 17 2 Ideas, Ideals, Norms, and Laws 23 The Nature and Roles of Men and Women 26 Binaries 32 Motherhood and Fatherhood 36 Ideologies, Norms, and Laws Prescribing Gender Inequity 39 Ideologies of Egalitarianism 42 3 Early Human History (to 3000 bce) 53 Early Hominids 54 Homo Sapiens 58 Paleolithic Society and Spirituality 61 Domestication 66 Agricultural Societies 68 The Origins of Patriarchy 72 4 Ancient Cities and States (3000 bce–600 bce) 85 Cities and Social Hierarchies 86 Writing 91 Families and Households 96 Work 103 Religions in the Ancient Near East 106 Hereditary Dynasties and Female Rulers 111 5 Classical Cultures (500 bce–500 ce) 120 Family Life in the Classical Cultures of Eurasia 121 Sexuality in Classical Eurasia 127 Philosophy and Religion in East Asia: Confucianism and Daoism 130 Religious Traditions of South Asia: Hinduism and Buddhism 132 Religious Traditions in the Mediterranean: Christianity 139 Education and Culture 143 6 The Middle Millennium (500 ce–1500 ce) 153 Families, Households, and Kin in Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific 154 Religious Traditions Transmitted Orally 158 State Based Societies in the Americas 162 Courts and Courtly Culture 164 The Rise and Spread of Islam 168 Europe and the Mediterranean 174 Cities and the Gendering of Work 177 7 The Early Modern World (1500 ce–1800 ce) 184 Economic Developments 185 The Renaissance 191 Religious Transformations 197 Families and Race 200 Representations of Conquest and Colonialization 206 Women and Politics 208 8 The Modern World (1800 ce–2021 ce) 220 Industrialization 221 Imperialism 227 Nineteenth-century Movements for Social Change 229 Modern Sexuality 236 Wars, Revolutions, and Political Change 243 The Industrial and Postindustrial Economy 251 Families in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 258 Cultural Changes in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 264 Afterword 277 Index 282
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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Series Editor’s Preface vii Introduction 1 1 A Colonial Society in a Revolutionary Era 12 2 The Uprisings, 1791–1793 37 3 Republican Emancipation in Saint-Domingue, 1793–1798 64 4 Toussaint Louverture in Power, 1798–1801 92 5 The Struggle for Independence, 1802–1806 116 6 Consolidating Independence in a Hostile World 143 Afterword: The Earthquake Crisis of 2010 and the Haitian Revolution 169 Recent Scholarship on the Haitian Revolution 172 Notes 181 Index 192
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A History of the Later Roman Empire AD 284700
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrationsxi List of Mapsxiii List of Diagramsxiv List of Abbreviationsxv Preface to the First Editionxviii Preface to the Second Editionxx Preface to the Third Editionxxii 1 An Introduction to Late Roman History 1 The Later Roman Empire, Late Antiquity, and the Contemporary World 4 The Third Century 11 Change and Development 13 2 The Nature of the Evidence 18 The Problem of Christian Sources 19 Hagiography 20 Chronicles 21 Eastern Sources 22 Panegyrics 23 The Secular Historians 26 The Church Historians 37 The Legal and Administrative Sources 39 Letter Collections 43 Inscriptions and Papyri 43 The Material World 45 3 The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric 57 Prelude 57 A Military Monarchy 284–395: Overview 61 The Age of Diocletian and Constantine 64 The Emergence of Constantine 70 The Successors of Constantine 78 Julian 81 Valentinian and Valens 86 A Changing World 88 Theodosius I 91 Stilicho and Alaric 95 The Goths in Constantinople 100 4 The Roman Empire of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 108 Preface 109 The Reign of Theodosius II 111 The Western Empire and the Barbarians, 411–55 116 Marcian and Leo 120 The Fall of the Western Empire 122 Zeno and Odoacar 124 Anastasius 126 The War with Persia 129 Justin 130 Justinian: The Years of Ambition 131 War on the Eastern Front 137 The Nika Riot 139 The Reconquest of the West: Africa 145 The Invasion of Italy 147 5 The Roman State 160 The Anatomy of the Empire 160 Propaganda and Ideology 161 Military Security 170 Taxes and the Army 174 Ruling the Empire 178 Social and Cultural Transformations 185 6 The Barbarian Kingdoms 198 The Origins of the Germanic Kingdoms of the West 198 The Huns 204 The Germanic Kingdoms of Western Europe in the Fifth Century 209 The Visigoths 210 The Burgundians 214 The Franks 216 Ostrogothic Italy 220 7 From Pagan to Christian 232 Approaching Religious Transformations in Late Antiquity 232 Religious Pluralism in Late Antiquity 236 Christian Diversity 240 Christianity and the State: Outlawry and Tolerance 245 8 Conversion to Christianity and the Politics of Religious Identity 265 Three Conversions and Their Consequences 265 Constantine 266 Julian 273 Augustine 277 Politics and Christianity 280 Monks and Holy Men 285 Religious Identities 287 The “Arian” Dispute 292 The Council of Chalcedon and the Emergence of Miaphysitism 299 9 The Political Economy of the Later Roman Empire 313 The Economic Structure of the Later Empire 313 The Monetary System and Taxation 317 Rome 319 Constantinople 324 Alexandria 330 Carthage 333 Antioch 334 10 Society and Economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East 343 The Eastern Empire 344 The Near East 344 Asia Minor 350 The Eastern Frontier Zones 356 Egypt 360 The Western Empire 365 Africa 365 Gaul 369 Italy 376 The Danube Region and the Balkans 378 Conclusions 382 11 The Challenges of the Later Sixth Century 392 The Bubonic Plague and Other Natural Catastrophes 393 Setbacks and Recovery in the Mid-Sixth Century 399 The Challenge of the Sasanians 408 The Renewal of Hostilities Between Rome and Persia 411 12 The Last Great War of Antiquity 426 The Northern Barbarians in the Sixth Century: Avars, Slavs, and Lombards 427 The Fall of Maurice 431 The Final Showdown with Persia 433 Religious Transformations 439 13 Arabia, Islam, and the Eclipse of the Old Order 446 The Arabian Peninsula in Late Antiquity 447 Apocalyptic Expectations 452 The Coming of Islam 454 Muhammad’s Teaching and Followers 456 The First Arab Conquests 458 The Fall of an Empire 461 Why Did the Arabs Prevail? 462 14 The Survival of the Eastern Empire 470 The Roman Reaction 471 The Year of Four Emperors 471 Politics and Theology 473 The Reign of Constans II: Stabilizing the Empire (641–55) 474 Changes in the Roman Army 477 The New Masters and the Conquered Lands 478 The Roman Empire on the Defensive 482 Withdrawal to the West 482 The Stabilization of the Eastern Frontier 484 Conclusion: The Dawn of a New Age? 489 The Evolution of the Roman State 491 15 The Fall of the Roman Empire 499 One or Two Empires? 500 Taxation and Diminishing State Revenue 503 The Loss of Military Capacity 507 Environmental Change in Late Antiquity 511 Demographic Regression and Plague in Late Antiquity 513 The Afterlife of Ancient Rome 525 Bibliography 532 Chronological List of Emperors and Other Rulers 557 Index 559
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Book SynopsisThe longest-reigning monarch in European history! If the news about Harry, William, Kate, Meghan, and the rest of the British royals has you wondering about how this latest generation of princes, princesses, dukes, and duchesses got their start, you're not alone. Queen Elizabeth II For Dummies takes you on a fascinating journey through the life of Great Britain's longest-serving monarch. You'll find revealing stories about Queen Elizabeth II's family background, her childhood, early ascension to the throne, and her role during times of national crisis and triumph. The book combines must-know facts about the monarchy with details of the remarkable woman who has held the crown for over 68 years (and counting). You'll also read about: Where shows like The Crown stay true-to-life and where they take artistic liberties with historical factQueen Elizabeth II's relationship with Prince Charles, the late Prince Phillip, Princess Diana, and the thousands of famous figures she has encountered duTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: the Road to the Throne 5 Chapter 1: Queen Elizabeth II: A Global Icon 7 Carrying the Weight of History 9 Heading up a monarchy 1,500 years in the making 9 Ruling the jig-saw kingdom 11 Being one of the precious few queens 13 Following in the Footsteps of Grandpa and Daddy 16 George V 17 George VI 17 Wearing Many Different Hats 18 Ruling in theory 18 Running the family firm 19 And Being a Mum, Too 20 The Secrets of Elizabeth’s Success 21 She’s been queen for a long time 21 Her style has evolved and adapted 21 She uses more carrot than stick 22 She’s nothing if not discreet 23 Chapter 2: Triumph of Compromise: Constitutional Monarchy 25 From Tribal Leader to King of England 27 Settling down with the Anglo-Saxons 27 Uniting through adversity 29 Ruling by Divine Right? 32 Losing my religion: Henry VIII’s church reforms 33 Entering the first Elizabethan Age 35 Finding Mary (Queen of Scots) 35 Becoming a republic 36 Establishing a Constitutional Monarchy 37 Choosing absolutism or republicanism? 38 Bringing about revolution 38 Appointing a newcomer 40 Learning with George: what monarchs shouldn’t do 41 American Republic, French Republic – Britain next? 42 Chapter 3: Victoria: The Queen Who Defined an Era 43 The Monarchs Who Came Before Victoria 44 The Young Queen 45 Along Comes Albert 46 How Albert helped the British monarchy 47 The royal network 48 From Monarch to Empress 49 Victoria Gives Way to Parliament 50 Britain’s New Empire 51 Death, despair, and republicanism 52 Celebrating Victoria’s Jubilees 53 Golden Jubilee, 1887 53 Diamond Jubilee, 1897 54 After Victoria 54 Edward VII: A playboy king 55 George V: A dull king for a difficult time 55 Chapter 4: The Birth of a Princess 57 Bertie: The Stammering Second Son 58 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: A Suitable Match 58 Princess Lilibet is Born 60 Baby Betty steals the limelight 62 Grandma knows best 62 A sister is born 63 Educating a princess 64 Chapter 5: Edward VIII: The King Who Abdicated 65 Edward Prince of Wales 66 A Populist Prince 67 Edward’s other education 67 A trial run 68 Enter Wallis Simpson 68 Accession and Abdication 69 Act I: October 1936 71 Act II: November 1936 72 Act III: December 1936 73 Chapter 6: Preparing for the Throne 75 Bertie Steps up to the Plate 75 Peeking out from behind the glass curtain 77 Building up to war 78 Choosing a premier 80 The Royals at War 82 Royalty on rations 83 Working towards victory 84 Sharing hardship 84 The princesses at war 85 Countdown to the Crown 87 Reaching out to the Commonwealth 88 Courting Philip of Greece 89 Living the family life 90 Part 2: the Young Queen 93 Chapter 7: Coronation: ‘I Present Unto You Queen Elizabeth’ 95 An Occasion of Pomp and Ceremony 96 Glamour in Westminster Abbey 96 The glory of the Crown Jewels 99 Mixing family and politicians on the guest list 99 A Day to Remember 100 Chapter 8: The Queen Goes to Work 101 Working Daily as a Dutiful and Diligent Monarch 102 Dressing the part 103 Heading to work 104 Ploughing through the paperwork 105 Relaxing with some downtime 106 Acting as a Political Figure 107 Understanding the relationship between the Crown and Parliament 107 Meeting with the prime minister 108 Hosting heads of state 109 Carrying On with a Continuous Round of Visits and Ceremonial Duties 110 Touring her realm: visiting, opening, and launching 111 Running ‘The Firm’: the Windsor family business 111 Chapter 9: Back-up: The Royal Household 113 At Home With the Windsors 114 Crown properties 114 The Duchy of Cornwall 115 Private Properties 116 Are You Being Served? Meeting the Royal Household 116 The five key departments of the household 117 The power behind the throne: the Private Secretary’s Office 119 Working for the Royal Family 120 Chapter 10: The Globe-trotting Monarch 121 Taking Those All-important First Steps 122 Travelling Around the World 42 Times (Without a Passport) 124 Touring the Commonwealth of Nations 125 Understanding the Commonwealth’s role 126 Drawing the crowds and spreading joy 127 Bowling them over: Elizabeth and the Aussies 127 The Saviour of the Commonwealth? 128 Acting As a Royal Ambassador 128 Forging special relationships: Elizabeth and America’s presidents 130 Boosting trade 131 Passing the baton to other royals 132 Using Planes, Trains and Automobiles 132 Royal coaches 132 Royal cars 133 The royal train 134 The royal yacht 134 Royal flight 135 Chapter 11: The Queen Mother 137 Creating a New Role for the Former Empress 137 Sharing the Queen’s Duties 139 Flying the royal flag 139 Remaining the Queen’s mother (not just the Queen Mother) 140 Flipping the Coin: The Other Side of the Queen Mother 141 Sharing Royal Duties Around the Family 142 Out and about with Charles and Anne 142 Remaining a working family 143 Part 3: the Need to Adapt 145 Chapter 12: Times They Are a-Changing 147 Witnessing Britain’s Waning Influence in the World 147 No longer ruling an empire 148 No longer ruling the waves 149 No longer ruling the Middle East 149 No longer ruling Africa 150 Joining the European Economic Community 151 Surviving Gossip, Constitutional Complications, and Political Scandal 153 Philip’s solo world tour 153 The princess and the politician 155 Political shenanigans 156 Saying farewell to Winston 158 Ruling Through the Swinging Sixties 159 Satire and the establishment 159 Elvis and four boys from Liverpool 160 Changing social attitudes 162 Being Stuck in a Time Warp? 162 Malcolm Muggeridge 162 John Grigg 163 John Osbourne 163 Reactions from the monarchists 163 Chapter 13: Margaret: Elizabeth’s Troubled Sister 165 Looking at the Early Life of the Lively One 166 Becoming the All-singing, All-dancing Playgirl 166 Falling in Love 168 Introducing Group Captain Peter Townsend 168 Calling it off 170 And (Eventually) Getting Married 171 Being the odd one out 172 Finally a marriage 173 Heading Downhill: Sex, Drink, and Cigarettes 174 Divorce and depression 174 (Just about) Remaining a dutiful royal 175 Margaret’s final years 176 Chapter 14: The Royal Response to Criticism 177 The Raising of Charles and Anne 178 Prince Charles at school and beyond 178 Princess Anne grabs the headlines 179 Heading Towards the 1960s 181 Welcoming Two New Boys to the Family 182 Prince Andrew 182 Prince Edward 183 Living With Unsavory Rumours 184 Living with the Labour Party 185 Opening Up to the World (A Little) 186 The Royal Family documentary 187 The Investiture of Charles 187 The continued need for a little mystery 188 Chapter 15: Celebrating 25 Years: The Silver Jubilee 189 Britain’s Difficult Decade: The 1970s 189 Dealing with trouble and strife 192 Finding reasons to be cheerful 193 Keeping Calm and Carrying On 194 Planning Elizabeth’s Jubilee 196 Entering Jubilee Year 197 Celebrating in June 1977 199 Part 4: Stormy Waters 201 Chapter 16: The Tragedy of Charles and Diana 203 Stepping Out With Charles 204 Charles’s first girlfriends 204 Charles’s number one: Camilla Shand 206 Introducing Lady Diana 207 The early life of Lady Diana 207 Charles and Diana get engaged 209 The Marriage of Charles and Diana 210 Building up to the big day 210 Worrying moments of the wedding 211 Going Steady: The First Few Years of Marriage 212 Heading off on honeymoon 212 Protecting Diana from the press 213 The birth of Prince William 213 The Birth of Prince Harry 214 Fulfilling Royal Duties Together 215 Troubling times beneath the surface 215 Diana’s affairs 217 The whispers get louder 218 Heading Towards the End of The Marriage 218 Remembering Diana’s Final Year 220 Chapter 17: The Queen’s Wealth and the Cost of the Monarchy 221 Understanding Royal Finances Over the Centuries 222 Introducing the Civil List 222 Mixing family and state funding 224 Reforming the System 225 Introducing the Sovereign Grant 226 The growing grant 227 Giving the family some extras 227 Totalling Up the Windsors’ Wealth 228 Paying tax (on a voluntary basis) 228 Bowing to pressure 229 Estimating Royal Value For Money 230 Chapter 18: One Country, Two Women: The Age of Margaret Thatcher 233 Comparing Elizabeth and Margaret 234 The pragmatic Queen and her principled prime minister 234 The mother and the schoolmarm working together for a while 235 Navigating Difficulties and Dangers 236 The assassination of Louis Mountbatten 237 Rhodesia becomes Zimbabwe 238 South African apartheid 240 The invasion of Grenada 241 Prince Andrew goes to war: The Falklands 242 Coalminers divide the nation and its rulers 243 More Bombings, a Wedding and a 60th Birthday 244 Chapter 19: Defender of the Faith 247 Understanding the Long Relationship Between Crown and Church 248 Stirring things up: The radical Tudors 248 Calming things down: The Anglican compromise 249 Figuring out Elizabeth’s Faith 251 Delivering the Christmas message 252 Talking religion 253 Checking out Royal Chapels and Churches 253 Balmoral 254 Buckingham Palace 254 Sandringham 254 Windsor Castle 255 Chapter 20: Annus Horribilis 257 Staying Married is Hard to Do 258 What is a royal marriage? 258 The Windsor’s complicated history of marriage 259 Following the Family’s Progress 261 Charles: The tortured one 262 Anne: The gamechanger 262 Andrew: ‘Randy Andy’ 263 Edward: The lost boy 265 Watching a Royal Game Show 265 Smouldering Tension: Fire in Windsor Castle 267 Part 5: Steadying the Ship. 269 Chapter 21: ‘Long to Reign Over Us’: No Sign of Flagging 271 Negotiating the 1990s 272 Dwindling public deference 273 Surviving the songs and satire 274 The Death of Diana 275 Sunday, 31 August 275 Monday 1 September 276 Tuesday 2 September 276 Wednesday 3 September 276 Thursday 4 September 277 Friday 5 September 277 Saturday 6 September 278 The aftermath of Diana’s death 279 Ancient Monarchy meets New Labour 279 Celebrations and Bereavements 281 Elizabeth and Philip’s Golden Wedding 281 The death and funeral of Princess Margaret 282 The passing of the Queen Mother 282 A Queen’s Work is Never Done 283 Reacting to 9/11 283 Heading over to Eire 284 Going online 285 Chapter 22: The Queen’s Animal Friends 287 Horsing Around: The Princess and Her Ponies 288 Following royal equine tradition 288 Learning to ride 289 Being in the saddle 289 Breeding Equine Success 290 Backing the winners 292 Attending Royal Ascot 292 Her Majesty’s notable racehorse winners 294 Keeping Pets and Receiving Presents 294 The corgis 294 The dorgis 295 Exotic animals as gifts 295 Supporting Bloodsports 296 Chapter 23: The Golden and Diamond Jubilees 297 Celebrating 50 Years on the Throne: The Golden Jubilee 297 Making careful preparations 298 Dining with five prime ministers 299 Proving popular at party time 299 Lighting up the Empire State Building 300 Jaunting 40,000-miles around the world 300 Following In the Footsteps of Victoria: The Diamond Jubilee 300 Becoming re-dedicated to a life of service 301 Falling (a little) flat 301 Planning for the Platinum Jubilee 302 Holding unprecedented popularity 303 Unique celebrations for a unique queen 303 Chapter 24: Succession Secured 305 Entering a Brave New World 305 Becoming a Happier Family 307 Charles 307 Anne 308 Edward 308 Opening the London Olympics 309 Making Ripples on the Royal Pond 309 Andrew’s murky goings-on 310 Weathering recession and austerity 311 Going Green: Environmental Efforts 312 Exploring the Difficult Lives of William and Harry 313 The princes at their mother’s funeral 314 The steady one: William’s education and service 315 The wild one: Harry, soldier and playboy 316 Introducing Catherine Middleton 316 A new marriage for a new age 317 Catherine’s non-royal upbringing 318 Changing the Rules of Succession 319 Updating the Monarchy In The New Century 319 Relaxing into the role 320 Welcoming George, Charlotte, and Louis to the family 320 Chapter 25: Home Alone 321 Living Without Philip 322 The Land Rover funeral 322 Tributes and complaints 323 And Elizabeth? 323 Facing Britain’s Current Big Issues 324 Austerity 325 Scottish independence 325 Brexit 326 BLM and culture wars 328 Covid-19 329 Going It Alone: Harry and Meghan 330 Marrying a TV star 330 Heading into American exile 332 Preparing For The Crown: King Charles III 332 What Will History Make of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II? 334 Her reign was not without difficulties 334 She did her duty 335 Part 6: the Part of Tens 337 Chapter 26: Ten Prime Ministers Elizabeth has Worked With 339 Winston Churchill (1952–1955) 340 Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) 340 Harold Wilson (1964–1970, 1974–1976) 341 James Callaghan (1976–1979) 342 Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) 342 John Major (1990–1997) 343 Tony Blair (1997–2007) 344 Gordon Brown (2007–2010) 345 David Cameron (2010–2016) 345 Boris Johnson (2019 to the time of writing) 345 Chapter 27: Ten Tricky Moments for Elizabeth 347 Rumours of Prince Philip’s Infidelity (1948 onwards) 347 The Affair Between Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend (1952–1955) 348 Lord Altrincham Criticizes the ‘Priggish School Girl’ (1957) 350 The Unwise Appointment of Lord Home as Prime Minister (1963) 351 Dismissal Crisis: The Governor-General Sacks Australia’s Prime Minister (1975) 352 Michael Fagan Sneaks Into the Queen’s Bedroom (1982) 353 A New Biography Reveals Criticism of Prince Charles’s Upbringing (1994) 353 The Palace is Slow to Capture the Public Mood on Princess Diana’s death (1997) 354 Prince Charles Says he is ‘Impatient’ to Succeed to the Throne (2012) 355 President Trump Pats the Queen on the Back (2019) 355 Chapter 28: Ten Royal Portrayals 357 Jeanette Charles in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) 357 Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006) 358 Barbara Flynn in The Queen docu-drama (2009) 359 Freya Wilson in The King’s Speech (2010) 360 Emma Thompson in Walking the Dogs (2012) 360 Sarah Gadon in A Royal Night Out (2015) 361 Penelope Wilton in The BFG (2016) 361 Claire Foy in The Crown (2016–2017) 362 Olivia Coleman in The Crown (2019–2020) 363 Imelda Staunton in The Crown (2022) 364 Chapter 29: Ten Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren 365 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge 366 Prince George of Cambridge 367 Princess Charlotte 368 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 368 Princess Beatrice 370 Princess Eugenie of York 370 James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn 371 Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor 371 Peter Phillips 372 Zara Tindall 372 Index 373
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Book SynopsisWritten by top scholars in the field, PRE-MODERN EAST ASIA: A CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL HISTORY, VOLUME I: To 1800, 3E delivers a comprehensive cultural, political, economic, and intellectual history of East Asia, while focusing on the narratives and histories of China, Japan, and Korea in a larger, global context. Full color inserts on such topics as food, clothing, and art objects illustrate the rich artistic heritage of East Asia. A range of primary source documents is included throughout, while intriguing biographical sketches highlight the lives of popular figures as well as ordinary people.Trade ReviewPART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION IN CHINA. Connections: The Prehistory of East Asia. 1. China in the Bronze Age: The Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (ca 1500-771 B.C.E.). 2. Philosophers and Warring States During the Eastern Zhou Period (770-256 B.C.E.). 3. The Founding of the Bureaucratic Empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.). Connections: Buddhism. 4. Political Division in China and the Spread of Buddhism (200-580). 5. The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960). Connections: Cultural Contract Across Eurasia (600-900). PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION. 6. Early Korea to 935. Making Comparisons: Languages and Writing Systems. 7. Early State and Society in Japan (to 794). 8. China Among Equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin (907-1279). 9. Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180). Connections: The Mongols. 10. Goryeo Korea (935-1392). Making Comparisons: Monarchical Institutions. 11. Kamakura Japan (1180-1333). 12. China Under Mongol Rule (1215-1368). Making Comparisons: Food Cultures. PART III: MEETING NEW CHALLENGES (1300-1800). 13. Japan's Middle Ages (1330-1600). 14. The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644). 15. Joseon Korea (1392-1800). Making Comparisons: Women's Situations. Connections: Europe Enters the Scene. 16. The Creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800). 17. Edo Japan (1603-1800).Table of ContentsPART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION IN CHINA. Connections: The Prehistory of East Asia. 1. China in the Bronze Age: The Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (ca 1500-771 B.C.E.). 2. Philosophers and Warring States During the Eastern Zhou Period (770-256 B.C.E.). 3. The Founding of the Bureaucratic Empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.). Connections: Buddhism. 4. Political Division in China and the Spread of Buddhism (200-580). 5. The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960). Connections: Cultural Contract Across Eurasia (600-900). PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION. 6. Early Korea to 935. Making Comparisons: Languages and Writing Systems. 7. Early State and Society in Japan (to 794). 8. China Among Equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin (907-1279). 9. Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180). Connections: The Mongols. 10. Goryeo Korea (935-1392). Making Comparisons: Monarchical Institutions. 11. Kamakura Japan (1180-1333). 12. China Under Mongol Rule (1215-1368). Making Comparisons: Food Cultures. PART III: MEETING NEW CHALLENGES (1300-1800). 13. Japan's Middle Ages (1330-1600). 14. The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644). 15. Joseon Korea (1392-1800). Making Comparisons: Women's Situations. Connections: Europe Enters the Scene. 16. The Creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800). 17. Edo Japan (1603-1800).
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