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Book SynopsisNow a Major Feature Length Documentary: 'Cassius X: Becoming Ali’ (Cinema release Spring 2023) Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the path to becoming the greatest sportsman of all time. Cassius Clay is training in the 5th Street Gym for his heavyweight title clash against the formidable Sonny Liston. He is beginning to embrace the ideas and attitudes of Black Power, and firebrand preacher Malcolm X will soon become his spiritual adviser. Thus Cassius Clay will become ‘Cassius X’ as he awaits his induction into the Nation of Islam. Cassius also befriends the legendary soul singer Sam Cooke, falls in love with soul singer Dee Dee Sharp and becomes a remarkable witness to the first days of soul music. As with his award-winning soul trilogy, Stuart Cosgrove’s intensive research and sweeping storytelling shines a new light on how black music lit up the sixties against a backdrop of social and political turmoil – and how Cassius Clay made his remarkable transformation into Muhammad Ali.Trade Review'Cassius X is a delightful ride in a cherry-red Cadillac, with soul music on the radio and a steady hand at the wheel. A thoroughly enjoyable journey' -- Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life'Crisply written, fast-paced, and original, this book surges with the kind of effervescence we have long associated with a young Cassius Clay ... Filled with colourful details, with a learned eye toward the music of the era, Cassius X hits all the right notes' -- Michael Ezra, author of Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon'An exciting trip through the urban worlds of boxing, soul music, and crime, as Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam, becomes Muhammad Ali, and ascends the ranks of boxing to become World Heavyweight Champion during the early 1960s' -- Lewis Erenberg, author of The Rumble in the Jungle'There are many books about Muhammad Ali, but none like Stuart Cosgrove's Cassius X ... The book is a deeply personal look at one of 'The Greatest' public figures of the last one hundred years and is a model of how biographies of African Americans should be written' -- Ray Winbush, author of Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade'Fascinating ... a different take on its subject, like a wayward B-side of a highly familiar tune' * Scotsman *'A vivid, knowing close-up of a crucial year in the life of boxing’s most iconic figure' * Kirkus *'Stuart Cosgrove's deep research and very human storytelling highlights how black music lit up the Sixties against a backdrop of political turmoil - and how Cassius Clay began his remarkable transformation into Muhammad Ali winning the world heavyweight title from scratch three times in the process' * Harrogate Advertiser *'You can almost smell the liniment and sweat and hear the classic songs of Tamla Motown when you start reading Mr Cosgrove’s work Cassius X... a compelling reminder of why he [Muhammad Ali] made such an impression' * Dundee Courier *'An engrossing and revelatory read.. and a great playlist. You do not have to be a fan of boxing or soul music to love this book' -- Val McDermid at Edinburgh International Book Festival'A benediction of a book about the early years of the sporting deity. Cassius X is a unique take – no easy feat when faced with an athlete who has been embalmed in books over the decades' * Sunday Times *'Equivalent to a biopic which portrays the fast-moving 1960s social, political and cultural scene and gives a fascinating insight into a lesser-known part of the legendary champion's life' * Dundee Courier *'A riveting profile of one of the world’s greatest sportsmen and the world he moved in' * Herald *'No ordinary tale of the life of The Greatest. Tells the story of the many social forces that shaped the life of the former world champion' * Press & Journal *'A terrifically fresh insight into sport’s greatest superstar' * The Scotsman, Best Sports Books of 2020 *'Another belter from The Soul Trilogy author... shines a light on how black music lit up politically turbulent 1960s America' * Sunday Post *

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Book SynopsisThe public execution at Tyburn is one of the most evocative and familiar of all eighteenth-century images. Whether it elicits horror or prurient fascination - or both - the Tyburn hanging day has become synonymous with the brutality of a bygone age and a legal system which valued property over human life.But, as this fascinating cultural and social history of the gallows reveals, the early modern execution was far more than just a debased spectator sport. The period between the Restoration and the American Revolution witnessed the rise and fall of a vast body of execution literature - last dying speeches and confessions, criminal trials and biographies - featuring the criminal as an Everyman (or Everywoman) holding up a mirror to the sins of his readers. The popularity of such publications reflected the widespread, and persistent, belief in the gallows as a literal preview of 'God's Tribunal': a sacred space in which solemn oaths, supernatural signs and, above all, courage, could trump the rulings of the secular courts. Here the condemned traitor, "game" highwayman, or model penitent could proclaim not only his or her innocence of a specific crime, but raise larger questions of relative societal guilt and social justice by invoking the disparity between man's justice and God's.Trade ReviewThere are useful chapters on dying speeches and criminal biographies, contemporary theories of criminality, the rise of the highwaymen, and the ritual of execution 'to provide a cultural history of the seventeenth- and eighteenth century gallows and the larger belief system underpinning it'(26). * The Historian, 2010 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements and Notes on Sources; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. From Newgate to Tyburn: Setting the Stage; 2. From the Gallows to Grub Street: Last Dying Speeches and Criminal 'Lives'; 3. Everyman and the Gallows: Contemporary Explanations for Criminality; 4. Highwaymen Lives: Social Critique and the Criminal; 5. The Ordinary's Account: Confession and the Criminal; 6. Dying Well: Martyrs and Penitents; 7. Dying Game: Highwaymen and Bridegrooms; 8. God's Tribunal: Providential Discoveries and Ordeals; Conclusion: The Adjournment of God's Tribunal.

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Book SynopsisIn 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that ‘the provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of the debasing pleasures.’ Music was seen as an important moral influence and ‘musical cultivation … the safest and surest method of popular culture’, and it was the eventual introduction of the bandstand which became a significant aspect of the reforming potential of public parks. However, the move from the bull baiting of ‘Merrie England’ to the ordered recreation provided by bandstands has never been fully comprehended. Likewise, the extent of changes in leisure and public entertainment and the impact of music at seaside resorts often revolved around the use of seaside bandstands, with the subsequent growth of coastal resorts. Music in public spaces, and the history and heritage of the bandstand has largely been ignored. Yet in their heyday, there were over 1,500 bandstands in the country, in public parks, on piers and seaside promenades attracting the likes of crowds of over 10,000 in the Arboretum in Lincoln, to regular weekday and weekend concerts in most of London’s parks up until the beginning of the Second World War. Little is really known about them, from their evolution as ‘orchestras’ in the early Pleasure Gardens, the music played within them, to their intricate and ornate ironwork or art deco designs and the impact of the great foundries, their worldwide influence, to the great decline post Second World War and subsequent revival in the late 1990s. This book tells the story of these pavilions made for music, and their history, decline and revival.Trade ReviewPaul Rabbitt's splendid book is dedicated to both their social and architectural glory. ... Impeccably researched and presented, it is a lovingly dedicated tribute to a very peculiar combination of practical, artistic engineering. ... Wonderful images showcase the cornucopia of structures and designs (and so many of the examples in the book are truly remarkable), as well as capturing a snapshot of the listening habits of the public throughout the generations. Iwan Fox, 4 Bars Rest... The extensive gazetteer of both existing and lost bandstands that concludes the book is ample testimony to the years of dedicated research and investigation that Paul Rabbitts has undertaken.Sally Williams, London LandscapesPaul Rabbitts is a true (and extremely knowledgeable) enthusiast, and his book combines social, architectural, horticultural and musical history, generously illustrated with highly evocative photographs from the author's own collection.A Magazine for RIBA Friends of Architecture'A book for savouring, it will repay close reading for a wider historical understanding of the place of music in entertainment and leisure, and its role in the democratic nature of public parks.'GR Arnold, ContextTable of Contents1. Early leisure to rational recreation 2. Rational recreation: pleasure gardens to public parks 3. Brass in concert 4. The art and architecture of the bandstand 5. Decline and revival of bandstands 6. The future of bandstands?

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Book SynopsisThe story of the English marriage is unique and eccentric. Long after the rest of Europe and neighbouring Scotland had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church, making it all too easy to enter into a marriage but virtually impossible to end an unhappy one.If England was a 'paradise for wives' it could only have been through the feistiness of the women. Married women were placed in the same legal category as lunatics. While Englishmen prided themselves on their devotion to liberty, their wives were no freer than slaves. It was a husband's jealously guarded right to beat his wife, as long as the stick was no bigger than his thumb. Only after 1882 could a married woman even retain her own property. But then marriage was all about property in a society which was both mercenary and violent, where a girl was virtually sold into marriage and a price was put on a wife's chastity. With a cast of hundreds, from loyal and devoted wives in troubled times to those who featured in notorious trials for adultery, from abusive husbands whose excesses were only gradually curbed by the law to the modern phenomenon of the toxic wife, acclaimed historian Maureen Waller draws on intimate letters, diaries, court documents and advice books to trace the evolution of the English marriage. It is social history at its most revealing, astonishing and entertaining.Trade Review'One wonders how many wives will identify with the women - abused or put-upon, silly or ignorant, sentimental or feisty, sexy or the opposite - that they will meet in these fascinating pages' * Daily Mail, Peter Lewis *'Excellent' * Telegraph *'a descriptive narrative of marital making and breaking, told through a tapestry of individual stories' * TLS *'Waller's wonderfully lively book brings to life the story of English marriage through accounts of mainly upper-class matches made for money or social advancement' * FT *'The English Marriage...should be required reading. Waller uses meticulous research to piece together love letters, hate mail, private diaries, historic advice manuals and court judgements, tracing the evolution of the English marriage'/ 'a fascinating historical romp through the private lives of the great the good and the downright horrible' * The Times *'Her retelling of some of the most infamous nightmares in the history of English marriage is very well done' * Guardian *'at times upsetting, astonishing and entertaining, but always informative, hugely readable and witty' * Ancestors *'And in her book The English Marriage, author Maureen Waller blames rising divorce rates on the fact that "the demand for emotional and sexual fulfilment from marriage has risen to unrealistic levels and there is less tolerance of boredom or a partner's shortcomings."' * The Gloss (Eire) *In a series of lively vignettes, Maureen Waller examines how the church and the state seized control of marriage, the link between property and chastity, legal battles over divorce, child custody and bigamy, as well as adultery, desertion, elopement and even wife sales * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisA century before the emergence of its cousin, the Sicilian mafia, the criminal organisation known as 'The Camorra' was establishing a deadly grip on Naples and Southern Italy. Its influence today is as strong as ever. This account of the organisation and its shadowy leaders reveals a crime syndicate of extraordinary power and resources: it involves the major political parties, along with the police, judiciary, administrators and leading figures in the business community.Trade Review"'Very well-researched... excellent' - Vincenzo Ruggiero, THES 'Lively and readable... honest and interesting' - Mark Galeotti, Modern Italy 'Excellent, an exciting read' - Carl Levy 'Tom Behan convincingly shows that all levels of the Italian state, including the judiciary are sufficiently corrupt and in hock to the Camorra as to make all reformist solutions bankrupt' - Socialist Review"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The origins of the Camorra and the Mafia 2 The postwar development of the Camorra 3 The 'administrative economy' and the 1980 earthquake 4 The 'business camorra' of the Nuvoletta gang 5 The Cirillo affair 6 How the Camorra works 7 Criminal politics 8 Who will stop the Camorra? Conclusion - Ha da passà 'a nuttata Tables Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe latest volume in Wm. Roger Louis' acclaimed "Adventures with Britannia" series takes the reader on a highly engaging excursion through British life and intellectual biography. Collecting the interpretations of outstanding writers on the literature and history of modern Britain, "Ultimate Adventures with Britannia" deals with a rich variety of themes - some familiar, many unexpected. The scope of this wide-ranging volume includes not only the personalities, politics and culture of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, but also the interaction between British and other societies throughout the world. The chapters embracing historical themes include Brian Harrison and Dominic Sandbrook on the 1960s and Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Churchill and the Jews. In Britannia's literary domain, Dan Jacobson assesses Thomas Hardy and T.S. Eliot while Margaret Macmillan asks how well Paul Scott's Raj Quartet bears up after some four decades. And in a combination of cultural, architectural and intellectual history, Bernard Wasserstein traces the decline and possible revival of the 'second city in the Empire', Glasgow. "Ultimate Adventures with Britannia" retains all the intellectual originality and accessibility that characterise the earlier volumes in this series and continues a stimulating and highly appealing tradition.Table of ContentsList of Authors Introduction Wm. Roger Louis 1 Glasgow in the 1950s Bernard Wasserstein 2 Historiographical Hazards of Sixties Britain Brian Harrison 3 Against the Permissive Society: The Backlash of the Late 1960s Dominic Sandbrook 4 Trevor-Roper’s Scotland Roy Foster 5 Chatham House and All That Roger Morgan 6 The Study of International Relations in Historical Perspective Adam Roberts 7 Balthazar Solvyns and Eighteenth-Century Calcutta Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr. 8 John Frederick Lewis and Nineteenth-Century Cairo Caroline Williams 9 Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes Richard Jenkyns 10 Eliot versus Hardy Dan Jacobson S5188.indb v 8/26/09 1:05:56 PM 11 Such, Such Was Eric Blair Julian Barnes 12 Drink and the Old Devil Peter Green 13 Elegy for an Empire: Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet Margaret MacMillan 14 Churchill’s Zionism Geoffrey Wheatcroft 15 Julian Amery: The Ultimate Imperial Adventurer Sue Onslow 16 Colonial Independence David Cannadine 17 The Failure of the West Indies Federation Jason Parker 18 W. K. Hancock and the Question of Race Saul Dubow 19 Historians of the British Empire, plus 100 Top Hits of Imperial History John Darwin 20 Gertrude Bell and the Creation of Iraq Shareen Brysac 21 The Aftermath of the 1958 Revolution in Iraq Roby Barrett 22 Comparing British and American 'Empires' A. G. Hopkins 23 British Studies at the University of Texas, 1975-2009

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Book SynopsisThe squares of London are amongst its most famous and best loved features. Berkeley Square, Eaton Square, St James's Square - the names are inextricably linked with the history of London itself. And the great houses of the capital - Buckingham House, Apsley House, Spencer House, to mention but a few - are intimately bound with the story not just of London but of the great families of the land. Edwin Beresford Chancellor's two volumes form an absorbing and informative account of the history of two of London's defining features. First published almost a century ago, these rare volumes still provide the most comprehensive accounts of their subject in a single volume. Attractively illustrated, with a new Introduction by Simon Jenkins, and handsomely produced in large format, they will be welcomed by all those with an interest in London's architectural and cultural history.Table of ContentsVolume I: The History of the Squares of London, Topographical and Historical Preface Introduction by Simon Jenkins Introduction by Edwin Beresford Chancellor 1. Berkeley and Grosvenor Square 2. Cavendish and Hanover Square 3. St James's, Panton and Cleveland Squares 4. Soho and Golden Squares 5. Leicester Square 6. Red Lion, Bloomsbury, and Bedford Squares 7. Russell and Queen Squares 8. Tavistock, Gordon, Brunswick, mecklenburgh, Woburn, ..etc., Squares 9. Portman, Montagu, Bryanston, Dorset, ... etc., Squares 10. Kensington Squares - Cadogan, Ovington, Trevor, Onslow, ... etc., Squares Squares North of the Park - Connaught, Oxford, Cambridge, Gloucester, ..... etc., Squares 11. Westminster Squares - Vincent, Smith and Queen Squares Belgravia Squares - St George's, Warwick, Ebury, Eaton, .... etc., Squares Chelsea Squares - Markham, Marlborough, Tedworth, Paultons, .....etc., Squares 12. Squares of the City and East End - Gough, Salisbury, Devonshire, Myddleton, .... etc.,Squares Squares of North-East and South London - Arundel, Barnsbury, Cloudesley, De Beauvoir, ....etc., Squares Index Volume II The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present Preface Introduction by Edwin Beresford Chancellor 1. Past City Palaces - Devonshire House, Northampton House, Bridgewater House, Aylesbury House, Albermarle House, ..... etc. 2. Great Houses of the Strand - Essex House, Arundel House, Worcester House, ....etc. 3. Burlington House and Others - Burlington House, Clarendon House, Buckingham House, ....etc. 4. Leicester House and Others - Leicester House, Drury or Craven House, Harcourt House, ....etc. 5. Whitehall Houses - Richmond House, Pembroke House, Gwydyr House, Carrington House, .... etc. 6. Apsley House 7. Bridgewater House 8. Chesterfield House 9. Crewe House 10. Devonshire House 11. Dorchester House 12. Grosvenor House 13. Lansdowne House 14. Londonderry House 15. Montagu House 16. Norfolk House 17. Portman House 18. Spencer House 19. Stafford House 20. Wimborne House Index

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Book SynopsisWritten in the wake of the widely publicised attacks by Hindu nationalist activists on the late M. F. Husain, India's most famous artist and a prominent Muslim, The Art of Secularism addresses the entanglement of visual art with political secularism. The crisis in secularism in India, commonly associated with the rise of Hindu nationalism in the 1980s, transformed the meaning of art. It challenged the relation- ships between modernism, national culture, secularism and modernity that had been built since India's independence in 1947. The Art of Secularism describes how four renowned artists - M. F. Husain, K. G. Subramanyan, Gulammohammed Sheikh, and Bhupen Khakhar - developed their practice in an era when secular nationalism grappled with the recent re-enchantment of signs. Com- bining close readings of these artists' work with ethnography of the art worlds of Mumbai and Vadodara, Karin Zitzewitz describes both the everyday forms of cosmopolitanism in the Indian art world and the increasing vulnerability of art world spaces to cultural regulation. She also presents the shifting conditions of the production and exhibition of art within the particularly urgent, varied, and sophisticated public debates about secularism in India, in which artists have been increasingly prominent interlocutors.Trade ReviewThe Art of Secularism probes the enormously complex dialectic between religious iconography and the secular image within the trajectories of modernism in India, and engages with some of its most volatile effects - censorship, blasphemy, intolerance, violence - in careful and intelligent ways. It opens up many powerful questions and lines of investigation, and will no doubt help galvanise future discussion in this under-explored scholarly terrain. -- Saloni Mathur, Associate ProfessorThe Art of Secularism is an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on Indian art and visual culture: a timely, clear-headed, and sensitive investigation of Indian modernism at the flashpoint between the 'normative secularity' of art and politicised religiosity in the public sphere. Zitzewitz compellingly shows us how secularism is itself an art, a set of practices unfolding here as a richly textured range of responses to variously felt aesthetic and ethical imperatives to engage religious image-traditions. Her art historical account of artists and works is interwoven with a vivid ethnographic sense of the Indian art world and its performative contexts: not only its spaces of production, display and critique, from the studio, art school and gallery to the internet, law court, and cityscape, but also the deep ethical bonds of friendship at its heart. With remarkable economy, theoretical verve, solid groundwork and lovingly detailed observation she renders this complex terrain legible to those unfamiliar with it; for those inhabiting it her analysis will provide fresh resources to face the deepening threat to their freedom. -- Kajri Jain, Associate Professor of Indian Visual Culture and Contemporary Art

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Book SynopsisIn 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called 'Pauperland.' More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain.Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Townsend, it remains largely unknown to, or often hidden from, those who are not poor. Pauperland is Jeremy Seabrook's account of the mutations of poverty over time, historical attitudes to the poor, and the lives of the impoverished themselves, from early Poor Laws till today. He explains how in the medieval world, wealth was regarded as the greatest moral danger to society, yet by the industrial era, poverty was the most significant threat to social order. How did this change come about, and how did the poor, rather than the rich, find themselves blamed for much of what is wrong with Britain, including such familiar-and ancient-scourges as crime, family breakdown and addictions? How did it become the fate of the poor to be condemned to perpetual punishment and public opprobrium, the useful scapegoat of politicians and the media?Pauperland charts how such attitudes were shaped by ill-conceived and ill-executed private and state intervention, and how these are likely to frame ongoing discussions of and responses to poverty in Britain.Trade Review'This is a beautifully written book that suggests that our current debates about welfare dependency and entitlements are nothing new. ... Seabrook traces perceptions of the poor over four centuries, and how the authorities have alternated between severity and leniency. He also uses his 50 years' experience as a social worker and researcher to pen poignant descriptions of the realities of being poor in modern Britain. [Pauperland] is a powerful plea for better understanding and humanity.' * The Sunday Times *'Intelligent and subtle analysis of the linked ideas of poverty and wealth ... Seabrook's fascinating book - part intellectual history, part heartfelt polemic - is a plea to redefine wealth and poverty in a less materialistic way.' * The Guardian *'Nothing changes, the poor are always with us - and so are the punitive attitudes of those who confine others to that condition. From Speenhamland to the work house to Iain Duncan Smith, Jeremy Seabrook's enlightening tour through this sorry history reveals the unceasing need of the comfortable to remoralise the paupers, not themselves.' * Polly Toynbee, columnist for The Guardian and author of Hard Work: Life in Low-Pay Britain *'Seabrook's history of the poor and attitudes towards them is a powerful political and moral polemic.' * The Times *'Seabrook sensitively chronicles attitudes towards the poor from the Elizabethan Poor Laws onwards. ... The historical backgrounding is solid, but where Pauperland comes into its own is through its refusal to disregard oral history: the sidelining of the poor is an intrinsic tool in the perpetuation of inequality. Seabrook's examination of the 20th century and beyond comes alive with these oral histories, as well as through personal recollection and insight that never descends into mawkishness.' * New Humanist *'The inspirational Jeremy Seabrook beats any celebrity radical in the art of speaking hard truths through fine prose.' * Boyd Tonkin, The Independent *'Jeremy Seabrook is one of England's most imaginative and creative writers, with a preacher's talent for prophecy and a capacity for righteous indignation reminiscent of George Orwell.' * Richard Gott, The Guardian *

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Book SynopsisThe storm came on the night of 31 October. It was a full moon, and the tides were at their peak; the great rivers of eastern Bengal were flowing high and fast to the sea. In the early hours the inhabitants of the coast and islands were overtaken by an immense wave from the Bay of Bengal -- a wall of water that reached a height of 40 feet in some places. The wave swept away everything in its path, drowning around 215,000 people. At least another 100,000 died in the cholera epidemic and famine that followed. It was the worst calamity of its kind in recorded history. Such events are often described as 'natural disasters'. Kingsbury turns that interpretation on its head, showing that the cyclone of 1876 was not simply a 'natural' event, but one shaped by all-too-human patterns of exploitation and inequality -- by divisions within Bengali society, and the enormous disparities of political and economic power that characterised British rule on the subcontinent. With Bangladesh facing rising sea levels and stronger, more frequent storms, there is every reason to revisit this terrible calamity. An Imperial Disaster is troubling but essential reading: history for an age of climate change.Trade Review'A book which should be widely read... It demystifies the official disclaimer that these are 'natural calamities' for which the administration is not responsible, exposing how the British colonial administration's policies in nineteenth century Bengal destroyed the coastal environment that led to the devastating cyclone of 1876.' -- Sumanta Banerjee'Kingsbury’s book holds lessons from the past for a climate-changed world … meticulously researched … this thoroughly engaging book should be required reading for historians of South Asia, environmental historians and scholars of disaster studies. Written with an acute sensitivity and historically rich, it is a story of the present as much as a story of the past.’ -- Economic & Political Weekly'Kingsbury's book is a searing indictment of the British Raj' -- The Journal of Asian Studies'In the age of the Anthropocene, An Imperial Disaster complicates the distinctions usually made between natural and human disasters. This meticulously researched and lucidly presented account of the late nineteenth century Bengal cyclone, will be as relevant to historians of the Indian subcontinent as it will be to scholars thinking about Hurricane Katrina or the Australian wildfire.' -- Rochona Majumdar'A well-written, very readable book, based on many official records and newspapers. It is full of telling details and anecdotes and emphasises the official failures, neglect, misinformation, damaging ideology, and personal ambition of colonial rule during the 1870s.' -- Peter Robb'Narrated in beautiful prose and based on scrupulous scholarship, with an unerring eye for the apposite quotation, 'An Imperial Disaster' is microhistory at its best. It lays bare the imperial and human context of a natural disaster and reveals, equally shockingly, how no substantive lessons were learnt from it.' -- Dr Chandrika Kaul'Lucidly argued and meticulously referenced... the story of colonial apathy, greedy landlords and the ruthless laissez-faire policy of the state is vividly rendered against a background where thousands perished due to drowning and disease. The study is an important contribution to the economic and environmental history of India.' -- Vinita Damodaran

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Book SynopsisThere has been an explosion of research into the experiences of British Muslims, but what has been conspicuous by its absence is a proper historical treatment of the phenomenon. This book aims to address this issue. The Infidel Within remains one of the most important books on the history of British Muslims.Trade Review'Striking diversity is the most distinctive feature of the Muslim community in Britain. Yet, as Ansari argues in this history of Islam in Britain, British Muslims have consistently been portrayed as denizens of a monolithic and undifferentiated world, ill at ease with modernity, secularism and democracy. Through painstaking research, and an inspired exploration of the issues of identity, Ansari sets out to dispel this absurd, but widely held, myth.'— The Independent; '[Humayun Ansari does] an excellent job of providing a historical and country-wide account which is not only descriptive but analytical. It is fluently written and easily accessible to a wide range of readers and has the potential of becoming the initial reference text for people starting research in the area as well as a required text for university courses.' — Jorgen S. Nielsen, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Birmingham

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Book SynopsisIoan Lewis details the history and culture of the Somali people, providing a unique window into this little-known culture and its increasingly public predicaments. He provides insight into the complex social, historical, and cultural hinterland that is the Somali heritage and pays close attention to the pervasive influence of traditional nomadism, especially its extremely decentralized nature. Lewis also addresses developments in the Somali political region since the collapse of the Republic in 1991, including the formation and steady development of the democratic state of Somaliland. Though it has grown into a de facto personality, this self-governing outpost of democracy is still officially unrecognized internationally. Lewis concludes with a discussion of the Islamist movement that brought a brief but astonishing period of stability to much of Southern Somalia in late 2006.Table of ContentsContentsPart One: The Social Setting1. The Somali Ethnic Region2. Migration and the Islamic Tradition3. The Somali Nation and its Traditional Divisions4. Family Organisation5. Marriage Arrangements6. Religion and General Cultural Characteristics7. The Oral Heritage8. Self-image and National CharacteristicsPart Two: Pre- and Post-Colonial History9. The Imperial Partition (1880-1941)10. The Re-partition of the Somalis (1941-60)11. Independence 1960-196912. The Pan-Somali Struggle (1960-9)13. Military Rule and Revolution (1969-74)14. Scientific Socialism in Somalia15. The Resumption of the Pan-Somali Struggle (1974-8)16. The Russian Legacy17. Government and Rural SocietyPart Three: Society and Economy18. Traditional Rural Social Institutions19. Local Groups and Settlement Patterns20. Livestock Trade and Labour Migration21. Northern Cultivating Settlements22. Southern Cultivating Settlements23. State Settlement Schemes Following the 'Drought of the Long Tail'24. The Refugee Crisis (1978-80)25. Internal Dissent After the Ogaden WarPart Four: Civil War and the Birth of New Polities26. Peace with Ethiopia, Chaos at home27. The Rebirth of Somaliland28. International Intervention29. The Arta 'transitional government'30. The Mbagathi 'transitional federal government'31. Islam brings peace to Mogadishu32. Somaliland: the power of home-made democracy33. Puntland and other possibilitiesAppendicesDiagrams, Tables & Maps

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Book Synopsis''Saracen'' was a name employed by medieval writers to describe the Muslims of Syria and Palestine, and the Arab rulers of North Africa generally - especially those conquerors of Spain and Sicily, and the invaders of France. Later the name was applied to all those peoples against whom the crusades were preached, and it is with these events that the term ''Saracen is most popularly connected. Saladin, proclaimed sultan in 1174, was the most prominent leader of this period and in many ways he can be said to typify the Saracenic qualities: courage, wisdom, magnanimity. However, the crusader period covered but a small part of Saracen history which, indeed, can be said to extend from pre-Islamic Arabia; Spain itself saw eight centuries of Saracen rule. In ''A Short History of the Saracens'', Ameer Ali examines every aspect of these extraordinary people. Few writers, in the decades since this work was first published, in 1899, have presented a more complete account. For this reason, both historians and students of the period will welcome its republication.

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Book SynopsisEdward William Lane (1801-1876), Arabic scholar, first went to Egypt in 1825 for the sake of his health. He made several voyages up the Nile and came to speak Arabic fluently, even adopting Egyptian manners and dress. He was therefore perfectly equipped to begin work on an intimate study of Egyptian life. His other works include a translation of the Thousand and One Nights, and an exhaustive thesaurus of the Arabic language. Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians was first published in two volumes in 1836. It remains a standard work on the subject. Every page contains some item of essential information regarding Arab life: from religion, law and literature, through to domestic matters, art and superstition. The edition is reproduced in facsimile from the 1896 edition, and it retains the abundance of rich and usual photographs and engravings.

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Book SynopsisThe mysterious art of magic has been a source of wonderment since before the time of Christ. Shape shifting between the supernatural practices of 'real' magic and demonstrations of dazzling illusion, magic has been used to conjure the evil eye, burn villages to the ground, slice women in half, and save men from being crushed to death by five tonnes of cement. Robert Ralley's history takes us deep into this magical underworld to reveal the astounding stories of some of the world's greatest magicians. From the astrology of the three wise men to Harry Houdini's escapology, and David Blain's endurance tests, Ralley illustrates the changing perceptions of magic and the dangerous balance between illusion, fraud, and devilry that still exists today.

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Book SynopsisHorses were used for many purposes in Shakespeare's England: for travel, either on horseback or in carriages, for haulage and for pleasure, and for work in the fields. The upper classes were closely involved with horses, for jousting, hunting and racing. Horses was also essential to any army, both as cavalry and to draw supplies and artillery. Horse ownership was, however, much more widespread than might be imagined. "Horses in Shakespeare's England" shows how, in pre-industrial England, horses were bred and trained, what they ate, how much they were worth, how long they lived, and what their owners thought of them. While they were named individually, and sometimes became favourites, many were worked hard and poorly treated, leading to their early deaths. They were, nevertheless an essential part of the life of the time and are strikingly depicted in literature and art, as well in many other records.Trade Review"Edwards (Univ. of Roehampton) has written a fascinating if somewhat diffuse study of virtually every aspect of the use of horses in England between the reign of Henry VII and the 18th century...the wealth of details about equine culture is in some sense its own reward. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." —S. Morillo, CHOICE, April 2008, Vol. 45, No. -- S. Morillo"the best available overview...Edwards' book chronicles an inter-species relationship whose importance can scarcely be overestimated, one that produced major changes in the history of transportation, trade, sport, warfare, agriculture, art, diplomacy, and much more besides." - Bruce Boehrer, Reviews in History, May 2008"Peter Edwards, in Horse and Man In Early Modern England, his most recent history of horses, looks forward as he looks back to the uses of these animals during the period...His book is useful, particularly the documentary information he provides...The best one can say about a work is it makes a reader think, and this one does: not only by providing usable facts and figures in tables and graphs, say of market versus fair purchases or the rates of insemination for breeders, but by stimulating us to think in new ways about the world we write and teach...Perhaps most significantly of all is the work's potential utility for the classroom. As if the clear writing weren't argument enough for introducing student to historical research and how to use it in their own research, the structure of the book makes it particularly suitable for the undergraduate classroom...Those who teach undergraduate humanities courses and would like to offer supplemental reading for literature or history in which horses figure prominently, whether in Swift or Shakespeare or in the ethos of early modern kings and commons, will also find this history bridled with gems." -Sandy Feinstein, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, Fall 2008"From the fully documented but very readable text a clear picture of the economic, social and cultural worth of the horse emerges clearly...In all, an excellent, up-to-date work." Northern History, 2009"That strange ambivalence, at the heart of the early modern Englishman's relationship with the horse, is captured wonderfully in the story that Professor Peter Edwards tells here." "The breadth of this work is reflected in the far-reaching research that underpins it." "He has a marvellous eye for quotes and this is an accessible and entertaining read both for the early modernist and the horse enthusiast." History Today, 01/08/07 -- History TodayImage from book printed in Church Times, 3 August 2007 * Church Times *Table of ContentsIllustrations; Introduction; 1 The Horse and Society; 2 Attitudes towards Horses; 3 Training and Treatment; 4 Riders and Mounts; 5 Coach Travel; 6 Workhorses; 7 Hunters; 8 Warhorses; 9 Racehorses; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this wide-ranging volume are experts from a range of psychiatric, criminal justice, legal and ethical backgrounds, and, uniquely, include patients who recount their own experience of forensic care settings. They examine and explore the central theoretic issues, such as culture, power, difference and participation, and relate them to examples of current practice, and to the improvement of future service provision. They identify techniques and approaches which will improve care and treatment.Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Secure Psychiatric Practice: Working with Difference. provides essential information and analysis which exposes society's view of minorities and the influence these views may have on care professionals working in psychiatric and criminal justice systems. It suggests practical steps for improvement to ensure a more equitable and culturally sensitive service provision.Trade ReviewIts mixture of essays and poetry intersperses the personal and the political, and in so doing helps to underscore the rich and multi-layered issues that frame black and minority ethnic people's lives -both in the mental health system and more broadly...Its not a moment too soon. -- Transcultural SocietyI would encourage forensic practitioners to read this book. It contains some outstanding individual contributions, answers to specific cultural questions and provides resources to help address racial issues in secure services, in the form of policy statements and audit protocols from Broadmore Hospital. -- British Journal of PsychiatryThis book addresses issues such as anti discriminatory training, diet, religious and spiritual needs. These are not addressed in a practical sense in most psychiatric secure units, and it is commendable that they are covered in this book. The editors also deal with an unprecedented, though very much welcomed, area; the experience of black staff at work. This is one of the most controversial issues in nursing generally. There were no attempts by the editors to water down the grim reality of the situation as experienced by many black staff at work. The discussion on racism from patients must also be singled out. All too often, those who are in a position to make a difference dance nervously around this issue. It is a relief to see this book addressing the problem and making suggestions to bring about change...I hope that this book will help health professionals to find a way through this hummocky terrain. -- Nursing TimesIts strength lies in two areas. The first is the editor's ability to have assembled a number of different voices. This aids its overall impact and helps to drive home the message that focusing on race, culture and ethnicity should be on everyone's agenda - not least consultant psychiatrists ...The second point worth noting is the books' accessibility. Its mix of essays and poetry intersperses the personal and the political. This helps to underscore the rich and multi-layered aspects which frame black and minority ethnic people's lives - in the mental health system and more broadly. -- Health Service JournalKaye and Lingiah have done justice to this most difficult of issues facing secure psychiatric services. The justice concerns the three main aspects of this book. The first relates to the way the contributors approach their topic, in a bright, refreshing yet serious manner that adds a "newness" to the debate. Second, they do not shirk the sensitive issue of the relationship between cultural difference and societal expectations. Rather than simply laying blame for failings, the contributors discuss the issues of causation in a thoughtful and provocative way. Third, they attempt to provide some suggestions as to how we may begin to address the problems of prejudice in forensic practice, and these suggestions are practical and realistic.The editors should be applauded for producing such a well structured and meaningful text that focuses fresh attention on a longstanding problem. The structure is logical, dealing first with structures and power relating to the notion of difference and moving on to cover ways of achieving a better balance via change and development.' -- Mental Health CareTable of ContentsPart I: Structures and Power 1.The Beginning of the Journey, Charles Kaye, Former Chief Executive, SHSA. 2. Awareness and Change, Charles Kaye, Former Chief Executive, SHSA. 3. Mental Healthn Black and Ethnic Minorities: An Epidemiological Perspective, Veena Soni Raleigh, University of Surrey . 4. `Race', Criminality and Forensic Psychiatry: A Historical Perspective, Suman Fernando, Tizard Centre. 5. Differences in Ritual and Culture, Quintin Deeley, Maudsley Hospital. 6. Racism and the Expression of Identity in Special Hospitals, Annie Bartlett, Springfield Hospital Forensic Department. 7. Experiences in France and England: A Patient's Perspective, Anonymous. Part II: Seeking a Better Balance 8. Developing a Mental Health Service for Ethnic Minorities, Albert Persaud, Wiltshire Health Authority. 9. Supporting Black Patients in Secure Care, Chinyere Inyama, Law Society Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel. 10. Change and Progress: The Right Pace?, Georgina Linton, High Security Forensic Psychiatry Commissioning Board. Part III: Clinical Perspectives 11. Fair Treatment for Black Patients in Secure Care, Chandra Ghosh, Broadmoor Hospital. 12. Black Men in Broadmoor Hospital, Stan Grant, Independent Trainer and Counsellor. 13. Providing Clinical Care for Black Patients, Harvey Gordon, Broadmoor Hospital Authority. 14. Black Staff and their Experience at Work, Krishnan Gnanasekaran, Broadmoor Hospital Training and Education Centre. 15. Black Women Patients in the Forensic Service, Margaret Orr, Broadmoor Hospital Authority. 16. Asian Women and Community Care, Alia Khan, Katherine Knapp House. Part IV: Effecting Change 17. Making Policy Work, Jayne Hayes. 18. Measuring Progress and Improving Quality, Jane Mackenzie and Carol Morgan-Clark, Broadmoor Hospital Authority. 19. Translating a Vision into Reality: Broadmoor's Partnership with ACHMA, Elaine Elvey, ACMHA. 20. Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Muslim Patients, Nizar Boga. 21. The Experience of Being a Black Patient, Anonymous. 22. Progress in Broadmoor Hospital, Tony Lingiah, Broadmoor Hospital Authority. The Contributors. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is based on the life accounts of 244 children of minority ethnic origin who were in need of permanent family placement, and who were placed with predominantly white foster carers and adopters. The book provides a most interesting overview of the decision-making and planning processes that shape the placement in care of children of minority ethnic origin in the UK. Its most important contribution is to provide informaion on placement outcome, which will undoubtably assist policy-makers, practitioners, foster carers, adopters and researchers in their efforts to develop enhanced programmes and services for children and their families when they are in need of alternative care.International Social WorkConsidering both `matched' and trans-racial child placements, this balanced and thoroughly researched book moves beyond the often simplistic and limiting racial distinctions such as `black' and `white' that inform much policy and practice around permanent placement.Using evidence from a long-term study of children placed with new families in the 1980s, and reviewing the available literature on ethnicity and child placement, the book looks at different types of placements and discusses whether they are more or less likely to break down, and their impact on aspects of well-being including ethnic identity.It includes first-hand accounts from young people and their adoptive or foster parents, and considers factors such as:choosing between foster placement and adoptionthe nature of ethnic and adoptive identitiessocial work practice with black and white adoptive and foster familiesissues of contact with birth family members.The authors emphasise that social workers, social services managers and policy makers need to consider adoption and family life within a wider social context, and outline positive new directions for both research and practice.Table of Contents1. The Context to Permanent Family Placement for Black Children. 2. The Background to the Study and the Methods Used. 3. The Stories Behind the Placements. 4. The New Families. 5. The Children: Settling in and `Negotiating' Two Families. 6. Parenting, Family Relationships and Parental Satisfaction. 7. Issues of Ethnicity and Racism in the Lives of the Children and their Families. 8. Social Work and Other Support Services. 9. Families for Life or Ports in a Storm? 10. Our Findings Reviewed. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisExperts from a variety of disciplines contribute to this substantially revised edition of this popular handbook - new chapters are included on identity work, refugee children, and the work of the Asian Project. The book also examines the central importance for professionals of the Lawrence Enquiry; the move to include more public services in the Race Relations Act; increased awareness of institutional racism; and the specific inclusion of ethnic minority children in health improvement programmes. Offering practical guidance based on sound research and practice, the book provides a focus on some of the most difficult and topical aspects of this field of work.Trade ReviewReviews for the second edition'It is a great privilege to review this book, a brilliant and indeed much needed contribution to the literature on children in Britain. The work covers topics pertinent to a range of professions, it offers strategies for further developing our understanding and opportunities for improving our practice - in the new world of target setting, it enables us to work effectively... I have found this an inspiring book... The focus is sharp, knowledge sound and methods/strategies effective. Essential reading for all!' -- Social Work EducationA great strength of the book lies in its provision of practical examples of work with children and young people, and vivid, illustrative case studies. The book's most admirable quality is its provision of suggestions for practice, the examples it offers for strategies to tackle racism in schools, and the vivid case examples it gives... An extremely useful book. All those working with children and young people will find it invaluable in helping them to meet the needs of ethnic minority children. -- Young Mind MagazineReviews for the first edition'This book should have wide appeal to almost anybody who works with children from ethnic minorities. Overall an excellent book strongly recommended for most libraries and essential reading for anyone significantly involved in cross-cultural work.' -- Clinical Child Psychology and PsychiatryI am sure that this is a book which will become required reading for many professionals who work daily with the rich variety of individuals who are collectively labelled `ethnic minorities'... should be available to all who work with people in a professional/caring capacity. -- RapportTable of ContentsPreface, Kedar Nath Dwivedi. Foreword, Professor Richard Williams, University of Glamorgan. 1. Introduction, Kedar Nath Dwivedi. 2. Culture and Personality, Kedar Nath Dwivedi. 3. Mental Health Needs of Ethnic Minority Children, Rajeev Banhatti, Northampton Child and Family Services, and Surya Bhate, The Tees and North East Yorkshire Trust. 4. Family Therapy and Ethnic Minorities, Annie Lau, North East London Mental Health Trust. 5. Children, Families and Therapists: Clinical considerations and ethnic minority cultures, Begum Maitra, Child and Family Consultation Centre, Hammersmith, and Ann Miller, Marlborough Family Service. 6. Can talking about culture be therapeutic? Tasneen Fateh, Nurum Islam, Farra Khan, Cecilia Ko, Marigold Lee, Rubia Malik, Marlborough Family Service, and Inga-Britt Krause, Tavistock and Portman Mental Health Trust. 7. What is a Positive Black Identity? Nick Banks, University of Nottingham. 8. The Emergence of Ethnicity: A tale of three cultures, John Burnham, Birmingham Children's Hospital (NHS) Trust, and Queenie Harris, Charles Burn Clinic, Birmingham. 9. Anti-racist Strategies for Educational Performance: Facilitating successful learning for all children, Gerry German, Communities Empowerment Network. 10. Mixed Race Children and Families, Nick Banks, University of Nottingham. 11. Adoption of Children from Minority Groups, Professor Harry Zeitlin, North Essex Child and Family Consultation Service. 12. Residential Care for Ethnic Minority Children, Harish Mehra, Birmingham Social Services. 13. Practical Approaches to Work with Refugee Children, Jeremy Woodcock, University of Bristol. 14. Community and Youth work with Asian Women and Girls, Radha Dwivedi, Northampton Child and Family Services. 15. A Conceptual Framework of Identity Formation in a Society of Multiple Cultures: Applying theory to practice, James Rodriquez, Family Research Consortium, Ana Marie Cauce, Department of Psychology, Seattle, and Linda Wilson, Casey Family Programs, Seattle. Bibliographic References. Index

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Book SynopsisGlasgow is enshrined in the popular consciousness as a city of multiple and often contradictory identities. The 'Second City of Empire', the 'Venice of the North', 'Red Clydeside' and the 'Merchant City' are a few of the phrases that have been used to project the Glasgow image, positively and negatively. This new and extensively illustrated history explores the reality behind these stereotypes, showing Glasgow's considerable longevity as a Scottish ecclesiastical and commercial centre, yet focusing on the profound social, economic and political changes over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Glasgow uses much original material to illustrate the rich diversity of cultural influences that have contributed to the city's distinctive urban character. Particular emphasis is given to the people who shaped the ideas and attitudes of the times. Nineteenth-century economic success, most celebrated in the enduring mystique of Clyde shipbuilding, was associated with high-profile entrepreneurs who embodied both cosmopolitanism and individualism.At the same time, there was a passion in the projection of the progressive city and a commitment to social improvement that found expression in the assertive and increasingly collectivist brand of Glaswegian politics. Yet, as the author explains, Glasgow's strong sense of civic patriotism was often overwhelmed by the sheer intensity of social problems, in one of the world's most populous cities by 1914. The dislocation of war and the trauma of economic depression gave further impetus to the quest for solutions, which took dramatic (if controversial) shape in post-1945 planning policies. Contemporary Glasgow thus bears the legacy of twentieth-century industrial decline as well as cultural renewal, although Glasgow shows that there is nothing novel about regeneration strategy in a city which has a long tradition of blending innovation with historical continuity. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 photographs, this vibrant book offers the reader an unparalleled insight to the development of this wonderful city.Trade ReviewVirtually each double page has some appealing image, and this visual clarity is matched by clarity of exposition. Will Glaswegians know their city better for Irene Maver's book? Yes - very definitely. In this single volume there is much to inform the local historian, undergraduate, and scholar. The images are striking, and prose accessible. The fusion of the political dimension with a 'conventional' economic history of the glory days of Glasgow's growth is the real achievement of the book. -- Richard Rodger [Irene Maver brings] rigorous scholarship not shackled by narrow specialisation, but, on the contrary, enlivened by an affection for the subject, brought out by personal reminiscences or anecdotes from acquaintances!a second underrated topic that Dr Maver brings out is popular culture. There has recently been a good deal of research in it!and it needed the effective integration which it here receives with more traditional urban history !This is certainly a very good study of Glasgow, well ahead of the field for the general reader A book that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including serious historians of urban history!well illustrated throughout ! this attractive book fills an important gap in the literature as it presents a reasonably priced, accessible, and well crafted summary of the history of Scotland's main industrial city by an acknowledged expert in the field. It will, therefore, be a valuable acquisition for all those with an interest in Glasgow. Irene Maver's extensive knowledge and attachment to her subject shines through on every page of this scholarly and well researched book ! There is a tremendous amount of primary and secondary source material available on the history of the city and Maver has obviously tackled the task in hand with considerable relish and expertise ! Maver is to be congratulated on the excellence and variety of illustrations throughout the book ! Overall this is an excellent introduction to a city with a great and fascinating history and will appeal to anyone who shares Maver's love of her native town and wishes to understand how Glasgow evolved to become the city it is today. Virtually each double page has some appealing image, and this visual clarity is matched by clarity of exposition. Will Glaswegians know their city better for Irene Maver's book? Yes - very definitely. In this single volume there is much to inform the local historian, undergraduate, and scholar. The images are striking, and prose accessible. The fusion of the political dimension with a 'conventional' economic history of the glory days of Glasgow's growth is the real achievement of the book. [Irene Maver brings] rigorous scholarship not shackled by narrow specialisation, but, on the contrary, enlivened by an affection for the subject, brought out by personal reminiscences or anecdotes from acquaintances!a second underrated topic that Dr Maver brings out is popular culture. There has recently been a good deal of research in it!and it needed the effective integration which it here receives with more traditional urban history !This is certainly a very good study of Glasgow, well ahead of the field for the general reader A book that will appeal to a wide range of readers, including serious historians of urban history!well illustrated throughout ! this attractive book fills an important gap in the literature as it presents a reasonably priced, accessible, and well crafted summary of the history of Scotland's main industrial city by an acknowledged expert in the field. It will, therefore, be a valuable acquisition for all those with an interest in Glasgow. Irene Maver's extensive knowledge and attachment to her subject shines through on every page of this scholarly and well researched book ! There is a tremendous amount of primary and secondary source material available on the history of the city and Maver has obviously tackled the task in hand with considerable relish and expertise ! Maver is to be congratulated on the excellence and variety of illustrations throughout the book ! Overall this is an excellent introduction to a city with a great and fascinating history and will appeal to anyone who shares Maver's love of her native town and wishes to understand how Glasgow evolved to become the city it is today.Table of ContentsThe pre-industrial city: Glasgow prior to 1690; the rise of the merchant city. Industrial transformation, 1800-1960: the consolidation of the urban economy; pressures for political reform; the remaking of a Glaswegian society. Second city of the empire: the mature industrial economy; changing political directions; living in the "second city". Glasgow since 1918: industrial decline and economic reorientation; municipal and parliamentary politics; social change and modernization.

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Book SynopsisThe retailing industry has undergone revolutionary changes since World War II, such as the rise of large multiple companies, bigger stores, new technologies, and internationalization. This wide-ranging, three-volume collection traces the evolution of the industry from before the Industrial Revolution to the dramatic changes of the 1990s, and its topics include new retailing methods, out-of-town retailing, town-centre management, and the internationalization of the industry.Table of ContentsIntroduction - perspectives on retail change; retailing in pre-industrial Britain; coming of the mass market; retailing since 1945.

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Book SynopsisThis text is a generational history of the young people whose lives were irrevocably shaped by the rise of the Nazis. Half a million Jews lived in Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933. Over the next decade, thousands would flee. Among these refugees, teens and young adults formed a remarkable generation. They were old enough to appreciate the loss of their homeland and the experience of flight, but often young and flexible enough to survive and even flourish in new environments. This generation has produced such disparate figures as Henry Kissinger and "Dr Ruth" Westheimer. Walter Laqueur has drawn on interviews, published and unpublished memoirs and his own experiences as a member of this group of refugees, to paint a vivid and moving portrait of Generation Exodus.Trade Review"Laqueur draws on dozens of published and unpublished memoirs...the detail is always vivid and well chosen, sometimes very moving... no one could read this book without increased admiration for 'generation exodus'." -Matthew Reisz, Jewish ChronicleTable of ContentsPreface /xi Introduction: Growing Up between Weimar and Hitler / 1 Escape / 29 Resistance / 64 Israel: Immigration Jeckepotz / 94 United States: Golden Country behind Paper Walls / 129 World Revolution, or the Dream That Failed / 161 Britain: Forever Refugees? / 189 The Great Dispersal: Hotel Bolivia and Hotel Shanghai / 215 Returning to Germany / 241 Portrait of a Generation / 268 Glossary / 307 Bibliographical Essay / 311 Index / 329 Illustrations follow pages 116 and 232

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Book SynopsisIsrael relies for its survival on its lucrative arms trade and American military support. Meanwhile, the Palestinians suffer poverty and destitution as an occupied nation. Indeed, without vast international financial support the Palestinians would face starvation.Any solution is impossible while Israel pursues an aggressive program of settlement expansion and ethnic cleansing. The author draws extensively on Jewish sources to prove Israel is on the wrong track. He looks beyond the moribund two state solution, which he likens to Apartheid, to show there is a better future achievable for both peoples: one that is secular, democratic, bi-national, culturally vibrant and economically successful.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Chapters1 A Land of milk and honey? 2 The Constant Conflict 3 Breaking the Power of the Past4 Israel and the Practise of Power5 Palestine: Resilience and Resistance6 Conflict: The Gaza Experience7 Human Rights: The Only Way Forward8 Re-Imagining the Future9 Conclusion: a case for optimism ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisLouis II de Bourbon (1621-86), known as Le Grand Conde, stood alongside Richelieu and Mazarin as one of the key figures who shaped the reign of Louis XIV. In response to profound upheavals in their world, his contemporaries looked to him to satisfy their need for a hero. Originally the warrior-hero par excellence, Conde was redefined by successive generations as the ideal subject of the absolutist state, as the epitome of civilized behaviour and, finally, as the exemplar of the triumph of faith over reason. In this first detailed study in English of Le Grand Conde's significance for his contemporaries, Mark Bannister reveals the complexity of the ideological patterns forming and reforming in seventeenth-century France, and the perennial need to believe in the existence of an iconic figure, incarnating new values as they emerge.Table of ContentsIntroduction; I: The Old Order; 1: A Need for Heroes; 2: The ‘Natural’ Order of the State; 3: Freedom and Social Order; II: The Fronde: A Seismic Shift; 4: Confrontation; 5: Political Alternatives; 6: Rebellion; III: Towards a New Order; 7: Absolutism Imposed; 8: Heroism Refined; 9: Heterodoxy Neutralized; Conclusion

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