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Book SynopsisHow veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasiaTrade Review"This book may be found useful by clinical veterinarians and by their clients as well. Veterinarians may find some comfort in knowing that their concerns are shared by many other members of their profession and may learn of different alternative options to deal with these issues. Pet owners will similarly benefit by gaining a better appreciation of the complexity of these issues and of the perspective of the veterinarians. In the end, one can hope that this improved understanding of the issues related to companion animal euthanasia by all parties involved will result in a benefit to the animals, and that will be everybody's gain." - Animal Welfare, May 2013 "[T]his book [offers] detailed insight into the professional and private tensions experienced by practicing vets during the course of their work, but primarily when they perform euthanasia on animals. The author draws expertly from her rich data set, helping us learn a great deal about the nature of this complex occasion. [The book] helps us to understand the ethical and moral complexity of animal euthanasia, how vets undertake this work, and cope with the emotional consequences, for all involved. The rich and insightful nature of the account give[s] us confidence that the author has made significant in-roads into understanding this difficult and complex practice, from the point of view of those undertaking it." - Symbolic Interaction "Morris effectively describes the complexity, frustration, confusion, emotionality, and inconsistency encountered daily by veterinarians who must make decisions about ending the lives of their patients... Blue Juice appears to be the most thorough and accurately depicted work surrounding euthanasia and the effect of euthanasia-related practice issues on veterinary practitioners... Morris's work is an effective and eloquent description of the reality of the conundrum of euthanasia in veterinary medicine... She addresses well the extreme efforts by veterinarians to provide compassionate and professional care for both patients and clients. Morris's observations are compelling, insightful, and artfully articulated. Her book should be required reading for every veterinary student, every veterinary educator, every veterinary curriculum committee, and all veterinary medical education accreditation organizations." - Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, April 2013 "Morris skillfully analyzes...aspects of veterinary euthanasia. In doing so, she sheds light on issues salient for the fields of work and occupations, the sociology of emotions, and, perhaps most significantly, death and dying. Moreover, the book enhances the research on dramaturgy and constitutes an important addition to the growing literature on human/animal relations... Blue Juice brims with insights about the complexity, conflict, and satisfaction associated with not only protecting life but also dispensing death. One of the strengths of the book comes through Morris' analysis of how veterinarians navigate the dual role of healer of animals and provider of services to clients... Another of the book's strengths is its analysis of emotions... Blue Juice is a thoroughly researched, clearly written, well-organized book. It offers a rich ethnographic analysis of euthanasia in veterinary medicine while reflecting on implications that extend far beyond that domain." - Contemporary Sociology "Blue Juice is a valuable and novel investigation of an act which is so commonplace to veterinarians that having someone from a completely different sphere evaluating what we do is a really useful piece of work. Thank you Dr. Morris." - Anthrozoos, June 2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine; 1 - Negotiating Death: Managing Disagreement with Pet Owners; 2 - Creating a "Good" Death: The Dramaturgy of Veterinary Euthanasia; 3 - Strange Intimacy: Managing Pet Owners' Emotions; 4 - Learning to Euthanize: Death and the Novice Veterinarian; 5 - Coping with Euthanasia: Emotion-Management Strategies; Conclusion: Animals as Property and Patients References; Methods Appendix; Index

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Book SynopsisGeorge Lipsitz's classic book The Possessive Investment in Whiteness argues that public policy and private prejudice work together to create a possessive investment in whiteness that is responsible for the racialized hierarchies of our society. Whiteness has a cash value: it accounts for advantages that come to individuals through profits made from housing secured in discriminatory markets, through the unequal educational opportunities available to children of different races, through insider networks that channel employment opportunities to the friends and relatives of those who have profited most from past and present discrimination, and especially through intergenerational transfers of inherited wealth that pass on the spoils of discrimination to succeeding generations. White Americans are encouraged to invest in whiteness, to remain true to an identity that provides them with structured advantages. In this twentieth anniversary edition, Lipsitz provides a new introduction and updTrade Review"Lipsitz’s 20th-anniversary reissue has only shown how prescient and important this book was from first press.... Weaving together literary references, scientific studies, and court cases, and using well-known contemporary events like Hurricane Katrina, police killings of young African-American men, the Charleston massacre, and many historical events that may be lesser known, he illustrates how white fear and failure are the sources for the development of ethnonationalism. Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice

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Book SynopsisModern Migrations, Black Interrogations uses reflections on the Black experience to consider the “unasked question of blackness” in modern migration and movement. The editors and contributors use the lens of Black Studies to show how migration—compelled by force or suggestion, from the transatlantic African slave trade to the Great Migration and the current refugee crisis—has been structured to reinforce white supremacy. Focusing on antiblackness in immigration and examining restrictions on freedom of movement and on settling alike, chapters address how Black im/mobility operates and how it can be distinguished from that of the migrant and the colonial settler, as well as from the transgressive mobilities of Indigenous populations. Looking at blackness, borders and border practices, and displacement, Modern Migrations, Black Interrogations investigates racialized boundaries that determine immigration policy, citizenship, legality, and iTrade Review“In modernity, from the transatlantic slave trade to today, the ‘migration’ of Black people is incommensurable with that of others. As Modern Migrations, Black Interrogations argues and demonstrates, reckoning with antiblackness and Blackness fundamentally destabilizes conventional histories, categories, meanings, and politics. Wide-ranging yet penetrating, the book’s theoretical, empirical, and literary analyses pose a bracing challenge to all academics, policymakers, and activists concerned with mobility.”—Moon-Kie Jung, Coeditor of Antiblackness and author of Beneath the Surface of White Supremacy: Denaturalizing U.S. Racisms Past and Present“The editors and contributors to this volume give migration studies a much-needed shake-up. Theoretically rich and analytically tight, its wide-ranging chapters probe and expose the unacknowledged extent to which antiblackness shapes the way we think and talk about the movement of people. Rather than just implicating the usual suspects, Modern Migrations, Black Interrogations calls on well-meaning humanitarians—scholars, activists, and the like—to wipe the smudge of antiblackness from our lens. This is a bold and important book.”—Jamie Longazel, Associate Professor of Law and Society at John Jay College, affiliated faculty in the International Migration Studies program at the CUNY Graduate Center, and coeditor of Migration and Mortality: Social Death, Dispossession, and Survival in the Americas (Temple)

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Book SynopsisLove in the Lav uncovers Ireland's queer lives of the past. Averill Earls investigates how same-sex-desiring men lived and loved in a country where their sexuality was illegal and seen as unnatural. Across seven social biographical chapters, each highlighting individuals at the nexus of these histories, Earls constructs a narrative of experiences through the larger contexts in which they are embedded. Earls uses courtroom testimonies, police records, and family history archives as well as educated speculation to show how structures governing male same-sex desire in Ireland played out on the bodies of the men who desired men, the teen boys who sold sex to men, and the way the Catholic-nationalist ethos shaped the Gardaí who policed them. Love in the Lav examines the experiences of people such as cabbie James Hand, who was put on trial for gross indecency, to provide a window into the queer working-class subculture of 1930s Dublin. Earls also focuses on issues of consent, especially with teens, and the unregulated queer Irish world of public figures, including Micheál Mac Liammóir, Hilton Edwards, Ronald Brown, and John Broderick. By examining twentieth-century Ireland through the lived experiences of ordinary same-sex-desiring Irish men who were relegated to obscurity by Irish society, Earls reveals the contradictions, possibilities, and magnitude of postcolonial Irish Catholic nationalism. In the series Sexuality Studies

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Book SynopsisThis exciting new collection of documents from across Europe gives a fresh perspective and sharp taste of everyday life in a medieval town. The sources range from the standard chronicles and charters to the less often viewed accounts of marriage disputes, urban women, families, the environment, the dangers of town life, and civic ritual. Deliberately wide-ranging, these sources acknowledge the contributions of other disciplines—such as archaeology, architecture, demography, law, and environmental studies—to our understanding of urban life in the Middle Ages. Towns from Spain to Germany to Russia are covered, while the focus is on the more urbanized regions of medieval Europe, particularly Italy, the Low Countries, France, and England. In all, 150 primary sources are included, 35 of which are translated for this volume from Latin, Old French, Anglo-Norman, Franco-Venetian, medieval Danish, and other languages. Trade ReviewIf you teach a course on medieval towns, you will want to assign it. If you have students interested in projects connected with medieval cities, you will want to recommend it. And if you simply want to learn more about the lives of townspeople in the Middle Ages, you will want to pick it up and browse through it. But be forewarned; once you start reading, you may find that the range and vitality of the material in this volume makes it difficult to put down. -- The Medieval ReviewTable of ContentsChronological Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps Introduction I. The Early Middle Ages 1. The Grandeur of Rome 2. The Roman Baths 3. The Humble Townspeople: Graffiti and Election Notices on the Walls of Pompeii 4. The Impact of the "Barbarian Invasions" on Fifth-Century Towns 5. Gregory of Tours's Ode to Dijon in the Sixth Century 6. Toll Exemptions in French Towns 7. The Raids of the Northmen 8. The Magyar Raids 9. The Creation of Bruges 10. Otto I Grants a Market in Bremen to the Archbishop of Hamburg, 965 11. The Origins of the Saxon Towns 12. The Customs and Rents of Hereford According to Domesday Book, 1086 13. Grant of Privileges to the Castilians, Mozarabs, and Franks of Toledo, 1086-1118 14. German Colonization in the East 15. Archaeological Excavations in Tenth-Century York II. Communes, Government, and External Relations 16. The People of Cologne Rebel Against Their Archbishop, 1074 17. The Formation of a Commune at Laon, 1116 18. The Customs of Lorris, 1155 19. The Lombard Communes As Viewed by a German Bishop 20. Royal Charters Granted to Dublin, 1192-1229 21. L beck Is Made an Imperial City, 1226 22. The German Emperor Annuls All City Charters, 1231-32 23. Election of the Podest , Consuls, and Officials of Volterra, 1224 24. The Magnates and the Rise of the Popolo and Guilds in Florence, 1207-1328 25. The Greater versus the Lesser Citizens in Bristol, 1316 26. "Mother" Towns: Breslau Adopts the Charter of Magdeburg, 1261 27. "Daughter" Towns: The Citizens of Culm Seek Advice from the City Rulers of Magdeburg, 1338 28. Brunswick Extends Civic Rule to Its Suburbs, 1269 29. Florence Expands Its Contado, 1202-89 30. The Struggle between the Guelfs and Ghibellines 31. The Establishment of the Rhine League and of Its Peace, 1254 32. Decrees of the Hanseatic League, 1260-64 33. The Cinque Ports Confederation 34. Parliamentary Summons to English Boroughs, 1295 35. The Pope and City Politics in Siena, Fifteenth Century III. Urban Society and Social Conflict 36. Charter to the Non-Noble Knights of Burgos, 1256 37. Tower Fellowships and Factionalism in Florence 38. Factionalism and the Concerns of an Exile, 1312 39. Commercial Status, Wealth, and Political Office in Medieval Exeter 40. The Political Fortunes of a Florentine Merchant 41. The Distribution of Wealth in Two Towns 42. A Bondman Seeks Refuge in an English Town, 1237-38 43. Grievances of the Common Folk of Dublin, 1316-18 44. A Day in the Life of a Carpenter 45. A Londoner's Household Goods, 1337 46. Domestic Slaves 47. The Revolt of the Commons in London, 1194 48. The Risings in Ghent and Bruges Against the Patricians, 1301-02 49. The Demands of the Ciompi in Florence, 1378 IV. The Urban Economy 50. Market Regulations in Muslim Seville 51. The Champagne Fair Towns 52. Tolls at Southampton, c.1300 53. Regulations on the Sale of Meat and Fish in Beverley, 1365-1409 54. Shopping in the London Markets 55. Letter from the Genoa Branch to the Home Office of the Datini Company, 1393 56. Restoring Prosperity to the Port Town of Bordeaux, c.1465 57. Regulation of Trade by a Merchant Guild, 1257-73 58. Craft Guild Regulations: The Shearers of Arras, 1236 59. Regulations of the Guild of Skinners in Copenhagen 60. Guild Apprenticeships 61. Dispute Between the Master Saddlers of London and Their Journeymen, 1396 62. The Bakers of Coventry Strike, 1484 63. Guild Rivalry in Florence, 1425 V. Urban Finance, Jurisdictions, and Justice 64. Accounts of the City of Siena 65. The Town Accounts of Leicester, 1377-78 66. Tax Declarations in Florence for the Catasto of 1427 67. Winchester Pleads for Tax Relief because of Urban Decline, 1452 68. The Jurisdiction of the Wardmotes of London 69. Proceedings in the Courts of Nottingham, 1395-96 70. The Cost of Recovering a Debt in Marseille, 1331 71. Feud and Vendetta: The Private Pursuit of Justice in Pistoia 72. Urban Punishments 73. The Dublin Prison, 1486 VI. Marriage and Family 74. The Del Bene Marriage Negotiations in Florence, 1381 75. Marriage in the Merchant Class 76. Contracting Marriage in York and Paris 77. Women, Family Relations, and Inheritance in Aragon 78. Women, Family Relations, and Inheritance in Magdeburg and Breslau 79. Wives at the Tavern 80. Childhood Deaths in London 81. Family and Household in Manosque, 1418-26 82. A Comfortable Retirement for the Wealthy 83. Caring for the Aged in Medieval Exeter 84. Family and Households: A Demographic Perspective VII. Women 85. Proper Behavior for a Young Townswoman 86. Women and Gossip 87. Women and Fashion 88. Singlewomen in Coventry, 1492-95 89. Women in the Parisian Craft Guilds, c.1270 90. Limits on Employing Women as Weavers in Bristol, 1461 91. Advice on Hiring Maidservants, c.1393 92. Female Servants and Prostitution VIII. Religion, Piety, and Charity 93. The Bishop of Speyer Gives the Jews of the City a Charter, 1084 94. Restrictions on Jewish Communities in English Towns 95. Persecution of the Jews in Strasbourg and German Towns, 1349 96. Problems among the Clergy of Rouen Cathedral, 1248 97. The Beguines of Ghent, 1328 98. The Good Canon of Cologne 99. A Popular Franciscan Preacher in Paris, 1429 100. Lay Piety and Reform: Peter Waldo of Lyons 101. The Processions of the Flagellants, 1349 102. The Religious Fraternity of St. Katharine at Norwich, 1389 103. The Accounts of the Churchwardens in Canterbury, 1485-86 104. Religion, Morality, and Politics: Savonarola's Influence over the Florentines 105. A Maison-Dieu in Pontoise, c.1265 106. The Distribution of Alms in Florence, 1356 107. Charitable Bequests in Siena, 1300-25 IX. Education 108. The Cost of Schooling, 1394-95 109. Niccolo Machiavelli as a Young Student 110. Privileges Granted to Masters and Students at the University of Paris 111. Town/Gown Controversies in Oxford and Paris 112. A Student Riot at Oxford, 1388-89 113. Wooing Masters and Students from Paris to the New University of Toulouse, 1229 114. Contract between the Town of Vercelli and the Students at Padua, c.1228 115. The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg, 1386 116. A Scholar in Paris X. Entertainment and Civic Ritual 117. Sports in London 118. The Start of the Secular Stage, Exeter, 1348 119. Order of the Pageants of the Corpus Christi Plays in York, 1415 120. Trouble Behind the Scenes in York, 1420 121. Feast and Festival in Venice 122. The Feast Day of St. John the Baptist in Florence 123. A Wake in Oxford, 1306 124. Processions for Peace in Paris, 1412 125. Mayoral Elections in England XI. The Dangers of Urban Life 126. Fires in Novgorod 127. Famine Mortality in Bruges and Ypres, 1316 128. Discrimination Against the Poor in Siena During the Famine of 1329 129. The Black Death in Florence, 1348 130. The Plague in Edinburgh, 1498-99 131. The Urban Militia of a Spanish Frontier Town: Cuenca, 1190 132. Parma at War 133. The Siege of Calais, 1346-47 134. Crime Prevention in London 135. Criminal Courts and Punishment in Marseille, 1406-07 136. The Road to Ruin in Dijon, 1492 XII. The Urban Environment 137. Air Pollution in Southwark, 1307 138. Regulations for London's Streets, 1297 139. Garbage Removal in English Towns, 1385 140. The Water Supply of Dublin 141. The Sounds of the City: Bells, Horns, and Town Criers 142. London Bridge, 1404 143. The Town Rents of Edinburgh, 1457 144. Building Regulations in London, 1189 145. The Rise and Fall of Urban Towers in Italian Towns 146. Building Contracts for a Tavern and House, 1342 147. A Merchant's House in King's Lynn 148. Clothing and Head-gear 149. Medieval Fast Food 150. Meat Consumption XIII. The Idealized City 151. A Description of London, c.1173 152. In Praise of Milan's Townscape, 1288 153. The Evils of the Big City Maps Index of Topics Index of Towns Index of Town Officials Sources

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Book SynopsisMedical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The reader includes 21 illustrations and a glossary of medical terms. Trade ReviewThis collection of relevant texts in the field of medieval medicine proves to be enormously helpful for those who are in need of a good anthology for a class on the history of medicine in the Middle Ages. -- Mediaevistik A truly rewarding work, worth acquiring not only by scholars and teachers of medieval medicine in particular but more broadly by anyone teaching in the field of medieval European history and society. It will also make for compelling reading to anyone curious to explore the sheer range and variety of European medicine in a time of ferment, fascinating intercultural discourse, and far-reaching change. -- The Medieval Review The excellent final product seems to witness years of long work in the testing ground of the classroom. The result is an original and lively collection of medieval texts in modern English about and around medicine, one that also conveys effectively the social complexity and intellectual subtlety of the subject. The collection is an excellent and comprehensive overview both for students and scholars that shows vividly what medicine was for medieval actors and what it is today for historians of medieval medicine. -- Social History of MedicineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Medicina: Healers and Healing in Early Medieval Europe (500-1100) Chapter One: The Fragmented Heritage of Ancient Medicine I. The Alexandrian Curriculum in Latin Dress 1. Isidore of Seville: The Canon of Medicine 2. The Old Latin Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates 3. Teaching the Alexandrian Curriculum in Sixth-Century Italy: Agnellus of Ravenna's Commentary on Galen's On Sects 4. An Early Medieval Summary of Medical Theory: The Wisdom of the Art of Medicine II. Medical Practices in a Changing World 5. An Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine from the Age of Justinian: Alexander of Tralles 6. Galen Enlarged for Practice: Pseudo-Galen, Liber tertius on Pneumonia and Pleurisy 7. Echoes of Methodism: "Aurelius" on Rabies 8. Medical Self-Help for the Gentleman Traveler: The Medicine and Natural Remedies of "Pliny" 9. A Late Antique Estate-Holder's Manual of Home Remedies 10. The Doctor as Connoisseur of Pulses and Urines 11. Prognosis and Prophecy Chapter Two: Christianity, Disease, and Medicine I. Saints as Healers 12. A Sixth-Century Byzantine Saint Dispenses Medical Advice: Theodore of Sykeon 13. The Medical World of Gregory of Tours: Plagues, Doctors, and Saints 14. A Reluctant Bishop-Healer: John of Beverley 15. A Carolingian Therapeutic Passion of Saints Cosmas and Damian II. Rituals of Healing 16. St Sigismund, Patron of Sufferers from Fever 17. "Prayers to the Earth and All Herbs" Chapter Three: Medicine in Early Medieval Courts and Cloisters I. The Doctor at Court 18. The Court Physician in Ostrogothic Italy 19. Dietary Advice for a Merovingian King 20. Alcuin on the Doctors at Charlemagne's Court II. Monastic Medicine in the Early Medieval West 21. The Care of the Sick at the Monastery of Vivarium 22. Medical Injunctions in the Rule of St Benedict 23. A Monastic Defense of Medicine against Rigorist Critics: The Lorsch Leechbook 24. The Plan of St Gall: Medical Facilities within an Ideal Monastery 25. Medicine, Morality, and Meditation in a Monastic Herb-Garden: Walahfrid Strabo's The Little Garden III. The Medical Networks of Missionaries and Bishops 26. The Medical Networks of Eighth-Century Anglo-Saxon Missionaries 27. Bishop Pardulus of Laon Dispenses Medical Advice 28. Elias of Jerusalem Sends a Prescription to King Alfred of Wessex 29. Letters of Medical Advice from Bishop Fulbert of Chartres and His Circle Chapter Four: A Regional Case Study: Medicine in Anglo-Saxon England 30. Bald's Leechbook and Leechbook III Part II. Physica: The Advent and Impact of Academic Medicine (1100-1500) Chapter Five: Salerno: Medicine's "Theoretical Turn" and the Rationalization of Practice 31. Tenth-Century Medicine: The Testimony of Richer of Rheims 32. Constantine the African: The Romance of Translating Arabic Medicine 33. Medical Theory and the Formation of the Articella (1): The Isagoge of Joannitius 34. Medical Theory and the Formation of the Articella (2): Bartholomaeus of Salerno Comments on the Isagoge 35. Salernitan Anatomy: The Second Salernitan Demonstration 36. The Practice of Pharmacy Rationalized 37. The Practice of Therapeutics Rationalized: The Practice of Medicine by Bartholomaeus of Salerno 38. The Practice of Surgery Rationalized: The Surgery of Roger Frugard 39. The Salernitan Tradition of Gynecology: The Trotula Chapter Six: Via scolaris: Medicine in the University I. Faculties and Curricula 40. From Philosophy to Physic: Paris from the Late Twelfth Century to the Late Thirteenth Century 41. Montpellier and the "New Galen" 42. The "University of Arts and Medicine" at Bologna II. Medical Scholasticism in Action: Authoritative Texts and Academic Commentaries 43. Is Medicine a Science? (1) Avicenna and His Commentator Gentile of Foligno 44. Is Medicine a Science? (2) Arnau of Vilanova Argues that Medicine Transcends Theory 45. Is Medicine a Science? (3) Henri of Mondeville on Progress in Medicine 46. The Scholastic Quaestio: Aristotle vs. Galen on the Generation of the Embryo 47. Academic Dissection as "Material Commentary" (1): Mondino de'Liuzzi 48. Academic Dissection as "Material Commentary" (2): Anatomical Illustration 49. Scholastic Medicine Popularized: Bartholomaeus Anglicus on Diseases of the Head and of the Mind Chapter Seven: Theory and Practice in Scholastic Medicine 50. Signs and Diagnosis (1): Gilles of Corbeil on Urines 51. Signs and Diagnosis (2): Epitome on Pulses 52. Causes: The Case of Epilepsy 53. Scholastic Therapeutics (1): Rhazes, Book for Almansor 54. Scholastic Therapeutics (2) John of Gaddesden on Smallpox 55. Scholastic Pharmacology: Bernard of Gordon 56. A Primer on Bloodletting (1): Lanfranc of Milan's Scholastic Phlebotomy 57. A Primer on Bloodletting (2): The "Sign Man": An Astrological Guide to Phlebotomy 58. Is Surgery a Science? (1): Lanfranc of Milan Defends the Intellectual Dignity of Surgery 59. Is Surgery a Science? (2): Henri of Mondeville Defends the Scientific Credentials of Surgery 60. Is Surgery a Science? (3): Guy of Chauliac's History of Surgery 61. A Surgical Sampler (1): Guy of Chauliac on the Treatment of Wounds 62. A Surgical Sampler (2): Teodorico Borgognoni and the New Surgical Diseases 63. A Surgical Sampler (3): Ophthalmic Surgery 64. A Surgical Sampler (4): Surgical Anesthesia? Chapter Eight: Contested Frontiers of Scholastic Medicine: Medical Astrology and Medical Alchemy 65. Panacea or Problem? (1): The Case for Medical Astrology 66. Panacea or Problem? (2): Jacques Despars's Reservations about Medical Astrology 67. Roger Bacon: Alchemy and the Medical Payoff of "Experimental Science" 68. Bisticius: A Florentine Goldsmith and Medical Alchemist Part III. Medicine and Society (1100-1500) Chapter Nine: What is Disease? What is Illness? Doctors' Dilemmas and the Meaning of Suffering 69. Interpreting Symptoms: The Difficult Case of Leprosy 70. Metaphor and Malignancy: The Difficult Case of Cancer (1): Jean of Tournemire Diagnoses His Daughter's Breast Cancer and Receives Divine Medical Aid 71. Metaphor and Malignancy: The Difficult Case of Cancer (2): Guillaume Boucher Treats a Parisian Lady with Breast Cancer 72. The Enigma of Mental Illness 73. Prophecy and Healing: The Meaning of Illness According to Hildegard of Bingen Chapter Ten: Who Can Help? Physicians, "Empirics," and the Spectrum of Practitioners 74. Should Clergy and Monks Practice Medicine? 75. The Faculty of Medicine of Paris vs. Jacopa Felicie 76. The Faculty of Medicine of Paris vs. Jean Domremi 77. Jewish Doctors: The Case of Provence Chapter Eleven: What Can They Do? Clinical Encounters in Medieval Europe 78. The Doctor at the Bedside (1): Precept According to Archimatthaeus 79. The Doctor at the Bedside (2): Precept According to Arnau of Vilanova 80. The Doctor at the Bedside (3): Practice Illustrated by Guillaume Boucher 81. Tried and True: Medical Experimenta ("Proven Remedies") by Arnau of Vilanova 82. Customized Therapeutics: The Medieval Medical Consilium (1) 83. Customized Therapeutics: The Medieval Medical Consilium (2): Gentile of Foligno 84. The Special Challenges of Plague (1): The Report of the Paris Medical Faculty, October 1348 85. The Special Challenges of Plague (2): Guy of Chauliac on the Black Death 86. The Special Challenges of Plague (3): John of Burgundy's Treatise on the Epidemic Chapter Twelve: The Ethics of Medical Care (1): Conscience and the Law 87. Professional Character in the Early Middle Ages: Variations on Hippocratic Themes 88. Ethics of Care in the Early Middle Ages: Christian Reflections 89. Professional Conduct in the Later Middle Ages: From Character to Code 90. Licensing and Accountability (1): Malpractice in Crusader Palestine 91. Licensing and Accountability (2): Legislation Governing Doctors in the Thirteenth-Century Kingdom of Sicily 92. Licensing and Accountability (3): Examining and Supervising Practitioners in Fourteenth-Century Valencia 93. John Arderne's Advice on How to Determine the Fee, and Other Matters of Medical Etiquette Chapter Thirteen: The Ethics of Medical Care (2): Hospitals and the Provision of Charity 94. The Organization and Ethos of a Medieval Hospital (1): The Jerusalem Hospital 95. The Organization and Ethos of a Medieval Hospital (2): The H tel-Dieu in Paris 96. The Organization and Ethos of a Medieval Hospital (3): A Twelfth-Century English Leper Hospital 97. Medical Care in a Medieval Hospital (1): The Jerusalem Hospital 98. Medical Care in a Medieval Hospital (2): John of Mirfield at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London Chapter Fourteen: The Cultivation of Health: Lifestyle, Regimen, and the Medical Self 99. Lifestyle Advice for All (1): The Salerno Regimen of Health 100. Lifestyle Advice for All (2): Aldobrandino of Siena on Health throughout the Life Cycle 101. Lifestyle Advice, Customized (1): The Army on Campaign 102. Lifestyle Advice, Customized (2): A Physician of Valencia Advises His Sons, Who Are Studying in Toulouse 103. Medicalizing the Table and the Home: The Tacuinum sanitatis 104. Medicalizing Sex: Constantine the African Chapter Fifteen: Satires and Critiques of Medicine 105. Dr Galen and Burnel the Ass 106. Petrarch Lashes Out against the Doctors 107. The Doctor as Comic Relief in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament Glossary Index of Topics Sources

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Book SynopsisThis thorough update of a classic book includes fully revised content, new sections on the use of horses, handguns, incendiary weapons, and siege engines, and new illustrations.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Arms and Armor Chapter 1: Arms The Spear/Lance The Axe The Sword The Dagger The Staff-Weapon The Mace The War Hammer The Sling The Bow The Crossbow Chapter 2: Armor Early Medieval Armor Armor in the Bayeux Tapestry Twelfth-Century Armor Shields, Helmets, and Heraldry in the Thirteenth Century Fourteenth-Century Body Armor Cloth-Covered Armor from the Battlefield of Visby Later Fourteenth-Century Armor Developments Plate Armor Late Medieval Infantry Armor Late Medieval Helmets Late Medieval Shields and Barding Chapter 3: The Stirrup, Mounted Shock Combat, Chivalry, and Feudalism White's Thesis Criticism of White's Thesis Part II: Artillery Chapter 4: Non-Gunpowder Artillery Torsion Catapults Traction Trebuchets Counterweight Trebuchets Greek Fire Chapter 5: Gunpowder Artillery Early History of European Gunpower Weapons Siege, Battlefield, and Naval Applications Types and Manufacturing of Gunpowder, Gunpowder Weapons, and Projectiles Societal Impacts and Administrative Changes Chapter 6: Siege Machines Ladders Siege Towers Battering Rams and Mining Devices Part III: Fortifications Chapter 7: Early Medieval Fortifications Late Roman and Barbarian Carolingian The Viking Invasions and Reactions Chapter 8: The Motte-and-Bailey Castle The Influence of William the Conqueror Construction Techniques Chapter 9: Stone Castles The Origin of Stone Castles Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Stone Castles Crusader Castles The Golden Age of Castle Construction Edward I's Castles in Wales Chapter 10: Urban Fortifications and Fortified Residences Fortified Residences Town Walls The Influence of Gunpowder Weapons Part IV: Warships Chapter 11: Early Medieval Warships Late Roman and Early Medieval Ships Viking Ships William the Conqueror's Fleet Chapter 12: High and Late Medieval Warships Crusader Ships Thirteenth-Century Ships Technological Innovations Later Medieval Ships Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book, the first in our Companions to Medieval Studies series, is a brief introduction to the history, culture, and religion of the Viking Age and provides an essential foundation for study of the period. The companion begins by defining the Viking Age and explores topics such as Viking society and religion. Viking biographies provide students with information on important figures in Viking lore such as Harald Bluetooth, Eirik the Red, Leif Eiriksson, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardaughter, a female Viking traveler. A compelling chapter entitled How Do We Know About the Vikings? and a case study on the wandering monks of St. Philibert introduce students to the process of historical inquiry. The book concludes with a discussion of the impact of the Vikings and their legacy. Pedagogical resources include a detailed chronology, study questions, a glossary, 4 maps, and 14 images. Text boxes provide information on outsider perceptions of the Vikings, a detailed accounTrade Review"The Vikings and Their Age, and its companion Reader, will be useful to those planning introductory courses on the Vikings. For the student, it conveys basic information on a good range of topics, concisely presented, and with an apparatus that eases its accessibility to absolute newcomers. Its attention to source criticism makes it a suitable introduction to historical methodologies for new historians, or to literature students who seek to arrive at a better understanding of the period as a whole." -- Dale Kedwords, University of Southern Denmark * Saga-Book *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Text Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Viking Age: An Overview 2. Society and Religion in the Viking Age 3. Viking Biographies 4. How Do We Know About the Vikings? 5. A Case Study Exercise: The Wandering Monks of Saint Philibert Afterword: Viking Impacts and Legacies Questions for Reflection Chronology Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisHeller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a critical history of how language serves, and has served, as a terrain for producing and reproducing social inequalities. The authors ask how, and by whom, ideas about language get unevenly shaped, offering new perspectives that will excite readers and incite further research for years to come.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Preface: Hope Chapter 1: Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Walking Backward into the Future 1.1 Language and Inequality: A Wary Approach to a Red Thread World 1.2 Red Flags: Keywords, Hegemonies, Ideologies, and Warty Genealogies 1.3 Language Out of Place 1.4 Knotted Histories: Following the Threads through the Book 1.5 The End of the Beginning PART I: LANGUAGE, INTIMACY, AND EMPIRE Chapter 2: Language and Imperialism I: Conversion and Kinship 2.1 "The First Nations Bible Translation Capacity-Building Initiative" 2.2 Colonialism, Imperialism, Postcolonialism, Decolonization 2.3 Intimacy and Connection Across Five Continents 2.4 Reduced to and by Christian Love: Missionary Linguistics 2.5 Family Trees, Comparative Philology and Secular Religion Chapter 3: Language and Imperialism II: Evolution, Hybridity, History 3.1 "Mixing Things Up" 3.2 Imperialism and Industrial Capitalism 3.3 Evolutionary Theory: Language and/as Race 3.4 Slavery, Plantation, Labour, Trade, and "Mixed" Languages 3.5 Americanist Anthropology: The Limits of Cultural Critiques of Evolutionary Racism American Modern: Assimilating Blackness, Disappearing Indigeneity American Primitive: Extracting Language 3.6 Linguistic Relativity, Colonial Ambivalence, and Modern Alienation PART II: THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM Chapter 4: Language and European Notions of Nation and State: 4.1 "Le Symbole" 4.2 The Emergence of the Nation-State in Europe 4.3 Markets and Liberal Democracy 4.4 Making Subjects Through Language Regimentation: Census, Standardization, Literacy Standardization: Grammars, Dictionaries, Canons, Pedagogies 4.5 Language and Differential Citizenship 4.6 Creating Peripheries 4.7 Regulating Relations in Industrial Capitalism 4.8 Making Scientific Linguistic Expertise Chapter 5: Internationalism, Communism, and Fascism: Alternative Modernities 5.1 "Visions of the Future" 5.2 Peace, Geopolitics, and International Auxiliary Languages 5.3 Making Communist Linguistics Marrism The Bakhtin Circle From Language as Action to Language as Tool in the Cold War 5.4. Language and Fascism National Socialism in Germany Language and Race: Yiddish and Esperanto Race, Propaganda, and Mass Media 5.5 Fault Lines PART III: BRAVE NEW WORLDS: LANGUAGE AS TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE AS TECHNIQUE Chapter 6: The Cold War: Surveillance, Structuralism, and Security 6.1 "Black Out" 6.2 Battles for Hearts and Minds 6.3 The Investigation of Linguists During the McCarthy Period 6.4 Suspicious Words, Suspicious Minds The Prague Linguistics Circle Fear of the Translator 6.5 Infrastructure and Institutionalization: Communication Studies, Area Studies, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics 6.6 Machine Translation and the Rise of Syntax Rational and Universal Principles for Linguistic Analysis: Late Structuralist Linguistics Freedom, Creativity, and Human Nature: The Rise of Generative Linguistics 6.7 Nineteen Eighty-Four as a Weapon of the Cold War Chapter 7: On the Origins of 'Sociolinguistics': Democracy, Development and Emancipation 7.1 "A Dialectologist in India" 7.2 Engineering Language: Literacy, Standardization, and Education 7.3 Language Policy and Planning: Technocratic Solutions 7.4 Domestic Development and American Sociolinguistics Challenging "Deficit": Three Approaches Fear of the Political 7.5 Challenging Consensus Feminist Linguistics Difference and Domination: Anti-Racist Critiques 7.6 Pidgins, Creoles, and New Nationalisms 7.7 The Rise of Sociolinguistics in Europe: Class and Conflict 7.8 The End of the Trente Glorieuses Chapter 8: Language in Late Capitalism: Intensifications, Unruly Desires, and Alternative Worlds 8.1 "Nayaano-nibii maang Gichigamiin" 8.2 Late Capitalism: The Expanding Reach of the Market and the Neoliberal State 8.3 Language, Inequality, and Ideology 8.4 Managing Your Assets: Language Quality, Linguistic Diversity, and Citizenship 8.5 Brave New Selves: "I am a Business, Man!" 8.6 Affect, Authenticity, and Embodiment 8.7 Recapturing the Commons 8.8 Reclamation, Redress, Refusal, and Reimagining 8.9 This is How We Hope References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in Don Quixote. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed through indirect forms including comedy, myth, and travellers'' tales.Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics convincingly re-engages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes''s political theory to Plato''s, much as the writer''s literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle''s. He also shows how Cervantes''s view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential intTrade Review'Cascardi provides illuminating commentary on the overlooked influence of political philosophy upon Cervantes's -- Barbara Simerka Renaissance Quarterly; vol 65:03:2012Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. What the Canon Said 3. Views from Nowhere 4. Controversies 5. The Practice of Theory 6. Politics Brought Down to Earth 7. Imagining the Nation 8. Civil Society, Virtue, and the Pursuit of Happiness 9. Free Speech? Notes Index

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Book SynopsisUsing extensive archival and demographic research, Barr explores both the impressive Swedish legacy in Canada and the reasons for their invisibility as an immigrant community.Trade Review'Elinor Barr's book is a long overdue study of the history of Swedish Immigration to Canada... It is undoubtedly an important step in understanding the significance of the Swedish immigrant experience for Canadian history.' 'Elinor Barr's book is a long overdue study of the history of Swedish Immigration to Canada... It is undoubtedly an important step in understanding the significance of the Swedish immigrant experience for Canadian history.' -- Kailey Hansson Canadian Historical Review vol 97:02:2016 'Elinor Barr provides an encyclopedic overview of Swedish immigrants to Canada... This is a comprehensive history that will be a catalyst for further inquiry.' -- Lori Ann Lahlum Labour/Le Travail vol 77 spring 2016Table of Contents1. Under an Invisibility Cloak 2. Emigration from Sweden, Immigration to Canada 3. Immigrants 4. Settlement Patterns 5. Religion 6. World Wars 7. The Swedish Press 8. The Depression, Strikes and Unions 9. Earning a Living 10. A Woman's Place 11. Swedishness in Canada 12. Links with Sweden 13. Language, Discrimination and Assimilation 14. Literature 15. Emerging Visibility

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Book SynopsisPaths of Thorns is the story of Jacob Abramovich Neufeld (18951960), a prominent Soviet Mennonite leader and writer, as well as one of these Mennonites sent to the Gulag.Trade Review'Path of Thorns is easily the most substantial published first-person account of Soviet Mennonite life from the 1920s through the Second World War.' -- Benjamin W. Goossen Nova Religio vol 20:02:2016 'A highly readable translation of Neufeld's writings... Dyck offers new insights into how Soviet interrogators weaved grand narratives, drawing friends and colleagues to implicate each other and themselves in fabricated crimes. This adds a deeper understanding of the world in which Neufeld's experiences unfolded.' -- Aileen Friesen The Russian Review vol 73:04:2014 'The book provides an important firsthand account of life in the gulag and a unique perspective on the Nazi invasion of Ukraine.' -- Colin P. Neufeldt The Mennonite Quarterly, April 2015 'Harvey Dyck has done a splendid job of translating Neufeld's dense and intelligent prose and offering an insightful analysis.' -- Royden Loewen University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015Table of ContentsMaps Introduction and Analysis, Harvey L. Dyck PART I. MY PATH OF THORNS PART II. 'TIEFENWEGE (TRAGIC PASSAGES),' 1929-1949 Section One: New Directions and Shattering Experiments, 1928-1939 Section Two: World War II, Bolshevik Collapse and German Occupation, 1941-1943 Section Three: The Great Trek, 1943-1944 Section Four: Germany's Collapse, 1944-1945 Section Five: Allied Occupation and Emigration, 1945-1949 PART III. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTER TO WIFE, LENE NOTES

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Book SynopsisSince 1876, Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Charles T. Russell, their founder, advised his followers that members of Christ’s church would be raptured in 1878, and by 1914 Christ would destroy the nations and establish his kingdom on earth. The first prophecy was not fulfilled, but the outbreak of the First World War lent some credibility to the second. Ever since that time, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been predicting that the world would end “shortly.” Their numbers have grown to many millions in over two hundred countries. They distribute a billion pieces of literature annually, and continue to anticipate the end of the world.For almost thirty years, M. James Penton’s Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of this religious movement. As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of the Jehovah's Witnesses. His book is divided iTrade Review"A well-written, clear and fascinating study." -- James A. Beverley Toronto Journal of Theology "All in all, this is an excellent book and required reading for those interested in Jehovah's Witnesses. Penton's special perspective provides a scholarly inside look at a fascinating and persistent example of modern millenarianism." -- Timothy P. Weber American Historical Review 'This is not a vindictive slamming of the Witness organization by a raving ex-member, but a carefully written, well-documented critical analysis by a scholar with the special insight that only a former insider could give.' -- Dwayne Janke Lethbridge Herald 'M. James Penton offers us one of the few comprehensive accounts of a sectarian tradition that remains an enigma to scholars of modern religion.' -- Robert C. Fuller The Journal of Religion 'Penton, a fourth generation Witness with an impeccable academic background, sets forth a detailed and damning outline of the movement and, in particular, those who run the world wide organization.' -- Grant MacGillivray Halifax Daily News 'Highly recommended.' -- D.S. Azzolina Choice Magazine - vol 53:01:2015 "Penton's unique position - a well-travelled, fourth-generation member who served in various capacities - makes him a reliable informant. He aptly gives insight into major doctrines, past and recent prophetic speculation, the authority structure of the Witness organization, and the harshness of the total ban upon those who attempt open discussion of any differing exegetical view." Christianity TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: History 1. The Doctrinal Background of a New American Religious Movement 2. Charles Russell and the Bible Student Movement 3. The Creation of a Theocracy 4. The Era of Global Expansion 5. Prophetic Failure and Reaction 6. From Dynamic Growth to Organizational Stagnation 7. Relations with the World Part Two: Concepts and Doctrine 8. Bases of Doctrinal Authority 9. Major Doctrines Part Three: Organization and Community 10. Organizational Structure 11. The Witness Community Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLiberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany’s Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world’s first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized – however misleadingly – in Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and the musical Cabaret, Weimar’s freedoms have become a touchstone for the politics of sexual emancipation.Yet, as Laurie Marhoefer shows in Sex and Weimar Republic, those sexual freedoms were only obtained at the expense of a minority who were deemed sexually disordered. In Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable.Sex and the Weimar Republic examines the rise of sexual tolerance through the debates which surrounded “immoral” sexuality: obscenity, male homosexuality, lesbianism, Trade Review'This is a clear, beautifully written, and - unlike many North American books on German history - superbly edited book (German phrases, concepts, and names are error-free)...This valuable contribution should put to rest the long-lasting thesis that sexuality was responsible for the decadence of the first German republic.' -- Norman Domeier H-Soz-Kult April 2016 'In her highly original and wide-ranging study, Laurie Marhoefer makes a number of provocative and persuasive arguments regarding the character and significance of sexual politics in the Weimar Republic... A multifaceted and analytically rigorous contribution.' -- Kirsten Leng German History, vol 34:03:2016 'In her excellent book, Marhoefer has certainly succeeded in drawing attention to what she calls the "complexity and ugliness" of homosexual emancipation. At the same time, she ends up reproducing a dynamic common in the field of gay, lesbian, and queer history.' -- Craig Griffiths H-Histsex November 2016 "Laurie Marhoefer has written an important book that will be of interest not only to those who work on twentieth-century Germany and on the history of sexuality, but that also offers a valuable background to German sexual politics today, where same-sex unions have existed since 2001, while same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption are still the subject of heated debate." -- Katja Hausten Times Literary Supplement, April 1, 2016 'Splendid study...Laurie Marhoefer encourages the reader to think carefully along with her, and one cannot ask for more than that in this engaging first book.' -- Geoffrey J. Giles Canadian Journal of History vol 51:03:2016 'Marhoefer's book will be an excellent addition to graduate collections in German history and cultural studies, European studies, and history of sexuality... The book will also make fine addition to upper-division undergraduate courses.' -- B. Boovy Choice Magazine vol 53:10:2016Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Opening Night of the Institute for Sexual Science, July 1919 1. Homosexual Emancipation, Censorship, and the Revolution of 1918/9 2. Lesbianism, Reading, and Law 3. Female Prostitution, Modern Heterosexuality, and the 1927 Venereal Disease Law 4. Male Prostitution, Homosexual Emancipation, and the 1929 Vote to Repeal the Sodomy Law 5. "The Third Sex Greets the Third Reich!" The Rohm Scandal, 1931-2 6. The Politics of "Immoral" Sexuality in the Fall of the Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazis Conclusion: The Weimar Settlement on Sexual Politics

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Book SynopsisThis book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions, but about ways of overcoming the limitations imposed by those traditions.Trade Review"Plokhy moves seamlessly across the centuries with great erudition ... This is a rich and rewarding work." -- Andrew Wilson Journal of Modern History "[Ukraine and Russia] provides not only sharp insights into the historiography but profound evidence of the interplay between identity and historical imagination." -- Barbara Skinner Slavic Review "Ukraine and Russia presents itself not only as a rich and meticulously argued work of scholarship, but also as an excitingly topical book likely to fascinate not only historians intent upon refining their models of the past, but general readers seeking to understand one of Europe's most complex, and most uncertain, international relationships." -- Marko Pavlyshyn Australian Slavonic and East European Studies "A priceless exploration of mythology's role in historiography ... Plokhy tackles the sore issue of overlapping national narratives with commendable balance, discipline, and insight." -- Anton Fedyashin European History Quarterly 'This attractive and well written book deserves to be read attentively by historians, political scientists, and opinion formers in Ukraine, Russia, and the West.' -- Richard Abraham Russian Journal of Communication, vol. 3:1-2:2010 'Only a senior scholar who has an easy familiarity with broad range of writings could have written this excellent book. Plokhy provides a sophisticated analysis of how Ukrainian and Russian historians have produced both similar and different histories and historiographies; of Ukrainian and Russian history.' -- Alexander J. Motyl Journal of Ukrainian Studies 33-34: 2008-2009

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Book SynopsisIn Paramedics On and Off the Streets, Michael K. Corman embarks on an institutional ethnography of the complex, mundane, intricate, and exhilarating work of paramedics in Calgary, Alberta.Trade Review"This is an important book that thoroughly updates and expands the limited sociological literature on emergency ambulance work." -- Leo McCann, University of York * Work, Employment, and Society, vol 33: 1 *Table of ContentsCHAPTERS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Opening vignette - Getting Hooked 1.2. Being a "Good" Academic 1.2.1. Historical Roots of EMS and Paramedics 1.2.2. Paramedics' training and organizational oversight 1.2.3. Paramedics' Work 1.3. Why Paramedics? Why Now? 1.4. Purpose of the Book 1.4.1. In and out of the field 1.4.2. Overview of book - Summary of Chapters Part 1 2. SETTING THE SCENE 2.1. The Station 2.2. The Ambulance 2.3. The Tones 2.4. Assessment Work - "We're trying to play a chess match, 3, 5 moves ahead" 2.5. "REPAC please" 2.6. The Hospital 2.7. The ePCR 2.8. "One, Two, Three" - Stretcher Work 3. "THE HOSPITAL'S GOING TO COMPLAIN" 3.1. At the Hall 3.2. Hospital Relief 3.3. Lack of Sympathy? 3.4. Downtime - Coffee 3.5. "I've been burned several times" 4. "THAT WAS A GOODER" 4.1. "Cold Cocked" 4.2. "That was a Gooder" 4.3. Code Room 4.4. "On our truck, everyone is 36.5" 4.5. Treating the Patient, not the Protocol, not the Machine 4.6. The "Social Stuff" 4.7. Self-Policing 4.8. Fortying - "You Call, We Haul" - and Convincing Work 5. Epilogue - Overview and Discussion of Chapters 2-4 5.1. Overview 5.2. A Reflection on the Diversity of Ride-Alongs 5.3. Orienting to the What Ifs 5.4. Taken-for-granted Work: What Counts and What is Being Counted 5.5. Other Players in Emergency Medical Services Part 2 6. THE "BRAINS" OF EMS 6.1. Introduction 6.2. EMD and ProQA - "911, for what City?" 6.3. Dispatchers - Alpha 1 6.4. Dispatchers - Alpha 2 6.5. On the Centre's Floor - Interfacing or Discretionary Work 6.6. Conclusion 7. TAMING AND CREATING KNOWLEDGE OF FRONT-LINE WORK 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Protocols and the Targeting of Clinical Practice 7.3. The Electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) 7.4. Producing Compliance and Quality on the Front Lines 7.5. Business Intelligence - "Analyze and Effect Change" 7.6. Tracing Relations of Governance and Accountability 7.7. Conclusion Part 3 8. SO WHAT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 8.1. Overview of Book 8.2. Cause for Concern? 8.2.1. Doing More With Less 8.2.2. Changing Professional Mandate 8.2.3. Reformation of Time 8.3. Broader Implications 8.4. Closing Remarks

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Book SynopsisMyths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies. But even in our post-industrial, technologically driven world, myths Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific are in fact powerful, pervasive forces. In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gérard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transcend the division between primitive and modern. Myths represent key elements of collective imaginaries, past and present. In all societies there are values and beliefs that hold sway over most of the population. Whether they come from religion, political institutions, or other sources, they enjoy exalted status and go largely unchallenged. These myths have the power to bring societies together as well as pull them apart. Yet the study of myth has been largely neglected by sociologists and other social scientists. Bouchard navigaTrade Review"…Social Myths is an intriguing and potentially valuable analysis of cultural development." -- Scott Duchesne * Canadian Literature 236 2018 *"By the early 1990s, Gérard Bouchard had become one of the few prolific authors who always deserved close reading. The wonderful translation of his latest book will further increase his reputation for rigorous thinking, wide-ranging reading, and engaging writing." -- Chad Gaffield, University of Ottawa * The Canadian Historical Review, vol 99 4, December 2018 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - Myths and Collective Imaginaries Chapter 2 - What is a social myth? Chapter 3 - The Mythification Process Chapter 4 - The Conditions for the Effectiveness of Myth Chapter 5 - Social Myths: A Pyramidal Structure General Conclusion Bibliography Notes

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Book SynopsisErasmus'' humanistic approach to theology and biblical exegesis presented a shocking challenge to the theologians at the University of Paris, which had been dominated by scholastic theology for centuries. He engaged in a decade-long controversy over his theological, exegetical, and ethical positions with the Theological Faculty, and especially with their director, Noël Béda.This volumewhich translates this crucial quarrel from Latin for the first timedetails the formal, wide-ranging attack on Erasmus'' theories printed by the faculty in 1531, along with his two replies. Erasmus published his first rebuttal in the spring of 1532, and that fall issued a second edition with substantial revisions and lengthy additions to his original text. With an extensive introduction and detailed commentary by Clarence H. Miller and James K. Farge, this volume highlights the differences between the humanist and scholastic views of genuine theology more fully and extensively than most of ErasmTrade Review'The volume meets the expectations of those who are familiar with the series - and that is not a small achievement.' -- Craig Kallendorf Neo-Latin News vol 61:1-2:2013Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Clarence H. Miller and James K. Farge Clarifications Concerning the Censures Published in Paris in the Name of the Parisian Faculty of Theology Works Frequently Cited Short-title forms for Erasmus' Works General Index

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Book Synopsis‘And by now, mind, it’s too late to redeem your debts by giving up guzzling.’ Dante''s poetic correspondence (or tenzone) with Forese Donati, a relative of his wife, was rife with crude insults: the two men derided one another on topics ranging from sexual dysfunction and cowardice to poverty and thievery. But in his Commedia, rather than denying this correspondence, Dante repeatedly acknowledged and evoked the memory of his youthful put-downs.Dante''s Tenzone with Forese Donati examines the lasting impact of these sonnets on Dante''s writings and Italian literary culture, notably in the work of Giovanni Boccaccio. Fabian Alfie expands on derision as an ethical dimension of medieval literature, both facilitating the reprehension of vice and encouraging ongoing debates about the true nature of nobility. Outlining a broad perspective on the uses of literary insult, Dante''s Tenzone with Forese DonTable of Contents* Acknowledgements and Dedication * Introduction: Dante's Harsh New Style* Chapter One: La debita correzione: The Poetics of Insult in the Duecento* Chapter Two: Ad personam, ad stipitem: Readings of the Sonnets* Chapter Three: Hellish Echoes: Reminiscences of the Correspondence in Inferno XXIX and XXX* Chapter Four: The Terrace of the Tenzone: Purgatorio XXIII and XXIV* Chapter Five: Citations and Interpretations: The Literary Memory of the Sonnets in Boccaccio and Others* Conclusion* Appendix: Manuscripts and Stemmas* Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDante Alighieri cited the Bible extensively in his Commedia, but also used his epic poem to meditate on the meaning of the Scriptures as a ''true'' text. The Biblical Dante provides close readings of passages from the Commedia to explore how Dante''s concept of Biblical truth differs sharply from modern notions.V. Stanley Benfell examines Dante''s argument that the truth of the sacred text could only be revealed when engaged with in a transformative manner - and that a lack of such encounters in his time had led to a rise in greed and corruption, notably within the Church. He also illustrates how the poet put forth a vision for the restoration of a just society using Biblical language and imagery, revealing ideas of both earthly and eternal happiness. The Biblical Dante provides an insightful analysis of attitudes towards both the Bible and how it was read in the Medieval period.Table of ContentsA Note on Texts Abbreviations Preface * Dante's Idea of the Bible * Biblical Truth in the Paradiso * The Bible in the Inferno: Misprision and Prophetic Appropriation *Una nuova legge: The Beatitudes in the Purgatorio * Dante's Apocalypse Conclusion: Poet of the Biblical World Works Cited

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Book SynopsisLanguage is now understood as a key component of cultural identity, but discourses on linguistic nationalism are only a few centuries old. In Irresistible Signs, Paola Gambarota investigates the connection between Italian language and national identity over four hundred years, from late-Renaissance linguistic theories to nineteenth-century nationalist myths.Challenging the consensus that linguistic nationalism originated with nineteenth century German philosophers, Irresistible Signs advances a more nuanced theory of how culture and language become inextricably linked through literary and rhetorical elements. Gambarota combines Anglo-American theories of the nation with the most advanced Italian scholarship on language ideology and delves into ideas from Giambattista Vico, Giacomo Leopardi, and Melchiorre Cesarotti. Irresistible Signs also explores how images of national communities are represented within vernaculars, affirming their influence in shaTable of ContentsIntroduction * Scripts of vernaculars and collective characters in early modern Europe *Ut lingua, natio: Dominique Bouhours' genius of the nation and Ludovico Antonio Muratori's Italian republic of letters * Giambattista Vico, the vernacular, and the foundations of modern Italy * Translating genius: Cesarotti, Ossian, and the question of national character * Toward sameness: Leopardi's critique of character and the end of the nation * Irresistible signs? A postscript and the question of media Bibliography

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Book SynopsisPolicy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.Table of ContentsTable of Figures Table of Tables Part 1 - Introduction Chapter 1. - The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview - Howlett, Wellstead, & Craft Chapter 2. - Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government. - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Part 2 -Policy Work in Canadian Government Chapter 3. - Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government - Wellstead, Adam, Stedman, R and Lindquist, E. Chapter 4. - Policy Analysis and Policy work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description - Michael Howlett and Joshua Newman Chapter 5. - The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials - Luc Bernier and Michael Howlett Chapter 6. - Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Chapter 7. - Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada - Patricia L. O'Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood, and Carolyn M. Johns Chapter 8. - Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada - Howlett, Michael Chapter 9. - Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government: The Role of Ministerial Staffers - Jonathan Craft Part 3 -Policy Work Outside Government Chapter 10. - The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as Usual - Michael Howlett and Andrea Migone Chapter 11. - Inside the black box of academic researchers/policy analysts' interactions - Ouimet, M., Bedard. P-O, Leon G Chapter 12. - Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based policy making at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and its implications for the practice of policy analysis - Nicole Klenk Chapter 13. - Mandates, Political Parties and Policy Capacity - Flynn, Greg. Chapter 14. - Policy Dialogue and Engagement Between Non-Government Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers - Bryan Evans and Adam Wellstead Part 3 - Improving Canadian Policy Work Chapter 15. - Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada - Jonathan Craft and Siobhan Harty Chapter 16. - (Re)Scaling policy capacity between government and the voluntary sector in Canada - Karine Levasseur Chapter 17. - Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Amongst Policy Analysts - Justin Longo Part 4 - Conclusion Chapter 18. - Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy and Scholarship - Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft & Michael Howlett References List of Contributors Endnotes

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Book SynopsisThe letters in this volume reflect Erasmus’ anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany. Unable and unwilling to attend the Diet of Augsburg (JuneNovember 1530), summoned by Emperor Charles V in the attempt to mediate a religious settlement, Erasmus corresponded with those in attendance, urging them (in vain) to preserve peace at all costs. The letters also shed light on Erasmus’ controversies with Catholic critics (Luis de Carvajal and Frans Titelmans) who accused him of Lutheran sympathies, and former friends among the Protestant reformers (Gerard Geldenhouwer and others in Strasbourg), who embarrassed him by citing him in support of their views. Because of a mysterious and debilitating illness (identified in an appendix to the volume) the twelve months covered were less productive of scholarship than was usual for EraTrade Review'The Toronto Erasmus project is a magnificent achievement, one of the scholarly triumphs of our time. The succession of fine volumes - both in quality of content and of design and production - since the edition began in 1974 has continued to fulfil the original promise of the distinguished team of editors and the equally distinguished advisory committee.' -- Lisa Jardine Common Knowledge 'The Collected Works of Erasmus project has long since established a new standard for scholarly translation series to emulate. Not only have the English versions represented Erasmus' writings in crisp and accessible language, but meticulous editorial scholarship has placed the author's thought and work in their proper intellectual contexts.' -- Jerry H. Bentley Renaissance Quarterly 'Academic publishing does not get any better than this: durably bound, expertly annotated, beautifully translated editions of the works of one of the finest scholars in the illustrious history of the Christian Church.' -- Michael Bauman Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 'This current volume retains the impeccable scholarship, careful attention to detail, and beautiful high-quality materials and printing that has characterized the series... A very valuable and much appreciated addition.' -- Gregory D. Dodds Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:02:2016

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Book SynopsisThe Discerning Narrator sheds new light on Joseph Conrad’s controversial critique of modernity and modernization by reading his work through an Aristotelian lens. The book proposes that we need Aristotle a key figure in Conrad’s education to recognize the profound significance of Conrad’s artistic vision. Offering Aristotelian analyses of Conrad’s letters, essays, and four works of fiction, Alexia Hannis illuminates the philosophical roots and literary implications of Conrad’s critique of modernity. Hannis turns to Aristotle’s ethical formulations to trace what she calls the discerning narrator in Conrad’s oeuvre: a compassionate yet sceptical guide to appraising character and conduct. The book engages with past and current Conrad scholarship while drawing from Aristotle’s Poetics, Politics, and Nicomachean Ethics, as well as classical scholars to offer original philosophical analyses of major anTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Deeper Significance of Sailing Ships 1. Conrad’s Vision of Things 2. An Outcast of the Islands: Tragedy, Pathos, and Conrad’s Narrative Appeal 3. Seeing Jim’s Virtues in Lord Jim: A Tale 4. The Discerning Narrator in Falk: A Reminiscence 5. Marlow’s Practical Wisdom: Chance: A Tale in Two Parts Conclusion: “Speakings” Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUntil the late nineteenth-century, the most common form of local government in rural England and the British Empire was administration by amateur justices of the peace: the sessions system. Petty Justice uses an unusually well-documented example of the colonial sessions system in Loyalist New Brunswick to examine the role of justices of the peace and other front-line low law officials like customs officers and deputy land surveyors in colonial local government.Using the rich archival resources of Charlotte County, Paul Craven discusses issues such as the impact of commercial rivalries on local administration, the role of low law officials in resolving civil and criminal disputes and keeping the peace, their management of public works, social welfare, and liquor regulation, and the efforts of grand juries, high court judges, colonial governors, and elected governments to supervise them. A concluding chapter explains the demise of the sessions system in Charlotte CountTrade Review'Craven's book is a compendious analysis of archival material that reveals the day-to-day workings of the magistracy system in Charlotte County... It is heartening to see excellent research bringing important questions into the spotlight.' -- Lyndsay Campbell Acadiensis vol 44:02:2015 'Craven has effectively made accessible a wealth of knowledge and a unique glimpse of Canada's Legal history.' -- Alex E. Hughes American Review of Canadian Studies vol 46:01:2016Table of Contents1. High Law, Low Law, No Law I. Petty Justices 2. The Trials of David Owen 3. High Noon at Campobello 4. The Empire Strikes Back II. Doing Substantial Justice 5. In the Woods 6. "Unconnected with Mercantile Pursuits" 7. Hatheway's Civil Docket 1847-67 8. Hatheway's Crown Docket, 1847-67 III. The Sessions System and Its Enemies 9. Called to Account 10. Three Ships 11. The Temperance Magistrates 12. The Sessions System in Decline Appendices Reference Tables Sources Statutes Index Bibliography Index of Names Index of Places Topical Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book provides an insider's view of the seminal inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder. This paperback edition includes analysis of hitherto inaccessible transcripts which show how the Inquiry was undermined and a new Afterword by the author.Trade Review"It is apt and timely that Dr Stone should reveal detail from the (only now available) transcript evidence, modulated through his own cool, scientific and humanely liberal interpretation of this important event. " Dr Bryn Caless, Senior Lecturer in Policing , Canterbury Christ Church University"Going through the Inquiry was a reminder of the pain of losing my son: it was difficult but one I had to sit through. The Inquiry filled in the gaps of what happened the night my son was murdered. The Inquiry also showed me the depth of racism and corruption that existed in the Metropolitan Police Service." Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon, OBE"Insights into the private considerations of the Stephen Lawrence Murder Inquiry will provide clarity and better understanding about how the combination of prejudice, poor leadership, unaccountable decision-making and abuse of power contribute to institutional discriminatory outcomes." Lord Ouseley of Peckham RyeTable of ContentsIntroduction; Why there was an inquiry; The Inquiry and how I came to be an Adviser on the panel; Cancellations and reinstatements; The Commissioner takes the stand; Searching for the files of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry; Defining ‘institutional racism’ and the challenge to ‘double jeopardy’; Unprofessional policing and timid leadership; Final reflections ; Afterword.

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Book SynopsisThis compact, focused guide is perfect for students and others new to the field of gerontology. Features include further reading for each chapter, a glossary of key terms, and tables that provide easy reference points.Trade Review“Unique and bold, it is a serious consideration for anyone teaching an interdisciplinary introduction to gerontology course. Indeed, I will be sharing it with colleagues at my university.” The Gerontologist“It is an informative, thought-provoking overview of key issues in the field of ageing and gerontology, which draws on a range of disciplines and standpoints. Students and those new to the field will find this a lucid, easy to read exposition of ageing and gerontology. This work is a welcomed addition to the field. It is very well written and organised.” Population Ageing"This compact, focused guide is perfect for students and others new to the field of gerontology." Thomas Cole, The University of Texas"An outstanding, invaluable guide to research in gerontology. The range of areas covered is hugely impressive." Chris Phillipson, The University of ManchesterTable of ContentsContents; Preface; Age and Aging; Gerontology: A Historical Overview; Myths and Common Assumptions About Aging; Health and Functional Abilities in Later Life; Rethinking Family and Family Structures; Death, Grief, Loss and Loneliness; Social Location and Place; Financing Old Age; Narrative and Creativity; Glossary.

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Book SynopsisCo-authored by an international team of experts across disciplines, this important book is one of the first to demonstrate the enormous benefit creative methods offer for education research. It illustrates how using creative methods, such as poetic inquiry, theatre and animation, can support learning and illuminate participation and engagement.Table of ContentsIntroduction Research Design Context-Setting Data Gathering Using Two Dimensional and Technological Methods – Research With Children and Young People Data Gathering Using Three Dimensional and Online Methods – Research With Adults Data Analysis Writing/Reporting Presentation Dissemination Where to Next With Creative Research Methods

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Book Synopsis In The Wrestling Drill Book, Second Edition, nine of the sport’s top coaches offer more than 160 drills for mastering essential techniques: takedowns, reversals, escapes, riding, and pinning combinations. Detailed descriptions, coaching points, corrections to common errors, and 400 photos provide thorough instruction for proper execution of each move. Trade Review “The Wrestling Drill Book assists coaches from youth to college levels in developing championship wrestlers. It’s a must-read.” Bobby Douglas-- U.S. Olympic Coach (1992, 2004), NWCA Coach of the Year (2000), U.S. Freestyle World Team Head Coach (’89, ’91, ’02, ’03) "To reach your potential as a wrestler, you must be willing to work hard in the off-season. The Wrestling Drill Book offers some great training activities to help you do this." Cael Sanderson-- 2004 Olympic Champion, Head Wrestling Coach, Penn State University “Whether for wrestling or for mixed martial arts, the second edition of The Wrestling Drill Book is the one resource that athletes need in order to learn how to grapple like a champion.” Doug Jeffrey-- Editor, Ultimate MMA Magazine Table of Contents Chapter 1 Essential Movement Drills Chapter 2 Footwork: Agility, Quickness, and Balance Drills (new chapter) Chapter 3 Takedown Drills (5 new drills) Chapter 4 Advance Throws and Takedown Drills (new chapter) Chapter 5 Escape and Reversal Drills (9 new drills) Chapter 6 Riding to Pinning Combination Drills (7 new drills) Chapter 7 Advance Pinning Combination Drills (5 new drills) Chapter 8 Conditioning Drills (11 new drills) Chapter 9 Effective Practices and Off-Season Activities (expanded)

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Book SynopsisIn Pursuit of Excellence offers a prescriptive and practical means of gaining a competitive edge on or off the field through mental training. Athletes, coaches, and professionals will develop a positive outlook and focused commitment, overcome obstacles, improve performance, and achieve higher-quality living. Trade Review“This book is for those who are not satisfied with good enough. I have known Terry for over 20 years, and his insights have provided me with the guidance I need to stay focused on the things that really matter to achieve my goals. I regularly use the strategies he shares in Pursuit of Excellence in my work with coaches around the world, from youth sport to the world’s best Olympic and national team coaches.”—Wade Gilbert, PhD, Professor, Department of Kinesiology California State University–FresnoTable of ContentsPart I Discovering Excellence Chapter 1. Choice of Excellence Chapter 2. Wheel of Excellence Chapter 3. Focus for Excellence Chapter 4. Journey to Excellence Part II Focusing for Excellence Chapter 5. Self-Examination Chapter 6. Intensity, Relaxation, and Recovery Chapter 7. Distraction Control Chapter 8. Positive Images Chapter 9. Simulation Chapter 10. Zen Experiences Part III Creating Excellence Chapter 11. Perspectives Chapter 12. Goals Chapter 13. Commitments Chapter 14. Connections Chapter 15. Challenges Chapter 16. Actions Part IV Living Excellence Chapter 17. Composed Chapter 18. Balanced Chapter 19. Consistent Chapter 20. Coachable Chapter 21. Team-Oriented Chapter 22. Self-Directed Chapter 23. Adaptable Chapter 24. Transition

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Book SynopsisSmart grids are for everyone but require the vision and investment plans for grid modernization. This document provides some practical elements on how to develop a smart grid vision and investment plan with a focus on the distribution side and also briefly discusses finance and regulatory issues.

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Book SynopsisChad's economy has contracted since 2015, preventing poverty reduction and the improvement of development outcomes. This Systematic Country Diagnostic identifies key constraints on poverty reduction and recommends solutions.

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Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive history and analysis of Republican political life during the Spanish Civil War. Completed by Burnett Bolloten just before his death in 1987 and first published in English in 1991, The Spanish Civil War is the culmination of fifty years of dedicated and painstaking research and is the most exhaustive study on the subject in any language.

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Book SynopsisReinterpreting the Haitian Revolution as both an islandwide and a circum-Caribbean phenomenon, Graham Nessler examines the intertwined histories of Saint-Domingue, the French colony that became Haiti, and Santo Domingo, the Spanish colony that became the Dominican Republic. Nessler argues that the territories' borders and governance were often unclear and mutually influential.

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Book SynopsisOver the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William "Big Bill" Broonzy (1893–1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre, from its roots in the rural Mississippi River Delta, through its rise as a popular genre in the North, to its eventual international acclaim. Along the way, Broonzy adopted an evolving personal and professional identity, tailoring his self-presentation to the demands of the place and time. His remarkable professional fluidity mirrored the range of expectations from his audiences, whose ideas about race, national belonging, identity, and the blues were refracted through Broonzy as if through a prism. Kevin D. Greene argues that Broonzy''s popular success testifies to his ability to navigate the cultural expectations of his different audiences. However, this constant reinvention came at a personal and professional cost. Using Broonzy''s multifaceted career, Greene situates blues performance at the center of understanding African American self-presentation and racial identity in the first half of the twentieth century. Through Broonzy''s life and times, Greene assesses major themes and events in African American history, including the Great Migration, urbanization, and black expatriate encounters with European culture consumers. Drawing on a range of historical source materials as well as oral histories and personal archives held by Broonzy''s son, Greene perceptively interrogates how notions of race, gender, and audience reception continue to shape concepts of folk culture and musical authenticity.

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Book SynopsisParamahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), a Hindu missionary to the US, wrote one of the world's most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi. David Neumann tells the story of Yogananda's fascinating life while interpreting his position in religious history, transnational modernity, and American culture.

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Book SynopsisIn this sweeping history, Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti begins with a reconstruction of how individuals from Africa, in the midst of the golden age of imperialism, created a sovereign society based on political imagination and a radical rejection of the colonial order, persisting even through the US occupation in 1915.

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Book SynopsisBetween the invention of photography in 1839 and the end of the nineteenth century, portraiture became one of the most popular and common art forms in the United States. Sarah Blackwood tells a wide-ranging story about how images of human surfaces became understood as expressions of human depth during this era.

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Book SynopsisIn a history spanning three hundred years, Stanley Buder examines the expansion of the market economy, the laggardly use of government to control market forces, the rise of consumerism, the shifting role of small business, and much more. He concludes with the explosive development of business in the 1990s and its aftermath of crises and scandals.Trade ReviewA sweeping synthesis of American business history. . . . Deserves to be widely read and discussed, particularly at this moment in our history."" - Enterprise & Society""Makes a good case that understanding business history is essential to understanding American history. . . . Recommended."" - Choice""Synthesizes an extensive array of secondary sources into a judicious, accessibly written survey of American business. . . . Provid[es] a wealth of information and insight and giving readers a fine overview of the broad sweep of American business history."" - Journal of American History""Do you love history? Do you enjoy business analysis? How about reflecting on social mores? Throw in a healthy dash of political drama and you've created the multiple layers of Capitalizing on Change. . . . Buder makes the intertwining dynamics of our 300 years of history so very readable."" - Better Investing

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Book SynopsisThe Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910-1985) was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In this intimate biography, Troy Saxby provides the most comprehensive account of Murray's inner life to date, revealing her struggles in poignant detail.Trade ReviewThere's so much to glean from this book, so many milestones Saxby says Murray set, that you almost can't stop reading despite watching the discomfort, obvious pain, and inner struggle she endured. Through letters and articles she wrote, readers get to know Murray as she perceived herself. Those personal peeks are engrossing, especially given the legacy she left. . . . Any reader who wants to know more about social justice pioneers should get a bead on it.--The Washington Informer This detailed biography on an underrated social and politlcal activist results in an ambitious undertaking by Saxby, whose emphasis on Murray's private life tells a history of trials based on personal experiences and records.--Library Journal

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