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Zimbabwean planning empiricists on the contemporary challenges facing Zimbabwe as a nation in the planning and ordinary life domain. Planning as a discipline is concerned about location of activities
Shults and Stevenson offer an exploration of the theory and practice of building, leveraging, and sustaining capacity in the nation’s traditionally black colleges and universities. The authors have or
The 13 essays are from papers presented at the March 2011 international conference Remembrances: Constructing Narratives of Wars of the 19th and 20th Centuries, held in Young Harris, Georgia (US). Amo
Foreword by Mr Graeme Garvey, Chair, Yorkshire Dialect Society “ (Her novels were)...brilliant, lively, ingenious and destitute of a single ray of sentiment.” Henry James on M.E.Braddon This scholarly
This work explores changes in British writers' attitudes towards Indian nationalism between 1957 and 2000 through readings of Indian and English characters' attitudes toward Indian nationalism--and re
MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON and the JEWISH QUESTION: A Victorian English Novelist and the Worlds of Anglo-Jewry, Zionism and Judaism, 1859 - 1913 Author: Ruth Morris Credentials: D/English Aberdeen Univer
"A research monograph on the mid-Victorian rise of Sir Richard Burton, Orientalism and the phenomenon of the Cannibal Club is overdue as, although it has been dealt with superficially many times, ther
No standard published history of the Baptist Bible Fellowship (BBF) currently exists which would makes this work an important contribution to modern American history, the history of racism in the Unit
Filled with new elements that challenge common scholarly theses, this book acquaints the reader with the “Jewish problem” of sociology and provides what this academic discipline urgently needs: a one-
This study discusses how modern poets were influenced by contemporary science and technology. After an overview of science and poetry from classical times to the 20th century, the monograph focuses ma
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AMERICAN HISTORIANS IN WAR AND PEACE: Patriotism, Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference,1918-1919 In this study of the American historians who accompanied President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Pea
Analyzes the role of solidarity in the early years of the European Economic Community, comparing political leaders, public opinions and other contributing factors in four founding countries to offer i
A team of researchers sets out a methodology to help administrators and academicians in historically black colleges and universities make balanced decisions in such areas as administration, finance, s
The work is a major scholarly monograph on the discovery of ambiguity as an expressive resource in the criticism, literary theory and poetic practice of Robert Graves, Laura Riding, William Empson and
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A visual history of the Traveling circuses and shows that traveled the roads of Ireland between the 1920s and the arrival of television in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Professor OhAodha (pron: Oh-
Presenting an exhaustive exposition of data from early historical, archaeological, linguistic, and literary sources, Sainero (UNED--National University of Distance Education, Spain) correlates that da
This volume applies communications framing theory as a means of exploring how the mass media and outside diplomats have perceived and represented violence in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Devot
A research monograph that analyses and describes how multiracial undergraduates have come to think about race, racism and the politics of identity and personal text.
Experiences of twentieth century history and major literary trends are reflected in the excellent but little-known writings of the Austrian-Czech physician and novelist Ernst Weiss (1882-1940). Weiss
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Law academics and practitioners who specialize in the legal and economic governance of professional and amateur athletics look at a wide range of issues involving professional hockey, from criminal
