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He was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersmaw was a british civil engineer and astronomerbeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title concludes:- "[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiapage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifeborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsmanour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazinesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website" small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper cover
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adwith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincethese operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesthis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human intervention
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He shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religioninstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religiongerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningstext block is clean and binding solidoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgevery good black cloth"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of siena" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary statethis text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governanceno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book fills this gapthe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldhowever, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government
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Containing illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moremodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 aug
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Oxfam bookshop beverley this book offers an innovative framework for understanding the role of civil society in regional and global policymakingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing political economy analysis, gerard demonstrates that asean's people-oriented agenda builds legitimacy, while sidelining its detractors
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Zoe follows libby's trail from paris to spain on the brink of civil war to secret trysts in london, and as libby finds the courage to live and love again, zoe begins to let go of her own griefits rooms might be empty, but this house is full of secretswhen zoe and win, raw and reeling from a recent tragedy, move into their new home it's meant to be a fresh start and a way to mend the holes in their relationshiphighly recommended for a great feel good read''finished the whole book in one night, literally unputdownable'an ordinary house on an ordinary street, built in and never lived in'an engrossing read' woman & home'a wonderful book' heat'this beautiful dual love story is a real page-turner' hello!'filled with warmth and great characters' stylist see oxfam website for delivery information read moreperfect for fans of rachel rhys, jenny ashcroft, santa montefiore and kathryn hughesoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'extremely atmospheric and unputdownableinside is a wedding dress, letters and a diary all belonging to a woman called libbybut when libby's story takes a darker turn, zoe becomes increasingly obsessed with discovering what really happened all those years agoand there's something else in the suitcase, something that echoes zoe's own painsuch a brilliant piece of writing''enjoyed every page of this lovely book and its lovely heroines zoe and libbyi loved it' marian keyeswhat readers are saying about the house of secrets:'libby and zoe are complex, courageous and believeable and i found their stories absolutely compelling to read with a very satisfying ending''i cried, i smiled, i swore in anger at partsbut pushed to the back of a cupboard is a suitcase that's been gathering dust for eighty yearsbecause if libby managed to get her happy ever after then maybe zoe and win can too
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“iee computing & control engineering journal” was published in the uk 6 times per year by the institution of electrical engineers“journal” was dropped from the title in jan , and iee changed to iet when the institution changed its name in aprilit featured technical articles on computing (hardware & software), control engineering & relevant applications aimed at the graduate level practising professional engineer) these issues (june – dec ) are all in good condition, mostly unreadbuyer to collect, or i can send by collect + for £10the february/march issues of and are both missing(after the title changed, it started to include news itemsa few may have a few creased pages where they have been stored foldeddispatch within 3 days of cleared payment read more
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Used in engineering to illustrate contact areas between mated surfaces, engineers blue can also be thinned with meths to make marking out blue, a strong dye that colours components making scribed layout lines easier to seeapply sparingly, it has a very high pigment content so a little goes a very long way indeedthe original stuart micrometer engineers' marking blue is a non-abrasive easily-spread marking paste containing a high concentration of pure prussian blue in a grease basehard to find, original stuart micrometer engineers' marking standard round tingreat conditionfrom a smoke/pet free homejust a small amount used and no longer required
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In the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophyshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitarians "a forceful, encyclopedic studypages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nickssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefine unclipped dust-wrapperin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitsthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britain
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Job training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agothis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalitydrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnosome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classfrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integrated
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Francis mccullagh was an indefatigable journalist and war reporter, who covered conflicts from the russo-japanese to the spanish civil warthis one of the first books to be written about the young turkish revolution of and the attempt at a counter revolution in , which brought turkey close to civil war and resulted in the abdication of the last autocratic ruler of the ottoman empire, abdul hamid ii see oxfam website for delivery information read morepage edges are foxed, stained and bumpedoxfam bookshop beverley very rare first editionbook condition: scrapes, wear and marking on front, spine and back coverspages themselves are heavily foxed
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A guide to civil war washington, dthe capital of the union by lucinda prout janke (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The brookings institution was established in with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies andsome bw maps and illustrationsto offer training of a super-graduate character to students of the social sciences"owners name on first page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth america faces the air age the director prepared the introductory volume to a promised series, and he limits himself to outlining the basic setting of the world air transport problemparker van zandtin pursuance of these objects, it initiated in a programme of economic research in aviation under the direction of drjacket torn and soiled as shownaviation history
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With increasing doubts about the institution of slaveryeaton, eighteenth century studies see oxfam website for delivery information read moreallison's study provides a context for understanding more recent developments, such as america's tendency to demonize figures like iran's khumaini, libya's qaddafi, and iraq's saddam"a powerful ending that explains how the experience with the barbary states compelled many americans to look inwardbulliet, journal of interdisciplinary history"this book should be widely readfocusing on america's encounter with the barbary states of north africa from to , robert allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of islam in the american mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of governmentoxfam bookshop knutsford from the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the middle east, encounters with the muslim world have helped americans define national identity and purposelesch, middle east journal"allison's incisive and informative account of the fledgling republic's encounter with the muslim world is a revelation with a special pertinence to today's international scene
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It is intended to inform fellows and students of the founding and evolution of the institutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboth book and dust jacket are in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundoxfam shop mutley plain the book marks the 20th year of the council of the college of optometrists
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A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs"the evolution of civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisationsquigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kingdom th anniversary of the institution of medals for military valourare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecomplete set of 20 stamps, guaranteed mint with original full gumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Illustrated catalog of civil war military goods: union army weapons, insignia, uniform accessories and other equipment by hartley graham; hartley schuyler may have limited writing in cover pagespages are unmarked~ thriftbooks: read more, spend less
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Illustrated catalog of civil war military goods: union weapons, insignia, uniform accessories and other equipment by schuyler hartley and graham *excellent condition*
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In topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedboard of educationoxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement
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Ann atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fightthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallthe dustjacket is unpriceclipped but shows some signs of shelf-wearoxfam bookshop hexham cduring the s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, atwater and ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issuerich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century south, the best of enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all oddsin an amazing set of transformations, however, each of them came to see how the other had been exploited by the south's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendship that flourished against a backdrop of unrelenting bigotryby placing this very personal story into broader context, osha gray davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class, and that cooperation is possible--even in the most divisive situations--when people begin to listen to one anotherellis grew up in the poor white section of durham, north carolina, and as a young man joined the ku klux klanthe page block is yellowing and the edges are slightly marked but otherwise appears to be free from annotationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe blue and black cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spinethe front inside flap is creased, all edges are rubbed and the corners are a little bumpedtheir encounters were charged with hatred and suspicion
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His letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesspecial anniversary set in eight volumesletters in eight volumesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: minimal signs of storageby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectthe letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societybourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismthis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford the demography of victorian england and wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of england and wales between andbut robert woods also considers the variable quality of the victorian registration system; the changing role of what robert malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environmentsits principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colourthe volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areas
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Oxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warprinted in , first editionthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practice" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyhe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movement
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham when talksport first went on air on 17 january , engineers were still wiring up the studios, and the furniture for the presenters had arrived only hours earlierit was immediately clear that talksport wasn't going to be like any other radio stationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding contributions from all the big names of talksport, past and present, this book is as breathtaking and jaw-dropping as the station itselfin this compelling and hilarious account of how talksport conquered the airwaves, gershon portnoi reveals all the great stories that make the station so popular among its dedicated audience - like the time part of a test match commentary was conducted from the back of an elephant, or when abu hamza revealed how much he like belly dancing music
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morerichly illustrated with maps, engineering drawings, newspaper engravings, and architectural photographs, this book suggests new ways of understanding london's sewers and makes visible these vital, yet hidden spaces of the cityhe focuses on the question of how these new spaces were understood and represented - by both those who planned and promoted them (reformers and engineers) and also by those whom they impacted, namely london's populaceoxfam books & music lichfield in this fascinating and innovative look at how the underbelly of victorian london, paul dobraszczyk offers a new account of how the city's sanitation was revolutionised in the s and s by means of gigantic new sewers and magnificent pumping stations
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At a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recoveredthe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justicean act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth
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The book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsthis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processlove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsthe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrycourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seathe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearit provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hair
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