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In this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centurythe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionchapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centurythe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensual
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This will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismgood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centurythe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agedrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies
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Minor shelfwear only: slight bumping to cornersoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells very good conditionwith contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections: the silent era () the birth of the talkies and the fascist era () postwar cinematic culture () the golden age of italian cinema () an age of crisis, transition and consolidation ( to the present) new directions in critical approaches to italian cinema acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of italian cinema history, peter bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of italian film theory and criticismthe italian cinema book is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of italian cinema, from to the present daysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis provocative collection will provide the film student, scholar or enthusiast with a comprehensive understanding of the major developments in what might be called twentieth-century italy's greatest and most original art form
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This book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worlddadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and artsdadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionthe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literature
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Today, verdi scholars build their work on a vast foundation of earlier researchit is not surprising that a figure such as verdi should have inspired an enormous amount of books, articles, essays, and critical evaluationfor those who have not spent years with verdi literature or who may just be starting to explore some aspect of the giant's life and works, this foundation may seem daunting indeedit is primarily for these researchers that this volume is intended, although it is hoped that specialists will also find it to be usefulthis verdi biography is dealt with as a simple story to be read in one go - in which thoughts concerning personal and professional events in his life flow in simplicity, while continuing to respect the importance of chronological ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national heroits purpose is to index and describe some of the most significant studies about the composer and his music, presenting enough material - in a sort of stream of consciousness, using annotations that readers may survey the myriad directions verdi research has gone, ascertain the relevance of individual items to their individual interests, and easily pursue significant patterns and threads in which they are interestedoxfam bookshop wallingford the works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of giuseppe verdi
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The approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of hermann cohen, the dialogical philosophy of buber, the religious phenomenology of heschel, and the insights of contemporary biblical scholars, including literary analysts of the bibleoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no marks or wear the fundamental book of eliezer schweid is a modern interpretation of the bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary jews with the bible, from which a dynamic jewish culture can continue to draw its inspirationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreschweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensionsthe world is gods creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present time
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In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and receptionthis collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguethe wider influence of the catalogue is considered in chapters on pindar and the lyric tradition, on hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at romesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe catalogue of women, ascribed to hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the godsindividual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to women
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Students, scholars and teachers in history and political studies will find this volume invaluablehe also launched a programme of modernisation and industrialisation: under pompidou france saw both the climax and the end of the post-war boomoxfam bookshop ipswich this is the latest volume to appear in the successful cambridge history of modern france series, and is the most authoritative account available of the presidency of georges pompidoutheir comprehensive study contains all the standard features, such as maps, chronology, and tables, which have helped this series to establish itself as the premier multi-volume account of modern francesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreserge berstein and jean-pierre rioux analyse the politics of the period, and also give an overview of france's economy, culture and societypompidou consolidated the constitutional changes made by de gaulle, to the extent that he is now regarded as the fifth republic's second founding father, and continued his haughty attitudes to foreign policy
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The oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldoxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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Presents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the periodoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesintroduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy
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Oxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldresearch on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changeit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futurethe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallythis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved
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scholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchthe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satan
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It shows how the empire cinema constructed the colonial world, its rationale for doing so, and the manner in which such constructions were received by the colonized peoplealthough empire cinema has been examined by western scholars, such studies have located the films almost wholly within the colonizing country rather that exploring their reception among the colonizedan empirico-historical inquiry into the empire cinema in hollywood and britain during the turbulent s and sthis book offers fresh insights in the field of cultural and film studies from a multi-focal perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombining wide-ranging scholarship based on original documents, film, stuides and historical and political analyses, the book aims to give the reader a sense of how ideologies, images and identites are constructed, promoted, contested and resisted in relation to key film representations of empireby shifting the emphasis to historical reception of imperial popular culture this book seeks to fill out a certain terrain between the current indian writing on national cinema and non-indian writing on empire cinema
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It also records the architectural adventure of re-configuring a beautiful but topographically challenging site into one that could continue to accommodate the museum building, but could also provide for an outdoor theatre, laboratories for conservation work and research, offices for staff and visiting scholars, and an education program for adults and children illustrated with more than 300 reproductions of works of art, photographs of the old and new villa, site plans, and architectural elevationsincluding acknowledgements and indexthe boards are very slightly shelf-worn, but the contents of the book are as newclosed for almost ten years while renovations were made to the building and the site itself was transformed into a centre for the study of antiquities and conservation, the getty villa is once again opened to the publicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is a lively history of the getty that chronicles its growth from a small museum in a ranch house in malibu to an organisation that now comprises not only the renown museum but also the research institute, conservation institute, and foundationoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the original getty museum, housed in a replica of a roman villa on a site overlooking the pacific ocean, has long been one of los angeles's most treasured landmarksthe jacket has two small chips in the top edge
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yalu based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinafirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold war
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This is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthe title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good conditionthere is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discoloured' this is a hardbound book with some discolouration on the outer boards and spine, and the front board is beginning to come away from the spine at the bottomthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'there are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthe edges along the bottom and sides are a faint redinside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectorsthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on themthere are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'oxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'
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The horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastbut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan raceoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeanlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangethe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change
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However, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedover the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive wayoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings
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" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanthe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesisequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy
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Oxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european cultureit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionthe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturealthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacket
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Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readersthe volume contains an appendix on the anti-vivisection debates, with which darwin was closely involved, giving evidence before a royal commission on the subjectthis volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to charles darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth centurythe letters are published chronologically: volume 23 includes letters from , the year in which darwin wrote and published insectivorous plants, a botanical work that was a great success with the reading public, and started writing cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdomdust jacket perfect, not price clippeddarwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in personsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop beckenham as new condition, seems unreadother volumes available at oxfam beckenham online
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Oxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplinesross (loyola university, chicago)power (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (stit examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbalvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan aandrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david nthe vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theology
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Scotus, as a late scholasticist, is one of the first scholars to clearly differentiate between religion and philosophy as different disciplines with different approachesvery good conditionthe beautiful panels show sketches and calculations on astronomymore photos availableedition of traditional writings of the scottish philosopher johannes duns scotus (), who made his name in the 13th century throughout europe and was beatified in the s
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Scotus, as a representative of late scholasticism, is one of the first scholars to clearly differentiate between religion and philosophy as different disciplines with different approachesscarlet specimen, occasionally somewhat sticky and brownishthe book is in alhaurin el grande (mlaga) spainunique - only for specialist collectors three copies known to existthe beautiful panels depict sketches and calculations on astronomyit is recomended to inspect it before deciding to purchase iti have whastappi am retired and selling all my posessionsedition of traditional writings by the scottish philosopher johannes duns scotus (), who made his name throughout europe in the 13th century and was beatified in the s
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This accessible, illustrated narrative for students, general readers, and scholars details the history of pinkerton’s national detective agency from tothe book concludes by revealing the forces that led to the end of the pinkerton agency
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Over the last sixty years scholars have increasingly become aware of links connecting early greek poetry with the literatures of mesopotamia, anatolia, canaan, and israelmartin west's new book far surpasses previous studies in comprehensiveness, demonstrating these links with massive and detailed documentation and showing that they are much more fundamental and pervasive than has hitherto been acknowledgedhis survey embraces hesiod, the homeric epics, the lyric poets, and aeschylus, and concludes with an illuminating discussion of possible avenues of transmission between the orient and greecehe believes that an age has dawned in which hellenists will no more be able to ignore the near eastern literature than latinists can ignore greekvery good conditionoxfam bookshop raeburn place ever since neolithic times greek lands lay open to cultural imports from western asia: agriculture, metal-working, writing, religious institutions, artistic fashions, musical instruments, and much moreprevious owner's inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth what is celtic christianity? how and to what extent is it celtic? this volume aims to take a fresh look at the saints, scholars, nature poets and religious thinkers who shaped the early forms of christianity in britain and irelandthe second part considers texts from a theological viewpoint and also examines the role of the literary text in the mediation and dissemination of a celtic religious sensibilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeginning with discussions of the problematic term "celtic", its origins and usefulness, the first part of the volume discusses celtic ethnicity, location and national identities
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford twelve literary scholars and historians investigate the ways in which space and place are politically, religiously, and culturally inflectedcover has slight surface marks see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexploring medieval texts as diverse as icelandic sagas, ptolemy's geography, and mandeville's travels, the contributors illustrate the intimate connection between geographical conceptions and the mastery of land, the assertion of doctrine, and the performance of sexualitynote - sticker mark on first tile page
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentthis 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 governancethis 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 stateno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 fieldthis book fills this gaphowever, 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 rectified
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