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Lukas Foss - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, New): Karen Perone Lukas Foss - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, New)
Karen Perone
R1,899 Discovery Miles 18 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lukas Foss's career encompasses the worlds of composition, conducting, performing, teaching, and the organization of major music festivals. His compositional style defies classification; he has used every form of twentieth century style, from neo-classicism to avant-garde, in his works. Karen Perone's bio-bibliography covers Lukas Foss as composer, author, conductor, and performer. This single comprehensive source includes biographical information; bibliographical citations to reviews of compositions, performances, and recordings; general bibliographical citations; discographical citations to compositions by Foss as well as to works conducted and performed by him; and a listing of the numerous awards and honors he has received. It is fully indexed to make it a useful reference tool for scholars and librarians alike.

British Hit EPs - 1955-1989 (Paperback): George R. White British Hit EPs - 1955-1989 (Paperback)
George R. White
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fully revised and expanded second edition of the only chart book dedicated to British Hit EPs. Originally conceived as sort-of 'mini LP', the four-track extended play album or 'EP' achieved mass popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s, later enjoying a revival during the punk/new wave era of the mid-1970s. Attractively packaged in glossy colour sleeves and often containing rare material, EPs also rapidly acquired a following among discerning music fans and record collectors that continues to the present day. Includes a history of the format, an artist-by-artist listing of every 7-inch hit EP from 1955 to 1989 (with full track details for each record), a trivia section, the official UK EP charts week by week, and much more. Profusely illustrated with over 600 sleeve shots.

Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States - An International Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): John Lent Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States - An International Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
John Lent
R2,251 Discovery Miles 22 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Comics have become icons of U.S. popular culture familiar throughout the world. This huge bibliography, one of four compiled by Lent to cover all parts of the world, cites many publications in various writing styles, formats, time periods, and languages. This volume is introduced by famed cartoonists Mort Walker ("Beetle Bailey") and Jerry Robinson ("The Joker"). The genres of comic art have had a phenomenal growth in recent years; the literature has grown with these developments, making this volume of interest to scholars of popular culture and fans alike.

Featured are sections on resources, including an annotated directory of 128 comic art-related periodicals; comics collecting; portrayals of comics in movies, television, and radio; and relationships of comics with art, education and children, eroticism, ethnicity, humanism, the professions, violence, and war. Other parts deal with historical, business, legal, and technical aspects of comics. Two hundred and ninety-one comics-related personnel are singled out for special consideration, as well as 143 individual comic strip characters and 48 comic book titles under 13 genres. The foreword by Mort Walker deals with comics over the years and the topic of political correctness, and the introduction by Jerry Robinson gives a history of comic art. The indices are conveniently divided by authors, cartoonists, characters and titles, periodicals, and subjects. The other three books in this international series cover animation, caricature, gag, magazine, illustrative, and political cartoons in the United States and Canada; comic art of Europe; and comic art of Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Families and Aging - A Selected, Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Jean M. Coyle Families and Aging - A Selected, Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Jean M. Coyle
R1,892 Discovery Miles 18 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Families have become an increasingly important source of support for the elderly, and gerontologists are directing more and more attention to older adults and their families. This bibliography reviews the most significant works on families and aging published within the past ten years. Jean Coyle has selected and annotated nearly 800 books, articles, films, dissertations, and government documents. The detailed annotations summarize and evaluate the significance and usefulness of each item, and the comprehensive author and subject indexes make this volume a valuable reference tool. A thoughtful introduction surveys the most noteworthy research on families and aging done in the last decade. This is followed by eleven chapters, that address such topics as widowhood, intergenerational relationships, family caregiving, and the role of older adults in ethnic and minority families. Gerontologists, social workers, and all those interested in families and aging will find this guide an indispensable source of information.

The Rudy Vallee Discography (Hardcover): Larry Kiner The Rudy Vallee Discography (Hardcover)
Larry Kiner
R2,374 Discovery Miles 23 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Here is the first complete listing of all the recorded works of Hubert Prior Vallee, one of America's most versatile and accomplished entertainers. Kiner chronicles Vallee's work from its infancy in 1921 through his most popular era in the late 1920s and early 1930s into the war years of the 1940s and on into the next thirty years. All known Vallee recordings that were ever issued or intended for issue as commercial releases are listed. Also included are unissued recordings, private recordings, radio broadcasts and soundtracks, as well as "private issues" that were produced in sizable quantities. Each entry contains as complete a citation of a disc's production as possible, including: date, type, and location of performance; orchestral accompaniment with number ofinstruments and vocalist; song title and songwriter's name; and recordsize/rpm/label name, catalog number/matrix number, and take designation. The book contains illustrations, a preface by the artist himself, as well as indexes for Valle songs, 78 rpm single records, LP records, conductors, costars, musicians who worked in the Connecticut Yankees, and Vallee's motion pictures and radio series.

Mothers and Daughters in American Short Fiction - An Annotated Bibliography of Twentieth-Century Women's Literature... Mothers and Daughters in American Short Fiction - An Annotated Bibliography of Twentieth-Century Women's Literature (Hardcover)
Susanne Carter
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1976, Adrienne Rich wrote that the mother-daughter bond is the great unwritten story, awaiting analysis and definition. Since then, many voices have come to fill the gap, including those of American fiction writers. This bibliography provides information on short stories that explore the mother-daughter relationship. The general introduction and the annotations analyze approximately 250 stories written by American women in the 20th century. Most of the stories were written during the past two decades and reflect a reevaluation of the mother-daughter bond and its impact on women's lives. The bibliography is arranged thematically with chapters on abuse and neglect, aging, alienation, death, expectations, nurturance, and portraits. Each chapter begins with an introductory overview and collective analysis of the stories in the chapter. The volume includes author, title, and subject indexes.

Eleanor Powell - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Margie Schultz Eleanor Powell - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Margie Schultz
R2,227 Discovery Miles 22 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eleanor Powell began her notable career at age 12, with an appearance at a supper show at an Atlantic City hotel. As a teenager, she moved to vaudeville and Broadway, where producers insisted that the classically trained dancer study tap. With minimal training, she became the queen of tap dancing in the 1930s and 1940s, with MGM casting her in some of the best-loved musicals of all time. This book details her life and career.

A concise biography overviews the principal events in the life and work of Eleanor Powell. The chapters that follow are devoted to her work in particular media, such as film, radio, and television. Each chapter contains entries for her productions, which provide cast and credit information, plot synopses, criticism, and excerpts from reviews. Appendices provide additional information about her life, and an annotated bibliography summarizes the many writings by and about her.

Small Press - An Annotated Guide (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Loss Glazier Small Press - An Annotated Guide (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Loss Glazier
R1,205 Discovery Miles 12 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Small Press is an annotated guide to the sources for the study of the literary small press, focusing on small press publishing since 1960 when the Mimeo Revolution occurred allowing small presses in the United States to flourish in unprecedented numbers. The guide provides a selected enumeration of sources from 1960 to 1992 about the small press phenomenon, its constituent small presses and little magazines, and its cultural and commercial significance.

The volume first examines sources of current information, such as directories, indexes, guides, and trade journals. It then reviews sources on the cultural and business activities of the small press. In the end, it provides a beginning base of core secondary materials essential to librarians, scholars, book collectors, and anyone working in the field of the small press.

The Fred Waring Discography (Hardcover, New): Penn St Univ/Univs Penn St Univ/Univs The Fred Waring Discography (Hardcover, New)
Penn St Univ/Univs Penn St Univ/Univs
R1,892 Discovery Miles 18 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians entertained America for 69 years. They were successful pioneers in many aspects of the entertainment business: stage shows, radio, television, movies, concerts, and recordings. Waring and his group made over a thousand commerical recordings starting in 1923 for the Victor Talking Machine Company and then continued with Decca Records, Capitol, Reprise, and Mega labels. This discography documents each one of the recordings as well as the transcriptions that the Pennsylvanians recorded for various program services. It is an invaluable research resource for record historians, researchers, and recording collectors. In addition to the detailed alphabetical listing of all song recordings, the book also supplies a chronological list of each recording session and the songs recorded on that day; a list of arrangers' names and the songs for which they wrote the arrangements; a complete album listing; and a listing of all known commercial transcription recordings. This is the only complete discography available on the subject.

Joseph Conrad - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover): Bruce Teets Joseph Conrad - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover)
Bruce Teets
R6,833 Discovery Miles 68 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1990, this is a comprehensive and annotated bibliography of the writings on Joseph Conrad and his works. Covering the years from 1895 to 1975 it also includes indexes of authors, secondary works, periodicals and newspapers, foreign languages and primary titles. Part of a series of annotated bibliographies on English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 this will be a valuable resource for students of literature.

Women in Law - A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (Hardcover, New): Rebecca M. Salokar, Mary Volcansek Women in Law - A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (Hardcover, New)
Rebecca M. Salokar, Mary Volcansek
R2,231 Discovery Miles 22 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Forty-three women who have made major contributions to the law through their work in the legal profession, scholarly legal research, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled in this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. The women featured are from countries and regions with a Western legal tradition, including North America, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. Each profile contains extended biographical information and details significant achievements and contributions to the law made by each woman, followed by references. Forty-three women who have made major contributions to the law through their work in the legal profession, scholarly legal research, and political activism directed at socio-legal reforms are profiled in this bio-bibliographical sourcebook. The women featured are from countries and regions with a Western legal tradition, including North America, Europe, Israel, Japan, the Philippines, and Africa. Each profile contains extended biographical information--their family backgrounds, education, and career development--and their significant achievements and contributions to law. The women featured include a number of those who were path-breakers like Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Bertha Wilson, the first woman to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court. Scholars like Margaret Somerville (Canada) and Beverly Blair Cook (U.S.), and political activists like Helene Stocker (Germany) and Leah Tsemel (Israel) are also included. The introduction to the work presents a comprehensive and historical overview of the role of women as citizens, scholars, lawyers, judges, office holders, and activists, and alsoprovides a review of the scholarship on women in law.

The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Chaucer (Hardcover): M. Andrew The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Chaucer (Hardcover)
M. Andrew
R2,682 Discovery Miles 26 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This first volume in the new Palgrave Literary Dictionaries series aims to provide readers with a convenient source of reliable, scholarly, and accessible information on Chaucer's work, life, and times. It consists mainly of alphabetical entries, ranging in length from 10 to 3,000 words. These cover topics and issues, including Chaucer's works, major fictional characters, historical, social, and political contexts, writers who influenced Chaucer or were influenced by him, people and places of significance in Chaucer's life, genres and traditions, manuscripts, editions, scholars and editors.

Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College - Supplementary Series II  Collections 1 (Hardcover): C.S. Knighton Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College - Supplementary Series II Collections 1 (Hardcover)
C.S. Knighton
R4,143 Discovery Miles 41 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first full listing of the pamphlets, tracts and other material collected by Samuel Pepys under the headings Maritime, Political and Religious. Samuel Pepys's unique collection of 3000 books has been, as he directed, preserved intact at his old Cambridge college since 1724. Its various facets were not widely appreciated until the publication between 1978 and 1994 of a complete catalogue under the editorship of Robert Latham. The present volume presents a detailed conspectus of the Collections, pamphlets bound up as books. There are five such 'collections' in the Pepys Library, which are catalogued only as volumes containing a number of items on the same subject. This is a full listing of the pamphlets, tracts and other material in each of these bound collections, information which is otherwise unavailable except in the library's own archive. The collections are Maritime, Political and Religious in the present volume. Those entitled Popular, Dramatic, Shorthand, Almanacs and General will be in the second volume.

The Multilevel Design - A Guide with an Annotated Bibliography, 1980-1993 (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Harry Jm Huttner, Vg... The Multilevel Design - A Guide with an Annotated Bibliography, 1980-1993 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Harry Jm Huttner, Vg Method, Pieter Van Den Eeden
R1,898 Discovery Miles 18 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the social sciences, phenomena tend to be hierarchically structured, so that individuals belong to groups, and groups belong to larger organizations and societies. Multilevel research stresses this hierarchical structure of social life, and necessarily assumes the existence of a particular organization of the procedures of investigation. This organization, which is fundamental to the research, is called a research design. Because the research is hierarchical, it uses a multilevel design.

This book provides a detailed overview of the theoretical and methodological aspects of multilevel research based on the multilevel definition of social structure. Six chapters discuss the foundations of multilevel research and the applications of its research in the social sciences. An annotated bibliography follows, which is divided into eight sections on theoretical and methodological issues and on applications of multilevel research. Included are books and articles published from 1980 through 1993.

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 - A Bibliography (Hardcover): Leonard W. Cowie Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 - A Bibliography (Hardcover)
Leonard W. Cowie
R1,202 Discovery Miles 12 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although he held only minor offices in Parliament, politician and political writer Edmund Burke strongly affected contemporary opinion, and his ideas had a profound impact on the future. He supported the American colonists in their quarrel with Britain, played a conspicuous part in the impeachment of Warren Hastings for alleged misgovernment in India, and advocated religious toleration, the abolition of the slave trade, and other reforms. A bibliography of his life and career, the book includes a biographical essay and chronology, and provides a complete list of Burke's writings, as well as books and articles about him up to the present. Important contemporary portraits and cartoons and comments of his contemporaries add to this volume.

The book's opening essay describes the life of Edmund Burke, showing how his writings and actions related to the main issues of the time, where the chronology lists events important to this situation. Section one, Manuscript and Archival Resources, sites the location of relevant collections, indicates those of greatest importance, and lists both guides to collections and contemporary periodicals. Bibliographies, biographies, and studies of Burke's political thought appear in the second section, while the tertiary section covers Burke's own writings. Contemporaries of Burke are covered in section four. His political background is examined in the fifth section, and the following chapters cover places associated with Burke, his speeches, contemporary portraits and caricatures, periodicals, and his life and career. Author, artist, and subject indexes conclude the work.

Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition):... Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Bruce E. Johansen
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For more than a decade scholars have debated the question of whether American Indian confederacies, primarily the Iroquois, helped influence the formation of U.S. basic law. The idea has sparked lively debate in the public arena as well, with Canadian diplomat Durling Voyce-Jones contending it shows a paradigm shift in our thinking, Patrick Buchanan calling it "idiocy," and George Will saying it's "fiction." For the first time, this bibliography brings together some 450 citations on the debate. The work describes the debate in the words of one of its major participants, Bruce E. Johansen, author of three other books on the subject. The bibliography also takes the reader back to suggestions of the idea long before the contemporary debate. Lakota author Charles Eastman brought up the subject in 1919, Mohawk teacher Ray Fadden developed it in the 1940s, and John F. Kennedy touched on it in 1960. Bringing the debate to its full flower in the present day, the bibliography illustrates both fervent support and equally emphatic denial in the academy and the public press. The book is both a scholarly tool and a lively exploration of issues bearing on the study of history and multiculturalism.

The Hyperkinetic Child - A Bibliography of Medical, Educational, and Behavioral Studies (Hardcover): Carol A. Winchell The Hyperkinetic Child - A Bibliography of Medical, Educational, and Behavioral Studies (Hardcover)
Carol A. Winchell
R2,210 Discovery Miles 22 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Library and Information Science Annual - 1998 Volume 6 (Hardcover): Bohdan S. Wynar Library and Information Science Annual - 1998 Volume 6 (Hardcover)
Bohdan S. Wynar
R2,568 Discovery Miles 25 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume offers a critical analysis of the literature of library and information science. It features evaluative reivews of English-language library science monographs, reference books, and selected library and information science periodicals published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. It should be of use to library and information science professions and a reference and research tool for library science educators, students, researchers and practitioners.

Women and Mass Communications in the 1990's - An International, Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition):... Women and Mass Communications in the 1990's - An International, Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
John Lent
R2,245 Discovery Miles 22 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This international survey of literature on women and mass communications focuses on the 1990's and continues where the first volume, "Women and Mass Communications: An International Annotated Bibliography" (Greenwood, 1991), left off. Some pre-1990 works that were omitted in the first volume are included here as well. The work is organized by continents and regions and includes the Middle East; Asia, Australia and Oceania; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; and North America. The first chapter provides a global perspective, and the following chapters are divided topically. All genres of publications, such as books, periodicals, dissertations, and conference papers, are examined.

This reference will appeal to both women's studies and communications scholars and especially to those with an interest in international studies. As a useful guide to further research, the annotated citations are alphabetically arranged by author or article title and are numbered consecutively. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the significant literature in the study of women and mass communications.

A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000) (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Ann Ann Howey, Stephen R Reimer A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000) (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Ann Ann Howey, Stephen R Reimer
R5,587 Discovery Miles 55 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Annotated bibliography of the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, not only in literary texts, but in television, music, and art. The legend of Arthur has been a source of fascination for writers and artists in English since the fifteenth century, when Thomas Malory drew together for the first time in English a variety of Arthurian stories from a number of sources to form the Morte Darthur. It increased in popularity during the Victorian era, when after Tennyson's treatment of the legend, not only authors and dramatists, but painters, musicians, and film-makers found a sourceof inspiration in the Arthurian material. This interdisciplinary, annotated bibliography lists the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, from 1500 to 2000, including literary texts, film, television, music, visual art, and games. It will prove an invaluable source of reference for students of literary and visual arts, general readers, collectors, librarians, and cultural historians--indeed, by anyone interested in the history of the waysin which Camelot has figured in post-medieval English-speaking cultures. ANN F. HOWEY is Assistant Professor at Brock University, Canada; STEPHEN R. REIMER is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada

Japan Through Children's Literature - An Annotated Bibliography; Enlarged, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition):... Japan Through Children's Literature - An Annotated Bibliography; Enlarged, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Yasuko Makino
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Japan Through Children's Literature" should prove a useful bibliography in public and school libraries for collection building and reader's guidance. "Reference Books Bulletin"

The book is a marvelous resource for teachers who teach Japan to children and young adults.

" The ALAN RevieW"

This bibliography of children's books on Japan is designed to help young Americans acquire a more accurate image and understanding of Japanese culture. The annotations for trade books published from the mid-sixties to the present will help teachers, librarians, and interested parents select appropriate materials from the vast numbers of books available. Each book is evaluated in terms of content and accuracy in portraying Japan and the Japanese culture and people, and a suggested grade level is indicated. Annotations are divided by subject and cross-references are supplied when the book belongs in more than one subject area. A glossary and author and title indexes enhance the accessibility of the information contained in this volume.

The Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts - Texts, Owners and Readers (Hardcover, New): Ralph Hanna, Thorlac Turville-Petre The Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts - Texts, Owners and Readers (Hardcover, New)
Ralph Hanna, Thorlac Turville-Petre; Contributions by Alison Stones, Alixe Bovey, Derek Pearsall, …
R2,396 Discovery Miles 23 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A survey of the history, holdings, decoration, and conservation of one of England's finest medieval libraries, with full catalogue. The Willoughby family, from Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, built up an extensive medieval library, including the notable Wollaton Antiphonal; theirs is the largest surviving library gathered by a gentry family of the period, the product of a single acquisitive burst, beginning around 1460 and mainly completed at about the time of the Dissolution in 1540. The manuscripts remain unique because of the very substantial core which survives more or less in situ, together with a huge collection of family archives, at the University of Nottingham, just a few miles from their original home. This book focuses upon the ten manuscripts now in the Wollaton Library Collection as well asthe famous Antiphonal. Essays explore the history of the library and the Willoughby family, the books of Sir Thomas Chaworth, the art and function of the Antiphonal, the works of pastoral instruction, the decoration of the Frenchmanuscripts (including the earliest fully illustrated manuscript of romances), the Confessio Amantis, and the conservation of the collection. The essays are followed by a full catalogue of the Wollaton Library Collection aswell as of manuscripts and early printed books now dispersed as far afield as Tokyo and New York. Contributors: Alixe Bovey, Gavin Cole, Ralph Hanna, Dorothy Johnston, Rob Lutton, Derek Pearsall, Alison Stones, Thorlac Turville-Petre.

Bibliographic Guide to Caribbean Mass Communication (Hardcover, Annotated edition): John Lent Bibliographic Guide to Caribbean Mass Communication (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
John Lent
R2,226 Discovery Miles 22 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is an international survey of all types of literature on mass communication of the Caribben region presenting 3,695 citations. The book is organized by regions, divided by the nations' ties to a metropolitan power. Countries such as Dominican Republic and Haiti with longer histories of independence are listed separately. (The vast reservoirs of data on Cuban mass communication necessitated a separate volume.) Topically, the chapters are divided into possible categories of general studies, advertising, broadcasting, development communication, film, freedom of the press, history of media, journalism education and training, news agencies, popular culture, print media, and telecommunications. Because of the recency of Caribbean mass communication as a field of study, the emphasis in this book is the period from the 1970s to the present. Many works of historical significance, however, are also cited, including nineteenth and early twentieth century works. Overall, the bibliography is representative in covering all genres of publications--books, periodicals, dissertations, theses, and conference papers. Although the bibliography consists mainly of English-language publications, hundreds of citations appear from other languages. The work is complete with a general subject index and author index.

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (in 30 Volumes, Illustrated) - Martin Chuzzlewit, Vol. I (Hardcover): Charles Dickens The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (in 30 Volumes, Illustrated) - Martin Chuzzlewit, Vol. I (Hardcover)
Charles Dickens
R1,015 Discovery Miles 10 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

It is impossible to overstate the importance of British novelist CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) not only to literature in the English language, but to Western civilization on the whole. He is arguably the first fiction writer to have become an international celebrity. He popularized episodic fiction and the cliffhanger, which had a profound influence on the development of film and television. He is entirely responsible for the popular image of Victorian London that still lingers today, and his characters-from Oliver Twist to Ebenezer Scrooge, from Miss Havisham to Uriah Heep-have become not merely iconic, but mythic. But it was his stirring portraits of ordinary people-not the upper classes or the aristocracy-and his fervent cries for social, moral, and legal justice for the working poor, and in particular for poor children, in the grim early decades of the Industrial Revolution that powerfully impacted social concerns well into the 20th century. Without Charles Dickens, we may never have seen the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Upton Sinclair, or even Bob Dylan. Here, in 30 beautiful volumes-complete with all the original illustrations-is every published word written by one of the most important writers ever. The essential collector's set will delight anyone who cherishes English literature...and who takes pleasure in constantly rediscovering its joys. This volume contains Part I of The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, which was originally serialized in standalone installments in 1843-44. The work Dickens considered his best, it is a satire on selfishness, revolving around the Chuzzlewit family, and is notable for what is perceived by some as anti-American attitudes, though Dickens intended his less than positive depictions of Americans as satirical, too.

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico - A Selectively Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover,... Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico - A Selectively Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
George H Junne
R2,264 Discovery Miles 22 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Almost a century before their arrival in the English New World, Blacks appeared alongside the Spanish in what is now the American West. Through their families, communities, and institutions, these Western Blacks left behind a long history, which is just now beginning to receive systematic scholarly treatment. Comprehensively indexing a variety of research materials on Blacks in the North American West, Junne offers an invaluable navigational tool for students of American and African-American history. Entries are organized both geographically and topically, and cover a broad range of subjects including cross-cultural interaction, health, art, and law. Contains a complete compilation of African-American newspapers.

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