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Sports in America (Hardcover): Glenn W. Ferguson Sports in America (Hardcover)
Glenn W. Ferguson
R660 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are American sports in jeopardy? Maybe so, unless greed can be controlled, the author of this unique book about sports in the United States concludes. In drawing this conclusion, Glenn Ferguson has explored media impact, education, relevant history, rules, discrimination, and even team nicknames before proceeding in depth with the specific fascination and blemishes of the major sports--baseball, football, basketball and track--with emphasis on college and professional levels. For the minor sports, tennis, ice hockey, swimming, golf and soccer are examined. Coverage of modern summer and winter Olympics stresses lifestyle, monetary awards, television, and foreign perceptions of the United States. Not wanting to overlook anything, the author devotes a final chapter to the avocations of hunting and lawn care. GLENN FERGUSON served as President of four universities (Long Island, Clark, Connecticut, and the American University of Paris); Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and President and founder of Equity for Africa. He was an Associate Director of the Peace Corps in Washington, and the first Director in Thailand. He was also the first Director of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA); American Ambassador to Kenya (Arthur Flemming Award); and a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. As an Air Force Psychological Warfare Officer, he served in Korea and the Philippines. Since his retirement, Ambassador Ferguson, and his wife Patti, have resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he has written five books relating to travel, religion, essays, aphorism and sports. He received two degrees from Cornell University and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Japan Occupied - Survival of Academic Freedom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Ruriko Kumano Japan Occupied - Survival of Academic Freedom (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Ruriko Kumano
R3,538 Discovery Miles 35 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan's traumatic transformation from authoritarianism to democracy is detailed. The study exposes an ideological war between the Soviet Union and the USA within American-occupied Japan, which triggered violent polarization among the Japanese. Under General MacArthur's tutorage, the defeated Japanese were expected to become a peace-loving people, but the Cold War derailed Japan's progress toward freedom and democracy. The "Red Purge," instituted by MacArthur's Headquarters (GHQ) from 1949 to 1950, triggered the devastating side effects on Japan's academic freedom and freedom of speech. Stanford University Professor Dr. Walter C. Eells (1886-1962) served at the GHQ as an influential education adviser and became the most vocal advocate of the Red Purge. Japanese Marxist historians have constructed the popular postwar narrative of the Red Purge, blaming the GHQ for every failure. The vast archival materials, including the GHQ papers, Eells papers, and Japanese-language documents, revealed that the Red Purge was a serious propaganda battle between the Americans and the Soviets in a war-torn Japan. This propaganda war engendered the violently polarized political climate, in which the conservative Japanese government behaved according to the dictates of US Cold War policy. By revealing feverish tensions within the GHQ regarding communist influences in Japanese universities, this study sheds bright new light on the Red Purge and its lasting impact on Japan's political future.

When Drummers Were Women (Paperback, Reprint Ed.): Layne Redmond When Drummers Were Women (Paperback, Reprint Ed.)
Layne Redmond
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Marriage on Trial - A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents (Hardcover): Lee Walzer Marriage on Trial - A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents (Hardcover)
Lee Walzer
R2,027 Discovery Miles 20 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An examination of how the U.S. court system has shaped the boundaries of a central building block of American society from the colonial era to the present day. Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents explores the evolution of marriage, a seemingly static institution that, in reality, has been dramatically redefined over time. An illuminating introduction tracing the reasons for ongoing controversies leads to a historical overview of the ways in which marriage has evolved, with a particular emphasis on women, racial minorities, polygamists, and homosexuals. A review of significant court cases that represent key arguments regarding marriage-legal identity of women, polygamy, interracial marriage, rights of unmarried couples, and same-sex marriages-illustrates how the legal system has shifted with the changing mores of society. Will Americans ever tolerate polygamy? Will gay marriages be legally recognized? Scenarios of these and other possibilities for the future suggest that more change is in store. A-Z entries on critical events like the feminist movement, issues such as palimony, and key individuals Chronology of the most important events in the legal history of marriage, including the Loving v. Virginia case, which overturned the state's ban on interracial marriage

Old World Traits Transpl:Esc V (Hardcover): Herbert A. Miller, Robert E. Park Old World Traits Transpl:Esc V (Hardcover)
Herbert A. Miller, Robert E. Park
R6,286 Discovery Miles 62 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

An American Railroad Dream (Hardcover): Susie Gaglia An American Railroad Dream (Hardcover)
Susie Gaglia; Foreword by Patrick Morrison
R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Planning by Consent - The Origins and Nature of British Development Control (Hardcover): Philip Booth Planning by Consent - The Origins and Nature of British Development Control (Hardcover)
Philip Booth
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction. The Nature of Development Control. Forms of Control. Actors in the Process. The Themes of the Book. Chapter 2: The Origins of Development Control. Medieval Controls. The Development of Markets in Land and the Necessity of Landlord Control. The Extension of Public Controls. Leasehold Agreements and their Efforts. The Privatization of Public Control. The Administration of Control in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Chapter 3: The Failure of Leasehold Control and the Rise of Public Intervention. The Failure of the Leasehold System. Leasehold Reform. By-Law Control and the Extension of Public Control. The Weakness of By-Law Regulation. Chapter 4: Development Control in the Early Planning System. The 1909 Act: Control in the First Planning Schemes. Compensation and Betterment. The Maturing of the System in the 1920s. Circular 1305. Control Over Land-Use. The 1932 Act and Interim Development Control. Discretionary Power. Chapter 5: The 1947 Act: Universal Control of Development. The Purpose of Development Control in the 1947 act. The Nationalization of Development Rights. Compensation and Betterment. Development Control in the 1950s and 1960s. The Reform of the Development Plans System. The 1967 Management Study of Development Control. Chapter 6: The Call for Reforms: Development Control in the 1970s. Property Speculation 1970-73 and its Impact on Development Control. The Dobry Report. The 8th Report of the Expenditure Committee. Chapter 7: Development Control Under the Conservatives. Planning Control and Deregulation. Limiting Local Authority Power. Development Control in the Service of Economic Development. Local and National Policy: Plans v. Government Circulars. Planning Gain. Design Control. Development in the Green Belt. Chapter 8: Development Control in the 1990s: a Plan-Led System? The Planning and Compensation Acts and its Effects. Planning Obligations. The Role of Plans in Development Control. Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Future of Development Control. The Strengths and Weaknesses of British Development Control. Future Directions.

Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology - Volume V (Hardcover): Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology - Volume V (Hardcover)
Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer
R4,485 Discovery Miles 44 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers glimpses into the personal and scholarly lives of 20 giants in the history of psychology. As in the earlier volumes, prominent scholars were invited to prepare chapters on a pioneer who had made important contributions in their own area of expertise. Some of the psychologists described may be the teachers of the instructors who will be the users of this book, potentially providing a personal connection of the pioneers to the students. A special section provides brief portraits of the editors and authors, containing interesting information about the relationship between the pioneers and the psychologists who describe them.
Utilizing an informal, personal, sometimes humorous, style of writing, the book will appeal to students and instructors interested in the history of psychology. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life.

Routledge History of Philosophy (10 Volumes) (Paperback): G.H.R. Parkinson, Stuart Shanker Routledge History of Philosophy (10 Volumes) (Paperback)
G.H.R. Parkinson, Stuart Shanker
R7,922 Discovery Miles 79 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Routledge History of Philosophy series provides a chronological survey of the history of Western Philosophy fro its beginnings in the sixth century BC to the present time. It discusses all the major philosophical developments in depth, and covers all those regarded as great philosophers and many lesser figures of philosophypast and present. We are pleased to announce all 10 volumes are now available in paperback for the first time.

Viv's Family Recipes (Hardcover): Vivienne Sang Viv's Family Recipes (Hardcover)
Vivienne Sang
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Educational Psychology - A Century of Contributions: A Project of Division 15 (educational Psychology) of the American... Educational Psychology - A Century of Contributions: A Project of Division 15 (educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Society (Hardcover)
Barry J. Zimmerman, Dale H. Schunk
R4,946 Discovery Miles 49 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions"--the first comprehensive book-length treatment of this topic--looks at the historic contributions of 16 leading psychologists, as well as others, who influenced the field of educational psychology from its philosophical moorings in the late 19th century to its current scientific status at the dawn of the 21st. It presents information regarding these individuals' ideas and scientific discoveries, along with a sense of the historical context in which they lived.
The book is divided into three sections that correspond to three eras in the history of the discipline:
*the founding period (1880s to 1920);
*the rise to prominence period (1920 to1960); and
*the modern period (1960 to the present).
Each section begins with an overview chapter describing the period in terms of key social, political, and historical events affecting educational theory, research, and practice. In addition, the overview chapters discuss major theoretical, methodological, and instructional contributions of the period and how they changed the course of educational psychology.
The biographical chapters describe the scholar's major contribution in terms of theory, research, and practice and his or her legacy and impact. These descriptions portray these individuals as real human beings responding to historical events and social influences of their time in personal and collective ways that changed the nature and direction of the field.
"Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions" is a cohesive collection appropriate for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in educational psychology.

Wits - A University In The Apartheid Era (Paperback, New Edition): Mervyn Shear Wits - A University In The Apartheid Era (Paperback, New Edition)
Mervyn Shear; Foreword by Firoz Cachalia
R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

When the National Government assumed power in 1948, one of the earliest moves was to introduce segregated education. Its threats to restrict the admission of black students into the four ‘open universities’ galvanised the staff and students of those institutions to oppose any attempt to interfere with their autonomy and freedom to decide who should be admitted.

In subsequent years, as the regime adopted increasingly oppressive measures to prop up the apartheid state, opposition on the campuses, and in the country, increased and burgeoned into a Mass Democratic Movement intent on making the country ungovernable.

Protest escalated through successive states of emergency and clashes with police on campus became regular events. Residences were raided, student leaders were harassed by security police and many students and some staff were detained for lengthy periods without recourse to the courts.

First published in 1996, Wits: A University in the Apartheid Era by Mervyn Shear tells the story of how the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) adapted to the political and social developments in South Africa under apartheid. This new edition is published in the University’s centenary year with a preface by Firoz Cachalia, one of Wits’ student leaders in the 1980s. It serves as an invaluable historical resource on questions about the relationship between the University and the state, and on understanding the University’s place and identity in a constitutional democracy.

Freedom - The Complete Story of Independence of India (Paperback): Kalyan Kumar Freedom - The Complete Story of Independence of India (Paperback)
Kalyan Kumar
R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reading Architectural History (Hardcover): Dana Arnold Reading Architectural History (Hardcover)
Dana Arnold
R5,848 Discovery Miles 58 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


The book concentrates on fundamental texts in the study of architectural history with special reference to eighteenth and nineteenth-century Britain. The texts under discussion address key themes or methods in the construction of architectural histories. Alongside this, philosophical or theoretical writings which address the abstract issues surrounding the main texts are presented as a kind of exegesis on the chosen texts. This together with an introduction and discursive essays which preface each of the sections present a transdisciplinary discourse around the discipline of architectural history.

Reformers, Sport, Modernizers - Middle-class Revolutionaries (Paperback, annotated edition): J.A. Mangan Reformers, Sport, Modernizers - Middle-class Revolutionaries (Paperback, annotated edition)
J.A. Mangan
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A record of the role of selected middle-class individuals across Europe who made notable contributions to the early evolution of modern sport and who saw success in modern sport as an expression of human qualities to be admired, applauded and encouraged. They viewed sport, sometimes self-interestedly but not always self-interestedly, as a medium of personal, collective and national virtue. It is the first general consideration of a selection of these innovatory pioneers and proselytisers who placed Europe at the forefront of major developments in contemporary world sport - now a phenomenon of global significance.

Geopolitics - From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Hardcover): Francis P Sempa Geopolitics - From the Cold War to the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Francis P Sempa
R4,459 Discovery Miles 44 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Writers, observers, and practitioners of international politics frequently invoke the term "geopolitics" to describe, explain, or analyze specific foreign policy issues and problems. Such generalized usage ignores the fact that geopolitics as a method of understanding international relations has a history that includes a common vocabulary, well-established if sometimes conflicting concepts, an extensive body of thought, and a recognized group of theorists and scholars. In Geopolitics, Francis P. Sempa presents a history of geopolitical thought and applies its classical analyses to Cold War and post-Cold War international relations.

While mindful of the impact of such concepts as "globalization" and the "information revolution" on our understanding of contemporary events, Sempa emphasizes traditional geopolitical theories in explaining the outcome of the Cold War. Using the work of Halford Mackinder, James Burnham, Nicholas Spykman, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and others, he shows that, even though the struggle between the Western allies and the Soviet empire was unique in its ideological component and nuclear standoff, the Cold War fits into a recurring geopolitical pattern. It can be seen as a consequence of competition between land powers and sea powers, and between a potential Eurasian he-gemonic power and a coalition of states opposed to that would-be hegemony.

The collapse of the Soviet empire ended the most recent threat to global stability. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, no power or alliance of powers poses an immediate threat to the global balance of power. Indeed, the end of the Cold War generated hopes for a "new world order" and predictions that economics would replacegeopolitics as the driving force in international politics. However, as Sempa points out, Russian instability, the nuclear dimension of the India-Pakistan conflict, and Chinese bids for dominance have turned the Asia-Pacific region into what Mahan called "debatable and debated ground." Russia, Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, China, Japan, the Koreas, and the United States all have interests that collide in one or more of the areas of this region.

The timeliness and deep historical perspective of Sempa's analysis will remind statesmen, strategists, and interested citizens that the current world situation will not last forever. The defeat of one would-be hegemonic power is likely to be followed by a new challenger or challengers to current stability in the international system.

Early English Stages 1300-1576 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Glynne Wickham Early English Stages 1300-1576 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Glynne Wickham
R2,417 Discovery Miles 24 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume forms part of the 5 volume set "Early English Stages 1300-1660." This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660.

Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600 (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Glynne Wickham Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600 (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Glynne Wickham
R5,392 Discovery Miles 53 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume forms part of the 5 volume set "Early English Stages 1300-1660." This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660.

Requiem and an Epilogue (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Glynne Wickham Requiem and an Epilogue (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Glynne Wickham
R4,937 Discovery Miles 49 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660.

Psycholinguistics - Critical Concepts in Psychology (Hardcover): Gerry Altmann Psycholinguistics - Critical Concepts in Psychology (Hardcover)
Gerry Altmann
R36,563 Discovery Miles 365 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


These volumes reprint articles from a variety of international journals, book chapters and key technical reports, to take a broad look at how the field has developed from the turn of theTwentieth Century through to the turn of the twenty-first.
Since the 1960s, there has been a boom in research on how the human mind both produces and comprehends language. Psycholinguistics - as a product of this boom - represents a synthesis between linguistics and psychology.
The set covers the following topics:
* Language Acquisition
* The Mental Lexicon
* Sentence Processing
* Discourse and Meaning
* Spoken Language Production
* Reading
* Disorders of Language and Production
* Computational Models of Language Learning and Adult * Language Use

Drug Smuggler Nation - Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995 (Paperback): Stephen Snelders Drug Smuggler Nation - Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995 (Paperback)
Stephen Snelders
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why did the international drug regulatory regime of the twentieth century fail to stop an explosive increase in trade and consumption of illegal drugs? This book investigates the histories of smugglers and criminal entrepreneurs in the Netherlands who succeeded in turning the country into the so-called 'Colombia of Europe'. Increasing state regulations and interventions led to the proliferation of a 'hydra' of small, anarchic groups and networks ideally suited to circumvent the enforcement of regulation. Smugglers and suppliers of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, and other drugs created a thriving underground industry of illegal synthetic drug labs and indoor cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands itself, made possible because of the embedded criminal anarchy in Dutch society. Using examples from the rich history of drug smuggling, Drug smuggler nation investigates the hidden grounds of the illegal drug trade, and its effects on our drug policies. -- .

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design (Hardcover): Bob Giddings, Margaret Horne Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design (Hardcover)
Bob Giddings, Margaret Horne
R3,494 R1,445 Discovery Miles 14 450 Save R2,049 (59%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. It spans a period from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.
Architects have become familiar with change. The passage of time has brought with it new and revived styles of architecture, as well as innovative tools and techniques for their representation. The result is that while some methods show a view of the architect's concept for a building, others offer an almost real experience of the intended architecture. This book provides a rare and valuable study in which the exciting technological developments of today are placed in context with the rich heritage of the past. It offers an opportunity to learn how architects have chosen to represent their ideas. The authors dare to glimpse into the future and hopefully offer some reassurance for tomorrow.

A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Jussi Valimaa A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Jussi Valimaa
R3,162 Discovery Miles 31 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book unravels the origins, continuities, and discontinuities of Finnish higher education as part of European higher education from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It describes the emergence of universities in the Middle Ages and the Finnish student, and moves on to the Reformation and the end of Swedish rule. It then discusses the founding of the Royal Academy of Turku, its professors and governing bodies, its role as a community, student numbers, the research and controversies. Travelling through the age of autonomy, the first decades of independence and the Second World War, the book examines the expansion of higher education, the development of the system, and the establishment of polytechnics. It concludes by analysing the multiple institutional and organisational layers of Finnish higher education. Altogether, the book offers an historical study that shows how and why education and higher education have been important in the process of making the Finnish nation and nation state. Translator: Dr. Inga Arffman

Hitler's National Socialism (Paperback): Rainer Zitelmann Hitler's National Socialism (Paperback)
Rainer Zitelmann
R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using a previously unparalleled range of sources, this book reconstructs Hitler's thought processes and objectives. It shows that Hitler developed a concept of "NATIONAL SOCIALISM" in which anti-capitalist ideas played a far greater role than has previously been assumed. Zitelmann shows that Hitler's anti-capitalism became increasingly radicalized and that he eventually became an admirer of Stalin's Soviet planned economy.

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design (Paperback): Bob Giddings, Margaret Horne Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design (Paperback)
Bob Giddings, Margaret Horne
R1,906 R1,319 Discovery Miles 13 190 Save R587 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. It spans a period from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.
Architects have become familiar with change. The passage of time has brought with it new and revived styles of architecture, as well as innovative tools and techniques for their representation. The result is that while some methods show a view of the architect's concept for a building, others offer an almost real experience of the intended architecture. This book provides a rare and valuable study i which the exciting technological developments of today are placed in context with the rich heritage of the past. It offers an opportunity to learn how architects have chosen to represent their ideas. The authors dare to gllimpse into the future, and hopefully offer some reassurance for the architects of tomorrow.

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