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A critical examination of the category of "Polishness" - that is,
the formation, redefinition, and performance of various kinds of
Polish identities - from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives.
Inspired by new research in the humanities and social sciences as
well as recent scholarship on national identities, this volume
offers a rigorous examination of the idea of Polishness. Offering a
diversity of case studies and methodological-theoretical
approaches, it demonstrates a profound connection between national
and transnational processes and places the Polish case in a broader
context. This broader context stretches from a larger Eastern
European one, a usual frame of comparison, to the overseas
immigrant communities. The authors, renowned scholars from Europe
and the United States, thus demonstrate that an understanding of
modern Polish identity means crossing not only historical but also
geographical boundaries. Consequently, the narrative on Polish
identity that unfolds in the volume is a personalized and
multivocal one that presents the perspectives of a wide range of
subjects: peasants, workers, migrants, ethnic and sexual
minorities-that is, all those actors who have been absent in grand
national narratives. As such, the examination of Polishness sheds
light on the identity question more broadly, emphasizing the
interplay of pluralizing and homogenizing tendencies, and fostering
a reflection on national identity as encompassing both sameness and
difference.
Carpentry and Joinery 3 is the third in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 3 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, and accompanies volume 2 with coverage of additional advanced
topics and procedures, including working with particular door and
window types. The reader is shown how to apply the basic theory
introduced in volume 1 to actual carpentry and joinery practice in
a highly illustrated, easily accessible text. This second edition
has been fully updated in line with changes to the Building
Regulations and current legislation, the third edition also
incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
Carpentry and Joinery 2 is the second in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 2 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, by covering more advanced topics and procedures, including
machine tools. Essential 'back-up' topics are presented throughout
the text to revise the key aspects covered in volume 1. The reader
is shown how to apply this basic theory to actual carpentry and
joinery practice in a highly illustrated, easily accessible text.
The third edition has been fully updated in line with changes to
the Building Regulations and current legislation, the third edition
also incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
The third edition of Carpentry and Joinery 1 is the first in a
series of three books which together provide an authoritative but
thoroughly practical guide to carpentry and joinery for students
following City & Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and a
wide range of amateurs and professionals. Carpentry and Joinery 1
deals with the fundamentals of the subject from topics such as
timber and wood preservation and protection, to a detailed outline
of the tools available and information on the basic woodworking
joints, adhesives and fixing devices. Books 2 and 3 show how to
apply this fundamental knowledge. Details of craft theory,
associated studies and practical procedures are integrated
throughout each text. In this new edition chapters have been
reorganised to produce a more coherent, student-focused course. All
references to the Building Regulations and current legislation have
been updated, and developments in current best practice have been
incorporated.
The third edition of Carpentry and Joinery 1 is the first in a
series of three books which together provide an authoritative but
thoroughly practical guide to carpentry and joinery for students
following City & Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and a
wide range of amateurs and professionals.
Carpentry and Joinery 1 deals with the fundamentals of the subject
from topics such as timber and wood preservation and protection, to
a detailed outline of the tools available and information on the
basic woodworking joints, adhesives and fixing devices. Books 2 and
3 show how to apply this fundamental knowledge. Details of craft
theory, associated studies and practical procedures are integrated
throughout each text.
In this new edition chapters have been reorganised to produce a
more coherent, student-focused course. All references to the
Building Regulations and current legislation have been updated, and
developments in current best practice have been incorporated.
* A new edition of the classic Carpentry and Joinery textbook
* Updated in line with the latest course requirements and Building
Regulations
* Highly illustrated to show key techniques, tools, products and
materials
"Carpentry and Joinery 2" is the second in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 2 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, by covering more advanced topics and procedures, including
machine tools. Essential 'back-up' topics are presented throughout
the text to revise the key aspects covered in volume 1. The reader
is shown how to apply this basic theory to actual carpentry and
joinery practice in a highly illustrated, easily accessible text.
The third edition has been fully updated in line with changes to
the Building Regulations and current legislation, the third edition
also incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
* Completely restructured in new series style to provide a
coherent, student-focused course
* Updated in line with the latest course requirements and Building
Regulations
* Highly illustrated to show key techniques, tools, products and
materials
Carpentry and Joinery 3 is the third in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 3 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, and accompanies volume 2 with coverage of additional advanced
topics and procedures, including working with particular door and
window types. The reader is shown how to apply the basic theory
introduced in volume 1 to actual carpentry and joinery practice in
a highly illustrated, easily accessible text.This second edition
has been fully updated in line with changes to the Building
Regulations and current legislation, the third edition also
incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
Religious history more generally has experienced an exciting
revival over the past few years, with new methodological and
theoretical approaches invigorating the field. The time has
definitely come for this new religious history to arrive in Eastern
Europe. This book explores the influence of the Christian churches
in Eastern Europe's social, cultural, and political history.
Drawing upon archival sources, the work fills a vacuum as few
scholars have systematically explored the history of Christianity
in the region. The result of a three-year project, this collective
work challenges readers with questions like: Is secularization a
useful concept in understanding the long-term dynamics of
religiosity in Eastern Europe? Is the picture of oppression and
resistance an accurate way to characterize religious life under
communism, or did Christians and communists find ways to co-exist
on the local level prior to 1989? And what role did Christians
actually play in dissident movements under communism? Perhaps most
important is the question: what does the study of Eastern Europe
contribute to the broader study of modern Christian history, and
what can we learn from the interpretative problems that arise,
uniquely, from this region?
This collective work challenges readers with questions like: Is
secularization a useful concept in understanding the long-term
dynamics of religiosity in Eastern Europe? Is the picture of
oppression and resistance an accurate way to characterize religious
life under communism, or did Christians and communists find ways to
co-exist on the local level prior to 1989? And what role did
Christians actually play in dissident movements under communism?
Perhaps most important is the question: what does the study of
Eastern Europe contribute to the broader study of modern Christian
history, and what can we learn from the interpretative problems
that arise, uniquely, from this region?
Jesus instructed his followers to "love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who
mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28). Not only has this theme long been
among the Church's most oft-repeated messages, but in everything
from sermons to articles in the Catholic press, it has been
consistently emphasized that the commandment extends to all
humanity. Given this, the history of the Church in the 20th century
presents a puzzle, because on numerous occasions Catholics have
established alliances with nationalist groups promoting ethnic
exclusivity, antisemitism, and the use of any means necessary in an
imagined "struggle for survival." While some might describe this as
mere hypocrisy, Faith and Fatherland attempts to explain precisely
how Catholicism and nationalism have been blended together. Poland,
a country where religious and national identity would seem to
correspond so closely, is an ideal site for exploring this issue.
It is usually taken for granted that Poland is a Catholic nation,
but in fact the country's apparent homogeneity is a relatively
recent development, supported as much by ideology as demography. To
fully contextualize the fusion between faith and fatherland, each
chapter of this book explores a keyword in modern Polish Catholic
rhetoric (concepts like sin, the Church, the nation, and the Virgin
Mary), ultimately showing how these ideas were assembled to create
a powerful but hotly contested form of religious nationalism. By no
means was this outcome inevitable, and it certainly did not
constitute the only way of being Catholic in modern Poland.
Nonetheless, the Church's ongoing struggle to find a place within
an increasingly secular European modernity made this ideological
formation both possible and (for all too many Catholics) appealing.
In When Nationalism Began to Hate, Brian Porter offers a new explanation for the emergence of xenophobic, authoritarian nationalism in Europe. Focusing on 19th century Poland, he traces the transformation of revolutionary patriotism into a violent anti-Semitic ideology. Instead of deterministically attributing this charge to the "forces of modernization", Porter argues that the language of hatred and discipline was cental to the way "modernity" itself was perceived.
In When Nationalism Began to Hate, Brian Porter offers a new explanation for the emergence of xenophobic, authoritarian nationalism in Europe. Focusing on 19th-century Poland, he traces the transformation of revolutionary patriotism into a violent anti-Semitic ideology. Instead of deterministically attributing this charge to the "forces of modernization", Porter argues that the language of hatred and discipline was central to the way "modernity" itself was perceived.
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