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Albert and the Shed
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke
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Albert and his Friends
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke
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The great inter-war depression has long been seen as an
unprecedented economic disaster for the peoples of the non-European
world. This book, with its detailed assessment of the impact of the
depression on the economies of Africa and Asia, challenges the
orthodox view, and is essential reading for those with a teaching
or research interest in the modern economic history of those
continents. Established specialists in the modern economic history
of parts of Africa or Asia put forward a number of revisionist
arguments. They show that some economies were left essentially
unscathed by the depression, and that for many export-dependent
peasant communities which did face a severe drop in cash income as
world commodity prices collapsed from the late 1920s, there was a
range of important responses and reactions by which they could
defend their economic welfare. For many peasant communities the
depression was not a disaster but an opportunity.
The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations
which abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity
producers, and were supposedly very vulnerable to the commodity
price collapse of the 1930s Depression, did not suffer as much as
has been supposed. It shows how the effects of the depression were
complicated, varying between regions, between different kinds of
economic actors, and over time, and shows how the 'victims' of the
depression were not passive, working imaginatively to mitigate
their circumstances.
The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations
which had abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity
producers, and which were therefore supposedly very vulnerable to
the commodity price collapse of the 1930s Depression, did not in
fact suffer as much as has been supposed. It shows how the effects
of the depression were complicated, varying between regions,
between different kinds of economic actors, and over time, and
shows how the 'victims' of the depression were not passive, working
imaginatively to mitigate their problems.
The great inter-war depression has long been seen as an
unprecedented economic disaster for the peoples of the non-European
world. This book, with its detailed assessment of the impact of the
depression on the economies of Africa and Asia, challenges the
orthodox view, and is essential reading for those with a teaching
or research interest in the modern economic history of those
continents. Established specialists in the modern economic history
of parts of Africa or Asia put forward a number of revisionist
arguments. They show that some economies were left essentially
unscathed by the depression, and that for many export-dependent
peasant communities which did face a severe drop in cash income as
world commodity prices collapsed from the late 1920s, there was a
range of important responses and reactions by which they could
defend their economic welfare. For many peasant communities the
depression was not a disaster but an opportunity.
Of all of Britain's great archaeological monuments the prehistoric
and later hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on
the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very
little about them. Were they recognised as being something special
by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an
archaeologist's 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them
and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly
illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales,
addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the
difficult issue of definition and the great excavations on which
our knowledge is based, Ian Brown investigates in turn the origins
of hillforts, their architecture and the role they played in Iron
Age society. He also discusses the latest theories about their
location, social significance and chronology. The book provides a
valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in
England and Wales on hillforts over the last thirty years. The
great variability of hillforts poses many problems, and this book
should help guide both the specialist and non-specialist alike
though the complex literature. Furthermore, it has an important
conservation objective. Land use in the modern era has not been
kind to these monuments, with a significant number either
disfigured or lost. Public consciousness of their importance needs
raising if their management is to be improved and their future
assured.
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Albert yn yr Awyr (Paperback)
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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The internet is now a key part of everyday life across the
developed world, and growing rapidly across developing countries.
This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest
research on internet governance, written by the leading scholars in
the field.With an international focus, it features contributions
from lawyers, economists and political scientists across North
America, Europe and Australia. They adopt a broad multidisciplinary
perspective, taking in law, economics, political science,
international relations, and communications studies.
Thought-provoking chapters cover topics such as ICANN, the Internet
Governance Forum, grassroots activism, innovation, human rights,
privacy in social networks, and network neutrality. Being a
forward-looking guide for the next decade, this Research Handbook
will strongly appeal to scholars and graduate students in the
social sciences studying and researching internet governance,
political scientists, economists, lawyers and computer scientists
working on governance issues, as well as regulators and
policymakers responsible for internet governance in national
governments and intergovernmental organizations. Contributors: J.M.
Bauer, A. Brown, I. Brown, L. Bygrave, J. Cave, N. Economides, L.
Edwards, A.M. Froomkin, G. Greenleaf, J. Hofmann, G. Hosein, R.F.
Jorgensen, C.T. Marsden, A. Matwyshyn, T.J. McIntyre, M. Mueller,
A. Powell, J. Tag, M. van Eeten, R.H. Weber, M. Ziewitz
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Albert a'r Gwynt (Paperback)
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays,
especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national
identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish
language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book
addresses the work of many key figures from the last century of
Scottish theatre, including Robert McLellan and his contemporaries,
and also Hector MacMillan, Stewart Conn, John McGrath, Donald
Campbell, Bill Bryden, Sue Glover, Liz Lochhead, Jo Clifford, Peter
Arnott, David Greig, Rona Munro and others often neglected or
misunderstood. Setting these writers' achievements in the context
of their Scottish and European predecessors, Ian Brown offers fresh
insights into key aspects of Scottish theatre. As such, this
represents the first study to offer an overarching view of
historical representation on Scottish stages, exploring the nature
of 'history' and 'myth' and relating these afresh to how dramatists
use - and subvert - them. Engaging and accessible, this innovative
book will attract scholars and students interested in history,
ideology, mythology, theatre politics and explorations of national
and gender identity.
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Albert Anferth (Paperback)
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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Albert Ben i Lawr (Paperback)
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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Albert Supersize (Paperback)
Ian Brown; Illustrated by Eoin Clarke
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The School of Oriental and African Studies, a college of the
University of London, was established in 1916 principally to train
the colonial administrators who ran the British Empire in the
languages of Asia and Africa. It was founded, that is, with an
explicitly imperial purpose. Yet the School would come to transcend
this function to become a world centre of scholarship and learning,
in many important ways challenging that imperial origin. Drawing on
the School's own extensive administrative records, on interviews
with current and past staff, and on the records of government
departments, Ian Brown explores the work of the School over its
first century. He considers the expansion in the School's
configuration of studies from the initial focus on languages, its
changing relationships with government, and the major contributions
that have been made by the School to scholarly and public
understandings of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
This revelatory study explores how Scottish history plays,
especially since the 1930s, raise issues of ideology, national
identity, historiography, mythology, gender and especially Scottish
language. Covering topics up to the end of World War Two, the book
addresses the work of many key figures from the last century of
Scottish theatre, including Robert McLellan and his contemporaries,
and also Hector MacMillan, Stewart Conn, John McGrath, Donald
Campbell, Bill Bryden, Sue Glover, Liz Lochhead, Jo Clifford, Peter
Arnott, David Greig, Rona Munro and others often neglected or
misunderstood. Setting these writers' achievements in the context
of their Scottish and European predecessors, Ian Brown offers fresh
insights into key aspects of Scottish theatre. As such, this
represents the first study to offer an overarching view of
historical representation on Scottish stages, exploring the nature
of 'history' and 'myth' and relating these afresh to how dramatists
use - and subvert - them. Engaging and accessible, this innovative
book will attract scholars and students interested in history,
ideology, mythology, theatre politics and explorations of national
and gender identity.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most
prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence
in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure
has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by
the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book,
Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast
Asia, provides a fresh examination of the country's economic past,
thereby setting that failure in the context of the colonial period.
For the first time, a review of Burma's economic experience in the
final decades of British rule is integrated with an analysis of its
economy since independence, providing a detailed understanding of
the complex origins of Burma's economic failure in the second half
of the twentieth century. This is a compelling introduction to
Burma's political and economic history for students in Southeast
Asian history, development studies and political science.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most
prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence
in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure
has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by
the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book,
Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast
Asia, provides a fresh examination of the country's economic past,
thereby setting that failure in the context of the colonial period.
For the first time, a review of Burma's economic experience in the
final decades of British rule is integrated with an analysis of its
economy since independence, providing a detailed understanding of
the complex origins of Burma's economic failure in the second half
of the twentieth century. This is a compelling introduction to
Burma's political and economic history for students in Southeast
Asian history, development studies and political science.
In our time, as in his own, Burns is encountered as recitation, on
stage and screen, in speeches, preeminently as song, and in the
drama and debates surrounding new discoveries and new editions.
Contributors to this imaginative new interdisciplinary collection
bridge the divide between performers and scholars, with readable
but authoritative short essays that will spark interest in all
Burnsians and open up new directions for Burns research.'Patrick
Scott, University of South CarolinaExamines representations of
Robert Burns and his work in a wide range of performance modesThis
book opens up fresh aspects of performance and performativity and
their impact on our perception of Robert Burns and his work.
Bringing together leading experts on music, song, drama, public
ceremonial and literature, it studies Burns as a performed and
performative construct. It explores ways in which he is encountered
as a living author, setting the popularity of his poetry and songs
in the context of his representation in popular culture.
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