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From the time of the Picts to the present day, Scotland has played
an important role in the development of British brewing, providing
a host of inventions and other contributions vital to its success.
Covering such topics as Scotch Ale, Porter, Shilling Ales and the
influential waters of Edinburgh and Alloa, The Little History of
Scottish Brewing will intrigue both the aficionado and the
interested enthusiast.
Second big screen outing for the popular cult superhero Hellboy
(Ron Perlman), who originally appeared in Mike Mignola's Dark Horse
comic series. In this highly acclaimed instalment, the mythical
world starts an uprising against humanity in a bid to take over the
Earth, and Hellboy and his team are all that stand in their way.
Can the superheroic redfaced demon prevent the destruction of
mankind once again? Guillermo del Toro writes and directs, and
Selma Blair reprises her role as Hellboy's love interest, Liz
Sherman.
J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856 1936), whose Masters of German Music is
also reissued in this series, was music critic of The Times for 22
years, was the editor of the second edition of Grove's Dictionary
of Music and Musicians, prepared an edition of the Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book, and also worked on Purcell and on folk song. This
biography of Schumann, in the 'Great Musicians' series edited by
Francis Hueffer, was published in 1884, 28 years after its
subject's death. It is dedicated to Schumann's widow, Clara, who
the author consulted, along with Joachim and others; but he also
acknowledges that those hoping for an exhaustive life of Schumann
would be disappointed: 'The time for writing such a life is not yet
come.' Nevertheless, this book contains a survey of Schumann's
compositions as well as his critical writings and a range of
contemporary critical responses to his work.
J. A. Fuller Maitland (1856 1936), whose Schumann in the Novello
'Great Musicians' series is also reissued in this series, had a
wide-ranging interest in music. He was music critic of The Times
for 22 years, was the editor of the second edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, prepared an edition of the
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, and also worked on Purcell and on folk
song. This book, published in 1894, surveys the then current state
of German music, with essays on Brahms, Bruch, Goldmark and
Rheinberger. Bruckner is mentioned as a 'Little Master', and
Richard Strauss appears in the final chapter, entitled 'New Paths
(?)' but the surprise for present-day readers is that the composer
fulsomely claimed by Fuller Maitland as the natural successor to
Wagner, Cyrill Kistler, is now almost completely unknown.
The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School
thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of
East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in
the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In
China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it
engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the
tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This
book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan
thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese
scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who
places ideological developments in social contexts. Â
The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins
in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian
Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into
the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with
neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology,
as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure
Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges
with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well
as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for
joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book
concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T.
Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.
This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the
genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first
emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him
to adhere to 'legitimate' and 'traditional' forms of
self-presentation. Lobur explores how these notions become
explicated and reconfigured by the upper and mostly non-political
classes of Italy and Rome. The chronic turmoil experienced in the
late republic shaped the values and program of the imperial system;
it molded the comprehensive and authoritative accounts of Roman
tradition and history in a way that allowed the system to appear
both traditional and historical. This book also examines how shifts
in rhetorical and historiographical practices facilitated the
spreading and assimilation of shared ideas that allowed the empire
to cohere.
This book concerns the relationship between ideas and power in the
genesis of the Roman empire. The self-justification of the first
emperor through the consensus of the citizen body constrained him
to adhere to legitimate' and traditional' forms of
self-presentation. Lobur explores how these notions become
explicated and reconfigured by the upper and mostly non-political
classes of Italy and Rome. The chronic turmoil experienced in the
late republic shaped the values and program of the imperial system;
it molded the comprehensive and authoritative accounts of Roman
tradition and history in a way that allowed the system to appear
both traditional and historical. This book also examines how shifts
in rhetorical and historiographical practices facilitated the
spreading and assimilation of shared ideas that allowed the empire
to cohere.
A reporter for the capitol's Washington Star newspaper wrote in
1891, "Washington is the greatest town for ghosts in this country."
John Alexander has collected and preserved tales about the famous
and infamous of the nation's capitol who still revisit the White
House, the U.S. Capitol, and many other buildings and homes said to
be haunted. Ghosts! Washington Revisited is a revised and updated
edition of Ghosts! Washington's Most Famous Ghost Stories. Among
these tales are ghost stories from neighboring Virginia and
Maryland communities including Mount Vernon, Arlington, Alexandria,
Manassas, and the Blandensburg dueling grounds. These spectral
tales are accomopanied by over 180 images of haunted sites and
famous individuals said to return to Washington long after
departing this life.
In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical
theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate. None
can accurately explain the way evidence is gathered and used to
confirm hypotheses. To correct this, he proposes a new approach
called the weight of evidence account. This innovative method
supplies a satisfactory explanation and rationale for the
"hierarchical pyramid" of evidence-based medicine, with randomized
clinical trials and their derivatives, meta-analyses, and
systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials at the top and
case reports, case series, expert opinion, and the like at the
bottom. The author illustrates the development of various "levels"
of evidence by considering the evolution of less invasive surgical
treatments for early breast cancer. He shows that the weight of
evidence account explains the notion of levels of evidence and
other efforts to rank them. In addition, he presents a defense of
randomization as a method to maximize accuracy in the conduct of
clinical trials. The title also considers ethical issues
surrounding experimentation with medical therapies in human
subjects. It illustrates and discusses these issues in studies of
respiratory therapies in neonates and treatment for certain cancers
in adults. The author shows that in many cases sufficient evidence
can be accrued to warrant generally accepted new therapies without
the need for evidence derived from randomized clinical trials.
In this book, the author argues that no current philosophical
theory of evidence in clinical medical science is adequate. None
can accurately explain the way evidence is gathered and used to
confirm hypotheses. To correct this, he proposes a new approach
called the weight of evidence account. This innovative method
supplies a satisfactory explanation and rationale for the
"hierarchical pyramid" of evidence-based medicine, with randomized
clinical trials and their derivatives, meta-analyses, and
systematic reviews of randomized clinical trials at the top and
case reports, case series, expert opinion, and the like at the
bottom. The author illustrates the development of various "levels"
of evidence by considering the evolution of less invasive surgical
treatments for early breast cancer. He shows that the weight of
evidence account explains the notion of levels of evidence and
other efforts to rank them. In addition, he presents a defense of
randomization as a method to maximize accuracy in the conduct of
clinical trials. The title also considers ethical issues
surrounding experimentation with medical therapies in human
subjects. It illustrates and discusses these issues in studies of
respiratory therapies in neonates and treatment for certain cancers
in adults. The author shows that in many cases sufficient evidence
can be accrued to warrant generally accepted new therapies without
the need for evidence derived from randomized clinical trials.
This outstanding thesis provides a wide-ranging overview of the
growth of titanium dioxide thin films and its use in
photo-electrochemicals such as water splitting. The context for
water splitting is introduced with the theory of
semiconductor-liquid junctions, which are dealt with in detail. In
particular plasmonic enhancement of TiO2 by the addition of gold
nanoparticles is considered in depth, including a thorough and
critical review of the literature, which discusses the possible
mechanisms that may be at work. Plasmonic enhancement is
demonstrated with gold nanoparticles on Nb-doped TiO2. Finally, the
use of temperature and pressure to control the phase and morphology
of thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition is presented.
This outstanding thesis provides a wide-ranging overview of the
growth of titanium dioxide thin films and its use in
photo-electrochemicals such as water splitting. The context for
water splitting is introduced with the theory of
semiconductor-liquid junctions, which are dealt with in detail. In
particular plasmonic enhancement of TiO2 by the addition of gold
nanoparticles is considered in depth, including a thorough and
critical review of the literature, which discusses the possible
mechanisms that may be at work. Plasmonic enhancement is
demonstrated with gold nanoparticles on Nb-doped TiO2. Finally, the
use of temperature and pressure to control the phase and morphology
of thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition is presented.
Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and
popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half
centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores
Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often
contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as
both the essence of America and a place apart.
Williams begins his story in the colonial era and describes the
half-century of bloody warfare as migrants from Europe and their
American-born offspring fought and eventually displaced
Appalachia's Native American inhabitants. He depicts the evolution
of a backwoods farm-and-forest society, its divided and unhappy
fate during the Civil War, and the emergence of a new industrial
order as railroads, towns, and extractive industries penetrated
deeper and deeper into the mountains. Finally, he considers
Appalachia's fate in the twentieth century, when it became the
first American region to suffer widespread deindustrialization, and
examines the partial renewal created by federal intervention and a
small but significant wave of in-migration.
Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian voices enlivens
the analysis and reminds us of the importance of storytelling in
the ways the people of Appalachia define themselves and their
region.
This volume completes the documentation of excavations at the
Nubian site of Qasr Ibrim conducted by the Egypt Exploration
Society, continuing the tradition of documenting the history and
archaeology of the site phase-by-phase. Previous monographs dealt
with the Ballana phase (c. AD 350-600), the earlier (c. 600-1172)
and the later medieval period (c. 1172-1500). The present work
carries the story forward to the final abandonment of the site in
AD 1812, the period when Lower Nubia was annexed to the Ottoman
Empire, and an Ottoman garrison was installed at Qasr Ibrim. Part I
deals with the historical record of the site, based on archival
sources, Part II presents the archaeological evidence, followed in
Part III by brief summaries on the Ottoman period artefacts found
at the site, in particular pottery (by William Y. Adams), basketry
(by Boyce N. Driskell), and textiles (by Nettie K. Adams)
"Turning to Nature in Germany" is a study of mass movements that
aimed to bring the German people into closer contact with nature.
In the early twentieth century organized hikers, nudists, and
conservationists all looked to nature for solutions to the nation's
political crises. Following these movements over three political
eras--the Second Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third
Reich--the book shows how manifestations of popular culture
reflected the concerns and hopes of their time. Williams breaks
with historians who have long seen nature movements as anti-modern
and irrational by arguing that naturists were calling not for
Germany to turn back the clock, but for the nation to find a way to
navigate the treacherous waters of contemporary life and strive
toward a brighter future.
Although there have been other studies of elite administrators in
France, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia, John Armstrong has made
the first systematic comparison of their roles, especially their
inclination to participate in economic development. Drawing on role
theory and theories of socialization and recruitment, he analyzes
the influences that family, secondary school, specialized
university instruction, and in-service experiences have had on
administrators. Currents of ideas, class concepts of appropriate
role behavior, and organizational peculiarities are also examined
as possible influences. By exploring this subject over a long
period--in some cases reaching as far back as the seventeenth
century--this book shows how changing definitions of
administrators' roles reflect their position in society and permit
the exploration of changing socialization processes. The long time
span also shows how factors such as administrative intervention can
change from being marginally important to crucial in affecting
economic growth. From the diverse European experience the author
distills five factors which he hypothesizes have exerted a constant
positive influence on administrative intervention in economic
development, and suggests how these factors might be applied in
analysis of other societies. He also provides a wealth of
statistical data and an extensive bibliography. Originally
published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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