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Todd Haynes's 2002 film Far From Heaven has been hailed as a homage
to 1950s Hollywood melodrama, although anyone tempted to take the
film at face value should be warned that it aims to subvert as much
as celebrate that genre. Impeccably constructed, with a care for
detail unknown in films from the era, it sets out to make key
themes from the genre - romance across racial barriers and class
lines, and perhaps the period's greatest taboo, romance between
members of the same sex - utterly explicit, when half a century ago
those themes had to be encoded in allusion and metaphor. Haynes
took as his main source Douglas Sirk's 1955 classic, All That
Heaven Allows, although Far From Heaven also references Rainer
Werner Fassbinder's bleak portrayal of inter-racial love, Fear Eats
the Soul (1974). In the context of Haynes's background in the New
Queer Cinema movement, with films such as Superstar, Poison and
[safe], this admixture makes Far From Heaven a rather more complex
film than just another well-dressed period pastiche. John Gill
provides a revealing insight into how Haynes confronts issues of
race, sexuality and class in a suburban 1950s American
neighbourhood. Haynes has been evasive when pressed for a
definitive explanation of his film, although as Gill contends, he
has left enough evidence lying around on screen for the keen viewer
to pick up on numerous disturbing strands at work beneath the
glossy surface of this sumptuously presented weepie. While it may
affect to pass as a classic of the genre, Haynes's ultimate aim,
Gill contends, is to undermine the nature and notion of cinema and
storytelling.
Technology of Machine Tools provides state-of-the-art training for
using machine tools in manufacturing technology, including
up-to-date coverage of computer numerical control (CNC). It
includes an overview of machine trades and career opportunities
followed by theory and application. The text is structured to
provide coverage of tools and measurement, machining tools and
procedures, drilling and milling machines, computer-aided
machining, and metallurgy. This book is based on the authors’
many years of trade experience and experience as specialists in
teaching. To keep up-to-date with technological change, the authors
have researched the latest technical information available and have
visited industries that are leaders in their field. The new edition
of Technology of Machine Tools is now available for the first time
in McGraw Hill Connect! Connect for this course features SmartBook
2.0, STEM Prep Modules, a Student Workbook, and more!
William Gill (1843 1883) was an explorer and commissioned officer
in the Royal Engineers. After inheriting a fortune from a distant
relative in 1871, Gill decided to remain in the Army and use his
inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries, satisfying
his love of travel and gathering intelligence for the British
government. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical
Society in 1879 for his scientific observations on his expeditions.
This two volume work, first published in 1880, is Gill's account of
his expedition from Chengdu, China through Sichuan, along the
eastern edge of Tibet via Litang, to Bhamo in Burma, a region
little explored by westerners before him. Gill describes in vivid
detail the cultures, societies and settlements of the region, and
their political and economic systems. Volume 1 covers the area
around Chengdu and includes an introductory chapter by the eminent
orientalist Henry Yule (1820 1889).
William Gill (1843 1883) was an explorer and commissioned officer
in the Royal Engineers. After inheriting a fortune from a distant
relative in 1871, Gill decided to remain in the Army and use his
inheritance to finance explorations of remote countries, satisfying
his love of travel and gathering intelligence for the British
government. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical
Society in 1879 for his scientific observations on his expeditions.
This two volume work, first published in 1880, is Gill's account of
his expedition from Chengdu, China through Sichuan, along the
eastern edge of Tibet via Litang, to Bhamo in Burma, a region
little explored by westerners before him. Gill describes in vivid
detail the cultures, societies and settlements of the region, and
their political and economic systems. Volume 2 recounts his travels
across the plateau to the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy, partly
retracing Marco Polo's route.
Athens is an historical anomaly. Excavations date its first
settlement to over seven thousand years ago, yet it only became the
capital of Greece in 1834. During the intervening centuries it was
occupied by almost every mobile culture in Europe: from its
earliest likely settlers, tribes from what is now Albania, to Nazi
forces during the second World War, and in between by successive
waves of Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Slavs, Goths, Venetians,
French, Catalans, Turks, Italians, Bulgarians and the clans of
various kings and tyrants of the region's early city-states. There
has been a structure on its 'high city', the acropolis, since at
least the bronze age, although it was subsequently altered by
successive occupiers, becoming a fort, castle, temple, mosque,
church and even a harem. its 'Golden Age' peaked in the fifth
century BCE, with the great building projects of Pericles and
Themistocles, and its later history is one of a city already
nostalgic for its past, although at a time when other European
cities had yet to begin constructing a past.
Archaeological investigations, undertaken as part of a programme to
restore St George's Church, Bloomsbury, to its original Hawksmoor
splendour, involved the removal of 871 triple lead-lined coffins
from within the crypt and monitoring works within the churchyard.
The elaborate named coffins of upper middle class parishioners
provided a valuable opportunity to greatly develop the new field of
post-medieval coffin analysis, and to integrate historical,
archaeological and osteological data in order to build a vivid
picture of this population. Over 90% of coffins were named, which
allowed a rare opportunity to blind test osteological methods on 72
skeletons, whilst analysis of documentary and osteological evidence
has challenged some long-held beliefs in post-medieval burial
archaeology. Disease patterns in the St George's assemblage were
influenced by the longevity and affluence of this population,
factors that also underlay the necessity for elaborate and
expensive dental treatment, including very early examples of
fillings, filing and dentures.
Hammer Horror film set in Egypt 1920. Sir Basil Walden, with his
assitants Claire, Harry and Paul, stumble on the sealed desert tomb
of the young Pharoah Kah-To-Bey. When the expedition fails to
return on time, Stanley Preston, father of Paul and financier of
the expedition is forced into joining the search for the missing
archaeologists. Against all local advice they excavate the tomb,
releasing the mummy's spirit and body.
The highly-anticipated Fourth Edition of this bestselling text
still succeeds in providing a step-by-step guide to implementing
particular methodologies, while simultaneously encouraging a strong
awareness of philosophical assumptions. NEW to the Fourth Edition:
- Expanded coverage to accommodate recent developments in
management research methodology. New topics include: doing a
literature review, case study research, action research, mixed
methods, and writing-up. - Packed with practical research examples
and exercises that encourage students to reflect upon the issues
raised and relate them to their own experience. - Additional
learning features including critical reflection boxes, case studies
and chapter summaries. - A companion website with a full
Instructors' Manual and PowerPoint slides. Students have free
access to downloadable journal articles and author podcasts. Using
a practical approach, but with explicit attention to the role of
theory in management research, the new edition of Research Methods
for Managers is a stimulating guide for students in management,
organization and organization research.
The highly-anticipated Fourth Edition of this bestselling text
still succeeds in providing a step-by-step guide to implementing
particular methodologies, while simultaneously encouraging a strong
awareness of philosophical assumptions. NEW to the Fourth Edition:
- Expanded coverage to accommodate recent developments in
management research methodology. New topics include: doing a
literature review, case study research, action research, mixed
methods, and writing-up. - Packed with practical research examples
and exercises that encourage students to reflect upon the issues
raised and relate them to their own experience. - Additional
learning features including critical reflection boxes, case studies
and chapter summaries. - A companion website with a full
Instructors' Manual and PowerPoint slides. Students have free
access to downloadable journal articles and author podcasts. Using
a practical approach, but with explicit attention to the role of
theory in management research, the new edition of Research Methods
for Managers is a stimulating guide for students in management,
organization and organization research.
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