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A crisis is a period of uncertainty that may or may not lead to
disaster, depending in part on the capacity of actors to make sense
of what is happening and respond effectively. Disasters in
different spheres occur and recur at different speeds and in
idiosyncratic ways, but in essence they follow the same pattern. In
the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone upheavals this
timely book argues that the disaster cycle - a framework normally
used in the context of natural disasters - is equally applicable to
the analysis of other types of catastrophe.Employing a modified
version of the disaster cycle framework to compare and analyse a
range of catastrophes in different spheres, the author draws on
ideas from a variety of disciplines including economics and
economic history, disaster studies, management, and political
science. This unique comparative approach presents case studies of
several important disasters: Hurricane Katrina, the First World
War, the depression of the early 1930s, Welsh coal mining
accidents, the deadly effects of smoking tobacco, and the Global
Financial Crisis and Eurozone catastrophe of the early twenty first
century. The author argues that economists and economic policy
makers routinely misuse the term crisis to describe episodes that
ought to be called disasters. This accessible and fascinating
exploration will appeal to students and scholars in economic
history, disaster studies, management, public policy, and related
disciplines. The comparison of crisis and disaster management is
also essential reading for policy makers.
John McGahern (1934-2006) believed that fiction could act as a
window on the world. Such windows, however, frame our fields of
vision, alter and shape our perspectives. Far from being static,
the artist’s perspective must continually evolve. This book
provides a literary analysis of John McGahern’s artistic and
poetic vision – his ‘ways of looking’, examining the shifting
focus of this vision: how and why it develops, what effects such
developments have on the work’s forms, and how these forms
evolve, at what times and in response to what stimuli. This volume
demonstrates that such developments mirror an analogous social
expansion during the latter half of the twentieth century and
argues that McGahern’s literary spaces relate to his efforts to
realise a more accommodating form to envelop the structureless
society. While the number of critical studies on McGahern has
increased markedly in recent years, research still tends to fall
into the well-established camps of social realism or literary
aestheticism. This text aims to explore the common ground between
the material context and social worlds of each work and the
hermeneutics of a ‘traditional’ literary investigation. It
traverses such divides through close readings of McGahern’s work,
with attention to the topopoetical production of images of the
house, the home, and the family unit. The book ultimately shows how
attention to McGahern’s literary spaces provides a greater
understanding of the aesthetic, vision and form of each novel, and
allows us to understand those aspects relative to the social,
cultural and political undercurrents of the works individually and
collectively.
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Abduction (DVD)
Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, …
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Taylor Lautner stars in this action thriller about a young man who
sets out to uncover his true identity. Nathan (Lautner) is an
ordinary teenager whose life is blown apart when a classmate spots
his baby picture on a missing person's website. Nathan begins to
suspect that his 'parents' are in fact secret agents, and must
fight tooth and nail to get to the bottom of the sinister plot
behind his so-called reality. Maria Bello, Alfred Molina and
Sigourney Weaver co-star.
A concsie, comprehensive textbook on twentieth century Britain
inclding thematic chapters and case-study chapters on key periods
and topics that will engage attention. British History is still
widely studied and this book provides an up-to-date survey of that
history. The book is fully updated and engages with the most recent
historioigraphy as well as what people said they needed, such as
more qunatative approaches, movement away from the binary focus on
pre- and post-1945.
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2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD)
Paul Walker, Tyrese, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Ludacris, …
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John Singleton's sequel to 'The Fast and the Furious' - which
brought stardom to Vin Diesel. Diesel decided not to reprise his
role but Paul Walker did. Former undercover cop Brian O'Conner
(Walker) finds himself on the trail of another group of underground
car enthusiasts in an attempt to redeem himself after his illegal
escapades in the first movie. This time the location is Miami,
where O'Connor has been making money out of street racing, and he
is asked to bring down the drugs baron Carter Verone (Cole Hauser)
in exchange for erasing his criminal record. Enlisting the help of
an ex-con (Tyrese), O'Connor once again finds himself raging
through the streets in stolen cars.
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2 Fast 2 Furious (DVD)
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John Singleton's sequel to 'The Fast and the Furious' - which
brought stardom to Vin Diesel. Diesel decided not to reprise his
role but Paul Walker did. Former undercover cop Brian O'Conner
(Walker) finds himself on the trail of another group of underground
car enthusiasts in an attempt to redeem himself after his illegal
escapades in the first movie. This time the location is Miami,
where O'Connor has been making money out of street racing, and he
is asked to bring down the drugs baron Carter Verone (Cole Hauser)
in exchange for erasing his criminal record. Enlisting the help of
an ex-con (Tyrese), O'Connor once again finds himself raging
through the streets in stolen cars.
A concsie, comprehensive textbook on twentieth century Britain
inclding thematic chapters and case-study chapters on key periods
and topics that will engage attention. British History is still
widely studied and this book provides an up-to-date survey of that
history. The book is fully updated and engages with the most recent
historioigraphy as well as what people said they needed, such as
more qunatative approaches, movement away from the binary focus on
pre- and post-1945.
The articles in this special issue cover the history of women in
the economics profession, a largely male-dominated academic field.
Contributors explore the many ways in which women have contributed
to economics, particularly the careers that women have made (or not
made) while confronting discouragement and discrimination. By
placing the status and role of these women in historical contexts,
the authors seek to enrich our understanding of economics in the
twentieth century. Contributors:Â Rebecca Gomez Betancourt,
Jennifer Burns, Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Jennifer Cohen,
Camila Orozco Espinel, Evelyn L. Forget, Andrés Guiot-Isaac, Erin
Hengel, Daniel Hirschman, Marianne Johnson, Christina Laskaridis,
Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams, John D. Singleton, and Sarah F. Small
This book analyzes the competitive forces which dominate this major
sector, and traces how the nature of competition has evolved during
the last two hundred years. Through an analysis of key factors,
including demand, related and supporting industries, firm strategy,
structure and national rivalry, chance and government policy, the
author explains how and why the locus of competitive advantage in
textiles and apparel has moved from country to country,
particularly in the period since 1945.
This book analyzes the competitive forces which dominate this major sector, and traces how the nature of competition has evolved during the last two hundred years. Through an analysis of key factors, including demand, related and supporting industries, firm strategy, structure and national rivalry, chance and government policy, the author explains how and why the locus of competitive advantage in textiles and apparel has moved from country to country, particularly in the period since 1945.
In this 1995 study of the causes of nationalisation, experts in
British industrial history analyse the public ownership debates,
and explain how many well-informed and moderate groups came to
believe that the public ownership of certain major industries would
be economically beneficial. During Attlee's Labour governments of
1945-51 a number of important industries, including coal,
electricity, the railways and gas were taken into public ownership,
and legislation was passed for the nationalisation of the steel
industry. It was then argued that nationalisation would lead to an
improvement in the efficiency of these key sectors, on which the
rest of British industry depended for inputs. This study examines
the historical issues and uses detailed case studies of industries
to explore the public ownership debate.
In this modern study of the causes of nationalization, experts in
British industrial history analyze the public ownership debates,
and explain how many well-informed and moderate groups came to
believe that the public ownership of certain major industries would
be economically beneficial. During Attlee's Labour governments of
1945-51, a number of important industries, including coal,
electricity, the railways and gas were taken into public ownership,
and legislation was passed for the nationalization of the steel
industry. It was then argued that nationalization would lead to an
improvement in the efficiency of these key sectors, on which the
rest of British industry depended for inputs. Today, such a policy
would be almost unthinkable. This study examines the historical
issues and uses detailed case studies of industries to explore the
public ownership debate.
Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In
1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside
Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated.
John Singleton here explains how central banks and the profession
of central banking have evolved and spread across the globe during
this period. He shows that the central banking world has
experienced two revolutions in thinking and practice, the first
after the depression of the early 1930s, and the second in response
to the high inflation of the 1970s and 1980s. In addition, the
central banking profession has changed radically. In 1900 the
professional central banker was a specialised type of banker,
whereas today he or she must also be a sophisticated economist and
a public official. Understanding these changes is essential to
explaining the role of central banks during the recent global
financial crisis.
During the Civil War, John Singleton Mosby led the Forty-third
Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers, in
bold and daring operations behind Union lines. Throughout the
course of the war, more than 2000 men were members of Mosby's
command, some for only a short time. Mosby had few confidants (he
was described by one acquaintance as "a disturbing companion") but
became close friends with one of his finest officers, Samuel Forrer
Chapman. Chapman served with Mosby for more than two years, and
their friendship continued in the decades after the war. Take Sides
with the Truth is a collection of more than eighty letters,
published for the first time in their entirety, written by Mosby to
Chapman from 1880, when Mosby was made U.S. consul to Hong Kong,
until his death in a Washington, D.C., hospital in 1916. These
letters reveal much about Mosby's character and present his
innermost thoughts on many subjects. At times, Mosby's letters show
a man with a sensitive nature; however, he could also be sarcastic
and freely derided individuals he did not like. His letters are
critical of General Robert E. Lee's staff officers ("there was a
lying concert between them") and trace his decades-long crusade to
clear the name of his friend and mentor J. E. B. Stuart in the
Gettysburg campaign. Mosby also continuously asserts his belief
that slavery was the cause of the Civil War -- a view completely
contrary to a major portion of the Lost Cause ideology. For him, it
was more important to "take sides with the Truth" than to hold
popular opinions. Peter A. Brown has brought together a valuable
collection of correspondence that adds a new dimension to our
understanding of a significant Civil War figure.
Likely places of learning in Japan include folkcraft village pottery workshops, the clubhouses of female shellfish divers, traditional theaters, and the neighborhood public bath. The education of potters, divers, actors, and other novices generates identity within their specific communities of practice. In this volume, a collection of nineteen case studies of situated learning in such likely places, the contributors take apprenticeship as a fundamental model of experiential education in authentic arenas of cultural practice. Together, the essays demonstrate a rich variety of Japanese pedagogical arrangements and learning patterns, both historical and contemporary. All cases respond to the call for a new focus on "situated learning", an educational anthropology of the social relations and meanings of educational process.
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Four Brothers (DVD)
Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, …
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Mark Wahlberg stars in this revenge thriller. When their mother is
murdered during a hold-up in a local grocery store, her four
adopted sons decide to take the law into their own hands and find
the man responsible for the crime. As they investigate, they
discover that Jeremiah's (Andre Benjamin) dealings with a local
criminal (Chiwetel Ejiofor) may have something to do with the case,
and that the two policemen investigating the murder may not be
quite what they seem.
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