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This book analyses women as spectators at men's association
football (soccer) in Britain from 1863 to 1939. The author shows
that women have always been present at men's football in Britain, a
fact not always acknowledged in modern popular accounts of the
game, albeit as a small minority in overall attendances. Some women
have always been 'authentic' fans of football, both knowledgeable
and enthusiastic in their support, and this book will demonstrate
that.
In a unique survey, based on new census data, "Geographic
Perspectives on Soviet Central Asia" highlights the region's
geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945. Painting a
grim picture, this book investigates how the combination of rapid
population growth and declining per capita investment is causing
economic conditions to slide in rural areas and encouraging an
ecological catastrophe. The authors discuss the effects of low
rural out-migration, and show that at current growth rates the
rural working-age population will double with each generation.
Unprecedented in a developed country, this is causing the region to
become more rather than less rural. Soviet Central Asia is an area
of low productivity, and the book considers the lack of support
from Soviet central government to the region. Wishing to maximize
their return to capital and labour, the government is concentrating
its investment in the European West and directing insufficient
funds for a growing workforce in Central Asia. Soviet Central Asia
also faces grave ecological problems; the declining level of the
Aral Sea, extensive soil salinization and water pollution. This
book should be of interest to undergra
Understanding Emotional Development provides an insightful and
comprehensive account of the development and impact of our emotions
through infancy, childhood and adolescence. The book covers a
number of key topics: The nature and diversity of emotion and its
role in our lives Differences between basic emotions, which we are
all born with, and secondary social emotions which develop during
early social interactions The development of secondary social
emotions; and the role of attachmentand other factors in this
process which determine a childs' emotional history and
consequental emotional wellbeing or difficulties. Analysing,
understanding and empathising with children experiencing emotional
difficulties. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology,
education and social welfare, the book offers an integrated
overview of recent research on the development of emotion. The
chapters also consider child welfare in clinical and educational
practice, presenting case studies of individual children to
illustrate the practical relevance of theory and research. Written
in an engaging and accessible style, the book includes a number of
useful pedagogical features to assist student learning, including
chapter summaries, discussion questions, and suggested reading.
Understanding Emotional Development will provide valuable reading
for students and professionals in the fields of psychology, social
work, education, medicine, law and health.
Understanding Emotional Development provides an insightful and
comprehensive account of the development and impact of our emotions
through infancy, childhood and adolescence. The book covers a
number of key topics: The nature and diversity of emotion and its
role in our lives Differences between basic emotions, which we are
all born with, and secondary social emotions which develop during
early social interactions The development of secondary social
emotions; and the role of attachmentand other factors in this
process which determine a childs' emotional history and
consequental emotional wellbeing or difficulties. Analysing,
understanding and empathising with children experiencing emotional
difficulties. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology,
education and social welfare, the book offers an integrated
overview of recent research on the development of emotion. The
chapters also consider child welfare in clinical and educational
practice, presenting case studies of individual children to
illustrate the practical relevance of theory and research. Written
in an engaging and accessible style, the book includes a number of
useful pedagogical features to assist student learning, including
chapter summaries, discussion questions, and suggested reading.
Understanding Emotional Development will provide valuable reading
for students and professionals in the fields of psychology, social
work, education, medicine, law and health.
Improved communication in business means higher profits. Improved
communication in government means happier citizens. Improved
communication in healthcare means quicker recoveries, fewer
lawsuits, and happier nurses and patients.Closing the Communication
Gap can help readers improve communication by closing the gap
between what the communicator means and what the listener actually
understands. It supplies a complete overview of the various
elements and dimensions of effective communication needed to stop
talking and start communicating.Defining and discussing both the
formal and the informal communication systems within an
organization, the book demonstrates the importance of good
communication and details the four types of poor-quality
communication. It explains how to create a climate of communication
in your organization. It describes how this climate of
communication encourages the development of quality relationships
as well as what it takes to maintain this culture of
communication.After reading this book, you will understand how to
be a better listener, how to use social media in marketing, how to
deal with difficult people, and helpful tips for public speaking.
You will gain valuable insights on how to talk to your employees,
how to talk to your boss, and the best ways to communicate with a
corporation.This book can be read for personal growth or it can be
used by a company to teach employees the importance of quality
communication. Quality assurance departments will find this book
useful in lowering errors and waste in the workplace. The book is
also suitable as a communication textbook or supplemental text at
the introductory university level.If a corporation were a person,
communication would be the bloodstream.Lee Iacocca, Former CEO,
Chrysler Corporation
Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the
natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as
scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global
concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted
the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume
pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the
power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to
critique and to complement insights from modernity and
postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its
contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary
approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship
of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues,
but also address questions of practice and meaning. Organized into
three sections - Head, Heart and Hand - this volume covers the
following key research areas: Theories of Human Ecology Indigenous
and Wisdom Traditions Eco-spiritual Epistemologies and Ontology
Research practice in Human Ecology The researcher-researched
relationship Research priorities for a holistic world With the
study of human ecology becoming increasingly imperative, this
comprehensive volume will be a valuable addition for classroom use.
A city set on a hill, inescapably visible. A lit lamp brilliantly
illuminating the darkest room. With compelling metaphors, Jesus
described the church and its impact on the world. And indeed,
filled with the Holy Spirit, the early church demonstrated a
spiritual energy and depth that transformed the surrounding
culture. Don't let your church settle for less! Using bridges as a
metaphor for "irresistible influence"--or i2, as he calls
it--Robert Lewis shows how your church can become a strong,
well-traveled link between heaven and earth in your community. In
this engaging and uplifting book, Lewis tells the stories and
shares the experiences and lessons of Fellowship Bible Church to
show * what it will take to reconnect your church with your
community * the how-to's of "incarnational bridge building" * true
stories of i2 in action * how to expand the i2 effort through new
partnerships and adventures * requirements of the church in the
21st century Discover how the power of incarnational
bridge-building can impact your church and your community at the
annual Church of Irresistible Influence conference. For
information, contact Fellowship Associates:
www.fellowshipassociates.com; phone (501) 975-5050.
Retailing today is one of the largest, most buoyant and most
competitive market sectors. The large, medium and small retailers,
providers of systems are the major players in this market. The
exploitation of information technology and the use of quantitative
corporate models are emerging as key factors in determining the
strength and effectiveness of marketing plans and support
logistics. Many major retailers have developed considerable
in-house expertise in this area and many hard ware manufacturers
and systems houses have created special divisions to provide
turn-key installations, products and services in order to exploit
these opportunities. However, in the research leading up to the
seminar on which this book is based, a number of important gaps in
retailer useage of systems were noted. While many retailers,
including the large multiples, had very sophisticated electronic
point of sales devices, the information that was available was not
being used to plan effective marketing and selling strategies, nor
yet to plan for growth. In the medium and smaller companies there
was still concern whether electronic point of sales were cost
effective for them or whether being without such aids put them at a
grave disadvantage vis-a-vis their larger competitors.
The SS grew out of Adolf Hitler's and Heinrich Himmler's obsession
to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German
defeat in the First World War. It was to be an elite corps of
politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the
undermining of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies
"harmless." This disturbing story reveals not only the inner
workings of the SS, but also its paramount role in the mass murder
of Europe's Jews, homosexuals, and gypsies; its organization of the
death squads throughout occupied Europe; and the military campaigns
undertaken by the Waffen SS.
In Chicago's Industrial Decline Robert Lewis charts the city's
decline since the 1920s and describes the early development of
Chicago's famed (and reviled) growth machine. Beginning in the
1940s and led by local politicians, downtown business interest,
financial institutions, and real estate groups, place-dependent
organizations in Chicago implemented several industrial renewal
initiatives with the dual purpose of stopping factory closings and
attracting new firms in order to turn blighted property into modern
industrial sites. At the same time, a more powerful coalition
sought to adapt the urban fabric to appeal to middle-class
consumption and residential living. As Lewis shows, the two aims
were never well integrated, and the result was on-going
disinvestment and the inexorable decline of Chicago's industrial
space. By the 1950s, Lewis argues, it was evident that the early
incarnation of the growth machine had failed to maintain Chicago's
economic center in industry. Although larger economic and social
forces-specifically, competition for business and for residential
development from the suburbs in the Chicagoland region and across
the whole United States-played a role in the city's industrial
decline, Lewis stresses the deep incoherence of post-WWII economic
policy and urban planning that hoped to square the circle by
supporting both heavy industry and middle- to upper-class amenities
in downtown Chicago.
Bernard LaFayette Jr. (b. 1940) was a cofounder of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a leader in the Nashville
lunch counter sit-ins, a Freedom Rider, an associate of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC), and the national coordinator of the Poor People's Campaign.
At the young age of twenty-two, he assumed the directorship of the
Alabama Voter Registration Project in Selma -- a city that had
previously been removed from the organization's list due to the
dangers of operating there. In this electrifying memoir, written
with Kathryn Lee Johnson, LaFayette shares the inspiring story of
his years in Selma. When he arrived in 1963, Selma was a small,
quiet, rural town. By 1965, it had made its mark in history and was
nationally recognized as a battleground in the fight for racial
equality and the site of one of the most important victories for
social change in our nation. LaFayette was one of the primary
organizers of the 1965 Selma voting rights movement and the
Selma-to-Montgomery marches, and he relates his experiences of
these historic initiatives in close detail. Today, as the
constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is still
questioned, citizens, students, and scholars alike will want to
look to this book as a guide. Important, compelling, and powerful,
In Peace and Freedom presents a necessary perspective on the civil
rights movement in the 1960s from one of its greatest leaders.
Sherry Olson has almost always worked with others, inspiring them
to ground their research in an empathetic understanding of the
human condition. Through this team work, she has made signal
contributions in fields as diverse as environmental, social, urban,
and women's histories, as well as public health, demography, and
geographic information systems (GIS). In this volume, a critical
assessment of her life's work is complemented by original pieces
advancing our knowledge in these remarkably diverse fields. From
the environmental impact of colonial settlement in New Zealand to
racial segregation in Chicago, from the demography of the Mauricie
and marriage patterns of Quebec City to the inns, gay spaces, and
landladies of Montreal, this collection demonstrates the complexity
of sharing space in the past and its centrality to any critical
understandings of the global challenges we face in the present.
This book is published in English. - Sherry Olson a presque
toujours travaille en equipe, incitant ses collegues a ancrer leurs
recherches dans une comprehension empathique de la condition
humaine. Cela lui a permis d'offrir des contributions majeures dans
un large eventail de domaines, notamment l'histoire de
l'environnement, des relations sociales, de la vie urbaine et des
femmes, la sante publique, la demographie et les systemes
d'information geographique. Dans cet ouvrage, des etudes originales
viennent s'ajouter a l'evaluation critique qui est faite de
l'oeuvre de sa vie, permettant ainsi d'approfondir nos
connaissances dans ces domaines. En abordant des sujets allant de
l'impact environnemental de la colonisation en Nouvelle-Zelande a
la segregation raciale a Chicago, en passant par la demographie de
la region de la Mauricie, les modeles matrimoniaux de Quebec et les
auberges, les quartiers gais et les logeuses de Montreal, ce
recueil demontre toute la complexite du partage de l'espace dans le
passe et son importance cruciale pour une comprehension critique
des defis globaux de notre epoque. Ce livre est publie en anglais.
Have you ever wondered why pine trees stay green all winter long
and don t lose their leaves like other trees? According to an
ancient legend attributed to the Cherokee Indians, it was a simple
act of kindness towards an injured little bird that earned pine
trees this very honor. Retold by award-winning author Alexis York
Lumbard, this story invites readers to experience a world where
trees and birds speak and interact with each other, and which shows
us that no act of kindness and sharing goes unrewarded. Featuring
beautiful paintings by multiple award-winning illustrator Beatriz
Vidal, you will never look at pine trees in the same way again "
"We are brave and ready to fight for our lands...I will go now and
I will fight you. As long as I live, I will fight you for the last
hunting grounds of my people," said Red Cloud, war chief of the
Oglala Lakota, to Colonel Carrington. The year was 1866, the Civil
War had just ended, and the Bozeman Trail was the shortest route
for prospectors to reach the gold rush territory of Montana-except
that it passed straight through the lands of the powerful Oglala
Lakota! When the US government demanded the construction of forts
along the trail, the situation quickly dissolved into war. Captain
William Fetterman had proudly boasted that he could destroy the
entire Lakota nation with just 80 men. Red Cloud, with the support
of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, had other ideas. In this
commemorative edition, marking the 150th anniversary of Red Cloud's
War, Goble recounts the tale of events through the eyes of Brave
Eagle, a fictional young Lakota warrior. This new edition features
an original never-before-published layout, updated and edited text,
digitally enhanced artwork, and a new foreword by Robert Lewis, a
Cherokee, Navaho, and Apache storyteller.
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