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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Encyclopedia of Middle Level Education is designed to be a
comprehensive overview of the field. This publication will include
seven anchor essays (5000 words) that will over the following
topics: the history of the middle school movement; academically
excellent curriculum, instruction, and assessment; developmental
responsiveness in relation to young adolescents; social equity in
middle grades schools; teacher and administrator preparation and
professional development; middle school reform models; and future
directions in relation to the movement, practices, and policy.
Authorship of the anchor essays is by invitation only. In addition
to these anchor essays, the encyclopedia will contain
alphabetically organized entries (short entries approximately 500
words; long entries approximately 2000 words) that address
important concepts, ideas, terms, people, organizations, and
seminal publications related to middle level education. A tentative
listing of entries and their corresponding lengths can be found at
http://www.rmle.pdx.edu/. Contributors to the encyclopedia will be
expected to provide enough information so that the reader can place
the idea, concept, person, etc. into its proper context in the
history of the middle school movement. Entries are meant to be
introductory; after an overview of the essentials of the topic the
reader will be guided to more extensive sources for further
investigation. Where appropriate, the reader should be directed to
electronic sources such as websites where additional information
can be retrieved.
Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to
practical theology through an examination of fifteen different
approaches-ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic
to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a. After an introduction
to the field of practical theology and its broad range of practice
today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the
discipline. Each chapter has an identical structure to facilitate
comparison, covering historical context, key features and figures,
norms and sources of authority, theory-practice, contexts,
interdisciplinary considerations, areas of current and future
research, and suggested readings. Opening the Field of Practical
Theology is an ideal introduction to the field, highlighting the
diverse ways practical theology is engaged today.
Energy security has emerged as one of the most important
contemporary geopolitical issues. Access to reliable, cheap energy
has become essential to the functioning of modern economies but the
uneven distribution of energy supplies has led to perceptions of
significant Western vulnerability. At the same time, many in the
West have become wary of China's re-emergence as a major power in
global politics, with its impact on Western foreign policies and
potential threat to Western energy security. This book offers fresh
insights into the rise of China as a global superpower and the ways
in which its rise is perceived to threaten Western energy security,
engaging specifically with how the idea of the China threat has
emerged in popular discourse. The author questions how recent US
foreign policy has sought to position China as an antagonist to
Western energy interests and explores how this image has become the
dominant understanding of China by the West. Rather than treating
these issues as given, which orthodox approaches tend to do, this
book analyses the discursive relationship between US identity,
foreign policy and energy security, which leads to a more nuanced
and critical understanding of perceptions of China's potential
threat to Western energy security. Filling an important gap in the
emerging corpus of research on energy security, this book will be
particularly valuable to students and scholars of Politics,
International Relations and Chinese Studies.
"Noble Rot manages to unravel the mysteries of wine with insight
and humour. A wonderful - and essential - read for anyone
interested in the world of wine, or even for those, like me, who
just drink it." Nigella Lawson "The Noble Rot guys have the ability
to describe wines as if they're either future friends, or
rock-stars coming to blow your mind." Caitlin Moran "Noble Rot has
brought originality, humour and now space travel to the very
serious business of drinking wine. About time too." Brian Eno "Dan
and Mark do that thing that only crazy knowledgeable enthusiasts
can do, they make you a crazy enthusiast too. If they said, 'We've
found a wine like no other, a wine that actually lights up the sky,
but you can only drink it in the desert at midnight, are you
coming?' I'd be off, and I'd be confident of meteor showers. They
provoke curiosity - 'how does anyone make this extraordinary drink
just with grapes?' - excitement, joy, and a longing for knowledge.
Now, in this book, they're sharing the knowledge." Diana Henry "To
really know and love a wine one should know the grower and the
vineyard. This isn't always or even often possible, which is why
the Rotters introduce these wines at source. You learn that making
wine, as cooking should be, is an act of love. You will come to
love this book too." Rowley Leigh Choosing wine in a restaurant or
shop can seem an unfathomable business. But, according to Dan
Keeling and Mark Andrew, the duo behind London's Noble Rot, it
needn't be that way. In Wine from Another Galaxy they'll help you
to understand how it is made, where to buy it, what to look for
when you drink it, and how to talk about it. And once you've
mastered the basics, they'll take you on a journey through the best
of European wine culture, meeting the people and places behind
their favourite bottles. Indeed, Dan and Mark have spent years
visiting growers that you probably haven't heard of, from the
original thinkers of the natural wine movement to the iconic
estates of Burgundy and Bordeaux. This is the alternative,
accessible, no-holds-barred guide to wine, where the usual cliches
and rules don't apply.
In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars' lifestyles, love lives, and earning power. Sport Star investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationships with the media, and with the sporting establishment. Through a series of case studies of sporting stars, including Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Venus Williams and David Beckham, contributors examine the cultural, political, economic and technological forces which combine to produce sporting celebrity, and consider the ways in which these most public of individuals inform and influence private experience.
Negative Emissions Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation
provides a comprehensive introduction to the full range of
technologies that are being researched, developed and deployed in
order to transition from our current energy system, dominated by
fossil fuels, to a negative-carbon emissions system. After an
introduction to the challenge of climate change, the technical
fundamentals of natural and engineered carbon dioxide removal and
storage processes and technologies are described. Each NET is then
discussed in detail, including the key elements of the technology,
enablers and constraints, governance issues, and global potential
and cost estimates. This book offers a complete overview of the
field, thus enabling the community to gain a full appreciation of
NETs without the need to seek out and refer to a multitude of
sources.
"A readable and tightly argued political and social biography that
provides numerous insights into Massachusetts' history on the eve
of the revolution."
--"Historical Journal of Massachusetts"
"A candid and readable biography . . . [Walmsley] gives a vivid
account of the descent of a controversial and sometimes
misunderstood figure of the period."
"--Choice"
"Usefully emphasizes the economic and personal influences on the
politics of Massachusetts."
-- "Religious Studies Review"
"A significant addition. Hutchinson definitely needed a more
complete treatment than he heretofore had received and Walmsley has
neatly provided it. A genuine pleasure to read."
--"Charles P. Neimeyer, author of America Goes to War: A Social
History of the Continental Army"
"Given the enduring fascination of the American Revolution, this
fine biography of Thomas Hutchinson should find a wide and
appreciative audience. Historian Stephen Walmsely's persuasive
study of the loyalist governor of Massachusetts Bay portrays an
honorable but unimaginative official who remains true to his
aristocratic conception of duty but helpless to arrest the forces
wrenching his native land away from Crown rule. Putting a human
face on an epic conflict, Walmsley finds hutchinson's radical
opponents motivated less by ideas and principles than by ambition,
greed, and personal animus. Indeed, Walmsley's graphic description
of the mob violence, deployed by the patriots to intimidate
Hutchinson and subvert the rule of law, will leave readers
pondering who were the villains and who the heroes in this superb
reconsideration of the nation's origins."
--"Allen Matusow, Rice University"
Rarely in Americanhistory has a political figure been so
pilloried and despised as Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of
Massachusetts and an ardent loyalist of the Crown in the days
leading up to the American revolution.
In this narrative and analytic life of Hutchinson, the first
since Bernard Bailyn's Pulitzer-Prize-winning biography a quarter
century ago, Andrew Stephen Walmsley traces Hutchinson's decline
from well- respected member of Boston's governing class to
America's leading object of revolutionary animus. Walmsley argues
that Hutchinson, rather than simply a victim of his inability to
understand the passions associated with a revolutionary movement,
was in fact defeated in a classic political and personal struggle
for power. No mere sycophant for the British, Hutchinson was keenly
aware of how much he had to lose if revolutionary forces prevailed,
which partially explains his evolution from near- Whig to
intransigent loyalist. His consequent vilification became a vehicle
through which the growing patriot movement sought to achieve
legitimacy.
An entertaining and thought-provoking view of revolutionary
events from the perspective of the losing side, Thomas Hutchinson
and the Origins of the American Revolution tells the story of the
American Revolution through the prism of one of its most famous
detractors.
Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to
practical theology through an examination of fifteen different
approaches-ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic
to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a. After an introduction
to the field of practical theology and its broad range of practice
today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the
discipline. Each chapter has an identical structure to facilitate
comparison, covering historical context, key features and figures,
norms and sources of authority, theory-practice, contexts,
interdisciplinary considerations, areas of current and future
research, and suggested readings. Opening the Field of Practical
Theology is an ideal introduction to the field, highlighting the
diverse ways practical theology is engaged today.
Avizandum Statutes are designed specifically to provide
undergraduates at Scottish universities with legislation and, where
appropriate, other core materials in a readily accessible format.
All materials have been selected on the basis of their relevance to
university courses and appear in updated form. The lack of
annotation and commentary means that the volumes are ideal for use
in examinations.Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property, Trusts and
Succession Law contain the main statutory provisions relating to
both heritable and moveable property, as well as to trusts and
succession law, in Scotland. All important provisions regulating
post-feudal land law in Scotland are present.
This is a study about perceptions of well-being. Its purpose is to
investigate how these perceptions are organized in the minds of
different groups of American adults, to find valid and efficient
ways of measuring these percep tions, to suggest ways these
measurement methods could be implemented to yield a series of
social indicators, and to provide some initial readings on these
indicators; i.e., some information about the levels of well-being
perceived by Americans. The findings are based on data from more
than five thousand Americans and include results from four separate
representative samplings of the American population. One of the
ways our research is unusual is that it includes a major
methodological component. Typical surveys involve a modest effort
at instru ment development, the application of the instrument to a
group of respondents, and an analysis of the resulting data that
mainly describes the people studied. Our work, however, was
implemented in a series of sequential cycles, each of which
consisted of conceptual development, instrument design, data
collection, analysis, and interpretation. Ideas and findings
generated in prior cycles affected the design of subsequent cycles.
This book presents and integrates innovative ways in which the
disciplines of school, clinical, and counseling psychology
conceptualize and approach mental health assessment, prevention,
and intervention for promoting child and youth well-being. It
describes a synthesized model of clinical reasoning across school,
clinical, and counseling psychology that demonstrates how decisions
are made with respect to assessment, prevention, and intervention
across situational contexts to ensure successful outcomes for
children and youth. In addition, the volume examines
theoretical,empirical, and practical frameworks and methods with
respect to addressing the mental health and well-being needs of
children and adolescents within and across school, clinical, and
counseling psychology disciplines. In addition, the book presents
transformative, constructivist, multicultural, innovative, and
evidenced-based approaches for working with children and youth as
well as their families relative to the identification of mental
health concerns, enhanced service system integration, social
justice and advocacy. This book is an essential resource for
researchers, clinicians, therapists, practitioners, and graduate
students in clinical , counselling,and school psychology, social
work, educational psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry,
developmental psychology, pediatrics and all interrelated
disciplines.
This book presents and integrates innovative ways in which the
disciplines of school, clinical, and counseling psychology
conceptualize and approach mental health assessment, prevention,
and intervention for promoting child and youth well-being. It
describes a synthesized model of clinical reasoning across school,
clinical, and counseling psychology that demonstrates how decisions
are made with respect to assessment, prevention, and intervention
across situational contexts to ensure successful outcomes for
children and youth. In addition, the volume examines
theoretical,empirical, and practical frameworks and methods with
respect to addressing the mental health and well-being needs of
children and adolescents within and across school, clinical, and
counseling psychology disciplines. In addition, the book presents
transformative, constructivist, multicultural, innovative, and
evidenced-based approaches for working with children and youth as
well as their families relative to the identification of mental
health concerns, enhanced service system integration, social
justice and advocacy. This book is an essential resource for
researchers, clinicians, therapists, practitioners, and graduate
students in clinical , counselling,and school psychology, social
work, educational psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry,
developmental psychology, pediatrics and all interrelated
disciplines.
Energy security has emerged as one of the most important
contemporary geopolitical issues. Access to reliable, cheap energy
has become essential to the functioning of modern economies but the
uneven distribution of energy supplies has led to perceptions of
significant Western vulnerability. At the same time, many in the
West have become wary of China's re-emergence as a major power in
global politics, with its impact on Western foreign policies and
potential threat to Western energy security. This book offers fresh
insights into the rise of China as a global superpower and the ways
in which its rise is perceived to threaten Western energy security,
engaging specifically with how the idea of the China threat has
emerged in popular discourse. The author questions how recent US
foreign policy has sought to position China as an antagonist to
Western energy interests and explores how this image has become the
dominant understanding of China by the West. Rather than treating
these issues as given, which orthodox approaches tend to do, this
book analyses the discursive relationship between US identity,
foreign policy and energy security, which leads to a more nuanced
and critical understanding of perceptions of China's potential
threat to Western energy security. Filling an important gap in the
emerging corpus of research on energy security, this book will be
particularly valuable to students and scholars of Politics,
International Relations and Chinese Studies.
This book is a unique reference source for the uniform collector,
modeller and student of military dress and equipment. For the first
time the reader can trace the development of the colour and design
of the Waffen-SS uniforms with confidence: all the uniforms worn in
the 150 colour photographs presented here are rare, original items,
from private collections. All major types of service uniform are
illustrated, together with a full range of the unique camouflage
clothing which was the hallmark of these much-feared divisions.
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