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Increased investment in the mining sector in Africa is often presented as a key strategy to leverage growth and development on the continent. It has been described as a "motor for growth," which will contribute to poverty reduction. Massive investment has taken place, but the results in crucial areas such as sustainable economic and social development have been extremely disappointing. These outcomes are most frequently attributed to dysfunctional internal governance processes, mismanagement and corruption. Much attention has been given in recent years to the issue of "the poor resource governance" in mineral rich countries. In this volume, academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond aim to achieve a better understanding of these issues by proposing a renewal of approaches. Discussing the cases of Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo they explore new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows.
Death squads have become an increasingly common feature of the modern world. In nearly all instances, their establishment is tolerated, encouraged, or undertaken by the state itself, which thereby risks its monoply on the use of force, one of the fundamental characteristics of modern states. Why do such a variety of regimes, under very different circumstances, condone such activity? Death Squads in Global Perspective hopes to answer that question and explain not only their development, but also why they can be expected to proliferate in the early 21st century.
First published in 1947 in the USA. This edition reprints the first UK edition of 1964. Published to critical acclaim, the central argument of this book is that the historical play must be studied as a genre separate from tragedy and comedy. Just as there is in Shakespearean tragedies a dominant ethical pattern of passion opposed to reason, so there is in the history plays a dominant political pattern characteristic of the political philosophy of the age. From the 'troublesome reign' of King John to the 'tragical doings' of Richard III, Shakespeare wove the events of English history into plots of universal interest.
In the early twentieth century, the magic of radio was new, revolutionary, and poorly understood. A powerful symbol of modernity, radio was a site where individuals wrestled and came to terms with an often frightening wave of new mass technologies. Radio was the object of scientific investigation, but more importantly, it was the domain of tinkerers, "hackers," citizen scientists, and hobbyists. This book shows how this wild and mysterious technology was appropriated by ordinary individuals in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century as a leisure activity. Clubs and hobby organizations became the locus of this process, providing many of the social structures within which individuals could come to grips with radio, apart from any media institution or government framework. In so doing, this book uncovers the vital but often overlooked social context in which technological revolutions unfold.
Following in the tradition of its popular predecessor, the Manual of Geospatial Science and Technology, Second Edition continues to be the authoritative volume that covers all aspects of the field, both basic and applied, and includes a focus on initiating, planning, and managing GIS projects. This comprehensive resource, which contains contributions from 53 leading experts and professors in the areas of GIS, GPS, and remote sensing, reflects the very latest advances in the technology, applications, and usage of the geospatial sciences in many key disciplines, from natural resource analysis to transportation planning. Significantly updated and expanded, this reader-friendly manual introduces the fundamentals in mathematics and physics needed to perform area-wide mapping, inventory, data conversion, and analysis. The text maintains a focus on the practical aspects of these technologies and remains the only resource to cover the areas of GIS, GPS, and remote sensing with such breadth and clarity. An expanded index, new and revised figures, a color insert, and an easier to read format are among the many improvements to this edition. New to the Second Edition: Revised chapters reflecting the changes that have occurred in the technology, applications, and usage of geospacial science Coverage of GIS applications in automobile navigation and enterprise-wide applications A new chapter devoted to basic statistics and least squares solutions Expanded international scope that addresses the other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including the Russian Federation system (GLONASS), the Chinese system (COMPASS), and the European space agency system (GALILEO) A new chapter covering Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) A new chapter that addresses privacy issues, legal concerns, and the emerging field of public participation GIS (PPGI
The Accrediting Council of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) recently added sexual orientation to its revised diversity standards. This means that journalism schools seeking accreditation or re-accreditation must develop a curriculum that fosters an understanding of issues and perspectives that is inclusive in terms of gender, race, ethnicity - and sexual orientation. This volume, containing original material written for this text, is designed to satisfy the requirement by the ACEJMC that all journalism departments teach sexual diversity. Moving from description, to analysis, to application, the text includes the history of media coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (GLBTI) issues; and coverage of important contemporary issues in the news, such as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the rise of GLBTI families, and AIDS. News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity is a practical teaching tool that will help educators meet these new accreditation standards by addressing these complex and often controversial issues, providing additional resources, discussion questions, suggested homework assignments, and a glossary of terms. Student journalists must be equipped to bring a general knowledge of sexual diversity issues to the table as part of their professional education repertoire. And any adult who consumes media messages, whether or not they work in media, also must be able to spot inaccurate or biased reporting Key Features: Moves from description, to analysis, to application, putting issues and episodes into context. All readings are original and written for this text. Contains student study guides within each chapter with resources, including Websites, books, and videos. Concludes each chapter with discussion questions, assignments, and activities that bring the issues to life for students. Chapter-opening photographs highlight key historical and contemporary events in news media coverage of sexual diversity. Includes a style guide prepared by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
H i I 41 1 ffje jWtrror for f EDITED from ORIGINAL TEXTS in the HUNTINGTON LIBRARY by LILY B. CAMPBELL I I I I 1 BARNES NOBLE, INC. . NEW YORK PUBLISHERS . BOOKSELLERS . SINCE 1873 Published in 1938 by the Cambridge University Press Reprinted by Barnes Noble, Inc. by Special Arrangement with the Cambridge University Press All rights reserved First printing, 1960 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents Introduction pages 3-60 Tragedies of the 1559 Edition 61-240 Prefaces to the 1559 Edition 63 1. Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of England 73 2. The Two Rogers, surnamed Mortimers 82 3. Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester 91 4. Lord Mowbray 101 5. King Richard the Second in 6. Owen Glendower 120 7. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland 132 8. Richard, Earl of Cambridge 139 9. Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury 143 10. King James the First 155 n. William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk 162 12. Jack Cade 171 1 3 . Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York 182 14. Lord Clifford 192 15. John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester 197 1 6. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 205 17. King Henry the Sixth 212 1 8. George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 220 19. King Edward the Fourth 236 CONTENTS Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1563 P a g es 241-421 Preface to the Second Part of the 1563 Edition 243 20. Anthony Woodville, Lord Rivers and Scales 245 21. Lord Hastings 268 Sackvilles Induction 298 22. Henry, Duke of Buckingham 318 23. The Poet Collingbourne 347 24. Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester 360 25. Shores Wife 373 26. Edmund, Duke of Somerset 388 27. The Blacksmith 402 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1578 427-460 28. Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester 432 29. Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke ofGloucester 445 Tragedies Added in the Edition of 1587 461-51 1 30. Sir Nicholas Burdet 463 31. King James the Fourth 483 32. The Battle of Brampton or Flodden Field 489 33. Cardinal Wolsey 495 Appendices 513-554 A. Description of the Huntington Library Copies of the Texts 5I B. Indexes Showing the Arrangement of the Tragedies in the Various Editions 522 C. Collation of MS 364 in St Johns College, Cambridge, with Sackvilles Induction and Tragedy 22 532 D. Collation of Poems in Harleian MS 2252 with Tragedies 31 and 32 548 vi Illustrations IN COLLOTYPE Tide-page and Verso from the Dyce Copy of Way lands Edition of Lydgate frontispiece By the courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum Title-page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate pages A Page from the Undated Wayland Edition of Lydgate Additional Tide-page sometimes bound with Way lands Edition of Lydgate Verso of Additional Tide-page sometimes bound between 6 j with Waylands Edition of Lydgate The Recto and Verso of the Single Leaf extant from between the Suppressed Edition of the Mirror for Magistrates 8 9 The Verso of Fol. 39 introduced as a cancel into the 1578 Edition facing 430 LINE BLOCKS IN THE TEXT The Tide-page of the 1559 Edition 62 The Tide-page of the 1563 Edition 242 The Tide-page of the 1571 Edition 423 The Last Page of the Index to the 1571 Edition 424 The Tide-page of the 1574 Edition 425 The Tide-page of the 1575 Edition 426 The Tide-page of the 1578 Edition 428 The Original FoL 39 Recto and Verso from the 1578 Edition 429, 430 The Tide-page of the 1587 Edition 462 vii THE MIRROR for MAGISTRATES f INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION SINCE the publication of Wartons History of English Poetry, 1 some account of the Mirrorfor Magistrates has been included in almost every history of English literature. 2 Bibliographers have recognized as intriguing the complex history of its printing. 3 Sackvilles induction has been decreed the best poem in English between Chaucer and Spenser and is duly incorporated in anthologies of the period. Historians of the drama have from time to time noted that the work contains tragedies which in the reign of Elizabeth were remade in dramatic form...
The last decade has witnessed a clear and steady rise of interest in consumer culture. Many commentators now argue that consumption rather than production is the axis of personal identity and meaningful social action - a standpoint that reverses the traditional view that consumption is an incidental, trivial feature in contemporary culture. This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and consumption. The book uses an interdisciplinary resource base and comparative data to build-up a convincing analysis of the meaning of shopping
What do your donors need? How can you win their support? For the nonprofit seeking to improve programs and increase fundraising, this book provides a step-by-step guide to listening to the needs of your donors through effective survey research. Bruce Campbell draws from over fifteen years of professional experience and real-life examples to provide many of the research tools that a nonprofit needs. He explains how to design questionnaires, select sample populations, create focus groups, analyze survey results, and much more. Throughout the book, there are tables, action steps, and sample questionnaires to help tailor your donor research to the organization's mission and goals. With the right approach, your nonprofit can not only build donor relations but also expand its resources. Listening to Your Donors is an essential tool for nonprofit executives involved with fundraising, communications, marketing, or public relations.
First published in 1947 in the USA. This edition reprints the first UK edition of 1964. Published to critical acclaim, the central argument of this book is that the historical play must be studied as a genre separate from tragedy and comedy. Just as there is in Shakespearean tragedies a dominant ethical pattern of passion opposed to reason, so there is in the history plays a dominant political pattern characteristic of the political philosophy of the age. From the 'troublesome reign' of King John to the 'tragical doings' of Richard III, Shakespeare wove the events of English history into plots of universal interest.
New Targets for the Treatment of Hypertension and Associated Diseases, Volume 94 in the Advances in Pharmacology serial, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Cytochrome P450, 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and GPR75 pathway in hypertension, Treatment of hypertension with soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors, Effects of allosteric modifiers of adenosine receptors in the heart, Orally active epoxyeicosatrienoic acid analogs in hypertension and renal injury, Drugs affecting the nitric oxide- cyclic GMP pathway in hypertension, Relaxin-2 and Serelaxin in renal and cardiac dysfunction in hypertension, and more.
*The leading text, fully revised and updated--60% new material includes 3 new chapters and changes throughout. *Now in full color, and featuring over 400 figures, with hundreds new to this edition. *Concise, modular chapters allow instructors to easily match assignments to their course plans. *From an award-winning, leading authority. *Includes case examples and applications from the U.S. and worldwide.
This brief presents information on occupational injuries from electric shock and arc flash events through a review of literature, electrical incident data, and similar sources. It includes pertinent information such as the nature of the incident, adherence to safety requirements, use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), and extent of injury. Chapters address arc flash and shock hazards, and the need for empirical incident data on the actual hazards that may be experienced when equipment faults or adverse electrical events occur. Certain tasks where the risk of an arc flash or shock hazard may be lower, such as normal operation of properly installed and maintained equipment, may not require the use of any special PPE. Some of this risk reduction is based on anecdotal data, and the brief details why future research challenges will need more empirical incident data on the actual hazards and associated injuries that may be experienced when equipment faults or adverse electrical events occur. Designed for professionals and researchers in fire protection engineering, workplace electrical tasks, or workplace safety, this brief offers a thorough overview of the trends in electrical injuries and the costs related to those injuries.
Originally published in 1923, this book presents a detailed study of the development of English staging during the Renaissance, and its relationship with the classical revival of stage decoration in Italy. The text attempts to show how from the beginning of the classical revival of drama in Italy, staging was regarded as an accepted part of dramatic production, and how this led to the formulation of definite practices of staging. These practices are then presented as being directly influential upon English theatre, prior to the Reformation by way of Italy and after the Reformation by way of both Italy and France. Finally, the development of English staging inspired by classical authority is presented as finding its natural culmination in the formalism of the late seventeenth century. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the English Renaissance and the development of staging.
This groundbreaking examination of death squads, which exist worldwide, provides a historical perspective of how governments use death squads and how the participation of non-state forces is an extreme instance of the "subcontracting" of tasks characteristic of modern states. Death squads are not simply a product of the Cold War, or of "weak" third-world nations, but are linked to a crisis of the modern state. This collection brings experts from around the world to look at death squads in places such as El Salvador, Weimar Germany, Bosnia, India, Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa.
There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and to demonstrate that today there are greater areas of overlap than there are differences both theoretically and substantively, and that research in either area can help inform research in the other. The book covers the nature of urban agriculture and how it supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services, and community development. It also considers urban agriculture and social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Concepts such as sustainability, resilience, adaptation and community, and the value of urban agriculture as a recreational resource are explored. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why people farm in the city and how urban agriculture can contribute to more sustainable cities in both the Global North and the Global South. Key Features: * One of the first volumes to bring together evidence from urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South * Explores the contribution of urban agriculture to livelihoods, ecosystems and conservation * Numerous case studies examine a very diverse range of urban agriculture systems
Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age is a synthesis of recent Chinese archaeological work on the 2nd millennium BCE--the period associated with China's first dynasties and East Asia's first "states." Focused on Early China's great metropolitan centers in the Central Plains and their hinterlands, this work attempts to contextualize them within their wider zones of interaction from the Yangtze to the edge of the Mongolian steppe, and from the Yellow Sea to the Tibetan plateau and the Gansu corridor. This book critically presents the current state of Chinese archaeology on the second millennium BCE in a way that brings to English readers the complexity of Early Chinese culture history, the variety and development of its urban formations, and the larger context of Central Plains Civilization. Although employing "Chinese" and "Bronze Age" in the title for the sake of familiarity, this work attempts to complicate both terms by showing East Asia's divergent developmental paths and reexamining its deep past without the anachronistic lens of later historiography or over-simplistic evolutionary assumptions. This, it is hoped, will contribute to a more nuanced basis for understandings of China's Early Bronze Age.
The Reformation and the impact of the Renaissance were almost simultaneous in England. So the English versions of the Bible appeared at much the same time as the new, worldly forms of verse and drama. It was not long before serious-minded poets and playwrights used the Bible thus made available for new forms of religious verse. There was an important but neglected succession of writers who did this, culminating in Milton. The forms involved include the sonnet, the miniature epic and the popular drama. Miss Campbell treats both dramatic and non-dramatic literature. She shows that both kinds were new and not prolongations of medieval forms: the 'divine' lyric is a counterpart of the new secular lyric, and professedly hostile to it; and the 'divine' drama is an adaptation of current popular forms and not a development of the mystery play.
In the early twentieth century, the magic of radio was new, revolutionary, and poorly understood. A powerful symbol of modernity, radio was a site where individuals wrestled and came to terms with an often frightening wave of new mass technologies. Radio was the object of scientific investigation, but more importantly, it was the domain of tinkerers, "hackers," citizen scientists, and hobbyists. This book shows how this wild and mysterious technology was appropriated by ordinary individuals in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century as a leisure activity. Clubs and hobby organizations became the locus of this process, providing many of the social structures within which individuals could come to grips with radio, apart from any media institution or government framework. In so doing, this book uncovers the vital but often overlooked social context in which technological revolutions unfold.
Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 12,000 years ago to the second decade of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans, who often in conflict with each other and always in struggle with the land, created a history and idea of Texas.
Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows in mining activities in Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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