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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.
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.
Olympe de Gouges, French activist and playwright, has for
centuries been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being
mentioned almost uniquely for her "Declaration of the Rights of
Woman and the female]" Citizen (1791). However, her plays and
pamphlets imagine in vivid terms the consequences of natural right
and their potential for transforming the autocratic state and
family. She wrote nearly fifty plays, of which about a dozen have
been recovered, and innumerable polemical letters, posters,
brochures, and essays. This book uncovers her radical views of the
self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of
increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of
aristocratic males. Here, Sherman examines and refutes the calumny
de Gouges's reputation has suffered and proves that this intriguing
historical figure deserves to be read instead of simply being
talked about.
This book presents the methodology and applications of Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in measuring productivity, efficiency
and effectiveness in Financial Services firms such as banks, bank
branches, stock markets, pension funds, mutual funds, insurance
firms, credit unions, risk tolerance, and corporate failure
prediction. Financial service DEA research includes banking;
insurance businesses; hedge, pension and mutual funds; and credit
unions. Significant business transactions among financial service
organizations such as bank mergers and acquisitions and valuation
of IPOs have also been the focus of DEA research. The book looks at
the range of DEA uses for financial services by presenting prior
studies, examining the current capabilities reflected in the most
recent research, and projecting future new uses of DEA in finance
related applications.
Kenzie turns her fierce love for the ocean into action,
resourcefully cleaning up the beach after her mermaid-tail swimsuit
tangles in floating plastic bags. When Kenzie slips on her mermaid
tale, she becomes Mermaid Kenzie, protector of the deeps. One day
as Kenzie snorkels around a shipwreck, she discovers more plastic
bags than fish. Grabbing her spear and mermaid net, she begins to
clean up the water and the shore--inspiring other kids to help.
Beautifully written in African American Vernacular English, this
poetic picture book includes back matter with information about how
plastic winds up in our oceans and examples of people--some of them
kids, like Kenzie--who have worked to protect the sea. Mermaid
Kenzie celebrates the ways that all of us, no matter how small, can
make a difference.
Muslim Belonging in Secular India surveys the experience of some of
India's most prominent Muslim communities in the early postcolonial
period. Muslims who remained in India after the Partition of 1947
faced distrust and discrimination, and were consequently compelled
to seek new ways of defining their relationship with fellow
citizens of India and its governments. Using the forcible
integration of the princely state of Hyderabad in 1948 as a case
study, Taylor C. Sherman reveals the fragile and contested nature
of Muslim belonging in the decade that followed independence. In
this context, she demonstrates how Muslim claims to citizenship in
Hyderabad contributed to intense debates over the nature of
democracy and secularism in independent India. Drawing on detailed
new archival research, Dr Sherman provides a thorough and
compelling examination of the early governmental policies and
popular strategies that have helped to shape the history of Muslims
in India since 1947.
An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence
in India Nehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new
interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing
from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor
Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first
prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion
of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the
ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his
premiership-nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the
strong state, and high modernism-have lost their explanatory power.
They have become myths. Sherman examines seminal projects from the
time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and
fresh case studies, including India's continued engagement with
overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the
transformations in industry and social life brought about by
bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the
consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election
campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions.
The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals,
such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign
policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the
rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh.
Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in
Indian history, Nehru's India offers a fresh and definitive
exploration of the nation's early postcolonial era.
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