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In this study, originally published in 1986, Professor Charles Read
examines the ways in which pre-school and primary children create
spellings - or misspellings, as they appear to be. He focuses on
the hidden phonetic bases for some frequent patterns in young
children's spelling, both in and out of school. Professor Read
examines children's spelling in other languages (Dutch, French,
Spanish) as well as in various dialects of English, in order to see
the influence of other sets of speech sounds and other standard
spelling systems. Overall, the evidence suggests that children are
very much affected by phonetic characteristics, as they tend to
spell alike certain classes of speech sound which are indeed
phonetically similar. In devising spellings, children can be
remarkably independent and inventive in an activity which for
adults is anything but creative, and Professor Read suggests ways
in which educators can build upon this creativity.
The Payroll Book is the only book that demystifies payroll with
clear, concise, and real-world examples on how to tackle the
process. "The Payroll Book will be a valuable resource for the
small business owner as well as for the entrepreneur planning a new
venture. Thorough, well-organized, and thoughtfully written, this
practical guide is an essential tool for managing the payroll
process." Marilyn K. Wiley, Dean, College of Business, University
of North Texas "Failing to comply with the withholding, tax
remittance, and report filing requirements in handling business
payroll carries a high cost. Charles' book will guide entrepreneurs
through the minefields of payroll processing and reporting in
language that business owners can understand. Whether you already
own or are planning to start your own business, The Payroll Book is
an essential tool." James A. Smith, Past President and Chairman,
Texas Society of CPAs "If accounting is something you have not paid
keen attention to in your startup, then this book can demystify the
whole thing for you and then some! Logically set-up and highly
practical in its approach! I highly recommend this book for any
startup, entrepreneur, and, frankly, anyone thinking about starting
a business. That said, if you already started a business it's just
as important this is a must-read!" Hubert Zajicek, CEO, Co-founder
and Partner, Health Wildcatters "Wow! This is the most
comprehensive book of its kind. I have worked in payroll for over
25 years, and I would recommend this book as a reference to anyone
who has a hand in payroll. From the novice just entering the field
to the seasoned veteran, there is something in this book for
everyone." Romeo Chicco, President, PayMaster
This book explores the changing boundaries and relationships
between market and state from the seventeenth to the twentieth
century. Money and Markets celebrates Martin Daunton's
distinguished career by bringing together essays from leading
economic, social and cultural historians, many being colleagues and
former students. Throughout his career, Dauntonhas focused on the
relationship between structure and agency, how institutional
structures create capacities and path dependencies, and how
institutions are themselves shaped by agency and contingency - what
Braudel referred to as 'turning the hour glass twice'. This volume
reflects that focus, combining new research on the financing of the
British fiscal-military state before and during the Napoleonic
wars, its property institutions, and thelonger-term economic
consequences of Sir Robert Peel. There are also chapters on the
birth of the Eurodollar market, Conservative fiscal policy from the
1960s to the 1980s, the impact of neoliberalism on welfare policy
and more broadly, the failed attempt to build an airport in the
Thames Estuary in the 1970s, and the political economy of time in
Britain since 1945. While much of the focus is on Britain, and
British finance in a global economy, the volumealso reflects
Daunton's more recent study of international political economy with
essays on the French contribution to nineteenth-century
globalization, Prussian state finances at the time of the 1848
revolution, Imperial German monetary policy, the role of
international charity in the mixed economy of welfare and
neoliberal governance, and the material politics of energy
consumption from the 1930s to the 1960s. JULIAN HOPPIT is Astor
Professor of British History at University College London. ADRIAN
LEONARD is Associate Director of the Centre for Financial History
at the University of Cambridge. DUNCAN NEEDHAM is Dean and Senior
Tutor at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. CONTRIBUTORS:
Martin Chick, Sean Eddie, Matthew Hilton, Julian Hoppit, Seung-Woo
Kim, Adrian Leonard, Duncan Needham, Charles Read, Bernhard Rieger,
Richard Rodger, Sabine Schneider, HirokiShin, David Todd, James
Tomlinson, Frank Trentmann, Adrian Williamson
In this study, originally published in 1986, Professor Charles Read
examines the ways in which pre-school and primary children create
spellings - or misspellings, as they appear to be. He focuses on
the hidden phonetic bases for some frequent patterns in young
children's spelling, both in and out of school. Professor Read
examines children's spelling in other languages (Dutch, French,
Spanish) as well as in various dialects of English, in order to see
the influence of other sets of speech sounds and other standard
spelling systems. Overall, the evidence suggests that children are
very much affected by phonetic characteristics, as they tend to
spell alike certain classes of speech sound which are indeed
phonetically similar. In devising spellings, children can be
remarkably independent and inventive in an activity which for
adults is anything but creative, and Professor Read suggests ways
in which educators can build upon this creativity.
Rich in archival detail and offering a ground-breaking analysis,
this book presents a radically new interpretation of British
politics and policy failings during the Great Famine. The Irish
famine of the 1840s is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the
United Kingdom's history. Within six years of the arrival of the
potato blight in Ireland in 1845, more than a quarter of its
residents had unexpectedly died or emigrated. Its population has
not yet fully recovered since. Historians have struggled to explain
why the British government decided to shut down its centrally
organised relief efforts in 1847, long before the famine ended.
Some have blamed the laissez-faire attitudes of the time for an
inadequate response by the British government; others have alleged
purposeful neglect and genocide. In contrast, The Great Famine in
Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis uncovers a hidden narrative
of the crisis, which links policy failure in Ireland to financial
and political instability in Great Britain. More important than a
laissez-faire ideology in hindering relief efforts for Ireland were
the British government's lack of a Parliamentary majority from
1846, the financial crises of 1847, and a battle of ideas over
monetary policy between proponents and opponents of financial
orthodoxy. The high death toll in Ireland resulted from the British
government's plans for intervention going awry, rather than being
prematurely cancelled because of laissez-faire. This book is
essential reading for scholars, students and anyone interested in
Anglo-Irish relations, the history of financial crises and famines,
and why humanitarian-relief efforts can go wrong even with good
intentions.
This book exposes, for the first time in modern scholarship, the
role that the rise of the Carry Trade played in British financial
crises between 1825 and 1866, how in reaction the Bank of England
improved its management of monetary policy after 1866 and how those
lessons have been forgotten since the 1970s. Britain is one of the
few major capitalist economies in the world to have avoided
policy-induced systemic financial crises for more than 100 years of
its history-between 1866 and 1973. Beforehand, it suffered a series
of serious banking panics, in 1825, 1837, 1847, 1857-58 and 1866.
Since the 1970s banking instability has returned again, with the
global financial crisis of 2007-09 hitting Britain hard. Economists
and policymakers have asked what can be learnt from Britain's
experience of the disappearance and reappearance of crises to help
efforts to prevent future ones. This book answers that question
with a major reassessment of Britain's financial history over the
past two centuries. It does so by applying the long-neglected ideas
of the British Banking School to explain how crises can occur
because of the Carry Trade. This book is essential reading for
economists and historians of modern Britain, practitioners and
policymakers, as well as anyone who is affected by financial crises
and their consequences.
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