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The Routledge Companion to Spatial History explores the full range
of ways in which GIS can be used to study the past, considering key
questions such as what types of new knowledge can be developed
solely as a consequence of using GIS and how effective GIS can be
for different types of research. Global in scope and covering a
broad range of subjects, the chapters in this volume discuss ways
of turning sources into a GIS database, methods of analysing these
databases, methods of visualising the results of the analyses, and
approaches to interpreting analyses and visualisations. Chapter
authors draw from a diverse collection of case studies from around
the world, covering topics from state power in imperial China to
the urban property market in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro,
health and society in twentieth-century Britain and the demographic
impact of the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. Critically evaluating
both the strengths and limitations of GIS and illustrated with over
two hundred maps and figures, this volume is an essential resource
for all students and scholars interested in the use of GIS and
spatial analysis as a method of historical research.
Citizenship has been taught in school around the world for many
years now, and is due to be introduced to the UK curriculum over
the next few years. Teachers, Headteachres, administrators and
policy makers have the opportunity to develop citizenship education
programs for all their students. This book takes a pragmatic
approach to the issue, and answers many of the crucial questions
that will be emerging: what definitions of citizenship are to be
followed, and how is citizenship taught? What approaches will be
taken by teachers and what is the likely shape of best practice for
citizenship education? How will the issue impact on schools and
teacher training, and how should they rise to the challenge? What
are the key factors influencing or threatening the development of
good citizens? Based on the analysis of data collected form over
700 teachers the book provides real solutions to questions raised
by citizenship education, and makes recommendations for practice in
schools and in the training and development of teachers.
Citizenship has been taught in school around the world for many
years now, and is due to be introduced to the UK curriculum over
the next few years. Teachers, Headteachres, administrators and
policy makers have the opportunity to develop citizenship education
programs for all their students. This book takes a pragmatic
approach to the issue, and answers many of the crucial questions
that will be emerging: what definitions of citizenship are to be
followed, and how is citizenship taught? What approaches will be
taken by teachers and what is the likely shape of best practice for
citizenship education? How will the issue impact on schools and
teacher training, and how should they rise to the challenge? What
are the key factors influencing or threatening the development of
good citizens? Based on the analysis of data collected form over
700 teachers the book provides real solutions to questions raised
by citizenship education, and makes recommendations for practice in
schools and in the training and development of teachers.
The Routledge Companion to Spatial History explores the full range
of ways in which GIS can be used to study the past, considering key
questions such as what types of new knowledge can be developed
solely as a consequence of using GIS and how effective GIS can be
for different types of research. Global in scope and covering a
broad range of subjects, the chapters in this volume discuss ways
of turning sources into a GIS database, methods of analysing these
databases, methods of visualising the results of the analyses, and
approaches to interpreting analyses and visualisations. Chapter
authors draw from a diverse collection of case studies from around
the world, covering topics from state power in imperial China to
the urban property market in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro,
health and society in twentieth-century Britain and the demographic
impact of the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. Critically evaluating
both the strengths and limitations of GIS and illustrated with over
two hundred maps and figures, this volume is an essential resource
for all students and scholars interested in the use of GIS and
spatial analysis as a method of historical research.
The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, including
the deaths of over a thousand 'Men of Lancaster', and its legacy
continues to be remembered today. This book looks at the impact
that the loss of so many men had on the community and offers an
intimate portrayal of Lancaster and its people living in the shadow
of the 'war to end all wars'. Drawing on detailed research
conducted by the authors and their community partners, it describes
the local reaction to the outbreak of war, the experience of
individuals who enlisted, the changing face of industry, the women
who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front, and
how Lancaster coped with the transition to life in peacetime once
more. The Great War story of Lancaster draws on all of these
experiences to present a unique account of the local reality of a
global conflict.
"It is hard to ignore the hotels. They rise like mammoths of
iron and concrete above the homes, the office buildings, the trees
of New Providence, island of my birth." So begins Ian Strachan's
history of the idea of the Caribbean as paradise. The modern image
of the Bahamas as a carefree tourist oasis has its origins in much
earlier cultural mythology: the first colonizers conceptualized the
Caribbean as a place beyond time, beyond the real, and the region
produced profit seemingly without work. Yet an Edenic experience
was made possible only by the existence of the plantation--the very
opposite of paradise for the Amerindians, whose homeland was
colonized, and for those brought as slaves.
Examining poetry, plays, novels, travelogues, magazine ads,
postcards, posters, brochures, stamps, popular songs, paintings,
and illustrations, "Paradise and Plantation" presents telling links
between the myth of a Caribbean paradise and colonial ideologies
and economics. Strachan considers the cultural, economic, and
social effects of tourism's "brochure discourse" in the modern
Caribbean, specifically in the Bahamas, and he enriches his
discussion with a fascinating exploration of the ways postcolonial
Caribbean writers such as V. S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Paule
Marshall, Jamaica Kincaid, and Michelle Cliff have responded to the
paradise-plantation dichotomy.
The conspicuous disparity between the Caribbean's reputation as
paradise and the stark social, economic, and political realities of
the region is not news. Ian Strachan's genealogy of the
paradise-plantation myth goes far beyond the established discourse
in paradise studies, however, providing a new and interdisciplinary
approach to further the discussion.
Sidney Poitier remains one of the most recognizable black men in
the world. Widely celebrated but at times criticized for the roles
he played during a career that spanned 60 years, there can be no
comprehensive discussion of black men in American film, and no
serious analysis of 20th century American film history that
excludes him. Poitier Revisited offers a fresh interrogation of the
social, cultural and political significance of the Poitier oeuvre.
The contributions explore the broad spectrum of critical issues
summoned up by Poitier's iconic work as actor, director and
filmmaker. Despite his stature, Poitier has actually been
under-examined in film criticism generally. This work reconsiders
his pivotal role in film and American race relations, by arguing
persuasively, that even in this supposedly 'post-racial' moment of
Barack Obama, the struggles, aspirations, anxieties, and tensions
Poitier's films explored are every bit as relevant today as when
they were first made.
Our society invests hugely in education, but not always very
thoughtfully. Key Debates in Education outlines all of the main
issues involved in arriving at an intelligent understanding of
education. In particular, it provides in-depth discussion of: the
purpose of education; the nature of teaching, learning and
assessment; education policy; the contribution of education to
society. Above all, the authors convey the liveliness and
excitement of educational debate--not least through the way that
they take issue with each other. In the process they show how and
why people who care about education radically disagree with each
other. This text includes questions, tasks, and further reading
sections.
Encouraging reflection upon the inescapable ethical dimensions of
the conduct of research, Ian Gregory explores how ethical concerns
inform not only the conduct of research but how they enter into the
very decision to engage in a piece of research, the interpretation
of data and what is done with research findings. Issues arising
from the reflections of the text will be brought to bear upon the
character of the researcher, the place (if any) of codes in
practice for researchers and whether if in deference to ethical
considerations there are limitations upon what can be countenanced
in the name of research.
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