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The city of Belfast tends to be discussed in terms of its
distinctiveness from the rest of Ireland, an industrial city in an
agricultural country. However, when compared with another 'British'
industrial port such as Bristol it is the similarities rather than
the differences that are surprising. When these cities are compared
with Dublin, the contrasts become even more painfully evident. This
book seeks to explore these contrasting urban centres at the start
of the twentieth century.
Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in
the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in
the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific
or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of
individual languages are available, until now there has been no
single book that attempts a wide regional coverage for a general
audience. Pacific Languages introduces readers to the grammatical
features of Oceanic, Papuan, and Australian languages as well as to
the semantic structures of these languages. For readers without a
formal linguistic background, a brief introduction to descriptive
linguistics is provided. In addition to describing the structure of
Pacific languages, this volume places them in their historical and
geographical context, discusses the linguistic evidence for the
settlement of the Pacific, and speculates on the reason for the
region's many languages. It devotes considerable attention to the
effects of contact between speakers of different languages and to
the development of pidgin and creole languages in the Pacific.
Throughout, technical language is kept to a minimum without
oversimplifying the concepts or the issues involved. A glossary of
technical terms, maps, and diagrams help identify a language
geographically or genetically; reading lists and a language index
guide the researcher interested in a particular language or group
to other sources of information. Here at last is a clear and
straightforward overview of Pacific languages for linguists and
anyone interested in the history of sociology of the Pacific.
The caudlillo of Spanish America was both regional chieftain and,
in the turbulent years of the early nineteenth century, national
leader. His power base rested on ownership of land and control of
armed bands. He was the rival of constitutional rulers and the
precursor of modern dictators. His is a dominant figure in Latin
American history. In this book John Lynch explores the changing
character of the caudillo--bandit chief, guerrilla leader,
republican hero--and examines his multi-faceted role as regional
strongman war leader, landowner, distributor of patronage, and the
'necessary gendarme' who maintained social order. Professor Lynch
traces the origins and development of the caudillo tradition, and
sets it in its contemporary context. His scholarly analysis of this
central theme in the history of Spanish America is underpinned by
detailed case-studies of four major caudillos: Juan Manuel de Rosas
(Argentina), Jose Antonio Paez (Venezuela), Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna (Mexico), and Rafael Carrera (Guatemala). This is an important
contribution to our understanding of political and social
structures during the formative period of the nation-state in
Spanish America.
Between Habit and Thought in New TV Serial Drama: Serial
Connections is a consideration of some of the key examples of
serial television drama available via transnational streaming
platforms in recent times. Through the individual works examined,
the book exemplifies the ways in which aesthetics, technology, and
capitalism weave a complex social fabric around the production of
the respective television series, thus presenting this type of
serial drama as a finely engineered cultural production. Taking
Bernard Stiegler’s notion of an "image warfare" as its starting
point, the author critically investigates the strategies deployed
by the shows’ producers to navigate this dynamic, shaped by the
"new spirit of capitalism". With creativity intrinsic to the
process, on the one hand, and a highly efficient drive for
capturing and fixing attention driven by algorithm and economic
logic, on the other, the author maps the processes at work in the
production of high-value serial drama and considers how, despite
this tension, they manage to present meaningful insights into the
experience of being in this world: A world shaped by trauma, a
desire for justice, and a search for systems of belief that can
offer a way through the vicissitudes of contemporary life. Framed
by a detailed analysis of the multiple processes that shape these
works is a sustained analysis of the serials Mr Robot, Billions,
The Leftovers, Rectify, and Westworld, and the dynamics of despair
and hope that ripple through them. As such, it will appeal to
readers of film and television studies, cultural theory, and those
interested in furthering a critical aesthetics for our time.
Between Habit and Thought in New TV Serial Drama: Serial
Connections is a consideration of some of the key examples of
serial television drama available via transnational streaming
platforms in recent times. Through the individual works examined,
the book exemplifies the ways in which aesthetics, technology, and
capitalism weave a complex social fabric around the production of
the respective television series, thus presenting this type of
serial drama as a finely engineered cultural production. Taking
Bernard Stiegler's notion of an "image warfare" as its starting
point, the author critically investigates the strategies deployed
by the shows' producers to navigate this dynamic, shaped by the
"new spirit of capitalism". With creativity intrinsic to the
process, on the one hand, and a highly efficient drive for
capturing and fixing attention driven by algorithm and economic
logic, on the other, the author maps the processes at work in the
production of high-value serial drama and considers how, despite
this tension, they manage to present meaningful insights into the
experience of being in this world: A world shaped by trauma, a
desire for justice, and a search for systems of belief that can
offer a way through the vicissitudes of contemporary life. Framed
by a detailed analysis of the multiple processes that shape these
works is a sustained analysis of the serials Mr Robot, Billions,
The Leftovers, Rectify, and Westworld, and the dynamics of despair
and hope that ripple through them. As such, it will appeal to
readers of film and television studies, cultural theory, and those
interested in furthering a critical aesthetics for our time.
Argentine Caudillo: Juan Manuel de Rosas, is John Lynch's new
edition of his 1981 book, which is now out of print. The original
has been shortened, making it well-suited for classroom use. The
figure of Juan Manual de Rosas dominates the history of Argentina
in the first half of the nineteenth century. Charles Darwin, who
met him on campaign against the Indians, described him as "a man of
extraordinary character," the lord of vast estates and, for over
twenty years, absolute ruler of Buenos Aires and its province. The
present book studies the forces which made and sustained Rosas, and
examines through him the roots of the caudillo tradition in
Argentina. It reconstructs the world of great estates and the rise
to power of their proprietors, establishing the relation of patron
and client, of master and peon, the basis of political allegiance
at that time. Argentine Caudillo follows the career of Rosas as a
classical caudillo, who rescued his people from fear and anarchy
and delivered them into the hands of a great dictatorship. Leader
of the gauchos, yet representative too of the powerful landed
proprietors and cattle exporters, Rosas established an early
prototype of a totalitarian state and employed systematic terror to
defend his rule. The book helps to elucidate the concept and
practice of caudillismo, or personal dictatorship, in the Hispanic
world, and the use of violence to seize and defend power. It does
this against a backdrop of transition from colony to independence,
and then from anarchy to absolutism. Argentine Caudillo provides a
detailed study of the use of state terror as an instrument of
policy, one of the few such studies for any period of Latin
American history. There is no book which duplicates this work
either inside Argentina or outside. In Argentina, Rosas has become
a subject of fierce controversy, partly because of his nationalism,
partly because of his reign of terror. Consequently, while there is
a vast bibliography on Rosas, much of it is polemical and
The Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the
world 's largest language families, Austronesian. There are between
1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much
structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one
on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages.
This division is clear and the grammar sketches in this volume
provide a cross-section through the structural diversity of the
Oceanic languages which is not available elsewhere. Much of the
material is drawn from data collected by the authors and has not
been previously published.
The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic
Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview,
Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. In addition, the volume
presents forty-three grammar sketches, selected from the five
hundred Oceanic languages spread across a region embracing eastern
Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.
In Overcoming Masculine Depression, psychologists John Lynch and
Christopher Kilmartin present a model that provides new ways of
understanding men's behaviors. This unique book does not portray
men as victims, but seeks to increase awareness that a great deal
of depression in men is misunderstood and quite often misdiagnosed.
Many men "act out" their symptoms through anger, workaholism, and
relationship conflict. Underlying these behaviors are chronic
feelings of being hopeless, helpless, and worthless. Men can learn
to recognize symptoms of masculine depression and take steps to
reclaim their lives and relationships, and the authors offer many
strategies for doing so. Numerous case examples are provided to
illustrate the various dynamics of male depression. New to this
edition are chapters on self-regulation and impulse control and the
application of evidence-based treatment for depression to the
symptoms of male depression. This is an essential resource for all
helping professionals who work with male clients, as well as for
men experiencing symptoms of depression and the people in their
lives.
In Overcoming Masculine Depression, psychologists John Lynch and
Christopher Kilmartin present a model that provides new ways of
understanding men's behaviors. This unique book does not portray
men as victims, but seeks to increase awareness that a great deal
of depression in men is misunderstood and quite often misdiagnosed.
Many men "act out" their symptoms through anger, workaholism, and
relationship conflict. Underlying these behaviors are chronic
feelings of being hopeless, helpless, and worthless. Men can learn
to recognize symptoms of masculine depression and take steps to
reclaim their lives and relationships, and the authors offer many
strategies for doing so. Numerous case examples are provided to
illustrate the various dynamics of male depression. New to this
edition are chapters on self-regulation and impulse control and the
application of evidence-based treatment for depression to the
symptoms of male depression. This is an essential resource for all
helping professionals who work with male clients, as well as for
men experiencing symptoms of depression and the people in their
lives.
This Handbook is the definitive resource for anyone wishing to
quickly look up and understand key concepts and measurements
relating to socioeconomic position and inequalities. A range of key
concepts is defined and measures of socioeconomic position and
inequality described. Alphabetical listings, cross-referencing,
graphs and worked examples, references to web and other sources of
further information, all contribute to making the Handbook both
engaging and accessible for a wide audience. For students,
academics and others involved in social science research it answers
questions such as: * 'What's the official government measure of
poverty?' * 'What factors make up the Townsend Index of
Deprivation?' * 'What is a gini coefficient?' * 'I have to write a
report on tackling inequalities in my area - what are the key
issues I should consider before I begin?' For practitioners, policy
makers, journalists and others who must read, understand and use
research in fields as diverse as health, criminology, education,
the environment, transport and housing it provides a one-stop,
authoritative guide to making sense of and evaluating the
significance of often complex methodologies. The authors are all
eminent researchers in the field of health inequalities. They have
together produced two glossaries for the Journal of Epidemiology
and Community Health and have published a large number of books and
articles in learned academic journals.
The city of Belfast tends to be discussed in terms of its
distinctiveness from the rest of Ireland, an industrial city in an
agricultural country. However, when compared with another 'British'
industrial port such as Bristol it is the similarities rather than
the differences that are surprising. When these cities are compared
with Dublin, the contrasts become even more painfully evident. This
book seeks to explore these contrasting urban centres at the start
of the twentieth century.
In the seventeenth century Bristol was the second city of England.
It was the main west coast port, an internationally important
entrepot and rich trading centre. Industry flourished, too, with
manufacturing and processing industries like soap making and
gunpowder production responsible for Bristol's considerable wealth.
In consequence, control of the town became one of the chief
objectives of both armies during the civil war which raged in
England in the 1640s. Beginning the war under Parliamentarian
control, the city changed hands twice, with each transfer having a
major effect of the war effort of both sides. This new study argues
that when the Royalists captured Bristol in July 1643 they gained
not only the city, but also the materials and facilities that
literally allowed them to remain in the war. Under Royalist rule
Bristol became a vital centre for military and government
activities, as well as a centre for importing arms from Europe and
becoming almost the alternative Royalist capital. The loss of
Bristol in 1645 was therefore a huge blow to the Royalist cause.
This book is surely one of the most important written on the civil
wars in recent times. Its radical reinterpretation of the pivotal
role of England's second city will ensure it a place on bookshelves
of anyone interested in the most turbulent years of the seventeenth
century.
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