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This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions
of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn
from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive
comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the varied
political responses against austerity. Contributions examine such
themes as privatization, class mobilization and resistance, the
crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of the far right. The
potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in shaping future
austerity and alternatives is signalled. Given the rapidly shifting
terrain, this comprehensive handbook provides important insights
into a complex and fast-changing period of politics and policy.
From the television footage shown in all its stark reality and the
daily coverage and subsequent memoirs, the impression delivered
from the air battles in the Falklands Conflict was that of heroic
Argentine pilots who relentlessly pressed home their attacks
against the British. While, by contrast, there is a
counter-narrative that portrayed the Sea Harrier force as being
utterly dominant over its Argentine enemies. But what was the
reality of the air war over the Falkland Islands? While books on
the air operations have published since that time, they have, in
the main, been personal accounts, re-told by those who were there,
fighting at a tactical level, or back in their nation's capital
running the strategic implications of the outcome. But a detailed
analysis of the operational level of the air war has not been
undertaken - until now. At the same time, some analysts have
inferred that this Cold War sideshow offers little insight into
lessons for the operating environment of future conflicts. As the
author demonstrates in this book, there are lessons from 1982 that
do have important and continued relevance today. Using recently
released primary source material, the author, a serving RAF officer
who spent two-and-a-half years in the Falklands as an air defence
navigator, has taken an impartial look at the air campaign at the
operational level. This has enabled him to develop a considered
view of what should have occurred, comparing it with what actually
happened. In so doing, John Shields has produced a comprehensive
account of the air campaign that has demolished many of the
enduring myths. This is the story of not why, but how the air war
was fought over the skies of the South Atlantic.
Twenty-five years ago, Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields
introduced the world to the regional cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic.
Nominated for a James Beard Award, the book was praised for its
inspiring heritage recipes and its then-revolutionary emphasis on
cooking with local and seasonal ingredients. Part history lesson,
part travelogue, the book captured the unique character of the
Chesapeake region and its people. In this anniversary edition, John
Shields combines popular classic dishes with a host of unpublished
recipes from his personal archives. Readers will learn how to
prepare over 200 recipes from the Mid-Atlantic region, including
panfried rockfish, roast mallard, beaten biscuits, oyster fritters,
and Lady Baltimore cake. Best of all, they'll learn everything they
need to know about crabs-the undisputed star of Chesapeake
cuisine-featured here in mouthwatering recipes for seven different
kinds of crab cakes. Extensively updated, this edition includes a
new chapter on Chesapeake libations, which features Shields'
closely held recipe for his notorious Dirty Gertie, an authentic
Chesapeake-style Bloody Mary.
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Dishing Up(R) Maryland (Paperback)
Lucie Snodgrass; Foreword by John Shields; Photographs by Edwin Remsberg
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The sweet and classic fresh taste of crab cakes may be
Maryland's signature flavor, but it's only a part of what the Old
Line State has to offer. More than 28 million people visit Maryland
every year, spending billions of dollars, much of it on food. Those
who live in Maryland year-round care deeply about the quality of
their food and its origins; they support local farms and take
pleasure in creating recipes built around farm-fresh products.
"Dishing Up(R) Maryland" focuses on the rich diversity of
Maryland's native foods and food producers and includes 150
recipes, as well as food lore; advice on where to visit; and
profiles of local food producers, chefs and restaurants, and
fishermen and crabbers.
Southern Fried Chicken, Roasted Turnips and Rutabagas, Corn and
Quinoa Salad with Lemon Mint Dressing, and the beloved Smith Island
Cake celebrate strong traditions and the best tastes of fall,
winter, and spring. Summer, everyone's favorite season for
celebrating local freshness, is spent grilling in suburban
backyards and enjoying the shore; dishes like Strawberry Shortcake
with Biscuits, Corn Fritters with Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce,
and Rockfish Kabobs in Greek Marinade define the lazy days of the
season.
And then there are the crabs. What would a Maryland cookbook be
without a mouth-watering collection of crab recipes? Hot and Spicy
Crab Dip, Kathleen's Crab Salad, Fried Crab Cakes with Dijon
Mustard, Pan-Fried Soft-shell Crabs, Crab Bisque, and many more
fresh takes on Maryland's best-loved food will delight natives and
visitors alike.
The latest cookbook by the "Culinary Ambassador of the Chesapeake"
encourages us to cook in a way that is not only healthy for us but
also for the Bay. Captain John Smith, upon entering the Chesapeake,
wrote in his diaries that the fish were so plentiful "we attempted
to catch them with a frying pan." That method sums up classic
Chesapeake cooking-fresh and simple. In The New Chesapeake Kitchen,
celebrated Maryland chef John Shields takes the best of what grows,
swims, or grazes in the Bay's watershed and prepares it simply,
letting the pure flavors shine through. Honoring the farmers,
watermen, butchers, cheese makers, and foragers who make the food
movement around the Chesapeake Bay watershed possible, along with
the environmental and food organizations working to restore the
Bay, the land, and food security, Shields promotes a healthy
locavore diet and a holistic view of community foodways. In this
scrumptious book, enhanced with beautiful full-color images by
former Baltimore Sun Magazine photographer David W. Harp, Shields
urges readers to choose local, seasonal ingredients. Presenting
what he dubs "Bay- and body-friendly food," he advocates for a
plant-forward and sustainable diet, one that considers how food
consumption affects both your health and the environment. Shields
presents creative and healthy options that nourish us while
protecting the Bay, including one-pot recipes for meals like
Fishing Creek Seafood Chili, Old Line Veggie Creole Oyster Stew,
and Spring Pea Soup with Tarragon-Truffle Oil. To round it out,
this holistic cookbook includes directions for canning, preserving,
and fermenting. Shields offers many vegan- and vegetarian-friendly
options, as well as innovative new takes on Chesapeake classics.
You'll find recipes for dozens of delicious dishes, from Aunt
Bessie's Crab Pudding and Hutzler's Cheese Bread to "I Can't
Believe It's Not Crab" Cakes, Blue Cat Seafood Hash, and an array
of savory soups, braised meats, luscious desserts, and green
breakfast smoothies-even recipes for a locavore cocktail party!
This edited collection introduces and explores the causes and
consequences of precarious employment in Canada and across the
world. After contextualizing employment precarity and its root
causes, the authors illustrate how precarious employment is created
amongst different populations and describe the accompanying social
impacts on racialized immigrant women, those in the non-profit
sector, temporary foreign workers and the children of Filipino
immigrants.
The third edition of Managing Employee Performance and Reward:
Systems, Practices and Prospects has been thoroughly revised and
updated by a new four-member author team. The text introduces a new
conceptual framework based on systems thinking and a dual model of
strategic alignment and psychological engagement. Coverage of
chapter topics provides a balance between research evidence and
practice and, in this new edition, is enhanced with a more applied
and technical approach. The text also includes chapters dedicated
to conceptual framing, base pay and individual recognition and
reward; 'reality check' breakout boxes with practical examples and
current problems on each of strategic alignment, employee
engagement, organisation justice and workforce diversity; and a new
chapter exploring new horizons in performance and reward practice
and research with a focus on the mega-trends of technological
transformation under 'Industry 4.0', new economic forms and
relationships arising from the 'gig' economy, and generational
change.
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Mount Summer (Paperback)
Travis Dahlke; Illustrated by John Shields; Contributions by Jeff Dragan
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Letters from Alaska is based thematically upon the wilderness and
its capacity for renewal of the American spirit. The form of Book
I, though not strictly epistolary, hinges upon the predominant
first person; he, Ansley Perkins, strives to retain possession of
self against the fracturing influences of the civilization he
leaves. His struggle is resolved upon his arrival in Alaska. His
quest for the hero ends with himself. The surface time frame of
this novel is approximately three weeks, though, using the precept
of the omnipresent past, I've attempted an overview of the fifties
and early sixties in this country through a young man's eyes.
Phillis Wheatley's Poetics of Liberation is a groundbreaking
scholarly study of one of America_s most important and most
controversial writers. Wheatley (1753-1784) was the first African
American to publish a book on any subject in the new country, and
America_s second woman to do so. There is probably no other
American writer who has produced such critical controversy as
Phillis Wheatley. In this new volume, John C. Shields-one of the
foremost scholars of Wheatley- demonstrates that much of the
negative response to her writings has been based on false
assumptions and myths about her and her work. Much of this
criticism began more than a century ago and has been passed on
without dissent by generations of readers. Here, Shields sets a
course for Wheatley scholars that will redefine the direction of
future writing about her. Shields begins this volume with an
incisive analysis of more than two hundred years of complicated and
often misinformed scholarship and commentary about Wheatley. In
following chapters, he explores Wheatley_s background and the
cultural context in which she wrote. Shields provides new and
subtle readings for a great many of her poems. He shows that
Wheatley_s writing was deeply imbedded in several literary
traditions, demonstrating that her work is the result of an African
inheritance, a complex relationship with a Congregationalist
religious heritage, and an intense involvement with classical
literature. Read closely, Wheatley's works show she deserves credit
for creating a liberationist aesthetic-the full implications of
which are still to be worked out. This important new study is
certain to become the standard in the field. Phillis Wheatley's
Poetics of Liberation is essential for all students and scholars of
American literature, African American literature, women_s
literature, and multicultural literature. John C. Shields is the
editor of The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley and the author of
The American Aeneas: Classical Origins of the American Self, which
won a Choice Outstanding Academic Book award and an honorable
mention in the Harry Levin Prize competition, sponsored by the
American Comparative Literature Association. He is Distinguished
Professor of English and Director of the Center for Classicism in
American Culture at Illinois State University.
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