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Where Have You Seen God? (Hardcover): Keva Green Where Have You Seen God? (Hardcover)
Keva Green; Foreword by Alyce M McKenzie
R1,168 R939 Discovery Miles 9 390 Save R229 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Teaching Writing - Effective approaches for the middle years (Paperback): Tessa Daffern, Noella M Mackenzie Teaching Writing - Effective approaches for the middle years (Paperback)
Tessa Daffern, Noella M Mackenzie
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 21st century, writing is more important than at any other time in human history. Yet much of the emphasis in schooling has been on reading, and after the early years, writing skills have been given less attention. Internationally, too many children are leaving school without the writing skills they need to succeed in life. The evidence indicates that students rarely develop proficiency as writers without effective teacher instruction. Teaching Writing offers a comprehensive approach for the middle years of schooling, when the groundwork should be laid for the demanding writing tasks of senior school and the workplace. Teaching Writing outlines evidence-based principles of writing instruction for upper primary students and young adolescents. It presents strategies that are ready for adoption or adaptation, and exemplars to assist with designing and implementing writing lessons across the middle years of school. It addresses writing from a multimodal perspective while also highlighting the importance of teaching linguistic aspects of text design such as sentence structure, vocabulary and spelling as foundations for meaning-making. Contributors argue that students need to continue to develop their skills in both handwriting and keyboarding. Examples of the teaching of writing across disciplines are presented through a range of vignettes. Strategies for assessing student writing and for supporting students with diverse needs are also explored. With contributions from leading literacy educators, Teaching Writing is an invaluable resource for primary, secondary and pre-service teachers.

The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language - Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context (Hardcover,... The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language - Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context (Hardcover, 2010)
Robert M. McKenzie
R2,989 Discovery Miles 29 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This ground-breaking work is a detailed account of an innovative and in-depth study of the attitudes of in excess of 500 Japanese learners towards a number of standard and non-standard as well as native and non-native varieties of English speech. The research conducted refines the investigation of learner attitudes by employing a range of pioneering techniques of attitude measurement. These methods are largely incorporated from the strong traditions that exist in the fields of social psychology and second language acquisition and utilize both direct and indirect techniques of attitude measurement. The author locates the findings in the context of the wealth of literature on native speaker evaluations of languages and language varieties. The study is unique in that the results provide clear evidence of both attitude change and high levels of linguistic awareness among the informants of social and geographical diversity within the English language. These findings are analyzed in detail in relation to the global spread of English as well as in terms of the pedagogical implications for the choice of linguistic model employed in English language classrooms both inside and outside Japan. The issues examined are of particular interest to educators, researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, TESOL, second language acquisition, social psychology of language and sociolinguistics. The pedagogical and language policy implications of the findings obtained make essential reading for those with a specific focus on the role of the English language and English language teaching, both in Japan and beyond.

The British Empire Through Buildings - Structure, Function and Meaning (Paperback): John M. MacKenzie The British Empire Through Buildings - Structure, Function and Meaning (Paperback)
John M. MacKenzie
R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe. They reveal the projection of power and authority in colonised landscapes, as well the economic ambitions and social and cultural needs of colonial peoples in all types of colonies. They also represent a colonial order of social classes and racial divisions, together with the ways in which these were inflected through domestic living space, places of work and various aspects of cultural relations. They illuminate the desires of Europeans to indulge in cultural and religious proselytisation, encouraging indigenous peoples to adopt western norms. But the resistance of the supposedly subordinate people led to the invasion, adoption and adaptation of such buildings for a post-colonial world. The book will be vital reading for all students and scholars interested in the widest aspects of material culture. -- .

The Empire of Nature (Paperback): John M. MacKenzie The Empire of Nature (Paperback)
John M. MacKenzie
R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. Through a study of the game laws and the beginnings of conservation in the 19th and early-20th centuries, the author demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans and indigenous hunters. Africans were denied access to game, and the development of game reserves and national parks accelerated this process. Indigenous hunters in Africa and India were turned into "poachers" and only Europeans were permitted to hunt. In India, the hunting of animals became the chief recreation of military officers and civilian officials, a source of display and symbolic dominance of the environment. Imperial hunting fed the natural history craze of the day, and many hunters collected trophies and specimens for private and public collections as well as contributing to hunting literature. Adopting a radical approach to issues of conservation, this book links the hunting cult in Africa and India to the development of conservation, and consolidates widely-scattered material on the importance of hunting to the economics and nutrition of African societies. -- .

Wise Up! (Hardcover): Alyce M McKenzie Wise Up! (Hardcover)
Alyce M McKenzie
R1,173 R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Save R229 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes - Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England (Hardcover): Robert M.... Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes - Mapping Linguistic Prejudice and Attitude Change in England (Hardcover)
Robert M. McKenzie, Andrew McNeill
R3,980 Discovery Miles 39 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. The book is unique in its examination of implicit-explicit attitude divergence, across a range of social factors, to identify the direction of language attitude change in progress, and the particular social groups leading attitude change. The volume provides a comprehensive understanding of language-based prejudice in England and the study paves the way for researchers to employ newly developed implicit and explicit measures to investigate language attitudes and language attitude change in a range of contexts

Museums and Empire - Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities (Paperback): John M. MacKenzie Museums and Empire - Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities (Paperback)
John M. MacKenzie
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

"Museums and Empire" is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions of the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It analyzes museum histories in thirteen major centers in Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South-East Asia, setting them into the economic and social contexts of the cities and colonies in which they were located. Written in a lively and informative style, it also touches upon the history of many other museums in Britain and other territories of the Empire. A number of key themes emerge from its pages; the development of elites within colonial towns and cities; the emergence of the full range of cultural institutions associated with this; and the reception and modification of the key scientific ideas of the age. It will be essential reading for students and academics concerned with museum studies and imperial history and to a wider public devoted to the cause of museums and heritage

The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663 (Paperback): Kirsteen M. MacKenzie The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663 (Paperback)
Kirsteen M. MacKenzie
R1,265 Discovery Miles 12 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides the first major analysis of the covenanted interest from an integrated three kingdoms perspective. It examines the reaction of the covenanted interest to the actions and policies of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, drawing particular attention to links, similarities and differences in and between the covenanted interest in all three kingdoms. It also follows the fortunes of the covenanted interest and Presbyterian Church government as it built and changed in response to the Royalists and the Independents during the 1650s.

Exhibiting the Empire - Cultures of Display and the British Empire (Hardcover): John McAleer, John M. MacKenzie Exhibiting the Empire - Cultures of Display and the British Empire (Hardcover)
John McAleer, John M. MacKenzie
R2,510 Discovery Miles 25 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products - from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and 'popular' texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture - were used to record, celebrate and question the development of the British Empire. It represents a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the relationship between culture and empire. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, individual chapters bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of media, material culture and display, and their interaction with history. Taken together, this collection suggests that the history of empire needs to be, in part at least, a history of display and of reception. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting. -- .

The Scots in South Africa - Ethnicity, Identity, Gender and Race, 1772-1914 (Paperback): John M. MacKenzie The Scots in South Africa - Ethnicity, Identity, Gender and Race, 1772-1914 (Paperback)
John M. MacKenzie; As told to Nigel R. Dalziel
R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population. But each of these groups can be sub-divided and in the white case, the Scots have made one of the most distinctive contributions to the country's history. The Scots, as in North America and Australasia, constituted an important element in the patterns of White settlement. They were already present in the area of Dutch East India Company rule and, after the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, their numbers rose dramatically. They were exceptionally active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions, Western education, intellectual institutions, the professions as well as enterprise and technical developments, business, commerce and journalism. This book is the first full-length study of their role from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. It highlights the interaction of Scots with African peoples, the manner in which missions and schools were credited with producing 'Black Scotsmen' and the ways in which they pursued many distinctive policies. It also deals with the inter-weaving of issues of gender, class and race as well as with the means by which Scots clung to their ethnicity through founding various social and cultural societies. This book offers a major contribution to both Scottish and South African history and in the process illuminates a significant field of the Scottish Diaspora that has so far received little attention.

European Empires and the People - Popular Responses to Imperialism in France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and... European Empires and the People - Popular Responses to Imperialism in France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy (Paperback)
John M. MacKenzie
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book to survey in comparative form the transmission of imperial ideas to the public in six European countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The chapters, focusing on France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy, provide parallel studies of the manner in which colonial ambitions and events in the respective European empires were given wider popular visibility. The international group of contributors, who are all scholars working at the cutting edge of these fields, place their work in the context of governmental policies, the economic bases of imperial expansion, major events such as wars of conquest, the emergence of myths of heroic action in exotic contexts, religious and missionary impulses, as well as the new media which facilitated such popular dissemination. Among these media were the press, international exhibitions, popular literature, educational institutions and methods, ceremonies, church sermons and lectures, monuments, paintings and much else. Some attempt is made to consider public responses, in terms of voting patterns, government popularity or the lack of it, as well as in the spheres of economic and social development bound up with industrialization, commerce, employment, and emigration. Fascinating trans-national similarities, as well as significant differences, emerge from this approach, nonetheless revealing that imperialism often constituted a dominant ideology in these countries. This book will be of interest to scholars and teachers of European and imperial history and cultural and media studies.

The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663 (Hardcover): Kirsteen M. MacKenzie The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union, 1643-1663 (Hardcover)
Kirsteen M. MacKenzie
R3,976 Discovery Miles 39 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides the first major analysis of the covenanted interest from an integrated three kingdoms perspective. It examines the reaction of the covenanted interest to the actions and policies of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, drawing particular attention to links, similarities and differences in and between the covenanted interest in all three kingdoms. It also follows the fortunes of the covenanted interest and Presbyterian Church government as it built and changed in response to the Royalists and the Independents during the 1650s.

Lees is Maklik Graad 6 Vlak 3: Red ons planeet (Afrikaans, Paperback, 2nd ed): M. Mckenzie Lees is Maklik Graad 6 Vlak 3: Red ons planeet (Afrikaans, Paperback, 2nd ed)
M. Mckenzie
R113 R100 Discovery Miles 1 000 Save R13 (12%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Ons as mens is besig om die aarde te vernietig deur dit te beskadig. Lees meer oor hoe dinge soos aardverwarming en besoedeling die aarde verniel. In hierdie boek sal jy ook oplossings kry vir dinge soos grondbewaring. Lees, leer, beskerm. Heinemann se Lees is Maklik-reeks bevat ‘n verskeidenheid stories vir die Intermediere Fase-leerder.

Die leesboeke is ontwikkel deur taalspesialiste en onderwysers om die vaardighede in Afrikaans te bevorder en te verryk. Die reeks dek ‘n verskeidenheid van genres: drama, komedie, avontuur, rillers, aksie, tradisionele stories, misterie en nie-fiksie. Elke graad bestaan uit 20 titels, ‘n totaal van 60 titels vir die Intermediere Fase met stimulerende leesstof vir lesse. Elke verhaal het opwindende illustrasies en aktiwiteite wat gebaseer is op die storie.

Teaching Writing - Effective approaches for the middle years (Hardcover): Tessa Daffern, Noella M Mackenzie Teaching Writing - Effective approaches for the middle years (Hardcover)
Tessa Daffern, Noella M Mackenzie
R4,007 Discovery Miles 40 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 21st century, writing is more important than at any other time in human history. Yet much of the emphasis in schooling has been on reading, and after the early years, writing skills have been given less attention. Internationally, too many children are leaving school without the writing skills they need to succeed in life. The evidence indicates that students rarely develop proficiency as writers without effective teacher instruction. Teaching Writing offers a comprehensive approach for the middle years of schooling, when the groundwork should be laid for the demanding writing tasks of senior school and the workplace. Teaching Writing outlines evidence-based principles of writing instruction for upper primary students and young adolescents. It presents strategies that are ready for adoption or adaptation, and exemplars to assist with designing and implementing writing lessons across the middle years of school. It addresses writing from a multimodal perspective while also highlighting the importance of teaching linguistic aspects of text design such as sentence structure, vocabulary and spelling as foundations for meaning-making. Contributors argue that students need to continue to develop their skills in both handwriting and keyboarding. Examples of the teaching of writing across disciplines are presented through a range of vignettes. Strategies for assessing student writing and for supporting students with diverse needs are also explored. With contributions from leading literacy educators, Teaching Writing is an invaluable resource for primary, secondary and pre-service teachers.

Orientalism - History, Theory and the Arts (Paperback, New): John M. MacKenzie Orientalism - History, Theory and the Arts (Paperback, New)
John M. MacKenzie
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy in recent years. John MacKenzie offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism and brings to the subject highly original historical perspectives. The study provides the first major discussion of Orientalism by a historian of imperialism. Setting the analysis within the context of conflicting scholarly interpretations, John MacKenzie then carries the discussion into wholly new areas, testing the notion that the western arts received genuine inspiration from the East by examining the visual arts, architecture, design, music and theatre. John MacKenzie concludes that western approaches to the Orient have been much more ambiguous and genuinely interactive then Said allowed. The artistic construction of the East by the West has invariably been achieved through a greater spirit of respect and in search of a truly syncretic culture. The Orient has indeed proved an inspiration to the European arts, even when caught in the web of imperial power relations. -- .

Propaganda and Empire - The Manipulation of British Public Opinion, 1880-1960 (Paperback, New Ed): John M. MacKenzie Propaganda and Empire - The Manipulation of British Public Opinion, 1880-1960 (Paperback, New Ed)
John M. MacKenzie
R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It has been said that the British Empire, on which the sun never set, meant little to the man in the street. Apart from the jingoist eruptions at the death of Gordon or the relief of Mafeking he remained stonily indifferent to the imperial destiny that beckoned his rulers so alluringly. Strange, then that for three-quarters of a century it was scarcely possible to buy a bar of soap or a tin of biscuits without being reminded of the idea of Empire. Packaging, postcards, music hall, cinema, boy's stories and school books, exhibitions and parades, all conveyed the message that Empire was an adventure and an ennobling responsibility. Army and navy were a sure shield for the mother country and the subject peoples alike. Boys' brigades and Scouts stiffened the backbone of youth who flocked to join. In this illuminating study John M. Mackenzie explores the manifestations of the imperial idea, from the trappings of royalty through writers like G. A. Henty to the humble cigarette card. He shows that it was so powerful and pervasive that it outlived the passing of Empire itself and, as events such as the Falklands 'adventure' showed, the embers continue to smoulder. -- .

The British Empire Through Buildings - Structure, Function and Meaning (Hardcover): John M. MacKenzie The British Empire Through Buildings - Structure, Function and Meaning (Hardcover)
John M. MacKenzie
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Buildings provide tremendous insights into the character of imperialism, not least in the manner in which Western forms were spread across the globe. They reveal the projection of power and authority in colonised landscapes, as well the economic ambitions and social and cultural needs of colonial peoples in all types of colonies. They also represent a colonial order of social classes and racial divisions, together with the ways in which these were inflected through domestic living space, places of work and various aspects of cultural relations. They illuminate the desires of Europeans to indulge in cultural and religious proselytisation, encouraging indigenous peoples to adopt western norms. But the resistance of the supposedly subordinate people led to the invasion, adoption and adaptation of such buildings for a post-colonial world. The book will be vital reading for all students and scholars interested in the widest aspects of material culture. -- .

The Railway Station - A Social History (Paperback, Main): Jeffrey Richards, John M. MacKenzie The Railway Station - A Social History (Paperback, Main)
Jeffrey Richards, John M. MacKenzie
R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stations we were concerned to treat them not as inanimate objects, but as living, breathing places which, better than any other building type of the last 150 years, reflected the societies around them, public buildings which people used in all sorts of ways and whose significance they instantly recognized when depicted in the theatre, the cinema, paintings, photographs, poetry, novels, and travel works. For this reason we have chosen to allow other voices to tell part of the story, to illustrate through quotation the central, but often differing, role of the station in so many societies and so many lives.'

They succeed triumphantly in this aim. After the introduction aptly called 'The Mystique of the Railway Station' there are fifteen absorbing chapters covering: The Station in Architecture (three chapters); The Station and Society; The Station in Politics; Class, Race, and Sex; Some Station Types; The Station in the Economy (two chapters); The Station as Place of Work; The Station in Wartime (two chapters); The Usual Offices; The Station in Painting and Poetry, Postcard and Poster; and The Station in Literature and Film. The scope is comprehensive, the achievement magnificent.

'written with great enthusiasm . . . packed with rich detail. This is real social history.' Asa Briggs

'full of good quotations, and (the authors) write with the infectious enthusiasm of addicts, captivated by the romance of railways' "Times Literary Supplement"

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'remarkable . . . the railway station in all its aspects' A. N. Wilson.

God's Order and Natural Law - The Works of the Laudian Divines (Hardcover): Iain M. MacKenzie God's Order and Natural Law - The Works of the Laudian Divines (Hardcover)
Iain M. MacKenzie
R2,250 Discovery Miles 22 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2002. This book fills an important gap in the theological interpretation of the Laudian divines. Iain MacKenzie presents the theology of the Anglican theologians of the early 17th century, exploring the concept of order first in God but then in creation in its relation to the Creator, and then examining the working out of this concept based in theology in civil and ecclesiastical structures and practice. Mapping the Laudian divines' perceptions of how order primarily and necessarily resides in God existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, this book sets out the essential and necessarily practical application of theology as seen by 17th century theologians, and traces the legacy which they have left. This theological, as opposed to a merely historical or literary, study of this important period for the development of society, will be of particular value to theologians, historians and those concerned with the intellectual history of the 17th century.

Imperialism and Popular Culture (Paperback, New Ed): John M. MacKenzie Imperialism and Popular Culture (Paperback, New Ed)
John M. MacKenzie
R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. When they were being entertained or educated the British basked in their imperial glory and developed a powerful notion of their own superiority. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late Victorian and Edwardian times--in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond the first world war when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late nineteenth-century world view, while government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire. Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate.

Exhibiting the Empire - Cultures of Display and the British Empire (Paperback): John McAleer, John M. MacKenzie Exhibiting the Empire - Cultures of Display and the British Empire (Paperback)
John McAleer, John M. MacKenzie
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products - from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and 'popular' texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture - were used to record, celebrate and question the development of the British Empire. It represents a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the relationship between culture and empire. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, individual chapters bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of media, material culture and display, and their interaction with history. Taken together, this collection suggests that the history of empire needs to be, in part at least, a history of display and of reception. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting. -- .

The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language - Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context (Paperback,... The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language - Attitudes, Awareness and Identity in the Japanese Context (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Robert M. McKenzie
R2,839 Discovery Miles 28 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This ground-breaking work is a detailed account of an innovative and in-depth study of the attitudes of in excess of 500 Japanese learners towards a number of standard and non-standard as well as native and non-native varieties of English speech. The research conducted refines the investigation of learner attitudes by employing a range of pioneering techniques of attitude measurement. These methods are largely incorporated from the strong traditions that exist in the fields of social psychology and second language acquisition and utilize both direct and indirect techniques of attitude measurement. The author locates the findings in the context of the wealth of literature on native speaker evaluations of languages and language varieties. The study is unique in that the results provide clear evidence of both attitude change and high levels of linguistic awareness among the informants of social and geographical diversity within the English language. These findings are analyzed in detail in relation to the global spread of English as well as in terms of the pedagogical implications for the choice of linguistic model employed in English language classrooms both inside and outside Japan. The issues examined are of particular interest to educators, researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, TESOL, second language acquisition, social psychology of language and sociolinguistics. The pedagogical and language policy implications of the findings obtained make essential reading for those with a specific focus on the role of the English language and English language teaching, both in Japan and beyond.

Scotland and the British Empire (Hardcover, New): John M. MacKenzie, T. M Devine Scotland and the British Empire (Hardcover, New)
John M. MacKenzie, T. M Devine
R1,902 Discovery Miles 19 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The extraordinary influence of Scots in the British Empire has long been recognised. As administrators, settlers, temporary residents, professionals, plantation owners, and as military personnel, they were strikingly prominent in North America, the Caribbean, Australasia, South Africa, India, and colonies in South-East Asia and Africa. Throughout these regions they brought to bear distinctive Scottish experience as well as particular educational, economic, cultural, and religious influences. Moreover, the relationship between Scots and the British Empire had a profound effect upon many aspects of Scottish society.
This volume of essays, written by notable scholars in the field, examines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, in East India Company rule in India, migration and the preservation of ethnic identities, the environment, the army, missionary and other religious activities, the dispersal of intellectual endeavours, and in the production of a distinctive literature rooted in colonial experience. Making use of recent, innovative research, the chapters demonstrate that an understanding of the profoundly inter-active relationship between Scotland and the British Empire is vital both for the understanding of the histories of that country and of many territories of the British Empire.
All scholars and general readers interested in the dispersal of intellectual ideas, key professions, Protestantism, environmental practices, and colonial literature, as well as more traditional approaches to politics, economics, and military recruitment, will find it an essential addition to the historical literature.

Computation and its Limits (Paperback): Paul Cockshott, Lewis M. Mackenzie, Gregory Michaelson Computation and its Limits (Paperback)
Paul Cockshott, Lewis M. Mackenzie, Gregory Michaelson
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Computation and its Limits is an innovative cross-disciplinary investigation of the relationship between computing and physical reality. It begins by exploring the mystery of why mathematics is so effective in science and seeks to explain this in terms of the modelling of one part of physical reality by another. Going from the origins of counting to the most blue-skies proposals for novel methods of computation, the authors investigate the extent to which the laws of nature and of logic constrain what we can compute. In the process they examine formal computability, the thermodynamics of computation, and the promise of quantum computing.

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