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Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in
2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought
fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two
thousand years of St Albans’s history. From the late Iron Age,
when the new oppidum of Verlamion emerged at the site of modern St
Albans, to plans to develop the city’s unique ‘brand’ in the
2010s, this is a scholarly yet highly readable account of St Albans
from pre-Roman times to the present day. The Roman settlement of
Verulamium grew out of Verlamion soon after the Roman invasion; in
60 CE it was attacked during Boudica’s great uprising against
Roman rule, along with Colchester and London. Becoming one of the
most important towns in Roman Britain and the site of Britain’s
first Christian martyrdom, Verulamium later took the martyr’s
name as its own, the abbey dedicated to the saint among the most
significant religious houses of medieval England. For many in St
Albans, the long period of conflict between the abbey and the civic
authorities would have cast a shadow over their lives, but the
history of St Albans is also the story of political upheavals that
beset all England through the centuries, as experienced by the
citizens of a rapidly evolving town. Like many other places, it was
touched by the Norman conquest, the Wars of the Roses and the civil
wars. The emergence of urban self-government in early modern St
Albans provides a case study of a process that happened throughout
the country. The same is true for the account of St Albans’s
suburbanisation and the emergence of a commuter population fostered
by the railways in the nineteenth century, the growth and decline
of the local manufacturing economy, and its participation in the
growth of mass education, consumerism and democratic politics. At
every point in St Albans’s history, two key themes play out: the
proximity of London, and an awareness of the significance of its
own history. The past is a powerful resource, helping a community
to understand the events that have made it what it is. That process
is exemplified in this masterful volume.
Originally published in 1993. This book explores the process by
which individuals reconstruct the meaning and significance of past
experience. Drawing on the lives of such notable figures as St
Augustine, Helen Keller and Philip Roth as well as on the combined
insights of psychology, philosophy and literary theory, the book
sheds light on the intricacies and dilemmas of self-interpretation
in particular and interpretive psychological enquiry more
generally. The author draws upon selected, mainly autobiographical,
literary texts in order to examine concretely the process of
rewriting the self. Among the issues addressed are the relationship
of rewriting the self to the concept of development, the place of
language in the construction of selfhood, the difference between
living and telling about it, the problem of facts in life history
narrative, the significance of the unconscious in interpreting the
personal past, and the freedom of the narrative imagination. Alpha
Sigma Nu National Book Award winner in 1994
This is the first law book entirely devoted to the subject of truth
commissions. It sets forth standards of procedural fairness aimed
at protecting the rights of those who come into contact with truth
commissions - primarily victims, witnesses, and perpetrators. The
aim of the book is to provide recommended criteria of procedural
fairness for five possible components of a truth commission's
mandate: the taking of statements, the use of subpoenas, the
exercise of powers of search and seizure, the holding of
victim-centered public hearings, and the publication of findings of
individual responsibility in a final report (sometimes called the
issue of 'naming names'). The book draws on the experience of past
and present truth commissions, analogous investigative or fact
finding bodies in several countries, and international standards of
procedural fairness established and used by various UN bodies and
international NGOs.
Historians in recent years have paid considerable attention to
sport and leisure in the past, and historians of education are no
exception. The chapters in this book showcase the breadth and depth
of scholarship in this area, bringing new perspectives to bear on
the history of physical education in several different European
countries. Ranging from schoolgirl cricket in early postwar England
to the varying approaches to physical education in the
nineteenth-century Netherlands, the contributions all emphasise the
importance of physical education to wider conceptions of education
for citizenship. A number of chapters tackle issues in gender
history, while others focus on the effects - often unintended - of
policy-makers and the conflicts that could arise from the
imposition of new physical education curricula. Covering England,
Scotland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece, this book
features the work of both established and emerging scholars, and is
an important contribution to the historiography of both education
and sport. This book was originally published as a special issue of
History of Education.
Historians in recent years have paid considerable attention to
sport and leisure in the past, and historians of education are no
exception. The chapters in this book showcase the breadth and depth
of scholarship in this area, bringing new perspectives to bear on
the history of physical education in several different European
countries. Ranging from schoolgirl cricket in early postwar England
to the varying approaches to physical education in the
nineteenth-century Netherlands, the contributions all emphasise the
importance of physical education to wider conceptions of education
for citizenship. A number of chapters tackle issues in gender
history, while others focus on the effects - often unintended - of
policy-makers and the conflicts that could arise from the
imposition of new physical education curricula. Covering England,
Scotland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece, this book
features the work of both established and emerging scholars, and is
an important contribution to the historiography of both education
and sport. This book was originally published as a special issue of
History of Education.
Explores the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm. Focusing on its formative development between
the later 17th and the early 20th centuries, the editors bring
together a collection which employs selected documents and
analytical commentary to illustrate the external role of the firm
and public perceptions of it.
Explores the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm. Focusing on its formative development between
the later 17th and the early 20th centuries, the editors bring
together a collection which employs selected documents and
analytical commentary to illustrate the external role of the firm
and public perceptions of it.
Explores the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm. Focusing on its formative development between
the later 17th and the early 20th centuries, the editors bring
together a collection which employs selected documents and
analytical commentary to illustrate the external role of the firm
and public perceptions of it.
Explores the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm. Focusing on its formative development between
the later 17th and the early 20th centuries, the editors bring
together a collection which employs selected documents and
analytical commentary to illustrate the external role of the firm
and public perceptions of it.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers
the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which
provides an overview of the development of the British and American
business corporation in their respective periods and places it in
its wider contexts.
Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers
the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which
provides an overview of the development of the British and American
business corporation in their respective periods and places it in
its wider contexts.
Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers
the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which
provides an overview of the development of the British and American
business corporation in their respective periods and places it in
its wider contexts.
Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the
Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers
the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which
provides an overview of the development of the British and American
business corporation in their respective periods and places it in
its wider contexts.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical
literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in
facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is of
interest to scholars in nineteenth-century studies and to all
social historians.
Finding the Muse explores the lives of a group of aspiring artists
from the mid-1960s, when they completed art school, to the
mid-1980s, focusing especially on problems of artistic creativity
as they relate to such issues as the mystique of the artist, the
challenge of establishing community among artists, the place of the
art market in the construction of artistic identity, and the limits
and possibilities of modern and postmodern art itself. The present
exploration is a timely one; for despite the wealth of information
suggesting that recent decades have brought an unparalleled measure
of freedom for artists owing to the increasingly pluralistic
climate within which they have lived and worked, it is suggested
here that this climate has been decidedly less conducive to
creativity than is often assumed. By identifying salient problems
of contemporary artistic creativity, Mark Freeman seeks both to
reconstruct more optimal conditions of creativity and to provide
direction for how these conditions might be achieved. In addition
to having particular usefulness for psychologists of art and
sociologists of American culture, Finding the Muse will be of
interest to aspiring artists, philosophers, art historians, and art
educators.
This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that
are adopted by states in moments of transition or social unrest.
The subject is naturally controversial, especially in the age of
the International Criminal Court. The goal of this book is to
reframe and revitalize the global debate on the subject, and to
offer an original framework for resolving amnesty dilemmas when
they arise. Most existing literature and jurisprudence on amnesties
deal with only a small subset of state practice and sidestep the
ambiguity of amnesty s position under international law. This book
addresses the ambiguity head on and argues that amnesties of the
broadest scope are sometimes defensible when adopted as a last
recourse in contexts of mass violence. Drawing on an extensive
amnesty database, the book offers detailed guidance on how to
ensure that amnesties extend the minimum leniency possible, while
imposing the maximum accountability on the beneficiaries.
Finding the Muse explores the lives of a group of aspiring fine
artists from the mid-1960s, when they completed art school, to the
mid-1980s. It focuses on problems of artistic creativity as they
relate to such issues as the mystique of the artist, the challenge
of establishing community among artists, the place of the art
market in the construction of artistic identity, and the limits and
possibilities of modern and postmodern art itself. By identifying
the salient problems of artistic creativity, the author provides a
realistic portrayal of the contemporary artist and some useful
suggestions for addressing the problems that curb creativity.
Focusing on problems of creativity that have arisen in recent
years, the book articulates the more optimal conditions within
which the process of artistic creation might occur. Part psychology
of creativity, part sociology of art, and part cultural criticism,
the book will be of interest to psychologists, sociologists,
philosophers, art historians, art educators and especially aspiring
artists.
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