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A new interpretation of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins
of World War I that places focus on the Balkans and the prewar
period. The story has so often been told: Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
heir to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, was shot dead on June
28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Thirty days later,
the Archduke's uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, declared war on the
Kingdom of Serbia, producing the chain reaction of European powers
entering the First World War. In Misfire, Paul Miller-Melamed
narrates the history of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins
of World War I from the perspective of the Balkans. Rather than
focusing on the bang of assassin Gavrilo Princip's gun or
reinforcing the mythology that has arisen around this act,
Miller-Melamed embeds the incident in the longer-term conditions of
the Balkans that gave rise to the political murder. He thus
illuminates the centrality of the Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan
Wars of the early twentieth century to European power politics,
while explaining how Serbs, Bosnians, and Habsburg leaders
negotiated their positions in an increasingly dangerous
geopolitical environment. Despite the absence of evidence tying
official Serbia to the assassination conspiracy, Miller-Melamed
shows how it spiraled into a diplomatic crisis that European
statesmen proved unable to resolve peacefully. Contrasting the vast
disproportionality between a single deadly act and an act of war
that would leave ten million dead, Misfire contends that the real
causes for the world war lie in "civilized" Europe rather than the
endlessly discussed political murder.
The economic literature on international migration interests
policymakers as well as academics throughout the social sciences.
These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in
Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the
inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s. This
literature appears in the general economics journals, in various
field journals in economics (especially, but not exclusively, those
covering labor market and human resource issues), in
interdisciplinary immigration journals, and in papers by economists
published in journals associated with history, sociology, political
science, demography, and linguistics, among others.
First published in 1994. Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness
presents a model for studying the history of lyric as a genre.
Professor Miller drawls a distinction between the work of the Greek
lyrists and the more condensed, personal poetry that we associate
with lyric. He then confronts the theoretical issues and presents
sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading of the development of lyric form
from its origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style
of Augustan Rome. This book will appeal to classicists and since
English translation of passes from ancient authors are provided, to
those who specialise in comparative literature.
The world of work is going through an unprecedented revival driven
by new technologies. The Digital Renaissance of Work: Delivering
Digital Workplaces Fit for the Future will take the reader on a
journey into the emerging technology-led revival of work. A unique
combination of thought leadership and technical know-how, this book
will bring the reader up-to-date with the latest developments in
the field, such as: freelancing the organisation/ work but no jobs,
localisation/ work but not place, time travel and death of the
weekend, trust, privacy and the quantified employee, leadership in
the hyper connected organisation, beyond the office/ the mobile
frontline, automation and the frontiers of work, as well as setting
out how to lay down the roadmap for the digital workplace: the
human centred digital workplace, making the business case, setting
up the digital workplace programme, technology deployment,
measuring the digital workplace. The book will draw on new case
studies from major organisations with which Paul Miller is in
regular discussion, such as: Accenture - aligning the digital and
physical workplaces; Barclays - innovating in a regulated
environment; Deutsche Post/ DHL - leading at the mobile frontline;
Environment Agency - real time collaboration; IBM - pushing the
digital workplace frontiers; IKEA - measuring the digital
workplace; SAP - gamifying the enterprise. Paul Miller's follow up
to his critically acclaimed The Digital Workplace picks up the
story to provide organisations with an understanding of the
structural and organizational implications the emerging technology
has for the workplace. His insights, backed by the considerable
research of the Digital Workplace Forum, offer a lifeline to
organizations needing to make better sense of a very uncertain
future.
The world of work is going through an unprecedented revival driven
by new technologies. The Digital Renaissance of Work: Delivering
Digital Workplaces Fit for the Future will take the reader on a
journey into the emerging technology-led revival of work. A unique
combination of thought leadership and technical know-how, this book
will bring the reader up-to-date with the latest developments in
the field, such as: freelancing the organisation/ work but no jobs,
localisation/ work but not place, time travel and death of the
weekend, trust, privacy and the quantified employee, leadership in
the hyper connected organisation, beyond the office/ the mobile
frontline, automation and the frontiers of work, as well as setting
out how to lay down the roadmap for the digital workplace: the
human centred digital workplace, making the business case, setting
up the digital workplace programme, technology deployment,
measuring the digital workplace. The book will draw on new case
studies from major organisations with which Paul Miller is in
regular discussion, such as: Accenture - aligning the digital and
physical workplaces; Barclays - innovating in a regulated
environment; Deutsche Post/ DHL - leading at the mobile frontline;
Environment Agency - real time collaboration; IBM - pushing the
digital workplace frontiers; IKEA - measuring the digital
workplace; SAP - gamifying the enterprise. Paul Miller's follow up
to his critically acclaimed The Digital Workplace picks up the
story to provide organisations with an understanding of the
structural and organizational implications the emerging technology
has for the workplace. His insights, backed by the considerable
research of the Digital Workplace Forum, offer a lifeline to
organizations needing to make better sense of a very uncertain
future.
First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I
ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European
political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed
landscape inevitably still bore the traces of its imperial past.
Breaking with traditional histories that take 1918 as a strict line
of demarcation, this collection focuses on the complexities that
attended the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor
states. In so doing, it produces new and more nuanced insights into
the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions, as well
as the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states.
The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I
ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European
political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed
landscape inevitably still bore the traces of its imperial past.
Breaking with traditional histories that take 1918 as a strict line
of demarcation, this collection focuses on the complexities that
attended the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor
states. In so doing, it produces new and more nuanced insights into
the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions, as well
as the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states.
Learn to recognize, diagnose, and manage a wide range of common
ocular conditions with Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary
Ophthalmology, 6th Edition. This thoroughly updated text provides
the latest, most practical information on structure and function of
the eye, ocular development, pathology, examination and diagnosis,
surgical procedures, ophthalmic pharmacology and therapeutics, and
management of ocular emergencies. Enhanced and logically organized
coverage includes dogs, cats, horses, livestock, birds, and other
exotics species. In addition, over 1,000 color photos and
illustrations accurately depict ocular conditions and demonstrate
surgical techniques encountered in practice. Edited by three of the
most revered authorities in the field of veterinary ophthalmology,
this reference is an essential aid to successful veterinary
education and practice. Clinical Tips boxes such as "The
Controversy Remains", "Did You Know?", "Look Again", and "Note"
offer helpful practice advice and facts. UPDATED Additional species
added to the exotics chapter include birds, small mammals, and
others. A team of internationally respected veterinary
ophthalmologists provide comprehensive, clinical expertise in all
areas needed to evaluate, diagnose, manage, and monitor a patient
with ophthalmic disease. Practical, clinically focused coverage
provides a one-stop diagnostic guide to ophthalmic disease in small
and large animals including dogs, cats, horses, livestock (cows,
sheep, goats), birds, and exotic pets. Chapters on equine,
livestock, and exotic pet ophthalmology written by specialists in
these fields for the most clinically relevant coverage. NEW!
Chapter on ophthalmic surgical techniques describes instrument and
suture choice, patient positioning, surgical preparation, and
general techniques. NEW! Additional drawings depict ophthalmic
surgeries. NEW! In-depth equine and livestock ophthalmology content
NEW! Suggested reading lists included at the end of each chapter.
This book explores how to be fully cross-cultural and intercultural
with research and theory building in educational leadership. It
adopts an integrated approach to the examination of common issues
across and between cultures and contexts. Each chapter examines an
issue or a set of issues that builds on evidence from a minimum of
three countries across at least two continents. The data collection
methods are consistent for all countries and therefore allow
meaningful conclusions to be drawn across the field. All six
continents are represented in the book, including both developing
and developed countries, to ensure an open dialogue and an
innovative approach to lay the foundations for future research.
A textbook for students with limited background in mathematics and
computer coding, emphasizing computer tutorials that guide readers
in producing models of neural behavior. This introductory text
teaches students to understand, simulate, and analyze the complex
behaviors of individual neurons and brain circuits. It is built
around computer tutorials that guide students in producing models
of neural behavior, with the associated Matlab code freely
available online. From these models students learn how individual
neurons function and how, when connected, neurons cooperate in a
circuit. The book demonstrates through simulated models how
oscillations, multistability, post-stimulus rebounds, and chaos can
arise within either single neurons or circuits, and it explores
their roles in the brain. The book first presents essential
background in neuroscience, physics, mathematics, and Matlab, with
explanations illustrated by many example problems. Subsequent
chapters cover the neuron and spike production; single spike trains
and the underlying cognitive processes; conductance-based models;
the simulation of synaptic connections; firing-rate models of
large-scale circuit operation; dynamical systems and their
components; synaptic plasticity; and techniques for analysis of
neuron population datasets, including principal components
analysis, hidden Markov modeling, and Bayesian decoding. Accessible
to undergraduates in life sciences with limited background in
mathematics and computer coding, the book can be used in a
"flipped" or "inverted" teaching approach, with class time devoted
to hands-on work on the computer tutorials. It can also be a
resource for graduate students in the life sciences who wish to
gain computing skills and a deeper knowledge of neural function and
neural circuits.
In recent years, the issue of race in education in the UK have been
submerged in wider discourses of diversity, leading to an
invisibility of the quotidian experiences of marginalised peoples
in educational institutions. Race, Education and Educational
Leadership in England looks at how the experiences of black and
ethnic minority (BME) students and academics in education has
changed and investigates how the implementation of current policies
on race equality are being monitored by the government. The
contributors take an integrated approach, looking at issues and
themes that occur across all educational phases in England and draw
on expertise from within and outside the education system. The
editors highlight areas of weakness and good practice in access,
curriculum, progression and the lived experience. This book makes a
compelling argument for why race equality matters in England's
education system.
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Her Delayed War (Paperback)
Sarah @indigo Cover Creations; Edited by Kirsty Turner; Illustrated by Paul Miller
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R369
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Since its conception in 1998, the Iron Age Research Student
Symposium (formerly 'Seminar') has provided postgraduates in the
archaeology of Iron Age Britain an opportunity to present their
current research in a friendly atmosphere. During the course of
both formal seminars and informal outings (such as field trips,
dinners, and the traditional pub quiz), the Iron Age Research
Student Symposium (IARSS) gives students the ability to discuss
their research with colleagues and peers, in addition to a number
of outstanding lecturers and professors in Iron Age studies.
Previous proceedings volumes (Davis et al. 2006; Humphrey 2003;
Sterry et al. 2010), also offered participants the prospect of
publishing their seminar paper. As a result, IARSS has become a
fixture in the development of new academics while at the same time
contributing fresh perspectives to Iron Age dialogues. This
proceedings volume, organised to reflect three general themes
(migration/interaction, material culture and the built
environment), accomplishes two things. First, it provides an
accessible survey of emerging concepts, ideas, methods, and
fieldwork that will shape future study of the Iron Age. Second, it
is an outline, not just of what the 17th IARSS accomplished, but
also of a broader scheme envisioned by the organisers for future
events in this Symposium series. It is the (perhaps wide-eyed)
expectation of the organisers that the IARSS can and should expand
to offer further opportunities to research students of the Iron
Age, and they firmly hope that this volume aids in the promotion of
this annual Symposium, as well as the ideas of the contributing
authors.
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Awakening and Visitation (Paperback)
Wally Swist; Translated by Masako Takeda; Introduction by Paul Miller
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R417
R343
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In recent years, the issue of race in education in the UK have been
submerged in wider discourses of diversity, leading to an
invisibility of the quotidian experiences of marginalised peoples
in educational institutions. Race, Education and Educational
Leadership in England looks at how the experiences of black and
ethnic minority (BME) students and academics in education has
changed and investigates how the implementation of current policies
on race equality are being monitored by the government. The
contributors take an integrated approach, looking at issues and
themes that occur across all educational phases in England and draw
on expertise from within and outside the education system. The
editors highlight areas of weakness and good practice in access,
curriculum, progression and the lived experience. This book makes a
compelling argument for why race equality matters in England's
education system.
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