This book situates John Clare's long, prolific but often badly neglected literary life within the wider cultural histories of the Regency and earlier Victorian periods. The first half considers the construction of the Regency peasant-poet and how Clare performed this role on stages such as the London Magazine. It also looks at the way in which it went out of fashion as Regency mentalities were replaced by early Victorian ones. The second half recreates asylum culture and places Clare's performances as Regency boxers and Lord Byron within this bleak new world.

This text brings together academics, lawyers, trade unionists and industrial relations experts from three continents to provide an analysis of the impact of globalization and deregulation on gender inequality in employment. It reviews the evolution of pay equity policies, examines the impact of economic and social trends on divisions between women and includes detailed analysis of equal pay legislation in the UK.

This work situates John Clare's long, prolific but often badly neglected literary life within the wider cultural histories of the Regency and earlier Victorian periods. The first half considers the construction of the Regency peasant poet and how Clare performed this role on stages such as the London Magazine. It also looks at the way in which it went out of fashion as Regency mentalities were replaced by early Victorian ones. The second half recreates asylum culture and places Clare's performances as Regency boxers and Lord Byron within this bleak new world.

Brings together academics, lawyers, trade unionists and industrial relations experts to provide an incisive analysis of the impact of globalisation and deregulation on gender inequality in employment. It reviews the evolution of pay equity polices and examines the impact of economic and social trends on divisions between women.

Easy French Crossword Puzzles offers beginning students of French - and those who are brushing up - an entertaining but effective way of expanding their knowledge of the French language and culture. The mots croises in this book cover a wide variety of topics that will challenge you and help you develop your French-language skills.

Proceedings of the Conference held in 1994 as part of the Annual Convention of the Institute's Ceramic Industry Division. Contents include novel production processes using electrochemical routes and aqueous and alkoxide precursors; sol-gel technology; manufacture of sialon membrane filters; and the production of nano-sized materials from aerogels.

These amusing and challenging puzzles offer beginning students of French--or those who are brushing up on the language--an entertaining and effective way of expanding their knowledge of French words and expressions. Included are word mazes, anagrams, acrostics, trellises, ladders, and cryptograms.