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The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
'Hurry' is an intrinsic component of modernity. It exists not only
in tandem with modern constructions of mobility, speed, rhythm, and
time-space compression, but also with infrastructures,
technologies, practices, and emotions associated with the
experience of the 'mobilizing modern'. 'Hurry' is not simply speed.
It may result in congestion, slowing-down, or inaction in the face
of over-stimulus. Speeding-up is often competitive: faster traffic
on better roads made it harder for pedestrians to cross, or for
horse-drawn vehicles and cyclists to share the carriageway with
motorized vehicles. Focusing on the cultural and material
manifestations of 'hurry', the book's contributors analyse the
complexities, tensions, and contradictions inherent in the impulse
to higher rates of circulation in modernizing cities. The
collection includes, but also goes beyond, accounts of new forms of
mobility (bicycles, buses, underground trains) and infrastructure
(street layouts and surfaces, business exchanges, and hotels) to
show how modernity's 'architectures of hurry' have been
experienced, represented, and practised since the mid nineteenth
century. Ten case studies explore different expressions of 'hurry'
across cities and urban regions in Asia, Europe, and North and
South America, and substantial introductory and concluding chapters
situate 'hurry' in the wider context of modernity and mobility
studies and reflect on the future of 'hurry' in an
ever-accelerating world. This diverse collection will be relevant
to researchers, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of
planning, cultural and historical geography, urban history, and
urban sociology.
'Hurry' is an intrinsic component of modernity. It exists not only
in tandem with modern constructions of mobility, speed, rhythm, and
time-space compression, but also with infrastructures,
technologies, practices, and emotions associated with the
experience of the 'mobilizing modern'. 'Hurry' is not simply speed.
It may result in congestion, slowing-down, or inaction in the face
of over-stimulus. Speeding-up is often competitive: faster traffic
on better roads made it harder for pedestrians to cross, or for
horse-drawn vehicles and cyclists to share the carriageway with
motorized vehicles. Focusing on the cultural and material
manifestations of 'hurry', the book's contributors analyse the
complexities, tensions, and contradictions inherent in the impulse
to higher rates of circulation in modernizing cities. The
collection includes, but also goes beyond, accounts of new forms of
mobility (bicycles, buses, underground trains) and infrastructure
(street layouts and surfaces, business exchanges, and hotels) to
show how modernity's 'architectures of hurry' have been
experienced, represented, and practised since the mid nineteenth
century. Ten case studies explore different expressions of 'hurry'
across cities and urban regions in Asia, Europe, and North and
South America, and substantial introductory and concluding chapters
situate 'hurry' in the wider context of modernity and mobility
studies and reflect on the future of 'hurry' in an
ever-accelerating world. This diverse collection will be relevant
to researchers, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of
planning, cultural and historical geography, urban history, and
urban sociology.
The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
Thermal, Mechanical, and Hybrid Chemical Energy Storage Systems
provides unique and comprehensive guidelines on all non-battery
energy storage technologies, including their technical and design
details, applications, and how to make decisions and purchase them
for commercial use. The book covers all short and long-term
electric grid storage technologies that utilize heat or mechanical
potential energy to store electricity, including their cycles,
application, advantages and disadvantages, such as
round-trip-efficiency, duration, cost and siting. Also discussed
are hybrid technologies that utilize hydrogen as a storage medium
aside from battery technology. Readers will gain substantial
knowledge on all major mechanical, thermal and hybrid energy
storage technologies, their market, operational challenges,
benefits, design and application criteria.
Recognized internationally as one of the most effective sales
improvement guides ever written, Selling to Win is an invaluable
text for sales and marketing professionals. It explains clearly how
to put winning techniques into action, featuring advice on getting
a sale despite not being the cheapest, turning a customer into an
ambassador, building a positive attitude that gets results, beating
the competition and closing a sale. This 25th anniversary edition
of Selling to Win has been revised and is full of even more sales
tips and essential practical advice. With a foreword from James
Caan, successful entrepreneur, author and former investor on BBC's
Dragon's Den, it has been updated to reflect current selling
techniques and includes success stories from readers of the
previous editions who applied what they learned in the book.
Fundamentals and Applications of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
(SCO2) Based Power Cycles aims to provide engineers and researchers
with an authoritative overview of research and technology in this
area. Part One introduces the technology and reviews the properties
of SCO2 relevant to power cycles. Other sections of the book
address components for SCO2 power cycles, such as turbomachinery
expanders, compressors, recuperators, and design challenges, such
as the need for high-temperature materials. Chapters on key
applications, including waste heat, nuclear power, fossil energy,
geothermal and concentrated solar power are also included. The
final section addresses major international research programs.
Readers will learn about the attractive features of SC02 power
cycles, which include a lower capital cost potential than the
traditional cycle, and the compounding performance benefits from a
more efficient thermodynamic cycle on balance of plant
requirements, fuel use, and emissions.
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