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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Adventure stories, produced and consumed in vast quantities in
18th, 19th and 20th-century Europe, narrate encounters between
Europeans and the non-European world. They map both European and
non-European peoples and places. "Robinson Crusoe" maps a white,
male, Christian, middle-class adventurer - a vision for Britain -
and it maps a "petit-bourgeois" , settled island with a white
master and a black slave - a vision for British colonialism.
Exotic, malleable, uncomplicated settings serve to neutralise and
normalise constructs, that seem implausible in more immediately
familiar, textured settings. Victorian boys story writers such as
Robert Ballantyne, map hegemonic masculinities, notably Christian
manliness, and imperial geographies, including particular colonies.
But beneath the superficial realism of adventure stories there lies
an undercurrent of ambivalence, which makes "adventures" maps more
fragile than they appear. While adventure stories map, they also
unmap geographies and identities, destabilizing and sometimes
recasting them.
The book has complete coverage of the fieldwork research process;
how to understand and do. With extensive learning features
throughout, it will help students to delve into fieldwork within
social research in much greater detail. A step-by-step
introduction to successful fieldwork, this guide will help you to
plan, design, conduct, and share your research. Packed with
practical tools and real-world examples, it includes:
·       Field tested
checklists for each stage of your research,
·       A glossary with
key, highlighted terms
·       Postcards from
fieldwork experts providing global case studies
·       Further reading
that expands social theory into applied research,
·       Advice on
effective virtual research within digital and hybrid settings as
well face-to face fieldwork. Clear, pragmatic, and
multidisciplinary this is the perfect book to open your eyes,
ears, and minds to the world of fieldwork. Richard
Phillips is a Professor of Human Geography at the University
of Sheffield. Jennifer Johns is a Reader in International
Business at the University of Bristol.
This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social
research. Its innovative format includes creatively written
contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling
the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly
and shows readers: * How to write creatively as a social
researcher; * How creative writing can help researchers to work
with participants and generate data; * How researchers can use
creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings. Inviting
beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of
writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written
research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos
and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but
also shows them how, to write creatively.
In August 1943, a highly classified US Army Air Force unit,
code-named the 'Wright Project', departed Langley Field for
Guadalcanal in the South Pacific to join the fight against the
Empire of Japan. Operating independently, under sealed orders
drafted at the highest levels of Army Air Force, the Wright Project
was unique, both in terms of the war-fighting capabilities provided
by classified systems the ten B-24 Liberators of this small group
of airmen brought to the war, and in the success these
'crash-built' technologies allowed. The Wright airmen would fly
only at night, usually as lone hunters of enemy ships. In so doing
they would pave the way for the United States to enter and dominate
a new dimension of war in the air for generations to come. This is
their story, from humble beginnings at MIT's Radiation Lab and
hunting U-boats off America's eastern shore, through to the
campaigns of the war in the Pacific in their two-year march toward
Tokyo. The Wright Project would prove itself to be a combat leader
many times over and an outstanding technology innovator, evolving
to become the 868th Bomb Squadron. Along the way the unit would be
embraced by unique personalities and the dynamic leadership, from
Army Air Force General Hap Arnold through combat commanders who
flew the missions. In this account, the reader will meet radar
warfare pioneers and squadron leaders who were never satisfied that
they had pushed the men, the aircraft, and the technologies to the
full limit of their possibilities. Comprehensive and highly
personal, this story can now be revealed for the very first time,
based on official sources, and interviews with the young men who
flew into the night.
This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social
research. Its innovative format includes creatively written
contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling
the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly
and shows readers: * How to write creatively as a social
researcher; * How creative writing can help researchers to work
with participants and generate data; * How researchers can use
creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings. Inviting
beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of
writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written
research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos
and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but
also shows them how, to write creatively.
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