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This is the remarkable story of Westminster, a royal capital that
became the birthplace of parliamentary government and the centre of
a world power. It is about the place, its people and their close
relationship. They have made and shaped one another. The ancient
heart of Westminster is only the size of a village, yet it boasts
world famous buildings: the Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and
Number 10 Downing Street. As befits a village, Westminster is rich
in folklore and gossip, yet its story is central to Britain's
history and anywhere that has parliamentary government.
This biography of Westminster traces the extraordinary
transformation of a secluded island on the banks of the Thames into
a spiritual centre, a royal ceremonial stage and a political
capital. It brings to life the monarchs and prime ministers for
whom Westminster has been home, the architects and writers whom it
inspired, and the protestors and rebels whom it provoked. It is a
tale of inspiration, intrigue, power, protest and terror.
Previous studies of the practice of footbinding in imperial China
have theorized that it expressed ethnic identity or that it served
an economic function. By analyzing the popularity of footbinding in
different places and times, Footbinding as Fashion investigates the
claim that early Qing (1644–1911) attempts by Manchu rulers to
ban footbinding made it a symbol of anti-Manchu sentiment and Han
identity and led to the spread of the practice throughout all
levels of society. Detailed case studies of Taiwan, Hebei, and
Liaoning provinces exploit rich bodies of previously neglected
ethnographic reports, economic surveys, and rare censuses of
footbinding to challenge the significance of sedentary female labor
and ethnic rivalries as factors leading to the hegemony of the
footbinding fashion. The study concludes that, independently of
identity politics and economic factors, variations in local status
hierarchies and elite culture coupled with status competition and
fear of ridicule for not binding girls’ feet best explain how a
culturally arbitrary fashion such as footbinding could attain
hegemonic status.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ The Adventures Of Mr. Ambiguous Law, By Carr Bunkle William
Robert Shepherd
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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