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'It's stimulating stuff: more of a guide to reflection, perhaps, than to action, but encouraging none the less as a counterblast to the control-and-command mentality that characterises mosr education policy and practice today.' - Michael Duffy, TES
'It's stimulating stuff: more of a guide to reflection, perhaps, than to action, but encouraging none the less as a counterblast to the control-and-command mentality that characterises mosr education policy and practice today.' - Michael Duffy, TES
For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful
piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact
with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it
is called, is renowned for both its beauty and its mystery.
In "The Portland Vase," Robin Brooks takes us on a vivid journey
across Europe and through the centuries, as this delicate piece of
glass, less than ten inches in height, passes through the hands of
a stunning cast of characters, including the first Roman emperor,
Augustus; a notorious tomb raider; a reckless cardinal; a princess
with a nasty gambling habit; the ceramics genius Josiah Wedgwood;
the secretive Duchess of Portland; and a host of politicians,
dilettantes, and scam artists.
Rich with passion, inspiration, jealousy, and endless
speculation, the story of The Portland Vase spans more than two
thousand years and remains one of the art world's greatest
enigmas.
As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin
Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and
social sciences by examining how Black women's cultural production
engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in
global society during the late twentieth- and early twenty-first
centuries. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this innovative
book employs major contemporary texts by both African American and
Caribbean writers-Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Dawn Turner, Olive
Senior, Oonya Kempadoo, Merle Hodge, and Diana McCaulay-to
demonstrate how neoliberalism, within the broader framework of
racial capitalism, reframes structural inequalities as personal
failures, thus obscuring how to improve unjust conditions. Through
interviews with authors, textual analyses of the fiction, and a
diagramming of cross-class relationships, Brooks offers compelling
new insight on literary portrayals of class inequalities and
division. She expands the scope of how the Black women's literary
tradition, since the 1970s, has been conceptualized by
repositioning the importance of class and explores why the
imagination matters as we think about novel ways to address
long-standing and simultaneously evolving issues.
As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin
Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and
social sciences by examining how Black women's cultural production
engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in
global society during the late twentieth- and early twenty-first
centuries. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this innovative
book employs major contemporary texts by both African American and
Caribbean writers-Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Dawn Turner, Olive
Senior, Oonya Kempadoo, Merle Hodge, and Diana McCaulay-to
demonstrate how neoliberalism, within the broader framework of
racial capitalism, reframes structural inequalities as personal
failures, thus obscuring how to improve unjust conditions. Through
interviews with authors, textual analyses of the fiction, and a
diagramming of cross-class relationships, Brooks offers compelling
new insight on literary portrayals of class inequalities and
division. She expands the scope of how the Black women's literary
tradition, since the 1970s, has been conceptualized by
repositioning the importance of class and explores why the
imagination matters as we think about novel ways to address
long-standing and simultaneously evolving issues.
As population aging has become increasingly acute in many
countries, the debate over how to reform often creaking public
pension systems has gathered momentum. In many cases, this debate
has become politicized and the focus on some of the underlying
economic issues has been lost. This volume hopes to redress some of
this imbalance. It begins by examining the rationale behind why
public pension systems were introduced originally - out of fear
that individuals do not adequately save for retirement. It then
systematically examines different aspects of reforming these
systems. It covers the fiscal repercussions of reform, the
implications of the baby boom on asset returns in the years ahead,
the political economy of the reform process, and finally the
risk-sharing implications that are inherent in reform. An important
additional goal of this volume is to make it accessible to as wide
an audience as possible: students, academics, and policy makers.
As population aging has become increasingly acute in many
countries, the debate over how to reform often creaking public
pension systems has gathered momentum. In many cases, this debate
has become politicized and the focus on some of the underlying
economic issues has been lost. This volume hopes to redress some of
this imbalance. It begins by examining the rationale behind why
public pension systems were introduced originally - out of fear
that individuals do not adequately save for retirement. It then
systematically examines different aspects of reforming these
systems. It covers the fiscal repercussions of reform, the
implications of the baby boom on asset returns in the years ahead,
the political economy of the reform process, and finally the
risk-sharing implications that are inherent in reform. An important
additional goal of this volume is to make thse appers accessible to
as wide an audience as possible: students, academics, and policy
makers.
This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the
extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Cheltenham
during the twentieth century. The book offers an insight into the
daily lives and living conditions of local people and gives the
reader glimpses and details of familiar places during a century of
unprecedented change. Many aspects of Cheltenham's recent history
are covered, famous occasions and individuals are remembered, and
the impact of national and international events is witnessed. The
book also provides a striking account of the changes that have also
altered Cheltenham's appearance, and records the process of
transformation. Drawing on detailed local knowledge of the
community, and illustrated with a wealth of black and white
photographs, this book recalls what Cheltenham has lost in terms of
buildings, traditions and ways of life. It also acknowledges and
celebrates the character and energy of local people as they moved
through the first years of this new century.
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