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The Mining Laws of the United States, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona (Hardcover): Charles S Wilson The Mining Laws of the United States, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona (Hardcover)
Charles S Wilson
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Practical Tool-Maker and Designer: Herbert S. Wilson The Practical Tool-Maker and Designer
Herbert S. Wilson
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Modern Art of Making Love - a Complete Manual of Etiquette, Love, Courtship and Matrimony ... (Hardcover): James S. Wilson The Modern Art of Making Love - a Complete Manual of Etiquette, Love, Courtship and Matrimony ... (Hardcover)
James S. Wilson
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Test and Measurement: Know It All (Paperback): Jon S Wilson, Stuart Ball, Creed Huddleston, Edward Ramsden, Dogan Ibrahim Test and Measurement: Know It All (Paperback)
Jon S Wilson, Stuart Ball, Creed Huddleston, Edward Ramsden, Dogan Ibrahim
R1,587 Discovery Miles 15 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf
Field Application engineers need to master a wide area of topics to excel. The "Test and Measurement Know It All" covers every angle including Machine Vision and Inspection, Communications Testing, Compliance Testing, along with Automotive, Aerospace, and Defense testing.
A 360-degree view from our best-selling authors
Topics include the Technology of Test and Measurement, Measurement System Types, and Instrumentation for Test and Measurement.
The ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential information, techniques and tricks of the trade in one volume"

The Effects of Relativity in Atoms, Molecules and the Solid State - Meeting Proceedings (Hardcover, New): S.Wilson Rutherford,... The Effects of Relativity in Atoms, Molecules and the Solid State - Meeting Proceedings (Hardcover, New)
S.Wilson Rutherford, B. L. Gyorffy
R2,614 Discovery Miles 26 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Relativistic Effects on Periodic Trends.- Atoms.- Relativistic Atomic Structure and Electron-Atom Collisions.- On the Accuracy of Oscillator Strengths.- Atomic Structure Calculations in Breit-Pauli Approximation.- Relativistic Calculations of Parity Non-Conserving Effects in Atoms.- High Precision Relativistic Atomic Structure Calculations Using the Finite Basis Set Approximation.- Relativistic Calculations of Electron Impact Ionisation Cross-Sections of Highly Charged Ions.- Molecules.- Nonsingular Relativistic Perturbation Theory and Relativistic Changes of Molecular Structure.- Basis Set Expansion Dirac-Fock SCF Calculations and MBPT Refinement.- Comments.- Polyatomic Molecular Dirac-Hartree-Fock Calculations with Gaussian Basis Sets.- Open Shell Relativistic Molecular Dirac-Hartree-Fock SCF-Program.- General Contraction in Four-Component Relativistic Hartree-Fock Calculations.- Accurate Relativistic Dirac-Fock and MBPT Calculations on Argon with Basis Sets of Contracted Gaussian Functions.- Comments.- Relativistic Many-Body Perturbation Theory of Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure.- Solid State.- Relativistic Density-Functional Theory for Electrons in Solids.- Influence of Relativistic Effects on the Magnetic Moments and Hyperfine Fields of 5d-Impurity Atoms Dissolved in Ferromagnetic Fe.- Relativistic Spin-Polarized Density-Functional Theory: Simplified Method for Fully Relativistic Calculations.- Theory of Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy.- The Spin Polarized Photoemission from Non-Magnetic Metals.- Theory of Magnetic X-Ray Dichroism.- Participants.

Politics of Identity in Small Plural Societies - Guyana, the Fiji Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago (Hardcover): S. Wilson Politics of Identity in Small Plural Societies - Guyana, the Fiji Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago (Hardcover)
S. Wilson
R1,516 Discovery Miles 15 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In small plural societies, cultural differences can be exaggerated, exploited and intensified during political contests. The survival of these societies as democracies - or even at all - hangs in the balance.

Twelve Ordinary Men - The Lives of the Apostles Companion Workbook and Study Guide (Paperback, Revised edition): John F... Twelve Ordinary Men - The Lives of the Apostles Companion Workbook and Study Guide (Paperback, Revised edition)
John F Macarthur, Greg Asimakoupoulos, David Veerman, Neil S Wilson
R569 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Who were these men?

They weren't saints. They weren't scholars. They weren't even religious sages. What is most amazing about the disciples is that Jesus ever selected them at all. Among them, a handful of common fishermen, a hated tax collector, and an impulsive political zealot.

The "Twelve Ordinary Men Workbook" brings you face-to-face with the disciples as you've never seen them. You'll put yourself in their shoes. You'll understand their doubts and hopes. And you'll hear the power of Jesus' words in a whole new way. The message is clear. If Christ can accomplish His purposes through the lives of common men like these, imagine what He has in store for you

Based on John MacArthur's best-selling book "Twelve Ordinary Men," this workbook is ideal for group or individual study, and includes:

  • Suggestions for further reading
  • Thought-provoking call-out areas
  • Daily life application assignments
  • Focused, relevant prayers
  • Intriguing study questions
  • Additional notes for leading group study
Sensor Technology Handbook (Hardcover): Jon S Wilson Sensor Technology Handbook (Hardcover)
Jon S Wilson
R3,560 Discovery Miles 35 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Without sensors most electronic applications would not exist-they perform a vital function, namely providing an interface to the real world. The importance of sensors, however, contrasts with the limited information available on them. Today's smart sensors, wireless sensors, and microtechnologies are revolutionizing sensor design and applications. This volume is an up-to-date and comprehensive sensor reference guide to be used by engineers and scientists in industry, research, and academia to help with their sensor selection and system design. It is filled with hard-to-find information, contributed by noted engineers and companies working in the field today. The book will offer guidance on selecting, specifying, and using the optimum sensor for any given application. The editor-in-chief, Jon Wilson, has years of experience in the sensor industry and leads workshops and seminars on sensor-related topics.
In addition to background information on sensor technology, measurement, and data acquisition, the handbook provides detailed information on each type of sensor technology, covering:
-technology fundamentals
-sensor types, w/ advantages/disadvantages
-manufacturers
-selecting and specifying sensors
-applicable standards (w/ urls of related web sites)
-interfacing information, with hardware and software info
-design techniques and tips, with design examples
-latest and future developments
The handbook also contains information on the latest MEMS and nanotechnology sensor applications. In addition, a CD-ROM will accompany the volume containing a fully searchable pdf version of the text, along with various design tools and useful software.
*The onlycomprehensive book on sensors available!
*Jam-packed with over 800 pages of techniques and tips, detailed design examples, standards, hardware and software interfacing information, and manufacturer pros/cons to help make the best sensor selection for any design
*Covers sensors from A to Z- from basic technological fundamentals, to cutting-edge info. on the latest MEMS and the hottest nanotechnology applications

The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05 (Hardcover): D. Wells, S. Wilson The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05 (Hardcover)
D. Wells, S. Wilson
R2,871 Discovery Miles 28 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 has been widely seen as a historical turning-point. For the first time in modern history an Asian and a European country competed on equal terms, overturning the prevailing balance of power. Based on a wide range of original source material in Russian, Japanese and other languages, this book goes beyond the military and international political grand narratives to examine the war's social, cultural, literary and intellectual impact in their historical context. In Japan the war reinforced the country's self-image as a 'coming' nation, while in Russia, combined with the revolution of 1905 and later political and social upheaval, it was seen as separating the old regime from the new. Throughout the world, 'spirit' was seen to be a decisive factor, and cultural considerations determined the war's interpretation. Featuring contributions by established scholars in the fields of military history and the history and literature of both Russia and Japan, this book offers for the first time a comparative perspective on the symbolic meaning of the conflict.

Pilgrims and Popes (Hardcover): Tobias Brandner Pilgrims and Popes (Hardcover)
Tobias Brandner; Foreword by Henry S. Wilson, Limuel R Equina
R1,524 R1,254 Discovery Miles 12 540 Save R270 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction - From Atwood to Morrison (Hardcover): S. Wilson Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction - From Atwood to Morrison (Hardcover)
S. Wilson
R1,517 Discovery Miles 15 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction" explores contemporary feminist, postmodernist, and postcolonial women writers' use and revisions of fairy tales and myths. With close readings of works ranging from Margaret Atwood to Doris Lessing to Toni Morrison, Wilson examines meanings of myths and fairy tales as well as their varying techniques, images, intertexts, and genres. Although the writers represent several different nationalities and racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, they employ a type of postcolonial literature that urges readers and societies beyond colonization. Wilson argues that the use of myths and fairy tales generally convey characters' transformation from alienation and symbolic amputation to greater consciousness, community, and wholeness, and it is in and through story that characters construct a hybrid way of establishing themselves in the larger world.

The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05 (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): D. Wells, S. Wilson The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-05 (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
D. Wells, S. Wilson
R2,871 Discovery Miles 28 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 has been widely seen as a historical turning point. This book goes beyond the military and world political grand narratives to examine the war's social, cultural, literary, and intellectual impact. Containing contributions by established scholars in the fields of military history and the history and literature of both Russia and Japan, it offers for the first time in English a comparative perspective on symbolic meaning of the conflict.

Beyond Anitkabir: The Funerary Architecture of Ataturk - The Construction and Maintenance of National Memory (Hardcover, New... Beyond Anitkabir: The Funerary Architecture of Ataturk - The Construction and Maintenance of National Memory (Hardcover, New Ed)
Christopher S. Wilson
R4,920 Discovery Miles 49 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There have been five different settings that at one time or another have contained the dead body of Mustafa Kemal AtatA1/4rk, organizer of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923) and first president of the Republic of Turkey. Narrating the story of these different architectural constructions - the bedroom in DolmabahAe Palace, Istanbul, where he died; a temporary catafalque in this same palace; his funeral stage in Turkey's new capital Ankara; a temporary tomb in the Ankara Ethnographic Museum; and his permanent and monumental mausoleum in Ankara, known in Turkish as 'Anitkabir' (Memorial Tomb) - this book also describes and interprets the movement of AtatA1/4rk's body through the cities of Istanbul and Ankara and also the nation of Turkey to reach these destinations. It examines how each one of these locations - accidental, designed, temporary, permanent - has contributed in its own way to the construction of a Turkish national memory about AtatA1/4rk. Lastly, the two permanent constructions - the DolmabahAe Palace bedroom and Anitkabir - have changed in many ways since their first appearance in order to maintain this national memory. These changes are exposed to reveal a dynamic, rather than dull, impression of funerary architecture.

Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching - A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations (Hardcover): M.Kathleen Heid,... Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching - A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations (Hardcover)
M.Kathleen Heid, Patricia S. Wilson, Glendon W. Blume
R3,486 Discovery Miles 34 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A perennial discussion about teacher development is the optimal content background for teachers. In recent years, that discussion has taken center stage in the work of mathematics education researchers, mathematicians, mathematics professional developers, and mathematics education policymakers. Much of the existing and prior work in this area has been directed toward mathematical knowledge for teaching at the elementary level. The work described in this volume takes a sometimes-neglected approach, focusing on the dynamic nature of mathematical understanding rather than on a stable description of mathematical knowledge, and on mathematics for secondary teaching rather than mathematics for teaching at the elementary level. The work reported in Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations is a practice-based response to the question of what mathematical understandings secondary teachers could productively use in their teaching. For each of more than 50 events, our team of almost 50 mathematics educators who were experienced mathematics teachers developed descriptions of the mathematics that teachers could use-each of those descriptions (consisting of the event and the mathematics related to the event) is what we call a Situation. We developed our Framework for Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching (MUST) based on an analysis of our entire set of Situations. We call the work practice-based because the MUST framework is based on actual events that we witnessed in our observations of secondary mathematics practice. Groups of mathematics teachers can use this volume to enhance their own understandings of secondary mathematics. School leaders and professional developers in secondary mathematics will find our MUST Framework and Situations useful as they work with teachers in enhancing and deepening their understanding of secondary mathematics. Mathematics teacher educators and mathematicians who teach mathematics to prospective and in-service secondary teachers will be able to couch their mathematical discussions in the Situations-examples that arise from secondary mathematics classrooms. They will be able to use this volume as they design courses and programs that enhance mathematics from the perspectives identified in the MUST framework. Policymakers and researchers can use our MUST framework as they consider the mathematics background needed by teachers.

The House on Telegraph Hill - Growing Up with Abusive Parents and a Lifetime After (Hardcover): Charles S Wilson The House on Telegraph Hill - Growing Up with Abusive Parents and a Lifetime After (Hardcover)
Charles S Wilson
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The doors of the house inhabited by the Jack Wilson family on Telegraph Hill lead to a terrible secret. Within those walls, Charles S. Wilson and his sisters suffered heartbreaking physical and mental abuse at the hands of their own parents.

Mother Mame was a well-known caretaker in the community, but she also brought strangers into the house and force-fed them until they were sick. Their father Jack, better known as the town drunk, threw Wilson around like a rag doll for the amusement of his drunken friends. And then there were Annabelle and Abigail, Wilson's beloved sisters, whose neglected and tortured lives ended all too soon.

A story of survival, "The House on Telegraph Hill," details the abuse Wilson suffered and sheds light, not only on his own demoralizing experience, but also on the epidemic of child abuse. His brutally honest stories reveal all of the disguises, sugar-coatings, and lies that abusers heap on their victims. By recounting his dreadful upbringing along with his lifelong struggles, Wilson is finally pushing his story to the forefront to help educate others about the horrors and complexities of child abuse.

Ohio - A History of the Buckeye State (Paperback, 2nd edition): Kevin F. Kern, Gregory S. Wilson Ohio - A History of the Buckeye State (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Kevin F. Kern, Gregory S. Wilson
R1,305 Discovery Miles 13 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The new edition of the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary history of Ohio currently available Now in its second edition, Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State surveys the long and rich history of Ohio from its earliest geological periods to the present day. Designed for undergraduate students and general readers alike, this accessible volume describes the pivotal events in Ohio’s history while discussing the major social, economic, and political trends that have shaped the state over time. Concise chapters cover Ohio prehistory and the First Ohioans, European contact, the formation of the Northwest Territory, early statehood and national politics, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the two World Wars, the 1950s and 1960s, and more. Incorporating the latest scholarship from history, archaeology, and political science, the second edition moves the story of Ohio into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Revised chapters contain new data and updated coverage of early Ohio society, major economic developments, early statehood, Ohio and national politics, and Ohio from the 1970s through 2020. Explores the breadth of Ohio’s past using a clear and engaging narrative style Includes thematic chapters focusing on major social, economic, and political trends Discusses Ohio’s influence on national nineteenth-century politics Covers the geological and topographical history of Ohio Examines Ohio’s transformation into an industrial state from 1865–1920 Contains numerous high-quality maps, drawings, and photographs Written by two authors with decades of combined academic experience in teaching Ohio history, Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State, Second Edition remains an essential resource for college-level students enrolled in courses on Ohio History, professionals working in historical societies, museums, and other institutions that focus on the state’s history, and general readers looking for a highly readable study of Ohio’s past.

Visual Heritage: Digital Approaches in Heritage Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Eugene Ch'ng, Henry Chapman, Vincent... Visual Heritage: Digital Approaches in Heritage Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Eugene Ch'ng, Henry Chapman, Vincent Gaffney, Andrew S. Wilson
R5,648 Discovery Miles 56 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How we understand our shared and individual heritage, interpret and disseminate that knowledge is increasingly central to contemporary society. The emerging context for such development is the field of heritage science. Inherently interdisciplinary, and involving both the Arts and Humanities, engineering, conservation and the digital sciences, the development of heritage science is a driver for change; socially, economically and technically. This book has gathered contributions from leading researchers from across the world and provides a series of themed contributions demonstrating the theoretical, ethical, methodological and technical methods which lie at the heart of heritage science. Archaeology, conservation, museology, the arts, forensic sciences, and heritage management are represented through collaborative research with specialists in applied technologies including object and terrestrial laser scanning, multi-spectral imaging, visualisation, GIS and 3D-printing. Together, the chapters present important case studies to demonstrate the recent advances and best practise within the discipline, highlighting the value of digital transformation across the heritage community that includes objects, monuments, sites and landscapes spanning two million years of natural and cultural history from all over the world. Visual Heritage: Digital Approaches in Heritage Science is aimed at a broad academic and practice-led readership, which extends across many disciplines and will be of considerable value to scholars, practitioners, and students working within heritage and computer science at all levels. The content, which applies heritage science across two million years of cultural history will be appreciated by a general audience, as well as those wishing simply to explore the vast range of potential technical applications across all the disciplines represented in the book.

Trade Costs and Facilitation: Open Trade and Economic Development (Hardcover): Jean-Christophe Maur, John S. Wilson Trade Costs and Facilitation: Open Trade and Economic Development (Hardcover)
Jean-Christophe Maur, John S. Wilson
R15,946 Discovery Miles 159 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The need for countries to facilitate trade and to reduce the transactions costs plaguing trade is receiving a lot of interest in policy circles, and in particular in the WTO, where trade facilitation has been one of the few good stories in recent multilateral negotiations. Is this interest justified? What have economic theory and empirical findings to contribute to our understanding of the value of free trade? This authoritative two-volume set, edited by two leading scholars in the field, offers a collection of seminal articles that have led our economic thinking on these issues and encouraged a new and growing literature. This important work, along with an original introduction by the editors, will be of immense value to scholars and practitioners interested in the topic of trade costs and facilitation.

Compendium Of In Vivo Monitoring In Real-time Molecular Neuroscience - Volume 1: Fundamentals And Applications (Hardcover):... Compendium Of In Vivo Monitoring In Real-time Molecular Neuroscience - Volume 1: Fundamentals And Applications (Hardcover)
George S. Wilson, Adrian C. Michael
R4,273 Discovery Miles 42 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new volume documents the transition from the development of electrochemical monitoring of brain function, now more than 40 years old, to fundamental neuroscience. This includes the links of molecular neuroscience to biobehavior, to a molecular understanding of neurologically-linked diseases and to the investigation of neuroactive molecules made possible by new detection methodology. This work should be of interest to a broad audience, especially those who are engaged in neuroscience research, for example in drug discovery, but are not familiar with electrochemical methodology.

Compendium Of In Vivo Monitoring In Real-time Molecular Neuroscience - Volume 2: Microdialysis And Sensing Of Neural Tissues... Compendium Of In Vivo Monitoring In Real-time Molecular Neuroscience - Volume 2: Microdialysis And Sensing Of Neural Tissues (Hardcover)
George S. Wilson, Adrian C. Michael
R4,570 Discovery Miles 45 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Volume 1 of this series focused mainly on small molecules which are intrinsically electroactive. Volume 2 continues to provide current approaches to real time measurements of essential species in the central nervous system. It describes microdialysis, a sampling technique, which facilitates the removal of small volumes of solution containing the analyte(s) of interest which can be subsequently separated by chromatography and analyzed by a range of techniques. These include electrochemistry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence and mass spectroscopy. This approach affords the opportunity to measure a range of targets in real-time thus providing access to pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics measurements affording the possibility of measuring the disappearance of a drug after administration and the subsequent appearance of metabolites. Microdialysis further affords the ability to sample peptides and proteins of neurobiological interest.Consistent with the goals of Volume 1, Volume 2 seeks to provide for scientists in the field of neurobiology a base of bioanalytical techniques that may not be familiar to them. Specific examples are provided and the fundamental basis of the technique is also covered.

Aging and Cultural Diversity - New Directions and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover): Benjamin Drew, Audrey O. Faulkner, Marsel... Aging and Cultural Diversity - New Directions and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover)
Benjamin Drew, Audrey O. Faulkner, Marsel A. Heisel, Bonnie McCay, Heather Strange, …
R2,811 Discovery Miles 28 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics. Trends in Methods and Applications (Hardcover, Partly reprinted from MOLECULAR... Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics. Trends in Methods and Applications (Hardcover, Partly reprinted from MOLECULAR ENGINEERING, 7:1-2, 1998)
R Mcweeny, Jean Maruani, Y. G. Smeyers, S. Wilson
R4,412 Discovery Miles 44 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics contains a refereed selection of the papers presented at the first European Workshop on this subject, held at San Miniato, near Pisa, Italy, in April 1996. The Workshop brought together leading experts in theoretical chemistry and molecular physics with an interest in the quantum mechanical many-body problem. This volume provides an insight into the latest research in this increasingly important field. Throughout the Workshop, the emphasis was on innovative theory and conceptual developments rather than on computational implementation. The various contributions presented reflect this emphasis and embrace topics such as density matrices and density functional theory, relativistic formulations, electron correlation, valence theory, nuclear motion, response theory, condensed matter, and chemical reactions. Audience: The volume will be of interest to those working in the molecular sciences and to theoretical chemists and molecular physicists in particular.

Poison Powder - The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and its Legacy (Paperback): Gregory S. Wilson Poison Powder - The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and its Legacy (Paperback)
Gregory S. Wilson
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1975 workers at Life Science Products, a small makeshift pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. They made the poison under contract for a much larger Hopewell company, Allied Chemical. Life Science workers had been breathing in the dust for more than a year. Ingestion of the chemical made their bodies seize and shake. News of ill workers eventually led to the discovery of widespread environmental contamination of the nearby James River and the landscape of the small, working-class city. Not only had Life Science dumped the chemical, but so had Allied when the company manufactured it in the 1960s and early 1970s. The resulting toxic impact was not only on the city of Hopewell but also on the faraway fields where Kepone was used as an insecticide. Aspects of this environmental tragedy are all too common: corporate avarice, ignorance, and regulatory failure combined with race and geography to determine toxicity and shape the response. But the Kepone story also contains some surprising medical, legal, and political moments amid the disaster. With Poison Powder, Gregory S. Wilson explores the conditions that put the Kepone factory and the workers there in the first place and the effects of the poison on the people and natural world long after 1975. Although the manufacture and use of Kepone is now banned by the Environmental Protection Agency, organochlorines have long half-lives, and these toxic compounds and their residues still remain in the environment.

The Book of Job - Judaism in the 2nd Century BCE (Paperback): Leslie S. Wilson The Book of Job - Judaism in the 2nd Century BCE (Paperback)
Leslie S. Wilson
R1,483 Discovery Miles 14 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Book of Job deals with a variety of issues, on levels both superficial and profound. It has been the subject of scholarly debate and analysis ever since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible. Scholars and theologians have set forth a variety of theories to explain the "human condition" and justify the actions of the Divine toward humanity. The material differences in attempts by scholars to translate the Book of Job are evidence that these theories cannot be supported. The author of the Book of Job employs a unique intertextual code. The code hides a sophisticated agenda that includes not simply the interaction of the Divine and humanity, but also the quality of this interaction. The programmatic investigation by the author reflects also contemporary politico-religious conflicts among Jews of 2nd Century BCE Palestine. Dr. Wilson uncovers the intertextual cipher and opens the window to a single coherent solution to the meaning and intent of the Book of Job.

Cultural Materialism - Theory and Practice (Paperback): S. Wilson Cultural Materialism - Theory and Practice (Paperback)
S. Wilson
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years the left has transformed traditional approaches to literature and culture. Critical movements such as Cultural Materialism and New Historicism have succeeded to the point where they now constitute the new academic order.

Scott Wilson explains and demonstrates the power of these modes of critical enquiry and explores their limitations. His book provides a forceful critical engagement with major figures in the field - Francis Barker, Catherine Belsey, Jonathan Dollimore, Terry Eagleton, Jonathan Goldberg, Stephen Greenblatt, Alan Sinfield - whose work represents a broad spectrum of positions from Marxism, which privileges class, to a radical criticism emphasising the politics of difference.

"Cultural Materialism" problematizes a number of fundamental Marxist assumptions with recourse to the theories of Georges Bataille. The author also shows how cultural materialism is applied in practice through readings of key Renaissance texts by, among others, Shakespeare and Spenser, and later work by Dollimore and Sinfield on queer theory, particularly with regard to Oscar Wilde.

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