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English Drama: Forms and Development: Essays in Honour of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradbrook, M. C. / Axton, M. / Axton, Marie, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, These ten origong>inong>al essays on English drama from Tudor times onwards were first published ong>inong> . Each is written by a former member of the Cambridge English Faculty. Each author has an ong>inong>dividual approach ong>andong> makes a fresh contribution to the study of dramatic form seen ong>inong> a changong>inong>g ong>historicalong> settong>inong>g. There are essays on genres, on ong>inong>dividual playwrights ong>andong> on ong>socialong> conditions affectong>inong>g the development of the drama. Together, the essays make a valuable contribution to the study of drama.

Assassination of JFK

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelly, Eamonn E. R. / Cole, Scott, PUBLISHER: Greenhaven Press, Each volume ong>inong> the "At Issue ong>inong> History series is an anthology that focuses on a controversial ong>historicalong> topic. At offshoot of Greenhaven's acclaimed "At Issue series focusong>inong>g on current ong>socialong> issues, this series provides primary ong>andong> secondary sources to explore ong>andong> ong>inong>vestigate the various opong>inong>ions offered on each topic. History comes to life as the reader is exposed to the voices of those who participated ong>inong> ong>andong> witnessed the dramatic events of the past. More recent writong>inong>gs by historians ong>andong> other scholars examong>inong>e events with the benefit of hong>inong>dsight, illumong>inong>atong>inong>g both the heroism ong>andong> egregious errors of history makers.

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Neurobiology of Addictions: Implications for Clinical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Topper, Charles Lala Ashenberg / Spence, Richard T. / Dong>inong>itto, Diana M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, Bridge the gap between the physical foundations of substance abuse ong>andong> the psychoong>socialong> approaches that can treat it This groundbreakong>inong>g book offers helpong>inong>g professionals a thorough ong>inong>troduction to the neurobiological aspects of substance abuse. It presents the basic ong>inong>formation on the subject, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g the various neurobiological theories of addiction, ong>andong> places them ong>inong> a psychoong>socialong> ong>contextong>. Its clear ong>andong> straightforward style connects the theoretical ong>inong>formation with practical applications. This is an essential resource for substance abuse counselors, researchers, therapists, ong>andong> ong>socialong> workers. Neurobiology of Addictions offers sound, tested ong>inong>formation on substance abuse issues, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g: neurobiological theories of addiction ong>inong>tegratong>inong>g drug treatments ong>andong> therapeutic ong>inong>terventions usong>inong>g neurobiology to discover substance abuse ong>inong> clients of various ages perspectives from ong>socialong> work, pharmacology, biology, ong>andong> neuroscience

Women in the Workplace: Effects of Families

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borman, Kathryn M. / Quarm, Daisy / Gideonse, Sarah, PUBLISHER: Ablex Publishong>inong>g Corporation, This volume constitutes a unique contribution to the cross-disciplong>inong>ary field of family studies. It focuses on issues brought about by the movement of large numbers of women with children ong>inong>to the workplace; the impact of their employment on men's ong>andong> women's traditional responsibilities ong>andong> family roles; ong>andong> the implications of these changong>inong>g roles for public policy, employers, ong>andong> ong>socialong> service agencies. The volume ong>inong>cludes both ong>historicalong> ong>andong> contemporary policy frameworks as important themes. Moreover, the issues ong>andong> circumstances of more than one type of family are considered, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g song>inong>gle worker ong>andong> dual earner families.

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The Essential Historiography Reader

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoefferle, Carolong>inong>e, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "The Essential Historiography Reader, " not only details the history of ong>historicalong> practice ong>andong> explaong>inong>s ong>historicalong> theories ong>andong> philosophies ong>inong> language that is accessible to college undergraduates, it also provides excerpts to illustrate these ong>historicalong> approaches ong>andong> help students to identify them ong>inong> their own writong>inong>g ong>andong> ong>inong> the writong>inong>gs of contemporary historians. The book is organized ong>inong>to two maong>inong> parts. The first part traces the origong>inong>s of contemporary American ong>historicalong> traditions to their roots ong>inong> ancient Greece ong>andong> explaong>inong>s how the profession of history emerged ong>andong> developed ong>inong> Europe ong>andong> America through the nong>inong>eteenth century. The second part focuses more specifically on historiographical developments the United States song>inong>ce the nong>inong>eteenth century.

Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parker, David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Presents eight European case studies ong>inong>cludong>inong>g the English revolution of , the French Revolution ong>andong> the recent revolutions withong>inong> the Soviet Union ong>andong> Eastern Europe () ong>andong> examong>inong>es them not only ong>inong> their specific political, economic ong>andong> ong>socialong> ong>contextong>s but also as part of the wider European revolutionary tradition. A chapter on the American Revolution is also ong>inong>cluded as a revolution which grew out of a European expansionist ong>andong> a European political culture. David Parker brong>inong>gs together leadong>inong>g writers on European history, who make a major contribution to the controversial debate on the role of revolution ong>inong> the development of European history. This is a truly comparative book which ong>inong>cludes discussion on each of the followong>inong>g key themes: *the causes of revolution, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g the importance of political, ong>socialong> ong>andong> economic factors *the effects of political ong>andong> philisophical ideas or ideology on the revolution *the form ong>andong> process of a revolution, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g the importance of violence ong>andong> popular support *the outcome of revolution, both short-term ong>andong> long-term *the way revolution is viewed ong>inong> history particularly song>inong>ce the collapse of Communism ong>inong> Europe As well as providong>inong>g new ong>historicalong> perspectives on the concept of revolution, this book also provides a comparative survey of all the major revolutions ong>inong> the West over the past 400 years.

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Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Revenson, Tracey A. / D'Augelli, Anthony R., PUBLISHER: Sprong>inong>ger, Durong>inong>g the past quarter century, community psychologists have worked to make relevant contributions to human welfare ong>inong> community settong>inong>gs ong>andong> to effect ong>socialong> change. Workong>inong>g with ong>andong> ong>inong> schools, neighborhood organizations, religious ong>inong>stitutions, ong>socialong> programs, ong>andong> government agencies, the community psychologist has come to understong>andong> how ong>socialong> settong>inong>gs ong>andong> ong>socialong> policy ong>inong>fluence behavior ong>andong> foster change that promotes ong>inong>dividual health ong>andong> well-beong>inong>g. Usong>inong>g a ong>socialong> ecological paradigm as their guidong>inong>g framework, they focus on the ong>inong>teractions between persons ong>andong> their environments, cultural diversity, ong>andong> local empowerment for understong>andong>ong>inong>g organizational, community, ong>andong> ong>socialong> change. Community psychologists have relied on multiple methods of obtaong>inong>ong>inong>g data but more often, they have had to develop new methodologies or adapt existong>inong>g ones. These ong>inong>novative methods have been recorded ong>inong> the American Journal of Community Psychology throughout the years of its history ong>andong> have changed the way that researchers ong>inong> the field have gathered data.

Forms of Power

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poggi, Gianfranco, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, Political power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'ong>socialong> power', even while we recognize that ong>socialong> power manifests itself ong>inong> different forms ong>andong> ong>inong>stitutional spheres. This new book by Gianfranco Poggi suggests that the three prong>inong>cipal forms of ong>socialong> power - the economic, the normative/ideological ong>andong> the political - are based on a group's privileged access to ong>andong> control over different resources. Agaong>inong>st this general background, Poggi shows how various embodiments of normative/ideological ong>andong> economic power have both made claims on political power (considered chiefly as it is embodied ong>inong> the state) ong>andong> responded ong>inong> turn to the latter's attempt to control or to ong>inong>strumentalize them. The embodiment of ideological power ong>inong> religion ong>andong> ong>inong> modern ong>inong>tellectual elites is examong>inong>ed ong>inong> the ong>contextong> of their relations to the state. Poggi also explores both the demong>andong>s laid upon the state by the busong>inong>ess elite ong>andong> the impact of the state's fiscal policies on the economic sphere. The fong>inong>al chapter considers the relationship between a state's political class ong>andong> its military elite, which tends to use the resource of organized coercion for its own ends. Forms of Power will be of ong>inong>terest to students ong>andong> scholars of sociology ong>andong> politics.

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Modern Science and Human Values

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowrance, William W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Engagong>inong>g ong>inong> spirited debate ong>andong> makong>inong>g reference to a broad range of issues ong>inong> the physical ong>andong> biological sciences, the ong>socialong> sciences, engong>inong>eerong>inong>g, ong>andong> medicong>inong>e, this perceptive study analyzes how technical progress ong>inong>fluences ong>socialong> thought ong>andong> public policy, ong>andong> how technical people play their complex roles as professional practitioners, advisors, ong>andong> leaders. A major contribution to the debate over public policy ong>andong> technology, this work will generate much discussion among engong>inong>eers, physicians, academic ong>andong> ong>inong>stitutional researchers, ong>andong> concerned politicians. For anyone concerned about the effects of technology on culture, it offers a lively, readable portrait of the modern scientific community ong>andong> an ong>inong>sightful discussion of the ong>inong>fluence of technology on ong>socialong> philosophy ong>andong> ong>inong>dividual belief.

Human Differences

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aiken, Lewis R. / Aiken, PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, This text reviews the mass of ong>inong>formation concernong>inong>g the ways ong>inong> which ong>inong>dividuals ong>andong> groups differ from each other. Reviews of research fong>inong>dong>inong>gs ong>andong> ong>inong>terpretations are provided on: physical appearance, performance ong>andong> health; cognitive abilities; personality; ong>andong> development across the life span. Extensive treatment of foundations (ong>historicalong>, measurement, research methods, biological, ong>socialong>, ong>andong> cultural) is also provided. Both normal ong>andong> abnormal behaviors are considered. The book provides an ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary focus, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g material from all the behavior ong>andong> natural sciences, not just psychology, sociology, or biology.

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Women Suffragists

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Helmer, Diana Star, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, Each volume ong>inong> the American Profiles series provides middle ong>andong> high school students with concise ong>inong>formation on eight to thirteen important ong>andong> ong>inong>fluential figures ong>inong> a particular field of endeavor. Profiles are organized around a movement, event, or profession that has had a significant, lastong>inong>g impact on American history ong>andong> contemporary life. Essential biographical ong>inong>formation is ong>inong>cluded for each figure, but the heart of each profile describes the critical achievements ong>andong> contributions of the ong>inong>dividual under consideration ong>andong> assesses the subject's significance, not only ong>inong> the ong>contextong> of the person's own lifetime, but ong>inong> the broader sweep of American history. Placong>inong>g each figure's achievements ong>andong> contributions ong>inong> a ong>historicalong> ong>contextong> makes each profile the ideal source for preparong>inong>g reports. Students can use this framework as a basis for comparisons ong>andong> contrasts, which will give them a better understong>andong>ong>inong>g of how ong>inong>dividuals shape, ong>andong> are shaped by, the times ong>inong> which they live. Profiles: Sojourner Truth; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Lucy Stone; Amelia Jenks Bloomer; Susan B. Anthony; Victoria Woodhull; Carrie Chapman Catt; Mary Church Terrell; Jeannette Pickerong>inong>g Rankong>inong>; ong>andong> Alice Paul.

What Is Sociology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elias, Norbert, PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press, "What is Sociology?" presents ong>inong> concise ong>andong> provocative form the major ideas of a semong>inong>al thong>inong>ker whose work -- spannong>inong>g more than four decades -- is only now gaong>inong>ong>inong>g the recognition here it has long had ong>inong> Germany ong>andong> France. Unlike other post-war sociologists, Norbert Elias has always held the concept of ong>historicalong> development among his central concerns; his dynamic theories of the evolution of modern man have remedied the ong>historicalong> ong>andong> epistemological shortcomong>inong>gs of structualism ong>andong> ethno-methodology. "What is Sociology?" refong>inong>es the arguments that were first found ong>inong> Elias' massive work on the civilizong>inong>g process, ong>inong> which he formulated his major assertions about the ong>inong>terdependence of the makong>inong>g of modern man ong>andong> modern society. It is Elias' contention that changes ong>inong> personality structure -- embodied ong>inong> phenomena rangong>inong>g from table manners ong>andong> hygiene habits to rites of punishment ong>andong> courtly love -- ong>inong>evitably reflect ong>andong> mould patterns of control generated by new political ong>andong> ong>socialong> ong>inong>stututions. Elias' rejection of a dichotomy between ong>inong>dividual ong>andong> society, ong>andong> his use of psychoanalysis, political theory, ong>andong> ong>socialong> history, help restore a fullness of resource to sociology.

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Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bamberger, Michael / Bamberger, Michael, PUBLISHER: World Bank Publications, "Much of the early work on poverty was highly quantitative:... It became ong>inong>creasong>inong>gly clear, however, that while numbers are essential for policy ong>andong> monitorong>inong>g purposes, it is also important to understong>andong> people's perception of poverty ong>andong> their mechanisms for copong>inong>g with poverty ong>andong> other situations of extreme economic ong>andong> ong>socialong> stress." Researchers have recognized over the past few years that quantitative analysis of the ong>inong>cidence ong>andong> trends ong>inong> poverty, while essential for national economic development plannong>inong>g, must be complemented by qualitative methods that help planners ong>andong> managers understong>andong> the cultural, ong>socialong>, political, ong>andong> ong>inong>stitutional ong>contextong> withong>inong> which projects are designed ong>andong> implemented. This report is based on a two-day workshop held ong>inong> June , where outside research specialists ong>andong> World Bank staff discussed the importance of ong>inong>tegratong>inong>g these research methods. The participants reviewed experiences ong>inong> the use of mixed-method approaches ong>inong> Bank research ong>andong> project design. This report is a result of those discussions. The report examong>inong>es the need for ong>inong>tegrated research approaches ong>inong> ong>socialong> ong>andong> economic development, presents case studies of ong>inong>tegrated approaches ong>inong> practice, ong>andong> talks about lessons learned.

Meals in a Social Context: Aspects of the Communal Meal in

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press, Scholarly contribution provide ong>inong>sight ong>inong>to how ong>socialong> mores ong>andong> etiquette were transmitted to children, the growong>inong>g significance of family for Christians, the culture clashes of Greek ong>andong> Roman, ong>andong> the development of religious connotations around meals. The wide range of related ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary topics considered ong>inong>cludes the development of the Eucharist as a ritual ong>inong> its own right, funeral banquets, the role of women at meals, the architecture of the Greek ong>andong> Roman meal ong>andong> the provision of food for the poor.

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Social Measurement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Donald T. / Russo, M. Jean / Campbell, Dave, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), This book provides researchers, evaluators, ong>andong> graduate students with a user-friendly presentation of Campbell's essential work (ong>inong>cludong>inong>g his latest thoughts on some of his classic works) ong>inong> ong>socialong> measurement. The book ong>inong>cludes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists ong>andong> ong>socialong> constructionists on measurement validity, ong>andong> an expansion ong>andong> further explanation of his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By ong>inong>cludong>inong>g overviews for each part ong>andong> article as well as provide ong>socialong> scientists with useful ong>inong>sights ong>inong>to Campbell's papers ong>inong> a format accessible to advanced undergraduate ong>andong> graduate students.

Memory and Context for Language Interpretation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alshawi, Hiyan / Boguraev, Branimir / Bird, Steven, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book presents computational mechanisms for solvong>inong>g common language ong>inong>terpretation problems ong>inong>cludong>inong>g many cases of reference resolution, word sense disambiguation, ong>andong> the ong>inong>terpretation of relationships implicit ong>inong> modifiers. The proposed memory ong>andong> ong>contextong> mechanisms provide the means for representong>inong>g ong>andong> applyong>inong>g ong>inong>formation about the semantic relationships between entities imposed by the cultural ong>contextong>. The effects of different 'ong>contextong> factors', derived from multiple sources, are combong>inong>ed for disambiguation ong>andong> for limitong>inong>g memory search; the factors havong>inong>g been created ong>andong> manipulated gradually durong>inong>g discourse processong>inong>g.

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Conflict and Cohesion in Families: Causes and Consequences

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cox, III James / Cox, Martha J. / Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Based on a summer ong>inong>stitute of the Family Research Consortium, this book presents theory ong>andong> research from leadong>inong>g scholars workong>inong>g on issues of risk ong>andong> resilience ong>inong> families. Focusong>inong>g on the splits ong>andong> bonds that shape children's development, this volume's primary goal is to stimulate theoretical ong>andong> empirical advances ong>inong> research on family processes. It will be valuable to developmental, ong>socialong>, ong>andong> clong>inong>ical psychologists, sociologists, ong>andong> family studies specialists.

Working with Muslim Young People: Context and Concepts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Khan, M. G., PUBLISHER: Policy Press, Written by a leadong>inong>g practitioner ong>andong> academic ong>inong> the field of youth ong>andong> community work, this multidisciplong>inong>ary book approaches the lives of Muslim young people from theoretical, ong>socialong>, ong>andong> theological viewpoong>inong>ts. M. G. Khan moves beyond notions of gendered provision ong>andong> confessional activity to ask what defong>inong>es a Muslim pedagogy. He presents a theoretical frame for Muslim youth work that is accessible to ong>inong>formal educators ong>andong> Muslims alike, providong>inong>g ong>inong>sight ong>andong> analysis of nuances that are only possible from on-the-ground engagement.

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Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gager, John G., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Inong> the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bong>inong>d an enemy or rival by writong>inong>g an ong>inong>cantation on a tablet ong>andong> dedicatong>inong>g it to a god or spirit. These curses or bong>inong>dong>inong>g spells, commonly called defixiones were ong>inong>tended to brong>inong>g other people under the power ong>andong> control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousong>andong> such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. ong>andong> the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to Englong>andong>, ong>andong> from Syria to Spaong>inong>. Extendong>inong>g ong>inong>to every aspect of ancient life--athletic ong>andong> theatrical competitions, judicial proceedong>inong>gs, love affairs, busong>inong>ess rivalries, ong>andong> the recovery of stolen property--they shed light on a new dimension of classical study previously ong>inong>accessible. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated ong>inong>to English with a substantial translator's ong>inong>troduction revealong>inong>g the cultural, ong>socialong>, ong>andong> ong>historicalong> ong>contextong> for the texts. This book will ong>inong>terest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, ong>andong> those concerned with ancient magic.

The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reddy, William M., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Navigation of Feelong>inong>g critiques recent psychological ong>andong> anthropological research on emotions. William M. Reddy offers a new theory of emotions ong>andong> ong>historicalong> change, drawong>inong>g on research from many academic disciplong>inong>es. This new theory makes it possible to see how emotions change over time, how emotions have a very important impact on the shape of history, ong>andong> how different ong>socialong> orders either facilitate emotional life or make it more difficult. This theory is fully explored ong>inong> a case study of the French Revolution.

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Philosophers and Pamphleteers: Political Theorists of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cranston, Maurice W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This volume discusses ong>inong> turn the ideas of six leadong>inong>g thong>inong>kers of the French Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, ong>andong> Condorcet. A general ong>inong>troduction surveys the political theories of the Enlightenment, settong>inong>g them ong>inong> the ong>contextong> of the political realities of 18th-century France. The first book of its kong>inong>d on the subject, Philosopher ong>andong> Pamphleteers brong>inong>gs a welcome, new perspective to the study of French political thought durong>inong>g a fascong>inong>atong>inong>g ong>historicalong> era.

Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepherd, John / Horn, David, PUBLISHER: Contong>inong>uum, The six EPMOW Genre volumes contaong>inong> entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular ong>inong> countries ong>andong> communities all over the world. ong>Inong>cluded are discussions on cultural, ong>historicalong> ong>andong> geographic origong>inong>s; technical musical characteristics; ong>inong>strumentation ong>andong> use of voice; lyrics ong>andong> language; typical features of performance ong>andong> presentation; ong>historicalong> development ong>andong> paths ong>andong> modes of dissemong>inong>ation; ong>inong>fluence of technology, the music ong>inong>dustry ong>andong> political ong>andong> economic circumstances; changong>inong>g stylistic features; notable ong>andong> ong>inong>fluential performers; ong>andong> relationships to other genres ong>andong> sub-genres.This volume, on the music of the Caribbean ong>andong> Latong>inong> America, features over 200 entries ong>andong> ong>inong>-depth essays on genres rangong>inong>g from Afro-Cuban Jazz to Alcatraz, from Carnaval to Charanga, ong>andong> from Dancehall to Dub. All entries conclude with a bibliography, discographical references ong>andong> discography, with additional ong>inong>formation on sheet music listong>inong>gs ong>andong> visual recordong>inong>gs. Written ong>andong> edited by a team of distong>inong>guished popular music scholars ong>andong> professionals, this is an exceptional resource for anybody studyong>inong>g or researchong>inong>g the history ong>andong> development of popular music.

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The Other Side of Despair: Jews and Arabs in the Promised

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gavron, Daniel, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, This compellong>inong>g book takes the reader behong>inong>d the headlong>inong>es of the confrontation between Israelis ong>andong> Palestong>inong>ians, examong>inong>ong>inong>g its human dimension ong>andong> settong>inong>g it ong>inong> a balanced ong>historicalong> ong>contextong>. ong>Inong> his search for understong>andong>ong>inong>g, Daniel Gavron talks to Israe

North and South

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn / Shuttleworth, Sally, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Mary Gaskell's North ong>andong> South examong>inong>es the nature of ong>socialong> authority ong>andong> obedience ong>andong> provides an ong>inong>sightful description of the role of middle class women ong>inong> nong>inong>eteenth century society. Through the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner who moves to the northern ong>inong>dustrial town of Milton, Gaskell skillfully explores issues of class ong>andong> gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growong>inong>g attraction to the mill owner, John Thornton. This new ong>andong> revised expong>andong>ed edition sets the novel ong>inong> the ong>contextong> of Victorian ong>socialong> ong>andong> medical debate.

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Introduction to Organic and Neurogenic Disorders of

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