London 1977-1987

London 1977-1987
Author: Berris Connoly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781914314049

The familiar streets of the capital are rendered almost uncanny in this contemplative, tonal series by Berris Connoly. Captivating in their atmospheric, filmic quality, Connoly's photographs reveal small moments from the past, hinting at stories that have just happened; or are about to. They have both a stillness and a promise of approaching disturbance, drawing us in to the urban landscape and making the London of 40 years ago feel at once distant and strangely present.

Foucault and Religion

Foucault and Religion
Author: Jeremy Carrette
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134632274

Foucault and Religion is the first major study of Michel Foucault in relation and response to Religion. Jeremy Carrette offers us a challenging new look at Foucault's work and addresses a religious dimension that has previously been neglected. We see that prior to Foucault's infamous unpublished volume in the 'History of Sexuality', on the theme of Christianity, there is a complex religious sub-text which anticipates this final unseen work. Jeremy Carrette argues that Foucault offers a twofold critique of Christianity by bringing the body and sexuality into religious practice and exploring a political spirituality of the self. He shows us that Foucault's creation of a body theology through the death of God, reveals how religious beliefs reflect the sexual body, questions the notion of a mystical archaeology and exposes the political technology of confession. Anyone interested in understanding Foucault's thought in a new light will find this book a truly fascinating read.

Recycling Derelict Land

Recycling Derelict Land
Author: George Fleming
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780727713186

This book provides practising engineers with a firm basis on which to classify types of derelict land and alert them to the range of environmental and legal considerations involved.The book examines the hazards involved in land recycling, from geotechnical and hydro-geological, to chemical and biological. The need for an integrated approach to site investigation is emphasized, showing the interaction between physical, chemical and biological aspects of a particular site. Data from case studies are used to illustrate analysis and interpretation procedures.

The Origins of the Arab Israeli Wars

The Origins of the Arab Israeli Wars
Author: Ritchie Ovendale
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2015-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 131786767X

This highly-regarded history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to this immensely complex and controversial subject, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Of all the troubles affecting the modern world few are as topical, deep rooted and intractable as the Arab-Israeli conflict. For this region, an understanding of the past is vital to an understanding of the present. Ritchie Ovendale’s classic study of the roots of the conflict is now updated for a fourth time and considers events until 2003.

Women of the Fields

Women of the Fields
Author: Karen Sayer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1995
Genre: Women in agriculture
ISBN: 9780719041426

Item "describes the work that women did in agriculture, as seen in the parliamentary reports of 1843, 1967 [sic., 1867] and the 1890s, and the meanings given to that work in the local and national press, farming advice books, autobiographies and the art and literature of the period" -- back cover.

The Novel of Female Adultery

The Novel of Female Adultery
Author: Bill Overton
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1349251739

The novel of adultery is a nineteenth-century form about the experience of women, produced almost exclusively by men. Bill Overton's study is the first to address the gender implications of this form, and the first to write its history. The opening chapter defines the terms 'adultery' and 'novel of adultery', and discusses how the form arose in Continental Europe, but failed to appear in Britain. Successive chapters deal with its development in France, and with examples from Russia, Denmark, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

The Arena of Masculinity

The Arena of Masculinity
Author: Brian Pronger
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1992-05-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0312062931

Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle. Pronger explores the paradoxical position of the gay athlete in a straight sporting world, examines the homoerotic undercurrent subliminally present in the masculine struggle of sports, and explicates the growth of gay sports in the framework of the developing gay culture.

The Failure of Economic Diplomacy

The Failure of Economic Diplomacy
Author: P. Clavin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1995-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230372694

Based on new archival research, this is the first comprehensive study of the failure of international co-operation to combat the Great Depression. The book explores the impact of protectionism, reparations and war debts, as well as the more well known disagreements on monetary issues which, together, helped to prolong the most profound economic depression of the twentieth century. The economic and diplomatic lessons drawn from this period by the major powers - particularly German intelligence as to the deep divisions in Anglo-American economic relations - also provide an important contribution to understanding the origins of the Second World War and the diplomatic and economic order created in its aftermath.