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A Concordance to Conrad's Victory

A Concordance to Conrad's Victory

Originally published in 1979 The Concordance to Conrad’s Victory is intended to provide access to certain information on the text of the novel in a manner convenient to Conrad scholars. To this end the authors have included an alphabetical list of word frequencies and a type/token ratio table as well as a list of word frequencies in rank order. In the concordance itself each specific word in the text is listed in alphabetical order along with an identifier number and a context for the word. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal indexes concordances and related data for all of Conrad’s works. | A Concordance to Conrad's Victory

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Laser-Plasma Interactions

Laser-Plasma Interactions

A Solid Compendium of Advanced Diagnostic and Simulation Tools Exploring the most exciting and topical areas in this field Laser-Plasma Interactions focuses on the interaction of intense laser radiation with plasma. After discussing the basic theory of the interaction of intense electromagnetic radiation fields with matter the book covers three applications of intense fields in plasma: inertial fusion wakefield accelerators and advanced radiation sources. Collecting contributions from a host of international experts the book provides a thorough grounding in the fundamental concepts of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter before moving on to selected advanced topics from the field. It describes state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and experimental techniques used to study laser-plasma interactions as well as simulation tools for modeling these interactions. With a focus on current research trends this book guides readers to the brink of the most stimulating challenges in the field. It also gives readers an appreciation of the underlying phenomena linking several applications.

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The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

This title was first published in 2001. The victory of former lieutenant colonel Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential elections of 1998 was criticized as a blow against the country's deep-seated democratic tradition. It is claimed that this simplistic argument fails to recognize the extent of democratic deterioration in the country and the limitations imposed by discredited political actors on a meaningful democratic reform process. The book aims to break new ground in providing unseen evidence of electoral fraud and offers a fresh perspective on the nature of democratic development. | The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela

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System Integration

System Integration

System Integration presents the systems approach to complex problem solving and provides a powerful base for both product and process integration. This unique reference describes 27 kinds of integration work primarily obtained through human communications. Simple computer applications-already in place in most companies-have the resources to encourage the availability and sharing of current team knowledge which results in an intense cooperative experience leading rapidly to sound design solutions.

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Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

This book bridges theoretical gaps that exist between the meta-concepts of memory place and identity by positioning its lens on the emplaced practices of commemoration and the remembrance of war and conflict. This book examines how diverse publics relate to their wartime histories through engagements with everyday collective memories in differing places. Specifically addressing questions of place-making displacement and identity contributions shed new light on the processes of commemoration of war in everyday urban façades and within generations of families and national communities. Contributions seek to clarify how we connect with memories and places of war and conflict. The spatial and narrative manifestations of attempts to contextualise wartime memories of loss trauma conflict victory and suffering are refracted through the roles played by emotion and identity construction in the shaping of post-war remembrances. This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective with insights from history memory studies social psychology cultural and urban geography to contextualise memories of war and their ‘use’ by national governments perpetrators victims and in family histories. | Memory Place and Identity Commemoration and remembrance of war and conflict

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London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986

London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986

First Published in 1989 London Jewry and London Politics 1889-1986 is a study of the relationship between the London Jewish community the London County Council and the Greater London Council. Geoffrey Alderman draws on a wealth of primary and secondary material to illuminate a dialogue that began a hundred years ago in a mood of great optimism and co-operation but which ended in the early 1980s in a welter of insults and antagonisms. Alderman adopts a chronological approach looking first at the Jewish involvement in London government prior to the establishment of the London County Council in 1889. He then analyses the contribution made by London Jewry to the periods of progressive control and conservative rule. With the arrival of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe the nature of the Jewish electorate underwent considerable change and Alderman describes how the government exploited prejudice against the Jewish community causing LCC to adopt blatantly antisemitic policies. The Labour victory of 1934 was in part due to the Jewish vote but the period of Labour rule was a disappointment and an anticlimax. This illuminating account of hundred years is an essential read for scholars and researchers of British history.

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The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

The Russo-Japanese War was in essence a colonial conflict between the expanding interests of Russia and Japan in East Asia. However while appearing regional the war itself in fact had a major global impact. The conflict and Japanese victory stimulated the Russian revolutionary movement in 1905 and hence the Russian Revolution of 1917. In addition the Peace Treaty of Portsmouth created a tension between the United States and Japan that would establish the starting point for the road directly leading to Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eventually the war had a major impact on Germany whose diplomats wanted to use the war to bind St Petersburg to Berlin and whose military planners closely observed the events to prepare themselves for the next possible conflict. This book makes a strong argument for the consideration of initially minor events in the analysis of global history. By describing and analyzing the interrelationship between the events in East Asia and the major developments in Europe and the United States it shows the significance of the Russo-Japanese War as a key factor in determining the most momentous historical events of the twentieth century: The First World War the Second World War and the Cold War. | The Russo-Japanese War and its Shaping of the Twentieth Century

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Sustainable Retrofits Post War Residential Towers in Britain

Sustainable Retrofits Post War Residential Towers in Britain

Presenting the state-of-the-art in sustainable retrofits in post war residential towers this book captures and re-informs the current intense refurbishing process that is taking place in Britain which is part of a global phenomenon happening all over the world as cities upgrade their building stock in an attempt to comply with governmental emission reduction targets. The authors present inspections of 20 sustainably retrofitted social housing towers analysing their aesthetic and technical modifications as well as the shifts occurring in their social structure. The authors use over 200 full colour plans elevations photographs maps and illustrations to beautifully support the statistical and analytical information collected. Finally they include interviews with some of the architects who designed the retrofits residents and key stakeholders to inform the conclusions. | Sustainable Retrofits Post War Residential Towers in Britain

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Modeling and Forecasting Primary Commodity Prices

Modeling and Forecasting Primary Commodity Prices

Recent economic growth in China and other Asian countries has led to increased commodity demand which has caused price rises and accompanying price fluctuations not only for crude oil but also for the many other raw materials. Such trends mean that world commodity markets are once again under intense scrutiny. This book provides new insights into the modeling and forecasting of primary commodity prices by featuring comprehensive applications of the most recent methods of statistical time series analysis. The latter utilize econometric methods concerned with structural breaks unobserved components chaotic discovery long memory heteroskedasticity wavelet estimation and fractional integration. Relevant tests employed include neural networks correlation dimensions Lyapunov exponents fractional integration and rescaled range. The price forecasting involves structural time series trend plus cycle and cyclical trend models. Practical applications focus on the price behaviour of more than twenty international commodity markets. | Modeling and Forecasting Primary Commodity Prices

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The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991

The Chronicle of a People's War: The Military and Strategic History of the Cambodian Civil War 1979–1991 narrates the military and strategic history of the Cambodian Civil War especially the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) from when it deposed the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in 1979 until the political settlement in 1991. The PRK survived in the face of a fierce insurgency due to three factors: an appealing and reasonably well-implemented political program extensive political indoctrination and the use of a hybrid army. In this hybrid organization the PRK relied on both its professional conventional army and the militia-like territorial army. This latter type was lightly equipped and most soldiers were not professional. Yet the militia made up for these weaknesses with its intimate knowledge of the local terrain and its political affinity with the local people. These two advantages are keys to victory in the context of counterinsurgency warfare. The narrative and critical analysis is driven by extensive interviews and primary source archives that have never been accessed before by any scholar including interviews with former veterans (battalion commanders brigade commanders division commanders commanders of provincial military commands commanders of military regions and deputy chiefs of staff) articles in the People’s Army from 1979 to 1991 battlefield footage battlefield video reports newsreel propaganda video and official publications of the Cambodian Institute of Military History.

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Decision Modes in Complex Task Environments

Decision Modes in Complex Task Environments

Despite intense research on decision-making in action we still know little about when decision-makers rely on deliberate vs. intuitive decision-making in decision situations under complexity and uncertainty. Building on default-interventionist dual-processing theory this book studies decision-making modes (deliberate vs. intuitive) in complex task environments contingent on perceived complexity experience and decision style preference. We find that relatively inexperienced decision-makers respond to increases in subjective complexity with an increase in deliberation and tend to follow their decision style preference. Experienced decision-makers are less guided by their decision preference and respond to increases in subjective complexity only minimally. This book contributes to a developing stream of research linking decision-making with intra-personal and environmental properties and fosters our understanding of the conditions under which decision-makers rely on intuitive vs. deliberate decision modes. In doing so we go one step further towards a comprehensive theory of decision-making in action. | Decision Modes in Complex Task Environments

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Still a Western World? Continuity and Change in Global Order

Still a Western World? Continuity and Change in Global Order

Today the debate on world order is intense. As is always the case in times of transition the global restructuring of international affairs is generating a deep reflection on how the world is and how it should be reorganized. After the long frozen period of the cold war and the subsequent years marked by US unipolarism the world has begun the new millennium with profound shifts. The relative decline of the USA the crisis in the European Union the consolidation of the BRIC emerging economies and the diffusion of the power to non-state actors all constitute significant elements that demand a new conceptualization of the rules of the global game. In this pluralist and changing context a number of different narratives are presented by the key actors in the international system. This book analyses these narratives in comparative terms by putting them in the wider framework of the transformation in global governance. | Still a Western World? Continuity and Change in Global Order

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Israeli Masculinity Sex Work and Consumerism Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires

Israeli Masculinity Sex Work and Consumerism Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires

Israeli Masculinity Sex Work and Consumerism: Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires explores the inner world of Israeli sex work consumers and their use of digital technologies on which intense feelings of social togetherness and belonging create a localized form of homosociality and brotherhood. The first of its kind to offer an in-depth analysis of masculine sexual repertoires in the field of sex consumption this book uses extensive data and observations of online ethnography among a community of Israeli sex consumers operating online. It elucidates the economics of demand in the field of sexual consumption and highlights how the rise of the thriving online communities of sex consumers can function as a platform on which power relations between men themselves are publicly displayed and are constantly challenged. Israeli Masculinity Sex Work and Consumerism: Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires will be suitable for researchers in Gender and Sexuality Studies Sociology Anthropology and Criminology. | Israeli Masculinity Sex Work and Consumerism Heteronormativity and Sexual Repertoires

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CRC Desk Reference on Sports Nutrition

CRC Desk Reference on Sports Nutrition

The landscape of sports nutrition is dramatically altering as those in search of optimal performance are moving the field from haphazard alchemy to exact science. Currently thousands of products - from ancient herbs and old standards to hormone extractions and test tube concoctions -compete for a place at the training table of both professional and amateur competitors as well as those non-athletes seeking some potent elixir of youth. Unfortunately getting straight and genuinely relevant information on these products can be a time consuming and frustrating challenge. The CRC Desk Reference on Sports Nutrition following in the tradition of authoritative CRC references will place in your hands the most comprehensive desk reference available on sports nutrition products. Intelligently organized each entry depending upon its prominence and importance is followed either by a definition paragraph essay composition article or feature article. Many of the more complex entries are supported with figures or tables. While the authors have adhered to the principles of scientific discipline they have also taken the effort to make the text highly accessible to anyone with an interest in sports nutrition. Extremely relevant the listings include important issues regarding exercise metabolism and performance recent products both legal and illegal as well as common dietary supplements and traditional herbs. Recent events make it clear that it is becoming more and more challenging for practitioners to adhere to the Hippocratic caveat of do no harm as supplements become more potent and potentially more dangerous. With its desk reference on sports nutrition CRC has taken the lead in helping to meet that challenge. Primary author and editor: Mark Kern PhD RD Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences San Diego State University. Editor-in-Chief of SCAN's PULSE (American Dietetic Association). Contributing authors: Yael

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Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace Friends of the Earth WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region particularly for mineral ores soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation through boycotting certain products while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources. | Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

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Animation Production Documentation and Organization

Animation Production Documentation and Organization

This text follows the animation production by concentrating on the documentation necessary to accurately and professionally organize each step of the process. Examples of each piece of paperwork needed to complete the project will be shown. Many newcomers to the field are not experienced in the basic processes to organize their project in an orderly manner. The result is a chaotic inefficient and incomplete product. Readers are presented with a step-by-step guide to organizing the process by following professional standards in creating needed and useful documentation for all animators whether creating in cells stop-motion experimental or computer graphic productions. Key Features Provides simplified but intense coverage of animation production. Written to be easily read by newcomers to the field ranging from students to professionals. Each chapter contains objectives summaries examples of forms key terms and examples of how professionals use the same techniques. This book provides both students and instructors an easily understandable explanation of the system and the directions on how to prepare documentation. | Animation Production Documentation and Organization

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Women Peace and Security in Nepal From Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Women Peace and Security in Nepal From Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction

This book sheds new light on the important but diverse roles of women in the civil war in Nepal (1996-2006) and the post-conflict reconstruction period (2006-2016). Engaging critically with the women peace and security literature Women Peace and Security in Nepal questions the potential of peace processes to become a window of opportunity for women’s empowerment while insisting on the vital importance of a gender perspective in the study of conflict security and peace. After the signing of the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord Nepal experienced a huge leap in women’s political representation in the subsequent Constituent Assembly often portrayed as a landmark victory for women’s empowerment in the context of South Asia. Nepali women’s mobilization played a key role in this success story though similar mobilization has failed to produce the same outcomes elsewhere in South Asia. How does Nepal differ from the other cases? Presenting studies of war-time and post-conflict Nepal through a gender lens this book critically assesses the argument that war and peacebuilding can add momentum to the transformation of gender roles. Contributing new knowledge on women’s disempowerment and empowerment in conflict and peacebuilding the book also offers insights for contemporary debate on gender and political change in conflict-affected societies. This book will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies gender security South Asia and international relations in general as well as policy-makers and NGOs. | Women Peace and Security in Nepal From Civil War to Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

Urban Governance Under the Ottomans focuses on one of the most pressing topics in this field namely the question why cities formerly known for their multiethnic and multi- religious composition became increasingly marked by conflict in the 19th century. This collection of essays represents the result of an intense process of discussion among many of the authors who have been invited to combine theoretical considerations on the question sketched above with concrete case studies based upon original archival research. From Istanbul to Aleppo and from the Balkans to Jerusalem what emerges from the book is a renewed image of the imperial and local mechanisms of coexistence and of their limits and occasional dissolution in times of change and crisis. Raising questions of governance and changes therein as well as epistemological questions regarding what has often been termed 'cosmopolitanism' this book calls for a closer investigation of incidents of both peaceful coexistence as well as episodes of violence and conflict. A useful addition to existing literature this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of Urban Studies History and Middle Eastern Studies. | Urban Governance Under the Ottomans Between Cosmopolitanism and Conflict

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Anticipatory Policymaking When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult

Anticipatory Policymaking When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult

Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence in which government develops solutions for clearly evident and identifiable problems. While this depiction holds true in many cases it fails to account for instances in which public policy is enacted in anticipation of a potential future problem. Whereas traditional policy concerns manifest themselves through ongoing harms anticipatory problems are projected to occur sometime in the future and it is the prospect of their potentially catastrophic impact that generates intense speculation and concern in the present. Anticipatory Policymaking: When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult provides an in depth examination of the complex process through which United States government institutions anticipate emerging threats. Using contemporary debates over the risks associated with nanotechnology pandemic influenza and global warming as case study material Rob A. DeLeo highlights the distinctive features of proactive governance. By challenging the pervasive assumption of reactive policymaking DeLeo provides a dynamic approach for conceptualizing the political dimensions of anticipatory policy change. | Anticipatory Policymaking When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult

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Starches Characterization Properties and Applications

Starches Characterization Properties and Applications

Starch is one of the major polysaccharides employed as biopolymers by the food industry and its wide range of applications has resulted in intense research of starch structure and technology. Written by an outstanding multidisciplinary team with complementary expertise in both academia and industry Starches: Characterization Properties and Applications takes an innovative approach to the trends of starch production. The book provides an up-to-date overview of starch applications in the food textiles pharmaceuticals chemical agricultural and plastic industries when used as a substitute for synthetic polymers. Starch nanocomposites properties and starch-based blends biodegradability are also discussed. The book covers the recent advances made in starch characterization using techniques such as atomic force microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance. It discusses the main modified starches applications and enzymes used on starch industry. It also addresses starch characterization at the granular macromolecular and rheological levels. Under the editorial guidance of renowned food scientist Andréa Curiacos Bertolini this book to address starch characterization applications and biodegradation of starch blends making it an ideal resource for researchers and product developers interested in starch characterization nanocomposites and biopolymer degradation. | Starches Characterization Properties and Applications

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Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture

Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture

The first English-language monograph on the French dancer and model Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture explores the haunting legacy of this intriguing and glamorous figure an international celebrity at the dawn of modern celebrity culture. Situating Mérode at a pivotal moment in the history of fame and visual culture this study analyzes how technological and societal changes led to our star-struck modernity. Mérode was one of the earliest examples of fame born from mass visual culture as newly available postcards circulated her image around the globe. Through Mérode Michael D. Garval illuminates broader trends of the Belle ‰poque: persistent statue fetishism within a vibrant monumental culture rampant exoticism amid unprecedented colonial expansion the rapid growth of the illustrated press the rise of female show business personalities the advent of cinema and x-rays and a burgeoning sense of new visual possibilities. The volume examines how Mérode heralded modern celebrity icons; problematizes the status of women and women's bodies under intense public scrutiny; and exposes the paradoxes of a society captivated by a mass media-driven dream of intimacy from afar. Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture probes the neglected prehistory of a visual culture obsessed with celebrities and their images.

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Policing for London

Policing for London

This title presents the findings of the Policing for London project an independent investigation into policing in London in the wake of the death of Stephen Lawrence and the subsequent MacPherson Report. The main aim of the project was to identify the factors the police in London needed to consider in order to deliver an equitable and effective service to the people of London in the 21st century. The book sets out the findings of this project in terms of what Londoners wanted and needed for their policing whether the Metropolitan Police was aware of the public's expectations whether they met these expectations and to examine how policing in London could be improved in the future. It also identifies a number of key policy issues in the light of its findings - for example in relation to the centralisation or devolution of decision making specialisation of function performance management policing philosophies and partnership and the need to regain the confidence of ethnic minority groups. In identifying the key issues facing policing in London this book provides a vital blueprint for addressing the question of police reform in the country as a whole - at a time of intense debate and concern about the future role of the police.

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Evolution of the Ammonoids

Evolution of the Ammonoids

Ammonites are an extinct and charismatic lineage that persisted for over 300 million years. They were used with other fossils to corroborate the principle of faunal succession and launch the field of biostratigraphy. Despite intense research many important questions remain unanswered. Furthermore outdated hypotheses persist. Many new findings include a better understanding of their appearance in life their locomotion and their role in long-gone ecosystems. And of course there are still controversies; e. g. why did shell complexity increase during evolutionary history. This richly illustrated book describes the full range of ammonoids and their fascinating evolutionary history. Key Features: Documents the early history of paleontology and the role played by ammonoids Describes the basic anatomy of a diverse and long-persisting lineage Summarizes the classification and diversity of ammonoids Lavishly illustrated with beautiful reconstructions Highlights recent findings and outstanding controversies Related Titles Ponder W. F. D. R. Lindberg and J. M. Ponder. Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca (Vol 1. ISBN 978-1-0321-7660-4 Vol 2. ISBN 9781032173542) Mente E. eds. Reproductive Biology of Crustaceans: Case Studies of Decapod Crustaceans (ISBN 978-0-3674-5277-3) Koenemann S. & R. Jenner eds. Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships (ISBN 978-0-3673-9294-9) Schierwater B. & R. DeSalle eds. Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach (ISBN 978-0-3676-8567-6) | Evolution of the Ammonoids

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The Chinese Journals of L.K. Little 1943–54 An Eyewitness Account of War and Revolution Volume III

The Chinese Journals of L.K. Little 1943–54 An Eyewitness Account of War and Revolution Volume III

Lester Knox Little kept a detailed journal of his time in China and Taiwan. Covering the years 1943 to 1954 it provides important new insights about some of the most dramatic episodes in China’s mid-twentieth century history: Sino-Japanese military and economic competition China’s domestic political struggle between the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party and the post-war/Cold War balance of power in Southeast and East Asia. It also contains rich first-hand materials for understanding conditions in Chongqing and post-war Shanghai the last years of the Republic of China on the Chinese mainland and its early years in Taiwan and a new inner history of his beloved Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Little’s account with his insightful comments and explicit descriptions provides us with a continuous record from the viewpoint of a capable American citizen in Chinese employ who felt responsible for his Chinese and foreign colleagues and for the modernisation of ‘Free China’ as well as allowing a unique insight into the heart of government during a time of intense social and political change. In addition to the original texts this edition includes extensive explanatory notes providing detailed contextual information regarding the people and places mentioned. | The Chinese Journals of L. K. Little 1943–54 An Eyewitness Account of War and Revolution Volume III

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American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches this book examines how American Graffiti (1973) a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose only previous feature had been a box office flop became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s. American Graffiti: George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation explores the origins and development of the film its form and themes as well as its marketing reception audiences and impact. It does so by considering the life and career of the film’s co-writer and director George Lucas; the development and impact of the baby boom generation to which he many of his collaborators and the vast majority of the film’s audience belonged; the transformation of the American film industry in the late 1960s and 1970s; and broader changes in American society which gave rise to an intense sense of crisis and growing pessimism across the population. This book is ideal for students scholars and those with an interest in youth cinema the New Hollywood and George Lucas as well as both Film and American Studies more broadly. | American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

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