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Museums and Atlantic Slavery

Museums and Atlantic Slavery

Museums and Atlantic Slavery explores how slavery the Atlantic slave trade and enslaved people are represented through words visual images artifacts and audiovisual materials in museums in Europe and the Americas. Divided into four chapters the book addresses four recurrent themes: wealth and luxury; victimhood and victimization; resistance and rebellion; and resilience and achievement. Considering the roles of various social actors who have contributed to the introduction of slavery in the museum in the last thirty years the analysis draws on selected exhibitions and institutions entirely dedicated to slavery as well as national community plantation and house museums in the United States England France and Brazil. Engaging with literature from a range of disciplines including history anthropology sociology art history tourism and museum studies Araujo provides an overview of a topic that has not yet been adequately discussed and analysed within the museum studies field. Museums and Atlantic Slavery encourages scholars students and museum professionals to critically engage with representations of slavery in museums. The book will help readers to recognize how depictions of human bondage in museums and exhibitions often fail to challenge racism and white supremacy inherited from the period of slavery.

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The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic EconomySelected Essays

The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic EconomySelected Essays

In recent years it has become commonplace to downplay notions of an industrial revolution and argue instead that Britain's transformation was gradual and incremental. In The Industrial Revolution and the Atlantic Economy Brinley Thomas contests this view arguing that change in the energy base and hence in technology has enabled Britain to overcome an energy crisis and sustain dramatic population growth. Throughout these essays illustrate the organic approach to economic growth that Brinley Thomas pioneered.

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The Role of Female Combatants in the Nicaraguan Revolution and Counter Revolutionary War

The Role of Female Combatants in the Nicaraguan Revolution and Counter Revolutionary War

The revolution in Nicaragua was unique in that a large percentage of the combatants were women. The Role of Female Combatants in the Nicaraguan Revolution and Counter Revolutionary War is a study of these women and those who fought in the Contra counter revolution on the Atlantic Coast. This book is a qualitative study based on 85 interviews with female ex-combatants in the revolution and counter revolution from the 1960s to the end of the 1980s as well as field observations in Nicaragua and the autonomous regions of the Atlantic Coast. It explores the reasons why women fought the sacrifices they made their treatment by male combatants and their insights into the impact of the revolution and counter-revolution on today’s Nicaragua. The analytical approach draws from political psychology social identity dynamics such as nationalism and indigenous identities and the role of liberation theology in the willingness of the female revolutionaries to risk their lives. Researchers and students of Gender Studies Latin American and Latino Studies and Political History will find this an illuminating account of the Nicaraguan Revolution and counter revolution which until now has been rarely shared.

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Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy has been a controversial force at the forefront of debates around race nation and diaspora. Working across a broad range of disciplines Gilroy has argued that racial identities are historically constructed formed by colonization slavery nationalist philosophies and consumer capitalism. Paul Williams introduces Gilroy’s key themes and ideas including: the essential concepts including ethnic absolutism civilizationism postcolonial melancholia iconization and the ‘black Atlantic’ analysis of Gilroy’s broad-ranging cultural references from Edmund Burke to hip-hop a comprehensive overview of Gilroy’s influences and the academic debates his work has inspired. Emphasizing the timeliness and global relevance of Gilroy’s ideas this guide will appeal to anyone approaching Gilroy’s work for the first time or seeking to further their understanding of race and contemporary culture.

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Emerging Hispanicized English in the Nuevo New SouthLanguage Variation in a Triethnic Community

Emerging Hispanicized English in the Nuevo New SouthLanguage Variation in a Triethnic Community

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary language shift and identity in a language community in the mid-Atlantic South to offer a unique window into ethnic dialect formation and sociolinguistic processes underpinning dialect acquisition. Drawing on data collected from over 100 interviews of members North Carolina Hispanicized English speakers in Durham North Carolina the book employs a quantitative approach and uses statistical software in analyzing the data collected to focus on the sociolinguistic variable of past tense unmarking to explore sociolinguistic processes at work in English language learner variation. The focus on a specific variable allows for the opportunity to explore specific processes in more detail including the ways in which speakers accommodate regional and ethnic varieties of their peers and the internal and environmental factors guiding dialect acquisition. Illuminating new facets to the processes of language learning language contact and ethnolect emergence this volume is key reading for students and researchers in second language acquisition and variationist sociolinguistics.

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Human Capital Development and Indigenous Peoples

Human Capital Development and Indigenous Peoples

In all countries for which data is available Indigenous peoples have lower rates of formal educational participation and attainment than their non-Indigenous counterparts. There are many structural reasons for this but it may in part be related to the perceived relationship between the costs and benefits of education. Human Capital Development and Indigenous Peoples systematically applies a human capital approach to educational policy to help understand the education and broader development outcomes of indigenous peoples. The basic Human Capital Model states that individuals families and communities will invest in education until the benefits of doing so no longer outweigh the costs. This trade-off is often considered in monetary terms. Here the author broadens cost-benefit definitions to include health and wellbeing improvements alongside social costs driven by discrimination and unfair treatment in schools. With coverage of the Americas Asia Australia and New Zealand the book critiques existing approaches and provides an outlet for the self-described experiences of a diverse set of indigenous peoples on the breadth of educational costs and benefits. Combining new quantitative analysis cross-national perspectives and an explicit policy focus this book provides policy actors with a detailed understanding of the education decision and equips them with the knowledge to enhance benefits while minimising costs. This book will appeal to policy-engaged researchers in the fields of economics demography sociology political science development studies and anthropology as well as policy makers or practitioners who are interested in incorporating the most recent evidence into their practice or frameworks.

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The Psychology of Running

The Psychology of Running

Why do people run? How can I improve my running performance? Will running help me feel better? The Psychology of Running provides a unique insight into why running is such a popular form of exercise and competition. From evolutionary perspectives on why humans have needed to run and how our bodies have adapted for this function to discussing evidence-based interventions that can improve running performance the book delves into the psychological motivations and benefits of running. The book also considers ways in which running can be used for social change and life skill development highlighting how such a simple activity can have benefits for our physical and mental health. Providing proven psychological strategies and techniques to help improve running performance and boost our individual self-belief The Psychology of Running shows us how we can enjoy running no matter our age or ability.

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New Office Information TechnologyHuman and Managerial Implications

New Office Information TechnologyHuman and Managerial Implications

This book originally published in 1987 evaluates the human and managerial implications of new office information technology based on the actual experiences of organisations using the new technology. A variety of issues are examined including those centred on the role of the manger producitivity unemployment physical and mental health. Major emphasis is placed on describing and discussing the implementation of new technology and ways of utilization which maximise benefits.

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'A Student in Arms' Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War

'A Student in Arms' Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War

Donald Hankey was a writer who saw himself as a ’student of human nature’ and peacetime Edwardian Britain as a society at war with itself. Wounded in a murderous daylight infantry charge near Ypres Hankey began sending despatches to The Spectator from hospital in 1915. Trench life wrote Hankey taught that ’the gentleman’ is a type not a social class. In one calm humane eyewitness report after another under the byline ’A Student in Arms’ Hankey revealed how the civilian volunteers of Kitchener’s Army many with little stake in Edwardian society put their betters to shame nonetheless. A runaway best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic Hankey’s prose vied in popularity with the poetry of Rupert Brooke. After he was killed on the Somme in another daylight infantry charge Hankey joined Brooke as an international symbol of promise foregone. British propaganda backed publication in the-then neutral United States yet at home Hankey had to dodge the censors to tell the truth as he saw it. This the first scholarly biography has been made possible by the recovery of Hankey papers long thought lost. Dr Davies traces the life of an Edwardian rebel from privileged birth into a banking dynasty that had owned slaves to spokesman for the ordinary man who when put to the test of battle proves to be not-so-ordinary. This study of Hankey’s life writing and vast audience - military and civilian - enlarges our understanding of how throughout the English-speaking world people managed to fight or endure a war for which little had prepared them. | 'A Student in Arms' Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at War

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Disability and Chronic Fatigue SyndromeClinical Legal and Patient Perspectives

Disability and Chronic Fatigue SyndromeClinical Legal and Patient Perspectives

Because of the individual and varying symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome medical guidelines encompassing the needs of every patient simply do not exist. Through proven research and recommendations for future treatment Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Legal and Patient Perspectives discusses the difficult subject of how to diagnose disability in chronic fatigue syndrome patients how to determine the severity of a patient’s disability and how new disability guidelines would make more chronic fatigue patients eligible to apply for disability benefits. From this information you will gain a clearer understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome enabling you to more accurately assess a patient’s condition or decide if your client is eligible for disability benefits. Essential for clinicians lawyers patients and medical insurers Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome provides an outline of disability guidelines established by the Social Security Administration (SSA) the Veterans’Administration and the American Medical Association as well as federal guidelines. While gaining information on the different types of disability insurance available to chronic fatigue patients such as the Long Term Disability (LTD) policy you will also learn how standard procedures such as psychiatric evaluation neuropsychological testing and physical capacity measurement can both help and hinder the process of determining disability in a patient. In addition Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome provides insight into: the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome such as inability to work and level of stamina in accordance with medical and legal definitions disability guidelines set by the SSA how patients’varying symptoms and conflicting findings affect disability diagnosis in chronic fatigue syndrome patients by SSA standards plans by the Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America to work with the SSA concerning strategies to dissolve barriers to Social Security Disability Income Benefits for patients and to advocate for up-to-date information on CFIDS in the SSA’s Listing of Impairments. tips on applying for SSA benefits claims that insurance companies have used misleading surveillance videos and fraud to discontinue disability benefits to patients in need of coverage Since the Social Security Administration does not currently consider a CFIDS diagnosis enough to win a disability claim Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome also contains many recommendations for improving federal disability guidelines such as using results from functional evaluations neuropsychological testing and exercise endurance testing as evidence of impairment. For less severe cases this book provides you with suggestions for rehabilitation of CFS patients before disability claims are made including patient training and education dependency counseling muscular conditioning and occupational therapy. Whether you are a patient clinician lawyer or medical insurer Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will guide you through the complex issues surrounding disability and this intricate disease.

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Lay AnalysisLife Inside the Controversy

Lay AnalysisLife Inside the Controversy

Lay Analysis: Life Inside the Controversy chronicles the history of nonmedical analysis in absorbing detail. It begins with the events of 1910 in Europe and America that initiated their divergent attitudes and policies regarding lay analysis proceeds to the unfolding struggles over this issue on both sides of the Atlantic and reviews the halting efforts of the APsaA beginning in the 1950s to reassess its opposition to lay analysis and make some provision for the training of nonmedical practitioners. Wallerstein's illuminating treatment of the response of American nonphysician therapists to the APsaA's policy - the manner in which they managed to obtain clinical psychoanalytic training despite the APsaA's prohibition - forms a fascinating story within his grand narrative. The book culminates in a comprehensive review of the lawsuit of March 1985 in which four clinical psychologists representing a stated class of several thousand colleagues and fully supported by the American Psychological Association brought suit against the APsaA and IPA hoping in this way to force a change in the APsaA's policies regarding the training of lay practitioners. Wallerstein  drawing on the voluminous documentation to which he had full access - memoranda correspondence depositions legal briefs and phone conversations -  reviews the three-and-a-half-year history of the lawsuit.  He concludes his narrative with a measured and thoughtful assessment of the impact of the settlement on psychoanalysis today: the changes it has brought about within organized psychoanalysis and the meaning of those changes for psychoanalysis as a discipline.Given Wallerstein's comprehensive scholarship his admirable even-handedness and his unique participatory role in the lay analysis controversy over the course of his career it is unsurprising that Lay Analysis: Life Inside the Controversy should achieve distinction  as a major contribution to the institutional history of psychoanalysis.

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The Psychology of Gardening

The Psychology of Gardening

Why do so many people love gardening? What does your garden say about you? What is guerrilla gardening? The Psychology of Gardening delves into the huge benefits that gardening can have on our health and emotional well-being and how this could impact on the entire public health of a country. It also explores what our gardens can tell us about our personalities how we can link gardening to mindfulness and restoration and what motivates someone to become a professional gardener. With gardening being an ever popular pastime The Psychology of Gardening provides a fascinating insight into our relationships with our gardens.

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Foreign Multinationals and the British EconomyImpact and Policy

Foreign Multinationals and the British EconomyImpact and Policy

This book first published in 1988 examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government’s policy responses. It assesses the effects of multinationals both on the national economy and on different regions and evaluates the benefits and problems brought by overseas companies. It looks at how government has attempted to entice multinationals to invest and the UK government’s success in these attraction efforts as compared with other countries. Regulatory aspects of policy are also reviewed and evaluated and consideration is given to possible new policy approaches. This title will be of interest to students of business studies.

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The Psychology of Religion

The Psychology of Religion

Does religion positively affect well-being? What leads to fundamentalism? Do religious beliefs make us more moral? The Psychology of Religion explores the often contradictory ideas people have about religion and religious faiths spirituality fundamentalism and atheism. The book examines whether we choose to be religious or whether it is down to factors such as genes environment personality cognition and emotion. It analyses religion’s effects on morality health and social behavior and asks whether religion will survive in our modern society. Offering a balanced view The Psychology of Religion shows that both religiosity and atheism have their own psychological costs and benefits with some of them becoming more salient in certain environments.

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MicrofinanceResearch Debates Policy

MicrofinanceResearch Debates Policy

As microfinance is increasingly being absorbed into broader debates on financial inclusion and sustainable development there is a growing number of professionals operating in international relations and development who are often confronted with sweeping statements about the alleged benefits and risks of microfinance. This book provides a concise introduction to microfinance – the key issues debates research agenda and public policy relevance.Illustrated by real-life examples the book’s sections also highlight key publications and data sources and identify gaps for future research. The book will be an invaluable resource both for development economists and for scholars in neighbouring disciplines who need to get up to speed quickly on the current debates and research in microfinance.

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Hosting the Olympic GamesThe Real Costs for Cities

Hosting the Olympic GamesThe Real Costs for Cities

Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games reviewing existing studies to evaluate the costs and benefits and draws on case study experiences of the Summer and Winter Games from the past forty years to assess the short- and long-term urban legacies for host cities. Written in an easily accessible style and format it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the franchise model of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games.

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Greek History: The Basics

Greek History: The Basics

Greek History: The Basics is a concise and compelling introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age to rule by Rome. With a chapter on each crucial period of Greece’s ancient history the book covers the key topics approaches and issues at the heart of Greek History including: • The invention of politics and the rise of democracy • The central role played by the Greek city • The insights from cultural political demographic and economic history • The benefits and pitfalls of working with different types of sources. Featuring maps illustrations a timeline and annotated guides to further reading this book is an engaging and authoritative introduction for students of Ancient Greek History.

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Facebook Mentoring and Early Childhood TeachersThe Controversy in Virtual Professional Identity

Facebook Mentoring and Early Childhood TeachersThe Controversy in Virtual Professional Identity

This volume explores concepts of mentoring leadership and issues faced by early childhood teachers. Foregrounded against inadequate leadership and mentoring training in this sector this book looks at how mentoring is exercised through Facebook. Mentoring through Facebook provokes a strong sense of freedom in terms of speech and influence. The benefits for using social media in mentoring includes minimizing costs and reaching mass numbers of mentees globally where knowledge can be shared and information gained. Whilst there is also a positive and active approach to mentoring there is the danger of mentoring that misinforms disempowers and alienates. This book will help active players in the early childhood sector in understanding the crucial nature of mentoring and its impact when used through Facebook and similar social media sites.

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Gender and Corporate Governance

Gender and Corporate Governance

Gender diversity as a corporate governance mechanism is high on the agenda for regulators firms and researchers. Particularly gender board composition has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The theoretical foundations of the benefits associated with the inclusion of female directors on boards how to measure gender diversity in the boardroom and its real impact on board decisions and firm strategies remain hotly debated. Drawing on empirical data this book summarises the current situation regarding gender board diversity and provides a concise overview of the most important concerns about this topic. This will be a vital tool to guide the future debate on gender diversity and corporate governance for researchers and advanced students as well as regulators policy makers and board members.

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Working with Interpreters in Psychological TherapyThe Right To Be Understood

Working with Interpreters in Psychological TherapyThe Right To Be Understood

This book is a practical and helpful guide for therapists that outlines best practice in working with interpreters. It provides an accessible tool for therapists working in a range of settings from small unfunded therapy teams in the voluntary sector to primary care work. Working with Interpreters in Psychological Therapy has been written collaboratively by a therapist and an interpreter working in the refugee sector. The writers reflect upon how therapists can manage some of the complex dynamics that can occur in the triadic relationship and explore how the presence of an interpreter can bring additional psychological benefits to clients. This book is essential reading for therapists working in cross-cultural settings as well as the organizations in which they work.

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Jumpstart! WellbeingGames and activities for ages 7-14

Jumpstart! WellbeingGames and activities for ages 7-14

This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will help teachers to develop children’s mental and emotional wellbeing while also including the thinking skills necessary for learning. The authors show how developing such skills within the context of a wellbeing agenda aids children’s motivation their ability to concentrate and their willingness to explore investigate and question bringing huge benefits for children’s sense of achievement self-confidence and resilience. Drawing on a wealth of practical activities that include both creative and critical ways of thinking chapters cover: Wellbeing in the Classroom; Emotional Resourcefulness; Relaxation and Meditation; Mindfulness and Reflectiveness; Being Well. Jumpstart! Wellbeing is a treasure trove of fun activities and ideas for building wellbeing and its constituent skills into the curriculum.

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Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Transformation of Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This book outlines successful transformation strategies and efforts that have been developed to assist the South African higher education system in moving beyond its post-apartheid state of being. Through case studies authored by South African higher education scholars and scholars affiliated with South African institutions this book aims to highlight the status of transformation in the South African higher education system; demonstrate the variety of transformation initiatives used in academic institutions across South Africa; and offer recommendations to further advance this transformation. Written for scholars and advanced students of higher education in international settings this volume aims to support quality research that benefits the demographic composition of South African academics and students and offers lessons that can inform higher education transformation in similarly multicultural societies.

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Conserving Data in the Conservation ReserveHow A Regulatory Program Runs on Imperfect Information

Conserving Data in the Conservation ReserveHow A Regulatory Program Runs on Imperfect Information

Enrolling over 30 million acres the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest conservation program in the United States. Under the guidelines of the CRP the federal government pays farmers to stop farming their land in the hopes of achieving a variety of conservation goals including the reduction of soil erosion improvement of water quality and creation of wildlife habitat. In Conserving Data James T. Hamilton explores the role of information in the policy cycle as it relates to the CRP. The author asks how the creation and distribution of information about what is going on across these millions of enrolled acres has influenced the development of the program itself. Of the many CRP stakeholders each accesses a different set of information about the CRP‘s operations. Regulators have developed the Environmental Benefits Index as a rough indicator of a fields conservation benefits and adopted that measure as a way to determine which lands should be granted conservation contracts. NGOs have used publicly available data from these contracts to show how CRP monies are allocated. Members of Congress have used oversight hearings and GAO reports to monitor the Farm Service Agency‘s conservation policy decisions. Reporters have localized the impact of the CRP by writing stories about increases in wildlife and hunting on CRP fields in their areas. Conserving Data brings together and analyzes these various streams of information drawing upon original interviews with regulators new data from Freedom of Information Act requests and regulatory filings. Using the CRP as a launch point Hamilton explores the role of information including 'hidden information ' in the design and implementation of regulatory policy.

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