Taking Our Amusements Seriously: The Realist One-Act Play in the English Theatre, 1900 to 1920. This study looks at the one-act play-form during what was arguably its greatest period, from the end of Queen Victorias reign to the years after the First World War. The author analyses the form very carefully in terms of aesthetic and social considerations. He argues that it played a central part in the "theatricalisation" of the music hall, the presentation of critical social commentary, the campaign for improved social rights and suffrage for women, and the discussion about the suffering by...

In-Company TVET in the Developing World This ground-breaking and practical study addresses the issue of training within companies and among groupings of companies and other stakeholders such as training centres and government agencies. The first part of the book uses current theory to investigate the topic of innovation in training. The second part analyses the reality of vocational training and presents a series of best practices based on experiences in sectors such as textile manufacture in South Africa, mining in Indonesia and oil and gas in India. The book confirms that long- term...