This is the first reference guide to the political, cultural and economic histories that form the subject-matter of postcolonial literatures written in English.The focus of the Companion is principally on the histories of postcolonial literatures in the Anglophone world - Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Canada. There are also long entries discussing the literatures and histories of those further areas that have also claimed the title 'postcolonial', notably Britain, East Asia, Ireland, Latin America and the United...
This is the first reference guide to the political, cultural and economic histories that form the subject-matter of postcolonial literatures written i...
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series of hydro-electric power stations, dams and reservoirs, the TVA development program envisioned a broad regional planning program. The program focused on development opportunities and problems around the array of TVA dams and their reservoirs. It also created new 'model' towns and pioneered land-use planning bringing together federal, state, and local agencies, farmers, foresters and industrial firms to further the economic, social, and physical...
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series o...
Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date,...
Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle Englis...
"From "Doctor Who"'s modest if promising beginnings, it has gone on to become a global media empire, providing its viewers with a powerful lens by which the past fifty years can be evaluated." Having been on the air for more than fifty years, "Doctor Who," a programme dealing with time travel, has itself become a sort of time machine, allowing viewers to observe and evaluate changes in their world. In this fascinating book, history professor David Johnson looks at how the programme's storytelling has reflected social developments over the past five decades in various areas of content such as...
"From "Doctor Who"'s modest if promising beginnings, it has gone on to become a global media empire, providing its viewers with a powerful lens by whi...
The Earth of the future is a nightmare dictatorship run by evil super-humans and their alien masters. The only way to save the Earth is for a hero from today to travel through time on a perilous quest to stop the aliens taking over
Just who is that unlikely hero destined to save the world? Twelve-year-old James Lightwater - future cutting-edge scientist
But James has only one week to complete his mission - to reach the twelve sacred zodiac crystals of Atlantis and destroy their power before the aliens can use it to take over the world.
Can...
The Earth of the future is a nightmare dictatorship run by evil super-humans and their alien masters. The only way to save the Earth is for a hero ...
Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis was a vast, sprawling city on an amazing island in the Atlantic Ocean. It was home to an advanced race of people whose technology was far beyond that of primitive mankind who lived on the rest of the Earth.
Atlantis was powered and protected by 12 zodiac crystals hidden deep under the city.
But now the crystals are causing Atlantis to be destroyed by unwittingly attracting dimension shocks from across the universe. There are only days left before it is too late!
Can Jaxar, the 12- year-old genetically-engineered Agent Supreme of Atlantis,...
Ten thousand years ago, Atlantis was a vast, sprawling city on an amazing island in the Atlantic Ocean. It was home to an advanced race of people w...
Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies, specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and communal welfare of residents in nursing homes. Waiting at the Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home eloquently demonstrates how movement and drama therapy facilitate the preservation of life, of meaning, and of hope by seeking the beautiful and playful aspects of the self, and valuing humor, flexibility, and spontaneity in...
Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The authors explore the contribu...
This book is intended to address both the quantitative and qualitative issues of programmable controllers for factory automation. It is helpful for both the newcomer to the field and the experienced control engineer requiring a fresh perspective.
This book is intended to address both the quantitative and qualitative issues of programmable controllers for factory automation. It is helpful for bo...