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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        June 2020

        In the shadow of Enoch Powell

        Race, locality and resistance

        by Shirin Hirsch, John Solomos

        Fifty years ago Enoch Powell made national headlines with his 'Rivers of Blood' speech, warning of an immigrant invasion in the once respectable streets of Wolverhampton. This local fixation brought the Black Country town into the national spotlight, yet Powell's unstable relationship with Wolverhampton has since been overlooked. Drawing from interviews and archival material, this book offers a rich local history through which to investigate the speech, bringing to life the racialised dynamics of space during a critical moment in British history. What was going on beneath the surface in Wolverhampton and how did Powell's constituents respond to this dramatic moment? The research traces the ways in which Powell's words reinvented the town and uncovers highly contested local responses. While Powell left Wolverhampton in 1974, the book returns to the city to explore the collective memories of the speech which continue to reverberate. In a contemporary period of new crisis and national divisions, revisiting the shadow of Powell allows us to reflect on racism and resistance from 1968 to today.

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        January 2020

        Optical Astronomy and the Hubble Telescope

        by Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.

        This eBook describes the rise of telescopic astronomy in Western Europe, the early 17th century, and the emergence of the Scientific Revolution. Readers will explore the work of American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble who showed that the universe was not static, but rather expanding. As demonstrated by the special collection of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope images presented in Optical Astronomy, Hubble’s over 1.4 million images have transformed how scientists observe the universe and some of its most mysterious phenomena. This eBook is a must-read for any student interested in how astronomers use telescopes to study planets, stars, galaxies, and the structure of the universe.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2018

        In the shadow of Powell

        by Shirin Hirsch

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        November 1991

        Onkels Tochter, keine sonst

        Heiratsbündnis und Denkweise in einer Lokalkultur des Himalaya

        by Michael Oppitz, Robert Powell

        Indem sie dem Echo des Heiratssystems in allen Räumen der Kultur nachspürt, liefert die vorliegende Studie wie beiläufig den ethnographischen Stoff einer ganzen Enzyklopädie einheimischen Wissens. Dieses Wissen wird jedoch nicht nach Art einer herkömmlichen Monographie ausgebreitet, Kapitel für Kapitel, Gebiet für Gebiet, sondern entsprechend den Verknüpfungen seiner Schöpfer.

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        July 1999

        Edisto

        Roman

        by Powell, Padgett

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2015

        The crisis of British Protestantism

        by Hunter Powell

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2021

        Perception and analogy

        by Rosalind Powell

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        September 2013

        Die Weihnachtsgeschichte

        ...in ganz neuem Gewand

        by Smith, Brendan Powell

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        March 2013

        Das alte Testament

        ... in ganz neuem Gewand

        by Smith, Brendan Powell

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        September 2020

        2084

        by Powell, James Lawrence

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2013

        Crime, Law and Society in the Later Middle Ages

        by Anthony Musson, Edward Powell

        This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.

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        January 2011

        Das Buch der 101 Fertigkeiten

        Verlorenes Wissen, vergessenes Handwerk, unglaubliches Können

        by Powell, Michael / Übersetzt von Krabbe, Wiebke

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