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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2020In 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 2020Optical 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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November 1991Onkels 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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March 2022Franz Marc Tierschicksale
by Gloria Köpnick, Rainer Stamm
Franz Marc, Mitbegründer der legendären Künstlervereinigung »Der Blaue Reiter«, war der bedeutendste Tiermaler der Klassischen Moderne: Katzen und Hunde, Füchse, Rehe, Affen, Elefanten und Gazellen machte er zu Motiven seiner Aquarelle, Gouachen und Gemälde. In der Gestaltung dieser Bilder, die mitunter zu expressionistischen Suchbildern geraten, erreichte Marc eine besondere Meisterschaft der Farben und Formen. Zu den Höhepunkten seines Schaffens zählt das Gemälde Tierschicksale, das diesem Band den Titel gibt. Der reich bebilderte Band der Insel-Bücherei lädt ein zu einem sinnlichen Streifzug durch die Tierbilder Franz Marcs, ergänzt durch Briefzitate des Künstlers und zeitgenössische Berichte. In einem kenntnisreichen Nachwort führen die Herausgeber in die Welt der Tiermalerei Franz Marcs ein. »Gibt es für einen Künstler eine geheimnisvollere Idee als die, wie sich wohl die Natur in dem Auge eines Tieres spiegelt?« Franz Marc
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2012Defectors and the Liberal Party 1910–2010
A study of inter-party relationships
by Alun Wyburn-Powell
This book is the first analysis of political defections over a long time span. It investigates all the Liberal/Liberal Democrat MPs and former MPs who defected from the party between the elections of December 1910 and May 2010 - around one sixth of all those elected - as well as the smaller number of inward defectors. Each of the 122 defections was an expert judgment on the state of the party at a specific date. The research investigates the timing and reasons for all the defections and reveals long-term trends and underlying causes and apportions responsibility between leaders for them. The author finds some significant differences which distinguished defectors from loyalists and draws wider conclusions about the underlying factors which lead MPs to defect. This book will be of interest to students and lecturers of British politics and anyone interested in the relationship between British political parties in the last century. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2017Defectors and the Liberal Party 1910–2010
by Alun Wyburn-Powell
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2013Crime, 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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February 2010Manhattan Passion
Erotischer Roman
by Powell, Antoinette / Übersetzt von Korelski, Juliane
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January 2011Das Buch der 101 Fertigkeiten
Verlorenes Wissen, vergessenes Handwerk, unglaubliches Können
by Powell, Michael / Übersetzt von Krabbe, Wiebke
