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Antebellum slave narratives have taken pride of place in the American literary canon. One key aspect of the genre, however, has been left unexamined: its materiality. In Fugitive Texts, Michaël Roy offers the first book-length study of the slave narrative as a material artifact. Drawing on a wide range of sources, he reconstructs the publication histories of a number of famous and lesser-known narratives, placing them against the changing back...

How children helped abolish slavery During the antebellum period, several abolitionist figures, including William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, Susan Paul, an African American primary school teacher, Henry Clarke Wright, a white reformer, and Frederick Douglass, the internationally renowned activist, consistently appealed to the sympathies of children against slavery. In 1835, Garrison proclaimed, ¿If . . . we desire to see our ...

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In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a mean to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals and address a range of societal challenges.

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Excavations in 2007-8, ahead of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, uncovered backlands that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The excavation charts the changing nature of the area, from an industrial zone in the medieval period, to horticultural and domestic spaces in post-medieval times.

In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a mean to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals and address a range of societal challenges.

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This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time.

Michael Roy listened carefully to and learned from the interesting people who live on, work near, and pass through the vibrant human street milieu that is part of the fifth largest city in the United States. Each story is based on conversations arising from the life events, views, fears, hopes, and dreams of people whom many of us do not notice as we pass by. The stories became more deep and nuanced as these women and men continued their conve...

Highly practical and engaging, Sports Marketing equips students with the skills, techniques and tools they need to be successful marketers in any sporting environment. The book combines scholarly theory with the perspectives of those who have been involved actively in the sports business. A wide range of examples from all levels of sports from around the world, as well as insider expert insights help tie what they learn strongly to practice, a...

Flow presents all of Roy Miki's critically acclaimed poetry, including new work and photographs. An important collection from one of Canada's preeminent poets.

It was a two-way conversation: he told me his story as I asked questions and listened. People passed by. Some gave him money, most didn't. No one stopped. 'See, fella, ' he said, 'I need more than money for food and things. Yeah, I need that too. But I also need people to hear me.' That day, I opened my ears and took the time to hear people on the streets talk." (Excerpt from The Reason, Michael Roy's explanation for writing these stories.) Mi...

It was a two-way conversation: he told me his story as I asked questions and listened. People passed by. Some gave him money, most didn't. No one stopped. 'See, fella, ' he said, 'I need more than money for food and things. Yeah, I need that too. But I also need people to hear me.' That day, I opened my ears and took the time to hear people on the streets talk." (Excerpt from The Reason, Michael Roy's explanation for writing these stories.) Mi...

An in-depth study of Jean Prouvé's prefabricated houses and their influence, accompanying a major exhibition at LUMA, Arles. This fascinating book, which accompanies a major retrospective at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, focuses on twelve prefabricated houses designed by Prouvé, each of which has been specially rebuilt for the exhibition. Originally trained as a metal worker, Jean Prouvé regarded himself as an engineer and constructor rather t...

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In an age of continuing and devastating terrorist acts, medical and emergency personnel must be able to respond rapidly to victims of biological, chemical, nuclear, and explosive attacks. In Physician's Guide to Terrorist Attack, leading medical experts from the military and other branches of government comprehensively review the major agents of terrorist attack and the proper diagnostic and therapeutic methods for dealing with them. Infectiou...

Little Alice Wells is exploring her garden when she spies Bombus, a bumblebee, and follows him to overhear him conversing with Madam Zumm and a young bee named Buzz. They give her a special nectar which enables her to enter the Bee world, where she learns much about Bees and their life and society. Lillian Elizabeth Roy was born Lillian Elizabeth Becker in 1868 and died in 1932. She is best-known for her "Polly Brewster" series of books, p...

A landmark contribution to chronic pain literature, this contemporary text measures the intricate relationship between chronic pain and life transition events. Researchers and clinicians will appreciate The Changing Nature of Pain Complaints Over the Lifespan for its linking of life transition theories to health and illness. Drawing on nearly 20 years of research, the authors bring together the epidemiological and psychosocial aspects of chron...

In an age of continuing and devastating terrorist acts, medical and emergency personnel must be able to respond rapidly to victims of biological, chemical, nuclear, and explosive attacks. In Physician's Guide to Terrorist Attack, leading medical experts from the military and other branches of government comprehensively review the major agents of terrorist attack and the proper diagnostic and therapeutic methods for dealing with them. Infectiou...