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Britain was the last major European state to create a national education system and is set to be the first to dismantle it. In this wide-ranging comparative study, Andy Green examines the reasons for the uneven development of public education in England, Prussia, France and the USA.

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The Gulf War and its aftermath have testified once again to the significance placed on the meanings and images of Vietnam by US media and culture. Almost two decades after the end of hostilities, the Vietnam War remains a dominant moral, political and military touchstone in American cultural consciousness.Vietnam War Stories provides a comprehensive critical framework for understanding the Vietnam experience, Vietnam narratives and modern war ...

This volume of eleven specially commissioned essays celebrates the work of Robert K. Webb, one of the foremost historians of modern Britain. The contributors address some of the central themes in the history of nineteenth-century religion.

Drawn from contributions to the magazine Achilles Heel this book provides the reader with helpful and illuminating material on men's relationships with others.

Sets out in a comparative framework the operation of the industrial property market in seven major West European economies. The aim of the book is to provide a practical introduction to the complexities of the market in each of the countries.

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The new edition of this successful book has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent advances in our understanding of slope stability and instability.

Risk management of interest currency and rate and other mutable issues is a fundamental part of financial management. An ever increasing part of this is manipulation by derivative product, by swaps, futures and options, caps, swaptions and a myriad of other exotic structures available. Risk Management with Derivatives assesses their individual function and analyses the part they play in risk management.

For more than a century, the cerebral cortex has been thought of as the site of memory, language and other cognitive activities. However, more recent studies on brain-damaged patients have revealed that subcortical structures are also involved in these activities. This book reviews the research that has led to this conclusion, and explores the nature of the complex neural circuits that mediate higher cognitive function.

The aim of the Clarendon Ancient History series is to provide authoritative translations, introductions, and commentaries to a wide range of Greek and Latin texts studied by ancient historians.The book will be of interest to scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates.

This book examines some of the changes that are taking place in Tok Pisin, an English-based pidgin, as it becomes the native language of the younger generation of rural and urban speakers.

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These forty-one tales written in the second century AD by Greek author Antoninus Liberalis and translated from the Greek for the first time, offer an unusual insight into the preoccupations and legends of antiquity. These tales are quirky, exciting and sometimes disturbing. Many have relevance for modern as well as classical understanding of psychology and the imagination. Each story is usefully provided with full annotation and commentary.

Media Education in the Primary School provides a clear, practical guide for teachers on how to approach media education. The author offers helpful advice on teaching about media institutions, news-gathering and on soaps, comics and advertising. Cross-cirucular classroom activities such as video-work, simulating advertising campaigns and photography are also included. All the activities have been thoroughly tested and are fully compatabile with...

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of com­ prehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. It is aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes will introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and will help established inves­ tigators to be...

Men, Sex and Relationships follows on the success of The Achilles Heel Reader also edited by Vic Seidler in being a judicious mix between he academic and the personal. Drawn from contributins to Achilles Heel it provides the reader with helpful and insightful material on the men's relationships with others.

Fracture in structural materials remains a vital consideration in engineering systems, affecting the reliability of machines throughout their lives. Impressive advances in both the theoretical understanding of fracture mechanisms and practical developments that offer possibilities of control have re-shaped the subject over the past four decades. The contributors to this volume, including some of the most prominent researchers in the field, giv...

Surgery of tje Arteries to the Head provides residents and practicing surgeons with detailed descriptions and explanations of various surgical techniques. Written in essay style, it presents an opinionated discourse based on the collective experiences of leading vascular surgeons.