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Restoration Staging 1660-74

Restoration Staging 1660-74

Restoration Staging 1660–74 cuts through prevalent ideas of Restoration theatre and drama to read early plays in their original theatrical contexts. Tim Keenan argues that Restoration play texts contain far more information about their own performance than previously imagined. Focusing on specific productions and physical staging at the three theatres operating in the first years of the Restoration – Vere Street Bridges Street and Lincoln’s Inn Fields – Keenan analyses stage directions scene headings and other performance clues embedded in the play-texts themselves. These close readings shed new light on staging practices of the period building a radical new model of early Restoration staging. Restoration Staging 1660–74 takes account of all extant new plays written for or premiered at three of London’s early theatres presenting a much-needed reassessment of early Restoration drama. | Restoration Staging 1660-74

GBP 38.99
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Worship Civil War and Community 1638–1660

Worship Civil War and Community 1638–1660

This is the first study of the interaction between warfare and national religious practice during the British Civil Wars. Using hundreds of neglected local documents this work explores the manner in which civil conflict invasion and military occupation affected religious practice. As Churches elsewhere in Britain and Ireland were dismantled and the country was invaded by a foreign English army mid-seventeenth-century Scotland provides an important yet neglected point of entry in exploring the intersection between early modern warfare and religious practice. The book establishes a fresh way of looking at the conflicts of the mid-seventeenth century. No other study has explored how soldiers were quartered or marched in close proximity to parish worship how their presence affected worship patterns and how the very idea of conflict in the mid-seventeenth century impacted upon the day-to-day lives of worshippers. Using the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 as its starting point this perspective emphasises flexibility in religious practice and the dialogue between local communities religious leaders and troops as a critical element in the experience of war. | Worship Civil War and Community 1638–1660

GBP 115.00
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North Eurasian Trade in World History 1660–1860 The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea

North Eurasian Trade in World History 1660–1860 The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea

This book offers the first long-term analysis of the protracted struggle between Britain France Prussia Russia and Sweden for economic power and political influence in the northern part of the Eurasian continent between 1660 and 1860. This book shows how their commercial diplomatic and military entanglements determined the course of Baltic trade from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century provoking among other things the decline of the Dutch Republic and the partitions of Poland-Lithuania. The author conceptualizes the Baltic Sea as one of North Eurasia’s western border basins alongside the White Black and Caspian Seas and employs novel statistical series of Baltic trade as a proxy for the long-term development of North Eurasian trade in world history. Based on extensive quantitative evidence and sources for the history of international relations this book outlines how North Eurasian trade became an object of growing tensions between various larger and smaller powers with a stake in North Eurasia’s riches. The book addresses the long-term impact of mercantilist policies territorial greed and military conflicts in North Eurasia’s border basins and accentuates the significance of developments in the preindustrial transport and commercial infrastructure of the North Eurasian landmass. Employing the concept of North Eurasia and its different borderlands and border basins this book overcomes previous limitations in the historiography of globalization and sheds light on a large continental landmass which researchers tend to leave aside for the benefit of a predominant maritime perspective in historical studies of globalization. North Eurasian Trade in World History 1660–1860 will be invaluable reading for students and scholars interested in world history East European history and the history of international relations and trade. | North Eurasian Trade in World History 1660–1860 The Economic and Political Importance of the Baltic Sea

GBP 36.99
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The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century The Story of a Political Issue 1660-1802

The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century The Story of a Political Issue 1660-1802

First published in 1965 The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century directs light on English politics and government through studying the militia from the Restoration to the days of the younger Pritt. The militia occupied a significant place both in the quarrels between king and parliament in the later seventeenth century and in the struggle for power between the elder Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle. Raised and officered by the county and parish authorities its maintenance constantly posed the problem of how to harness the machinery of local government to national purposes. The gentry had to be induced to help and the militia like other institutions national and local was shaped by the fashion and extent to which they responded. The book will be of interest to students of history political science and literature. | The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century The Story of a Political Issue 1660-1802

GBP 130.00
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Samsung Media Empire and Family A power web

Samsung Media Empire and Family A power web

This book analyses media conglomerates owning multiple media holdings under centralized ownership within and across media markets. It argues that Asian capitalists utilize both a market-oriented ideology and family connections to build their media empires thereby creating cultural conglomerates that exercise corporate censorship over media markets. It focuses on family-controlled media conglomerates in Korea specifically the international business giant Samsung and its related media companies Cheil Jedang and JoongAng Ilbo all of which are controlled by the single Lee family. Utilizing the theoretical approach of political economy of communication the book examines how and why the Lee family exercise corporate censorship over Korean society. Offering an essential take on Asia’s political economy of communication in order to understand the workings of Asian media empires this book will appeal to students and scholars of Korean Studies Korean Business and Mass Communications. | Samsung Media Empire and Family A power web

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A Constitutional History of England 1642-1801

A Constitutional History of England 1642-1801

First published in 1938 A Constitutional History of England presents a comprehensive overview of various aspects and problems of English Constitutional history. Divided into six major parts it discusses important themes like parliament and the King; the period of the Restoration 1660-88; the revolution settlement 1689-1719; the age of conservatism 1720-1801; administrative developments 1660-1801; English local government; the problem of sovereignty; church and state; the forces of the Crown; and the press. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of British history and English Constitutional history. | A Constitutional History of England 1642-1801

GBP 130.00
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The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama brings together the work of key playwrights from 1660 to 1800 divided into three main sections: Restoring the Theatre: 1660–1700 Managing Entertainment: 1700–1760 Entertainment in an Age of Revolutions: 1760–1800 Each of the 20 plays featured is accompanied by an extraordinary wealth of print and online supplementary materials including primary critical sources commentaries illustrations and reviews of productions. Taking in the spectrum of this period’s dramatic landscape—from Restoration tragedy and comedies of manners to ballad opera and gothic spectacle—The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama is an essential resource for students and teachers alike.

GBP 56.99
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Two Discourses of the Navy 1638 and 1659 by John Hollond

Two Discourses of the Navy 1638 and 1659 by John Hollond

John Hollond had a chequered career as a naval administrator punctuated by his charges of corruption against his colleagues circulated in these two manuscripts and their counter-charges against him but his Discourses are uniquely informative. There is also printed Sir Robert Slyngesbie’s Discourse of the Navy written in 1660 when he had just become Controller for the information of Charles II and a number of other documents which amplify or explain Hollond’s narrative. | Two Discourses of the Navy 1638 and 1659 by John Hollond

GBP 31.99
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Playbooks and their Readers in Early Modern England

Playbooks and their Readers in Early Modern England

This book is the first comprehensive examination of commercial drama as a reading genre in early modern England. Taking as its focus pre-Restoration printed drama’s most common format the single-play quarto playbook it interrogates what the form and content of these playbooks can tell us about who their earliest readers were why they might have wanted to read contemporary commercial drama and how they responded to the printed versions of plays that had initially been performed in the playhouses of early modern London. Focusing on professional plays printed in quarto between 1584 and 1660 the book juxtaposes the implications of material and paratextual evidence with analysis of historical traces of playreading in extant playbooks and manuscript commonplace books. In doing so it presents more detailed and nuanced conclusions than have previously been enabled by studies focused on works by one author or on a single type of evidence. | Playbooks and their Readers in Early Modern England

GBP 42.99
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Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment

Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment

Reassessing the Radical Enlightenment comprises fifteen new essays written by a team of international scholars. The collection re-evaluates the characteristics meaning and impact of the Radical Enlightenment between 1660 and 1825 spanning England Ireland the Dutch Republic France Germany and the Americas. In addition to dealing with canonical authors and celebrated texts such as Spinoza and his Tractus theologico-politicus the authors discuss many less well-known figures and debates from the period. Divided into three parts this book: Considers the Radical Enlightenment movement as a whole including its defining features and characteristics and the history of the term itself. Traces the origins and events of the Radical Enlightenment including in-depth analyses of key figures including Spinoza Toland Meslier and d’Holbach. Examines the outcomes and consequences of the Radical Enlightenment in Europe and the Americas in the eighteenth century. Chapters in this section examine later figures whose ideas can be traced to the Radical Enlightenment and examine the role of the period in the emergence of egalitarianism. This collection of essays is the first stand-alone collection of studies in English on the Radical Enlightenment. It is a timely and comprehensive overview of current research in the field which also presents new studies and research on the Radical Enlightenment.

GBP 42.99
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Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700

Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700

There is a traditional view that women were absent from the field of dramatic production in the early modern period because of their exclusion from professional theatre. Women and Dramatic Production 1550-1700 challenges this view and breaks new ground in arguing that far from writing in closeted retreat a select number of women took an active part in directing and controlling dramatic self-representations. Examining texts from the mid-sixteenth century through to the end of the seventeenth the chapters trace the development of a women-centred aesthetic in a variety of dramatic forms. Plays by noblewomen such as Mary Sidney Elizabeth Cary Mary Wroth Rachel Fane and the women of the Cavendish family form an alternative dramatic tradition centred on the household. The powerful directorial and performative roles played by queens in royal progresses and masques are explored as examples of women's dramatic production in the royal court. The book also highlights women's performances in alternative venues such as the courtroom and the pulpit arguing that the practices of martyrs like Margaret Clitherow or visionaries like Anna Trapnel call into question traditional definitions of theatre. The challenges faced by women who were admitted to the professional theatre companies after 1660 are explored in two chapters which deal with the plays of Katherine Philips Elizabeth Polwhele Aphra Behn and Mary Pix among others. By considering the theatrical dimensions of a wide range of early modern women's writing this book reveals the breathtaking panorama of women's dramatic production and will be essential reading for students of women's writing and renaissance drama. | Women and Dramatic Production 1550 - 1700

GBP 130.00
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Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

The integration of technological innovations such as In-Memory Analytics Cloud Computing Mobile Connectivity and Social Media with business practice can enable significant competitive advantage. In order to embrace recent challenges and changes in the governance of IT strategies SAP and its think tank - the Business Transformation Academy (BTA) - have jointly developed the Digital Capability Framework (DCF). Digital Enterprise Transformation: A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT by Axel Uhl and Lars Alexander Gollenia outlines the DCF which comprises six specific capabilities: Innovation Management Transformation Management IT Excellence Customer Centricity Effective Knowledge Worker and Operational Excellence. In cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Queensland University of Technology (Australia) University of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) SAP and the BTA have been validating each capability and the corresponding maturity models based on analyzing several ’lighthouse’ case studies comprising: SAMSUNG IBM Finanz Informatik The Walt Disney Company Google Inc. HILTI AG. Digital Enterprise Transformation presents how these companies take advantage of innovative IT and how they develop their digital capabilities. On top the authors also develop and present a range of novel yet hands-on Digital Use Cases for a number of different industries which have emerged from innovative technological trends such as: Big Data Cloud Computing 3D Printing and Internet of Things. | Digital Enterprise Transformation A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT

GBP 31.99
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Greener Products The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands Second Edition

Greener Products The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands Second Edition

Written by a renowned sustainability expert Greener Products: The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands Second Edition makes the case for why the people and the planet need products to be made in a different more sustainable way. The growth of the global middle class with an additional 3 billion people expected to enter the consumer market by 2030 is putting an unprecedented demand on resources and straining the global supply of raw materials fossil fuels food and water. This book provides insights on how to raise the bar on product development and investigates the best practices for making and marketing sustainable brands. Over 40 case studies are analyzed in this book and summarized for the reader to easily see what it is that makes leading companies successful. Analysis on marketing campaigns and greener product development range from leading companies like Apple Nike Samsung Electronics BASF GE Johnson & Johnson Unilever and Method. New updated content in this second edition includes: New developments like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with concepts of biomimicry circular economy emerging issues management and eco-innovation. Novel tools and examples for bringing sustainable products to market. New chapter dedicated to natural capital. Analysis of current green marketing methods and market trends. Best practices for making and marketing sustainable brands. For more information visit the author's book website at www. greenerproducts. biz. | Greener Products The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands Second Edition

GBP 74.99
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High-Power Piezoelectrics and Loss Mechanisms

High-Power Piezoelectrics and Loss Mechanisms

As one of the pioneers of Piezoelectric Actuators I have contributed to the commercialization of various products for over 45 years including million-selling devices micro-ultrasonic motors for smart-phone camera modules by Samsung Electromechanics piezoelectric transformers for backlight inverters by Apple laptops multilayer PZT actuators for diesel injection valves by Denso Corporation and piezoelectric energy harvesting modules for Programable Air-Burst Munition by the US Army. During the development period for piezoelectric actuators and transformers I found that the bottleneck for device miniaturization was heat generation under a high-power drive condition. Thus in parallel to the piezo-actuator developments I have been developing various high-power density piezo-ceramic materials with the loss mechanism clarification. Hence I considered that it was time to organize a textbook based on the previous studies including my materials development philosophy to stimulate younger generations to reach to the energy density of up to 100 W/cm3 in the future. Increasing efficiency and saving energy and space (compactness) are one of the important approaches in this 21st-century sustainable society. High-Power Piezoelectrics and Loss Mechanisims introduces the theoretical background of piezoelectrics electromechanical phenomenology loss mechanisms practical materials device designs drive and characterization techniques and typical applications and looks forward to the future perspectives in this field. This book is NOT an overall review of this area but it focuses on important and basic ideas under my development philosophy to understand how to design and develop high-power piezoelectric materials and devices. This textbook is designed for self-learning by the reader aided by the availability of: • Chapter Essentials – Summary for quick memory recovery • Check Points – Answers are provided in the Appendix • Example Problems – To enhance the reader’s understanding with full detailed solutions • Chapter Problems – For the final exam or further consideration | High-Power Piezoelectrics and Loss Mechanisms

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