Lists and describes all government-issued macroeconomic indicators. Statistical concepts are analyzed and their importance explained, economic theories are summarized and government "massaging" of figures is exposed. This is the first revision of this book since initial publication in 1988, and facts and figures are updated.

Measuring The Economy

Johnson, Christopher

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Uk

Attempts to provide an objective account of the economic record of Mrs Thatcher's government since 1979. The book is organized under a variety of different themes so that the reader can cross-reference as appropriate.

The economy under Mrs Thatcher, 1979-1990

Business & Money

Economics

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Measuring the Economy

Reference

Viking Pr

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America (CMS Cultural Expressions in Music)

Musicians’ Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America questions the ban that was placed on the African drum in early America. It shows the functional use of the drum for celebrations, weddings, funerals, religious ceremonies, and nonviolent communication. The assumption that "drums and horns" were used to communicate in slave revolts is undone in this study. Rather, this volume seeks to consider the "social place" of the drum for both blacks and whites of the time, using the writings of Europeans and colonial-era Americans, the accounts of African American free persons and slaves, the period instruments, and numerous illustrations of paintings and sculpture. The image of the drum was effectively appropriated by Europeans and Americans who wrote about African American culture, particularly in the nineteenth century, and re-appropriated by African American poets and painters in the early twentieth century who recreated a positive nationalist view of their African past. Throughout human history, cultural objects have been banned by one group to be used another, objects that include books, religious artifacts, and ways of dress. This study unlocks a metaphor that is at the root of racial bias―the idea of what is primitive―while offering a fresh approach by promoting the construct of multiple-points-of-view for this social-historical presentation.

Arts & Photography

Music

Routledge

A field guide for the age of the incredible shrinking message. Some of the most important verbal messages we craft are also the shortest: headlines, titles, sound bites, brand names, domain names, slogans, taglines, company mantras, email signatures, bullet points. These miniature messages depend not on the elements of style but rather on the atoms of style. They require microstyle. Branding consultant Christopher Johnson here reveals the once-secret knowledge of poets, copywriters, brand namers, political speechwriters, and other professional verbal miniaturists. Each chapter discusses one tool that helps miniature messages grab attention, communicate instantly, stick in the mind, and roll off the tongue. As he highlights examples of those tools used well, Johnson also examines messages that miss the mark, either by failing to use a tool or by using it badly. Microstyle shows readers how to say the most with the least, while offering a lively romp through the historic transformation of mass media into the media of the personal.

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little

Words, Language & Grammar

W.W.Norton&Company

“A work of pop linguistics . . . [that] synthesizes . . . grammar, branding, cognitive science and Web theory . . . with intelligence and friendly wit.”―New York Times Welcome to the age of the incredible shrinking message. Your guide to this new landscape, Christopher Johnson reveals the once-secret knowledge of poets, copywriters, brand namers, political speechwriters, and other professional verbal miniaturists. Each chapter discusses one tool that helps short messages grab attention, communicate instantly, stick in the mind, and roll off the tongue. Piled high with examples from corporate slogans to movie titles to product names, Microstyle shows readers how to say the most with the least, while offering a lively romp through the historic transformation of mass media into the media of the personal.

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Derrida: The Great Philosophers (The Great Philosophers Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years

Claude Lévi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing.  This book explains Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.

Anthropology

Cambridge University Press

Claude Lévi-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and autobiographical writing. This book explains Lévi-Strauss' thought and explores the different intellectual contexts that influenced it.

Biographies & Memoirs

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Measuring The Economy

The economy under Mrs Thatcher, 1979-1990

Measuring the Economy

Measuring the Economy

Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America (CMS Cultural Expressions in Music)

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little

Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little

Derrida: The Great Philosophers (The Great Philosophers Series)

Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years

Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Formative Years