"Religion," a Soviet Minister of Education once remarked, "is like a nail; the harder you hit it, the deeper it goes into the wood"In this book, Powell suggests that the drive to rid the Soviet people of their religious beliefs has in some cases antagonized them because it has been poorly handled; in other cases, it has even led to the organization of political dissent. This is a good book for anyone who is interested in the Soviet Union, propaganda techniques, and the struggle to maintain one's deeply-rooted convictions in the face of government pressure to do otherwise.

Antireligious Propaganda In Soviet Union: A Study of Mass Persuasion (Mit Press)

Powell, David

Religion & Spirituality

MIT Press]

Illuminates the rise of The Labour Question, the response of British governments before World War II, the impact of the two world wars and intervening depression, and the attempts since then to maintain full employment and industrial tranquility on a steepening downward economic slope. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

British Politics and the Labour Question, 1868-1990 (British History in Perspective)

History

Europe

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Traces the life of the controversial eighteenth-century political figure, describes the influences on his radical philosophy, and assesses his contributions to American history

Tom Paine, the Greatest Exile

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Croom Helm, Ltd.

This volume examines the way in which the growth of an organized labour movement and the emergence of a separate Labour party contributed towards the industrialization of politics and the institutionalization of industrial conflicts in the political sphere. It also explores the changing attitudes of all parties, Labour included, to major questions of public policy such as the management and regulation of industry, the relief of unemployment, the conduct of industrial relations and the reform of trade union law. Chronological tables of principle events, acts of Parliament, statitstics on trade union membership and the Labour vote are included along with a bibliographical essay giving guidance on further reading.

British Politics and the Labour Question 1868-1990 (British History in Perspective)

Business & Money

Economics

Red Globe Press

The Edwardian age has long been recognised as a time of unusual social and political turbulence in British history. This book examines the main controversies of the period in an attempt to assess the nature and seriousness of the Edwardian crisis, relating the discussion to current historiographical debates on topics such as the vitality of Edwardian Liberalism, the problems of the Unionist party and the importance of feminism, labour unrest and nationalism as factors in Edwardian political life.

The Edwardian Crisis: Britain 1901–14 (British History in Perspective, 48)

First published in 1985. In the late autumn of 1774 at the age of 37 Tom Paine arrived in Philadelphia. Eighteen months later he had established himself as a seminal figure in the Independence movement. It was the start of a career in which he became the first US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; was outlawed from England by Pitt for the publication of the second part of the Rights of Man; delivered a final plea for the life of Louis XVI in the National Convention of 1794; was imprisoned in the Luxembourg, and sentenced to death by Robespierre. After a sad and lonely death in New Rochelle Cobbett brought back his bones to England: ‘to light a taper for liberty.’ 
Yet Paine remains a man without a past; a man who seemingly burst on the world scene as a full-blown radical at 37 years of age. No one had attempted to explore and interpret the critical, shaping influences of his early and middle life. Yet such background is crucial to explaining all the rest. Without a clear understanding of his Quaker inheritance; of his childhood years in Thetford; of his early philosophical and political apprenticeship in London; and of the six formative years he spent at Lewes, the later man and his radicalism are totally incomprehensible. 
Thus, the author’s objective is to place Paine in his times; to interpret the evolution of his political, social and theological ideas. Paine is little more than a cardboard cut-out moving through history in the majority of biographies that have already been published. 
This book sees the world through Paine’s own eyes and provides a human interpretation not only of ‘the Age of Revolution’ but also of ‘the maker of revolutions’ himself. To Napoleon, Paine was the man to whom: ‘a statue in gold should be erected in every town’; to Theodore Roosevelt he was ‘that filthy little atheist’; to Michael Foot: ‘the greatest exile that has ever left England’s shores.’ To understand the thinking of a man who can provoke such reactions, it is necessary to understand both the man and the times through which he lived. This title will be of great interest to students of history, politics, and philosophy.

Tom Paine (Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Routledge

This accessible new study provides a much-needed guide to the pivotal period of British history between 1910 and 1935, against the background of upheavals such as the First World War and the transition to full democracy as a consequence of the Reform Acts of 1918 and 1928. Combining an up-to-date synthesis of previous work with a reappraisal of the main personalities, themes and events of the period, David Powell brings clarity to this crucial yet complex period.Examining British politics on the eve of war, David Powell assesses the impact of war on the parties and the political system and the process of realignment that followed in the interwar period. In particular he analyzes to what extent these events as a whole constituted a crisis of the party system. From the structure of the Edwardian political system and the party politics of pre-war Britain, through to the economic and political crisis of 1931 and the subsequent rebuilding of the party system, this comprehensive analysis offers an indispensable survey to all students of British history or politics.

British Politics, 1910-1935: The Crisis of the Party System

British Politics, 1910-1935

Based on the most frequently asked questions tracked by members of the Borland technical support staff, this book aims to cover the most problematic areas for Delphi programmers, with strong coverage of database programming, including SQL and client/server programming.

Special Edition Using Delphi 3

Computers & Technology

Pritchard, Mark

Miller, Todd

Rider, J. W.

CURTIS, Bill

Bucknall, Julian

Bouchereau, Roland

Frolich, Scott

Hecht, Joe C.

Krause, Chaim

Rice, Noel

Sarafinchan, Quentin

Schafer, Stephen A.

Uber, Eric

Programming Languages

Que Pub

What Can I Write About: 7,000 Topics for High School Students

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Natl. Council of Teachers of English

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