These comprehensive texts explore the history of England in all its aspects, from the earliest settlers to the birth of Princess Eugenie and the introduction of the Poll Tax. Ideal for a Survey of English History, or as a supplement to surveys of Western Civilization, Western European History, or English Literature.

A History of England, Volume II, from 1603

History

WILSON, David

Prall, Stuart E.

Americas

Cengage Learning'

First published in 1984, this book is an important introductory text on British public administration. The new edition has been revised and updated to take into account the wide-ranging changes that have taken place in the practice and philosophy of public administration.

Public Administration in Britain Today

Politics & Social Sciences

Greenwood, John R.

Politics & Government

Unwin Hyman

The book contains orginal chapters from eminent writers on gender and ageing, addressing newlyemergent areas within gender and ageing, including gender identity and masculinity in later life. Early work on gender and ageing was dominated by a focus on older women. The present collection breaks with this tradition by emphasizing changing gender roles and relationships, gender identity and an examination of masculinities in midlife and later life. Written with undergraduate students and researchers in mind, gender & ageing will be an invaluable text for those studying social gerontology, sociology of later life, gender studies, health and community care and social policy.

The Vikings and Their Origins

McGraw-Hill Companies, The

The author team of Professors John McGee, Howard Thomas and David Wilson combine their extensive experience of teaching and consulting in strategy with cutting edge research to form an exciting new textbook. Marrying comprehensive coverage of strategy with an incisive and analytical approach, the new text is ideal for undergraduate and MBA students taking a strategic management, corporate strategy or business policy module.The book sets out to provide students with an understanding of the core concepts and economics of strategy, laying the foundations for analysing strategy on a variety of levels. With a strong emphasis on practice, the book explores contemporary topics, including risk management, strategic change, corporate governance, the learning organization and the implementation of strategy for performance and process improvement. The theory is complemented by thorough pedagogy throughout and a range of excellent case examples and longer cases* furnish students with the practical applications needed to fully appreciate the consequences of strategic decisions

Strategy

Business & Money

Thomas, Howard

McGee, John

Management & Leadership

McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

One of the great intellectual battles of modern times is between evolution and religion. Until now, they have been considered completely irreconcilable theories of origin and existence. David Sloan Wilson's Darwin's Cathedral takes the radical step of joining the two, in the process proposing an evolutionary theory of religion that shakes both evolutionary biology and social theory at their foundations. The key, argues Wilson, is to think of society as an organism, an old idea that has received new life based on recent developments in evolutionary biology. If society is an organism, can we then think of morality and religion as biologically and culturally evolved adaptations that enable human groups to function as single units rather than mere collections of individuals? Wilson brings a variety of evidence to bear on this question, from both the biological and social sciences. From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from an evolutionary perspective and concludes by discussing how all social organizations, including science, could benefit by incorporating elements of religion. Religious believers often compare their communities to single organisms and even to insect colonies. Astoundingly, Wilson shows that they might be literally correct. Intended for any educated reader, Darwin's Cathedral will change forever the way we view the relations among evolution, religion, and human society.

Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

Social Sciences

University of Chicago Press

One of the great intellectual battles of modern times is between evolution and religion. Until now, they have been considered completely irreconcilable theories of origin and existence. David Sloan Wilson's Darwin's Cathedral takes the radical step of joining the two, in the process proposing an evolutionary theory of religion that shakes both evolutionary biology and social theory at their foundations. The key, argues Wilson, is to think of society as an organism, an old idea that has received new life based on recent developments in evolutionary biology. If society is an organism, can we then think of morality and religion as biologically and culturally evolved adaptations that enable human groups to function as single units rather than mere collections of individuals? Wilson brings a variety of evidence to bear on this question, from both the biological and social sciences. From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from an evolutionary perspective and concludes by discussing how all social organizations, including science, could benefit by incorporating elements of religion. Religious believers often compare their communities to single organisms and even to insect colonies. Astoundingly, Wilson shows that they might be literally correct. Intended for any educated reader, Darwin's Cathedral will change forever the way we view the relations among evolution, religion, and human society.

During its 13 years of office, Labour's modernization agenda transformed the world of UK local government. Amidst a starkly altered political and economic climate the coalition government formed in 2010 pledged to implement equally radical changes to the system. Taking account of the coalition's programme for government and its first round of spending cuts, the completely revised and updated fifth edition of this popular and established text is timed to take full advantage of this historic juncture. David Wilson and Chris Game provide readers with systematic coverage of the UK's local government. The book examines its defining features, its history, changing structure, operations, functions, financing, and its relations with central government. The fifth edition gives additional emphasis to local government in the devolved regions of the UK, and provides more extensive analysis of centre-local government relations. The authors deliver a thorough critique of Labour's third term in office. Looking ahead, the book anticipates the future of local government under the coalition government. Two themes look likely to dominate policy making: decentralization and cuts to public spending. With its clear, accessible, non-technical style and popular illustrations, Local Government in the United Kingdom will be essential reading for students, practitioners, and anyone with an interest in local politics.

Local Government in the United Kingdom (Government beyond the Centre, 6)

Science & Math

Game, Chris

Earth Sciences

Red Globe Press

Local Government in the United Kingdom (Government beyond the Centre, 19)

This is the first full-length biography of Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), the most important experimental physicist of his time, and probably the most ingenious since Faraday. It was Rutherford who discovered the atomic nucleus and who first "split" an atom. Based in large part on previously inaccessible letters and other papers, the book traces Rutherford's life from his upbringing in the pioneering society of New Zealand to his burial in Westminster Abbey as Lord Rutherford of Nelson. It recounts his student years at Cambridge, working with J.J. Thomson on the newly discovered X-rays; the years of McGill University when (with Soddy) he established the laws of radioactive decay and demonstrated the transmutation of elements, work that resulted in a Nobel prize; his highly productive years at Manchester when he discovered the nucleus and developed in collaboration with Niels Bohr, the standard model of atomic structure; and finally, his return to Cambridge to direct the Cavendish Laboratory. Wilson unearths new material on Rutherford's development of SONAR-like antisubmarine devices during World War I, an official secret for many years after his death. He also presents new information on Rutherford's relationship to Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, his "favourite son," who was denied permission to return to Cambridge after a visit to his homeland in 1934. The "Kapitza affair" unleashed a storm of protest in international scientific and political circles. The book also offers numerous personal glimpses of Rutherford - the hundreds of unreported experimental dead ends that lay behind his legendary scientific intuition, and the sensitive and sympathetic side of the older Rutherford who presented a gruff, crusty exterior to his colleagues. David Wilson was for twenty-five years a Science Correspondent for the BBC TV News and the author of a number of popular books on science.

Rutherford: Simple Genius

History & Philosophy

Mit Pr

Local Government in the United Kingdom

Palgrave HE UK

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