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Scotland: a very short introduction
No full textSince Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and in the wider world. Through Enlightenment, industrial revolution and empire, Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. Rab Houston also explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages and how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and Europe, and economic change. By examining politics, law, society, religion, education, migration, and culture this Very Short Introduction to Scotland examines how the nation’s history has made it distinct from England, both before and after Union, how it overcame internals tensions between Highland and Lowland society, and how it has arrived at a political, social and culture watershed. Authoritative, lucid, readable and ranging widely over issues of environment, people, and identity, this is Scotland’s story without myths: an ideal introduction for those interested in the Scots, but also a balanced yet refreshing challenge to those who already feel at home in Scotland past and present
Scotland: a very short introduction
No full textSince Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and in the wider world. Through Enlightenment, industrial revolution and empire, Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. Rab Houston also explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages and how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and Europe, and economic change. By examining politics, law, society, religion, education, migration, and culture this Very Short Introduction to Scotland examines how the nation’s history has made it distinct from England, both before and after Union, how it overcame internals tensions between Highland and Lowland society, and how it has arrived at a political, social and culture watershed. Authoritative, lucid, readable and ranging widely over issues of environment, people, and identity, this is Scotland’s story without myths: an ideal introduction for those interested in the Scots, but also a balanced yet refreshing challenge to those who already feel at home in Scotland past and present
Juvenalia, or How I came to own a Blu-Ray of Point Break
No full textAgony Klub and Publication Studio Vancouver are pleased to present Whitney Houston, vol. 2. A continuation of Whitney Houston, et. al., editor/author Casey Wei invites six writers to reflect on their relationship to popular music in film, keeping in mind that popular music has always been as much about the desire for an image as about the catchiness of a song. The resulting essays on Elliot Smith, Amélie, Real Genius, The Pixies, Drive, and The Conversation explore themes of time, love, and evolution.final article publishedReal Genius (1985
'Lesser-used' languages in historic Europe : models of change from the 16th to the 19th centuries
No full textThis article charts and tries to explain the changing use of ‘minority’ languages in Europe between the end of the Middle Ages and the 19th century. This period saw the beginnings of a decline in the use of certain dialects and separate languages, notably Irish and Scottish Gaelic, although some tongues such as Catalan and Welsh remained widely used. The article develops some models of the relationship between language and its social, economic and political context. That relationship was mediated through the availability of printed literature; the political (including military) relations between areas where different languages or dialects were spoken; the nature and relative level of economic development (including urbanization); the policy of the providers of formal education and that of the church on religious instruction and worship; and, finally, local social structures and power relationships. The focus is principally on western Europe, but material is also drawn from Scandinavia and from eastern and central Europe.Peer reviewe
Local Author Newspaper Clipping
No full textA newspaper clipping featuring the article, 'Local Author Writes About Early Houston', talking on an illustrated booklet of 'early Houston'
Houston Chronicle: Autographed Copy of ""America""
No full textA Houston Chronicle newspaper clipping featuring an article titled, 'Autographed Copy of 'America', Owned by Houston Man, to Be on Display Tuesday'. The article discusses a signed copy of the song 'America' by the author, Samuel Francis Smith, owned by G. S. Voorhees, the son of Flag Day founder, Hon. Ralph Voorhees
Explanations for death by suicide in northern Britain during the long eighteenth century
No full textThis article explores how professionals explicated and contextualised the deaths of their clients or subjects, delineated the relationship between madness and death, and advised and counselled families on the deaths of their mentally ill members. It uses coroners’ inquest findings, media such as newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and broadsides, and family correspondence (all drawn from Scotland and the north of England) as well as medical and legal writings to explore perceptions of the link between state of mind and voluntary death. It asks how doctors, families and ‘society’ at large conceptualized, responded to and coped with mental problems culminating in suicide. The aim is to square the apparent simplicity of measured professional understandings with the more emotionally charged yet complex ways those close to attempted or successful suicides related to their situation.Peer reviewe
The Houstouns of Georgia
No full textThe Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Established by Sir Patrick Houstoun, who accompanied James Oglethorpe and helped him lay the foundations of the colony, the Houstoun family has called Georgia home since its inception. Over two hundred years after its founding, the author of The Houstouns of Georgia traces her own lineage back to the Houstoun family in her heavily researched account of the family's presence in Georgia from its founding onward. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Edge piece on the author\u27s attempts to interview Whitney Houston, who was in P
No full textEdge piece on the author\u27s attempts to interview Whitney Houston, who was in Portland recently for the filming of The Preacher\u27s Wife
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