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Adults and Children in the Roman Empire (Routledge Revivals)
by Thomas WiedemannThere is little evidence to enable us to reconstruct what it felt like to be a child in the Roman world. We do, however, have ample evidence about the feelings and expectations that adults had for children over the centuries between the end of the Roman republic and late antiquity. Thomas Wiedemann draws on this evidence to describe a range of attitudes towards children in the classical period, identifying three areas where greater individuality was assigned to children: through political office-holding; through education; and, for Christians, through membership of the Church in baptism. These developments in both pagan and Christian practices reflect wider social changes in the Roman world during the first four centuries of the Christian era. Of obvious value to classicists, Adults and Children in the Roman Empire, first published in 1989, is also indispensable for anthropologists, and well as those interested in ecclesiastical and social history.
Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
by Yanis VaroufakisThe former Greek finance minister’s “deeply personal and very well written” account of negotiations over the Greek debt crisis (Financial Times).A #1 International BestsellerWhat happens when you take on the establishment? In Adults in the Room, the renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full, blistering account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth.After being swept into power with the left-wing Syriza party, Varoufakis attempts to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the EU—and sparks a spectacular battle with global implications. Varoufakis’s new position sends him ricocheting between mass demonstrations in Athens, closed-door negotiations in drab EU and IMF offices, and furtive meetings with power brokers in Washington, D.C. He consults and quarrels with Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Christine Lagarde, the economists Larry Summers and Jeffrey Sachs, and others, as he struggles to resolve Greece’s debt crisis without resorting to punishing austerity measures. But despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of Varoufakis’s arguments, he succeeds only in provoking the fury of Europe’s elite.Varoufakis’s unvarnished memoir is an urgent warning that the economic policies once embraced by the EU and the White House have failed—and spawned authoritarianism, populist revolt, and instability throughout the Western world. Adults in the Room is an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion, and betrayal that will shake the global establishment to its foundations.“A gripping tale of an outspoken intellectual’s sudden immersion in high-stakes politics. . . . Varoufakis does a magnificent job of evoking the absurdities and frustrations of his tenure.” —Justin Fox, New York Times Book Review“Usually, books that are this heavily invested in financial minutiae don’t exactly keep you up at night, but Varoufakis’s account has the narrative drive of a rollicking detective novel.” —Stan Persky, The Los Angeles Review of Books
Advance And Retreat: Personal Experiences In The United States And Confederate States Armies [Illustrated Edition]
by Lt.-General John Bell HoodIncludes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities."When John Bell Hood entered into the services of the Confederate Army, he was 29 years old, a handsome man and courageous soldier, loyal to the ideal of Confederate Independence and eager to fight for it. He led his men bravely into the battles of Second Manassas, Gaines's Mill, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. He rose fast, attaining the temporary rank of full general, only to fall faster. Hood emerged from the war with his left arm shattered and useless, his right leg missing, his face aged far beyond his 33 years, and with his military reputation in disgrace. Blamed by contemporaries for contributing to the defeat of his beloved Confederacy, Hood struggled to refute their accusations. His most vehement critic, General Johnston, charged Hood with insubordination while serving under him and, after succeeding him in command, of recklessly leading Confederate troops to their "slaughter" and "useless butchery." Sherman, too, in his Memoirs, took a harsh view of Hood. Born of controversy, Advance and Retreat is of course a highly controversial book. It is also full of invaluable information and insights into the retreat from Dalton in early 1864, the fighting around Atlanta, and the disastrous Tennessee Campaign in winter of that year. Far from being a careful, sober, objective account, this book is the passionate, bitter attempt of a soldier to rebut history's judgment of himself as general and man."-Print ed.
Advance and Retreat
by Harry TurtledoveThe North shall rise again!When Avram became King of Detina, he announced his plan to liberate the blond serfs - and immediately plunged the kingdom into a long and bloody civil war, setting brother against brother. The northern provinces, dependent on the labour of their serfs, seceded, choosing Avram's cousin, Grand Duke Geoffrey, as their king. To save the kingdom, Avram sent armies clad in grey against the north, battling Geoffrey's army, arrayed in blue.Though King Avram held more land and wealth than Geoffrey, Geoffrey's men were better soldiers and the north had more powerful wizards. Still, as the war raged on, the greater population and the superior organisation of the South began to tell and the tide turned against the north.Even so, the war is far from over. The armies of the sough must now battle the north on its own ground - ground which will prove treacherous and deadly...
Advance to Barbarism: How the Reversion to Barbarism in Warfare and War-Trials Menaces Our Future [Revised Edition]
by F. J. P. VealeWidely regarded as his most important and influential work, Advance to Barbarism was first published in 1948 (under the pen name “A. Jurist.”), with a revised edition followed in 1953. It was issued in several languages, including Spanish and German.This eloquent work traces the evolution of warfare from primitive savagery to the rise of a “civilized” code of armed conflict that was first threatened in the US civil war, and again in the First World War, and was finally shattered during the Second World War.The ensuing “War Crimes Trials” at Nuremberg and Tokyo, and their more numerous and barbaric imitations in Communist-controlled Eastern Europe, Veale argues, established the perilous principle that “the most serious war crime is to be on the losing side.”Advance to Barbarism earned praise from some of the most astute thinkers of the age.“This is a relentlessly truth speaking book. The truths it speaks are bitter, but of paramount importance if civilization is to survive.”—Max Eastman“I have read the book with deep interest and enthusiasm. It is original in its approach to modern warfare, cogent and convincing… His indictment of modern warfare and post-war trials must stand.”—Norman Thomas“The best general work on the Nuremberg Trials. It not only reveals the illegality, fundamental immorality and hypocrisy of these trials, but also shows how they are bound to make any future world wars (or any important wars) far more brutal and destructive to life and property. A very readable and impressive volume and a major contributor to any rational peace movement.”—Harry Elmer Barnes
Advance to Victory, 1918: Somme (Battleground Europe)
by Michael StedmanThe Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield visitor and the reader at home. For the former, this book is an invaluable guide and each site is described in detail. For everyone there are graphic descriptions of action, often through first-hand accounts, supported by illustrations, diagrams and maps.
Advance to Victory, July to September 1918: July to September 1918 (British Expeditionary Force)
by Andrew RawsonThis is the story of the British Expeditionary Forces part in the opening days of the Advance to Victory. It starts with the contribution to the Battle of Fre-en-Tardenois in July; the counter-offensive which pushed the Germans back to the River Marne.Fourth Armys attack on 8 August was called the Black Day of the German Army, but it was only the beginning of 100 days of campaigning. The narrative follows the advance as it expands across the Somme, the Artois and the Flanders regions. Time and again the British and Empire troops used well-developed combined arms tactics to break through successive lines of defence. By the end of September, all five of the BEFs armies had reached the Hindenburg Line and were poised for the final advance.Each stage of the two month battle is given the same treatment, covering the details of the most talked about side of the campaign; the BEFs side. Over fifty new maps chart the day by day progress of the five armies and together with the narrative, explain the British Armys experience during the opening stages of the Advance to Victory. The men who made a difference are mentioned; those who led the advances, those who stopped the counter-attacks and those who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Discover the beginning of the Advance to Victory and learn how the British Army had mastered the art of attack.
Advanced Educational Foundations for Teachers: The History, Philosophy, and Culture of Schooling
by Donald K. SharpesSharpes' approach synthesizes historical, philosophical, and cultural standpoints. The text contains practical teaching applications alongside theory and an integrated emphasis of diversity and other multicultural themes. It also covers the history of schooling from ancient times to the present, including biographies of major non-Western figures as well as the canon of educational innovators.
Advanced History of India Part 1: இந்தியாவின் மேம்பட்ட வரலாறு பகுதி 1
by R. C. Majumdar H. C. Raychaudhuri K. Dattaஇந்நூலில் பண்டைய இந்து சமூகத்தினர் கலாசார, அரசியல் துறைகளில் கண்ட வெற்றிகளையும் முன்னேற்றத்தையும் நன்கு விளக்கியிருப்பதுடன், கட்டடக்கலை, நுண்கலை ஆகிய துறைகளைச் சார்ந்த பல செய்திகளையும், அயல்நாட்டுத் தொடர்பால் இந்தியக் கலாசாரமும் பண்பாடும் அடைந்த மாறுதலும் சிறப்பாக குறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
Advanced History of India Part 2: இந்தியாவின் மேம்பட்ட வரலாறு பகுதி 2
by R. C. Majumdar H. C. Raychaudhuri K. Dattaஇந்நூலில் 1947ஆம் ஆண்டு, ஆகஸ்டு 15ஆம் தேதி இந்தியருக்குச் சுதந்திரம் வழங்கப்பெற்றது. அன்று வரையுள்ள வரலாற்றுச் செய்திகள் நூலில் இடம்பெறுகின்றன. பொதுவில், ஆகஸ்டு 15ஆம் தேதிக்குப் பின்னுள்ள வரலாறு நூலில் இடம் பெறவில்லை. மகாத்மா காந்தியடிகளின் படுகொலை போன்ற முக்கிய நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நூலில் இடம் பெறவில்லையெனினும், யாவராலும் ஏற்றுப் போற்றப்படுகின்ற சில பிற்காலச் செய்திகளும் உரிய இடங்களில் பரவலாக எடுத்துரைக்கப்பெற்றுள்ளன.
Advanced Mechanical Science and Technology for the Industrial Revolution 4.0: Proceedings Of The 1st Fzu-opu-ntou Joint Symposium
by Masakazu Anpo Ligang Yao Shuncong Zhong Hisao Kikuta Jih-Gau JuangThis book includes more than 30 papers from the first FZU-OPU-NTOU Joint Symposium on Advanced Mechanical Science and Technology for the Industrial Revolution 4. 0, held at Fuzhou University, China, in December 2016. The symposium was organized by Fuzhou University (FZU), Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) and National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU). The authors include several professors from universities in China, Japan, and Taiwan as well as four distinguished invited professors from Canada, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. The book covers all important aspects related to the 4. 0 industrial revolution: robotics and mechatronics; sensors, measurements, and instrumentation; mechanical dynamics and controls; mechanical design; vehicle systems and technologies; fluid mechanics; monitoring and diagnosis, prognosis, and health management; advanced signal processing; and big data; all of which are subjects with great potential in the field of mechanical engineering.
Advanced Placement United States History
by John J Newman Schmalbach John MConcise and accessible text structured and written to follow the current AP Course and Exam Description. Content topics provide core narrative of U.S. history organized in short, focused sections. The text is aligned to course exam framework and correlated in the areas of historical thinking skills, reasoning processes, themes, and content. Text includes primary sources, special features, multiple assessment opportunities, and a complete AP U.S. History practice exam. Prior edition available.
Advanced Placement United States History
by John Newman John Schmalbach<p>Equip your students to excel on the current AP United States History Exam. This new edition is correlated to the 2019 course exam description framework in the areas of historical thinking skills, reasoning processes, themes, and content. The book is divided into nine units following chronological periods, mirroring the most current AP U.S. History framework. Featuring eight historical themes that address broad recurring patterns and topics in U.S. history, helping students connect historical developments in different times and places. Updates put recent political events in context, including events since 2016. <p>This edition also includes more short-answer questions that use secondary sources, matching a change to the 2020 exam. Chapters conclude with a thematically organized list of key terms, people, and events for comprehensive review. The Historical Perspectives features address how historians have interpreted historical events in diverse ways. Each Think As a Historian feature focuses on one of the historical thinking skills or reasoning skills tested on the AP exam.</p>
Advanced Placement World History: Modern [1200-Present]
by Perfection StaffThe Global Tapestry from c. 1200 to c. 1450, Networks of Exchange from c. 1200 to c. 1450, Land-Based Empires, Transoceanic Interconnections from c. 1450 to c. 1750, Revolutions from c. 1750 to c. 1900, Consequences of Industrialization from c. 1750 to c. 1900, Global Conflict After 1900, Cold War and Decolonization, Globalization after 1900.
Advanced Placement: World History Test Preparation Guide to accompany Traditions and Encounters, A Global Perspective on the Past
by Jerry H. Bentley Herbert F. Ziegler Dixie Johnson Grupe Sigrid ReynoldsAdvanced placement class on world history
Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage: Unforeseen Paths (ISSN)
by Stefania StellacciAdvanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage: Unforeseen Paths rethinks how to analyse, preserve, and adapt Architectural Heritage and its surroundings along unforeseen paths using a broad spectrum of advanced research and design tools. By delving into conceptual foundations and recent applications, it transcends disciplinary boundaries and leverages advanced design tools, such as space syntax, natural language processing, advanced photogrammetry, heritage building information modelling, and virtual reality.This book offers a comprehensive collection of collaborative research studies by a team of scholars with diverse perspectives and digital expertise from long-term projects. Encompassing case studies and recent academic experiences, the volume explores notable heritage sites in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Readers are afforded a nuanced understanding of integrated tools through a forward-looking approach. By addressing critical heritage challenges, the book contributes to reshaping architecture discourse and practice.The chapters explore the integration of advanced methodologies to address emerging societal concerns, making the book a valuable resource for architecture, archaeology, urban planning, catering to professors, trainers, and students. Additionally, its relevance extends to practitioners interested in cultural studies, urban policies, and data science, including archivists, representatives from public governmental authorities, and policy stakeholders.
Advanced Terrain Modelling
by Richard WindrowThe secrets of top-class terrain modelling are revealed and demonstrated by Richard Windrow, one of the world's leading diorama modellers, in this new addition to the successful Masterclass series. Everything from medieval castles to the destruction wrought upon modern cities by war is covered in this wide-ranging and accessible approach. Explore the difficulties of creating an effective desert environment from the sandstone of Arizona to the wastelands of North Africa. Discover the delicate handiwork needed to create the barbed wire death traps of No-Man's Land and the frozen wilderness of Russia in winter.This variety of seasons, environments and historical periods are detailed in over 200 full color step-by-step photographs so that a range of modeller's "how to" questions are easily answered. Accompanying the photographs is an invaluable guide to the materials and techniques needed to create top quality terrain, providing the essential reference volume for the military and non-military modeller alike.
Advanced history of India Part 3: இந்தியாவின் மேம்பட்ட வரலாறு பகுதி 3
by R. C. Majumdar H. C. Raychaudhuri K. Dattaஇந்நூலில் இந்தியாவின் சிறப்பு வரலாறு I, மற்றும் II ன் தொடர்ச்சியாக கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Advances In The History Of Mathematics Education (International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching)
by Alexander KarpThis book is a collection of scholarly studies in the history of mathematics education, very abbreviated versions of which were presented at the ICMI Congress in 2021. The book discusses issues in education in Brazil and Belgium, in Poland and Spain, in Russia and the United States. Probably the main factor that unifies the chapters of the book is their attention to key moments in the formation of the field of mathematics education. Topics discussed in the book include the formation and development of mathematics education for women; the role of the research mathematician in the formation of standards for writing textbooks; the formation of curricula and the most active figures in this formation during the New Math period; the formation of certain distinctive features of curricula in Poland; the formation of the views of David Eugene Smith and the influence of European mathematics education on him; the formation of the American mathematics community; and the creation of such forms of student assessment as entrance exams to higher educational institutions. The book is of interest not only to historians of mathematics education, but also to wide segments of specialists in other areas of mathematics education.
Advances in Biolinguistics: The Human Language Faculty and Its Biological Basis
by Koji Fujita and Cedric BoeckxBiolinguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field that seeks the rapprochement between linguistics and biology. Linking theoretical linguistics, theoretical biology, genetics, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, this book offers a collection of chapters situating the enterprise conceptually, highlighting both the promises and challenges of the field, and chapters focusing on the challenges and prospects of taking interdisciplinarity seriously. It provides concrete illustrations of some of the cutting-edge research in biolinguistics and piques the interest of undergraduate students looking for a field to major in and inspires graduate students on possible research directions. It is also meant to show to specialists in adjacent fields how a particular strand of theoretical linguistics relates to their concerns, and in so doing, the book intends to foster collaboration across disciplines. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Advances in Mathematics and Applications: Celebrating 50 years of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing, University of Campinas
by Carlile Lavor Francisco A. GomesThis book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC) of the University of Campinas, Brazil, by offering reviews of selected research developed at one of the most prestigious mathematics institutes in Latin America. Written by senior professors at the IMECC, it covers topics in pure and applied mathematics and statistics ranging from differential geometry, dynamical systems, Lie groups, and partial differential equations to computational optimization, mathematical physics, stochastic process, time series, and more. A report on the challenges and opportunities of research in applied mathematics - a highly active field of research in the country - and highlights of the Institute since its foundation in 1968 completes this historical volume, which is unveiled in the same year that the International Mathematical Union (IMU) names Brazil as a member of the Group V of countries with the most relevant contributions in mathematics.
Advances in Monetary Economics (Routledge Revivals)
by David CurrieFirst published in 1985, Advances in Monetary Economics draws together papers given at the 1984 Money Study Group Conference and additional papers presented in seminars of the same year. The book includes papers on theoretical, empirical and institutional aspects of monetary economics. Each chapter displays a concern with policy in the monetary sphere, both with regards to macroeconomic questions of monetary and fiscal management, and issues of policy at the microeconomic level towards financial institutions and markets. In doing so, the book highlights the importance of monetary economics in policy issues. Advances in Monetary Economics has enduring relevance for those with an interest in the history and development of monetary economics.
Advances in Utopian Studies and Sacred Architecture (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)
by Hocine Bougdah Claudio Gambardella Claudia Cennamo Maria Luisa Germanà Mohd Fairuz ShahidanAt a time dominated by the disappearance of Future, as claimed by the French anthropologist Marc Augé, Utopia and Religion seem to be two different ways of giving back an inner horizon to mankind. Therefore this book, on the one hand, considers the importance of utopia as a tool and how it offers an economic and social resource to improve cities’ wealth, future and livability. On the other, it explores the impact of religious and cultural ideals on cities that have recently emerged in this context. Based on numerous observations, the book examines the intellectual legacy of utopian theory and practices across various academic disciplines. It also presents discussions, theories, and case studies addressing a range of issues and topics related to utopia.
Advancing Cultural Astronomy: Studies In Honour of Clive Ruggles (Historical & Cultural Astronomy)
by John Steele Efrosyni Boutsikas Stephen C. McCluskeyThis collection of essays on cultural astronomy celebrates the life and work of Clive Ruggles, Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at Leicester University. Taking their lead from Ruggles’ work, the papers present new research focused on three core themes in cultural astronomy: methodology, case studies, and heritage. Through this framework, they show how the study of cultural astronomy has evolved over time and share new ideas to continue advancing the field.Ruggles’ work in these areas has had a profound impact on the way that scholars approach evidence of the role of sky in both ancient and modern cultures. While the papers span many time periods and regions, they are closely connected by these three major themes, presenting methodological investigations of how we can approach archaeological, textual, and ethnographic evidence; describing detailed archaeoastronomical case studies; or stressing the importance of global heritage management.This work will appeal to researchers and scholars interested in the history and development of cultural astronomy.
Advancing Democracy
by Amilcar ShabazzAs we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), it is important to consider the historical struggles that led to this groundbreaking decision. Four years earlier in Texas, the Sweatt v. Painter decision allowed blacks access to the University of Texas's law school for the first time. Amilcar Shabazz shows that the development of black higher education in Texas--which has historically had one of the largest state college and university systems in the South--played a pivotal role in the challenge to Jim Crow education.Shabazz begins with the creation of the Texas University Movement in the 1880s to lobby for equal access to the full range of graduate and professional education through a first-class university for African Americans. He traces the philosophical, legal, and grassroots components of the later campaign to open all Texas colleges and universities to black students, showing the complex range of strategies and the diversity of ideology and methodology on the part of black activists and intellectuals working to promote educational equality. Shabazz credits the efforts of blacks who fought for change by demanding better resources for segregated black colleges in the years before Brown, showing how crucial groundwork for nationwide desegregation was laid in the state of Texas.