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Fascial Anatomy of the Equine Forelimb

Fascial Anatomy of the Equine Forelimb

Lusi and Davies have provided an excellent reference resource for students and graduates alike. The number of well-defined relevant and clear images allow quick understanding for anyone interested in the fascial anatomy of the horse. This small book is perfect to have in your bag allowing the student or clinician to find all the information they need on-site. Sophie Neasham final year veterinary student University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice Slovakia Key features: The first book in equine anatomy to illustrate the fascial (soft connective tissue) connections of the equine forelimb. Clear high-quality images (with reference images included on each page) help readers identify aspects of the limb photographed. A brief introduction to the forelimb musculoskeletal anatomy (with images) helps readers familiarize themselves with muscles and bones portrayed in photographs. Focused discussions highlight the practical applicability of the fascial connections illustrated. Accompanying video clips demonstrate connectivity of the fascial system particular lines of tension. The first of its kind in equine anatomy this clear concise anatomical guide illustrates the fascial (soft connective tissue) connections of the equine forelimb. Based on dissections of fresh equine cadaver limbs it provides a visual map for equine physical therapists veterinarians and horse riders helping them to understand how pathologies injuries or movement abnormalities of the equine forelimb arise and/or progress from one area of the limb to another. The fascial system is one of the primary systems acted upon by equine physiotherapists and is of increasing interest to horse riders looking to achieve structural integration and balanced movement in their horse. With this in mind key points in each chapter highlight everyday situations in which knowledge of the fascial system may assist in understanding horse movement and injury. This practically applicable anatomical atlas is the ideal reference for horse owners body workers and veterinarians alike. | Fascial Anatomy of the Equine Forelimb

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The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

The Business of Sports provides a comprehensive foundation of the economic organizational legal and political components of the sports industry. Geared for journalism communication and business students but also an excellent resource for those working in sports this text introduces readers to the ever-increasing complexity of an industry that is in constant flux. Now in its third edition the volume continues to offer a wealth of statistics and case studies up to date with the newest developments in sports business and focused on cutting-edge issues and topics including the many changes in international sports and the role of analytics in decision-making and tax rules that have a major effect on athletes and teams. | The Business of Sports Off the Field in the Office on the News

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The Microbiome and the Brain

The Microbiome and the Brain

Brain related disorders are among the most challenging health issues of our time. The development of effective therapeutic and preventive strategies for these disorders relies on a comprehensive understanding of the underlying causative mechanisms. And until recently these mechanisms have remained somewhat elusive. The newly discovered pivotal role of the intestinal microbiome in brain health functionality and resistance to disease is revolutionizing neuroscience. The Microbiome and the Brain through the contributions of some of the most forward thinking researchers and clinicians in the field comprehensively reveals the leading edge of our understanding of the fundamental role of gut microbes and their metabolites in a wide array of seemingly diverse brain issues including Alzheimer’s disease autism multiple sclerosis and mood disorders. In addition mechanisms defining these relationships are explored along with a presentation of the state-of-the-art as it relates to interpretation of relevant laboratory assessments. Finally novel therapeutic opportunities derived from this exciting science are presented. Readers will learn:The highly validated relationship between alterations of gut microbes and their metabolites and risk for Alzheimer’s disease. The important link between autism and intestinal dysbiosis. Appropriate interpretation of available laboratory assessments of the intestinal microbiome. The potential role of fecal microbial transplant in neurological diseases. The influence of diet and other lifestyle choices on the microbiome as it relates to brain health and functionality.

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The Royal Flying Corps the Western Front and the Control of the Air 1914–1918

The Royal Flying Corps the Western Front and the Control of the Air 1914–1918

By the middle of 1918 the British Army had successfully mastered the concept of ’all arms’ warfare on the Western Front. This doctrine integrating infantry artillery armoured vehicles and - crucially - air power was to prove highly effective and formed the basis of major military operations for the next hundred years. Yet whilst much has been written on the utilisation of ground forces the air element still tends to be studied in isolation from the army as a whole. In order to move beyond the usual 'aircraft and aces' approach this book explores the conceptual origins of the control of the air and the role of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) within the British army. In so doing it addresses four key themes. First it explores and defines the most fundamental air power concept - the control of the air - by examining its conceptual origins before and during the First World War. Second it moves beyond the popular history of air power during the First World War to reveal the complexity of the topic. Third it reintegrates the study of air power during the First World War specifically that of the RFC into the strategic operational organisational and intellectual contexts of the era as well as embedding the study within the respective scholarly literatures of these contexts. Fourth the book reinvigorates an entrenched historiography by challenging the usually critical interpretation of the RFC’s approach to the control of the air providing new perspectives on air power during the First World War. This includes an exploration of the creation of the RAF and its impact on the development of air power concepts. | The Royal Flying Corps the Western Front and the Control of the Air 1914–1918

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The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

This current comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward concise style Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling from conservative to leftist in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools leading up to the educational ideas of the current U. S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump’s administration and the influence of the Alt-Right. | The American School From the Puritans to the Trump Era

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On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

Be a fly on the wall as industry leaders Bill Kroyer and Tom Sito take us through insightful face-to-face interviews revealing in these two volumes the journeys of 23 world-class directors as they candidly share their experiences and personal views on the process of making feature animated films. The interviews were produced and edited by Ron Diamond. Your job is not to be the one with the answers. You should be the one that gets the answers. That’s your job. You need to make friends and get to know your crew. These folks are your talent your bag of tricks. And that’s where you’re going to find answers to the big problems - Andrew Stanton It’s hard. Yet the pain you go through to get what you need for your film enriches you and it enriches the film. – Brenda Chapman Frank and Ollie always used to say that great character animation contains movement that is generated by the character’s thought process. It can’t be plain movement. – John Lasseter The beauty of clay is that it doesn’t have to be too polished or too smooth and sophisticated. You don’t want it to be mechanical and lifeless. – Nick Park The good thing about animation is that tape is very cheap. Let the actor try things. This is where animation gets to play with spontaneity. You want to capture that line as it has never been said before. And most likely if you asked the actor to do it again he or she just can’t repeat that exact performance. But you got it. – Ron Clements | On Animation The Director's Perspective Vol 1

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Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the Christian tradition appear to seek to deny the value of the human body to find it deadening of spiritual life. Hunt considers why the Christian tradition as a whole has rarely managed more than an uneasy truce between the physical and the spiritual aspects of the human person. Why is it that the 'Church' has energetically argued through centuries of ecumenical councils for the dual nature of Christ but seems still unwilling to accept the full integration of physical and spiritual within humanity despite Gregory of Nazianzus's comment that 'what has not been assumed has not been redeemed'? | Clothed in the Body Asceticism the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era

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The European Union and the Black Sea The State of Play

The European Union and the Black Sea The State of Play

The idea for this book is derived from the scantiness of academic references on the European Union’s policies towards the Black Sea relative to this region’s officially stated significance for the EU. Even though the EU plays a vital role in Black Sea political agendas the EU’s cooperation with the region is not extensively covered by academic discussions and literature. This is mostly due to the fact that the EU’s focus on foreign affairs is mainly associated with the Balkans as part the current and potential expansion and the Middle East as a direct consequence of the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The Black Sea region is crucially important for the EU because of the opportunities and challenges that the region presents both politically and socio-economically. Contributions to this book mostly focus on specific issues of EU–Black Sea cooperation from conflict to the environment to democracy and how these particular relationships are perceived within the region as well as through the lenses of stakeholders such as Russia Turkey and the USA. Overall the collection focuses on projecting a more efficient role and a holistic strategy for the EU in its approach towards the Black Sea region testifying to the need for a strong EU presence. For this reason the Black Sea area remains ‘the neighbourhood too close to yet still far from the European Union’. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. | The European Union and the Black Sea The State of Play

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The Language Loss of the Indigenous

The Language Loss of the Indigenous

This volume traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous post-colonial contexts. It establishes that the aphasia imposed on the indigenous is but a visible symptom of a deeper malaise — the mismatch between the symbiotic relation nurtured by the indigenous with their environment and the idea of development put before them as their future. The essays here show how the cultures and the imaginative expressions of indigenous communities all over the world are undergoing a phase of rapid depletion. They unravel the indifference of market forces to diversity and that of the states unwilling to protect and safeguard these marginalized communities. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural and literary studies linguistics sociology and social anthropology as well as tribal and indigenous studies. | The Language Loss of the Indigenous

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The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

This book traces the evolution of the great palaces of the Louvre and Versailles from Pierre Lescot’s designs for expanding the former in the mid-16th century to the successive grands projets for the transformation of the latter over the course of the 18th century. Detailed architectural analysis is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism the significance of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette as a formative influence on planning and the effect of the French monarchy’s financial incontinence on royal building ambitions. On the basis of exhaustive original research recalling contemporary testimony and re-examining the works themselves the book challenges recent scholarly accounts of the contributions of Claude Perrault and François Mansart to the Louvre and demonstrates the influence of schemes by Italian masters Pietro Cortona and Bernini on Ange-Jacques Gabriel’s designs for rebuilding Versailles. Finally the book looks at the influence of the great French palaces on those seeking to emulate their ambition from Stockholm in the late 17th century to the deliriously opulent late 19th-century palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee. The book includes a wealth of illustrative material and supporting documents which bring this comprehensive and authoritative text to life. | The Louvre and Versailles The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

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The Development of the American Presidency

The Development of the American Presidency

A full understanding of the institution of the American presidency requires us to examine how it developed from the founding to the present. This developmental lens analyzing how historical turns have shaped the modern institution allows for a richer more nuanced understanding. The Development of the American Presidency pays great attention to that historical weight but is organized by the topics and concepts relevant to political science with the constitutional origins and political development of the presidency its central focus. Through comprehensive and in-depth coverage Richard J. Ellis looks at how the presidency has evolved in relation to the public to Congress to the executive branch and to the law showing at every step how different aspects of the presidency have followed distinct trajectories of change. Each chapter promotes active learning beginning with a narrative account of some illustrative puzzle that brings to life a central concept. A wealth of photos figures and tables allow for the visual presentations of concepts. New to the Fourth Edition Explicit and expanded attention to the role of norms in shaping and constraining presidential power with special focus on Trump’s norm-breaking and Biden’s efforts to shore up norms; Enhanced focus on the prospects for institutional reform including in the electoral college presidential relations with Congress war powers and the selection of Supreme Court justices; A full reckoning with the Trump presidency and its significance for the future of American democracy presidential rhetoric the unilateral executive and the administrative state; Coverage of the first year of Biden’s presidency including presidential rhetoric relations with Congress and the bureaucracy use of the war powers and unilateral directives; Comprehensive updating of debates about the removal power including the Supreme Court cases of Seila Law v. CFPB and Collins v. Yellen; In-depth exploration of the impact of partisan polarization on the legislative presidency and effective governance; Analysis of the 2020 election and its aftermath; Expanded discussion of impeachment to incorporate Trump’s two impeachments; Examination of presidential emergency powers with special attention to Trump’s border wall declaration; Review of Biden’s and Trump’s impact on the judiciary; Assessment of Biden’s and Trump’s place in political time.

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The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring the aid that we inhabitants of a free and fortunate country gave to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster. This declaration made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the Jewish communities in Sweden was truer than anyone could have forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive issue – Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in Europe during the years 1933–45 and what determined their policies and actions? Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the Jewish Community of Stockholm including the range of activities in which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities presented by official refugee policy in Sweden. | The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

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Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

This book first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984 analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878 and the reasons behind it. A history of gross mismanagement had been concealed by the directors by deceits facilitated by the absence of an independent audit. | Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

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The Gallipoli Campaign The Turkish Perspective

The Gallipoli Campaign The Turkish Perspective

The war against the Ottomans on Gallipoli in Palestine and in Mesopotamia was a major enterprise for the Allies with important long-term geo-political consequences. The absence of a Turkish perspective written in English represents a huge gap in the historiography of the First World War. This timely collection of wide-ranging essays on the campaign drawing on Turkish sources and written by experts in the field addresses this gap. Scholars employ archival documents from the Turkish General Staff diaries and letters of Turkish soldiers Ottoman journals and newspapers published during the campaign and recent academic literature by Turkish scholars to reveal a different perspective on the campaign which should breathe new life into English-language historiography on this crucial series of events. | The Gallipoli Campaign The Turkish Perspective

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Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

Dedicated to the tracing of continuity across sectarian divides Christopher Tadgell’s History of Architecture in India (1989) was the first modern monograph to draw together in one volume all the strands of India’s pre-colonial architectural history – from the Vedic and Native traditions of early India through Hindu Buddhist Islamic and secular architecture. This comprehensive revision Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals expands the structure to acknowledge the great advance in scholarship across this extremely complex subject over the last three decades. An understanding of Indian history and religion is the basis for understanding the complex pattern of relationships in the evolution of architecture in the subcontinent. Therefore background material covers major invasions migrations dynastic conflicts and cultural and commercial connections the main religious developments and their significance and repercussions and external architectural precedents. While avoiding the usual division of the subject into ‘Buddhist and Hindu’ and ‘Islamic’ parts in order to trace continuity the importance of religion symbolism and myth to the development of characteristic Indian architectural forms in all their richness and complexity is fully explained in this fully illustrated account of the subcontinent’s architecture. | Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals

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The Physics of the Interstellar Medium

The Physics of the Interstellar Medium

This third edition of The Physics of the Interstellar Medium continues to introduce advanced undergraduates to the fundamental processes and the wide range of disciplines needed to understand observations of the interstellar medium and its role in the Milky Way galaxy. The book is suitable for undergraduate students studying physics astronomy and astrophysics. The book also provides concise and straightforward discussions of interstellar physics and chemistry that are useful for more experienced readers. The book leads readers through the range of physical processes operating on both large and small scales that occur in the interstellar medium. It explores the relationship between the dusty tenuous gas in interstellar space and the formation of stars and planets. This new edition also describes exciting developments in the field of astrochemistry and its interaction with interstellar physics and the roles played by interstellar dust grains in interstellar physics and chemistry. Simple models in each chapter together with problems at the end of each chapter encompass interdisciplinary applications in atomic molecular solid state and surface physics and gas dynamics. This popular textbook provides a useful overview and grounding in the study of the interstellar medium and brings insight into many aspects of physics. Features An authoritative textbook in the field at this academic level Provides a wide introduction to the interstellar medium whilst remaining accessible and concise Revised throughout presenting a modern understanding of the interstellar medium

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The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

This title was first published in 2001. This is a study of liberalization in the aviation industry especially bilateral agreements. It looks at intra-country impacts of air service agreements and quantifies the impact on the northern German region. The authors assess the potential impact of air transport liberalization for the German economy and travelers and how its outcomes would impact Hamburg Airport and the Hamburg economy. The study focuses on: a comprehensive review of institutional and regulatory environment affecting international air travel; the economic implications of changing the rules governing international travel; and the policy and airport strategy considerations that arise because of these changes. | The Impact of Liberalizing International Aviation Bilaterals: The Case of the Northern German Region The Case of the Northern German Region

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The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence exposes the spatial processes of racialising gendering and classifying populations through the encoded urban infrastructure – from highways cleaving neighbourhoods to laws and policies fortifying even more unbreachable boundaries. This synthesis of narrative and theory resurrects neglected episodes of state violence and reveals how the built environment continues to enable it today within a range of cities throughout the world. Examples and discussions pull from colonial pasts and presents of old strategic settlements turned major modern cities in the United States and elsewhere that link to the physical and legal structures concentrating a populace into neighbourhoods that prep them for a lifetime of conscripted and carceral service to the State. | The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence The State and the City Between Us

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The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

Providing an essential brainstem relay for three cranial nerves the NST coordinates highly complex sensory information. While other functions of the NST have received attention its role in gustatory processing has received little. The first reference devoted exclusively to gustatory processing The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing offers an in-depth review of one of the most important central relay stations in the brain. Combining widely dispersed research into a comprehensive single volume it presents a thorough historical background documents the anatomy of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) and explores the properties of synaptic transmitters and neurons within that tract. The book examines the role of reflex activities and considers factors that influence how gustatory rNST neurons respond to taste stimuli. It describes the development and maturational changes the rNST undergoes and considers the challenge involved with identifying rNST neural circuits. The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing brings together expert investigators who have contributed substantially to the current knowledge of the anatomy physiology and developmental biology of the solitary nucleus. This pertinent work serves as a standard reference for those involved in the field providing ready access to past investigations and inviting practitioners to create new approaches that will advance knowledge about the central processing of gustatory information.

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The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

For the first time readers can discover the numerous pioneers of the Soviet nuclear industry including the role of scientific supervisors of Russia's nuclear project and the statesmen who coordinated the function of the atomic industry in the former USSR. This is a detailed account translated to English for the first time of the development of the atomic industry in the former Soviet Union. It deals with the activities of production facilities research institutes and design bureaus that designed and manufactured equipment and materials. That material was applied in various fields of atomic science and engineering but primarily in the construction of atomic weapons. History of Soviet Atomic Industry will be of interest to scientists and engineers in the nuclear industry as well as historians of science and the post-war Soviet Union. | The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry

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Understanding the Universe The Physics of the Cosmos from Quasars to Quarks

Understanding the Universe The Physics of the Cosmos from Quasars to Quarks

Understanding the Universe: The Physics of the Cosmos from Quasars to Quarks explores how all areas of physics from the very smallest scales to the very largest come together to form our current understanding of the Universe. It takes readers on a fascinating journey from the Big Bang and how the Universe has evolved to how it appears now and the possibilities for how it will continue to evolve in the future. It also explores the latest exciting developments in the area and how they impact our understanding of the Universe such as quantum chromodynamics black holes dark energy and gravitational waves. Equally importantly it explains how we have come to know all of this about the Universe and details the limitations of our current understanding. This book is accessible to all introductory undergraduate students interested in the physical sciences. It prioritises a non-mathematical approach so it can be understood by all students with only two algebraic equations in the book and any numerical calculations shown are limited to simple arithmetic. Key Features: Combines current understanding of quantum physics and cosmology and includes the latest exciting developments from the field. Provides an accessible introduction to the topic focusing on a non-mathematical presentation. Presents a comprehensive narrative on the subject and a coherent story. | Understanding the Universe The Physics of the Cosmos from Quasars to Quarks

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The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has in the last two decades produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research but also suggest new avenues of future investigation. Each of 33 chapters surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area identifying the major research themes theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout offering readers a deeper understanding of the magazine form as well as of the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences. The book includes six sections: -Methodologies and structures presents theories and models for magazine research in an evolving global context. Magazine publishing: the people and the work introduces the roles and practices of those involved in the editorial and business sides of magazine publishing. Magazines as textual communication surveys the field of contemporary magazines across a range of theoretical perspectives subjects genre and format questions. Magazines as visual communication explores cover design photography illustrations and interactivity. Pedagogical and curricular perspectives offers insights on undergraduate and graduate teaching topics in magazine research. The future of the magazine form speculates on the changing nature of magazine research via its environmental effects audience and transforming platforms. | The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research The Future of the Magazine Form

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language will truly meet the academic linguistic and pedagogical needs of those who are interested in the Chinese language in different capacities and for different reasons such as Sinologists Chinese linguists and teachers and learners of Chinese as a second language. The Encyclopedia includes research on the changing landscape of the Chinese language by 66 eminent academics in the field; from research on oracle bone and bronze inscriptions to Chinese language acquisition to the language of the mass media. This reference will be the most up to date and authoritative on the market; it will offer an a guide to shifts over time in thinking about the Chinese language as well as providing an overview of contemporary themes debates and research interests. The editors and contributors are assisted by an editorial board comprised of the best and most experienced sinologists world-wide. The reference includes an introduction written by the editor which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context. The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.

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Modernism and the Mediterranean The Maeght Foundation

Modernism and the Mediterranean The Maeght Foundation

Situated in a Mediterranean landscape the Maeght Foundation is a unique Modernist museum product of an extraordinary collaboration between the architect José Luis Sert and the artists whose work was to be displayed there. The architecture garden design and art offer a rare opportunity to see work in settings conceived in active collaboration with the artists themselves. By focusing on the relationship between this art foundation and its Arcadian setting including Joan Miró's labyrinth George Braque's pool Tal-Coat's mosaic wall and Giacometti's terrace Jan K. Birksted demonstrates how the building articulates many of the ideas that preoccupied this group of artists during the culminating years of their lives. The study pays special attention to the ways in which architecture can shape the experience of time and addresses the Modernist desire for wilderness and its problematic roots in the classical Mediterranean ideal. In showing how the design of the Maeght Foundation is a Modernist representation of Mediterranean culture the author has developed an interpretation of architecture that accommodates not only the architect's handling of material or function but shows as well how it can be the embodiment of a particular vision of space and time. | Modernism and the Mediterranean The Maeght Foundation

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