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How the West Indian Child is made Educationally Subnormal in the British School System: The scandal of the Black Child in Schools in Britain
by Bernard Coard"In the book, Coard examines educational inequality and institutional racism in the British educational system through the lens of the country's "educationally subnormal" (ESN) schools—previously called "schools for the mentally subnormal"—which disproportionately and wrongly enrolled Black children, especially those from the British Afro-Caribbean community." -Wikipedia
Voces de la tierra : reflexiones sobre movimientos políticos indígenas en Bolivia, Ecuador, México y Perú
by Rodrigo Montoya Rojas Claudia BalarínPapers presented at the Seminario "Culturas y poder", held in 2006 at the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales of the Universidad de San Marcos in Lima, Peru.
Metropolitan Maternity: Maternal And Infant Welfare Services In Early Twentieth Century London (Clio Medica S. /wellcome Institute Series In The History Of Medicine Ser. #Vols. 36. Issn 45-7183)
by Lara V. MarksFor centuries London has been at the centre of the social and economic fabric of British life, and its empire. London has not only been renowned for its pivotal role in the world of finance and politics, but also for its acute problems of overcrowding and social and economic dislocation. Starting in 1902 and ending just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Metropolitan Maternity highlights the distinct role London played in these years within the debates and policies concerning the economic and military future and physical welfare of the nation. Focusing on the expansion of maternal and child health and welfare services in the early twentieth century, this book shows that London mothers and children tended to be better served than those in provincial cities or rural areas. Yet even in London some areas were better served than others. A central theme of the book is the complexity of socio-economic and political forces that determined the differing levels of provision and health standards within the city. The book also examines the increasing emphasis placed on state sponsorship of health services in the early twentieth century and the growing willingness to involve and listen to mothers and their needs in the planning and development of services.
Canons And Canonic Techniques, 14th-16th Centuries: Theory, Practice, And Reception History (Analysis In Context. Leuven Studies In Musicology Ser. #1)
by Katelijne Schiltz Bonnie J. Blackburn B. J. Blackburn K. Schiltz
Isis Lactans: Corpus Des Monuments Gréco-romains D'isis Allaitant Harpocrate (Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'empire Romain Ser. #37)
by V. Tran tam TinhHijas del horror : Rocío Silva Santisteban y Regina José Galindo : mujer, testimonio y violencia en la poesía y la performance
by Bethsabé Huamán AndíaMemorias de dolor y resiliencia : en homenaje a los 20 años de la entrega del Informe Final de la CVR
by Manuel Burga Sofía Macher Elena PríncipeLes Africains et la Grande Guerre: (PDF)
by Marc MichelPendant la Grande Guerre, 200 000 " Sénégalais " d'AOF ont servi la France, plus de 135 000 sont venus combattre en Europe, 30 000 d'entre eux, soit un sur cinq, n'ont jamais revu les leurs... Dans le malheur de la guerre, ces sacrifiés ne le furent ni plus ni moins que leurs frères d'armes, les fantassins de la métropole. Néanmoins, leur sacrifice constitue encore aujourd'hui un élément très sensible des relations entre la France et l'Afrique. La " cristallisation " des pensions, autrement dit le gel de la dette contractée par la métropole, reste au cœur du contentieux. C'est l'histoire de cet engagement des Africains au service de la France que retrace d'abord ce livre. La participation des Africains à la Grande Guerre ne se borne pas à cet impôt du sang. Profondément secouée par une série de catastrophes, sécheresse, épidémies, disette et famine, l'Afrique occidentale française est d'abord confrontée à une crise brutale provoquée par l'entrée en guerre ; puis elle est soumise à un effort de production sans précédent en direction de la métropole. La sortie du conflit ne s'effectue pourtant pas dans le désastre et les révoltes généralisées ; Blaise Diagne, seul Noir " médiatique " à l'époque, réussit même à mener à bien un tout dernier recrutement, au-delà de toute espérance. Mais, comme le montre ce livre, une AOF nouvelle émerge où s'enracinent des germes de protestations modernes. Enfin, la Grande Guerre a modifié de façon plutôt positive les regards réciproques entre Africains et Français ; mais elle a aussi ouvert la voie à un infâme réquisitoire de " la Honte Noire " (" die schwarze Schande "), récupéré dans l'arsenal du racisme hitlérien. C'est aussi la genèse d'un imaginaire empoisonné que veut éclairer ce livre.
At The Northern Frontier Of Near Eastern Archaeology: Recent Research On Caucasia And Anatolia In The Bronze Age
by Elena Rova Monica Tonussian Der Nordgrenze Der Vorderasiatischen Archaologie - Neue Forschung Uber Kaukasien Und Anatolien In Der Bronzezeit
Historical Narratives And Christian Identity On A European Periphery: Early History Writing In Northern, East-central, And Eastern Europe (c. 1070-1200) (Medieval Texts And Cultures Of Northern Europe Ser. #26)
by Ildar GaripzanovÉcrits: édition établie par Guy Lelong ; avec la collaboration d'Anne-Marie Réby (Répercussions (Éditions M.F.))
by Gérard Grisey Guy Lelong Anne-Marie Réby
Just Mercy: A Story Of Justice And Redemption
by Bryan StevensonThe US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. One in every 15 people born there today is expected to go to prison. For black men this figure rises to one in 3. And Death Row is disproportionately black, too. Bryan Stevenson grew up poor in the racially segregated South. His innate sense of justice made him a brilliant young lawyer, and one of his first defendants was Walter McMillian, a black man sentenced to die for the murder of a white woman - a crime he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, startling racial inequality, and legal brinkmanship - and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. At once an unforgettable account of an idealistic lawyer's coming of age and a moving portrait of the lives of those he has defended, Just Mercy is an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice.
Paying The Land
by Joe SaccoThe Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around-it is central to their livelihood and their very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are also home to valuable natural resources, including oil, gas and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment-but also road-building, pipelines and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape; and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. In Paying the Land, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. Resource extraction is only part of Canada's colonial legacy- Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to remove the Indian from the child; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage labourers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, telling a sweeping story about money and dependency, loss and culture, with stunning visual detail by one of the greatest comic's reporters alive.
Divided World, Divided Class: Global Political Economy And The Stratification Of Labour Under Capitalism
by Zak Cope
Things That Talk: Object Lessons From Art And Science
by Lorraine DastonImagine a world without things. There would be nothing to describe, explain, remark on, interpret, or complain about. Without things, we would, in short, stop speaking; we would become as mute as objects are alleged to be. In nine original essays, internationally renowned historians of art and of science seek to understand how objects become charged with significance without losing their gritty materiality. Things That Talk aims to escape the opposition between positivist facts and cultural readings that bifurcates the current historiography of both art and science. Confronting this impasse from an interdisciplinary perspective, each author singles out one object for close attention: a Bosch drawing, the freestanding column, a Prussian island, soap bubbles, early photographs, glass flowers, Rorschach blots, newspaper clippings, paintings by Jackson Pollock. Each object is revealed to be a node around which meanings accrete thickly. But not just any meanings: what these things are made of and how they are made shape what they can mean. Neither the pure texts of semiotics nor the brute objects of positivism, these things are saturated with cultural significance. Things become talkative when they fuse matter and meaning; they lapse into speechlessness when their matter and meanings no longer mesh. Each of the nine evocative objects examined in this book had its historical moment, when the match of this thing to that thought seemed irresistible. At such junctures, certain things become objects of fascination, association, and endless consideration. Things That Talk fleetingly realizes the dream of a perfect language, in which words and world merge. Essays by Lorraine Daston, Peter Galison, Anke te Heesen, Caroline A. Jones, Joseph Leo Koerner, Antoine Picon, Simon Schaffer, Joel Snyder, and M. Norton and Elaine M. Wise.
Britain And The ILO (PDF)
by Keith EwingThe last fifteen years have been a sorry tale in Britain of anti-trade union legislation, clamps on democracy and the deliberate breaking of this country's international obligations under important conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which is the authoritative agency of the United Nations covering human rights.
Women And Social Action In Victorian And Edwardian England
by Jane LewisThis landmark book is certain to provoke debate among feminists and historians and will be essential reading for anyone concerned with women and social problems in late 19th and early 20th century England.
Politics And Ideology In Children's Literature: (PDF) (Studies In Children's Literature Ser.)
by Áine McGillicuddy Marian Thérèse KeyesThis volume examines how children's books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctrinate, or empower their readers. From utopian and dystopian voices to children's literature written in response to war situations to critiques of misogynistic assumptions that normalize or eroticize violence, these essays demonstrate the potential of children's literature to radically challenge cultural norms. Contents include: national identity in The Hunger Games * aspects of socio-political transformation in children's literature * the figure of the child in WWI children's literature * echoes of the past, aspirations for the future in the teenage novels of Eilis Dillon * portraits and paratexts in the work of Mrs. S.C. Hall * Catherine Breillat's cinematic perspective on Bluebeard * identity and ideology in the work of O.R. Melling * eco-critical perspectives on the life and works of Beatrix Potter * sexualized violence and rape myths in contemporary young adult fiction * the emergence of the gallant Fascist in Italian children's literature of the inter-war period. *** "It may seem odd to think of literature for children as containing political and ideological themes and ideas, but in fact, many theorists believe that such messages are quite prevalent in these stories and novels. The contributors do a nice job of addressing both modern and classic literature....a worthy addition to the resources on children's literature. Recommended." - Choice, July 2015, Vol. 52, No. 11 (Series: Studies in Children's Literature - Vol. 7) [Subject: Literary Criticism]
Butterworth's Commercial Court And Arbitration Pleadings
by Charles Macdonald Chirag KariaCommercial Court and Arbitration Pleadings provides detailed, expert guidance on the techniques and skills that can be learnt and built upon by all Barristers and Solicitor Advocates involved in this specialised area of law. Step-by-step the authors explain the applicable rules, advise on the art of good pleading and provide precedents for common forms of pleadings, applications and other formal documents most likely to be encountered in the commercial field. This book will provide you with: detailed guidance for preparing a lucid and effective commercial court or arbitration pleading; a summary of the substantive law the pleader must bear in mind; a precedent based on stated facts, showing the form the relevant pleading should take.