Author: Alison Donnell
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: culture, contemporary, encyclopedias, black, companion, british
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2001-11-09
List price: $285.00
ISBN-10: 0415169895
ISBN-13: 9780415169899

This A-Z Companion is the first in-depth reference to Black British cultural production since 1970. Coverage encompasses writing; music; visual and plastic arts; performance works; film and cinema; fashion and design; and intellectual life. Entries include: Asian Dub Foundation * Buddha of Suburbia * Massive Attack * Mel B * Rifat Ozbek * The Booker Prize * Tricky * Youth Culture * A Guy Called Gerald * Black Londoners * Black Arts Movement * Black British * Naomi Campbell * Caribbean Artists Movement * Neneh Cherry * Children’s Publishing * Jazzie B * Multicultural TV * Soul II Soul *

Authors:Alison Donnell, Sarah Lawson Welsh,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: literature, caribbean, reader, routledge
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1996-08-29
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415120497
ISBN-13: 9780415120494

IThe Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature is an outstanding compilation of over seventy primary and secondary texts of writing from the Caribbean. Locating key writers within a specifically Caribbean framework, editors Alison Donnell and Sarah Lawson Welsh demonstrate that these singular voices have emerged not out of disparate cultures, but rather a wealth of literary tradition which, until now, was unknown or critically neglected. All twentieth century selections, both famous and less well-known are given a voice in this remarkable anthology, which encompasses poetry, short stories, essa

Author: Clayton Donnell
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: metz, fortress, german
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-09-23
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1846033020
ISBN-13: 9781846033025

Author: Mike O’Donnell
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, britain, class, ethnicity, masculinities, youth, uncertain
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2000-08-31
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415153468
ISBN-13: 9780415153461

In this era of rapid change, boys face more difficulties than ever before in establishing their self-image and status. In this original and challenging study the editors explore how teenage boys from various backgrounds negotiate contemporary uncertainties to construct their gender identity.

Authors:Alison Millar, Alison MacTier, Peter Fox, Gary Cli
Publisher: Folens Publishers UK
Keywords: grammar, english, rules, basic
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $12.93
ISBN-10: 1852762322
ISBN-13: 9781852762322

A series of activities that will help to develop children’s understanding of the basic rules of grammar: forms of spoken and written language, sentence structure, parts of speech, punctuation and vocabulary.

Author: Alison Tokita and David W. HughesAlison McQueen T
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: soas, musicology, series, music, japanese, research, companion, ashgate
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0754656993
ISBN-13: 9780754656999

Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into their modern education system in the Meiji period (1868-1911), creating westernized melodies and instrumental instruction for Japanese children from kindergarten upwards. As a result, now most Japanese have a far greater familiarity with Western (or westernized) music than with traditional Japanese music. Traditional or classical Japanese music has become somewhat ghettoized, known and practised only by small groups of people in social stru

Authors:Alison Richmond, Alison Bracker,
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: truths, uncomfortable, dilemmas, principles, conservation
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2009-11-19
List price: $82.95
ISBN-10: 0750682019
ISBN-13: 9780750682015

’Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Truths’ presents multi-perspective critical analyses of the ethics and principles that guide the conservation of works of art and design, archaeological artefacts, buildings, monuments, and heritage sites on behalf of society. Contributors from the fields of philosophy, sociology, history, art and design history, museology, conservation, architecture, and planning and public policy address a wide range of conservation principles, practices, and theories from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, encouraging the rea