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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Asia-Pacific Economy -- Chapter 2: Singapore -- Chapter 3: Korea -- Chapter 4: Taiwan -- Chapter 5: Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: Labour and Industry in East Asia -- References -- Index -- Backmatter

Lewis Fry Richardson was one of the first to develop the systematic study of the causes of war; yet his great war data archive, Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, posthumously published, has yet to be fully systematized and assimilated by war-causation scholars. David Wilkinson has reanalyzed Richardson's data and drawn together the results of kindred quantitative work on the causes of war, from other as well as from Richardson. He has translated this classic of international relations literature into contemporary idiom, fully and accurately presenting the substance of Richardson's idea and at the same time bringing it up to date with judicious comment, updating the references to the critical and successor literature, and dealing in some detail with Richardson himself. Professor Wilkinson lists among the findings: 1. the death toll of war is largely the product of a very few immense wars; 2. most wars do not escalate out of control, they are vey likely to be small, brief, and exclusive; 3. great powers have done most of the world's fighting, inflicting and suffering most of the casualties; 4. the propensity of any two groups to fight increases as the ethnocultural differences between them increase. Contemporary peace strategy would therefore seem to be to avoid World War III by promoting superpower detente, and reanimating, accelerating, and civilizing the process of world economic development. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980

Front cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- How to Use this Guide -- Visiting Pompeii -- A Brief History -- Timeline -- Introduction -- The Fateful Day -- The Eruption -- The Story Unfolds -- The Guide -- Suburban Baths -- Imperial Villa / Marine Gate -- Temple of Venus -- Temple of Apollo -- Forum -- Basilica -- Civil Offices -- Temple of Jupiter -- Temple of Vespasian -- Sanctuary of City Lares -- Macellum -- Building of Eumachia -- Forum Holitorium -- Temple of Fortuna Augusta -- Baths of Pompeii -- Forum Baths -- House of the Faun -- House of the Vettii -- Central Baths -- Bakery of Popidius Priscus -- Brothel -- Stabian Baths -- Theatre District -- Samnite Gymnasium -- Temple of Isis -- Temple of Jupiter Meilichios -- Theatres -- Fullery of Stephanus -- House of Loreius Tiburtinus -- House of Venus in the Sea Shell -- Palaestra -- Amphitheatre -- Nuceria Gate Tombs -- Villa of the Mysteries -- Tombs outside the Herculaneum Gate -- Villa of Diomedes -- House of Menander -- House of the Tragic Poet -- House of the Silver Wedding -- Praedia of Julia Felix -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Plates -- Index -- Back cover.

Part I. Behind the wire -- Capture -- The camps -- Routine, work & discipline -- Necessities of life -- Part II. Prisoner responses -- Resistance -- Leadership & organisation -- Friends & feuds -- Linking with home -- Part III. Conclusion -- Repatriation, futures & myths

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The unexamined constructions of educational leadership -- 2 Beyond culture as ethnicity: Interrogating the empirical sites for leading scholarship -- 3 The role of ethical practices in pursuing socially just leadership -- 4 "We're going to call our kids 'African Aussies'": Leading for diversity in regional Australia -- 5 Is she in the wrong place? Exploring the intersections of gender, religion, culture and leadership -- 6 Exploring the successful school leadership literature in China -- 7 Indigenist holistic educational leadership -- 8 Communicating research: A challenge of context -- 9 Practice traditions of researching educational leadership across national contexts -- 10 Conduct un/becoming: Discipline in the context of educational leadership research -- 11 Left out: Gender and feminism in the educational leadership curriculum -- 12 Commentary: Leadership as a relational practice in contexts of cultural hybridity -- Index

Cover; Book title; Contents; How this book will help you to achieve your best in AQA GCSE History; Introduction: The big story of power; 1 The Middle Ages: Challenging authority and feudalism; 1.1 Context: Medieval Britain, 1170-1450; 1.2 Constraints on kingship: Magna Carta: What was great about the Great Charter?; 1.3 The origins of Parliament: Simon de Montfort: Sinner, saint or champion of democracy?; 1.4 Medieval revolt and royal authority: The Peasants' Revolt: Protests and Poll Taxes; 1.5 Pulling it all together: The Middle Ages; 2 The early modern world: Challenging royal authority

Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Creating the Universe -- The Creation of the World -- The First Humans -- The Land of China -- The Ten Suns -- The Great Flood -- The Gods of Chinese Life -- Bringers of Civilization -- Life in Ancient China -- Learning Two New Skills -- Lessons of the Dragon King -- The Heavenly Empire -- The Jade Emperor's Court -- Confucianism -- The Eight Immortals -- Daoism -- Safe as Houses -- Myths of Buddhism -- In the Western Paradise -- Buddhism in China -- The Merciful Goddess -- Monkey -- Timeline of China

Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Health and the People -- How this book will help you in AQA GCSE History -- Introduction: The big story of health and the people -- 1 Medicine stands still -- 1.1 Context: Medieval Britain -- 1.2 Where did medieval ideas about health come from? -- 1.3 Medieval medicine -- 1.4 Medical progress -- 1.5 Public health in the Middle Ages -- 1.6 Pulling it all together: Medieval Britain -- 2 The beginnings of change -- 2.1 Context: Early modern Britain -- 2.2 The impact of the Renaissance on Britain -- 2.3 Dealing with disease

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