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What Did The Baby Boomers Ever Do For Us?
by Francis BeckettFirst published in 2010, this book explores the legacy of the baby boomers: the generation who, born in the aftermath of the Second World War, came of age in the radical sixties where for the first time since the War, there was freedom, money, and safe sex. In this book, Francis Beckett argues that what began as the most radical-sounding generation for half a century turned into a random collection of youthful style gurus, sharp-toothed entrepreneurs and management consultants who believed revolution meant new ways of selling things; and Thatcherites, who thought freedom meant free markets, not free people. At last, it found its most complete expression in New Labour. The author argues that the children of the 1960s betrayed the generations that came before and after, and that the true legacy of the swinging decade is in ashes.
Transcending Boundaries
by Sandra L. BeckettTranscending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults is a collection of essays on twentieth-century authors who cross the borders between adult and children's literature and appeal to both audiences. This collection of fourteen essays by scholars from eight countries constitutes the first book devoted to the art of crosswriting the child and adult in twentieth-century international literature. Sandra Beckett explores the multifaceted nature of crossover literature and the diverse ways in which writers cross the borders to address a dual readership of children and adults. It considers classics such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Pinocchio, with particular emphasis on post-World War II literature. The essays in Transcending Boundaries clearly suggest that crossover literature is a major, widespread trend that appears to be sharply on the rise.
Quality Management
by John BeckfordQuality Management: Reconsidered for the Digital Economy continues to provide a one-stop-shop for anyone studying the theory and practice of quality management. Exploring the essentials of management theory and the work of the ‘quality gurus’ who have formed the foundation of current practice, this new edition builds upon the previous editions’ unique critical perspective of quality. Key management practices are considered and extended, including lean thinking, systems methodologies, business process reengineering, organisational learning and intelligent organisations and service quality management. This edition plays particularly close attention throughout to the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on quality management, revisiting the meaning of ‘quality’ in an automated and data-driven world. Throughout, case studies have been rewritten including new examples from emerging economies, and practical tools incorporated to enhance learning and application. Replete with examples, vignettes and diagrams, this comprehensive textbook is ideal for those new to the field of quality management and for students on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Operations Management. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank of questions.
A History of World Societies, Concise Edition, Combined
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Roger B. Beck and Jerry Davila and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKayA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Concise Edition, Volume 1
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Jerry DavilaA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Concise Edition, Volume 2
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Jerry DavilaA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Combined Edition
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Roger B. Beck and Jerry Davila and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKayA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 1
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Roger B. Beck and Jerry Davila and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKayA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 2
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Roger B. Beck and Jerry Davila and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKayA History of World Societies provides a concise overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Volume 1
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and Jerry Davila and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley EbreyA History of World Societies provides a comprehensive overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
A History of World Societies, Volume 2
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and Jerry Davila and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley EbreyA History of World Societies provides a comprehensive overview of world history by sharing the cultural stories of global people -- all through a regional lens.
Sources of World Societies, Volume 1
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Jerry DavilaSources of World Societies is an expertly crafted collection of historical sources with a variety of global, cultural perspectives from around the world.
Sources of World Societies, Volume 2
by Roger B. Beck and Clare Haru Crowston and John P. McKay and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Jerry DavilaSources of World Societies is an expertly crafted collection of historical sources with a variety of global, cultural perspectives from around the world.
Recovery from Strenuous Exercise
by Steve BedfordCoaches, managers and athletes frequently ask about how they can recover as fast as possible from fatigue and improve subsequent performance. Recovery from Strenuous Exercise informs students, athletes and practicing strength and conditioning coaches and performance therapists on how to use the latest scientific evidence to inform their recovery practice – particularly during high training volumes and competitive cycles. This book empowers the athlete, the coach and the therapist by giving them greater confidence, improving their critical thinking, helping them to avoid poor practice and enhancing their understanding of what causes fatigue and how its effects can be minimised. Recovery from Strenuous Exercise covers many of the aspects required to make a highly skilled, confident, knowledgeable personal trainer, sports therapist or strength and conditioning coach. It also acts as a recovery ‘go-to’ guide for competitive recreational athletes who lack the knowledge and guidance on optimal recovery protocols used by their professional peers. This text serves as a learning and research aid for athletes and those studying vocational personal training and sports therapy courses, and those studying other courses where recovery modalities form part of their undergraduate and postgraduate study, such as strength and conditioning, sports science, sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, osteopathy and physiotherapy.
The Soweto Uprising of 1976
by Bedford/St.Martin's and Michael RutzThe documents in this collection introduce students to the Soweto Uprising and the viewpoints of the white government and the African opposition. Readers will enter into the debates over race relations, equality of opportunity, and the consequences of imperialism that framed the history of apartheid-era South Africa. Students will engage with a wide range of primary sources, guided in their analyses by a learning objective, central question, historical background, source headnotes, source questions, project questions and suggestions for further research. Through their work with these documents, they will gain a more complete understanding of the present in an historically-based context, an enhanced ability to read, interpret, assess, and contextualize primary sources, and practice explaining historical change over time.
A Student's Companion for In Conversation
by Bedford/St.Martin'sA Student’s Companion to In Conversation helps writers make the most of their handbook and their composition course. Its practical workbook format and attention to key topics taught in the course make it a useful tool for boosting student performance. Part 1 includes common college success strategies such as time management. Part 2 covers topics common to first-year composition such as essay development, active reading, audience awareness, peer review, revision, and working with sources. Part 3 includes 16 graphic organizers that help more visually-oriented students plan and organize different types of writing. And Part 4 includes exercises in sentence-level topics including parallelism, subject-verb agreement, fragments, using commas and quotation marks, and more. Offering more than 60 exercises and dozens of activities to engage students in the work of the course, A Student’s Companion to In Conversation helps new academic writers get and stay on-level.
A Student's Companion to Hacker Handbooks with 2021 MLA Update
by Bedford/St.Martin'sThis ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).Writers develop over time. And the fact is, some writers need more time and more practice to develop the skills and habits that help them meet the challenges of the first-year writing course. For those students enrolled in paired, co-requisite, or ALP sections, A Student’s Companion to Hacker Handbooks offers practical support that will help them get up to speed and perform on-level.
The Small Wars of the United States, 1899-2009
by Benjamin R. BeedeThe Small Wars of the United States, 1899–2009 is the complete bibliography of works on US military intervention and irregular warfare around the world, as well as efforts to quell insurgencies on behalf of American allies. The text covers conflicts from 1898 to present, with detailed annotations of selected sources. In this second edition, Benjamin R. Beede revises his seminal work, bringing it completely up to date, including entries on the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. An invaluable research tool, The Small Wars of the United States, 1899–2009 is a critical resource for students and scholars studying US military history.
Fifty Years of International Socialism
by Max BeerFirst published 1935, this title presents a series of recollections, some intimately personal, others bearing on the great social, cultural and political issues that faced the Jews and the European population more generally during the first part of the twentieth century. The author specifically focuses on differing attitudes towards the rise of Socialism in Europe, and the fate of nineteenth-century politics in the face of the tumultuous revolutions and counter-revolutions that arose in the aftermath of the First World War.
People Practice
by Karen Waite and Kathy Beevers and Nicky Small and Keith Tomlinson and Shazad HussainUse this brand-new textbook written to support the Level 3 CIPD Certificate in People Practice to succeed in your studies and launch your career as a people professional. Structured around the core knowledge and behaviours needed for the Level 3 CIPD qualification, People Practice provides a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of the key areas of the people profession. This includes business, culture and change in context, workforce analytics and the necessary skills and knowledge for people professionals. This book covers everything from understanding how external factors impact organizational goals, how to develop professional courage and build ethical and inclusive practices through to recruitment, performance, reward and supporting others.Written by the team who developed the new CIPD Level 3 qualification, this book will ensure that students learn both the theory and practice necessary for their academic studies and their future careers. Full of case studies, exercises, key definition boxes and reflective questions, this book will allow students to test their understanding, see how the theory applies in the workplace and develop their critical thinking skills. Further reading suggestions in each chapter encourage a wide and broad engagement with the subject. Online resources include PowerPoint slides, a lecturer's manual and multiple choice questions for students.
The Remarkable Story of Vaccines
by Norman BeggThis remarkable book tells you everything you need to know about vaccines. Having nearly 40 years’ experience of the subject, the author covers the history of vaccines, how they work, how research is carried out, their safety, how they are used in society, the inside track on COVID-19 and what the future holds. It is a deeply personal account, with anecdotes involving a cow called Blossom, a hospital in the Caribbean, a crocodile-infested lake in Malawi, an encounter with Russian soldiers in Prague and many others. An A-to-Z section covers every vaccine from Anthrax to Yellow Fever. It will educate, entertain and enlighten the vaccine scientific community and public health practitioners. Key Features• Explores a highly topical concept of vaccines in a comprehensive and easy-to-read manner• Engages readers with relatable and interesting anecdotes • Provides a balanced, factual counter to the huge amount of current vaccine misinformation
Making Genetics and Genomics Policy in Britain
by Philip Begley and Sally SheardThis important book traces the history of genetics and genomics policy in Britain. Detailing the scientific, political, and economic factors that have informed policy and the development of new health services, the book highlights the particular importance of the field of Public Health Genomics. Although focused primarily on events in Britain, the book reveals a number of globally applicable lessons. The authors explain how and why Public Health Genomics developed and the ways in which genetics and genomics have come to have a central place in many important health debates. Consideration of their ethical, social, and legal implications and ensuring that new services that are equitable, appropriate, and well-targeted will be central to effective health planning and policymaking in future. The book features: Interviews with leading individuals who were intimately involved in the development of genetics and genomics policy and Public Health Genomics. Insights from experts who participated in a pair of 'witness seminars'. Historical analysis exploiting a wide range of primary sources. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be of interest to those involved in the research and practice of genetics, genomics, bioethics, and population health, but also to NHS staff, policymakers, politicians, and the public. It will also be valuable supplementary reading for students of the History of Medicine and Health, Public Health, and Biomedical Sciences.
NATO's Security Discourse after the Cold War
by Andreas BehnkeThis book analyses the way in which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) defines the West after the end of the Cold War and the demise of its constitutive ‘Other’, the Soviet Union. The book offers a theoretical critique of liberal approaches to security, and focuses on NATO’s construction of four geo-cultural spaces that are the sites of particular dangers or threats, which cause these spaces to be defined as the ‘enemy’ of the West. While this forges a collective Western identity, effectively achieved in the 1990s, the book also includes an analysis of NATO’s involvement in the War on Terror – an involvement in which the Alliance fails to define a coherent West, thereby undermining the very source of its long-standing political cohesion. Contributing to theoretical development within Critical Security Studies, Behnke draws on a variety of approaches to provide an analytical framework that examines the political as well as philosophical problems associated with NATO’s performance of security and identity, concluding that in the modern era of globalized, non-territorialized threats and dangers, NATO’s traditional spatial understanding of security is no longer effective given the new dynamics of Western security. NATO’s Security Discourse after the Cold War will be of great interest to students and researchers of International Relations, Critical Security Studies and International Organizations.
The Criminal Law of Genocide
by Paul BehrensThis collection of essays presents a contextual view of genocide. The authors, who are academic authorities and practitioners in the field, explore the legal treatment, but also the social and political concepts and historical dimensions of the crime. They also suggest alternative justice solutions to the phenomenon of genocide. Divided into five parts, the first section offers an historical perspective of genocide. The second consists of case studies examining recent atrocities. The third section examines differences between legal and social concepts of genocide. Part four discusses the treatment of genocide in courts and tribunals throughout the world. The final section covers alternatives to trial justice and questions of prevention and sentencing.
Elements of Genocide
by Paul Behrens and Ralph HenhamElements of Genocide provides an authoritative evaluation of the current perception of the crime, as it appears in the decisions of judicial authorities, the writings of the foremost academic experts in the field, and in the texts of Commission Reports. Genocide constitutes one of the most significant problems in contemporary international law. Within the last fifteen years, the world has witnessed genocidal conduct in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the debate on the commission of genocide in Darfur and the DR Congo is ongoing. Within the same period, the prosecution of suspected génocidaires has taken place in international tribunals, internationalised tribunals and domestic courts; and the names of Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Saddam Hussein feature among those against whom charges of genocide were brought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary examination of the existing case law on genocide in international and domestic courts, Elements of Genocide comprehensive and accessible reflection on the crime of genocide, and its inherent complexities.