A Bloody Difficult Subject

Author : Bain Attwood
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781776710966

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'A Bloody Difficult Subject' by Bain Attwood Pdf

Ruth Ross is hardly a household name, yet most New Zealanders today owe the way they understand the Treaty of Waitangi — or te Tiriti o Waitangi as Ross called it — to this remarkable woman' s path-breaking historical research.Taking us on a journey from small university classes and a lively government department in the nation' s war-time capital to an economically poor but culturally rich Maori community in the far north, and from tiny schools and cloistered university offices to parliamentary committees and a legal tribunal, Attwood enables us to grasp how and why the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand law, politics, society and culture has been transformed in the last seven decades.A frank and moving meditation on the making of history and its advantages and disadvantages for life in a democratic society, A Bloody Difficult Subject is a surprising story full of unforeseen circumstances, unexpected twists, unlikely turns and unanticipated outcomes.

Author : Bain Attwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1869409825

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'a Bloody Difficult Subject' by Bain Attwood Pdf

One historian' s research and the transformation of te Tiriti in New Zealand life.

Author : Nick Spencer
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785902628

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The Mighty And The Almighty by Nick Spencer Pdf

For a secular age, we have a lot of religious politicians. Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, even Donald Trump all profess Christianity, as did Obama, Brown, Sarkozy, Bush and Blair before them. Indeed, it is striking how many Christian Presidents and Prime Ministers have assumed the global stage over recent years. In spite of Alastair Campbell's oft- (and mis-) quoted line, 'We don't do God', it seems like we definitely do. But how sincere is this faith? Is not much of it simply window-dressing for the electorate, paste-on haloes to calm the moral majority? Conversely, how dangerous is it? If we elect our politicians to do our democratic will, do we really want them praying to God for advice? The Mighty and the Almighty looks at some of the biggest political figures of the past forty years - from Thatcher and Reagan, through Mandela and Clinton, to May and Trump - and looks at how they 'did God'. Did their faith actually shape their politics, and if so, how? Or did their politics shape their faith? And does it matter if it did? In an age when religion is more important on the global stage than anyone would have predicted fifty years ago, this book will tell you everything you want to know, and some things you won't, about how the Mighty get on with the Almighty.

Author : Ian Hernon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781398107991

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Bloody Sunday by Ian Hernon Pdf

Fifty years on, a compelling new perspective on one of the most violent and controversial events of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Author : George Laurence Gomme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UCAL:B3155199

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The Archaeological Review by George Laurence Gomme Pdf

A journal of historic and pre-historic antiquities.

Author : Ross Calman,Mark Derby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN : 1776692632

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Te Tiriti O Waitangi by Ross Calman,Mark Derby Pdf

"This graphic novel provides a fresh approach to telling the story of te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand's country's founding document. The book covers a wide time span, from the first arrivals of Polynesian explorers through to the signing of te Tiriti, the New Zealand Wars, and the modern day Treaty settlement process"--Publisher information.

Author : Lynne Rosenberg
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780595398232

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A Crash Course on Prostate Cancer by Lynne Rosenberg Pdf

Sometimes a woman just needs to hear certain things from another woman. And one of those times is when your husband may have prostate cancer. When author Lynne Rosenberg, a registered nurse and wife of a medical doctor, began to research this disease after her husband Mark was diagnosed, she found very little useful information about the day-to-day decisions and difficulties they would face. Scrambling to decipher test results, procedures, medications, and side effects, she discovered that each woman faces this process as if facing uncharted territory. Prostate cancer involves the physical and mental mechanisms that in some ways define both masculinity and intimacy, and Rosenberg confronts these subjects with refreshing frankness. After devoting more than a year to her husband's illness, treatment, and recovery, she has organized her experience into a readable and rational discussion that can help prepare women to deal with everything for which she herself had no preparation. While not intended to replace the doctor, nurse, or counselor in the management of this disease, A Crash Course on Prostate Cancer: From One Woman's Perspective will provide you with the support that only another woman can give.

Author : Matthew Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-21
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
ISBN : 1869539966

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Waitangi by Matthew Wright Pdf

Acclaimed historian Matthew Wright explores the evolution of New Zealand's most historically significant document, the Treaty of Waitangi, from its origins to its place in the present day. From the early cultural collisions between Maori and Pakeha that led to this landmark agreement, to the many reinterpretations that have followed, Waitangi: A Living Treaty brings the story and concepts of the Treaty to life in this revealing and thought-provoking read.

Author : Frazer Lee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787583283

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Hearthstone Cottage by Frazer Lee Pdf

"Lee creates an atmosphere of unease and foreboding that culminates in explosive violence and terror. Rife with frightening imagery, ghosts, and visceral horror, this tale will please the most ardent of horror fans." – Booklist Mike Carter and his girlfriend Helen, along with their friends Alex and Kay, travel to a remote loch side cottage for a post-graduation holiday. But their celebrations are short-lived when they hit and kill a stag on the road. Alex s sister Meggie awaits them in the cottage, adding to the tension when her dog, Oscar, goes missing. Mike becomes haunted by a disturbing presence in the cottage, and is hunted by threatening figures in the highland fog. Reeling from a shock revelation, Mike begins to lose his grip on his sanity. As the dark secrets of the past conspire to destroy the bonds of friendship, Mike must uncover the terrifying truth dwelling within the walls of Hearthstone Cottage. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Author : Gregory Desilet
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786477913

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Screens of Blood by Gregory Desilet Pdf

Civilization seems to move ever more toward the power of words over weapons. But many people, especially Americans, still believe wrongs in life can be righted with a fist or a gun or a bomb. Cultural mythology lags reality and continues to send the message of regeneration through violence. But the transition to a healthier mythology is already underway and can be seen in the strength of an alternative trend in depictions of violence in storytelling. This book examines this trend by comparing examples drawn from film and television with the traditional popular dramatic approach--reflecting and promoting a culture of violence. This comparison shows that attitudes toward conflict in drama are a key indicator of a shift in awareness of violence in society. The book concludes with an account of increasing challenges confronting the individual in today's world and the necessity for individual producers and consumers to take greater responsibility for their choices--which shape culture through omnipresent and profoundly influential screen technology.

Author : Jim Perrin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781409021407

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Shipton and Tilman by Jim Perrin Pdf

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, 'The journeys of discovery undertaken through two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled in the annals of mountain exploration.' Jim Perrin writes of his source-material: 'These unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence have not previously been used to present a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of mountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton's phrase, "a random harvest of delight" gathered by two uniquely bold and engaging characters from the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their first western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of arduous travel in difficult and uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, and the quirkiest and most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, and one that has long been waiting for adequate treatment'.

Author : F. M. Brookfield
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781775582366

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Waitangi & Indigenous Rights by F. M. Brookfield Pdf

This landmark study examines issues surrounding New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi, focusing on recent Fiji revolutions and indigenous customary rights to the seabed and foreshore. In this revised edition, the author approaches these complex and controversial matters with a careful, thorough, and principled approach while dealing with the broad constitutional issues and responding to comments made by other scholars. This study will serve as an essential tool for those working in the area and for those engaged in this contemporary debate.

Author : James Marten,Caroline E. Janney
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820359670

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Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America by James Marten,Caroline E. Janney Pdf

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Gilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil War memory. Advertisers used images of the war to sell everything from cigarettes to sewing machines; an entire industry grew up around uniforms made for veterans rather than soldiers; publishing houses built subscription bases by tapping into wartime loyalties; while old and young alike found endless sources of entertainment that harkened back to the war. Moving beyond the discussions of how Civil War memory shaped politics and race relations, the essays assembled by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney provide a new framework for examining the intersections of material culture, consumerism, and contested memory in the everyday lives of late nineteenth-century Americans. Each essay offers a case study of a product, experience, or idea related to how the Civil War was remembered and memorialized. Taken together, these essays trace the ways the buying and selling of the Civil War shaped Americans’ thinking about the conflict, making an important contribution to scholarship on Civil War memory and extending our understanding of subjects as varied as print, visual, and popular culture; finance; and the histories of education, of the book, and of capitalism in this period. This highly teachable volume presents an exciting intellectual fusion by bringing the subfield of memory studies into conversation with the literature on material culture. The volume’s contributors include Amanda Brickell Bellows, Crompton B. Burton, Kevin R. Caprice, Shae Smith Cox, Barbara A. Gannon, Edward John Harcourt, Anna Gibson Holloway, Jonathan S. Jones, Margaret Fairgrieve Milanick, John Neff , Paul Ringel, Natalie Sweet, David K. Thomson, and Jonathan W. White.

Author : Matthew Gabriele,David M. Perry
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062980915

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The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele,David M. Perry Pdf

"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.”—Slate "Incandescent and ultimately intoxicating." —The Boston Globe A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality—a brilliant reflection of humanity itself. The word “medieval” conjures images of the “Dark Ages”—centuries of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery, and poor hygiene. But the myth of darkness obscures the truth; this was a remarkable period in human history. The Bright Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1,000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, bringing to light both its beauty and its horrors. The Bright Ages takes us through ten centuries and crisscrosses Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa, revisiting familiar people and events with new light cast upon them. We look with fresh eyes on the Fall of Rome, Charlemagne, the Vikings, the Crusades, and the Black Death, but also to the multi-religious experience of Iberia, the rise of Byzantium, and the genius of Hildegard and the power of queens. We begin under a blanket of golden stars constructed by an empress with Germanic, Roman, Spanish, Byzantine, and Christian bloodlines and end nearly 1,000 years later with the poet Dante—inspired by that same twinkling celestial canopy—writing an epic saga of heaven and hell that endures as a masterpiece of literature today. The Bright Ages reminds us just how permeable our manmade borders have always been and of what possible worlds the past has always made available to us. The Middle Ages may have been a world “lit only by fire” but it was one whose torches illuminated the magnificent rose windows of cathedrals, even as they stoked the pyres of accused heretics. The Bright Ages contains an 8-page color insert.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Law
ISBN : CHI:65203418

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The American Jurist by Anonim Pdf