Making The Grand Figure

Author : Toby Christopher Barnard,Fellow and Tutor in Modern History T C Barnard
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300103093

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Making the Grand Figure by Toby Christopher Barnard,Fellow and Tutor in Modern History T C Barnard Pdf

"Through such everyday articles as linen shirts, wigs, silver teaspoons, pottery plates and engravings, Barnard evokes a striking variety of lives and attitudes. Possessions, he shows, even horses and dogs, highlighted and widened divisions, not only between rich and poor, women and men, but also between Irish Catholics and the Protestant settlers. Displaying fresh evidence and unexpected perspectives, the book throws new light on Ireland during a formative period. Its discoveries, set within the context of the 'consumer revolution' gripping Europe and North America, allow Ireland for the first time to be integrated into discussions of the pleasures and pains of consumerism."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Melanie Barber,Gabriel Sewell,Stephen Taylor
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781843835585

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From the Reformation to the Permissive Society by Melanie Barber,Gabriel Sewell,Stephen Taylor Pdf

This volume is a tribute to the value of one of the world's great private libraries. Thirteen historians have selected texts which together offer an illustration of the remarkable resources preserved by the Lambeth Palace Library for the period from the Reformation to the late twentieth century.

Author : Fintan Cullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351562126

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Ireland on Show by Fintan Cullen Pdf

Looking past the apparent lack of a sustainable Irish display culture, this book demonstrates that there is a very full story to tell of the way Ireland displayed its art from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Ireland on Show analyzes the impact of the display of art as a significant political and cultural feature in the make-up of nineteenth-century Ireland - and in how Ireland was viewed beyond its own shores, in particular in Great Britain and the United States. Fintan Cullen directs much-needed critical attention and analysis to a subject that has been largely overlooked from an Irish perspective. This study moves beyond museums, to address the range of art institutions in Irish cities that displayed art, from the Royal Hibernian Academy, founded in the 1820s, to Hugh Lane's Municipal Art Gallery, opened in Dublin in 1908. Throughout, the book explores the battle between the display of a unionist ethos and a nationalist point of view, a constant that resurfaces over the period. By highlighting the tension between unionist and nationalist viewpoints, Cullen uses the display of art to investigate the complexities of Irish cultural life before the founding of the Free State.

Author : Josh A. Lerner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780262026871

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Making Democracy Fun by Josh A. Lerner Pdf

Drawing on the tools of game design to fix democracy. Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree that participatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist or complacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling, often with no clear outcome or decision. Is this the best democracy can offer? In Making Democracy Fun, Josh Lerner offers a novel solution for the sad state of our deliberative democracy: the power of good game design. What if public meetings featured competition and collaboration (such as team challenges), clear rules (presented and modeled in multiple ways), measurable progress (such as scores and levels), and engaging sounds and visuals? These game mechanics would make meetings more effective and more enjoyable—even fun. Lerner reports that institutions as diverse as the United Nations, the U.S. Army, and grassroots community groups are already using games and game-like processes to encourage participation. Drawing on more than a decade of practical experience and extensive research, he explains how games have been integrated into a variety of public programs in North and South America. He offers rich stories of game techniques in action, in children's councils, social service programs, and participatory budgeting and planning. With these real-world examples in mind, Lerner describes five kinds of games and twenty-six game mechanics that are especially relevant for democracy. He finds that when governments and organizations use games and design their programs to be more like games, public participation becomes more attractive, effective, and transparent. Game design can make democracy fun—and make it work.

Author : W. P. Dothie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368159276

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The History of the Prophet Elisha by W. P. Dothie Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Author : David Dickson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300229462

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The First Irish Cities by David Dickson Pdf

The untold story of a group of Irish cities and their remarkable development before the age of industrialization A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of its cities, notably Dublin and Cork. David Dickson explores ten urban centers and their patterns of physical, social, and cultural evolution, relating this to the legacies of a violent past, and he reflects on their subsequent partial eclipse. Beautifully illustrated, this account reveals how the country's cities were distinctive and--through the Irish diaspora--influential beyond Ireland's shores.

Author : Margot Finn,Kate Smith
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787350298

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The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 by Margot Finn,Kate Smith Pdf

The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and libraries, museums, heritage organisations, the community of family historians and universities. It moves beyond conventional academic narratives and makes an important contribution to ongoing debates around how empire impacted Britain. The volume focuses on the propertied families of the East India Company at the height of Company rule. From the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the outbreak of the Indian Uprising in 1857, objects, people and wealth flowed to Britain from Asia. As men in Company service increasingly shifted their activities from trade to military expansion and political administration, a new population of civil servants, army officers, surveyors and surgeons journeyed to India to make their fortunes. These Company men and their families acquired wealth, tastes and identities in India, which travelled home with them to Britain. Their stories, the biographies of their Indian possessions and the narratives of the stately homes in Britain that came to house them, frame our explorations of imperial culture and its British legacies.

Author : United States. Bureau of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Digital images
ISBN : MINN:319510007664244

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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ... by United States. Bureau of Education Pdf

Author : Georgios Anagnostou,Andreas Benardos,Vassilis P. Marinos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 5080 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000957839

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Expanding Underground - Knowledge and Passion to Make a Positive Impact on the World by Georgios Anagnostou,Andreas Benardos,Vassilis P. Marinos Pdf

Expanding Underground - Knowledge and Passion to Make a Positive Impact on the World contains the contributions presented at the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2023 (Athens, Greece, 12 – 18 May, 2023). Tunnels and underground space are a predominant engineering practice that can provide sustainable, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions to the ever-growing needs of modern societies. This underground expansion in more diverse and challenging infrastructure types or to novel underground uses can foster the changes needed. At the same time, the tunneling and underground space community needs to be better prepared and equipped with knowledge, tools and experience, to deal with the prevailing conditions, to successfully challenge and overcome adversities on this path. The papers in this book aim at contributing to the analysis of challenging conditions, the presentation and dissemination good practices, the introduction of new concepts, new tools and innovative elements that can help engineers and all stakeholders to reach their end goals. Expanding Underground - Knowledge and Passion to Make a Positive Impact on the World covers a wide range of aspects and topics related to the whole chain of the construction and operation of underground structures: Knowledge and Passion to Expand Underground for Sustainability and Resilience Geological, Geotechnical Site Investigation and Ground Characterization Planning and Designing of Tunnels and Underground Structures Mechanised Tunnelling and Microtunnelling Conventional Tunnelling, Drill-and-Blast Applications Tunnelling in Challenging Conditions - Case Histories and Lessons Learned Innovation, Robotics and Automation BIM, Big Data and Machine Learning Applications in Tunnelling Safety, Risk and Operation of Underground Infrastructure, and Contractual Practices, Insurance and Project Management The book is a must-have reference for all professionals and stakeholders involved in tunneling and underground space development projects.

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014784193

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Novels of Ernest Theodore Hoffman. The omen. Hajji Baba in England. Tales of my landlord Thornton's Sporting tour. Two cookery books. Johnes' translation of Froissart. Miseries of human life. Carr's Caledonian sketches. Lady Suffolk's correspondence. Kirkton's Church history. Life and works of John Home. The Culloden papers. Pepys' Memoirs by Walter Scott Pdf

Author : Howard Burton
Publisher : Open Agenda Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771700351

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The Two Cultures, Revisited by Howard Burton Pdf

The 'Two Cultures' debate of the 1960s between C.P. Snow and F.R. Leavis is one of the most misunderstood intellectual disputes of the 20th century. Most people think that the debate only revolved around the notion that our society is characterized by a divide between two cultures – the arts or humanities on one hand, and the sciences on the other. This book is based on an extended conversation between Howard Burton and University of Cambridge intellectual historian Stefan Collini— and author of the book, What Are Universities For?— which provides a careful examination and illuminating insights of what the issues really were in this debate. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Returning to the Source, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Cultural Assumptions - On the benefits of reading II. Saving the World - C.P. Snow’s moral agenda III. “Literary Osteoporosis” - Scientists vs. “literary intellectuals” IV. Into the Mainstream - Snow becomes a sage V. Enter F.R. Leavis - Questioning authority VI. Combatting Clichés - The Industrial Revolution and challenging prose VII. The Fallout - Immediate and longer-term effects VIII. Lessons Learned? - Examining Leavis’ impact IX. What Are Universities For? - Appreciating unique strengths X. Constructive Engagement - Critical inquiry and watching one’s language XI. The Humanities vs. The Sciences - Ruminations on progress XII. General Implications - The ongoing relevance of The Two Cultures About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a relaxed and informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website (https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Bible
ISBN : YALE:39002051006592

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Commentary on the New Testament by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Denison Whedon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600094550

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A popular commentary on the New Testament by Daniel Denison Whedon Pdf

Author : T. C. Barnard,Toby Christopher Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300204264

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Making the Grand Figure by T. C. Barnard,Toby Christopher Barnard Pdf

In this pioneering study of the material culture of Stuart and Hanoverian Ireland, Toby Barnard reveals a hitherto unsuspected richness and diversity of lifestyle, habitat and mentality. Like its much-praised predecessor, 'A New Anatomy of Ireland', it abounds with quirky people and vivid scenes, and amounts to a striking reappraisal of Ireland under the Protestant Ascendancy. The compass of the book is impressively wide, from the governing elite of Dublin Castle to the varied metropolis of Dublin itself, and to provincial towns and the countryside beyond. Looking yet further, it follows the Irish overseas to Britain and to the continent of Europe. What emerges is a world more crowded with stylish buildings, gardens, pictures and belongings than has often been imagined. Through such everyday articles as linen shirts, wigs, silver teaspoons, pottery plates and engravings, Barnard evokes an amazing variety of lives and attitudes. Possessions, he shows, even horses and dogs, highlighted and widened divisions, not only between rich and poor, women and men, but also between Irish Catholics and the Protestant settlers. Displaying fresh evidence and unexpected perspectives, the book throws important new light on Ireland during a formative period. Its discoveries, set within the context of the 'consumer revolution' gripping Europe and North America, allow Ireland for the first time to be integrated into discussions of the pleasures and pains of consumerism. Toby Barnard is a fellow and tutor in history at Hertford College, Oxford. He is an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy. His companion volume, 'A New Anatomy of Ireland: The Irish Protestants, 1649-1770' is also available from Yale University Press.

Author : R. S. O'Loughlin,H. F. Montgomery,Charles Dwyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Dressmaking
ISBN : UVA:X030739030

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The Delineator by R. S. O'Loughlin,H. F. Montgomery,Charles Dwyer Pdf