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Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

The Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands-a peaceful haven for land and sea birds and once a profitable paradise for whalers and seal hunters-erupted into the headlines on April 2 1982. The armed conflict between Britain and Argentina that continued during the following two months was but one more stage in a long-standing struggle over the sovereignty of the islands a conflict dating back to colonial times. The issues much discussed remain unresolved. In this book the Hoffmanns present the background to the confrontation between Argentina and Britain as well as an analysis of the present situation. Clarifying the importance of the seemingly insignificant remote islands in the South Atlantic over which European nations nearly went to war several times and which Britain wrested from Argentina in the 1830s the authors trace the history of the dispute the involvement of the United States and the impact of the recent war on inter-American relations. | Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

GBP 36.99
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Edmund Campion A Scholarly Life

Edmund Campion A Scholarly Life

Edmund Campion: A Scholarly Life is the response at long last to Evelyn Waugh’s call in 1935 for a ’scholarly biography’ to replace Richard Simpson's Edmund Campion (1867). Whereas early accounts of his life focused on the execution of the Jesuit priest this new biography presents a more balanced assessment placing equal weight on Campion’s London upbringing among printers and preachers and on his growing stature as an orator in an Oxford riven with religious divisions. Ireland chosen by Campion as a haven from religious conflict is shown paradoxically to have determined his life and his death. Gerard Kilroy here draws on newly discovered manuscript sources to reveal Campion as a charismatic and affectionate scholar who was finding fulfilment as priest and teacher in Prague when he was summoned to lead the first Jesuit mission to England. The book argues that the delays in his long journey suggest reluctant acceptance even before he was told that Dr Nicholas Sander had brought ’holy war’ to Ireland so that Campion landed in an England that was preparing for papal invasion. The book offers fresh insights into the dramatic search for Campion the populist nature of the disputations in the Tower and the legal issues raised by his torture. It was the monarchical republic itself that in pursuit of the Anjou marriage made him the beloved ’champion’ of the English Catholic community. Edmund Campion: A Scholarly Life presents the most detailed and comprehensive picture to date of an historical figure whose loyalty and courage in the trial and on the scaffold swiftly became legendary across Europe. | Edmund Campion A Scholarly Life

GBP 42.99
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Rebuilding America's Cities

Rebuilding America's Cities

A growing cooperation between the public and private sectors indicates that the tasks of redevelopment are too large and complex for either sector to accomplish alone. Some people maintain that government can do few things right; others are equally distrustful of the private sector. As used here the private sector is considered to be all that is not government. Each of the success stories illustrated is in part a road to recovery although none appear to have been influenced by a purpose that broad. Paul R. Porter and David C. Sweet present stories of progress in self-reliance that concern neighborhood and downtown recoveries school improvement job generation a regained fiscal solvency novel financing techniques helping tenants to become homeowners and a successful venture in self-help and tenant management in crime-infested neighborhoods. The successes stem from the diverse community roles of Yale University a medical center the world's largest research organization the Clorox Company a gas company an insurance company a newspaper neighborhood and downtown organizations city governments and two religious organizations - the Mormon Church and the tiny Church of the Savior. These stories are located throughout the United States including Akron Baltimore Brooklyn Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Fort Wayne Indianapolis Milwaukee New Haven Oakland Pittsburgh St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake City Springfield Mass. Tampa and Washington D. C. The editors have gathered the work of professionals known in the field of urban studies: James W. Rouse Donald E. Lasater Rolf Goetze Dale F. Bertsch Joel Lieske Eugene H. Methvin James E. Kunde T. Michael Smith Robert Mier Carol Davidow Jay Chatterjee June Manning Thomas Norman Krumholz Larry C. Ledebur and Robert C. Holland. | Rebuilding America's Cities

GBP 84.99
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