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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Minute of His Worship the Mayor ...
Author: Cape Town (South Africa). Mayor
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Category : Cape Town (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Category : Cape Town (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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The Municipal Journal
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Transactions
Author: Institution of Water Engineers
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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The Moon and the Bonfire
Author: Richard Bradley
Publisher: Society Antiquaries Scotland
ISBN: 0903903334
Category : Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Whilst a report on excavations at three stone circles and two fieldwalking projects in north-east Scotland may not seem very appealing this book does much to heighten public awareness and interest in such sites and re-connects us with the mysterious monuments of the past. This study of the sites of Tomnaverie (Deeside), Cothiemuir Wood (Donside) and Aikey Brae (Buchan) is written in an engaging and approachable style with plenty of illustrative material. Whilst the project was geared towards investigating the character, chronology, structural development and wider context of the stone circles, its results go much further in revealing how people used and perceived such sites and the landscape around them. Here, contextual information, discussion of methodology and objectives are combined with factual data and interpretation as the project members examine various aspects of the sites such as the characterisation (shape, colour and texture) of the stones used, construction techniques, evidence of burning, the presence of human remains and possible solar and lunar alignments. The proffering of new insights into the use and symbolism of the monuments is highly valuable, for example, the suggestion that we should perhaps consider the use of these stone circles during the hours of darkness rather than daylight, an idea first proposed by Aubrey Burl, requires us to re-think our preconceptions about monuments in the past. The rewards of painstaking excavation and trudging through muddy fields are evident in a publication such as this.
Publisher: Society Antiquaries Scotland
ISBN: 0903903334
Category : Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Whilst a report on excavations at three stone circles and two fieldwalking projects in north-east Scotland may not seem very appealing this book does much to heighten public awareness and interest in such sites and re-connects us with the mysterious monuments of the past. This study of the sites of Tomnaverie (Deeside), Cothiemuir Wood (Donside) and Aikey Brae (Buchan) is written in an engaging and approachable style with plenty of illustrative material. Whilst the project was geared towards investigating the character, chronology, structural development and wider context of the stone circles, its results go much further in revealing how people used and perceived such sites and the landscape around them. Here, contextual information, discussion of methodology and objectives are combined with factual data and interpretation as the project members examine various aspects of the sites such as the characterisation (shape, colour and texture) of the stones used, construction techniques, evidence of burning, the presence of human remains and possible solar and lunar alignments. The proffering of new insights into the use and symbolism of the monuments is highly valuable, for example, the suggestion that we should perhaps consider the use of these stone circles during the hours of darkness rather than daylight, an idea first proposed by Aubrey Burl, requires us to re-think our preconceptions about monuments in the past. The rewards of painstaking excavation and trudging through muddy fields are evident in a publication such as this.
Proceedings
Author: Institution of Municipal Engineers, London
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Wages and Hours of Labour ...
Author: Great Britain. Board of Trade
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Category : Hours of labor
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : Hours of labor
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Comedy and Distinction
Author: Sam Friedman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135009015
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book was shortlisted for the 2015 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Comedy is currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the recent economic downturn, it has exploded into a booming billion-pound industry both on TV and on the live circuit. Despite this, academia has either ignored comedy or focused solely on analysing comedians or comic texts. This scholarship tends to assume that through analysing an artist’s intentions or techniques, we can somehow understand what is and what isn’t funny. But this poses a fundamental question – funny to whom? How can we definitively discern how audiences react to comedy? Comedy and Distinction shifts the focus to provide the first ever empirical examination of British comedy taste. Drawing on a large-scale survey and in-depth interviews carried out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the book explores what types of comedy people like (and dislike), what their preferences reveal about their sense of humour, how comedy taste lubricates everyday interaction, and how issues of social class, gender, ethnicity and geographical location interact with patterns of comic taste. Friedman asks: Are some types of comedy valued higher than others in British society? Does more ‘legitimate’ comedy taste act as a tangible resource in social life – a form of cultural capital? What role does humour play in policing class boundaries in contemporary Britain? This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social class, social theory, cultural studies and comedy studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135009015
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book was shortlisted for the 2015 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. Comedy is currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the recent economic downturn, it has exploded into a booming billion-pound industry both on TV and on the live circuit. Despite this, academia has either ignored comedy or focused solely on analysing comedians or comic texts. This scholarship tends to assume that through analysing an artist’s intentions or techniques, we can somehow understand what is and what isn’t funny. But this poses a fundamental question – funny to whom? How can we definitively discern how audiences react to comedy? Comedy and Distinction shifts the focus to provide the first ever empirical examination of British comedy taste. Drawing on a large-scale survey and in-depth interviews carried out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the book explores what types of comedy people like (and dislike), what their preferences reveal about their sense of humour, how comedy taste lubricates everyday interaction, and how issues of social class, gender, ethnicity and geographical location interact with patterns of comic taste. Friedman asks: Are some types of comedy valued higher than others in British society? Does more ‘legitimate’ comedy taste act as a tangible resource in social life – a form of cultural capital? What role does humour play in policing class boundaries in contemporary Britain? This book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social class, social theory, cultural studies and comedy studies.
The Royal Engineers Journal
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Annual Report of the City Commissioner to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ...
Author: Baltimore (Md.). City Commissioner
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Proceedings fib Symposium in Dubrovnik Croatia
Author: FIB – International Federation for Structural Concrete
Publisher: FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton
ISBN: 9539542839
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Publisher: FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton
ISBN: 9539542839
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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