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Examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707.This book examines the union of England and Scotland by weaving the navy into a political narrative of events between the regal union in 1603 and the parliamentary union in 1707. For most of the century the Scottish crown had no separate naval force which made the Stuart monarchs' navy, seen by them as a personal not a state force, unusual in being an institution which had a relationship with both kingdoms. This did not necessarily make the navy a shared organisation, as it continued to be financed from and based in England an...
Collects Doyle's short stories that star Sherlock Holmes, each of which is annotated to provide literary and cultural details about Victorian society, and also includes biographies of Holmes, Dr. Watson, and the author himself.
From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to care at hospitals run by the navy. Early Modern Naval Health Care in England examines the factors responsible for the emergence of centralized naval health care over the course of a century. In 1650 sick and injured Royal Navy sailors were billeted in homes in coastal communities where civilians were paid to look after them. Care work, which involved making meals and feeding patients, administering medicines, washing clothes and bed linens, and shaving and cutting hair, was essential to the recovery of tens of thou...
In dit tweede, los te lezen, boek van de Elizabeth Station-serie reis je terug naar Nieuw-Zeeland aan het eind van de 19e eeuw, waar twee jonge, sterke vrouwen een nieuw leven durven op te bouwen. Nieuw-Zeeland is het decor van ‘De schaduw van de Kauri-boom' van Sarah Lark. Onderdeel van de Elizabeth Station-serie, waarvan ‘Het land met de gouden kust’ het eerste deel is. Violet Paisley heeft het niet getroffen. Als dochter van een arme mijnwerker met losse handen zijn haar vooruitzichten al niet best. Maar als ze ongewild zwanger raakt, lijkt haar leven voorbij voor het ooit de kans heeft gekregen tot bloei te komen. Matariki Drury is opgegroeid op Elizabeth Station als de geliefde dochter van Lizzie en Michael. Maar dan wordt zij ontvoerd door haar biologische vader Kahu Heke, een Maori-stamhoofd. Violet en Matariki weten zich op eigen kracht uit hun benarde situaties te redden – maar dat gaat niet zonder slag of stoot.
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This ethnographic study of a local school system in Turkey illuminates the dynamic interplay between politics, society, and education.
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