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This book considers the growth of the Irish language in Belfast today. The reader is invited to take a close look at a unique vibrant speech community in Belfast. During the 1960's its members took a courageous step, when they determined to create an environment wherin they could raise their children as Irish speakers. The success of the initiative is most clearly evidenced by steady diffusion of bilingualism throughout surrounding neighbourhoods.
Public Relations: contemporary issues and techniques offers a definitive guide to public relations management. It provides comprehensive analysis and explanation of a full range of modern PR techniques, spanning both inhouse and agency practice. The text has involved fundamental restructuring and updating of existing material and the incorporation of the new techniques and strategies, for instance: * The use of multimedia techniques in PR * Overseas media and the globalization of media communications * The latest case examples - notably New Labour's rebranding and media management since 1997, government PR during the 2001 war against Afghanistan, and the 2002 football World Cup The book presents the core strategies for successful PR combining this with indepth advice on implementation and the everyday techniques that every PR person needs to grasp. With a range of new user-friendly textual features, the book's practical, how-to focus, wedded to firm theoretical analysis, makes it the ideal text for those studying for professionally accredited examinations such as the IPR, CAM and LCCI awards. It is also a useful aide-memoire for all practising PR professionals.
The book aims to establish the concept of attitudes as more central to the study of minority and majority languages. The strong tradition of attitude theory and research from social psychology is made relevant to language restoration and decay. Original research shows how attitude to bilingualism is conceptually distinct from attitude to a specific language. A piece of research in Wales investigates the origins of language attitudes in individual differences and in environmental attributes.
Sugar Butties on the Doorstep by Kath Dodd is a striking collection of poems which capture the memories of a childhood spent in Liverpool during the heady days of the "Mersey Beat", mods, and the emergence of The Beatles in 50's and 60's. These are not, however, simply poems about youthful rebellion and a world on the brink of change but also are gentle reflections on family, childhood games, places long gone. The poetry succeeds in evoking this world without being sentimental or nostalgic and has a personal tone while simultaneously describing the universal pleasures of childhood. Ms. Dodd displays a unique talent which is sure to be appreciated by any reader.
Freeman, Danny, Clay and the girls are back at it. After brilliantly solving the alleged rape of a sixteen year old girl, Freeman together with his partner, Danny, take to the streets to put an end to a small group who have been burglarizing homes in the area. The two detectives soon learn that they are not only dealing with a group of thieves, but also the case involves several other crimes against the group ranging from murder, to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Who are these ruthless people? What are their motives? What secrets lay within the Silver Slipper and the home the gang shares? The answers lay within the pages of this story.
Hidden gems from Chicago’s past Tales of Forgotten Chicago contains twenty-one fascinating, little-known stories about a great city and its people. Richard C. Lindberg has dug deeply to reveal lost historical events and hidden gems from Chicago’s past. Spanning the Civil War through the 1960s, the volume showcases forgotten crimes, punishments, and consequences: poisoned soup that nearly killed three hundred leading citizens, politicians, and business and religious leaders; a woman in showbiz and her street-thug husband whose checkered lives inspired a 1955 James Cagney movie; and the first police woman in Chicago, hired as a result of the senseless killing of a young factory girl in a r...