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Railway Breakdown Cranes
In the first part of a two-volume work, Peter Tatlow provides readers with a historical look at the railway breakdown cranes of Britain.
Highland Railway Carriages and Wagons
It is 90 years since the Highland Railway ceased to exist as an independent railway. Since that time countless railway and train books have been produced, but there are still gaps, one major omission being the rolling stock of the Highland Railway. Renowned railway historian Peter Tatlow seeks to fill that gap incorporating all the available information it has been possible to gather.
Harrow & Wealdstone 50 Years on
In 1952 a multiple train collision occurred at Harrow & Wealdstone station, killing 112 paassengers and railwaymen and injuring over 200 others. This text records the disaster and what happened to the site subsequently.
China's Quest for Foreign Technology
This book analyzes China’s foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status. Since 1949, China has operated a vast and unique system of foreign technology spotting and transfer aimed at accelerating civilian and military development, reducing the cost of basic research, and shoring up its power domestically and abroad—without running the political risks borne by liberal societies as a basis for their creative developments. While discounted in some circles as derivative and consigned to perpetual catch-up mode, China’s "hybrid" system of legal, illegal, and extralegal import of foreign technology, combined with its indigenous efforts, i...
Railway Breakdown Cranes
In the first part of a two-volume work, Peter Tatlow provides readers with a historical look at the railway breakdown cranes of Britain.
Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultural Studies
Articles in this volume focus on theories and histories of comparative literature and the field of comparative cultural studies. Contributors are Kwaku Asante-Darko on African postcolonial literature; Hendrik Birus on Goethe's concept of world literature; Amiya Dev on comparative literature in India; Marian Galik on interliterariness; Ernst Grabovszki on globalization, new media, and world literature; Jan Walsh Hokenson on the culture of the context; Marko Juvan on literariness; Karl S.Y. Kao on metaphor; Kristof Jacek Kozak on comparative literature in Slovenia; Manuela Mourao on comparative literature in the USA; Jola Skulj on cultural identity; Slobodan Sucur on period styles and theory; Peter Swirski on popular and highbrow literature; Antony Tatlow on textual anthropology; William H. Thornton on East/West power politics in cultural studies; Steven Totosy on comparative cultural studies; and Xiaoyi Zhou and Q.S. Tong on comparative literature in China. The papers are followed by an index and a bibliography of scholarship in comparative literature and cultural studies compiled by Steven Totosy, Steven Aoun, and Wendy C. Nielsen.
Mao's Last Revolution
Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other.
The Highland Railway
The first complete history of the Highland railway since the 1960s, the line which opened the Highlands to mass tourism.
Exploring Childhood and Youth
This exciting new book illustrates and analyses the complexities of children's and young people’s everyday lived experiences throughout childhood. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it provides theoretical frameworks and case studies to critically examine assumptions in the field and explore emerging perspectives. Considering different stages throughout childhood and youth, chapters cover key topics such as eating practices, gender, play, digital media and the environment. Drawing upon insights from cultural studies, sociology, social anthropology, psychology, health and education, this book focuses on four key areas: Bodies and minds Space, place and belonging Inequalities and inclusion Childhood in the past, present and future Essential reading for students on childhood and youth and education courses, Exploring Childhood and Youth is an important resource for practitioners working with children and young people, and for parents, communities and legislators who have influence over children’s and young people’s lives.
Hush Hush
From his first encounter as a child with a model that seemed more like a spaceship than a locomotive, William Brown has been fascinated by 10000. Meticulous research, involving hundreds of documents, has allowed him to piece together the true story of this intriguing part of LNER history.
