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21. The Future of the Soviet Economic Planning System (Routledge Revivals)

    By David A. Dyker

    On its publication in 1985, this book offered a fresh analysis of the problems faced by the Soviet economy by focussing on the key issues in the economic planning system. David Dyker considers the available options for reform during the 1980s and the most likely developments. Discussing the...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
22. A Mirror to Kathleen's Face (Routledge Revivals)

    Education in Independent Ireland 1922-60

    By Donald Akenson

    First published in 1975, Donald Akenson’s book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
23. Education and Enmity (Routledge Revivals)

    The Control of Schooliing in Northern Ireland 1920-50

    By Donald Akenson

    First published in 1973 Professor Akenson’s book traces the series of religious and political controversies which have battered the state schools of Northern Ireland. After the government’s admirably intentioned, but muddled, attempt to create a non-sectarian school system in the early 1920s, the...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
24. A Gathered Church (Routledge Revivals)

    The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930

    By Donald Davie

    First published in 1978, this study considers the impact of dissenting voices upon literature, religion and politics in order to reassess the nonconformist contribution to English culture from the eighteenth century through to the twentieth. This historical survey takes into the account the...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
25. The Arab Spring

    Critical Analyses

    Edited by Khair Haseeb

    This volume provides a wealth of in-depth, country-specific analyses of the Arab Spring, in addition to works that examine the larger theoretical framework and socio-political implications of events. Unlike other analyses, often from the perspective of Western scholarship from the outside looking...

    Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
26. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West

    Between Mind and Body

    Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

    Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

    Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
27. Rhetorical Investigations

    G. B. Vico and C. G. Jung

    By Leslie Gardner

    Rhetorical analysis of texts exposes plausible ‘truths’ and presumptions implied by the writer’s presentation. In this volume, Leslie Gardner analyses the master psychologist Jung, who claimed to be expert at uncovering personal, psychological truths. In his theoretical writings, his rhetoric...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
28. Making

    Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture

    By Tim Ingold

    Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all are dedicated to exploring the conditions and potentials of human life. In this exciting book, Tim Ingold ties the four disciplines together in a way...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
29. Memory and History

    Understanding Memory as Source and Subject

    Edited by Joan Tumblety

    Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

    How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? Memory and History explores the different aspects of the study of this field. Taking examples from Europe, Australia, the USA and Japan and...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
30. The Nativist Movement in America

    Religious Conflict in the 19th Century

    By Katie Oxx

    Series: Critical Moments in American History

    By the mid nineteenth century, anti-Catholicism had become a central conflict in America. Fueling the dissent were Protestant groups dedicated to maintaining what they understood to be the Christian vision and spirit of the "founding fathers." Afraid of the religious and moral impact of Catholics,...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge