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Ravenscraig

Author : Alex Marshall
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460258479
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Ravenscraig written by Alex Marshall and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravenscraig is a post WWII fictionalized memoir told from the perspective of Alasdair Marshall who is raising his son Ewan, by himself, after his wife's death. When Alasdair's father Alex is struck with Alzheimer's, Jean, Alex's wife admits him to a full-time care facility called Ravenscraig which has a dark history as a lunatic asylum. The hospital becomes an ever present reminder to Alasdair of his father's deterioration. Jean is overwhelmed by the stress of Alzheimer's and the guilt of removing her husband from his home. Psychologically embattled, she begins to see the spirits of departed relatives. Finally, unable to cope and suffering from emphysema and osteoporosis, she moves to England to live with her daughter Margaret. Alasdair is compelled to examine his relationships with his father, mother and sisters by reliving childhood memories, good and bad. He remembers his family having to live in a cramped, three bedroom apartment with his grandparents, three uncles and an aunt. Clashing personalities and violent tempers are a constant threat to the calm of everyday life. However, Alasdair recalls happy times when the home was filled with laughter, humor and music. Although Ewan is upset that his grandpa doesn't remember him, he finds solace through the healing power of music. When he plays his bagpipes and his grandpa plays his accordion, they are reunited. Although Alzheimer's takes a terrible toll, ultimately it fails to destroy a family determined to reconcile the past with the present and overcome a troubled past....

Ravenscraig

Author : Sandi Krawchenko Altner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988224919
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Ravenscraig written by Sandi Krawchenko Altner and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance, scandal, and tragedy grip the lives of two families and threaten to destroy them both in Ravenscraig, by Sandi Krawchenko Altner. Winner of the 2012 Carol Shields Book Award, Ravenscraig, pitches rich against poor in the height of the immigration boom a century ago. Rupert Willows buries his cruel past and schemes his way to wealth and power when he buys his opulent home, Ravenscraig Hall. Zev Zigman, a devout Jew, mounts a desperate struggle to bring his family out of czarist Russia. At the center is the feisty Maisie, who hides her Jewish roots to enter the world of "The English" as a well-paid maid at Ravenscraig. Love, anger and determination fuel the treacherous journey ahead.

Privileging Industry

Author : Fiona McGillivray
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691190356
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Privileging Industry written by Fiona McGillivray and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some industries win substantial protection from the whims of international trade while others do not? Privileging Industry challenges standard approaches to this question in its examination of when governments use trade and industrial policy for political goals. Fiona McGillivray shows why aiding an industry can be a politically efficient way for a government to redistribute resources from one industrial sector to another. Taking a comparative perspective that stands in contrast with the usual focus on U.S. trade politics, she explores, for example, how electoral rules, party strength, and industrial geography affect redistribution politics across countries. How do political institutions and the geographical dispersion of industries interact to determine which industries governments privilege? What tests can assess how governments distribute assistance across industries? Research has focused on the industries that legislators want to protect, but just as important is identifying those legislators able to deliver trade assistance. Assisting an industry requires both a will and a means. Whether an industry is a good vehicle through which to redistribute income depends on its geographic make-up and the country's electoral system. In turn, the electoral system and party strength affect how legislators' preferences contribute to policy. McGillivray tests these arguments using a tariff-based empirical test and nonstandard dependent variables such as the dispersion of stock prices within fourteen different capital markets, and government influence in the targeting of plant closures within declining industries.

The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II

Author : David Parker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136331239
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II written by David Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997. Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports, steel, water, electricity, coal and the railways, as well as a number of smaller ones. Each privatisation involved major challenges in terms of industrial restructuring, organising successful sales and, in a number of cases, establishing effective regulatory regimes. The policy evolved and new methods of selling and regulating were put in place that enabled further disposals to occur. Monolithic nationalised industries with their emphasis on the benefits of economies of scale, vertical integration and rationalisation, were replaced by industrial structures rooted in the importance of commercial management, risk taking and competition. In government departments and parts of the National Health Service, direct employees were replaced by private contractors, and private investment became a characteristic of public infrastructure in the form of PFI/PPP schemes. This study draws heavily on the official records of the British government, to which the author was given full access and on interviews with the leading figures involved in each of the privatisations, including ex-ministers, civil servants, business and City figures, as well as academics that have studied the subject. This book will of great interest to students of privatisation, British political history and of business and economics in general.

Ravenscraig Castle

Author : William Douglas Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Ravenscraig Castle written by William Douglas Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cash, Crisis, and Corporate Governance

Author : Victoria Marklew
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472105045
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Cash, Crisis, and Corporate Governance written by Victoria Marklew and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "bottom-up" perspective on government-industry relations focusing on the government's role in restructuring industry in Europe and the U.S.

Disability and the Victorians

Author : Iain Hutchison
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526145707
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Disability and the Victorians written by Iain Hutchison and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability and the Victorians investigates the attitudes of Victorians towards people with impairments, illustrates how these influenced the interventions they introduced to support such people and considers the legacies they left behind by their actions and perspectives. A range of impairments are addressed in a variety of contexts.

The Scottish Question

Author : James Mitchell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191002364
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Scottish Question written by James Mitchell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over half a century ago, a leading commentator suggested that Scotland was very unusual in being a country which was, in some sense at least, a nation but in no sense a state. He asked whether something 'so anomalous' could continue to exist in the modern world. The Scottish Question considers how Scotland has retained its sense of self, and how the country has changed against a backdrop of fundamental changes in society, economy, and the role of the state over the course of the union. The Scottish Question has been a shifting mix of linked issues and concerns including national identity; Scotland's constitutional status and structures of government; Scotland's distinctive party politics; and everyday public policy. In this volume, James Mitchell explores how these issues have interacted against a backdrop of these changes. He concludes that while the independence referendum may prove an important event, there can be no definitive answer to the Scottish Question. The Scottish Question offers a fresh interpretation of what has made Scotland distinctive and how this changed over time, drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources. It challenges a number of myths, including how radical Scottish politics has been, and suggests that an oppositional political culture was one of the most distinguishing features of Scottish politics in the twentieth century. A Scottish lobby, consisting of public and private bodies, became adept in making the case for more resources from the Treasury without facing up to some of Scotland's most deep-rooted problems.

The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century

Author : David MacGibbon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century written by David MacGibbon and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, From the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century by Thomas Ross, first published in 1887, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Poems of Places Oceana 1 V.; England 4; Scotland 3 V: Iceland, Switzerland, Greece, Russia, Asia, 3 America 5

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Poems of Places Oceana 1 V.; England 4; Scotland 3 V: Iceland, Switzerland, Greece, Russia, Asia, 3 America 5 written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Path to Devolution and Change

Author : David Stewart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857715585
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The Path to Devolution and Change written by David Stewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Thatcher's premiership from 1979 to 1990 had a profound impact on Scotland. David Stewart analyzes the impact of this period of Conservative government on Scotland, while examining the extent to which Conservative policy under Thatcher represented a break from the 'post-war consensus' in British politics. Focusing on the origins and impact of the poll tax, the campaign to save Ravenscraig steelworks, the sharpening of the North/South divide, the 1984/85 miners' strike, and the balance of power within Scottish civil society, he makes substantial contributions to the debates surrounding the decline of Scottish Unionism, the roots of Scottish devolution, the legacy of Thatcherism, and the changing British constitution.

50 Gems of Fife

Author : Jack Gillon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398111619
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book 50 Gems of Fife written by Jack Gillon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully photographed selection of fifty of Fife’s most precious assets shows what makes it such a popular destination.

Poems of Places: England and Wales

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Poems of Places: England and Wales written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views from Original Drawings by Celebrated Artists

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views from Original Drawings by Celebrated Artists written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Back from Westminster

Author : Phillip Norton
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813187443
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Back from Westminster written by Phillip Norton and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British House of Commons has entered a period of substantial change, moving from a state of party cohesion and party leadership toward a more individualistic and active policy-making role. In the dynamic look at the British Parliament and its members, Philip Norton and David M. Wood highlight that change to more intensive constituency response and service on the part of individual members. Like members of the U.S. Congress, British Members of Parliament (MPs) are elected to represent geographical districts. The relationship between the MP and the constituency in Britain has become more important in recent years, but the major changes that have occurred in the relationship since the late 1960s have not been matched by extensive scholarly study. Some pathbreaking work has been done on the subject, but it remains overshadowed by the wealth of material focusing on MPs' activities within the legislative chambers at Westminster. This volume seeks to fill the gap by sketching and assessing the electoral significance of the MPs' constituency work and the broader political ramifications for the workings of the British Parliament. Its findings allow the MP to be seen in full. Norton and Wood argue that the constituency role has gained in importance in recent decades as MPs have become more career-oriented than their forerunners in mid-century. But a by-product of greater professionalism and careerism has been an expanded job description that may take MPs' time and energies away from playing a more effective role in helping to shape the broader policy alternatives for the United Kingdom.

The Royal Lady's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Lady's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Notes and Queries

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: