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The cities of Lowell and New Bedford in Massachusetts, Jamestown in New York, and McKeesport in Pennsylvania have all undergone years of adversity and decline, their economic bases having been badly damaged by structural changes in the national economy, particularly in the manufacturing sector. In situations like these, can local development efforts make a difference? Ross Gittell answers in the affirmative. This interdisciplinary work focuses on comparative case studies of the four cities. The book reveals how public, private, and community-based local economic development initiatives affe

This book examines the British soldiers on the Western Front and how they responded to the war landscape they encountered behind the lines and at the front. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, this study investigates the relationship between soldiers and the spaces and materials of the warzone, analyzing how soldiers constructed a 'sense of place' in the hostile, unpredictable environment. Drawing upon recent developments within First World War Studies and the anthropological examination of the fields of conflict, an ethnohistorical perspective of the soldiers is built which details the var

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes Regarding the Texts -- Introduction -- 1. The Condition of Man without Government -- The Law of Nature -- Inconveniences of the State of Nature -- The Rule of Reason -- 2. The Rule of Law -- Individual Consent and Majority Rule -- The Principle of Majority Rule -- The Limits of Consent and Compulsion -- The Meaning and Limits of the Rule of Law -- 3. Prerogative and the Limitsof Legislative Supremacy -- The Need for Prerogative -- Redefining Prerogative -- Beyond Political Society -- Beyond Obligation, Consent, and the Social Compact -- Prerogative and Absolute Monarchy -- Judging the Exercise of Prerogative -- 4. Resistance, Revolution,and the Limits of Politics -- Resistance and the Right of Self-Preservation -- Locke's Doctrine of Revolution -- Diffi culties Regarding Revolution -- Heaven and a Stable Commonwealth -- 5. The Lockean Commonwealth -- An Outlook, Not a Constitution -- Th e People and Popular Philosophy -- 6. Justifying Secular Politics -- Locke and Religious Toleration -- Justifying the Commonwealth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

This article examines the image of the First World War in British political cartoons, from the aftermath of the conflict to the present day, as an active process of remembrance. Through an analysis of cartoons in newspapers and periodicals in Britain, this study assesses how a distinct vision of the war is formed within society as a means of addressing contemporary concerns beyond the events of 1914–1918. The use of such war imagery in television, film and fiction has been recently critiqued by scholars who have lamented the way in which this popular memory obscures the history of the conflict. However, a study of political cartoons reveals that rather than constituting a cliché, specific representations of the war, namely the image of the battlefields, the trenches and suffering soldiers, acquire new meanings and constitute a dynamic process of remembrance which uses the past to critique and assess the present.

This article examines how the memory of the First World War (1914–1918) across Britain has been structured by the use of a specific 'war discourse'. This means of communication draws upon the vast array of words, phrases and sayings that were popularised through the experience of large numbers of civilians in military service during the conflict. This lexicon has been subsequently incorporated into wider usage and retains a prominent place within cultural expression. However, rather than merely being used as an illustrative device, the 'war discourse' is employed to make specific references regarding both the past and the present within the political, media and public sphere, as issues of blame, responsibility and neglect are integral parts of its usage. Through the application of critical discourse analysis, the 'war discourse' can be observed as a significant means by which society remembers the Great War.