Narrow your search

Library

VDIC (170)

KU Leuven (160)

UGent (31)

Odisee (28)

Thomas More Mechelen (28)

UCLL (28)

VIVES (28)

ULB (27)

ULiège (27)

LUCA School of Arts (23)

More...

Resource type

book (168)

undetermined (2)


Language

English (166)

French (3)

German (1)


Year
From To Submit

2023 (4)

2022 (1)

2021 (7)

2020 (4)

2019 (3)

More...
Listing 1 - 10 of 170 << page
of 17
>>
Sort by

Book
Defying the IRA? : intimidation, coercion, and communities during the Irish Revolution
Author:
ISBN: 9781781383544 1781383545 1781382972 9781781382974 1786944014 Year: 2016 Publisher: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This book examines the grass-roots relationship between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the civilian population during the Irish Revolution. It is primarily concerned with the attempts of the militant revolutionaries to discourage, stifle, and punish dissent among the local populations in which they operated, and the actions or inactions by which dissent was expressed or implied.Focusing on the period of guerilla war against British rule from c. 1917 to 1922, it uncovers the acts of 'everyday' violence, threat, and harm that characterized much of the revolutionary activity of this period. Moving away from the ambushes and assassinations that have dominated much of the discourse on the revolution, the book explores low-level violent and non-violent agitation in the Irish town or parish. The opening chapter treats the IRA's challenge to the British state through the campaign against servants of the Crown - policemen, magistrates, civil servants, and others - and IRA participation in local government and the republican counter-state. The book then explores the nature of civilian defiance and IRA punishment in communities across the island before turning its attention specifically to the year that followed the 'Truce' of July 1921.This study argues that civilians rarely operated at either extreme of a spectrum of support but, rather, in a large and fluid middle ground. Behaviour was rooted in local circumstances, and influenced by local fears, suspicions, and rivalries. IRA punishment was similarly dictated by community conditions and usually suited to the nature of the perceived defiance. Overall, violence and intimidation in Ireland was persistent, but, by some contemporary standards, relatively restrained.


Book
Beyond holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham
Author:
ISBN: 9781783740147 9781783740154 1783740140 1783740159 9781783740161 1783740167 1783740132 9781783740130 1783740124 9781783740123 9781783740131 2821854064 Year: 2014 Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

"This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, including H.G. Wells and Ernest Hemingway. Graham also wrote numerous novels and biographies that won him a wide readership on both sides of the Atlantic. This book traces Graham's career as a world traveller, and provides a rich portrait of English, Russian and American literary life in the first half of the twentieth century. It also examines how many aspects of his life and writing coincide with contemporary concerns, including the development of New Age spirituality and the rise of environmental awareness. Beyond Holy Russia is based on extensive research in archives of private papers in Britain and the USA and on the many works of Graham himself. The author describes with admirable tact and clarity Graham's heterodox and convoluted spiritual quest. The result is a fascinating portrait of a man who was for many years a significant literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic."--Publisher's website.


Book
Evaluation of a single-reading heat stress instrument
Author:
Year: 1975 Publisher: Cincinnati National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Keywords


Book
Beyond Holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham
Author:
Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, including H.G. Wells and Ernest Hemingway. Graham also wrote numerous novels and biographies that won him a wide readership on both sides of the Atlantic. This book traces Graham's career as a world traveller, and provides a rich portrait of English, Russian and American literary life in the first half of the twentieth century. It also examines how many aspects of his life and writing coincide with contemporary concerns, including the development of New Age spirituality and the rise of environmental awareness. The result is a fascinating portrait of a man who was for many years a significant literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic.


Book
Patient Safety and Quality : an evidence-based handbook for nurses
Authors: --- ---
Year: 2008 Publisher: Rockville, MD : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Book is divided into the following sections: Patient safety and quality -- Evidence-based practice -- Patient-centered care -- Working conditions, work environment -- Critical opportunities for patient safety and quality -- Tools.


Book
Understanding Hughes Syndrome : Case Studies for Patients
Author:
ISBN: 1848003757 1848009321 9786613561985 1848003765 1280384069 Year: 2009 Publisher: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Antiphospholipid Syndrome or Hughes Syndrome was the major medical discovery of the late 20th century; for many it is still deemed a ‘new’ disease. As a result many people are now living with the disease with little knowledge of its causes, effects and available treatments. Many of these patient’s are also struggling to cope with the daily demands posed by living with such an illness. Understanding Hughes Syndrome: case studies for patients, presents 50 case histories, each covered independently to give a comprehensive view of the vast spectrum that is Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Neurological aspects and effects are covered in approximately half the text, with the remainder covering everything from repeated miscarriages to easy bruising. The provision of personal accounts of Antiphospholipid Syndrome makes this book the ultimate companion to people living with the disease; giving not only the facts but also the personal touch that many people need when coming to terms, and dealing, with their condition. Understanding Hughes Syndrome: case studies for patients is written by Graham R.V. Hughes, MD, FRCP, a world-renowned expert in the field of rheumatology, and as the name suggests discoverer of Hughes or Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Hughes is also the Head of The London Lupus Centre, Founder and Editor of the international journal Lupus, and life president of the lupus patient’s charity ‘Lupus UK’.


Book
L'usage des drogues à des fins non médicales : données de base en vue des études épidémiologique
Author:
ISBN: 9242700568 Year: 1983 Publisher: Genève OMS

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Keywords


Book
The London Lupus Centre, Book of Lupus: A Patients' Guide
Author:
ISBN: 1848003730 9786611913670 1281913677 1848003749 Year: 2009 Publisher: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect virtually any system in the body. Think of it as a 'self-allergy' where the body attacks its own cells and tissues, causing inflammation, pain, and possible organ damage. Lupus is an extremely common and potentially treatable disease of the immune system. It affects approximately 1 in 1000 women and is more common than diseases such as multiple sclerosis and leukemia. The London Lupus Centre Book of Lupus - a patient's guide provides a concise source of information on lupus and the surrounding issues. It will guide the reader through symptoms, causes and treatment of lupus, as well as more specific issues such as lupus in pregnancy, or osteoporosis and lupus. With a chapter on the 'first cousins' of lupus, namely Sjogren's syndrome, Hughes' syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease, the book is a useful resource not only for the lupus patient, but also for the interested general public and the medical nursing professions. Professor Graham R. V. Hughes is Head of the London Lupus Centre, UK; a founding member of the national patients' charity 'Lupus UK', and life President; founder and editor of the international journal Lupus. In 1983, Professor Hughes described the anti-phospholipid syndrome, now known as Hughes' syndrome, for which he was awarded the International League Against Rheumatism prize for research into rheumatic diseases.


Book
Norbert elias and modern sociology : knowledge, interdependence, power, process
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9781780932262 178093226X 1780932251 1780933398 1283853566 178093338X Year: 2013 Publisher: London, England : Bloomsbury Academic,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This book explores the interplay between the making of Elias as a sociologist and the development of his core ideas relating to figurations, interdependence, and civilising processes. Focusing on the relevance of Elias''s work for current debates within sociology, the authors centrally consider his contributions to the sociology of knowledge and methodology. Dunning and Hughes locate the work of Elias within a discussion of the crisis of sociology as a subject, and compare his figurational approach with the approaches of three major figures in modern sociology: Anthony Giddens, Michel Foucault


Book
Energy without conscience : oil, climate change, and complicity
Author:
ISBN: 9780822373360 082237336X 0822363062 0822362988 Year: 2017 Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

'In Energy without Conscience' David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change has yet to be seen as a moral issue. He examines the forces that render the use of fossil fuels ordinary and therefore exempt from ethical evaluation. Hughes centers his analysis on Trinidad and Tobago, which is the world's oldest petro-state, having drilled the first continuously producing oil well in 1866. Marrying historical research with interviews with Trinidadian petroleum scientists, policymakers, technicians, and managers, he draws parallels between Trinidad's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century slave labor energy economy and its contemporary oil industry. Hughes shows how both forms of energy rely upon a complicity that absolves producers and consumers from acknowledging the immoral nature of each. He passionately argues that like slavery, producing oil is a moral choice and that oil is at its most dangerous when it is accepted as an ordinary part of everyday life.

Listing 1 - 10 of 170 << page
of 17
>>
Sort by