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This study shows how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and synaesthetic metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are examined using affect theory from Silvan Tomkins and Brian Massumi and work on synaesthesia by Richard Cytowic, Lawrence Marks, and V.S. Ramachandran, among others. Synaesthetic writing, including synaesthetic metaphors, has been explored in poetry since the 1920s and, more recently, in fiction, but these studies have been general in nature. By narrowing the field of investigation to those novels that specifically employ three types of hand-crafted textiles (quilt-making, knitting and embroidery), the book isolates how these textiles are used in fiction. The combination of synaesthesia, memory, metaphor and, particularly, synaesthetic metaphor in fiction with textiles in the text of the case studies selected, shows how these are used to create affect in readers, enhancing their engagement in the story. The work is framed within the context of the history of textile production and the use of textiles in fiction internationally, but concentrates on Australian authors who have used textiles in their writing. The decision to focus on Australian authors was taken in light of the quality and depth of the writing of textile fiction produced in Australia between 1980 and 2005 in the three categories of hand-crafted textiles - quilt-making, knitting and embroidery. The texts chosen for intensive study are: Kate Grenville's The Idea of Perfection (1999, quilting); Marele Day's Lambs of God (1997, knitting) and Anne Bartlett's Knitting (2005, knitting); Jessica Anderson's Tirra Lirra by the River (1978, embroidery) and Marion Halligan's Spider Cup (1990, embroidery).
Australian literature --- Women authors, Australian. --- Australian women authors --- English literature --- Women authors --- History and criticism.
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Imprimeurs. Espagne. 1763-1794 --- Boekdrukkers. Spanje. 1763-1794 --- Book industries and trade --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Printing --- 655.15 <460> --- 655.4 <460> --- Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- Book dealers --- Book sales --- Dealers, Book --- Publishers and publishing --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Societies, etc --- History --- Printing houses, presses and related businesses--Spanje --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Spanje --- Real Compañía de Impresores y Libreros del Reino (Spain) --- Compañía de Impresores y Libreros del Reino, Real (Spain) --- Royal Company of Printers and Booksellers of Spain --- Societas Typographorum ac Bibliopolarum Matritensium --- Regiæ Societas Typographorum ac Bibliopolarum (Madrid) --- Company of Printers and Booksellers of Spain, Royal --- Printer old books --- History.
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What is the significance of entrepreneurship in an economy? Scholars have argued that when the market is viewed as a process of perpetual adjustment to various forces, and not as a set of end-state prices and quantities simply arrived at, the role of the entrepreneur comes to the fore. What then are fruitful ways to conceive of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship? How do entrepreneurs both respond to and shape larger forces in the economy? In what ways can political institutions and government regulation shape the decisions made by entrepreneurs, and their responsiveness to consumers? How does the cultural environment influence the types of opportunities that an entrepreneur will notice and act on? Finally, is entrepreneurial behavior strictly limited to activity we see in the market? This edited volume—comprised of chapters by scholars and students studying from the disciplines of sociology and economics—examines entrepreneurship theoretically and applied to various cases. It provides an overview of the economic literature on entrepreneurship and puts forth a framework for understanding the market process, as well the policy implications of government intervention and cultural considerations in the market. It will be of use to any scholars, students, practitioners or policymakers interested in entrepreneurship.
Industries. --- Entrepreneurship. --- Microeconomics. --- Welfare economics. --- Industrial organization. --- Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy. --- Industrial Organization. --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Social policy --- Price theory --- Entrepreneur --- Intrapreneur --- Capitalism --- Business incubators --- Industrial production --- Industry --- Markets. --- Public markets --- Commerce --- Fairs --- Market towns
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What is the significance of entrepreneurship in an economy? Scholars have argued that when the market is viewed as a process of perpetual adjustment to various forces, and not as a set of end-state prices and quantities simply arrived at, the role of the entrepreneur comes to the fore. What then are fruitful ways to conceive of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship? How do entrepreneurs both respond to and shape larger forces in the economy? In what ways can political institutions and government regulation shape the decisions made by entrepreneurs, and their responsiveness to consumers? How does the cultural environment influence the types of opportunities that an entrepreneur will notice and act on? Finally, is entrepreneurial behavior strictly limited to activity we see in the market? This edited volume-comprised of chapters by scholars and students studying from the disciplines of sociology and economics-examines entrepreneurship theoretically and applied to various cases. It provides an overview of the economic literature on entrepreneurship and puts forth a framework for understanding the market process, as well the policy implications of government intervention and cultural considerations in the market. It will be of use to any scholars, students, practitioners or policymakers interested in entrepreneurship.
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This volume is intended to serve as a review of the “next generation” of political economy scholars in what can be called the “Wagnerian” tradition, which traces its roots to Buchanan and De Viti De Marco in the 1930s, who argued that any decision that results from a political entity must be the product of individual decision makers operating within some framework of formal and informal rules. To treat these decisions as if they were the product of one single mind, or even simply the additive result of several decisions, is to fundamentally misunderstand and mischaracterize the dynamics of collective action. Today, Richard Wagner is among the most prominent theorists in analyzing the institutional foundations of the economy and the organization of political decision-making. In this collection of original essays, former students schooled in this tradition offer emerging insights on public choice theory, public finance, and political economy, across a range of topics from voting behavior to entrepreneurship. .
Welfare economics. --- Economic policy. --- Political theory. --- Finance, Public. --- Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Political Theory. --- Public Finance. --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Social policy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Public finances --- Currency question --- Political science --- Decision making. --- Decision-making in political science
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This volume is intended to serve as a review of the "next generation" of political economy scholars in what can be called the "Wagnerian" tradition, which traces its roots to Buchanan and De Viti De Marco in the 1930s, who argued that any decision that results from a political entity must be the product of individual decision makers operating within some framework of formal and informal rules. To treat these decisions as if they were the product of one single mind, or even simply the additive result of several decisions, is to fundamentally misunderstand and mischaracterize the dynamics of collective action. Today, Richard Wagner is among the most prominent theorists in analyzing the institutional foundations of the economy and the organization of political decision-making. In this collection of original essays, former students schooled in this tradition offer emerging insights on public choice theory, public finance, and political economy, across a range of topics from voting behavior to entrepreneurship. .
Sociology --- Politics --- Microeconomics --- Economic order --- Public finance --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Economics --- sociologie --- economie --- politiek --- economische ontwikkelingen --- sociale interventies --- overheidsfinanciën
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Sociology --- Microeconomics --- Industrial economics --- Economics --- Business policy --- Organization theory --- Business management --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- ondernemingsstrategieën --- bedrijven --- sociologie --- economie --- industrie --- micro-economie --- ondernemen
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