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  • Robert Fergusson and the Scottish Periodical Press

    by Rhona Brown ...
    Though Robert Fergusson published only one collection of poems during his lifetime, he was a fixture in the Scottish periodical press. Rhona Brown explores Fergusson's poetic output in its immediate periodical context, enabling a new understanding of Fergusson's contribution to poetry that also enlarges on our understanding of the Scottish periodical press. Focusing on the development of his ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Association and Enlightenment

    Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700-1830

    by David Allan, Bob Harris, Jacqueline Jenkinson, Ralph McLean, James J. Caudle, Rhona Brown, Corey Andrews, Martyn Powell, Rosalind Carr ...
    Series series Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
    Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied: they could be convivial, sporting, or scholarly, or they could be a significant and dynamic social force, committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to sociability. The essays in this volume examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Beyond Sense and Sensibility

    Moral Formation and the Literary Imagination from Johnson to Wordsworth

    by Leslie A. Chilton, Timothy Erwin, Evan Gottlieb, Christopher D. Johnson, Heather King, Rhona Brown, James Noggle, Adrianne Wadewitz, Adam Rounce ...
    Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
    During the last half of the eighteenth century, sensibility and its less celebrated corollary sense were subject to constant variation, critique, and contestation in ways that raise profound questions about the formation of moral identities and communities. Beyond Sense and Sensibility addresses those questions. What authority does reason retain as a moral faculty in an age of sensibility? How ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures

    Learning from the Global South

    by Amal Ali, Poonam Batra, Amir Bazaz, Ash Brockwell, Beena Choksi, Joan DeJaeghere, Keri Facer, Freya Gasgoyne, Eric Herring, Dan Imaniriho, Latif Ismael, Sanele kaNtshingana, Vainola Makan, Simon McGrath, Rafael Mitchell, Sujata Noronha, Sue Parnell, Michael Tusiime, Colleen Vogel, Arjen Wals ...
    Series series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book examines how education can drive change for marginalized communities across the Global South. Drawing on evidence from 67 projects in India, Rwanda, Somaliland/Somalia and South Africa, the book shows how education can expand youth livelihoods, strengthen sustainable cities and advance climate action.Yet for education to fulfil ... Read more

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  • Participation in Community Work

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  • Suicidal Empathy: How Fake Compassion Is Destroying The West

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  • Customs in Common

    Studies in Traditional Popular Culture

    by E. P. Thompson ...
    The "meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane" sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class ( The New York Times Book Review).This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the backdrop of the great upheavals of the eighteenth century. As villagers were subjected to a legal system ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Community Development

    Perspectives from Around the Globe

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    An Enlightened Life

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