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England: see Barking and Dagenham.

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books on: Dagenham  - 281 results

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Working-Class Housing in England between the Wars: The Becontree Estate
Book by Andrzej Olechnowicz; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Public Housing--England--Essex--Case Studiies
...people think there are two estates, one called Dagenham and one Becontree, and there are numbers of...which became known as Becontree, and one near Dagenham village, which became known as Dagenham. . . . The name Dagenham is probably much...
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Hi-Tech for Industrial Development: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience in Electronics and Automation
Book by Hubert Schmitz, Jos Cassiolato; Routledge, 1992
...Technology, labour and performance at Dagenham and Sao Bernardo 162...Product quality in Sao Bernardo and Dagenham 170...Direct and indirect car workers by area: Dagenham 163...
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Samples from English Cultures - Vol. 1
Book by Josephine Klein; Routledge, 1998
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Council Housing and Culture
Book by Alison Ravetz; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Great Britain--Social Conditions--20th Century, Housing Policy--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Low-Income Housing--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Public Housing--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Public Housing--Social Aspects--Great Britain--History--20th Century
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The Government and Misgovernment of London
Book by William A. Robson; G. Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1939
Subjects: London (England)--Politics And Government
...XII. Becontree and Dagenham: An Object- Lesson 431...Council housing estate at Becontree and Dagenham 432 FOLDING...of the city, such as Bromley, Downham, Dagenham, Romford, Enfield, Barnet, Edgware, Southall...
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journal articles on: Dagenham  - 22 results

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Reform of Mathematical Education in Primary Schools: The Experiment in Barking & Dagenham
Journal article by S.J. Prais; National Institute Economic Review, 1996
Subjects: Education--Experimental methods, Educational innovations--Analysis, Mathematics--Study and teaching
...schools: the experiment in Barking Dagenham by S.J. Prais The need...from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham; the visits focused on schooling standards...in six junior schools in Barking and Dagenham, beginning with 15 classes in Year 4...
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"The Best Way Is Always through the Children": The Impact of Family Reading: Low Standards of Adult Literacy in an English Borough Prompted the Local Library Service to Initiate a Nine-Month Family Reading Project
Journal article by Sarah J. Mcnicol, Pete Dalton; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Family--Influence, Functional literacy--Social aspects, Home and school--Social aspects, Literacy programs--Social aspects
...Traditionally, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has been an area of low attainment; it...very low levels of literacy (Barking Dagenham Library Service, 2000). The borough has...as a skill and pleasure. Barking and Dagenhams bid for funding in 2000-2001 was based...
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Mathematical Attainments in Primary Schooling: Raising Standards and Reducing Diversity
Journal article by Julia Whitburn; National Institute Economic Review, 2002
Subjects: Education, Primary--Evaluation, Mathematical ability--Evaluation, Mathematics--Study and teaching, United Kingdom--Social policy
...in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD), wher e pupils have been participating...the improved standard in Barking and Dagenham; moreover, the Swiss schooling attainments...began in the London Borough of Barking Dagenham (LBBD). This initiative, Improving Primary...
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A Multivariate Model for Spatio-Temporal Health Outcomes with an Application to Suicide Mortality
Journal article by Peter Congdon; Geographical Analysis, Vol. 36, 2004
Subjects: Multivariate analysis, Suicide--Reports
...120 0.041 Barking amp; Dagenham 0.034 0.048 0.049 0.050...057 0.054 Barking amp; Dagenham 0.104 0.052 -0.090 0.044...098 0.043 Barking amp; Dagenham -0.078 0.067 0.057 0.044...
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The Government and the Car Industry, 1945-70
Journal article by Jim Tomlinson; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 20, 1999
...reason for the establishment of Fords at Dagenham at the end of the 1920s was the McKenna...Areas. In fact the expansion of Ford at Dagenham was the subject of high-level and acrimonious...company was forced to expand away from Dagenham.46 Perhaps less surprisingly, the Conservative...
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magazine articles on: Dagenham  - 84 results

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From Dagenham to the Dust Bowl: Billy Bragg Has Been Asked by the Woody Guthrie Estate to Set the Folk Hero's Unrecorded Work to Music
Magazine article by Andrew Collins; New Statesman, Vol. 127, March 6, 1998
Subjects: Bragg, Billy--Sound recordings, Guthrie, Woody--Works
From Dagenham to the dust bowl: Billy Bragg has been asked by the Woody Guthrie estate to set the folk heros unrecorded work to music...
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Not All Shopping Malls Are the Same. Lakeside Thurrock Is Spawning Its Own Village, Where East End Aspirations Are Made Real in Brick and Mortar
Magazine article by Paul Barker; New Statesman, Vol. 127, February 6, 1998
Subjects: London, England--Stores, shopping centers, etc., Shopping centers--Social aspects
...Barker I really meant to go to Dagenham. But the tug of Lakeside Thurrock was...I tell myself I ought now to go into Dagenham, which is where the old London County...his 1960s study of the LCCs monstrous Dagenham estate. Four square miles of doggedly...
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Ford Has Always Been a Big Employer of Blacks. but One Lucrative, Semi-Autonomous Division Is Keeping Them out. Back to the Fight!
Magazine article by Darcus Howe; New Statesman, Vol. 125, December 13, 1996
Subjects: Automobile industry--Social policy, Blacks--Employment, Employment discrimination--United Kingdom, Ford Motor Co.--Social policy, Race discrimination--United Kingdom
...I leafleted the Ford car plant in Dagenham many times in my youth, in the vain hope...and C2s. Of the 23,000 workers at Fords Dagenham estate, 60 per cent were black - 70 per...Despite the introduction of robots, the Dagenham workforce has expanded to 30,000, of...
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After a Strong Showing in Labour's Deputy Leadership Race, a Ministerial Role Beckoned for Jon Cruddas, and Some Still See Him as a Future Party Leader. He Tells Alice O'Keeffe Why He Prefers to Speak His Mind from the Back Benches
Magazine article by Jon Cruddas; New Statesman, Vol. 138, January 19, 2009
Subjects: Cruddas, Jon, Politicians
...doorstep of a neat, pebbledash house on Dagenhams First Avenue, Phil Waker, pudgy, good-natured...supporters can be found every Friday, trudging Dagenhams quiet, identikit streets, doing what...While Britain was supposedly booming, Dagenham faced factory closures, huge influxes...
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The Deputy Leadership Interview: Tony Blair's Former Aide Is Standing as the People's Choice and Has Little Time for His Cabinet Rivals. Martin Bright and John Kampfner Meet the Third Would-Be Deputy
Magazine article by Martin Bright, John Kampfner; New Statesman, Vol. 136, February 5, 2007
Subjects: Cabinet officers--Interviews, Cabinet officials--Interviews, Cruddas, Jon--Interviews
...but he may yet become one. The MP for Dagenham has a strategy for reviving the Labour...he was duly elected as the member for Dagenham at the 2001 election. Cruddas says he...trade unions June 2001 Elected MP for Dagenham. Quickly gains reputation for fight against...
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newspaper articles on: Dagenham  - 2861 results

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Football: DAG-ONY AND ECSTASY; CHARLTON 1 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 1 Sala-KO So Cruel, but Daggers Still Celebrate
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 7, 2001
Football: DAG-ONY AND ECSTASY; CHARLTON 1 DAGENHAM REDBRIDGE 1 Sala-KO So Cruel, but Daggers Still...Celebrate. Byline: GARY FITZGERALD CHARLTON 1 DAGENHAM REDBRIDGE 1 DAGENHAM came within a whisker of the greatest upset in...
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Football: SHAUN STICKS THE KNIFE IN! Dagenham 0 Charlton 1 after Extra-Time; Daggers Cut Down by Newton Thrust
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), January 28, 2001
Football: SHAUN STICKS THE KNIFE IN! Dagenham 0 Charlton 1 after Extra-Time; Daggers...the Archbishop of Canterbury comes from Dagenham. This was the cruellest act since they...fourth-round showdown with Spurs, and denied Dagenham a deserved ticket in the lottery of a...
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Football: SHAUN STICKS THE KNIFE IN! Dagenham 0 Charlton 1 after Extra-Time; Daggers Cut Down by Newton Strike
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), January 28, 2001
Football: SHAUN STICKS THE KNIFE IN! Dagenham 0 Charlton 1 after Extra-Time; Daggers...round showdown with Spurs and denied Dagenham a deserved ticket in the lottery of a...team had been hard done by.He admitted: "Dagenham played well at The Valley and better...
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Football: FA Cup - Daggers Suffer the Cruellest Cut of All; DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE 0 CHARLTON 1 (in Extra Time)
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 28, 2001
...Daggers Suffer the Cruellest Cut of All; DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE 0 CHARLTON 1 (in Extra...Byline: PAUL SMITH SHAUN Newton ended Dagenham and Redbridges brave FA Cup run with...Daggers day even in defeat. He said: "Dagenham played well at The Valley but they played...
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Ford Gives Present for Future; Computers Not Closure for Staff at Dagenham Business Staff
Newspaper article by James O'Brien; The Birmingham Post (England), February 4, 2000
...Future; Computers Not Closure for Staff at Dagenham Business Staff. by James Obrien...announcement about the supposed closure of Dagenham turned out instead to be the company...fears of huge job losses, particularly at Dagenham. The strength of the pound is a cause...
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encyclopedia articles on: Dagenham  - 3 results

 
 
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Dagenham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAGENHAM England: see Barking and Dagenham . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Barking and Dagenham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARKING AND DAGENHAM bar king n dag n m, bo , outer borough (1991 pop. 139,900) of Greater London, SE England. The borough has a power plant and...
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London , City, England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Fulham , Kensington and Chelsea . The 20 outer boroughs are Waltham Forest , Redbridge , Havering , Barking and Dagenham , Newham , Bexley , Bromley , Croydon , Sutton , Merton , Kingston upon Thames , Richmond upon Thames , Hounslow...


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