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Books on: british author

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British Labor and the American Civil War

Book by Philip S. Foner; Holmes & Meier, 1981

Subjects:

Public Opinion--Great Britain--History--19th Century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Foreign Public Opinion, British, Working Class--Great Britain--Attitudes--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...historiography of the role of the British workers in the Civil War. By 1967, the author of a review essay in the...unequivocally accepts the view that British labor support for the Union...disappointing book." He charges the author with passing remarks and...
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Roaring Days: Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia

Book by Jeremy Mouat; University of British Columbia Press, 1995

Subjects:

Mineral Industries--British Columbia--Rossland--History, Rossland (B.C.)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in London and the other in rural Surrey. The latter place was famous for its ostentatious displays of luxury. The British author Harold Nicolson felt that Wright had revived the luxuries and the enterprise of the Roman Emperors: He moved mountains...
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A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914

Book by Patricia E. Roy; University of British Columbia Press, 1989

Subjects:

British Columbia--Emigration And Immigration--History, British Columbia--Politics And Government, British Columbia--Race Relations, China--Emigration And Immigration--History, Chinese--British Columbia--History, Immigrants--British Columbia--History, Japan--Emigration And Immigration--History, Japanese--British Columbia--History

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...Department of History at the University of Victoria. She is the author of Vancouver: An Illustrated History 1981 and is currently...sequel to A White Mans Province . A White Mans Province British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914...
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Talk and Log: Wilderness Politics in British Columbia, 1965-96

Book by Jeremy Wilson; University of British Columbia Press, 1998

Subjects:

Forest Conservation--Government Policy--British Columbia, Forest Conservation--Political Aspects--British Columbia, Forest Policy--British Columbia, Forests And Forestry--Political Aspects--British Columbia, Wilderness Areas--Government Policy--British Columbia, Wilderness Areas--Political Aspects--British Columbia

Collections: Entire Library

...considerable management authority to the industry. At...the sizable number of British Columbians who continue...with society over what authority they should be granted...Third, in systems like British Columbias, the inner...amounts of discretionary authority to cabinet ministers...
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Beyond the City Limits: Rural History in British Columbia

Book by R. W. Sandwell; University of British Columbia Press, 1998

Subjects:

Agriculture--Social Aspects--British Columbia, British Columbia--Rural Conditions, Frontier And Pioneer Life--British Columbia, Sociology, Rural--British Columbia--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...more concerted effort to put British Columbia Aboriginal people...non-Native men he used his authority to bar anyone not a member...production. Few of the bands in British Columbia actually grew crops...given free medication, the British Columbia Indian superintendent...

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Journal Articles on: british author

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Marketing the Author: Authorial Personae, Narrative Selves and Self-Fashioning, 1880-1930

Journal article by Ann L. Ardis; CLIO, Vol. 35, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Marketing the Author: Authorial Personae, Narrative Selves and Self-Fashioning, 1880-1930 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...authors discussed in this volume were "particularly good" at it, authorial self-invention is not "a purely modernist strategy," Demoor...its most valuable assets as a contribution to the history of British print culture, 1880-1930. Demoor is to be credited for pushing...
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Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

Journal article by Peter S. Onuf; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Onuf Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. By Christopher...genre is in fact inexhaustible. British-born-and-bred journalist Christopher...designed America, or that he authored it" (5). Hitchens calls early...the nations "designer" or "author." A flawed figure caught up...
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Marketing the Author

Journal article by Julian Wolfreys; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 49, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Marketing the Author: Authorial Personae, Narrative Selves and Self-Fashioning, 1880-1930 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...dissenting Christianity" played into Steads drive to "Americanize" journalism in the British Isles. In the face of this entrepreneurial and commercial challenge, authors of the period "each tried to control their public image by creating a public self...
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British Atlantic, American Frontier: Spaces of Power in Early Modern British America

Journal article by Michael P. Gabriel; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, British Atlantic, American Frontier: Spaces of Power in Early Modern British America (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...of early modern British America. The author focuses on the availability...dependent upon the British Atlantic and offered...other options. The author further notes that...strong links to the British Atlantic, grew increasingly...eventually revolted. The author argues that, following...
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A Spatial Analysis of Crime in Vancouver, British Columbia: A Synthesis of Social Disorganization and Routine Activity Theory

Journal article by Martin A. Andresen; The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 50, 2006

Subjects:

Routine activities theory--Usage, Social disorganization theory--Usage, Vancouver, British Columbia--Demographic aspects, Vancouver, British Columbia--Economic aspects, Vancouver, British Columbia--Research, Vancouver, British Columbia--Social aspects, Violent crimes--Research, Violent crimes--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 (e-mail: andresen...DMTI Spatial Inc., calculations by the author...DMTI Spatial Inc., calculations by the author...

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Magazine Articles on: british author

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Miles from Nowhere: On a Return Trip to the Wilderness of British Columbia, the Author Sees Changes in the People, the Landscape, and Himself

Magazine article by Edward Hoagland; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Summer 2006

Subjects:

Adventure travel--Personal narratives, Novelists--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...Return Trip to the Wilderness of British Columbia, the Author Sees Changes in the People, the...the remotest parts of northwest British Columbia, west of the Rockies...that activated my travels to British Columbia two years ago. But the...
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Live Recording: Asa Briggs, Author of the Monumental Five-Volume History of the BBC, Talks to David Hendy about His Thirty-Seven Year Engagement with the Story of British Broadcasting

Magazine article by David Hendy; History Today, Vol. 58, September 2008

Subjects:

Briggs, Asa--Interviews, Journalists--Interviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Live Recording: Asa Briggs, Author of the Monumental Five-Volume...Engagement with the Story of British Broadcasting. by David...societies and good causes, and the author of an extraordinary number...who embarks on a study of British broadcasting and its complex...
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J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

Magazine article by Ralph Wood; The Christian Century, Vol. 118, November 21, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...contends that Tolkien is the quintessential author of the 20th century--the century when...goodness and life. When Waterstone, the British bookshop chain, conducted a 1998 survey...Anglo-Saxon, and he became the worlds leading authority on Beowulf, the Old English epic poem...
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Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author

Magazine article by Claude Rawson; New Criterion, Vol. 17, June 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Chesterfield hailed Johnson as a commanding linguistic authority, indeed as a "dictator" to whom he surrendered "all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject," but not without establishing his advantage over...
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Perils of Partition: Our Author Examines the Political - and Literary - Legacy of Britain's Policy of "Divide and Quit"

Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, March 2003

Subjects:

British history

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...whole concept of British dominion in Ireland...But his clerical authority made him a useful...automatically conferred authority on his Muslim League...of the community. British policy also helped...the "Palestinian authority." I have looked...ordered from a car by British soldiers on the...

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Newspaper Articles on: british author

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Writer's Wizardry with Words Welcomed: Young Fans Mob British Author at Signings

Newspaper article by Julia Duin; The Washington Times, October 21, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...words welcomed: Young fans mob British author at signings by Julia Duin...royal reception this week. The British author was mobbed at every book signing...ever for a National Press Club author. By now her story is legendary...
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Heritage Explains British Support; Author Notes Law Commonality

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 23, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Heritage explains British support; Author notes law commonality...terrorism, according to author Balint Vazsonyi. While...Mr. Vazsonyi noted, British Prime Minister Tony Blair...said Mr. Vazsonyi, author of the 1998 book "Americas...
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Back to Nature; Richard Mabey's Poetic Reference Book on British Plants Became a Classic. but Then the Author Fell into a Deep Depression and Couldn't Write. Now He Marks His Triumphant Return with an Intimate Account of His Illness - and the Restorative Power of the Natural World

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 31, 2005

Subjects:

Britannica, Flora, Mabey, Richard

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mabeys Poetic Reference Book on British Plants Became a Classic. but Then the Author Fell into a Deep Depression...about the role of plants in British culture, incorporating thousands...the natural heir to a great British tradition, passing through...
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ROCK ONO ROLL COOK: OCook a Woman Dinner? Not until after weOve Had sexO; New York Chef and Bestselling Author Anthony Bourdain on Seducing Women, His Worst Meals, British Celebrity Chefs and Why He Hates vegetarians[ETH]

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 17, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...COOK: OCook a Woman Dinner? Not until after weOve Had sexO; New York Chef and Bestselling Author Anthony Bourdain on Seducing Women, His Worst Meals, British Celebrity Chefs and Why He Hates vegetariansETH. Byline: Words: Deirdre OOBrien...
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Catering to Extremists? Author Contends British Appease Radical Islam

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 27, 2007

Subjects:

Islamic fundamentalism

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Catering to Extremists? Author Contends British Appease Radical Islam. Byline...extremism - problems explored by British journalist Melanie Phillips in...Minister Tony Blair, many elements of British government and society continue...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: british author

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Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer , British Statesman, Soldier, and Author

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SPENCER , British statesman, soldier, and author 1874 1965, British statesman, soldier, and author; son of Lord Randolph Churchill . Early...were crucial in rallying and maintaining British resistance to Germany during the grim years...
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Machen, Arthur

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MACHEN, ARTHUR mak n, 1863 1947, British author, b. Wales. He wrote a series of semiautobiographical fantasies...relating how St. George and his ghostly archers rescue the British army and slaughter the Germans. See his autobiography, ed...
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Powys, John Cowper

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

POWYS, JOHN COWPER po is, 1872 1963, British author and lecturer. In addition to his widely admired novels Wolf...Another brother, Llewelyn Powys, 1884 1939, was also an author. His rational yet poetic outlook is reflected in his writings...
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Durrell, Lawrence

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

DURRELL, LAWRENCE du r l, dur l, 1912 90, British author, b. India, of Irish parents. Durrell traveled widely...Gerald Durrell, 1920 95, English conservationist and author, b. Jamshedpur, India, was noted for his pioneering...
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Travers, P. L

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...TRAVERS, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon Travers), 1899 1996, British author best known for her Mary Poppins childrens books, b...its characters, made Travers famous. She was also the author of several other books for children. Interested in the...

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