This volume is a structured history of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland from prehistoric, pre-Christian times to the present. This lengthy timescale is divided into seven periods, each analyzed in terms of its political, economic and cultural conditions people, incident and event, lore and language were strongly marked and readily distinguishable as creatures of their own time. The history of the English-speaking peoples is well supplied with a succession of names of their ruling dynasties - Norman, Tudor, Jacobean, Georgian, Victorian and so on, from which we visualize specific period characteristics across a broad range of culture. Scottish history lacks similar convenient labels and Highland history more so, and their absence may leave us with little more than a vague knowledge and even misunderstandings of Highland history. On the basis of generalizations from detailed research, this book proposes a framework of periods to make sense of the sequence of events, the pattern of developments and social conditions, and the not inconsiderable achievements of art, craft and literature.

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BRO-DART COVER. 1991 Shepheard-Walwyn hardcover, M. A. Hicks. This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement.

Who's Who in the Late Medieval England: 1272 - 1485 (Whos Who in British History Series)

Hicks, M.A.

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Gordon, Ian Fellowes

Since the Communists gained control of mainland China 40 years ago, Taiwan has transformed itself from an embattled and impoverished island to one of the world's leading trading nations today, with a massive balance of payments surplus. The achievement is all the more remarkable as the country has scarcely any natural resources and has had to maintain an expensive defence capability, unlike Japan. How has this been achieved? In the 40 lectures and articles by Dr K.T. Li, the architect of the transforamtion, an insight is gained of a philosophy, neither Communist nor Capitalist, which has guided the economic decision-making. Thus Taiwan, in evolving from a rural to a highly industrialized economy, was able to introduce a major land reform without a revolution and reduce the gap in income between the rich and poor . Government planning has played a major role in guiding the development without stifling the initiative of the entrepreneur. The lectures and articles are grouped into seven themes: National Economic Development and Planning; Regional Economic Development; International Economic Co-operation; Industrial and Technological Development; Agricultural Development; Economic Development and Social Change; and Research on Mainland China's Economy.

Economic Transformation of Taiwan, Roc

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Li, Kwoh-Ting

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Part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times, Who's Who in Late Medieval England spans the period 1272-1485. Covering the reigns of Edward I to Richard III, it was a turbulent period: the conquest of Wales, the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses, but it was also a time of piety, learning and economic development, marked by the endowment of monasteries and of colleges, many of which have survived to the present day as evidence of the remarkable achievements of this period. Men and women from all walks of life feature among the 200 biographies in the volume. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement. The biographies are arranged in a broadly chronological rather than alphabetical sequence so that the reader may easily browse from one contemporary to the next. The index, with its many cross-references, reveals further linkages between contemporaries. Each volume is a portrait of an age, presenting history in a biographical form which complements the conventional approach.

Whos Who In Late Medieval England (Who's Who in British History)

Michael Hicks

Part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times, Who's Who in Early Medieval England spans the period 1066-1272, the period of the Norman Conquest, the murder of Thomas Becket, Magna Carter and Simon de Montfort. Though remote in time, its influence is still evident in the institutions of today. What in 1066 were disparate elements of Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and French had by 1272 coalesced into a realm distinctively and self-consciously English. The process was symbolised by the adoption by Henry III, the builder of Westminster Abbey, of Edward the Confessor as his patron saint and the accession in 1272 of his son Edward I, the first King of England with an English name since the conquest. This volume contains over 160 short biographies of men and women who played a prominent part in their time. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement. The biographies are arranged in a broadly chronological rather than alphabetical sequence so that the reader may easily browse from one contemporary to the next. The index, with its many cross-references, reveals further linkages between contemporaries. Each volume is a portrait of an age, presenting history in a biographical form which complements the conventional approach.

Who's Who in Early Medieval England: 1066 - 1272

Tyerman, Christopher

The mystery of persistent economic failure can now be explained. Professor Mason Gaffney charges his colleagues with using a theoretical apparatus that is fatally flawed. But he goes further: he accuses the founders of neo-classical economics - the paradigm taught in schools and universities - of acting in bad faith. They distorted the science of economics to protect vested interests, and prevented governments adopting policies that would yield prosperity for everyone. How did it happen? A century ago the programme which synthesized social justice with efficient market economics was endorsed by millions of people in Britain, the United States, Ireland and Australia. Their champion was Henry George. Armed with the language of classical economics, he challenged the power elites whose riches were built on the poverty of the masses. To stop Henry George the fortune hunters hired professors to pervert the language of economics and confuse democratic debate. The use of this corrupted economics continues to this day, explain the authors, who analyze recent attempts to intimidate reforming politicians such as Nelson Mandela. If the full potential of the market economy is to be enjoyed by everyone, taxes must be transferred from consumption and production onto the rent of land. This was the theory - developed and endorsed by the greatest economist - that the landlords would not tolerate, their stratagem succeeded. But, in debasing their discipline, economists deprived themselves of the ability to diagnose problems, forecast trends and prescribe solutions, thereby condemning the 20th century to protracted periods of economic malaise. Mason Gaffney is the editor of "Extractive Resources and Taxation". Fred Harrison is the author of "Land and Liberty" and "The Power in the Land".

The Corruption of Economics (Georgist Paradigm Series)

Harrison, Fred

Gaffney, Mason

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