The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History)

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The British consumer Co-operative movement pioneered the use of film for industrial and propaganda purposes. A powerful association of working-class consumers, the movement embraced the potential of cinema and used it to help articulate an ideology expounding the ideals of mutuality, equality, and democracy, and seeking to transform a capitalist society founded on individualism and "selfish-help" into the "Co-operative Commonwealth." This book provides an extensive, detailed catalogue of more than 300 films relating to the movement. Technical details, credits, a synopsis, and historical and critical evaluations are given for each title. Numerous films, previously unknown or believed to be lost, have been traced. The catalogue is prefaced by a substantial introductory essay which provides a contextual framework for a consideration of the movement and its use of film. The book is supplemented by a selection of articles, publications, and reports which appeared in the movement's contemporary press, and which reveal the genuine concern to use cinema to assist in the task of "making Co-operators." This catalogue will be invaluable to students of social, labor, and business history and to film and media historians who wish to broaden their knowledge of non-commercial film. It also serves as a guide for contemporary filmmakers and television researchers to this extensive collection of archive film.

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The British Film Business
Bill Baillieu , and John Goodchild
Manufacturer: Wiley
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A fascinating read both for the general reader on film and also those with a serious interest in the subject of the film industry and film-making

For the past 80 years the British film industry has struggled to compete with Hollywood. The early control of distribution by American companies in London and the lack of investment in domestic production gave Hollywood a commercial advantage that persists to this day. Successive British governments have introduced measures to protect the industry from overseas competition and stimulate British production, all with little long-term success.

This book traces the history of the British film business from the days of the early pioneers, through its near collapse in the immediate post-war era to the current age of digitally enhanced blockbusters.
The authors chart the successes and failures and show how Government intervention has often failed to assist the industry. They provide comment on recent developments and suggest how these could help British film making talent reach the wider audience that it frequently deserves.

Bill Baillieu is a non-practising barrister with twenty years corporate finance and licensing experience in the development and funding of creative and growth businesses. His career began in the venture capital industry in the City of London, and he now specialises in the management, exploitation and valuation of intellectual property rights ranging from copyright portfolios to patented technology.

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Today, the public sector in Africa, like in much of the rest of the world, is perceived as having led to inefficiency, waste, indifference and corruption in the provision of public services generally. The power supply sector is now experiencing a process of restructuring and reform, including privatization. The contributors to this volume, who are themselves involved in the policy process in their own countries, examine how far this movement towards restructuring and reform has proceeded in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Based on empirical research, the authors have generated policy options and scenarios that are bound to be of vital interest to policy makers and implementers throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Take Ten: Contemporary British Film Directors

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Take Ten: Contemporary British Film Directors
Jonathan Hacker , and David Price
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0192852515

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Mention "British cinema" and Hammer horror films or Ealing comedies are frequently all that come to mind. Although there has been no sustained film movement in Britain akin to the French New Wave or Italian Neo-Realism, there is a rich diversity of talent among contemporary British filmmakers
that rarely receives the attention it deserves. This collection of essays and in-depth interviews examines the careers and aspirations of ten directors--Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Lindsay Anderson, Bill Forsyth, Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Nicolas Roeg, Richard Attenborough, Alan Parker, and
John Schlesinger. The book looks at their different styles and techniques, their influences, their attitudes toward working with actors and raising money, and their relationships with their audiences. Take Ten offers revealing insights into the working methods and tastes of these important
directors. It will be essential reading for all interested in British and contemporary film.

'My Sister, My Self': stories of women: a film about Safe Motherhood among the women of the British Commonwealth.: An article from: International Midwifery

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'My Sister, My Self': stories of women: a film about Safe Motherhood among the women of the British Commonwealth.: An article from: International Midwifery

Manufacturer: International Confederation of Midwives
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000849VG2
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from International Midwifery, published by International Confederation of Midwives on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 531 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 'My Sister, My Self': stories of women: a film about Safe Motherhood among the women of the British Commonwealth.
Publication: International Midwifery (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: International Confederation of Midwives
Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Page: 48(1)

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The Film Business. A history of British Cinema 1896-1972.

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The Film Business. A history of British Cinema 1896-1972.
Ernest Betts
Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin,
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Learn to Implement an Effective, Coherent Management System with Quality and EH&S Tools How would you like to streamline health and safety and environmental programs into the everyday operations of your organization? Reduce rework, breakage, and worker's compensation claims while increasing productivity, efficiency, and profitability? In Organizational Mastery with Integrated Management Systems, Michael Noble answers these questions and much more. Presenting an integrated, no-nonsense approach to process risk management, Noble guides you through all the steps necessary to establish a quality management system that incorporates environmental health and safety (EH&S) concerns. He brings together ideas from both Quality and EH&S, providing a wealth of proven techniques that can be easily tailored to your specific organizational needs. Useful checklists, guidelines, process flowcharts, and risk analysis methods are included along with appendices containing management and technical audits you can use to develop your own audit tool. You'll learn to:
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Women and Women's Rights: A Medical, Psychological and International Subject Survey With Research Index and Bibliography
American Health Research Institute
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ASIN: 0941864987

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Women & Women's Rights: A Medical, Psychological & International Subject Survey With Research Index and Bibliography

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The unprecedented sensitivity of the Infrared Space Observatory and the far-infrared window provided by IRAS led to spectroscopic surveys throughout the entire infrared region. In particular, the high resolution allowed for pointed observations of individual sources. The authors of this volume are principal investigators of the ISO mission and present a host of new data analyses that should trigger novel astrophysical research in the far-infrared. A particular feature of the book is the emphasis on object-oriented presentation of the observations. The book addresses researchers and students alike.

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A single-source reference describing how and why gas chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments work. Describes a wide range of technologies and offers guidance for their optimum use, outlining good practice, routine procedures, and trouble shooting.

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Researchers in the natural sciences are faced with problems that require a novel approach to improve the quality of forecasts of processes that are sensitive to environmental conditions. Nonlinearity of a system may significantly complicate the predictability of future states: a small variation of parameters can dramatically change the dynamics, while sensitive dependence of the initial state may severely limit the predictability horizon. Uncertainties also play a role. This volume addresses such problems by using tools from chaos theory and systems theory, adapted for the analysis of problems in the environmental sciences. Sensitive dependence on the initial state (chaos) and the parameters are analyzed using methods such as Lyapunov exponents and Monte Carlo simulation. Uncertainty in the structure and the values of parameters of a model is studied in relation to processes that depend on the environmental conditions. These methods also apply to biology and economics. For research workers at universities and (semi)governmental institutes for the environment, agriculture, ecology, meteorology and water management, and theoretical economists.

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As children, many of us relied on our parents for guidance, advice, strength and unconditional love. These ideals were instilled in us so that we could later become self-sufficient and caring adults. However, there are those who have had to endure more traumatic childhood events and memories.

Ruth Kline has written her own account of childhood abuse and neglect, and the repercussions she had to face throughout her life. "It Coulda Been Worse" details Kline's struggle through the verbal abuse of her mother and physical abuse of her father. Bearing the cross of cruel words, Kline suffered through the strains of mental illness to come to terms with the woman she is today.

Kline's story of survival and strength is not only her attempt to uncover the reasons behind her mother's abuse and her own battle with schizophrenia, but her chance to offer hope to others who may have had to endure mental illness caused by childhood abuse.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led the black drive for civil rights, but the changes he sought came largely in legal opinions issues by federal judges. Foremost among these was Frank Minis Johnson, Jr., of Montgomery, Alabama, who presided over some of the most emotional hearings and trials of the rights movement—hearings brimming with dramatic and poignant testimony from the black people who cried out for the freedoms that are the legacy of all Americans. Beginning with Judge Johnson's coming of age in the hill country of Winston County, Alabama, this book covers many of his notable cases: the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Rides, school desegregation, the Selma-to-Montgomery march, and the nightrider slaying of Viola Liuzzo, as well as Johnson's work for prisoners, women, and the mentally ill. Much of the book is comprised of interviews and direct quotes from Johnson himself, making this recounting of Judge Johnson's life dynamically autobiographical. This book was originally published by Black Belt Press (ISBN: 0-9622815-9-X). This edition includes a new introduction and afterward by the author.

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A no-nonsense look behind the scenes of the courtroom.......2007-10-07

The Judge: The Life & Opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, Jr. is the biography of a federal judge who presided over some of the most tense and emotional hearings and trials of the civil rights era. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott, to the Freedom Rides, school desegregation, the Selma-to-Montgomery march, and the Ku Klux Klan conspiracy case in the night-rider slaying of Viola Liuzzo, The Judge gives an inside look that blends court transcripts, reporting, and exhaustive oral history interviews with Judge Johnson, originally conducted over the course of years from 1976 to 1989. "In Montgomery, the boycott did not bring an end to segregation on the buses. The court order Judge Rives and I entered did. If we hadn't ruled as we did, I'm certain blacks would still be boycotting and walking. The white power structure would never have yielded. The same thing could be said of voting rights; the Selma marches didn't bring them, court orders and the U.S. Congress did. As to my role, I would say the decisions stand and speak for themselves." A no-nonsense look behind the scenes of the courtroom, and a welcome contribution to biography as well as American History shelves.

The Judge: The Life and Opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, Jr.

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The Judge: The Life and Opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
Frank Sikora
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Terrific Book!.......2003-03-16

Sikora's biography of Federal Judge Frank Johnson, who's court rulings helped desegregate Alabama, is by far the best told story of the judge. Sikora is an impeccable researcher and a poignant storyteller. Through extensive interviews with Johnson, Sikora was able to include lengthy quotes by the Judge, which make up at least 1/4 of the book. Sikora has captured Frank Johnson as both a judge and a man. This is a must-read for anyone interested in civil rights history.

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