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This study investigates the motives for the establishment of the Fairbridge child migration scheme, examines its history in Australia and Canada, and outlines the experiences of many of the former child migrants.

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Barnsley and the surrounding area has a dark and sinister past. There were many foul deeds committed throughout the centuries of the most heinous kind -and many suspicious circumstances. Poverty was at the root of many of the early cases. During the Victorian period some seemingly uncaring magistrates...

A fourth excursion to the pretty village of Milnthorpe in Southern Cumbria makes for another delightful break away from the concrete world of city life. Even if only for a few days, I will miss nothing about the urban life I was born into. I will become a yokel of the Lake District once again and walk the quiet splendid pastures of these excellent villages and hamlets.

Successfully managing rare book collections requires very specific knowledge and skills. This handbook provides that essential information in a single volume. • Provides a bibliography of reference resources for rare book librarians • Includes sidebars with examples drawn from real-life experience

Are profits and sustainability compatible? This book brings unique perspectives to this key debate by exploring the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling,...

2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title ******************************** The Late-Victorian cultural mission to London’s slums was a peculiar effort towards social reform that today is largely forgotten or misunderstood. The philanthropy of middle and upper-class social workers saw...

Essay from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A-, University of Auckland (Englisch Department), course: Seminar - Victorian Literature, Stage III (5.-6. Semester), 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 'He [Kurtz} began...

On the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield....

Terry Copp’s tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country’s role in the Second World War. This collection, drawn from the work of Terry’s colleagues and former students, considers...

Midlands murders take center stage in a “gripping” book that “chronicles some of Mansfield’s most gruesome deaths over the past two centuries” (Mansfield Chad).   A young girl waylaid and battered with a hedge stake while returning home from Mansfield on a warm summer evening. Four family...

Introductory. Although much of the neighbourhood has become semi-urban and any idea of rural seclusion is destroyed, at least in summer, by the crowds that find their way to it from Manchester and Other large towns, yet the Cheshire village of Warburton in which this garden is situated is a real country...

Asmodi I. wurde zu neuem Leben erweckt. Damit sind die Verhältnisse in der Schwarzen Familie auf den Kopf gestellt! Um seine Stellung als Oberhaupt zu festigen, benötigt Asmodi Hilfe – und ruft Kräfte auf den Plan, die selbst er kaum beherrschen kann … Der 58. Band der legendären Serie um...

"O du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin. Und selbst das reiche Wien, Hin ist's wie Augustin; Jeder Tag war ein Fest, Und was jetzt? – Pest, die Pest! Nur ein groß' Leichenfest, Das ist der Rest ..." Das Lied des Spielmanns Augustin kennt auch heute noch jedes Kind in Wien. Doch was ist dran...