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Bosworth 1485 : the battle that transformed England
\"On August 22, 1485, at Bosworth Field, Richard III fell, the Wars of the Roses ended, and the Tudor dynasty began. The clash is so significant because it marks the break between medieval and modern; yet how much do we really know about this historical landmark? Michael Jones uses archival discoveries to show that Richard III's defeat was by no means inevitable and was achieved only through extraordinary chance. He relocates the battle away from the site recognized for more than 500 years. With startling detail of Henry Tudor's reliance on French mercenaries, plus a new account of the battle itself, the author turns Shakespeare on its head, painting an entirely fresh picture of the dramatic life and death of Richard III, England's most infamous monarch.\" -- Back cover.
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Rethinking college student retention
Drawing on studies funded by the Lumina Foundation, the nation's largest private foundation focused solely on increasing Americans' success in higher education, the authors revise current theories of college student departure, including Tinto's, making the important distinction between residential and commuter colleges and universities, and thereby taking into account the role of the external environment and the characteristics of social communities in student departure and retention. A unique feature of the authors' approach is that they also consider the role that the various characteristics of different states play in degree completion and first-year persistence. First-year college student retention and degree completion is a multi-layered, multi-dimensional problem, and the book's recommendations for state- and institutional-level policy and practice will help policy-makers and planners at all levels as well as anyone concerned with institutional retention rates-and helping students reach their maximum potential for success-understand the complexities of the issue and develop policies and initiatives to increase student persistence.
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Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time
This book challenges the static, ahistorical models on which Economics continues to rely. These models presume that markets operate on a \"frictionless\" plane where abstract forces play out independent of their institutional and spatial contexts, and of the influences of the past. In reality, at any point in time exogenous factors are themselves outcomes of complex historical processes. They are shaped by institutional and spatial contexts, which are \"carriers of history,\" including past economic dynamics and market outcomes.
To examine the connections between gradual, evolutionary change and more dramatic, revolutionary shifts the text takes on a wide array of historically salient economic questions-ranging from how formative, European encounters reconfigured the political economies of indigenous populations in Africa, the Americas, and Australia to how the rise and fall of the New Deal order reconfigured labor market institutions and outcomes in the twentieth century United States. These explorations are joined by a common focus on formative institutions, spatial structures, and market processes. Through historically informed economic analyses, contributors recognize the myriad interdependencies among these three frames, as well as their distinct logics and temporal rhythms.
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Developing highly qualified teachers
This handbook clearly explains the concept of \"highly qualified teachers\" as described by No Child Left Behind, and discusses how to recruit, develop, and retain such teachers.
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Jones' Clinical Paediatric Surgery
JONES' CLINICAL PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Jones' Clinical Paediatric Surgery provides clear-sighted advice on the surgical options available for young patients.
Building on the popular and successful style of previous editions, this fully revised seventh edition employs a systematic approach to the childhood diseases that need surgical treatment. It includes more case vignettes and colour photographs, expanded coverage on the use of imaging, and updated approaches to management including laparoscopic operations. Key subject areas are supported by case vignettes in a familiar format similar to what might appear in an OSCE viva.
Jones' Clinical Paediatric Surgery is the ideal guide for paeditricians, surgeons and trainees, as well as primary care physicians, junior doctors and medical students.
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A companion to Japanese history
A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history.
Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars
Combines traditional perspectives with the most recent scholarly concerns
Supplements a chronological survey with targeted thematic analyses
Presents stimulating interventions into individual controversies
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