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'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

The kingdoms of France and England were for many centuries military economic cultural and colonial rivals. This is particularly true of the early modern period which witnessed the rise of French military hegemony and the expansion of English commerce. Dealing with the period 1420-1700 this collection offers a snapshot of Anglo-French relations across the three centuries from established historians and younger scholars from France Britain and Luxembourg. Based broadly on 'diplomatic' history but incorporating wider perspectives from cultural and social or gender history; each essay uncovers the fascinating and complex arrangements that characterize Anglo-French relations in this period. Competition and hostility between the two kingdoms there certainly was but it took a surprising variety of forms and often proved intellectually productive for one side or the other and sometimes for both. The chapters mix treatments of broad themes and particular circumstances or individuals and each makes specific comparisons with French and English experience across the early-modern period. In so doing they elaborate and go beyond the evidence of Anglo-French hostility to explore evidence of political co-operation and cultural influences highlighting just how close early modern England's connections with France were even at times of crisis. | 'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

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Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures outlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures presented with examples from recent construction projects. It proposes an innovative and sustainable design methodology algorithmic geometry processing structural optimization and digital fabrication; technology transfer and construction are formulated and widely discussed. The methodology relies on integral mechanical attachment whereby the connection between timber plates is established solely through geometric manipulation without additional connectors such as nails screws dowels adhesives or welding. The transdisciplinary design framework for spatial timber plate structures brings together digital architecture computer science and structural engineering covering parametric modeling and architectural computational design geometry exploration the digital fabrication assembly of engineered timber panels numerical simulations mechanical characterization design optimization and performance improvement. The method is demonstrated through different prototypes physical models and three build examples focusing specifically on the design of the timber-plate roof structure of 23 large span arches called the Annen Headquarters in Luxembourg. This is useful for the architecture engineering and construction (AEC) sector and shows how new structural optimization processes can be reinvented through geometrical adaptions to control global and local geometries of complex structures. This text is ideal for structural engineering professionals and architects in both industry and academia and construction companies.

GBP 48.99
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Gender and Educational Achievement

Gender and Educational Achievement

Gender inequalities in education – in terms of systematic variations in access to educational institutions in competencies school marks and educational certificates along the axis of gender – have tremendously changed over the course of the 20th century. Although this does not apply to all stages and areas of the educational career it is particularly obvious looking at upper secondary education. Before the major boost of educational expansion in the 1960s women’s participation in upper secondary general education and their chances to successfully finish this educational pathway have been lower than men’s. However towards the end of the 20th century women were outperforming men in many European countries and beyond. The international contributions to this book attempt to shed light on the mechanisms behind gender inequalities and the changes made to reduce this inequality. Topics explored by the contributors include gender in science education in the UK; women’s education in Luxembourg in the 19th and 20th century; the ‘gender gap’ debates and their rhetoric in the UK and Finland; sociological perspectives on the gender-equality discourse in Finland; changing gender differences in West Germany in the 20th century; the interplay of subjective well-being and educational attainment in Switzerland; and a psychological perspective on gender identities gender-related perceptions students’ motivation intelligence personality and the interaction between student and teacher gender. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Research. | Gender and Educational Achievement

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Agency Security and Governance of Small States A Global Perspective

Agency Security and Governance of Small States A Global Perspective

Agency Security and Governance of Small States examines what seems to be a defining paradox of Small-State Studies: the simultaneous coexistence (and possible co-dependence) of vulnerability and opportunity related to small-state size. This book analyses small states within the framework of this apparent paradox. Traditionally Small-State Studies has focused on three guiding questions: what constitutes a ‘small state’? What explains small-state influence in global affairs? Are small states truly vulnerable to security threats given the expansion of multilateralism and regionalism throughout the world? This book contends that new questions should be asked which recognise the important shifts in twenty-first century security paradigms to better understand how some states deploy their smallness as a resource for agency in supranational contexts. By varying historical geographical security and governance contexts the book embraces a most-different-cases approach. The historical perspective is often neglected in Small-State Studies but contributes to understanding how small states have often over time transformed perceived insecurity into agency. By focusing on different world regions the authors enable the comparative analysis of collective actions and the creation and implementation of institutions for ‘common sense purposes’ within a geographical region. Of particular contemporary importance the book includes contributions which contend with hard-security issues alongside other soft-security challenges. The comparison of case studies confirms that hard-security vulnerability and soft-security opportunities seem to be two sides of the same coin which reinforces the book’s focus on small-state paradoxes and raises the question of whether smallness can be considered the defining characteristic of governance in these countries. This book will have a broad appeal because of the different world regions it analyses. It will be of interest to postgraduate students scholars and researchers of international relations security sustainability governance development and political economy as well as Small-State Studies. The Chapters 4 8 and 11 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. The publication of Chapter 4 as Open Access has been made possible by the Institute of History at the University of Luxembourg. The publication of Chapter 8 as Open Access has been made possible by Western Sydney University. The publication of Chapter 11 as Open Access has been made possible by the University of Hamburg. | Agency Security and Governance of Small States A Global Perspective

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