Voices Of Leith Dockers
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Voices Of Leith Dockers
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Author : Ian MacDougall
language : en
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
Release Date : 2001
Voices Of Leith Dockers written by Ian MacDougall and has been published by Mercat Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Docks categories.
The spoken recollections transcribed for this volume were recorded in interviews by the Scottish Working People's History Trust. Each individual recorded speaks directly of his experiences working in Edinburgh's Leith Docks.
Voices Of Scottish Journalists
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Author : Ian MacDougall
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-11-07
Voices Of Scottish Journalists written by Ian MacDougall and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Newspaper journalism is a romantic profession. The men and women who wrote for newspapers in the twentieth century started work in a 'Hold the front page!' atmosphere: hot metal, clicking typewriters and inky fingers. In this fascinating collection, the latest in the Scottish Working People's History Trust series, Ian MacDougall has captured the memories of 22 veteran journalists from a wide range of newspapers all over Scotland, some local, some national. The earliest entrant started work in 1929, just before the Great Depression, the latest in the mid 1950s. Their accounts, like so much of oral history, describe a physical world we have almost lost sight of since the computer revolution. But it was a different social world too: it would be unusual for school leavers today to start work as 'copy-boys' running out for cigarettes or filling gluepots for their scary older colleagues. Journalists had to turn their hands to anything from flower shows to air raids, from Hess's landing near Eaglesham to royal visits; and women often had to fight their corner to get started as young reporters. As journalist Neal Ascherson says in his foreword, the book contains 'a swathe of Scottish social history': virtually all these journalists made their way from humble backgrounds, drawn by the desire for an exciting rather than a safe job - and above all one full of human interest.
The Box
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Author : Marc Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-05
The Box written by Marc Levinson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that reshaped manufacturing. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, years of high-stakes bargaining, and delicate negotiation on standards. Now with a new chapter, The Box tells the dramatic story of how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur turned containerization from an impractical idea into a phenomenon that transformed economic geography, slashed transportation costs, and made the boom in global trade possible. -- from back cover.
Voices Of Scotswomen In Peace And War
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Author : Ian MacDougall
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2019-06-13
Voices Of Scotswomen In Peace And War written by Ian MacDougall and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with History categories.
During the Second World War thousands of women served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) or the Timber Corps. In this book 19 Scotswomen who served in the war tell their stories. The women, born between 1918 and 1926, and interviewed between 1998 and 2005, came from towns and villages throughout Scotland. The 1939–45 War plucked many women from their normal lives and thrust them into very different and dangerous experiences. Leaving her job in a baker's shop in Glasgow, one woman found herself early in 1945 on a troopship heading for Naples; another, as an officer in the WRNS, crossed the Atlantic three times. One woman escaped death when 26 of her ATS colleagues were killed at Yarmouth by a German bomber. Despite the danger, many women formed close and lasting friendships, and for some the war years were the happiest of their lives. These fascinating stories of wartime women, told in their own words, vividly convey the important and varied roles that women played during the war.
History Of Everyday Life In Twentieth Century Scotland
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Author : Lynn Abrams
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2010-02-28
History Of Everyday Life In Twentieth Century Scotland written by Lynn Abrams and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-28 with History categories.
Over the twentieth century Scots' lives changed infast, dramatic and culturally significant ways. By examining their bodies,homes, working lives, rituals, beliefs and consumption, this volume exposeshow the very substance of everyday life was composed, tracing both theintimate and the mass changes that the people endured. Using novelperspectives and methods, chapters range across the experiences of work, artand death, the way Scots conceived of themselves and their homes, and theway the 'old Scotland' of oppressive community rules broke down frommid-century as the country reinvented its everyday life and culture. Thisvolume brings together leading cultural historians of twentieth-centuryScotland to study the apparently mundane activities of people's lives,traversing the key spaces where daily experience is composed to expose thecontroversial personal and national politics that ritual and practice cangenerate. Key features: *Contains an overview of the material changesexperienced by Scots in their everyday lives during the course of thecentury*Focuses on some of the key areas of change in everyday experience,from the way Scots spent their Sundays to the homes in which they lived,from the work they undertook to the culture they consumed and eventually theway they died. *Pays particular attention to identity as well asexperience
Oral History Theory
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Author : Lynn Abrams
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-18
Oral History Theory written by Lynn Abrams and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-18 with History categories.
Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral history theory. Structured around key themes such as the peculiarities of oral history, the study of the self, subjectivity and intersubjectivity, memory, narrative, performance, power and trauma, each chapter provides a clear and user-friendly explanation of the various theoretical approaches, illustrating these with examples from the rich field of published oral history and making suggestions for the practicing oral historian. This second edition includes a new chapter on trauma and ethics, a preface discussing new developments in the field and updated glossary and further reading sections. Supplemented by a new companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/abrams) containing a comprehensive range of case studies, audio material and further resources, this book will be invaluable to experienced and novice oral historians, professionals, and students who are new to the discipline.
Oral History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Oral History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Oral history categories.
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Author : 馬克．萊文森
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 讀書共和國╱八旗文化
Release Date : 2021-08-03
written by 馬克．萊文森 and has been published by 讀書共和國╱八旗文化 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Business & Economics categories.
沒有貨櫃，就沒有全球化， 不會有好事多，也不會有電商龍頭亞馬遜、阿里巴巴，更不會有高科技； 透過貨櫃的起源故事，比爾．蓋茲讀到創新， 金融史學家伯恩斯坦、價值投資人帕波萊讀到產業本質。 ★比爾．蓋茲年度推薦：「貨櫃改變全世界做生意的方式。」 ★《金融時報》年度最佳商業書 ★重量級媒體《經濟學人》、《華爾街日報》、《金融時報》、《財星》一致好評 ★本書談論海運業歷經破壞性創新，政府的整合與監管，到打造國際航線遇到的困境。 貨櫃不只是個低科技的金屬箱子，更是緊密連結的運輸系統， 系統中的任何一個環節改變，都會觸動貨櫃航運業最敏感的成本與運費。 本書訴說一個戲劇性的起源故事， 從貨櫃誕生、在1970年代廣為採用前歷經十多年的困頓發展， 再到貨櫃化大幅降低運輸成本帶來的巨大經濟影響。 1956年，一艘改裝過的油輪載運五十八個貨櫃從紐華克開往休斯頓。 這是全球貨物運輸方式革命的開始，航運公司訂購愈來愈大的船隻裝載很快成為標準規格貨櫃的金屬箱子。 從紐約到新加坡的港口城市爭先恐後地進行現代化改造，以求容納更大的船隻。 貨櫃航運逐漸發展成龐大的產業，造就今日的全球貿易：得船得貨櫃者，得天下。 本書從三個角度出發，為我們分析貨櫃如何推動全球經濟： 1. 運輸技術變革對產業的影響 2. 創新給社會資源帶來的重要性 3. 運輸成本與經濟地理之間的聯系 作者萊文森曾經擔任《經濟學人》雜誌的金融與經濟編輯、紐約外交關係協會（CFR）高級研究員，以及摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase）經濟學家。他以以過去為人忽視的資料，證明貨櫃改變了世界的經濟版圖，造成紐約和倫敦等傳統港口的沒落，並助長過去沒沒無聞的港口的興起。從北大西洋推進太平洋，從歐美推進到亞洲，全球供應鏈緊密結合。 作者簡介 馬克．萊文森 Marc Levinson 知名經濟學家、歷史學家與記者，曾任《經濟學人》雜誌的金融與經濟編輯、紐約外交關係協會（CFR）高級研究員，以及摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase）經濟學家。長期從事金融監管、國際經濟、貿易政策方面的研究、寫作與演說。著有《曾經的零售霸主》（The Great A&P）、《小企業困境》（The Struggle for Small Business in America）、《貨櫃外的全球化》（Outside the Box）。 譯者簡介 吳國卿 台北市人，1959年生，資深新聞從業人員，從事翻譯工作二十餘年。主要譯作有《克魯曼戰殭屍》、《亞洲未來式》、《下一波全球經濟浩劫》、《國家為什麼會失敗》、《震撼主義》、《碳交易》、《Deep Work深度工作力》等書。
Biblionews And Australian Notes Queries
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Biblionews And Australian Notes Queries written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Book collecting categories.
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Author : Марк Левинсон
language : ru
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2022-12-16
written by Марк Левинсон and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-16 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Невероятно, но современный мир не был бы таким, если б не невзрачный транспортный контейнер. Скромный ящик менее чем за полвека вызвал революционные перемены в производстве, торговле и грузоперевозках, позволив мировой экономике стать подлинно глобальной. Шествие нового формата не было, безусловно, триумфальным: даже в XX веке перегрузка товаров в портах осуществлялась, как 3000 лет назад при финикийцах, и перемен не жаждал никто. Людям было что терять: профессия докера теперь вымерла, знаменитые прежде порты вроде Ливерпуля и Нью-Йорка утратили значение, железным дорогам пришлось почти полностью обновить парк вагонов, а перевод производств за океан оставил без работы жителей многих развитых стран.И всё-таки он победил! Перед вами его нерассказанная история.В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.