1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910213849103321

Autore

O'Brien Mark <1973->

Titolo

Just managing? : what it means for the families of austerity Britain / / Mark O'Brien and Paul Kyprianou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Open Book Publishers

Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2017

ISBN

1-78374-326-3

979-1-03-650082-4

1-78374-325-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages) : charts; digital file(s)

Disciplina

339.20941

Soggetti

Income distribution - Great Britain

Great Britain Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part 1: Back to the future? 1. Understanding poverty: then and now -- 2. The getting by? study -- Part 2. The big issues 3. Money matters -- 4. Working life -- 5. Meeting basic needs -- 6. Home and family life -- Part 3. Just managing? perspectives on poverty 7. Family views: 'who's to blame?' -- 8. Liars, thieves and honest scousers -- Appendix I: How the research was conducted -- Appendix II: Family circumstances and spending.

Preface -- PART I: BACK TO THE FUTURE? 1. Understanding Poverty: Then and Now 2. The Getting By? Study -- PART II: THE BIG ISSUES 3. Money Matters 4. Working Life 5. Meeting Basic Needs 6. Home and Family Life -- PART III: JUST MANAGING? PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY 7. Family Views: 'Who's to Blame?' 8. Liars, Thieves and Honest Scousers -- Appendix I: How the Research Was Conducted -- Appendix II: Family Circumstances and Spending -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The  ‘just  about  managing’.  ‘Hardworking  families’.  ‘Alarm-clock  Britain’.  In  recent  years British political discourse has been filled with these slogans, as politicians claim to speak on behalf of families who are in work, but struggling to get by. This book allows us to hear from some of these families directly. At a time when the impact of austerity



is more relevant than ever, Just  Managing? cuts through the debates and sloganeering to give some of the real people behind the headlines and statistics a chance to tell their stories. It tracks the lives of thirty working families in Liverpool over one year, as they struggle to manage on incomes at or around the National Minimum Wage. Their accounts are placed within the economic and political context that has shaped their experiences and that of millions of other working families across the country. This book is required reading for anyone seeking to understand what life is like at the sharp end of ‘austerity Britain'.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966869103321

Autore

Kostenevich A. G (Albert Grigorevich)

Titolo

Bonnard and the Nabis  / / Albert Kostenevich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone Press International, c2005

ISBN

9781283954044

1283954044

9781780429632

1780429630

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Temporis collection

Altri autori (Persone)

BonnardPierre <1867-1947.>

VuillardÉdouard <1868-1940.>

DenisMaurice <1870-1943.>

VallottonFélix <1865-1925.>

RousselKer-Xavier <1867-1944.>

Disciplina

760.092

Soggetti

Nabis (Group of artists)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIFE; MASTERWORKS; Behind the Fence, Derrière la grille; Landscape in the Dauphiné, Paysage du Dauphiné; A Corner of Paris; Mirror in the Dressing Room; Early Spring. Little FaunsPremier, Printemps. Les Petits Faunes; Train and Fishing Boats, Le Train et les chalands; The Seine near Vernon, La Seine près de Vernon; The Seine at Vernonnet, La Seine à Vernonnet; Morning in Paris, Le Matin à Paris;



Evening in Paris; Mediterranean. Triptych, Méditerranée; Early Spring in the Countryside, Premiers jours de printemps à la campagne

Autumn. Fruit-Picking, L'Automne. La Cueillette des fruits; Summer. The Dance, L'Eté. La Danse; Summer in Normandy, L'Eté en Normandie; THE NABIS; EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940); KER XAVIER ROUSSEL (1867-1944); MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943); FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925); BIOGRAPHIES; PIERRE BONNARD; KER XAVIER ROUSSEL; MAURICE DENIS; EDOUARD VUILLARD; FÉLIXVALLOTTON; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Pierre Bonnard was the leader of a group of post-impressionist painters who called themselves the Nabis, from the Hebrew word meaning 'prophet'. Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel and Denis, the most distinguished of the Nabis, revolutionized the spirit of decorative techniques during one of the richest periods in the history of French painting. Influenced by Odilon Redon and Puvis de Chavanne, by popular imagery and Japanese etchings, this post-impressionist group was above all a close circle of friends who shared the same cultural background and interests.