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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463274803321

Titolo

Tradition in the twenty-first century [[electronic resource] ] : locating the role of the past in the present / / edited by Trevor J. Blank and Robert Glenn Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, CO, : Utah State University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4571-8410-9

0-87421-900-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlankTrevor J

HowardRobert Glenn

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Folklore

Tradition (Philosophy)

Oral tradition

Communication in folklore

Semiotics and folk literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Living Traditions in a Modern World - Robert Glenn Howard and Trevor J. Blank; 1. Thinking through Tradition - Elliott Oring; 2. Critical Folklore Studies and the Revaluation of Tradition - Stephen Olbrys Gencarella; 3. Vernacular Authority: Critically Engaging "Tradition" - Robert Glenn Howard; 4 Asserting Tradition: Rhetoric of Tradition and the Defense of Chief Illiniwek - Casey R. Schmitt; 5. Curation and Tradition on Web 2.0 - Merrill Kaplan; 6. Trajectories of Tradition: Following Tradition into a New Epoch of Human Culture - Tok Thompson

7. And the Greatest of These Is Tradition: The Folklorist's Toolbox in the Twenty-First Century - Lynne S. McNeill8.  The "Handiness" of Tradition - Simon J. Bronner; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Tradition in the Twenty-First Century, eight diverse contributors explore the role of tradition in contemporary folkloristics. For more than a century, folklorists have been interested in locating sources of



tradition and accounting for the conceptual boundaries of tradition, but in the modern era, expanded means of communication, research, and travel, along with globalized cultural and economic interdependence, have complicated these pursuits. Tradition is thoroughly embedded in both modern life and at the center of folklore studies, and a modern understanding of tradition cannot b

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455332503321

Autore

Thornton Stephen <1970->

Titolo

Richard Crossman and the welfare state : pioneer of welfare provision and Labour politics in post-war Britain / / Stephen Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY : , : Tauris Academic Studies, , 2009

ISBN

0-7556-2254-5

1-282-61933-0

9786612619335

0-85771-646-8

1-4416-2906-8

600-00-2121-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

International library of political studies ; ; 27

Disciplina

361.650941

Soggetti

Statesmen - Great Britain

Welfare state - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Central government policies

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964

Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: Guide to the book -- Chapter 1: Ideas, Individuals, Circumstances, and Interests -- Chapter 2: Challenging Beveridge -- Chapter 3: The Cunning Plan -- Chapter 4: The Rival -- Chapter 5: Into the Storm -- Chapter 6: A Story Rich in



Lessons -- Conclusion: Crossman's legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

"Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman's imposing presence in Harold Wilson's Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. However, in this new reassessment, Stephen Thornton rescues Crossman's political achievements from obscurity. From 1955 to the end of his life in 1974, Crossman was committed to a radical scheme that promised to break Britain free from the existing Beveridge model of welfare provision and transform the social security regime in the UK. Although the scheme as Crossman envisaged it was not directly implemented, his actions did prompt highly significant modifications to both Labour and, more surprisingly, Conservative social security policy. Here Crossman's reputation as a towering figure of the patrician Left is rehabilitated as Thornton argues that in the era of New Labour the lessons Crossman learned from his project of welfare reform are more valuable and relevant than ever. Conclusion: Crossman's legacy."--Bloomsbury publishing.