1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456433503321

Autore

Disraeli Benjamin

Titolo

Benjamin Disraeli letters . Volume six 1852-1856 / / M.G. Wiebe, general editor, Mary S. Millar, co-editor, Ann P. Robson, co-editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-282-02549-X

9786612025495

1-4426-7129-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (697 p.)

Collana

Letters of Benjamin Disraeli ; ; 6

Disciplina

910.4

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES -- DISRAELI CHRONOLOGY 1852-1856 -- ABBREVIATIONS IN VOLUME SIX -- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF LETTERS 1852–1856 -- 2 January 1852– 31 December 1852 -- 8 January 1853– 29 December 1854 -- 1 January 1855– 26 December 1856 -- APPENDICES -- RECIPIENTS, VOLUME SIX -- INDEX TO VOLUME SIX

Sommario/riassunto

Benjamin Disraeli, Queen Victoria's favourite prime minister, was, in the words of Robert Blake, 'the best letter-writer among English statesmen.'This, the latest volume in the critically acclaimed Letters of Benjamin Disraeli series, contains or describes 951 letters (784 previously unpublished) written by Disraeli between 1852 and 1856. These years cover his first cabinet post, as chancellor of the exchequer, his attempts as House leader to unify the Conservative party, and his opposition to the Crimean War, both in the House and in his newspaper, The Press. Included are significant runs of correspondence, such as 63 letters (34 previously unpublished) to the 14th Earl of



Derby, and 75 letters (none previously published) to Lord Stanley, the future 15th Earl of Derby, as well as more personal ones, such as 59 letters to the eccentric Mrs Brydges Willyams, the 'female Croesus' who offered Disraeli a substantial legacy. These illuminate anew both his public and private life, and show the strength of his resolve to reshape party policies to suit the age of industrialism and free trade. New light is also thrown on other matters, such as the supposed plagiarism in his panegyric on the Duke of Wellington. Ten appendices include full cabinet lists, Disraeli's own reminiscences of the period, and Stanley's remarkable verbatim notes of intimate conversations with Disraeli at Hughenden Manor.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786276203321

Autore

Gopinathan Saravanan

Titolo

Education and the nation state : the selected works of S. Gopinathan / / S. Gopinathan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-15704-2

0-203-07881-0

1-299-14177-3

1-136-15705-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

World library of educationalists

World library of educationalists series

Classificazione

EDU034000EDU043000EDU020000

Disciplina

370.95957

Soggetti

Education - Singapore

Educational change - Singapore

Education and state - Singapore

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

section 1. Education and national development -- section 2. Language and values education -- section 3. Teacher education -- section 4. Knowledge indigenization.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts



themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. In a career spanning four decades, S. Gopinathan is considered by many to be a pillar of teacher education in Singapore. He has played a key role in the establishment and transformation of Singapore's education system, pioneering many programmes and advising on policy both nationally and internationally. In the process, he has contributed over 25 books (authored, co-authored and edited) and 115 articles and book chapters to the field, and continues to inspire and empower younger colleagues in the region to challenge the cause for excellence in education and education reform. In Education and the Nation State, S. Gopinathan brings together 14 of his key writings in one volume. Starting with a specially written introduction, which gives an overview of Gopinathan's career and contextualises his selection, the essays are then arranged thematically, providing an overview not just of his own career, but also reflecting the development and key concerns of education in the nation state that is Singapore"--