1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452425603321

Titolo

Strategizing resilience and reducing vulnerability [[electronic resource] /] / Peter R.J. Trim, Jack Caravelli, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61122-961-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Defense, security and strategy series

Altri autori (Persone)

TrimPeter R. J

CaravelliJack <1952->

Disciplina

355/.0335

Soggetti

Emergency management

Security, International

National security

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book stems in the main from papers presented at the Third CAMIS Security Management Conference ... which was held at Birkbeck College, University of London, From 5th to 7th September, 2007."--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813890103321

Autore

Tandong Tandong

Titolo

Children, their schools and what they learn on beginning primary school : English and French educational legacies in Cameroon schools / / by Genevoix Nana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5415-8

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Cameroon

Comparative education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This research is a pioneering study in comparative education in the context of Cameroon in particular, and Africa in general, which highlights present-day school and classroom instances of language socialisation as instantiating Anglophone and Francophone education traditions in their representation of the British and French educational legacies from the colonial era. Its findings point to practices specific to each study site and to Anglophone and Francophone subsystems of education as they translate local, national and global education perspectives and parallel Anglophone and Francophone cultures writ large. The narrative, analysis and findings of this study are, therefore, of relevance to educational communities in other countries, as issues of language socialisation, ideology, identity, bilingualism/multilingualism and comparative education are raised from a language- and culture-learning angle. The findings of this work also present emerging patterns of communal practices resulting from the coexistence of both subsystems of education, while the empirical data presented expose an inadequacy between official bilingualism discourse and its implementation in schools which may have a significant impact on future orientation of this policy in schools in Cameroon. - - This book will be useful to scholars interested in the fields of language



socialisation and comparative education in general, and in Africa and Cameroon in particular. It will also be of interest to language policymakers in the context of Cameroon, as data from schools indicate that official bilingualism practice does not echo policy discourse and problematises the construct of a Cameroonian identity as constitutive of Anglophone, Francophone and local cultures. The data report, however, shows that the paradigm shift in teachersa perceptions about the value of languages apparently influenced pupilsa attitudes towards the various languages to which they were being socialised, both at home and in school, and particularly shaped their understanding of the necessity of learning the second official language. - -

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968576703321

Titolo

The Chickamauga campaign / / edited by Steven E. Woodworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-280-69739-3

9786613674357

0-8093-8556-2

Descrizione fisica

vii, 199 p. : map, plans

Collana

Civil War campaigns in the heartland

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodworthSteven E

Disciplina

973.7/35

Soggetti

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863

Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

In the shadow of the rock : Thomas L. Crittenden, Alexander M. McCook, and the 1863 campaigns for Middle and East Tennessee / Ethan S. Rafuse -- "In their dreams" : Braxton Bragg, Thomas C. Hindman, and the abortive attack in McLemore's Cove / Steven E. Woodworth -- The censure of D.H. Hill : Daniel Harvey Hill and the Chickamauga campaign / Alexander Mendoza -- A.P. Stewart at Chickamauga / Lee White -- "A minute now is worth an hour tomorrow"



: Cleburne's night attack / John R. Lundberg -- Bull of the woods? James Longstreet at Chickamauga / William G. Robertson -- Negley at Horseshoe Ridge : September 20, 1863 / David Powell -- Henry Van Ness Boynton and Chickamauga : the pillars of the modern military park movement / Timothy B. Smith.

Sommario/riassunto

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans s Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg s Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority. Although the Confederacy won its only major victory west of the Appalachians, it failed to achieve the truly decisive results many high-ranking Confederates expected. In "The Chickamauga Campaign," Steven E. Woodworth assembles eight thought-provoking new essays from an impressive group of authors to offer new insight into the complex reasons for this substantial, yet ultimately barren, Confederate victory. This broad collection covers every angle of the campaign, from its prelude to its denouement, from the points of view of key players of all ranks on both sides. In addition to analyzing the actions taken by Union leaders Thomas L. Crittenden, Alexander McCook, and James S. Negley, and Confederate commanders Braxton Bragg, Patrick Cleburne, Daniel Harvey Hill, Thomas C. Hindman, James Longstreet, and Alexander P. Stewart, the book probes the campaign s impact on morale in the North and South, and concludes with an essay on the campaign s place in Civil War memory. The final essay pays particular attention to Union veteran Henry Van Ness Boynton, the founder and developer of Chickamauga and Chattanooga State Military Park, whose achievements helped shape how the campaign would be remembered. This second volume in the Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland seriesprovides a profound understanding of the campaign s details as well as its significance to Civil War history. Contributors: John R. Lundberg Alexander Mendoza David Powell Ethan S. Rafuse William G. Robertson Timothy B. Smith Lee White Steven E. Woodworth "