The Burmese tradition of architecture, art and design is ancient, diverse and wonderfully rich. A reflection of a civilization unbreached by European powers for 3000 years and influenced by China to the north and India to the West, Burmese design is interwoven with spiritual, religious and political messages. It is only now that this tradition is ...
This work encapsulates diversity of architecture, design, arts and crafts in Myanmar. Ranging from the monumental pagodas of Bagan (Pagan) to contemporary Yangon (Rangoon), both religious and secular buildings are presented in detail. Archaelogical experts highlights the major influences and styles, and sections are included on Myanmar's rich ...
Dynamic new translation of Arthurs First Quest, a clear revelation of a pivotal British Mystery. The 9th century Welsh poem, Preiddeu Annfwyn, or The Raid on the Underworld, ascribed to the 6th century poet and shaman Taliesin, is one of the oldest and most enigmatic documents relating to the mythic hero Arthur. Just a mere 61 lines, it contains ...
The modern town of Swindon has its origin in the decision of Brunel and Gooch to base the works of the Great Western Railway there. This book surveys the history and architecture of the site of the railway works and the associated railway village through documents, drawings and photographs.
In the pioneering days of early Victorian railway engineering the decision of Gooch and Brunel to locate an engine house and works just to the north of Swindon led to the creation of a sizeable engineering enterprise and a new settlement. The Great Western Railway became by far the largest employer in the region and for more than a century the ...
Myanmar Style is the first book to encompass the amazing diversity of architecture, design, and arts and crafts in Myanmar. Ranging from the monumental pagodas of Bagan (Pagan) to contemporary Yangon (Rangoon), both religious and secular buildings are presented in extraordinary detail. Buddha images, lacquerware, paintings, ceramics, wood carvings ...
The image of the pirate is one that has never failed to capture the imagination, but behind the melodramatic portrayals of such villains as Long John Silver, with wooden leg and eye-patch, lies a much harsher reality. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, this book charts the history of piracy, from the ...
Overhead cost management is an increasingly important issue. As production processes become more automated, labour inputs are reduced yet capital and other overhead costs are increased. Traditional methods of overhead apportionment allocates increasingly large sums of money on the basis of a rapidly decreasing direct cost base. The usefulness of ...
Winchester College's fine collection of more than 80 classical Greek vases is catalogued in this latest CVA fascicule, with many of the pieces published for the first time. This is the first fascicule in the series that gives access to a collection in a British public school. Among the Athenian vases are a beautiful black figure hydra with ...
Few management accounting developments have aroused such interest among academics and users as activity based costing (ABC). This book adds to the growing body of knowledge on activity based costing and contributes to the important debate on its potential as a profitability enhancer within industry. In the last ten years doubt has been cast on the ...
After the public announcement of the invention of the camera in 1839, photography spread swiftly round the world, and by the early 1850s the medium had become well-established in the Indian subcontinent. In a land characterized by the variety and splendour of its architecture and landscapes, and the diversity of its people and customs, India ...
Charts the projects of an engineering plant adopting activity based costing techniques aiming to invigorate cost management processes. Following all stages of implementation, this report identifies the major benefits of this approach, including work flow efficiency and supplier performance.
Since its invention in the 1840s, photography has been used to record images of exotic locales. At the time, these photographs provided a glimpse of the world to a curious public, few of whom could ever hope to visit those places. In Reality and Reverie, a visual history of nineteenth-century India unfolds in an exhibition of 112 vintage ...
This book offers a chilling, up-to-the-minute look at the links between political instability and terrorism in Asia and Africa. There is a flourishing and growing debate among political scientists regarding the links between democracy/democratization and terrorism. "Terrorism, Instability, and Democracy in Asia and Africa" takes a regional ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
This is the story of a unique period in Britain's maritime history, from 1840 to 1935, told through photographs selected from the extensive archive at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. These images help to recreate a now-vanished world of romance, endeavour and hardship at sea.
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