Chevannes, author of many articles and another book on Rastas, edits and contributes to this volume. His thesis is that Rastafari should be seen simultaeneously as a "continuance of and departure from" Revivalism, an Afro-Carribean folk religion. The other scholars in this text agree with Chevannes, and they probe the relationships of transformation in these and other religious movements.

Four topics stand out for treatment in this work---Rastafari language construction, the origin of Dreadlocks with the arrival of the Youth Black Faith, the psychoanalytic treatment of the meaning of Dreads, and the chapter on Women's discourse on Possession in Surinamese Creole.

Chevannes excels here in the areas he is known for best, Rasta symbolism and history.

Our employees enjoy the worksheets and clear presentations on everything from housing and money to second careers, health concerns, and life-style changes. I consider it "must" reading for people of ANY age

No library should be without this text. It helps one gain a basic understanding of a city faced with very difficult times, while the various issues concernig slavery become flames and turn the city to ashes.

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. I'm always amazed at the echoes that seem to run through the corridors of history. Christianity, in particular, seems prone to its member consistently re-hashing ancient heresies in new forms.

This book deals not with an overarching view of Christianity in general but the development of Evangelical thought in America in particular. Modern science and academia likes to delude itself into believing it has a fully objective method of viewing history and the development of America. This delusion is belied by their complete neglect of Evangelical thought and how it shaped the course of human affairs in this country.

Tracing the course of theological development in America from the Puritans to post-modern America, this collection of insightful essays provides the reader with not only where we've been but how we got where we are today.

Those interested in merely how Evangelical though affected or followed along philisophical thinking and affected history will find this compelling. Those who love theology of any persuasion will find this collection of essays fascinating as one sees how theology has progessed and/or degenerated over the centuries.

I highly recommend the book to any who have even the slighest interest in theology and history.

My mom's stroke was our family's first experience with a long term medical event. The support staff at her rehab was minimal. This book gives you practical checklists and guidelines to make sure you get everything you need before you go home; and everything you need when you get there. Extremely helpful.

Professor Michael Beesley pioneered a series of lectures on utility regulation sponsored jointly between the Institute of Economic Affairs, London and the London Business School which previously had been published in the IEA Readings series.

In 1999 his untimely death deprived the UK of one of it's most distinguished economists only shortly before the latest of the lecture series got underway. Now aptly renamed the Beesley lectures the series has continued under the auspices of the IEA and LBS and this book, edited by Beesley's close friend and colleague, IEA Editorial Director, is the record of that 1999 lecture series.

The format of the book mirrors that of the lectures themselves - each year the academics and the practitioners alternate in giving the lecture while the others chair the session and comment before opening up to the floor for questions and discussion. In line with the IEA brief to express the issues clearly and cogently so that the layman can follow the debate, the papers are well written with the minimum of technical jargon to explore the current issues and examine possibilities for the future.

The whole question of the limits to public finance which instigated privatisation, deregulation and increased competition in the provision of public services the world over has led to a burgeoning literature on regulation which may be viewed as the ability of government to ensure service delivery standards without direct provision. As universities and research institutes the world over focus on the questions of regulation, this series, although focussing on the British experience, nonetheless provides insights which have general applicability.

The quality of this book is very high and is recommended reading for expert, student and layman alike. Some of the papers are a little dated such as Colin Mayer's excellent exposition on the 1999 Water price review but which has important lessons for the whole of utility regulation. Overall the papers provide interesting perspectives on the approach of the recently elected Labour government's approach to regulation and competition. Professor Catherine Waddhams Price's paper is a prime example of regulation with a social needs perspective. Colin Robinson has done a marvellous job is editing the papers. The most interesting from my own point of view are the Ian Jones paper on 'Railway Franchising' and the final paper by Dan Goyder on the new Competition Commission.

All in all this is a befitting testimony to a great man who always had a knack of finding a new way of looking at things from everyone alse.

This book provides a comprehensive explanation detailing the design standards used in masonry. This book is a must have reference guide for those who are in the field of Civil Engineering or design of masonry walls. No C.E. should be without one. It provides a necessary reference just like the AISC Steel Structural Book or any other design code books.

Brian Smith explores the current chanegs in Latin American religion and politics. He addresses the problems in post-liberation Catholism and the alienation of the pentecostals. A fascinating book written in an easy language - suitable for undergraduates and the geenral public, as well as for researchers.

Teachers of multicultural literature at both the high school and college level will find many valuable essays in this collection. This also would be useful for a teacher-training course. The essays range from first-person accounts of classroom experiences to analyses of texts that teachers could present to their own students. The overall tone is teacher-to-teacher discussion, with a good combination of theory and practice.

David-Fox presents the most complete and archivally-influenced assessment of the politcal higher education programs of the early Soviet period available in the historical literature. He begins with an assessment of the pre-Revolutionary precursors of these institutions. He provides a rich cultural and social background to his assessment of the Soviet higher educational institutions, as well as an account of the leadership's involement in their origins and operation.

I highly recommend this book to any students of Soviet social history, education, or politics.