Margaret Jones: 29 books

Was Western medicine a positive benefit of colonialism or one of its agents of oppression? This question has prompted a vigorous historical and political debate and is explored here in the context of the 'model' British colony of Ceylon. In this study, Margaret Jones emphasises the need for both a...

In Mindfulness-Based Art: The SPARKS Guide for Educators and Counselors, art therapist Margaret Jones Callahan offers step-by-step instructions on bringing Mindfulness into the art studio, counselor’s office, or classroom. Here, you discover the basic principles of Mindfulness and find lesson plans...

In 2005 Margaret Jones Bolsterli learned that her great-great-grandfather was a free mulatto named Jordan Chavis, who owned an antebellum plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The news was a shock; Bolsterli had heard about the plantation in family stories told during her Arkansas Delta childhood,...

There has been an extensive historiographical debate on the role of Western or allopathic medicine in the colonial context. However, most of the literature concentrates on the implementation and significance of public health measures, mental health institutions and the control of epidemic diseases;...

This book is an educated and artistic guide for the hand makers. The people who are interested in art and crafts and who wishes to take part in hand made products can best pick this book as a true guide. This book is particularly emphasizing on various tremendous ways of making DIY jar gifts. In this...

Are you ready to make beautiful crocheted blankets for your friends and family? Are you afraid that you don’t have the time to do that?You’re wrong. You do have the time. The patterns in this ebook were chosen specifically because of how little time they take. You will never have to worry...

This study provides the most comprehensive account to date of public health in Jamaica in the post-emancipation colonial period to the onset of the Second World War.

The hospital has for many years been the symbol of modern, scientific medicine. Indeed, it was in the hospital that modern Western medicine was born. But until recently we had little idea of how or why these iconic medical institutions developed outside the Western World. From Western Medicine to Global...

‘Through the eyes of Annie, a young Australian woman, we meet a Scottish immigrant whose life experience is very different from Annie’s  own. Their ensuing relationship changes both of their lives in an amazing way. They in turn affect others that they meet, culminating in a dramatic outcome....

The Masses was the most dynamic and influential left-wing magazine of the early twentieth century, a touchstone for understanding radical thought and social movements in the United States during that era. As a magazine that supported feminist issues, it played a crucial role in shaping public discourse...

Un mystérieux admirateur, Linda Winstead Jones En apprenant qu'il doit enquêter sur Cleo Tanner, une chanteuse de jazz soupçonnée d'avoir assassiné son ex-mari, le lieutenant James Malone est déconcerté. Car si la belle Cleo fait la coupable idéale, il ne peut se résoudre à croire...

What's better than beer? More beer! In ages past, the greatest anthology ever to be drunkenly conceived next to a campfire burst forth onto the genre fiction scene by storm. Now, just as the hangover has begun to settle and the coffee has begun to kick in, the time for the Hair of the Dog is upon...

The story of the daughter of Alfred the Great, who fought against Viking invaders and ruled a kingdom in the tenth century. Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led...

Within the last ten years there has been a renaissance in Irish drama from both sides of the border, including award-winning work which has transfered to London and New York, and has toured Britain as well as Europe and Australia. This book explores the dynamics of the relationship between these representations...