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Cayman IS Alive (but only mainly water)!

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Cayman Islands Alive! (The Cayman Islands Alive!)
Paris Permenter , and John Bigley
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Just 70 minutes by plane from Miami and a few hours from New York, this charming trio of Caribbean islands has captured attention worldwide. Where else in the world can you take care of your tax-free bank account in the morning and don mask, tank and flippers for an afternoon of scuba diving?

Veteran Cayman travelers Paris & John tell you what's on offer on the islands of Cayman Brac, Little Cayman and Grand Cayman. "Dawn to Dusk" sections focus on the best daytime delights, such as terrific watersports, sightseeing, white sand beaches and fascinating museums. "After Dark" sections take you to the best nightclubs, piano bars, cocktail lounges and beach cookouts. Hundreds of places to stay and eat are profiled in detail, based on repeat visits by the authors. In-margin icons allow you to see at a glance which activities are being discussed. Maps. index.

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Jam-packed.......2002-06-06

"Information nuggets... fill the pages of newest of the Alive Guide series. Authors Permenter & Bigley know their stuff. The book is jam-packed with travel
tips that include illustrated dive and snorkel sites, town and regional maps, happy hour beach bars and nightclub options.... Cayman Brac and Little Cayman
get plenty of ink as well. Tuck this in your carry-on, alongside a snorkel, mask and sunscreen." Travel Weekly

Punchy.......2001-05-18

A good book to take along. The text is punchy, with lots of factoids. A good list of Websites is given. Chicago Daily News

Expected more...........2001-04-17

We did not find much in-depth information in this guide. I am used to Rough Guide books which give more "off the beaten path" type of information. Most of the information found in this book was available in the hotel lobby brochures. We were left hungry for more information.....

Cayman IS Alive (but only mainly water)!.......2001-04-04

I take my laptop with me everywhere. Last trip, I went to Cayman, and took this e-book with me.

It led me to some great beaches and some awesome snorkeling and scuba diving. There are lots of great shipwreck dives, coral reefs, turtles, fish, and sting rays and the book does a pretty good job of outlining how to get to them.

The highlight of my trip was Stingray City where the stingrays eat squid right out of your hand. I went scuba diving at sting ray city, but you can also just snorkel. The water was only about 20 feet deep and those sting rays will come to the surface and poke their nose at you for squid. It is pretty amazing.

I have been scuba diving lots of places, but this island was the best diving I have ever seen. The wall is outstanding. This book helped map out some great companies and starting points for both diving and snorkeling.

Cayman doesn't have a quaint island feel to it (lots of hotels). But this book did do a good job of outlining restaraunts and things to do on land. I was able to find remote trails and short hikes using the maps and descriptions in the book.

If you are going to Cayman, this book can make sure you get the trip you are looking for.

Jam-packed with travel tips.......1999-11-11

Information nuggets... fill the pages of this newest of the Alive Guide series. Authors Permenter & Bigley know their stuff. The book is jam-packed with travel tips that include illustrated dive and snorkel sites, town and regional maps, happy hour beach bars and nightclub options.... Cayman Brac and Little Cayman get plenty of ink as well. Tuck this in your carry-on, alongside a snorkel, mask and sunscreen.

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Arguing the World.(motion picture about Jewish intellectuals) (movie review): An article from: The Oral History Review

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Arguing the World.(motion picture about Jewish intellectuals) (movie review): An article from: The Oral History Review
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From interior to exterior worlds: Anne Elliot goes Hollywood.(AGM 2004: Los Angeles): An article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
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What is the neoconomy? That depends whom you ask. It could be the secret to limitless prosperity. Or it could be a one-way ticket to chaos. The first glimpses of the neoconomy appeared during the Reagan administration, but they were soon clouded by a legacy of sky-high budget deficits. George H. W. Bush couldn't afford it. In the Clinton years, its prospects all but disappeared in a flurry of economic fine-tuning that delivered record-setting budget surpluses and rock-bottom unemployment rates. But just when you might have counted them out, the neoconomists found a savior. George W. Bush was a businessman who understood the neoconomy almost instinctively, and had the will and boldness to make it a reality.

In Neoconomy Daniel Altman explains the intellectual roots of the Bush administration's economic policy; and why Bush has been so intent on implementing it despite the dashed expectations, terror and financial scandal that have buffeted the economy. He shows why the neoconomists remain committed to their vision even though it has contributed to the biggest budget deficit in history, at the end of the nation's fastest-ever swing into the red. The neconomists are seeking to transform the American economy; but inadvertently or not, they are also transforming American society. The revolution is finally coming, and it's coming from above.

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Most lucid book yet on the Bush economy.......2005-12-13

"Neoconomy', along with `What's the Matter with Kansas' are probably the two most influential books I've read in the last five years. Forget all you know about Supply-Side Economics and Trickle Down Theory, Daniel Altman has written an easy to understand book on what the heck the Bush Administration is attempting with all those tax cuts and why they target the wealthy.

In a nutshell the Neoconomy is about reducing taxes on unearned income and savings in order to increase the accumulation of capital. This capital could be used to modernize, increase productivity and raise the holy grail of economics, the GDP. The country would theoretically attain more wealth, higher standards of living and a happy future for all. It's not an insane plan and it has the support of many well respected economists. The first problem with the plan is that it seems rather self serving. George W. Bush assembled a cabinet with an almost unprecedented cache of wealth. The author estimates their combined assets at between 3 and 30 times the value of the second Clinton administration. These are exactly the people who will benefit most from tax cuts on unearned income. They are also people who can afford to take considerable risks with our economy and still come out fine if things go sour.

The other larger problem is in the very nature of the leadership of George W. Bush. He surrounds himself with like minded people and gathered an economics team consisting almost entirely of supply-side adherents creating an echo chamber of ideas. These are people who have taken economics beyond mere theory into the realm of religious dogma. Unfortunately when tax cuts and growth are the only path to salvation everything else tends to get shortchanged. It has occurred to business owners that some of the things holding back growth include employee benefits, high American wages, regulations and assistance for the poor. The obsession with growth sometimes seems to reach the level of pathological and government finds itself ripping away at society's foundation in order to raise the tower higher. The author also points out that capital accumulation on its own is useless. You also need an educated society in order to both develop and use new technologies. Meanwhile the administration has consistently under funded education programs, worked to cut college grants and shown disdain for the scientific process (Read `The Republican War on Science' by Chris Mooney to see how bad it has gotten).

The last problem is that the Neoconomy may just flat out fail. Like the weather, economics can be affected dramatically by small unexpected perturbations. It's difficult to predict what will happen in six months or next month much less decades in the future. The Bush administration is treating economics like a hard science when in reality it's based on difficult to predictable human psychology. Changing the tax codes may have exactly the opposite intended effect. By reducing taxes on dividends people may actually begin to save less rather than more if they have specific retirement goals. Unfortunately Bush's extreme tax cuts are intended to handcuff lawmakers and force us down one path. The Republican groupthink is also the likely cause of the wildly optimistic (bordering on obscene) predictions about job creation that rivaled anything made in the run up to the Iraqi war. People forget now but the numbers being offered by the administration weren't just wrong they were `we have no idea what we are talking about' wrong. The scary thing is that these same people who were as wrong as wrong could be on job creation numbers seem to have absolutely confidence that they can precisely predict the effect of Social Security privatization decades in the future.

`Neoconomy' is Daniel Altman's first effort and he smacked this one out of the ballpark. Economics can be a rather dry and confusing subject but Mr. Altman manages to write a book that is lucid, informative and engaging. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the direction the United States is traveling.

Debt is the inhibitor.......2005-09-21

A return to savings. A tax cut is designed too encourage the rich too save. The rich create jobs and invest in ideas. The savings of the rich increase innovation by infusing money that produces products and services, in the economy. However, excessive governmental debt is the thief in the night destroying all wealth.

Banks use these savings too fund new corporate projects. The innovations attract foreign investment as they seek to profit from the new ideas. The stock market booms and jobs increase. Economic growth reaches an impass as government spending increases beyond a safe amount of government debt. Debt to finance rebuilding of natural disasters ($61 billion) and the Iraq war (est $200 billion). Perpetual debt, debt that can never be paid off. In 1990s, a $5.6 trillion surplus existed and by 2002, $4 trillion had been spent, and by 2005, -2 trillion was spent or borrowed. Debt is suppose to decrease during economic booms and the neoconomist are predicting future boom and future debt reduction. Debt slows down growth, as money becomes more difficult to risk and acquire. At the same time the government becomes increasingly burdened with the interest it must pay on the money borrowed.

The Fed attempts to slow inflation by increasing interest rates soaking up liquidity and cooling the economy. The Fed raises interest rates is hoped to keep inflation in check. High fuel costs threaten too increase inflation. The responds by raising interest rates and the rising interest rates have the affect of stifling corporate earnings and dampering Research and Development thereby slowing down innovation. The rising interest rates makes debt vehicles look more attractive increasing purchases of U.S treasuries.

As long as innovation remains strong investors will not flee from stocks because this sector represents growth. A tax cut on earnings increases the amount of money moving into the commerical sector. As money becomes tighter, companies cut back workforce, insert technology to increase production, and delay product introduction. What is expected is more with less. More productivity from less employees.

Investors become uncertain about stocks and seek refuge in Bonds or Commodities. The Fed attempt to quell fears in the bond market about rising inflation. If an investor believes the Fed has contain inflation than the investor will be more optimistic that growth and continue investing into the market.

If the economy is perceived to be slowing down that current bond prices go up. Economic slow downs hold longer-term interest rates down making existing bonds yields more attractive.

In a recession, government is expected to increase debt, spending more, in order, too stimulate growth. So during a boom the new revenue accumulates from taxes. Cut social program whenever possible. The government social machine is a false ideal and will not produce a greater society by spending tax money as its fuel to build infrastructure. The only hope is growth and innovation produced by private machinery.

However, if economic growth does not increase than government revenues will not increase. Economic growth is the key to government revenue. Government spending can not remain constant and perpetual without dramatic impacts on the economy. With $5.4 in surplus, the government believed it could afford a tax cut and spent $2 billion on debt reduction and $1.4 trillion too the emergency reserve.

The author presents an interesting question, "What happens when a country can not pay its interest payment?" The author briefly explains how these countries experience hyper inflation and destablized currencies. At $500 billion a year in interest payments pressure not to increase debt seems prudent, yet more debt continues to accumulate. I think this is the heart of the issue raise about the new economy, "Can it make its interest payments"?

Tax cuts were expected to generate revenue, however, heavy debt and inflation inhibit tax revenue generation because companies don't produce as much. Inflation means higher interest rates and higher taxes.

The following correlations are not true: 1. Unemployment decreases shortly after a tax cut 2. The poor will immediately spend their tax refund money. Most of the poor were discovered to save their tax money. 3. Research and Development will produce immediate innovation cash flows.

The rich save over 50 percent. The savings can be used to invest in company projects that stimulate economic growth . However, if the economy is contracting, company put off new project because money is hard to get.

Research and Development offer a marginal return on the investment. The biggest problem with R&D is that the innovations do not alway equate to profits, increased consumer demand, and immediate introduction in the market place.

How does the government eliminate Taxes over a trillion dollars in taxes? Getting rid of the capital gains tax, dividend tax, interest tax, and estate tax. Taxes targeted at the working class. Interestingly the author does not talk about the consumption tax that congress wants so desparately to pass into law.

How does the government raise money for government spending? U.S Treasuries which are considered the most stable security in the world. Are there any limits to how much money can be produced? A policy of a strong dollar means foreign investment finds favorable investments in dollar denominated securities. A strong dollar means U.S manufacturing production and profits go up and higher profits means more tax revenue.

The author points out that the Laffeur curve did not gain strength. The Laffeur curve suggested the same amount of tax revenue could be gain at a low tax rate verses a higher tax rate. By lower the tax, the consumer had more disposal money, and spent more and the increasing in spending produced tax revenue.

Individualized Social Security accounts may not mean investment profits. The stock market may become bearish and return to a mean of 15 PE causing billions in reduced equity. Fees associated with the broker, transaction, and maintenance will cut into investment profits. The assumption of 7 percent growth perpetually may not hold up.

Imagine it is 2012, what will the new economy look like? By neoconomist standards the economy will be a pulsating capitalist machine with individuals incomes surge higher and money being stashed away. Economic growth will exceed 4 percent. Tax collections will be growing, debt decreasing, and interest payment reducing. The government will defray its debt and long term interest rates will be decreasing. There will be no taxes on wealth and savings. Foreigners will see the U.S stock market attractive for investing. Even China and India will not be able match the high returns of U.S companies. Innovation will create and insatible demand for American Labor. The Unemployment rate will fall. Individualize Social Security accounts will pump billions of dollars into private companies. Senior Citizens will have a new level of disposal cash available. A new era of American economic supremcy, if it can become a reality.

An Essential Book.......2004-12-21

We all know about the war on terrorism. And the war in Iraq. The debates about these things are fairly clear. Or at least ubiquitous.

And yet perhaps the Bush Administration's central and most groundbreaking effort has to do with none of these topics, but rather with the economy. The Administration is seeking to re-orient it from top to bottom. And there is little coverage of this in the news.

Daniel Altman explains it to me in crystal clear and easy prose. What I liked the most was the sort of intellectual history approach he takes, showing where the ideas for the "neoconomy" came from, as in what professors espoused them, who their students were, and how they came to positions of influence in Washington, and the responses over the years to their ideas. It's a fairly small group with a distinct lineage--think of the economists' equivalent to Wolfowitz and the Straussians.

One striking thing, if I read it right: the desired endpoint for the Neocons is a society in which only working people are taxed. A person who derived their income not from salaries, but entirely from stocks, bonds, and the like, would not be taxed at all.

The neoconomists' measures, supposedly undertaken for the bland and admirable goal of enhancing savings, inevitably end up being regressive.

Altman is quite rigorous and judicious, weighing the arguments on their own terms, following them to their logical conclusions, noting contradictions and inconsistencies in their own logic.

What's being touted is quite different from what's really going on, as the neoconomists themselves admit. It seems, apparently, that an attempted revolution is in the works, behind the scenes. This book peels back the veil and lets us know what is really going on.

I came away from this book with a better understanding of both basic economics and the real paradigm shift that is potentially underway in the largest economy on earth.

Not a bush bashing book.......2004-10-30

Lets start out by saying this is book to bash president bush but rather it shows what the president and his economic advisors ideas and plans and what the effect and possible effects will be.
This should be another one of those books that should be red before the election because some of these ideas will be considered radical by some.

The main idea for the bush plan is to have the tax cuts and such to put more money out for companies to have pools to borrow from and this inturn will stimulate the ecomony. But this is an experiment could go wrong. This administration can afford to experiment because if it does go wrong bush and his cronies will probably lose some money but they will still have many millions to live on, it will really hurt the middle class on down.

It is no secret that most of the tax cuts have benefited the so called rich by cutting taxes on estates dividends and savings. All of these people get the most of their income from stocks and real estate. Yes these cuts are for everybody but how many people from the $40,000 level on down can save and invest to get these breaks. Would you not think that if the president really wanted to stimulate the economy he would gear cuts toward the majority. With the tax cuts bush signed into law in 2001 the book shows that for those making $50,000 or less the tax difference is less than a $1,000 compare that that make $500,000 or more they get breaks at least 10 times that amount don't you figure those on the lower end of the scale could use the money the most.

Another example is the estate tax cut while they figure if they cut the tax it will encourage more investment but in reality it has probably encouraged them to save more for there heirs because of course less tax.

Just like in the Reagen era alot of these cuts are based on future years where they figure the economy will be strong but what will the effect be if the economy is in a poor state as it is in now you do not have all the projected revenue and you have record debt that has to be paid sometime

This book is written so that it is pretty easy to understand on a subject that at times is dry and difficult.

Refreshingly un-biased.......2004-10-19

With presidential elections on our doorstep, Altman's 'Neoconomy' comes to bat with light to shed on future repercussions of the Bush Administration's economic plan. Altman's 'Neoconomy' is refreshingly un-biased allowing the reader, whether PH.D or undergrad, to determine what America's economic futrure holds in store.
Altman is charismatic, intelligent and makes his points fairly and concisely. I was thouroughly convinced of this after listening to him speak in San Francisco.

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George VI Coronation Issue of THE CONNOISSEUR, INTERNATIONAL STUDIO incorporated within, May 1937

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St. George and the Dragon on cover. (i -cxv)239-308 pgs. Colour-plates of royal scenes. Articles - Portraits of Royal Children at Windsor Castle, Gold and Silver Plate in the Royal Collections, The King's Ships: Some Royal Naval Pageants, The Armours of the King's Champion-I, The Robes of the Order of the Garter-I, English Coronation Chairs.

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Miller's Royal Memorabilia
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The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Approved Souvenir Programme

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40-page stapled booklet. b/w photos, illus. Coronation poem by John Masefield, Poet Laureate; biography; order of Coronation Procession; State Procession from Westminster Abbey; Map of Procession, description of Coronation Ceremony; Form and Order of Coronation; Genealogical Table.

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Coronation of King George VI. Commemorative Issue from the Christian Science Monitor April 22, 1937

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A very beautiful Commemorative Supplement from the Christian Science Monitor April 22, 1937. Two - 23 x 16 inch pages folded to create 8 pages 11.5 x 16 of highly detailed Royal Coronation Memorabilia. Printed to imitate an illuminated manuscript in black, red, blue, and gold in a blackletter-style typeface. The centre-fold (not shown) pictures in colour detail the British Empire. Another page is King George as painted by Meredith Frampton, another shows Her Majesty The Queen as painted by P.A. De Laszlo. The Archbishop of Canterbury presentation is on the front. Another page features the two Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret as photographed by Marcus Adams. Note that several pages are decorated and signed by the artist A C Webb. Excellent condition and a hard to find piece of Royal Memorabilia.

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Miller's Royal Memorabilia
Knowles Eric
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The Royal & Sunalliance Collection - Christie's London - 19 May 2005 - Session I - Fine Memorabilia, Works of Art, Furniture, Clocks, Pictures, Ceramics, Silver & Carpets; Session II - the Royal & Sunalliance Wine Collection - Codes RSA-7006 & -7043

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The Royal & Sunalliance Collection - Christie's London - 19 May 2005 - Session I - Fine Memorabilia, Works of Art, Furniture, Clocks, Pictures, Ceramics, Silver & Carpets; Session II - the Royal & Sunalliance Wine Collection - Codes RSA-7006 & -7043
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Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened - Lots 1 - 531 (Session 1) ; Lots 2000 - 2203 (Session 2). Many illustrations, most in color. Among the aritsts represented in this sale: James Pollard, Stanhope Alexander Forbes, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and others.

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The Royal & Sunalliance Collection - Christie's London - 5/19/05 - Session I - Fine Memorabilia, Works of Art, Furniture, Clocks, Pictures, Ceramics, Silver & Carpets; Session II - the Royal & Sunalliance Wine Collection - Sale Codes RSA-7006 & -7043
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The 42,000 acres that comprise Acadia National Park include glacier-worn granite mountains, rocky cliffs, crystal blue ponds and lakes, and a dramatic coastline where waves collide spectacularly with dramatic headlands. This book describes the flora, fauna, and geology of the park, as well as a number of the prominent trails that take you in and around some of the most charming scenery in North America.

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Bachelor Style showcases some of the most fabulous bachelor pads imaginablewhether a boat shed, a country shack, a high-tech apartment with state-of-the-art media and exercise equipment, a low-tech loft with boxing gym, a proper country house, or an exotic hideaway on a palm-fringed beach.Drawing on basic archetypal male characters from literature and filmthink Bogart, Wilde, and BondGriffiths explores the gamut of masculine style. From the lairs of clubbing playboys to the book-lined walls of Wall Street bankers, Bachelor Style reveals the truly glorious lives of todays single men.

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She burst onto television screens as the star of the ABC-TV spy series Alias; now, after getting rave reviews for her starring role in the adult comedy 13 Going on 30, she's being called "the next Julia Roberts." Jennifer Garner has never been hotter than right now, and with Elektra-a spin-off from Daredevil, the 2004 Marvel Comics-based film in which she starred with Ben Affleck-about to be released in February 2005, the time has never been better for fans (both teenaged and adult, male and female) to be introduced (or re-introduced) to the story behind this deadly beauty. From her early days in summer stock and a small guest role on Law & Order to her most recent successes-including a cover-featured parody of Alias in MAD Magazine-this book is a must-have for all Jennifer Garner fans!

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Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. But while other scholars have chosen to present biographies of him, this important and accessible new study moves away from the conventional "life" and reconstructs the thought-world of late-Victorian Conservatives for the first time. In doing so it provides a new location within which Victorian politics and Salisbury himself can be evaluated. The book will therefore be essential reading for anyone interested in British political ideas.

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Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. This important new study moves away from conventional biography and presents an original portrait of the mental world inhabited by late-Victorian Conservatives at the time when their world-view was coming under severe strain. At the centre of the picture is the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, but Lord Salisbury's World does not simply tell the story of his life and politics. Instead, it asks sensitive questions about how the political, intellectual and religious environments of the late-Victorian period seemed to one of its sharpest intellects, and it situates Salisbury and his immediate entourage in a wide landscape of relationships, perceptions and problems. Professor Bentley takes the reader into Conservative assumptions about time and space, property and society, religion and the state, and the past and the future - the very language in which they expressed themselves.

Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Church and State

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Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Church and State
James J. Sack
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Title: Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review)
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Michael Bentley. Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review): An article from: Albion
Peter T. Marsh
Manufacturer: North American Conference on British Studies
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Title: Michael Bentley. Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review)
Author: Peter T. Marsh
Publication: Albion (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: North American Conference on British Studies
Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Page: 336(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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