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The art of collaboration (four contrasting compositions) : critical commentary (2007)
Thesis
Clarke, N. The art of collaboration (four contrasting compositions) : critical commentary. (Thesis). University of Salford

This Doctor of Musical Arts submission comprises of two volumes. Volume 1 is a Critical Commentary entitled The Art of Collaboration (Four Contrasting Compositions). Volume 2 contains four contrasting original compositions. Volume 1 is an analysi... Read More about The art of collaboration (four contrasting compositions) : critical commentary.

Chinese government policy and international exchange in performing arts 1949-2005 (2007)
Thesis
Connell, X. Chinese government policy and international exchange in performing arts 1949-2005. (Thesis). University of Salford

More than fifty years have past since the found of the People's Republic of China in 1949; after which Chinese society experienced many changes owing to the adjustments of government policies. The aim of this thesis is to determine how Chinese gov... Read More about Chinese government policy and international exchange in performing arts 1949-2005.

Critical social theory and the end of work (2007)
Thesis
Granter, E. Critical social theory and the end of work. (Thesis). University of Salford

This PhD research examines the development and sociological significance of the idea that work is being eliminated through the use of automated production technology. After examining historically, culturally and theoretically contested definitions... Read More about Critical social theory and the end of work.

Thomas Bywater Smithies and the British Workman : temperance education and mass circulation graphic imagery for the working classes, 1855-1883 (2007)
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Murray, F. Thomas Bywater Smithies and the British Workman : temperance education and mass circulation graphic imagery for the working classes, 1855-1883. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis focuses on the British Workman and its proprietor Thomas Bywater Smithies. The British Workman was the most popular and widely distributed of all the illustrated temperance journals issued during the second half of the nineteenth century... Read More about Thomas Bywater Smithies and the British Workman : temperance education and mass circulation graphic imagery for the working classes, 1855-1883.

The translator's habitus and shifts : a study on modulations in the Persian translations of Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury', 'Go Down Moses' and 'Absalom! Absalom!' (2007)
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Taghavi, M. The translator's habitus and shifts : a study on modulations in the Persian translations of Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury', 'Go Down Moses' and 'Absalom! Absalom!'. (Thesis). University of Salford

The present study enquires into the fundamental issue of the translator's habitus (Bourdieu 1990). We take up John B. Thompson's synthetic translation of the concept of habitus (1991) while exploring descriptive explanatory interpretive hypotheses... Read More about The translator's habitus and shifts : a study on modulations in the Persian translations of Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury', 'Go Down Moses' and 'Absalom! Absalom!'.

The consecutive conference interpreter as intercultural mediator : a cognitive-pragmatic approach to the interpreter's role (2007)
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Al-Zahran, A. The consecutive conference interpreter as intercultural mediator : a cognitive-pragmatic approach to the interpreter's role. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

This thesis is an empirical and interdisciplinary investigation into the consecutive conference interpreter’s (CCIr) role as intercultural mediator. It seeks to determine whether there is a case for intercultural mediation in conference interpreti... Read More about The consecutive conference interpreter as intercultural mediator : a cognitive-pragmatic approach to the interpreter's role.

Strategic market planning in China : a means-end chain approach to market segmentation within the Beijing mobile phone market (2007)
Thesis
Sun, Q. Strategic market planning in China : a means-end chain approach to market segmentation within the Beijing mobile phone market. (Thesis). University of Salford

With a dramatic economic growth rate of 10% per year, China, as one of the Big Emerging Markets, has drawn increasing attention from both academia and industry. Its market potential and growth rate is believed to be the top attraction for global inve... Read More about Strategic market planning in China : a means-end chain approach to market segmentation within the Beijing mobile phone market.

Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan (2007)
Thesis
Abu-Tayeh, B. Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceptions of justice and work attitudes in relation to organisational structure in selected commercial banks in Jordan. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. Data... Read More about Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan.

Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique (2007)
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Burkitt, K. Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

My thesis is based on the premise that verse-novels occupy a marginalised and contested position in contemporary literature: as they tread the generic boundaries of poetry and prose writing, they are always marked by their incongruous nature. This... Read More about Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique.

From the dawn of the Sabbath ... metal was born (2007)
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Cope, A. From the dawn of the Sabbath ... metal was born. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The early 1990s saw the publication of important academic works on the subject of heavy metal music. These works were seminal in that they were the first to recognise and interrogate, in any substantial way, a topic that had been, until then, value... Read More about From the dawn of the Sabbath ... metal was born.

The use of the L1 in Egyptian EFL classrooms (2007)
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Mohamed, S. The use of the L1 in Egyptian EFL classrooms. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The role of LI in foreign language classrooms has been a matter for debate in FL teaching and learning for many years. In this thesis, it will be argued that it is now time for the current dogma "always teach in the FL" to be questio... Read More about The use of the L1 in Egyptian EFL classrooms.

Liberal brutality : the illusion of difference within liberalism (2007)
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Simon, G. Liberal brutality : the illusion of difference within liberalism. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Hobbes argues that liberal orders protect individual freedom and enable subjects to live in different ways, but he is clear that only certain differences are tolerable: those who challenge the legitimacy and solidity of the o... Read More about Liberal brutality : the illusion of difference within liberalism.

There's more to health than HIV : social capital & health in the gay community (2007)
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Goldring, J. There's more to health than HIV : social capital & health in the gay community. (Thesis). University of Salford

The legal climate for gay men in the UK has undergone enormous change since the decriminalisation of 'homosexuality1 in 1967 with changes in the social climate following. Bringing together concepts of 'social capital 1 and 'reflexive individualisat... Read More about There's more to health than HIV : social capital & health in the gay community.