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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Black Country"”.
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Queering the Black Country: a critical and creative response
… the following research questions: How might Black Country fiction illuminate the possible connections – in theory and practice – between the post-industrial liminality of the region and queer identity or experience; and, in what ways might a close analysis of contemporary Black Country …
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Country Quares: (Dis)identification Discourse in Black Country Aesthetic
The purpose of this study is to explore the ways Black women and queer artists and their audiences employ country music as a way to facilitate a reclamation and complication of (Black) Americanness. The data for this study emerges from a qualitative content analysis of six music videos by Black …
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An evaluation of the Black Country in Motion: a community led intervention for the engagement of hard to reach, physically inactive communities of the Black Country
… increasing physical activity Intervention - The Black Country in Motion (BCiM) is a 3 year programme, delivered in areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage in the Black Country area of the West Midlands. UK. The intervention aimed to increase physical activity, wellbeing and social capital. …
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The development of the Labour Party in the Black Country (1918-39)
… of the inter-war period the Labour Party in the Black Country developed in a pattern, which was distinct within the West Midlands. Whilst Birmingham could claim to remain as the stronghold of Unionism during this period, the Black Country came close at times to becoming a `Labour Heartland'. This …
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Physical and geochemical characterisation of canal sediments in the Black Country, West Midlands.
Potentially harmful elements (PHEs) have been researched in a wide variety of disciplines, including pedology, chemistry, pollution science and medicine. Within the scientific community, emphasis has usually been placed on the toxic elements, such as cadmium, chromium, lead and arsenic, but rarely …
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Modelling the Supply and Demand for Construction and Building Services Skills in the Black Country
Evidence seems to suggest that with 14 years of unbroken economic growth, the UK’s construction and building services sector is experiencing severe skills crisis of between 40 – 50 per cent retention rate and declining numbers of entrant trainees. More importantly, the level of this severity varies …
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“Old habits persist” Change and continuity in Black Country communities: Pensnett, Sedgley and Tipton, 1945-c.1970
… examines continuity and change in the three Black Country localities of Pensnett, Tipton and Sedgley between 1945 and c1970. The dominant historiography of the period suggests that the prosperity of post-war British society, the safety-net of state welfare provision and unprecedented levels …
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Walking the Black Country tightrope: the development of white working-class males’ expectations toward (non) participation in higher education
… Taking place at a school located in a small Black Country town, the research employed a qualitative approach to facilitate a richness of understanding. It analysed findings from semi-structured interviews with staff at the school, alongside data provided by several core participants and …
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Structures, relationships and attitudes: coalmining family life in the Black Country during the second half of the Nineteenth Century
… which many coalminers lived and worked. In the Black Country, they lived in communities which they shared with the rest of the working class generally, and the size and importance of the coalminers as an occupational group varied in each community. This Thesis will describe and analyse the …
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Religious attendance and provision in Birmingham and the Black Country and the surrounding rural areas during the mid-nineteenth century
… century for the region of Birmingham and the Black Country and its surrounding rural areas. Two distinct methodologies have been employed to establish general regional patterns of religious attendance and provision and, subsequently, to assess trends of religious attendance and provision in a …
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Fear of a Black Country: Dominican Anti-Haitianism, the Denial of Racism, and Contradictions in the Aftermath of the 2010 Earthquake.
The Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti are two Caribbean countries that share the same island, Hispaniola, and a tumultuous history. Both countries' historical relationship is ridden with geopolitical conflict stemming from the DR creating an unwelcoming environment for Haitian immigrants. This …
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A study of the relationships of power between humanitarian workers and local leaders in Haiti
… and French colonialists, Haiti became the first black country to gain its independence through a revolution. Today, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, ranking 153rd on the Human Development Index and a significant number of humanitarian organisations are present on the island …
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The Wolverhampton Express and Star and the depiction of the volunteer soldier in the First World War, 1914-1916
… Express and Star, the evening newspaper in the Black Country industrial town of Wolverhampton. The newspaper harnessed the home front’s fascination with the volunteer soldier for its own commercial purposes. The study demonstrates that the commercial nature of the press was a central element in …
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The assemblages, fitness and movements of bats (chiroptera, vespertilionidae and rhinolophidae) in the urban matrix
… suburban green spaces within Birmingham and the Black Country in the West Midlands, UK. This was achieved by undertaking 111 Advanced Bat Licence Surveys at 16 trapping sites, and 91 activity and crossing point surveys at 26 survey sites between 2018 and 2022. Results of the study show that for …
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In the shadow of Elisabeth: a history of the battle for Bilston Iron and Steelworks, c. 1967-1980
… two centuries of hot metal production in the Black Country, the onetime workshop of the world. The devastating closure of this profitable facility occurred despite a decade-long grassroots defence campaign spearheaded by local rank and file workers. Using previously unexplored primary source …
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Britain and West Germany and Their Pursuit of Industrial Competitiveness, c.1949-c.1979
… industry or business interest, one from each country. Chapter 6 provides some concluding thoughts, and asserts the value of the Mittelstand business model not only as demonstrated in these historical case studies, but also as a template for twenty-first century business success.