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In 2014, the Disney Channel debuted its latest hit show, Girl Meets World. A sequel to the popular 1990s hit Boy Meets World, the series has won a whole new generation of fans thanks to its exciting young cast. Readers will learn all about the lives of stars Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, Peyton Meyer, and August Maturo, from how they broke into acting to how life has changed since they hit the big time.

Chronicles the life and times of the actor and singer, from her childhood in Texas to her current music career.

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As research in tourism expands at such a rapid rate, the development of concepts and methodologies which underpin the research has often suffered. In order to address the current questions and work through the key debates that challenge tourism researchers, certain criteria need to be laid out and a conceptual framework established to help research progress in rigorous and useful way. This collection offers an up-to-date analysis of research issues in tourism, testing conceptual and methodological issues from a variety of perspectives including sociology, psychology, management and planning. It questions native stereotypes, tourist motivation and policy on both local and global levels, assessing how far tourism is interdisciplinary and identifying patterns for future research and development.

The notion of science is a dominant and enduring feature of Western thought. This text examines the social study of science, which has begun to transform attitudes to science traditionally upheld by historians and philosophers.

Europeans in India had ambivalent feelings towards their mentally deranged compatriots. The authorities encouraged medical practitioners to treat European "lunatics" with kindness and respect, but they also insisted on segregating them from the European public, as well as from Indians. This attitude did not simply echo practices in the colonial motherland: it is closely linked to the British imperative of preserving the prestige of the ruling race. Like poor Europeans and vagrants, "lunatics" were seen as tarnishing the image of the British in India. "Mad Tales From the Raj" is an extensively researched study of European "insanity" within the context of British colonalism in early 19th century India. The author challenges the assumption that western medical psychology was impartial, and highlights the extent to which it not only reflected British colonial ideology and practice, but also helped to shape the interaction between rulers and ruled. Waltraud Ernst, a psychologist and historian, shows how the "colonial twist" assumed by European lunacy policy in India is reflected in psychological assessment and clinical treatment. She also discusses individual patients' life-stories and their experiences of confinement in asylums in India and England. Based on archival sources and medical experts' reports, the book provides an account of contemporary psychiatric treatment and colonial policies. It will be of interest not only to students of colonial history, medical sociology and related disciplines, but to all those with a general interest in British life in the colonies.

Product Description: An elementary introduction to the life, work, and popularity of Kristen Stewart, an American actress known for her roles in such hit movies as the Twilight saga and Snow White and the Huntsman. This colorful and newly expanded series surveys concert stages, film sets, and athletic venues to introduce six more icons of entertainment and sports...read more

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