Politics and the Nobility in Civil-War England
The suggestion that the nobility had a central role in the politics of the 1640s has recently been strenuously attacked by Professor Mark Kishlansky in his article, 'Saye what?'. 2 Professor Kishlansky argues, first, that such a view is so radical a break with the existing (and of course whig) historiography as to be implausible; and second, by way of a case-study, that the argument presented for the influence of the Lords in my article 'The English nobility and the projected settlement of 1647' 3 is entirely based on evidence which is at best tendentious and more often demonstrably false. 4 At stake is a fundamental tenet of the whig interpretation of the 'Puritan Revolution', one which as yet has been only partially eroded by revisionism: the dominance of the Commons and its political leaders within the political process. For over a century, that has been one of orthodoxy's most sacred cows. The suggestion that it should be put out to graze will, perhaps inevitably, be countered with accusations of heresy and falsifying canonical texts. of in I Kishlansky out of 5 the remainder of charges cannot be sustained. The case Professor Kishlansky up for is not mine.
Libeling Painting: Exploring the Gap between Text and Image in the Critical Discourse on George Villiers, the First Duke of Buckingham
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A LITERATURE REIEW OF TARGET COSTING IN SSCI AND SCI&SCI-EXPANDED INDEXES
Target costing as a cost management and profit planning system is used by many competitive firms since 1970s. Although the concept is simple, the implementation needs an extensive collaboration inside and outside of the organization. In contrast, many organization managers think that target costing is just related with accounting and finance staff. Our study aims to review the literature of this important concept; target costing by examining 41 English articles published in SSCI and SCI&SCI-Expanded between 1985-2008. The study aims to briefly explain the content of each article to show the reader what has accomplished so far.