Graham Chapman – författare

CROSS REF DEV STUDIES Both Africa and the Middle East have sought alternatives to Western models of development. The last twenty-five years have seen political independence for the states of Africa and increased economic dependence on external aid. The Middle East, resource rich and water poor, continues economically robust but politically unstable. In both regions, widespread poverty continues as does the involvement of the West.Clearly illustrated with basic maps of the countries discussed, The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East presents a systematic review of twenty-five years of development. The book will prove an invaluable guide to the physical, economic, social and political environments of contemporary Africa and the Middle East.

CROSS REF DEV STUDIES Both Africa and the Middle East have sought alternatives to Western models of development. The last twenty-five years have seen political independence for the states of Africa and increased economic dependence on external aid. The Middle East, resource rich and water poor, continues economically robust but politically unstable. In both regions, widespread poverty continues as does the involvement of the West.Clearly illustrated with basic maps of the countries discussed, The Changing Geography of Africa and the Middle East presents a systematic review of twenty-five years of development. The book will prove an invaluable guide to the physical, economic, social and political environments of contemporary Africa and the Middle East.

This title was first published in 2000: This volume explores one of the world''s greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi and then the great Mogul Empire; and how they were later usurped by the British Raj. The story continues with the trauma of Partition and Independence in 1947, as India''s unique form of Islam shook free from Nehru''s secular India with the founding of Pakistan. At different points in the story, discussions are woven in on subjects such as caste or the management of water resources. Much of the book is written in terms of the three major forces of integration.These are "identitive" forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; "utilitarian" forces - bonds of common material interests; and "coercion" - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory - as states and empires, as monarchic realms and as representative democracies - has been central to the region''s historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In doing so, he contends that the lynchpin of this region''s story is a geopolitical one.

This title was first published in 2000: This volume explores one of the world''s greatest cultural heartlands - the Indian sub-continent. It shows how geological movements moulded the land and how they still impact upon it; how the culture of early setters evolved to form Hinduism; how its wealth and power attracted the attention of Islamic invaders who founded the Sultanate of Delhi and then the great Mogul Empire; and how they were later usurped by the British Raj. The story continues with the trauma of Partition and Independence in 1947, as India''s unique form of Islam shook free from Nehru''s secular India with the founding of Pakistan. At different points in the story, discussions are woven in on subjects such as caste or the management of water resources. Much of the book is written in terms of the three major forces of integration.These are "identitive" forces - bonds of language, ethnicity, religion or ideology; "utilitarian" forces - bonds of common material interests; and "coercion" - the institutional use or threat of physical violence. By studying these forces, Professor Chapman shows how the organization of territory - as states and empires, as monarchic realms and as representative democracies - has been central to the region''s historic, cultural, linguistic and economic development. In doing so, he contends that the lynchpin of this region''s story is a geopolitical one.

Traduit de l’anglais par Béatrice Vierne

Graham Chapman, cofondateur des Monty Python, nous offre une autobiographie décapante, où se côtoient mensonges scandaleux et vérités touchantes.

Alpiniste, médecin, acteur, alcoolique, hétérosexuel insatiable puis homosexuel assumé : la vie rocambolesque de Graham Chapman fait de lui un personnage fascinant. Il raconte également comment s’est rencontrée et formée la bande loufoque et révolutionnaire des Monty Python, les années du Flying Circus, les films qui ont suivi et l’ont rendue incontournable.Un récit surréaliste fidèle à l’esprit des Monty Python. Un livre culte.

Graham Chapman (1941 – 1989) a participé à la création des Monty Python au cours de ses années universitaires. Leur série, Flying Circus, a été diffusée de 1969 à 1974. Ils ont ensuite réalisé Sacré Graal (1975), La vie de Brian (1979), et Le sens de la vie (1983).