John Orr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3605114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Orr |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Orr |
| SIGNATURE | ORR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2687-6353 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1917 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Redefining shelter
Shelter is one of the most 'intractable problems' in humanitarian aid and yet there is little clarity on an overarching definition. Terminology for shelter and housing is often conflated, and the most prominent definition does not fully reflect recent progress in the Shelter and Settlements Sector. This paper explores the varying terminology utilised in definitions of shelter within humanitarian aid since 1990, reflecting on the concepts of 'shel…
Community and Street-Scale Supports for Walking in the US Virgin Islands Before the 2017 Hurricanes
Objectives. To determine the prevalence of community and street-scale design features that promote walking across the US Virgin Islands (USVI). Methods. In May 2016, the USVI Department of Health, with technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted a territory-wide audit with a validated tool. We selected street segments (n = 1114) via a 2-stage sampling method, and estimates were weighted to be representative…
Romantics and Modernists in British Cinema
A Cinema of Parallel Worlds Lynch & Kielowki + Inland Empire
Control and British Cinema
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Camus and Carn transformed
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Californian noir
From Double Indemnity to Memento the rich European input into Californian film noir has never been in doubt. But what prompts it? Film noir seems the most American of genres yet many of its great artistic moments come from this changing European vision of California. Why is this so
The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda
Hidden Agenda
Post-war Cinema and Modernity
Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. Its distinguishing feature is the focus on the close connections between history, theory and textual criticism.The first section, on Film Theory and Film Form, begins with a sustained group of theory readings. Bazin and Telotte critique new post-war forms of film narrative, while Metz and Birch respond to the filmic inno…
Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture
A perceptive study of the relationship between contemporary play writing and the society that gives rise to it
The Making of the Twentieth-Century Novel
Tragic Realism and Modern Society
The Demonic Tendency, Politics and Society in Dostoevsky's the Devils
Georg Lukács
The Age of Bureaucracy
The Novel and Revolution
German social theory and the hidden face of technology
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An Introduction to Romance Linguistics, Its Schools and Scholars
The Sociology of Marx
Words and Sounds in English and French
The Etymology of Patois
THE ETYMOLOGY OF PATOIS JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume V, Issue 4, January 1951, Pages 349–352, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/V.4.349 Published: 01 January 1951
Zur Formenbildung von Dare und Stare im Romanischen
Faire and to Fare
Journal Article FAIRE AND TO FARE Get access JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume III, Issue 2, April 1949, Pages 152–154, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/III.2.152 Published: 01 April 1949
To Prune and to Preen
Journal Article TO PRUNE AND TO PREEN Get access JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1947, Pages 347–349, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/1.4.347 Published: 01 October 1947
Food, Health and Income. Report on a Survey of Adequacy of Diet in Relation to Income
The Age of Bureaucracy
Feeding the People in War Time
Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture
A perceptive study of the relationship between contemporary play writing and the society that gives rise to it
The Making of the Twentieth-Century Novel
German social theory and the hidden face of technology
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A Short History of British Agriculture
Agriculture in Oxfordshire
Agriculture in Berkshire
A Short History of British Agriculture
The Use of the Kinema in the Guidance of Backward Races1
THE USE OF THE KINEMA IN THE GUIDANCE OF BACKWARD RACES Get access J. RUSSELL ORR J. RUSSELL ORR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume XXX, Issue CXX, July 1931, Pages 238–244, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a101651 Published: 01 July 1931
Food, Health and Income. Report on a Survey of Adequacy of Diet in Relation to Income
Feeding the People in War Time
To Prune and to Preen
Journal Article TO PRUNE AND TO PREEN Get access JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 1947, Pages 347–349, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/1.4.347 Published: 01 October 1947
Faire and to Fare
Journal Article FAIRE AND TO FARE Get access JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume III, Issue 2, April 1949, Pages 152–154, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/III.2.152 Published: 01 April 1949
Zur Formenbildung von Dare und Stare im Romanischen
The Etymology of Patois
THE ETYMOLOGY OF PATOIS JOHN ORR JOHN ORR EDINBURGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume V, Issue 4, January 1951, Pages 349–352, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/V.4.349 Published: 01 January 1951
Words and Sounds in English and French
The Sociology of Marx
An Introduction to Romance Linguistics, Its Schools and Scholars
German social theory and the hidden face of technology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Age of Bureaucracy
The Novel and Revolution
Georg Lukács
The Demonic Tendency, Politics and Society in Dostoevsky's the Devils
Tragic Realism and Modern Society
The Making of the Twentieth-Century Novel
Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture
A perceptive study of the relationship between contemporary play writing and the society that gives rise to it
Post-war Cinema and Modernity
Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. Its distinguishing feature is the focus on the close connections between history, theory and textual criticism.The first section, on Film Theory and Film Form, begins with a sustained group of theory readings. Bazin and Telotte critique new post-war forms of film narrative, while Metz and Birch respond to the filmic inno…
Hidden Agenda
The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda
Californian noir
From Double Indemnity to Memento the rich European input into Californian film noir has never been in doubt. But what prompts it? Film noir seems the most American of genres yet many of its great artistic moments come from this changing European vision of California. Why is this so
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