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Re-balancing china
‘Re-balancing China’ addresses three key sets of issues in China’s political economy: the impact of the global financial crisis, the challenge of globalization for the nation’s industrial policy, and the potential conflict that might arise from the West’s fears of China’s growing economic and mil...
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A historical and theoretical guide to studying religion
The book is a historical and theoretical account of the development and present situation of what has come widely to be known as Religious Studies. This account emphasizes the complexity of the field due both to its origins and the uncertain and even conflicted position today of the academic stud...
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Perceptions of the press in nineteenth-century british periodicals
This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.
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Joseph karo and shaping of modern jewish law
The book provides a global perspective on the history of Jewish law during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing on the codification works of R. Joseph Karo.
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Popular radicalism and the unemployed in chicago during the great depression
In a time when mass joblessness and precarious employment are becoming issues of national concern, it is useful to reconsider the experiences of the unemployed in an earlier period of economic hardship, the Great Depression. Focusing on the bellwether city of Chicago, this book reevaluates their ...
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"quinqui" film in spain
This book analyzes the mythical aura of Spanish low-budget films of the late 1970s and 1980s, and how marginalization was exploited and romanticized.
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Global villages
‘Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria’ aims to broaden the study of globalization from urban to rural contexts, exploring its effects through case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria.
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Fabricating authenticity in soviet hungary
This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture throughout the twentieth century. Apor takes an innovative approach to understudied aspects of European memory cultures, focusing particularly on how a dict...
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New lithuania in old hands
‘New Lithuania in Old Hands’ examines the impact Lithuania’s EU membership has had upon the country’s ageing small-scale farmers.
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Insurgent play
Insurgent Play: Social worlds of urban disruption explores play as a transgressive expression that disrupts the modern city.
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Everyday encounters with state and capitalism
Everyday Encounters with State and Capitalism depicts the experiences of working people and how the state and capitalism squeeze their labour and knowledge traditions in the processes of profit maximisation.
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An outline of financial economics
“An Outline of Financial Economics” presents a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of finance and economics. The book follows an analytical and geometric methodology, explaining technical terms and mathematical operations in clear, nontechnical language, and providing intuitive exp...
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Coolitude
A deconstruction of the stereotypical depictions of the coolie in the British Empire.
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Prizing scottish literature
This history of the Saltire Society Literary Awards demonstrates the significance the awards have had within Scottish literary and cultural life. The book explores how the prizes have influenced understandings of Scottish literature over eight decades and explores what they reveal about the wider...
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British women missionaries in bengal, 1793–1861
‘British Women Missionaries in Bengal, 1793-1861’ looks at the role and contributions of the early British women missionaries in Bengal, in eastern India, between 1793 and 1861. It traces the role of and challenges faced by women missionaries from Hannah Marshman to Hannah Mullens in the context ...
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Power shifts and global governance
‘Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challenges from South and North’ explores changing architectures of global governance in the midst of great power shifts in the twenty-first century.
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Wittgenstein, scepticism and naturalism
The essays in Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism cover the later Wittgenstein’s thought on scepticism about the external world; scepticism about other minds; knowledge and belief; meaning and rule-following; and the nature of psychological concepts. Focusing on topics in the later philosophy...
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Globalization, the human condition and sustainable development in the twenty-first century
This book, based on a 175-nation study, investigates the relevance of dependency theory to the success of eight different dimensions of development, and argues that the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission are the greatest threat to Europe’s future developmental performance.
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The life and writings of maria teresa de sá nogueira
The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira examines the life and journalism of Maria Teresa de Sá Nogueira, revealing how her fearless writing challenged colonial power and gave voice to the marginalized in Mozambique and Portugal. A vital contribution to Lusophone postcolonial studies.
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Origins of the ottoman dynasty
Origins of the Ottoman Dynasty: A Philological Exploration of Its Earliest Account is a groundbreaking book. It is about the oldest annalistic account of Ottoman history that has come down to us. It is simply crucial for researching and teaching Ottoman history at every major university in the wo...
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Philosophical meta-reflections on literary studies
‘Philosophical Meta-Reflections on Literary Studies: Why Do Things with Texts, and What to Do with Them?’ takes up key meta-questions in the humanities, with focus on contemporary literary studies, philosophically examines the nature of knowledge therein as well as the implications of certain pop...
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Excursions
This choice collection of Thoreau’s nature writing includes the essays ‘The Succession of Forest Trees,’ ‘Walking’, and ‘Autumnal Tints’ – each one an explorative reach into the heart of the natural world.
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A guide to the professional interview
Investigative Interviewing provides more accurate and reliable information than any other known interview technique. It is founded on interpersonal communication theories and informed by cognitive and social psychology. Equally important, it is designed for practitioners and delivered through a p...
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America magica
An enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day.
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A theory of thrills, sublime and epiphany in literature
A psychological explanation of goosebumps and tears, of the epiphanic experience of seeing something ordinary in a profoundly new way, and of the overwhelming perception of the sublime. These experiences found in life and literature involve a feeling of coming to know something deeply important b...
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'a midsummer night’s dream' in context
How might Shakespeare’s audiences have responded to this enduringly popular comedy? This guide to the various contexts that situate 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' in its time, explains the Christian ethics, the contemporary socio-political scene, the literary atmosphere and requirements of comedy th...
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Early planning utopias
Interrogating canonical texts and plans written during the nineteenth and early twentieth century on both sides of the North Atlantic, this book explores the role of gender in the visioning of the ideal city.
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The mahanubhavs
This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, the ascetic, devotional sect that arose in 13th century Maharashtra.
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Refugees, refuge, and human displacement
This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.
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The cold war in the 1950s
The book describes the domestic and external conditions that shaped the interaction between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1950s.
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Public corruption
A fascinating, confrontational investigation of the nature of corruption, its narcissistic origins and destructive future.
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Athletic ceos
‘Athletic CEOs: Leadership in Turbulent Times’ presents an unorthodox model of effective business leadership for turbulent environments – Athletic Leadership. Athletic CEOs are not humble or empathic; their leadership is grounded in a combination of toughness and adaptability. They deliver superi...
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Are you making love or just having sex?
Complete with self-improvement exercises and video lectures, this innovative book shows how you can identify your unlovable ways of relating, counter them with lovable goals, embrace philosophies of love that promote these goals, and create action plans to attain enduring love and sexual intimacy.
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Italy’s renaissance in buildings and gardens
This book looks at the major buildings and gardens of the Italian Renaissance.
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Hollywood, the pentagon and washington
A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some distressing collaborations.
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Selected poems of bernard barton, the 'quaker poet'
The first ever modern edition of Bernard Barton’s selected verse, recovering an important figure from the Romantic era. A diverse variety of his unusual and striking poetry is supplemented by letters, reviews and other contextual material, as well as a scholarly introduction and notes.
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Responsibility to protect and prevent
This volume explores the development and application of responsibility to protect (R2P), a principle which – according to its supporters – has evolved into a new type of responsive norm regarding how the international community should react to serious and deliberate human rights violations.
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Charles de foucauld’s reconnaissance au maroc, 1883–1884
Reconnaissance au Maroc is Charles de Foucauld’s adventurous memoir of exploring Morocco. For eleven months in 1883–84, Foucauld travelled incognito through a country then off-limits to Europeans, mapping its waterways. This book is a translation of Foucauld’s memoir into English, with an extensi...
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Truth and storytelling
The book offers a guide for writers to better understand and confront the truths they want to reveal through narrative stories and how to find legitimacy in the fictional characters and situations they create.
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Australian media and the politics of belonging
Containing contributions by leading scholars, ‘Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging’ addresses key topical themes and concerns in contemporary Australia.
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Past forward
A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, ‘Past Forward’ introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Korea’s present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.
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Applied ethics and human rights
'Applied Ethics and Human Rights: Conceptual Analysis and Contextual Applications' offers a philosophical perspective to ethical problems by providing an understanding of the concepts of human rights and responsibilities.
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Wittgenstein and popular culture
This volume makes an incisive contribution to the field of philosophy of culture in outlining the potential of Wittgenstein’s philosophy for the study of popular culture, focusing on concrete examples: from detective fiction and comics, to TV series and football fandom.
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Normativity, meaning and philosophy: essays on wittgenstein
This is a collection of essays on Wittgenstein originally published between 1996 and 2019, with a new introduction. The essays defend and develop a central Wittgensteinian idea: ‘grammatical rules’ for the use of expressions hold the key to understanding linguistic meaning, as well as its connect...
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