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Examining the role and influence of news 'fixers' who mediate between foreign journalists and local sources, this book is…

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Re-examines the chorus in Greek tragedy and argues for the fundamentally poetic and musical nature of the genre, and its…

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The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of these…

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Hierarchies at Home traces the experiences of Cuban domestic workers from the abolition of slavery through the 1959…

The first major critical survey on Australian poetry, this volume investigates poetry's key role in debates around…

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Combining rich historical, qualitative, and quantitative data from Kenya and India, this book develops a novel explanation…

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What is a Poem? Where did the genre come from and where might it be going? This book examines the poem from three angles:…

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By bringing together relevant findings on the relationship between exclusion and extremism, this book is valuable for…

The political and cultural lessons drawn from the collapse of the Weimar Republic are invoked in order to understand…

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Lev Tolstoi, one of the world's most famous writers, was also a religious thinker and influential critic of the Orthodox…

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Originally published in 1911 for use in schools, this book contains the Revised Version text of Second Book of Samuel with…

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Representing the latest research on Clara Schumann's social and musical contexts and her creative output, this book…

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This Companion surveys women's work as composers, performers, educators and music technologists and how it has evolved since…

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1989 signifies the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the Cold War. This book unravels the intricacies of this…

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An international team of historians employ global history in novel ways to offer new economic, social, cultural, and…

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What are the effects of gendered and strategic framing in civil war? How do different types of individuals - victims,…

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Igor Stravinsky's strikingly original compositions continue to fascinate scholars and music-lovers across the globe. This…

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Political life in Renaissance Italy was held together by principles which underlay, or were used to justify, political…

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In times of disenchantment with democracy and 'erosion' of the system of checks and balances, the book proposes to reflect…

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Copyright meets Black Lives Matter and #MeToo in this lively, story-driven analysis of how copyright law has surprisingly…

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A study of English neighbourhoods based on a rich variety of hitherto largely unstudied sources, engages with the…

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Agnes Moors scrutinizes existing theories of emotions in psychology and philosophy, explaining the disagreements and…

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Through a collection of thematic essays, this volume sheds light on the development and evolution of the first lady…

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Designed for music scholars, historians, and those interested in music of the 'Classical era', Glatthorn's book explores the…

What makes a photograph of a dead body obscene? Auchter offers a genealogy of obscenity that argues this process is highly…

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What difference does the turn to practice make in International Relations? This collection brings together leading practice…

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Hesiod's Theogony is one of the great founding works of Greek literature and strongly influenced subsequent Greek and Latin…

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Women play a prominent role in pro-democracy movements and contemporary revolutions around the globe. This book proposes a…

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The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In this study, Virginia…

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Britten in Context offers historical, social, cultural, queer, musical, and political context for one of the pivotal British…

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Plato's Charmides is a rich mix of provocative drama and intricate argument. This book offers a comprehensive interpretation…

This book explores philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's influence on anthropological theory from the 1920s to today. Tracing…

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What did it mean to possess something - or someone - in eighteenth-century Britain? This study examines the meaning of…

The Athenians invented both democracy and democratic political theory. Farrar shows that unlike Plato and Aristotle,…

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This clear, comprehensive survey of the history of the UK covers the twentieth to the early twenty-first century. It…

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How did ordinary racism among white Britons shape images of Black and south Asian people on screen in twentieth-century…

Explores how unusual figures, such as traders, missionaries, and slaves, have contributed to the shaping of American history…

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Founded in 1478 and not permanently abolished until 1834, the Spanish Inquisition has always been a notorious institution in…

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Argues that donor portraits in Byzantine art should instead be considered as contact portraits. Contends that the most…

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A remarkable account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. Friedrich Kellner's diary…

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Lanza explores radical attempts to remake Chinese cities during the Great Leap Forward in the first English history of urban…

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Founded in 1868 by Cambridge scholars John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910), William George Clark (1821-78), and William…

Unites eschatologically charged biblical Christology with metaphysical and dogmatic Thomistic Christology. 'Eschatology'…

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The records of estates and property of Royalists in Yorkshire were assessed by the Parliamentarians for the purpose of…

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This collection interrogates how art with anti-racist intent can move beyond identity politics, embracing an inclusive…

This expertly translated and contextualized primary-source reader brings together documents collected over decades of…

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The book offers students and general readers a new, interdisciplinary and cutting-edge account of Matthew Paris' life,…

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In the first centuries BCE and CE, Roman wall painters frequently placed representations of works of art, especially panel…