The question of ignorance occupies a central place in anthropological theory and practice. Ultimately, The Anthropology of…

The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the…

By exploring how financial, legal and wider socio-economic systems can accelerate or decelerate the harmonization in…

Beginning with the Renaissance and extending to the present, authors under discussion include: Beaumont and Fletcher, Lope…

This book explores young people's 'nested' and 'political' ecological relationships with crime through an empirical…

This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female…

Methodological weaknesses abound in studies of the purported effects of alcohol advertising and other forms of marketing and…

An examination of the policy of the US Administration of Jimmy Carter towards Vietnam between 1977 and 1980. Using a belief…

This book brings together different perspectives on ELT materials from a range of international contexts and a variety of…

Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development…

The sixteenth century was an age of politically powerful women. Debating Women, Politics, and Power in Early Modern Europe…

This book takes you on a journey through post-crisis regulatory reform, highlighting the unintended consequences of some of…

Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative…

Since the recent international crises, the role and significance of international financial institutions (IFI) have been…

Andy Green develops on his earlier historical work on Education and State Formation in a study of education and the nation…

Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive…

This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they…

Written by the author of "Browning and the Fictions of Identity," this is a study of the discourse of self in Victorian…

The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so…

In this book, Ibrahim employs Bourdieu's key concepts in order to explain the complex dynamics of social movements by…

This volume is both a tribute to and study of the French economist Jean-Paul Fitoussi. Fitoussi's pluralistic scholarship…

Belief is a fundamental concept within many branches of contemporary philosophy and an important subject in its own right.…

Focusing in particular on pairings of writers within the larger grouping of poets, this book suggests how literary…

Children have been exploited as performers and wooed energetically as consumers throughout history. These essays offer…

Thus, arguing against a conventional comparative approach, this book proposes reading practices that resist the tendency…

Evaluates the capacity of Fairtrade® labeling to enhance the livelihoods of marginalized producers in developing countries.…

Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important…

Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our…

Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being…

Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It…

This first comprehensive study of the EU's diplomatic representation in the world, the EEAS, this book seeks to understand…

International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of…

This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural…

Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering…

Despite new historical study of her contexts, Christina Rossetti continues to haunt the reader as a displaced subjectivity…

Skilfully integrating domestic and international factors, and placing the analysis of sanctions directly into the mainstream…

This book highlights the difficult policy choice that must ultimately be made during China's structural reform according to…

Regional cooperation has become a distinctive feature of the Balkans, an area known for its turbulent politics. Exploring…

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The industrial age has proved to be a formative period for Europe. Industrial heritage nowadays bears witness to the…

Development Macroeconomics in Latin America and Mexico brings the attention of academics, practitioners, and policy makers…

In an innovative reading of fin-de-siecle cultural texts, Miller argues that British representations of America, Americans,…

Language Ideologies and Canadian Media explores how French and English Canadian media discuss languages and language issues,…

This book's central claim is that Niebuhr and Morgenthau may be read as heirs to a particularly American republicanism,…

This book explores mobile representations in government policy, literature, visual arts, music, and research and examines…

Drawing on empirical research amongst both Muslim schools' students and parents, this timely book examines the question of…

Single Women in Popular Culture demonstrates how single women continue to be figures of profound cultural anxiety. Examining…

Using two 'touchstone' indicators - the extent of cross-border integration, and the autonomy vis--vis the state - the book…

This book makes the case for a standing UN Emergency Peace Service. With this one development - effectively a UN first…