Elsa Nettels's analysis of American fiction and criticism of the post-Civil War era unearths the prevailing assumptions…

This collection examines the cultural and intellectual dimensions of war and its resolution between Han Chinese and the…

The book also investigates the potential risks and limitations of using humour in nonviolent action and what makes humour…

Known as the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Coleridge's manuscripts, letters, and other writings reveal an…

The contributors to Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation…

Gothic and the Comic Turn argues that, partly through its desire to be taken seriously, Gothic criticism has neglected the…

Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it…

The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way…

Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly…

The countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact have begun to negotiate for nuclear and conventional arms reductions. The world is…

In the 17th century, the elite household (kap?) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a…

Philip Larkin, one of England's greatest and most popular twentieth-century poets, is nonetheless widely regarded as a…

This book assesses how much influence social movements have on EU policy and the means through which influence is secured.…

Uganda in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of Africa's more tragic economic stories. In the study, the effects of economic…

Tracing the highly productive ways in which feminist directors create alternative film forms, Anneke Smelik highlights…

Beginning with the premise that democracies are often deeply implicated in their own downfall, The Theory of Democide…

Critiquing Postmodernism in Contemporary Discourses of Race challenges the critical emphasis on otherness in treatments of…

This authoritative collection brings together contributions from well-known international scholars which demonstrate how…

This radical new perspective from the Global South casts a fresh light on a major aspect of contemporary history and in…

This is a book about making choices based on the evaluation of alternatives. This book discusses the major problems in…

Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis…

Based on ethnographic data, this revealing study presents a humane and realistic account of Romanian economic migrants and…

This volume examines the importance of establishing egalitarian relationships in fieldwork, and acknowledging the impact…

Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of…

Race and Identity in Hemingway s Fiction explores how Hemingway negotiates race as a defining element of American identity.…

This work explores the growing convergence between youth culture and digital communication technologies and the…

This book explores the challenges and obstacles faced by dissident leaders in Asia seeking to introduce reforms into regimes…

For the past 30 years international monetary economists have believed that exchange rate models cannot outperform the random…

As regionalisation becomes an increasingly hot topic, the authors explain why regionalism has been most successful in Latin…

Wariboko offers a critical-philosophical perspective on the logics and dynamics of finance capital in the twenty-first…

We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new…

A look at the extensive inequality and individualism in Prince George's County, Maryland, and the wider tobacco south, this…

Carlo Levi's Visual Poetics explores the relation of word and image in Carlo Levi's literary works. Lerner investigates the…

This book focuses on human trafficking in Europe for labour and sexual exploitation. It includes empirical work on…

This book contains a collection of essays written by renowned economists on the occasion of Andras Brody's 70th birthday.…

This collection of essays by scholars with expertise in a range of fields, cultural professionals and policy makers explores…

This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society - which…

'Investors beware' is good advice in any situation, especially when dealing with the control of risk and alternative…

At a time when the gap between rich and poor has been increasing, Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship provides an…

This book provides a detailed picture of the equity and efficiency of economic restructuring, focusing on the two most…

Based on extensive archival research, this book looks at the earlier contest of empires in the New World, especially among…

While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication,…

This book demonstrates that the United States, whether we like it or not, is a theolegal nation - a democracy that…

These unique essays focus primarily on Woolf's non-fiction and considers her in the context of the modernist marketplace.…

This study addresses how China's policy response to problems in Xinjiang is interpreted and implemented by officials, who…

This study offers the first detailed examination of the varied means by which parliament through its committees and the work…

Focusing upon identity politics helps us better to understand the longterm stability of communist hegemony, its sudden…

This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against…