Authority and Autonomy invites you on an ethnographic journey into the heart of creative knowledge work. Based on detailed and vivid examples, it analyzes the concept of work entertained by employees
Charles-Henri Sanson is young, handsome, sophisticated, and rich. He is also the eldest son of Paris’s most dreaded public official—and in the 1760s, after centuries of superstition, the executioner a
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2006 book. Fusso (Russian language and literature, Wesleyan University) looks at Dostoevsky's portrayal of sexual orientation and discovery in several of his works. S
Here are the feasts that really are fit for a king ? or queen. This delightful book explores the history of royal dining from the bustling kitchens of the Middle Ages to the informal dinner parties of
This is a study of the practice of kings giving the gift of Gold of Honor to officials during the New Kingdom of Egypt. Having compiled inscriptional, iconographic, and archaeological evidence for the
Urban areas in the UK and beyond have seen significant changes in patterns of immigration, leading to profound diversification. This diversification is characterized by not only the multiplication of
The European Union's hydrocarbon energy supply depends heavily on imports. While the European Commission has recommended diversifying and increasing domestic resources, notably with renewable resource
Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy examines the comic tradition of stand-up in and from modern-day Ireland. Using critical analyses of comedians including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and
In Soul Care for Caregivers: How to Help Yourself While Helping Others, author and psychology professor Susanne West provides a guide and toolkit for family and professional caregivers that includes p
This book argues that a trans-disciplinary dialogue between the art of acting and the art of philosophical thinking urges us to create a new image of both thought and theatrical performance. Whilst ac
Thick white fog, headlights coming straight-on, and a violent car accident. A devoted father, Lucas confronts what parents fear most as he clutches his daughter’s hand in the hospital. The docto
Thick white fog, headlights coming straight-on, and a violent car accident. A devoted father, Lucas confronts what parents fear most as he clutches his daughter’s hand in the hospital. The docto
British salons, with guests such as Byron, Moore, Thackeray, and Baillie, were veritable hothouses of political and cultural agitation. In this comprehensive study of the British salon between the 178
This is not a book on how to write historical fiction. It is a book on hownot to write historical fiction.If you love history and you’re hard at work writing your first historical novel, but you’re wo
Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany’s colonial legacy and imaginati
Poetry. "In poems that manage to be both pity-less and mercy-full, Susanne Dyckman's A DARK ORDINARY takes us deep inside the lives of Lewis Hine's early 20th century photographic subjects: child labo
When Megan O'Farrell inherits her uncle's house in a remote part of the windswept Atlantic coast of Ireland, she imagines it will be a romantic hideaway where she can recover from her recent divorce.
Susanne Michalik analyzes why authoritarian regimes allow for multiparty elections and how they affect political outcomes. Even though their introduction rarely leads to a change in power, such electi
