Conklin (human performance and safety integration, Los Alamos National Laboratory) outlines a road map for understanding how to manage safety in the workplace and solve problems before they become acc
Peasant festival imagery began in sixteenth-century Nuremberg, when the city played host to a series of religious and secular festivals. The peasant festival images were first produced as woodcut prin
This book contributes to the re-emerging field of 'theology through the arts' by proposing a way of approaching one of the most challenging theological concepts - divine timelessness - through the pri
This reader contains 29 papers that provide an overview of current concerns within queer theory, a field of critical theory that has emerged out of gay and lesbian studies and feminist studies. The es
The consideration of ethics in social research has gained increasing prominence in the past few years, particularly research which seeks to inform public policy. This important and unique book provide
Since the original series of Practical Building Conservation appeared in 1988, it has become a standard reference for those caring for historic buildings large and small: essential reading for archite
Without aspiring to a comprehensive re-examination of Eleonora's (1522-62) life, North American and European art historians and other scholars begin an effort to present her in a more positive light t
Most aviation accidents are attributed to human error, pilot error especially. Human error also greatly effects productivity and profitability. In his overview of this collection of papers, the editor
Following Zwingli explores history, scholarship, and memory in Reformation Zurich. The humanist culture of this city was shaped by a remarkable sodality of scholars, many of whom had been associated w
Duerloo (political history, U. of Antwerp, Belgium) spent a considerable amount of time in the archives of Europe during the past ten years and offers fresh insights and perspectives on the internatio
Representative of a superlative series published by Ashgate, this companion contains fourteen chapters, written by senior specialists based in Europe and the U.S., surveying the literature and history
This collection re-imagines the field of criminology with insights gleaned from feminist theory. Works included here illustrate that gender is a key organizing principle of social life. This means tha
In 1105, six years after the first crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem, a Damascene Muslim jurisprudent named a€?Ali ibn Tahir al-Sulami (d. 1106) publicly dictated an extended call to the milit
Rault (women's studies, McMaster U., Canada) explores the connections between designer Eileen Gray's lesbian lifestyle and attendant desire for privacy, and the design of her house E.1027 (which Le Co
Bhangra is commonly understood as the hybrid music produced in Britain by British Asian music producers through mixing Panjabi folk melodies with western pop and black dance rhythms. This is derived
Byzantinists, art historians, and other medievalists will welcome this new resource by Brubaker (art history) and Haldon (Byzantine history, both are at the U. of Birmingham, UK). The volume contains
Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained within) certa
The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233A.D.), entitled 'at-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh', is one of the outstanding sources for the history of the mediaeval world. It covers the whole sweep of Islamic history
Strategic foresight is traditionally associated with the military and politics. Tuomo Kuosa looks at its development into a method of generating analyses of alternative futures and strategies, based o
The primary era of this study a€“ the twentieth century a€“ symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that hav
