This is the second of two volumes presenting papers from a recent symposium on contributions of psychology and human factors to the safe and effective functioning of aviation organizations and systems
Presenting case studies of well-known shows including Will and Grace, Birds of a Feather, Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous, as well as 'reality' television, this book examines the transformati
Primary elections for choosing party leaders and candidates are now becoming commonplace in Europe, Asia and America but questions as to how much they hinder a partya€?s organizational strength and co
This volume explores the way in which composers, performers, and critics shaped individual and collective identities in music from Europe and the United States from the 1860s to the 1950s. Selected es
Rooted in the study of objects, British Art in the Nuclear Age addresses the role of art and visual culture in discourses surrounding nuclear science and technology, atomic power, and nuclear warfare
As the era of ever expanding markets and ample resources ends, governments and business will have to behave differently. The world is facing weak economic growth, limits to affordable resources and in
In service societies, the tertiary sector has long become the primary sector in terms of GDP and employment. Quality research and testing means better service, and success in the service industries de
The fundamental tenet of this Design Leadership book is that design is a commercial and social imperative and its management and leadership are integral parts of what can make business successful, gov
Architectural discourse and practice are dominated by a false dichotomy between design and chance, and governed by the belief that the architecta€?s role is to defend against the indeterminate. In Arc
Oil exploration in the developing world has been and continues to be a high profile and high risk activity attracting media coverage and stimulating much debate. In Governance of the Petroleum Sector
The social history of music in Britain since 1950 has long been the subject of nostalgic articles in newspapers and magazines, nostalgic programmes on radio and television and collective memories on m
The essays selected for this volume provide an overview of the range of issues confronting scholars interested in the complex and multiple relationships between war and criminality, and map the many c
Reproductions of 15 articles published in journals and multi-authored volumes between 1978 and 2001 explore how and why modern historiography took on its present form. The general themes are history a
Presents a series of detailed individual analyses of Schubert's solo, dramatic, and multi-voice settings of Goethe texts. They focus both on the literary and musical dimensions of each work and Schube
Designed to fill a need for core reference material to those doing research on collecting and collections, Pearce (pro-vice-chancellor, U. of Leicester, UK) and her colleagues have assembled and edite
Cabin safety consultant Prew synthesizes insights from a number of US and British agencies and organizations to suggest the equipment, behavior, and attitude that will best aid crews after a plane cra
The rich field of urban law has thus far lacked a holistic and concerted scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This work offers new inroads into the global and comparative streams wi
Karla Homolka has proven to be a figure of enduring interest to the public and media for the last twenty years. However, despite the widespread Canadian and international public commentary and media f
In her lively and accessibly written book, Juliet McMaster examines Jane Austen’s acute and frequently uproarious juvenile works as important in their own right and for the ways they look forward to h
In her lively and accessibly written book, Juliet McMaster examines Jane Austen’s acute and frequently uproarious juvenile works as important in their own right and for the ways they look forward to h
This volume brings together a selection of the most stimulating and influential writing on Haydn and his music in the English language. Written by a range of established and younger scholars it probes
The sixteenth century was a critical period both for Spaina€?s formation and for the imperial dominance of her Crown. Spanish monarchs ruled far and wide, spreading agents and culture across Europe an
Fascinated by them, unable to ignore them, and imaginatively stimulated by them, Charles Dickens was an acute and unsentimental reporter on the dogs he kept and encountered during a time when they wer
Original and engaging, this study presents the four anonymous poems found in the Cotton Nero MS - Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - as a composite text with a continuou
Much of social and political thought over the last three centuries has been concerned with transgression and change, with progress and a focus on creating something a€?bettera€? than we have now. But
Early modern Naples has been characterized as a marginal, wild and exotic place on the fringes of the European world, and as such an appropriate target of attempts, by Catholic missionaries and others
This ambitious and innovative volume stretches over time and space, over the history of modernity in relation to antiquity, between East and West, to offer insights into what the author terms the 'geo
In this volume, which is part of the SEMPRE (Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research) series in the psychology of music, Gaunt (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK) and Westerlund (mu
Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates a
An element common to all the articles collected here is the attempt to make parallel use of sources from different cultures a€“ Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, Greek and Latin, Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic
Globally, nationally and locally mena€?s violence against women is an endemic social problem and an enduring human rights issue. Unlike men who are most likely to be victims of stranger assaults and v
Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it. The death and destruction that unmanned warfare entails magnifies the moral and e
The belief that God eternally and unalterably decrees the election of one part of humankind and the reprobation of the rest has not aged well, but in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the doctri
The Black Sea region is a dynamic and complex area in which many national and international actors have key interests, including Russia and the US. The European Union stretches to the seaa€?s western
International criminal law is at a crucial point in its history and development, and the time is right for practitioners, academics and students to take stock of the lessons learnt from the past fifte
Words in both law and religion can shape power relationships and are often highly disputed. ShariE?a lies within the overlap of these two spheres and provides a unique subject for the study of meaning
Faces are all around us and fundamentally shape both everyday experience and our understanding of people. To lose face is to be alienated and experience shame, to be enfaced is to enjoy the fullness o
Faces are all around us and fundamentally shape both everyday experience and our understanding of people. To lose face is to be alienated and experience shame, to be enfaced is to enjoy the fullness o
Before the eighteenth century, the ocean was regarded as a repulsive and chaotic deep. Despite reinvention as a zone of wonder and pleasure, it continued to be viewed in the West and elsewhere as a€?u
Lady Anne Bacon Drury (1572-1624) was the granddaughter and niece of two of England's Lord Keepers of the Great Seal, Sir Nicholas Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon. Lady Anne was also the friend and patron
