Jaffe (English, University of Louisville) and Goldman (English, New York Institute of Technology) feel that the topic of celebrity has been the domain solely of the tabloids for too long. This collect
This is an account of the Portuguese mission which landed at Massawa on the west coast of the Red Sea in April 1520 and re-embarked 6 years later. It was the first European embassy known to have reach
This volume collects together Michael Freeman's work on the family and society, and the part law plays in defining, structuring and controlling it. He questions the role of family law and its interfac
Bennett (music, Case Western Reserve University) has performed an excellent work of scholarship in his in-depth study of the seventeenth-century manuscript of Latin religious music known only as MS Vm
Focusing on Thomas Burke's bestselling collection of short stories, Limehouse Nights (1916), this book contextualises the burgeoning cult of Chinatown in turn-of-the-century London. London's 'Chinese
Contributors to this collection delve into the relationship between Rome and Shakespeare. They view the presence of Rome in Shakespeare's plays not simply as an unquestioned model of imperial culture,
Applying innovative interpretive strategies drawn from cultural studies, this book considers the perennial question of law and politics: what role do the founding fathers play in legitimizing contempo
Giacometti: Critical Essays brings together new studies by an international team of scholars who together explore the whole span of Alberto Giacometti's work and career from the 1920s to the 1960s. Du
Focusing primarily on three early modern French authors, this book explores the erotics and politics of "voluntary servitude" in classical antiquity and the early modern period. These author
Separated only by a narrow body of water, Spain and England have had a long history of material and cultural interactions; but this intertwined history is rarely perceived by scholars of one country w
This outstanding collection of Susan McClary's work exemplifies her contribution to a bridging of the gap between historical context, culture and musical practice. The selection includes essays which
Twenty-two previously published articles on the complex era of European warfare during the era of Napoleon are gathered in this volume, in facsimile of their original publication. The articles are gro
Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of Alopece is arguably the most richly and diversely commemorated - and appropriated - of all ancient thinkers. Already in Antiquity, vigorous controversy over his signi
This three volume reference series provides an authoritative and comprehensive set of volumes collecting together the most influential articles and papers on tourism, heritage and culture. The papers
In this innovative work Jean Hillier develops a new theory for students and researchers of spatial planning and governance which is grounded primarily in the work of Gilles Deleuze. The theory recogni
This significant and innovative collection explores the changing piety of townspeople and villagers before, during and after the Reformation. It brings together leading and new scholars from England a
This second selection of studies by Frank Da€?Accone, again based principally on the documentary evidence, follows the development through the mid 16th century of musical chapels at the Cathedral and
Scholars of history and literature in the US and Europe present 27 papers from the March 2003 Shifting Frontiers Conference, held in Santa Barbara, California. Violence is so heavily associated in lat
Finbow (Dalhousie U., Canada) reveals how the North American Free Trade Agreement has negatively affected working people and the unemployed in all three countries involved. He seeks a means of promoti
Agriculture was at the forefront of reforms starting in 1978, but has now fallen behind other sectors, and rural residents are seeing little of the massive wealth being generated in the cities. Econom
Just as in the previous Gunpowder: The History of an International Technology, this work presents papers from symposia held under the auspices of the International Committee for the History of Technol
The important questions in ecumenical dialogue centre upon issues of authority and order. This book uses the development of ministry in the early Methodist Church to explore the origins of the Methodi
Chronicling the history of the Daughters of Charity through the seventeenth century, this study examines how the community's existence outside of convents helped to change the nature of women's religi
Illuminated here are the relationships between visual culture, faith, and gender in the courtly, monastic, and urban spheres of the early modern Burgundian Netherlands. By examining works by artists s
Moyle (philosophy, U. of Essex-Colchester) elucidates the gift-exchange between Being and thinking of the human being that lies at the heart of German philosopher Martin Heidegger's (1889-1976) later
In the first in-depth study of the relationship between the suffrage campaign in Britain and World War I, Angela K. Smith explores the links between these two defining moments of the early twentieth c
Hunger is an issue which has been subject to much rigorous intellectual examination by economists, philosophers, sociologists, NGO's and governments. This volume provides a critical overview of curren
JA?rgen Habermas is widely regarded as one of the outstanding intellectuals of our time. This collection focuses on the theory of law which can be distilled from his vast compendium of work. At the sa
Politically, Islam in Indonesia is part of a rich multi-cultural mix. Religious tolerance is seen as the cornerstone of relations between different faiths - and moderation is built into the country's
Becket's life was lived on a European stage, his cause was conducted in a European setting, and the cult of the new martyr spread with extraordinary rapidity to the furthest reaches of Latin Christend
The Strategikon of the Emperor Maurice, written towards the end of the 6th century, is a key text in the history of late Roman and Byzantine warfare. It stands midway between the classical genre of ta
