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
Pendergast (English, Southern Illinois U.-Edwardsville) explores the Protestant emphasis on literacy as a relation between parties, and as a rhetorical construction as opposed to a static one. His und
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
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
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
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
Corruption is a major issue in international trade. A recent report estimated the global cost to be in the range of $1,000 billion per annum. As a result, the past decade has seen a flurry of activity
Based on research work financed by the European Commission under their programme of Community Action to Combat Social Exclusion, this book offers a comprehensive picture of the present state of later-
The court of Mantua, in northern Italy, was one of the most important centers of Italian music from the late fifteenth through the early seventeenth centuries, from the rise of the first written secul
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
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
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
Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. London wood-turner and puritan, Nehemiah Wallington (1598–1658) is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618
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
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
'Secularization' has been hotly debated since it was first subjected to critical attention in the mid-sixties by David Martin, before he sketched a 'General Theory' in 1969. 'On Secularization' presen
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
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
The editors (economists from the United States and China) present 12 papers that were primarily drawn from the July 2000 conference, Developing Through Globalization: China's Opportunities and Challen
