Most homes in the past were not elite, wealthy interiors complete with high fashion furnishings, designed by well-known architects and designers, as many domestic histories often seem to have assumed.
Visions of Development presents first-hand stories of groups and movements from many different religious and spiritual traditions that are working with impoverished communities in Africa, Asia and Lat
For Resilience Engineering, 'failure' is the result of the adaptations necessary to cope with the complexity of the real world, rather than a breakdown or malfunction. The performance of individuals a
With a number of public health panics emerging in the past few years, most recently the panic over 'swine flu' in 2009, the publication of this two volume collection is extremely timely. These two vol
Drawing on narratives of individuals in a variety of civil rights crises, the essays in this collection offer contextualized understandings of what happens when the law interacts with competing system
Whereas some see George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq as representing a fundamental break with past US policy, Davis (Howard U.) and his colleagues collectively argue that the momentum for the invasion o
Many students have faced the dilemma as they compare available courses with time slots they have open for the coming term. Angier (philosophy, U. of Toronto), however, is responding to the fact that t
Originally published in 1976, Conrad's (social sciences, Brandeis U.) text raised issues about identifying and treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that remain releva
The work of Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006, has been highly distinctive for the consistency of its engagement with contemporary society. It represents a model of the Church which
Beilby (theology, Bethel College, US) sympathizes with the thought of prominent contemporary American philosopher Plantinga. Nevertheless, he develops a critique of his religious epistemology, arguing
Aldcroft (U. of Leicester) begins by identifying 13 countries in eastern and southern with high agrarian components and low income levels that had failed to participate fully in the drive to modern ec
Herissone (Lancaster U., UK) submits the first study of continuo realization styles in Restoration period sacred music, looking at the characteristics of organ books with music by Purcell, Blow, and H
Engineers Stanton, Paul M. Salmon, Guy H. Walker, Daniel P. Jenkins (all Brunel U.), and Chris Baber (U. of Birmingham) are with a consortium of defense companies and universities working on a series
Drawing on the family archive of personal and estate papers, Brennan (Renaissance studies, U. of Leeds) looks at how the powerful Sidney dynasty, based in Kent, interacted with English royalty, often
Hoare (emeritus theoretical physics, U. of London) is not satisfied with merely recounting the technical innovation and occasional virtuosity in the effort to measure humans' home planet. Rather he de
Newton's study, which includes interviews with six migrant writers, examines intersections between restrictive and limiting literary divisions in Caribbean, Asian-American and ethnic-American narrativ
Biomedical patents have been the subject of heated debate. Regulatory agencies such as the European Patent Office make small decisions with big implications, which escape scrutiny and revision, when t
In recent decades, asylum has emerged as a highly politicized European issue. The term a€?asylum seekera€? has suffered a negative perception and has been associated with notions of illegality and cri
Part of a substantial series of primary sources, this volume is the second of a three-volume corpus that reproduces four texts dealing with the content and impact of the English laws on women's rights
Part of a substantial series of primary sources, this volume is the first of a three-volume corpus (each volume is sold individually) that reproduces four texts dealing with the content and impact of
Part of a substantial series of primary sources, this volume is the third of a three-volume corpus that reproduces four texts dealing with the content and impact of the English laws on women's rights.
Asua (U. Nacional de San Martin, Argentina) and French (history and philosophy, Cambridge U. until his death in May 2003) are not concerned with the zoological identification of species seen by Europe
Barnes (National Center for Social Research, UK) compares the problem of social exclusion in Great Britain with eleven other countries in the European Union. His analysis incorporates data from a stud
Bringing together the latest interdisciplinary theoretical approaches with empirical case studies from Scandinavia, this volume demonstrates the importance of mobility research to transportation polic
Kwan and Yu, both affiliated with City University of Hong Kong, China, present insight on a range of issues related to China's economic growth and political development, from the role of higher educat
In this collection of 11 articles, contributors respond to charges that African states are not responding adequately nor appropriately to the AIDS crisis. Showing that the primary problems with respon
In order to provide a new perspective on policymaking for critical infrastructure, Gow (London School of Economics and Political Science) weaves together developments in disaster management with an ap
Anselm is a major figure in theological, philosophical and historical studies. This book provides a fresh approach to the study of this great figure; one which provides critical interaction with curre
The 14 essays of this volume were solicited in honor of the retirement of Hindman, an art historian, from Northwestern U. in Chicago. The essays consider various medieval manuscripts, with a focus on
With this original study, Melissa Mowry makes a strong contribution to a provocative interdisciplinary conversation about an important and influential sub genre: seventeenth-century political pornogra
The 19 reproduced articles were chosen to balance rigorous contributions to Hegelian scholarship with direct applications to controversies within contemporary legal, constitutional, and political theo
These 15 chapters, derived from papers presented at a conference held in 2000 at Edge Hill College, UK, with which sociologist Reynolds is associated, contribute to the academic literature on sexual c
This guide points to primary source material on the history of veterinary medicine. The book opens with a brief history of veterinary medicine from the 14th century to the present, then describes the
Geyer begins with a revised version of his 1986 article Mythology and Culture in the Oracles against the Nations, published in Vestus Testamentum. Then he explores three myths that are incorporated wi
Contemporary literature, in its grappling with the meaning of the human condition can no longer be captured in traditional, fixed categories, is deeply involved with religious questions, argue the edi
In an interdisciplinary study of the nature of theological language, Jensen (Church of Ireland Theological College) considers the modern debate in theological hermeneutics beginning with the Barth-Bul
China has recently entered a significant stage in its economic transition with the introduction of a new and seemingly sophisticated bankruptcy law drawing inspiration from mature insolvency systems.
Eighteen essays from international academics represent a sampling of current trends in Shakespearean scholarship. They deal with themes such as religion, race, and ethnicity, as well as theatrical and
Catherine Urner journeyed to Paris to study with Charles Koechlin after winning a prize for several years' study of music abroad. She studied with him from 1919-1921, when she returned to America and
In recent years, British postal workers have emerged as one of the most strike-prone groups of employees. In this study, Gall (U. of Stirling) draws upon interviews with workers to describe their stru
