Rowland (drama and English, U. of York, England) argues that the difficulty of establishing the relationship between text and performance is more acute with Heywood (1573-1641) than with any of his co
Tourism in Cuba a€“ described by Fidel Castro as 'the evil we have to have' a€“ has been regarded both with ambivalence, and as a crucial aspect of development and poverty alleviation. The result is a
International Criminal Justice and the Politics of Compliance provides a comprehensive study of compliance with legal obligations derived from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugosl
The recent availability of longitudinal data on individual trip making and activity behaviour has provided analysts with new insights into the structures and motives of daily life travel. Multi-week t
The advanced technologies being used in diagnosis and care within modern medicine, whilst supporting and making medical practices possible, may also conflict with established traditions of medicine an
Today's world is crowded with international laws and institutions that govern the global economy. This post-World War Two accumulation of hard multilateral and soft plurilateral institutions by no me
Aboriginal Family and the State examines the contemporary relations among and history of Indigenous families in Australia, with specific reference to issues of government control and recent official
The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruo
This book weaves together an interpretation of Christian Scripture with a conversation between Colin Gunton and Dietrich Bonhoeffer concerning the role the Holy Spirit plays in shaping the person and
Sustainability is one of the key concepts underlying our thinking about corporate responsibilities, particularly with respect to the environment and inter-generational justice, but also in relation to
Rapid technological advances, the establishment of large-scale biobanks, and the exchange of data across international boundaries raise a variety of questions for regulators struggling with the proble
This volume focuses on Wendy Davies's work on early medieval Breton texts and their implications. Beginning with core analyses of the Redon and LandAcvennec cartularies, it continues with papers that
British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be most remembered for his entanglement with George Bush and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, Dornan, of King's College UK, points out that many of the
Establishing strategic partnerships is a key objective for the European Union. These partnerships provide frameworks for flexible and long-term cooperation with global and regional players. This book
Despite growing concern with the effects of concurrent task demands on human performance, and research demonstrating that these demands are associated with vulnerability to error, so far there has bee
In her analysis of the South African novelist J. M. Coetzee's literary and intellectual career, Jane Poyner illuminates the author's abiding preoccupation with what Poyner calls the "paradox
The efforts in Jacobean England to unify England and Scotland included dynastic marriages, which were carried out with extraordinary preparation and pomp, as described in this superb study by Curran (
Recent years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in the connections between sexualities, space and place. Drawing established and 'founding' figures of the field together with emerging authors, t
This volume deals with questions of political and constitutional principle and theory that affect the law and regulation of content in new media that are based on digital technology. In the light of c
These essays deal with two central preoccupations: the new styles of political behaviour developed by Christian rulers and Christian congregations during the century or so after Constantine's conversi
With the Christian church in the west in decline, some churches are undergoing difficult transitions as they seek to become relevant, to both themselves and their surrounding cultures. Evangelicalism
Beginning with the premise that men and women of the Romantic period were lively interlocutors who participated in many of the same literary traditions and experiments, Fellow Romantics offers an insp
This book examines Shakespeare's fascination with the art of narrative and the visuality of language. Richard Meek complicates our conception of Shakespeare as either a 'man of the theatre' or a 'lite
Since the 1980s, musicians and audiences in Athens have been rediscovering musical traditions associated with the Ottoman period of Greek history. The result of this revivalist movement has been the u
The gawking tourist with cameras dangling from his neck is a universal icon. Robinson and Picard, of Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, have gathered essays on tourists and photography. The views are
Academic philosophers and military personnel in countries with sterling ethical reputations--the US, Israel, and Britain among others--offer advice on how to teach soldiers about ethics in today's con
Of particular interest to scholars concerned with medieval technology and technology as well as those interested in medieval art and architecture, this is a "special publication" in the series publish
Rural Identities investigates and engages with the ways in which ideas of the English countryside and rural nature, are enrolled into and fashion the narratives of Englishness. At the heart of the boo
With both opponents and a significant number of proponents of the death penalty widely agreeing that the capital punishment system in the United States is almost irrevocably broken (to the extent that
Combining linguistic theory with analytical concepts and literary interpretation and appreciation, Jane Austen's Narrative Techniques traces the creation and development of Austen's narrative techniqu
This book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment, with consideration given to government policy, marketing by suppliers,
The Romantic Legacy of Paradise Lost offers a new critical insight into the relationship between Milton and the Romantic poets. Beginning with a discussion of the role that seventeenth and eighteenth-
The evolving role of fathers in familial power relations is explored in this volume, with Aitken (geography, San Diego State U. and the Norwegian U. of Science and Technology) noting that societal not
Writing from within the social sciences and the humanities, but with a distinctly sociological perspective, scholars search for the real authenticity behind all the controversy about it. Their topics
This book opens up the debate on the interrelations between space and mobilities with regard to different dimensions of social inequality. Based on the premise that the dynamics caused by modernizatio
Athenagoras of Athens was a Christian thinker of the second century who engaged with contemporary philosophical thought in the matters of the divine, and the relationship of that divine to the materia
The role of popular music in advertising is examined in this volume, with Klein (media industries, U. of Leeds, UK) investigating such topics as authorship and ownership issues and the legitimization
With its emphasis on early modern emissaries and their role in England's expansionary ventures and cross-cultural encounters across the globe, this collection of essays takes the messenger figure as a
Drawing on recent research in prospective memory and on a much longer history of studies of the basic mechanisms of attention memory, three human factors researchers with the National Aeronautical and
For decades North Africa and the Middle East have experienced overlapping identities and integration processes. With the exception of Morocco, the countries of North Africa have supported the re-launc
