Based on a close study of Van Dyck's Self-portrait with a Sunflower, this book examines the picture's context in the symbolic discourses of the period and in the artist's oeuvre. The portrait is inter
The three crusades in as many years were in response to the expansion of Ottoman power into the Balkans, and became a spiritual rather than purely commercial conflict with the blessing of the Pope. Im
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 third of a three-volume corpus that reproduces four texts dealing with the content and impact of the English laws on women's rights.
Parsonage (Leeds College of Music, UK) argues that jazz in Britain was more than a reflection of the genre in America and considers its own separate evolution in London from 1880 to 1935. She analyzes
Drawing on the emerging field of narrative theory in sociology and psychology, Ezzy (University of Tasmania) argues that an individual's response to job loss is a product of the shape of the story a p
The premise of this book is that a shift of vantage will help elucidate various important issues of law related to judging, to bills of rights and to more abstract questions of legal philosophy. The w
This volume uses media studies as a frame for a collection of essays about queer theory. Of the five essays in this volume, two are about films: Gus Van Sant's Milk and Brokeback Mountain. The remaind
Ewan MacColl is widely recognized as a key figure in the English folk revival, who tried to convey traditional music to a mass audience. Dominant in the movement during the 1950s and much of the 1960s
Central state and non-covert surveillance began in earnest at the start of the twentieth century. By the start of the twenty-first century, the UK was one of the most surveilled societies on earth. Th
Islamic legal theory (usA?l al-fiqh) is literally regarded as a€?the roots of the lawa€? whilst Islamic jurists consider it to be the basis of Islamic jurisprudence and thus an essential aspect of Isl
Given that touch and touching is so central to everyday embodied existence, why has it been largely ignored by social scientists for so long? What is the place of touch in our mixed spaces of socialit
Fratricide, also known as friendly fire, is the term used by the British and American military to denote incidents in which an intent to kill the enemy results in accidental harm to members of one's o
As a fellow of the Institute for Human Factors and Ergonomics, Harris (HFI Solutions Ltd., UK) draws on his experience as an editor of human factors journals in this manual on how to avoid the mistake
In 1988, Gilles Deleuze published a discussion of the notion of the term baroque in his Le pli; Leibniz et le Baroque. As we learn in the present volume, Deleuze's work helped historians and art histo
Where it's now routine to see an author photo and bio on every book, author's names were not a given in early modern England, when works were deliberately published without them. The eight essays of t
In this new book, Andrew B. Newberg is advocating a whole new relationship between religion and science, he proposes not that the two stay neutral with regard to each other, but that they help each o
Since 9/11, few airlines have shown their ability to develop innovative strategies in order to cope with the changing marketplace. In Europe, Air France and KLM have set a new trend. For the very fir
Lai (music theory, Baylor U., US) characterizes Chou (b. 1923) as a modernist American composer and firm member of the east coast school, but at the same time a Chinese composer who has rejected the c
In this work, Earle (English, U. of West Florida) is "re-covering" literary modernism in that he is seeking to place it back into the context of the popular fiction and reprint magazines of the teens
This book brings together the fruits of different traditions in legal philosophy and draws on them to develop a systematic thesis on the concept of law. The work uses a legal model to explore the unde
EU-Russian energy dialogue represents a policy issue that forces us to take a serious look at several crucial questions related to the present and future of Europe such as: how can the EU area ensure
Why is shame so central to our identity and to our culture? What is its role in stigmatizing subcultures such as the Irish, the queer or the underclass? Can shame be understood as a productive force?
The Mongols had a profound effect on the regions that they ruled in the eastern Muslim world, from the first Mongol invasion in 1219 through the breakup of the Ilkhanate in 1335 and the various, short
Chamberlain cannot be dismissed as the man in the frock coat who waved a piece of paper in the air and announced to the press Hitler had been appeased. Self, whose expertise in archival research forms
When Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) sought the root of the crisis of German theology at the beginning of the 20th century in the face of the rise of Nazism, says Clough (ethics and systematic
"Law is a powerful tool which can and must be used to better society." (p. 3) This is the theme of Cotter's series of monographs on efforts to combat discrimination. In this volume, she examines relig
During the hand-press period, the 15th to the 18th centuries, all but the most popular books were bought as unbound sheets, and buyers either asked the bookseller for a binding, or took the sheets to
Egerton (1668-1723) launched her career in poetry at age 14 with "Female Advocate: or, An Answer to a Late Satyr Against the Pride, Lust and Inconstancy, &c. of Woman. Written by a Lady in Vindica
On March 26, 1997, the bodies of 39 men and women were found in an opulent mansion outside San Diego, all victims of a mass suicide. Messages left by the Heaven's Gate group indicate that they believe
This is the story of how the Protestants in the GDR struggled to survive while striving to put their theology into practice and remaining true to their vision of what the role of the church should be
Though it's often argued that the communal good was the focus of the medieval world and abandoned in the Renaissance, a more nuanced view is closer to the truth, as is shown in this volume on English
Tobacco is reported to be the second major cause of death in the world and there is ever-increasing interest in the costs of smoking, especially in the light of evidence of the health effects of seco
During the Central Middle Ages Catholics had the opportunity to take part in Holy War in the Latin East in two different but related ways, by taking the Cross and by entering the Order of the Temple.
One of the most significant developments in the study of works of art over the past generation has been a shift in focus from the works themselves to the viewer's experience of them and the relation o
The eight articles of this volume, written by art historians in the UK and the US, offer case studies of the development of books where images play a role greater than mere supplement to the text. App
This volume brings together a set of key articles from the last 30 years pertaining to the environmental history of the Pacific basin. It aims to treat the islands and waters of the Pacific as well as
The primary era of this study a€“ the twentieth century a€“ symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that hav
When a venture seems to be faltering, do you persist and hope that things will get better or do you cut your losses? This may be one of the most important decisions business or project owners may ever
By the middle of the twenty-first century, more than fifty per cent of the world's population will live in an urban environment. Most of this new urban growth will take place in Asia and Africa, yet m
