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
Comprehensive gender equality remains an unfulfilled goal in many European countries, in spite of important developments and challenges to the traditional gendered division of labour. This volume revi
Constable (medieval studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) is one of the preeminent medievalists working today. He was one of the first historians to look at the Crusades from the point of
Three churches have recently produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a
While the physical British landscape itself may not have changed much during the 1950s, representations of the landscape in painting in that era underwent several imaginative and intellectual transfor
Based largely on the findings of a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK, called "Safeguarding heritage at risk: disaster management in UK archives, libraries and museum
Jacques (political science, U. of Central Florida) discusses the emergence of environmental skepticism in conservative think tanks in the United States and notes its role as a counter-movement tool to
This is the third collection of articles by Bruce Campbell to appear in the Variorum series. Late medieval England was an overwhelmingly rural society. Never since has such a large proportion of the p
Many historians consider the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648, to mark a watershed in European international relations. It is generally agreed that Westphalia brought to
This is the first book on social capital and trust informed by a critical geographical perspective. The authors examine the role of social capital in the constitution and reproduction of urban network
Traditional critical editing is considered by many to be inadequate for the expression and interpretation of complex works of literature. This book discusses whether and how paradigms for developing a
In these studies Michael Macdonald examines the extraordinary flowering of literacy in both the settled and nomadic populations of western Arabia in the 1500 years before the birth of Islam, when a la
Bazand-Nelson (Modern Art in Latin America, Tulane University) examines the art of Argentine Liliana Porter through four decades. While she gives some biographical information, the main thrust of Baza
The concept of moral panic has received considerable scholarly attention, but as yet little attention has been accorded to panics over children and youth. This is the first book to examine this import
The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theo
Reconciliation: what makes it possible, what impedes it, how to foster and promote it and how to build the social conditions in which it can flourish? These are pressing questions for an increasingly
This book is about war and popular culture, and war in popular culture. Tara Brabazon summons, probes, questions and reclaims popular culture, challenging the assumptions of war, whiteness, Christiani
Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, which is determined by the transport services provided
Many people in the West or global North now live in a culture of 24/7 instant messaging, iPods and MP3s, streamed content, blogs, ubiquitous digital images and Facebook. But they are also surrounded b
The Fourth Crusade (1201-1204), launched to restore Jerusalem to Christian control, veered widely off course, finally landing at Constantinople which it conquered and sacked. The effects of the crusad
It has often been remarked that law and religion have much in common. One of the most conspicuous elements is that both law and religion frequently refer to a text that has authority over the members
Many effects of environmental and energy policy are likely to disproportionately burden those with low income. First, it raises the price of fossil-fuel-intensive products that constitute a high fract
Examining the impact of the international agreements that address plant genetic resources in agriculture, Andersen (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) finds that they have led to a situation where man
Engaging with contemporary Anglican theology of the Eucharist through the concept of anamnesis, this book seeks to enrich the Church's understanding of transformation and mission. Eucharistic theology
The eighteenth century in Europe was a time of scientific experimentation and discovery. Electricity, chemical interactions and the properties of contained hot air were some of the subjects that lent
In recent decades, the historiography of early modern Ireland in general, and of the seventeenth century in particular, has been revitalised. However, whilst much of this new work has focused either o
Rome in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was a Mecca for artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael. Burke and Bury, both in art history at the University of Edinburgh, are interested in who paid
The 13 essays are not actual conference papers, but were commissioned for the volume from presenters at 2006 and 2007 international conferences sponsored by the British Sociological Association. The u
Considering the steady increase in intellectual property rights in the last century, does it make sense to speak of a€?usera€?s rightsa€? and can limitations on intellectual liberty be justified from
Graham (English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) offers four interlocked essays discussing the writings of Jane Austen and Charles Darwin. The author, who has an avid interest in the writ
The purpose of monuments is to attract visitors and elicit from them a memory of the dead, says Sherlock (history, U. of Melbourne, Australia), and they do so by telling stories. He investigates the m
The voluminous literature on hoaxes has not spared the 18th century, says Lynch (English, Rutgers U., New Jersey), but his account differs from the many others by focusing not on the fakers but on the
Garrett (English, California State U., Los Angeles) analyzes Wordsworth's lifelong fascination with the national census and other authorities about English identity such as findings of surveys and the
Constructed space is defined by its shape, by the materials with which it is enclosed and by the objects that are placed within or decorate its exterior or interior. The interaction of these crafted o
Scientific realism is the position that the aim of science is to advance on truth and increase knowledge about observable and unobservable aspects of the mind-independent world which we inhabit. This
Todd Butler here proposes a new epistemology of early modern politics, one that sees-as did writers of the period-human thought as a precursor to political action. By focusing not on reason or the wil
Havholm (English, College of Wooster, Ohio) traces some aspects of Kipling's (1865-1936) work that critics have found most disturbing to events in the young writer's life in 1883, and his first encoun
Contemporary culture is rediscovering the importance of beauty for both social transformation and personal happiness. Theologians have sought, in their varied ways, to demonstrate how God's beauty is
What was playing on stage at a medieval or early modern festival was not always a matching accessory. Its content may not reflect the appropriate feast day, for example, or its manner of presentation
