Taking its departure point from the 1933 surrealist photographs of a€?involuntary sculpturesa€? by BrassaA¯ and DalA-, Found Sculpture and Photography from Surrealism to Contemporary Art offers fresh
Spiritual and Visionary Communities provides a balanced introduction to a diverse range of communities worldwide. Focusing on communities which have had little previous academic or public attention, t
Hand (art history, Missouri State U.) studies books that were commissioned, owned, or received by women. These were devotional books that were interactive--that is, they served multiple purposes and w
Hugely popular in its own day, Peter Beckford's Thoughts on Hunting is often cited as marking the birth of modern hunting and continues to be quoted from affectionately today by the hunting fraternity
War has been both an agent of destruction and a catalyst for innovation. These two, at first sight contradictory, yet mutually constitutive outcomes of war-waging are particularly pronounced in twenti
Christianity proclaims Christ and the incarnate word of God; the Bible is described as the Word of God in both Jewish and Christian tradition. Are these usages merely homonymous, or would the ancients
Christianity proclaims Christ and the incarnate word of God; the Bible is described as the Word of God in both Jewish and Christian tradition. Are these usages merely homonymous, or would the ancients
Antitrust and competition law have grown dramatically in importance and significance over the last fifty years. US antitrust law has been the principal source of inspiration for jurisdictions wishing
A valuable and timely contribution to the scholarship of environmental management, this book assesses how the Europeanization and marketization of European industries, prominent European public manage
The British Pacific Fleet was formed in October 1944 and dispatched to fight alongside the USN in the Central Pacific under Admiral Nimitz. Deploying previously unpublished documents, this book reveal
Fineman (Emory U.), Jackson (U. of California at Berkeley), and Romero (Yale Law School) present 21 chapters exploring debates between and among feminist and queer legal theorists, with a particular f
At the heart of this book is the problem of war termination. Britain won an almost unbroken string of tactical military victories during an undeclared war against the Republic of Indonesia in the 1960
This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of wh
Placing the works of Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin in conversation with one another, Piggott argues that the two writers display a shared vision of modernity. Her analysis of their works shows t
As the world continues to recover from one of the most dramatic financial crises in a generation, expanding corporations are increasingly, yet cautiously, seeking out international investment opportun
The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality provides academics and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in the area of
Queer Tracks describes motifs in popular music that deviate from heterosexual orientation, the binary gender system and fixed identities. This exciting cutting-edge work deals with the key concepts of
The study of human reproduction has focused on reproductive 'success' and on the struggle to achieve this, rather than on the much more common experience of 'failure', or reproductive loss. Drawing on
Exploring people of part-Thai parentage in Britain and Germany, Haritaworn (gender, race, and environment, York U., Canada) discusses haunted origins, where you are from, regenerating racialized bodie
Historians of art and architecture address the creation and deployment of visual art and architecture to embody political ideals, promote political agendas, or otherwise serve the concerns of governme
The two editors (both affiliated with the U. of British Columbia, Canada) are also contributors to this volume, which comprises 13 essays on something of a touchy topic for social scientists: how to s
There has been little public outcry in the US over modern-day human trafficking, even sex trafficking, because of perceptions that those bought and sold are merely undocumented workers in the country
The objective of this book is to analyse the historical relationships between the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimage and political power within Europe, from the Middle Ages up to the present day. It e
In the wake of financial meltdown and environmental disaster, employers increasingly demand that managers have an understanding of ethical decision making, corporate social responsibility and values-b
More than a biography of Mary Medd (nee Crowley), one of the foremost Modernist architects in the UK, this book critically examines her innovative designs for school buildings in post-war Britain. In
The papers assembled in this selection of studies range in subject matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is neve
Creasman (history, Carnegie Mellon U.) focuses on censorship in late 16th- and early 17th-century Germany, and in particular four critical episodes in the urban Reformation. She analyzes censorship la
Malcolm Carey provides social work students, academics and practitioners with a practical guide to completion of a small-scale qualitative research project or dissertation. This clear text takes the r
The problems and debates surrounding climate change possess closely intertwined social and scientific aspects. This book highlights the importance of researching climate change through a multi-discipl
This anthology of architectural theory and analysis deals with relationships between colonialism and colonial and post-colonial architecture, particularly in former territories of the British Orient.
In these essays, Andrew Cunningham is concerned with issues of identity - what was the identity of topics, disciplines, arguments, diseases in the past, and whether they are identical with (more usual
The series this book belongs to presents new translations of primary sources relating to the crusades, but Pringle (history, archaeology, and religion; Cardiff U., Wales) finds a close enough link bet
This book presents a series of case studies from Western Europe, Australia and North America demonstrating the transnational character of Islamophobia. Exploring various sites of conflict, Global Isla
Examining a wide range of ekphrastic poems, David Kennedy argues that contemporary British poets writing out of both mainstream and avant-garde traditions challenge established critical models of ekph
Tracing a queer-environmental lineage in American Romantic and post-Romantic literature, Azzarello (English, Southern U. at New Orleans) brings together the atypically-connected fields of queer studie
The American Reaper adopts a network approach to account for the international diffusion of harvesting technology from North America, from the invention of the reaper through to the formation of a dom
This collection of ten articles on civil-military relations examines issues of US and international processes surrounding foreign policy driven, military decision making and explores the ways in which
Womack (English, Penn State U.) et al. assemble 14 essays on the impact of Bruce Springsteen on American society's views of politics, social justice, Americana, gender, narrative, religion, multicultu
Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these
This collection of essays, presented as chapters, examines several social and political realities across North America. They are chiefly concerned with issues of migration, intergovernmental relations
