How are businesses responding to global changes in markets driven by changes in technology? Whatever the industry, the trends are familiar: globalization and the rise of industrial conglomerates, merg
The European Union (EU) is a key partner for African regional organizations and a major promoter of economic and political integration in the region. Several studies have interpreted the EU's role in
The Constitution of Japan has served the country for more than half a century, creating and maintaining a stable and functional democratic system. This book innovatively interprets Japanese politics a
Linking the decline in Church authority in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries with the increasing respectability of fiction, Carol Stewart provides a new perspective on the rise of th
Heinrich Heshusius (1556-97) became a leading church superintendent and polemicist during the early age of Lutheran orthodoxy, and played a major role in the reform and administration of several Germ
In The World of William Byrd John Harley builds on his previous work, William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Ashgate, 1997), in order to place the composer more clearly in his social context. He
The essays in Word and Self Estranged in English Texts, 1550-1660, consider diverse historical contexts for writing about 'strangeness'. They draw on current practices of reading to present contrasts
Leading global experts in the field of politics and mathematics bring forth key insights on how voting power should be allocated between EU member states, and what the policy consequences are of any g
Following the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qa'ida, President Bush declared war on terror. In the succeeding years, Western governments have struggled to find the right way to respond to the new and deadly threa
Contributors to this collection of essays are UK and American academics in religious studies, divinity, law, and international affairs, in addition to former officials in England's Ministry of Defense
Collectivistic Religions draws upon empirical studies of Christianity in Europe to address questions of religion and collective identity, religion and nationalism, religion and public life, and relig
Foley (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) visited spas and holy wells all over Ireland in his research for this fascinating study of waters that heal. From the remote well blessed by a deity or
How do mothers manage the experience of separation when their children leave home?The vast majority of academic texts on motherhood have focussed on women's experiences of the early years of motherin
Though the works of British novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) have been widely and thoroughly dissected, says Walsh (English and American literature, U. of Reading, Britain), those assigned to the
The intense and continuing popularity of the long-running television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) has long been matched by the range and depth of the academic critical response. This volu
"...an exceptionally strong study of seventeenth-century British poetry and its important---even crucial---relationship to a still larger, richer discourse of subjects and objects, gifts and debts, o
Attinello (music studies, U. of Newcastle, UK) et al. compile 13 essays on the use and meaning of music, sound, and silence in the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Music, cultural studies, media, Eng
... a strong and innovative contribution to scholarship ...where dress, interiors and personal identity come together. The book prompted me to think about my own scholarship in different and intersti
Late in life, German musicologist Eggebrecht (1919-99) summarized everything he had thought and written about music over the years, clarifying and supplementing when appropriate. He addresses both mus
The studies here deal with the first half of the period of almost four centuries (1191-1571) when Greeks, Latins, and other groups coexisted on the island of Cyprus. Under the French-speaking Lusignan
The definition of 'heavy metal' is often a contentious issue and in this lively and accessible text Andrew Cope presents a refreshing re-evaluation of the rules that define heavy metal as a musical ge
In this volume, feminist sociologists from seven countries examine what citizenship means to women, searching for answers in women's everyday lives. Essays deal with both historical and contemporary e
This book explores case studies of military burden-sharing between the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom in operations outside of NATO's formerly traditional geographic are
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
China's rise within global society and politics has brought it into the spotlight - for social scientists, the country's long and dramatic transformations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries m
Examining women who exist outside the primary courtship plot but return to challenge the resolution of the narrative, Camden (English, U. of Indianapolis) focuses on the marriage plot in order to amen
Green (geography, King's College, London) traces the history of the implementation of the British Poor Law in London from the first enactment in 1790 through the 1867 Metropolitan Poor Act. He points
Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which development practitioners operate. Their usefulness as a collect
Shakespeare and Wales offers a 'Welsh correction' to a long-standing deficiency. It explores the place of Wales in Shakespeare's drama and in Shakespeare criticism, covering ground from the absorption
In July 2005 did medievalists journey from France, England, and the US to Leeds to examine the nature and varieties of vengeance within such medieval contexts as a particular region, text, or social m
Should sight trump the other four senses when experiencing and evaluating art? Art, History and the Senses: 1830 to the Present questions whether the authority of the visual in 'visual culture' should
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
Scarborough, of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has gathered a selection of articles which he wrote between 1977-2002 on pharmaceutical knowledge in ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium. He begi
This collection presents numerous discoveries and fresh insights into music and musical practices that shaped distinctly localized individual and collective identities in pre-modern and early modern E
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
This volume explores the relationship between women and possessions over the period from 1750-1950. The articles are by scholars from English, history and art history. Goggin and Tobin, both in Englis
Musicologist Lowerre takes the pivotal years from 1695-1705 to examine the role of music in the London theater. Using extant librettos, newspaper reports and state records, she traces the fortunes of
In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 18
Having an accurate understanding of what is going on is a key commodity for teams working within military systems. 'Situation awareness' (SA) is the term that is used within human factors circles to d
Adolph (English, Kent State University-Stark Campus) uses the tropes of food consumption, preparation and serving to explore a unification of mind and body in the fiction of British writers, Barbara P
