This book highlights the citizens' continuous participation in a wide range of urban affairs, especially outside institutional frameworks. It brings together an interdisciplinary team of French, Briti
This book focuses on the important work of Karl Mannheim by demonstrating how his theoretical conception of a reflexive sociology took shape as a collaborative empirical research programme. The author
The Peace Corps was an early contemporary example of international social work. Thousands of idealistic Americans went to bring the benefits of western culture to the rest of the world. Times have cha
The authors (of the U. of Nevada and Oklahoma State U.) analyze the use and regulation of narcotics in China from the Imperial era to the present. They use a comparative and historical approach in ord
Presented by Veltmeyer (St. Mary's U., Canada), this volume's 11 chapters provide critical perspectives on the dynamics of "globalization" and "antiglobalization." Opening chapters review theoretical
It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety, considering, in d
Britain, the Empire, and the World at the Great Exhibition is the first book to situate the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in a truly global context. Addressing national, imperial, and internationa
This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the internal arrangement of church buildings in Western Europe between 1500 and 2000, showing how these arrangements have met the liturgical n
This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the internal arrangement of church buildings in Western Europe between 1500 and 2000, showing how these arrangements have met the liturgical n
Rhodes (art history, Hollins U.) takes modern readers through the historical, visual and cultural symbolism of Ophelia, showing how she was represented in public and private in literature, art, and th
This book systematically documents the experiences of Ghanaian communities in North America as a case study of the new African migration. The rapid increase in the number of Ghanaians lawfully admitte
Secrecy in US Foreign Policy examines the pursuit of strict secrecy by President Nixon and his National Security Advisor Kissinger in foreign policy decision making in relation to the US rapprochement
A recurring theme in the history of modern Britain in the twentieth-century has been the failure of its manufacturing industry and the record of disorder and conflict in the industrial workplace. This
Adding a new dimension to the ongoing scholarly and political debate about Islamism or political Islam within the context of modern politics in Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, this study
It is said the "Anonymous" was a woman. Roberts (art history, Lake Forest College) proves that for some Renaissance art, this is certainly true. She has traced the production of a number of known work
How can beliefs, which are immaterial, be about things? How can the body be the seat of thought? This book traces the historical roots of the cognitive sciences and examines pre-modern conceptualizati
Over the past two decades, the organization and provision of air traffic control (ATC) services has been dramatically transformed. Privatization and commercialization of air navigation has become comm
Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expe
This book provides a reassessment of the theory of magnificence in light of the related social virtue of splendour. Author James Lindow highlights how magnificence, when applied to private palaces, ex
It is widely acknowledged that we are witnessing a major transformation of public policy making, a transformation which has been labelled as a change from 'government' to 'governance'. Governance is u
Benvenuto Olivieri was a Florentine banker active in Rome during the first half of the sixteenth century. A self made man without any great family patrimony, he rose to prominence during the pontifica
Focusing on the "long eighteenth century" in England (1660-1832), and the issues of representation, hybridity and ethics, contributors address gross metempsychosis and the Eastern soul, mixed ethnicit
In her innovative and fruitful approach to Renaissance portraiture, Levy (art history, Wheaton College) argues that these paintings were generated within a discourse of male anxiety and pre-mortuary m
Examining the interactions of early modern male and female writers within the context of literary circles, Campbell (English, Eastern Illinois U.) investigates the ways the querelle des femmes as a di
From perspectives of philosophy, art, and literature, scholars from Europe, Asia, and the US ponder aspects of that branch of philosophy known as comparative or transcultural aesthetics. Their topics
At the beginning of the 19th century, says Waller (art and art history, U. of Missouri-Saint Louis), the academic stereotype of a artist's model was male, and his role off the model stand was irreleva
Technology is one of the dominant forces shaping the emerging postmodern world. Indeed the very fabric of daily life is dependent upon various information, communication, and transportation technologi
Seeking to rescue 17th-century French salons from the ridicule they have labored under since Moliere, Beasley (French, Dartmouth College), finds them to be a rich terrain for studying the fabrication
Exploring the impact of globalization and the growth of the new economy on specific professional labor markets in Asia, Brooks (psychology and sociology, SIM U., Singapore) examines professional women
Although known for his treatise Theory of Harmony, composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) wrote several other unfinished manuscripts on music theory. Dudeque (music theory, Federal U., Brazil) attempt
This volume covers opera in Italy, France, England and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789a€“1914). The book is divided into four sections that are thematically, rather than geograph
Taviano (English, U. of Messina, Italy) explores the translation and stage production of works by the two contemporary Italian playwrights in Britain and the US, placing these activities within the br
Haines (criminology, U. of Melbourne) examines how globalization has affected safety standards in the rapidly industrializing context of Southeast Asia, particularly in response to a May 1993 fire nea
Legalizing the current markets in human organs, says Taylor (Louisiana State U.) would relieve the increasing shortage of human organs wanted for transplantation, and would help end abuse and sufferin
How have national identities changed, developed and reacted in the wake of transition from communism to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? Central and Eastern Europe After Transition defines and
With this original study, Melissa Mowry makes a strong contribution to a provocative interdisciplinary conversation about an important and influential sub genre: seventeenth-century political pornogra
Through this detailed study of a single class of disabled person, a considerable contribution is made to the wider literature on the 'mixed economy of welfare' and the history of charity generally. Th
Carabott (modern Greek history, King's College London, UK) and Sfikas (contemporary Greek history, U. of Ioannina, Greece) present 15 pieces of new scholarship on the Greek Civil War of the 1940s. Sep
Without aspiring to a comprehensive re-examination of Eleonora's (1522-62) life, North American and European art historians and other scholars begin an effort to present her in a more positive light t
