The authors (of the U. of Oklahoma) explore a range of issues relevant to port and shipping container security at the international and domestic levels. They analyze cooperative efforts between US age
"A thoughtful addition to studies of representation and the body, Perdigao's book sheds new light on a wide range of American authors who meditate on death, mourning, and language, especially as these
Globalization and attendant modernization has increased both the supply and the demand for drugs around the world. Drug abuse is no longer the concern of only the developed world. Countries without hi
Kestner (English and film studies at the U. of Tulsa, USA) presents this study focusing on British masculinities in adventure fiction from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing from authors
Feminists of the 19th-century analyzed rape and other sexual violence in the context of abolitionism and the sanctity of the body, explains Harrington (Victoria U. of Wellington, New Zealand), but bet
The research presented in this volume is very recent, and the general approach is that of rethinking popular musicology: its purpose, its aims, and its methods. Contributors to the volume were asked
Sly (music theory, Michigan State U.) presents nine studies of sonata form by him and other music theorists from the US and Canada who analyze, from various perspectives, Beethoven's String Quartet Op
The last twenty-five years have seen exciting new developments in scholarly work on Lady Mary Wroth, whose Urania and Pamphilia to Amphilanthus constitute the first romance and the first sonnet sequen
Jane Barker (1652-1732) is increasingly being recognised as one of the most important English women writers of the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. The author of both poems and novels
Edmund Burkea€?s iconic stance against the French Revolution and its supposed Enlightenment inspiration, has ensured his central role in debates about the nature of modernity and freedom. It has now b
Offering a clear and logical analysis of the panoply of European Union aid policies and a theoretically informed evaluation of their operation, Patrick Holden contends that the major thrust of EU aid
Throughout the course of the twentieth century, as newly formed nations sought ways to develop and formalise their national identity and acquire a range of identifiable national assets, we find new mu
Cobussen (Leiden U., The Netherlands) considers the mutual relationship between music and spirituality, describing it as a threshold, or place on the border that is the space between one and the other
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. His keen understanding of poetry and his uncanny ability to translate
How have Jews experienced their environments and how have they engaged with specific places? How do Jewish spaces emerge, how are they contested, performed and used? With these questions in mind, this
Dr. Cotter, who works with the Social Security Law Firm, has previously published books on both race and gender discrimination, now focuses on age discrimination and how the court systems have address
The scandal of this collection lies not just in its equating law and resistance but also in its consequent revision of those critical, realist, social, and even positivist theories that would constitu
In our post 9/11 world where there is a growing religious fundamentalism, and when both exclusion and easy tolerance are inadequate options, this book offers a creative alternative arguing that Pentec
Critical Essays in Popular Musicology is an essential reference work which reproduces in facsimile form many of the most important and innovative journal articles and papers in the field, along with a
William III (1650a€“1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians, as it encompassed such defining events as the Dut
Karl Barth repeatedly spoke of the centrality and unparalleled significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for his theological understanding, yet a clear grasp of its nature and scope in Barth co
Scholars of philosophy, mostly from Europe but also the US and Australia, review and assess the contribution of British philosopher Popper (1902-94) to the two fields of philosophy. Their topics inclu
British philosopher Popper's (1902-94) contributions to mathematics and logic, physics, biology, and the social sciences are reviewed in 24 papers from a conference held in Vienna in July 2002 to comm
In this volume, Drewett (sociology, Rhodes U., South Africa) and Cloonan (popular music, U. of Glasgow, UK) assemble 14 essays that examine the censorship of musicians in colonial and post-colonial Af
Born of the best of the collegiate environment, namely, sincere and continuing debate, this collection of 16 papers casts new light on some of the most heated analytical and metaphysical challenges fa
A scholar of language, liturgy, and education, Davies explores how the language used in liturgies of Anglican churches has changed to remain colloquial. He takes The Church of England and the Anglican
In recent decades, asylum has emerged as a highly politicized European issue. The term a€?asylum seekera€? has suffered a negative perception and has been associated with notions of illegality and cri
Asua (U. Nacional de San Martin, Argentina) and French (history and philosophy, Cambridge U. until his death in May 2003) are not concerned with the zoological identification of species seen by Europe
Hillier (U. of Newcastle) and Rooksby (Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia) introduce the concept of "habitus," a sense of one's place in a society, developed by the late French
The psychology of aging is an exciting and rapidly-developing field. This volume provides a collection of classic, original and often widely-cited papers, including some older papers which may be hard
Written by contributors from Europe, the US, and Latin America, chapters in the first section examine the theoretical roots of Leninism, the tradition of anti-Leninist Marxism, and the thread of Marx'
Rarely do theological thinkers have the opportunity to present their own self-understanding of both their context and their methodology and the inter-relation of the two. This book gives leading theol
Forey (emeritus, history, U. of Durham, UK) reconstructs the series of trials and sieges undertaken to remove the military order of the Templars from Spain in this fascinating and well-documented hist
If the growing demand for global governance breathed new life into the established G7/8 and the more recent G20, it raised questions about the evolving and optimal relationship between them. One answe
Presented in two volumes, The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700 assesses the current state of scholarship on members of the Sidney family and their impact, as historical and/or lite
What has been the political impact of the Eurozone Debt Crisis in the UK? To what extent have the bank collapses and bailouts reinforced Britaina€?s Eurosceptic trajectory? In this revised and updated
Fans constitute a very special kind of audience. They have been marginalized, ridiculed and stigmatized, yet at the same time they seem to represent the vanguard of new relationships with and within t
The right to bodily integrity has become a notable controversial issue within moral, political and legal discourse and this right is regarded as one of the most precious rights that persons have, alon
It is by fitting the world into neatly defined boxes that Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain philosophers were able to gain unparalleled insights into the nature of reality, God, language and thought itself. S
This book reviews the situation and results of research and policies that have left refugees as a forgotten group in protracted situations. The work by experts who conducted field work in these count
