Mera and Burnand (music technology and Centre for the Study of Composition for Screen, Royal College, of Music, UK) bring together 12 essays on European film music, which has not been studied widely i
The endurance of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon on the Billboard Top 100 Chart is legendary, and its continuing sales and ongoing radio airplay ensure its inclusion on almost every conceivable
Outlining the different types of financial crime and its impact, this book is a user-friendly, up-to-date guide to the regulatory processes, systems and legislation which exist in the UK. Each chapter
The origin of the Western military tradition in Greece 750a€“362 BC is fraught with controversies, such as the date and nature of the phalanx, the role of agricultural destruction and the existence of
World War II defined the 20th century and shaped the contemporary world; from the decolonization of Africa to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This comprehensive series, edited by one of the worl
Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets, and a poor business response to this risk can lead to reputational damage, or worse. At the same time, climate change can bring oppor
Engaging with a series of questions regarding which collections owned works by Durer in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had access to them, and why so many artists copied or emulated his work, Bubeni
In the English-speaking world the First World War is all too often portrayed primarily as a conflict between Britain and Germany. The vast majority of books focus on the Anglo-German struggle, and ign
The Chester Cycle is a remarkable suite of medieval mystery plays, created by and for the people of Chester, England, a city founded by the ancient Romans and occupied until the present day. These pla
How does one go about writing the history of musical composition in the late twentieth century when, on the one hand, so much of it seems impossibly fractured and disassociated, and, on the other, the
Research into the ways in which the past is constructed and consumed in the present is now reaching a mature stage. This maturity derives from the general acceptance that heritage as a social and cult
Both much loved and enigmatic, Manet was a central figure of the vibrant cultural world of late-19th-century Paris. The nine essays of this collection, written by senior art historians in the U.S. and
The cognitive science of religion is a relatively new academic field in the study of the origins and causes of religious belief and behaviour. The focal point of empirical research is the role of basi
In recent decades the study of British foreign policy and diplomacy has broadened in focus. No longer is it enough for historians to look at the actions of the elite figures - diplomats and foreign se
Rignall (emeritus, U. of Warwick) has written extensively about British novelist Eliot (1819-80) and here shows how she aspired to be, and was long considered to be, a writer in the broad European cur
The studies brought together here are based on Amnon Cohen's many years of research in the archives of the Shari'a courts in Jerusalem, as well as archives in Ankara and Istanbul, London and Paris, co
Shaw (U. of York) updates and significantly revises the 1996 first edition to take account of the many changes in qualitative social work over the intervening decade and a half. It is not as difficult
Though the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria had a long history of art patronage and collecting, it was Wilhelm V, who ruled 1579-97, that realized the political and cultural value of a cohesive policy of
The topic is smack in the middle of headlines these days in connection with nuclear power plants in Japan, and the world watches how the power of the recent earthquake and tsunami simply overwhelmed t
Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide sele
The law of energy and natural resources has always had a strong focus on property as one of its components, but there are relatively few comparative, book-length treatments of both property law and en
A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and e
Hyacinth Bobone (c. 1105a€“1198) was one of the great figures of twelfth-century Europe. Active in the Roman Curia from the 1120s, a student in Paris, and associated with both Peter Abelard and Arnold
Canons are central to our understanding of our culture, and yet in the last thirty years there has been much conflict and uncertainty created by the idea of the canon. In essence, the canon comprises
Orwell himself is not unsung, of course, says Saunders (Liverpool Hope U., Britain): his political and satirical novels and non-fiction books are as popular as ever. It is his novels from the 1930s th
Raynal's work was a best-seller in the late eighteenth century, despite its running to over one million words and its world-wide scope. Raynal had access to a vast quantity of documentary evidence and
Students and scholars of the Crusades will welcome this full and thoughtful study on the experience of crusading as expressed in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis of 1248, a first-hand account of the Fre
Following Roy Newsome's highly acclaimed study Brass Roots: One Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music, this book takes up the story of bands and their development from the 1930s to the start of
Drawing on a range of perspectives in the religion culture debate, and from case studies in the USA and Europe, the book explores the myriad of ways in which culture is now shaping contemporary Christ
James (1208-76) himself wrote the account of his major military campaigns and some selected political events of his reign in what has become of the great works on medieval Catalan literature and an im
Harrison (U. of Hull) and Ryder (U. of the West of England) look at the regulatory processes, systems, and pieces of legislation relating to financial crime in Britain, assess them in terms of their e
McDowell examines hope in the theology of Karl Barth (1886-1968) and the eschatological soil in which he finds it germinated and nourished, a little studied aspect of his work. He contends that the ne
The early-Republican era (1923-1938) was a major period of musical and cultural change in Turkey. Alaturka: Style in Turkish Music is a study of the significance of style in Turkish music and, in part
Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked a significant watershed in the history of the Western Church and society. This book provides a long
The City has long been the main generator of London's wealth and, needless to say, the impact of the Economic Crisis in the recent years on the City has greatly affected the wider urban and surroundin
"Paul Celan, who has long been recognized as the most important poet of the German language after World War II, repeatedly referred to music and song in his poetic oeuvre, and few writers of the post-
In a culture obsessed with law, judgment, and violence, this book challenges Christians to remember that Jesus urged his followers to judge no one, bring harm upon no one, and follow no law save the l
Dr Henri de Rothschild was a fifth generation Rothschild and perhaps the most famous of the Paris Rothschilds of the fin-de-siA‥cle period. A 'sleeping partner' of the bank and the non-drinking owner
The translation and edition of a Portuguese account of the coasts of Africa and their discovery, written c.1505-1508. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 19
This forms part of the original Book II of Cieza's 'Civil Wars of Peru', translated and edited. For other sections of the same source, in volumes variously titled, see Second Series 31 and 54. This is
