Social differentiation, poverty and the emergence of the newly rich occasioned by the collapse of the Soviet Union have seldom been analysed from a class perspective. Rethinking Class in Russia addres
The Collective Imagination explores the social foundations of the human imagination. In a lucid and wide-ranging discussion, Peter Murphy looks at the collective expression of the imagination in our e
Resilience engineering has consistently argued that safety is more than the absence of failures. Since the first book was published in 2006, several book chapters and papers have demonstrated the adva
In this volume, the theme of early-modern European urban migration is explored through a series of historical contexts. Each chapter demonstrates how the presence of diverse and often temporary groups
Drawing on rich ethnographic work in both Eastern and Western Europe, The New Environmentalism? presents a range of case studies to explore the impact of corruption in EU-funded structural development
Exploring the concept of military boredom, this book investigates how soldiers spent their time when not engaged in battle, work or training through a study of their creative, imaginative and intellec
A team of specialists in safety, two from St. Louis University and two from business, introduce the safety culture pyramid, a contextual framework that goes beyond the conventional safety climate metr
te Velde examines Commonwealth identity through the lens of its membership criteria, its recent enlargement and its constant reincarnation. Far from being an old relic of the past, the Commonwealth is
Queering Conflict offers a unique culturally specific analysis into the ways in which homophobia in Northern Ireland has been informed and sustained during the latter half of the twentieth century. Th
In the Balkans, says Bjelic (U. of Southern Maine, US), the pathology of ethnic hatred and war was conjured up by psychoanalytic language strategically deployed to normalize the contested geography of
Sullivan (U. of California at Los Angeles) explores the ways in which the interconnected theories of speech acts and the performative can be applied to five aspects of geography: cartographical constr
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Art Discourse in the Sixteenth-Century Netherlands examines the later images by Bruegel in the context of two contemporary discourses a€“ art theoretical and convivial. The f
Nicholson, a highly regarded scholar of Crusader history and a specialist on the Templars, has produced a magisterial 2-volume work, containing the legal proceedings of 1307-1312 against the Templars
In 1964 Kenneth Kaunda and his United National Independence Party (UNIP) government established the nation of Zambia in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia. In parallel with many other newl
This collection of eleven articles on the 1989 military operations to oust Panamanian president General Manuel Noriega focuses on the narrative of events and the analysis of the subsequent political f
Climate change has been a significant area of scientific concern since the late 1970s, but has only recently entered mainstream culture and politics. However, as media coverage of climate change incre
The 14 essays of this collection offer historiography, state-of-research, and new interpretations of the central elements of the English Civil War, with topics that include popish plots, the philosoph
Schneider (U. of Manchester, England) examines the opening and closing addresses to the audience that bracketed many early modern English plays, dramatic elements that he is surprised to find little s
Part of a series that explores music in Britain during the nineteenth century through multidisciplinary lenses, this volume examines the life and work of Lucy Broadwood, an important folk song collect
This is the first comprehensive study of the theological significance of Paul Claudel, a poet frequently cited by literary-minded theologians in Europe and theologically-minded poets (such as von Balt
Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or television series. Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful an
The non-judicial confinement of women is a common event in medieval European literature and hagiography. The literary image of the imprisoned woman, usually a noblewoman, has carried through into the
Women Artists in Interwar France: Framing Femininities illuminates the importance of the SociActAc des Femmes Artists Modernes, more commonly known as FAM, and returns this group to its proper place i
Social scientists from Europe and the US explore some of the often problematic alliances between women across sectional lines--typically class or race--that make feminism as a political movement possi
Defining Iran presents a new and revealing analysis of the way in which Iranian political discourses compete with each other by examining them within the framework of national identity construction. B
As British political commentators watched the United States slide into civil war across the Atlantic, many thought that the war and its consequences held lessons for the future of British parliamentar
In recent years scholars have increasingly challenged and reassessed the once established concept of the 'crisis of the nobility' in early-modern Europe. Offering a range of case studies from countrie
Engaging with the work of Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis within the framework of international modernism, Marinos Pourgouris places the poet's work in the context of other modernist and surr
Premium by Design is a thoroughly researched, well argued and well presented study that identifies how global business leaders have succeeded in achieving margins by design. Thanks to original tools a
Globalising British Policing demonstrates how the policing system in place in Britain today has emerged from an historical overlap of two broad policing models: a civil (English) and a semi-military (
In uncovering the origin of the designation 'University Wits', Bob Logan examines the characteristics of the Wits and their influence on the course of Elizabethan drama. For the first time, Christophe
This collection of texts describing the lives of female domestic servants in late seventeenth and early eighteenth century England presents an interesting examination of the role of women's work in ea
The current surge of interest in the Elizabethan poet, dramatist, prose-writer and critic, Thomas Nashe, follows years of neglect or undisguised hostility. Yet, as early allusions testify, Nashe was a
Pivoting on the region's hosting of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, contributors identified only by name describe the effort, the experience, and the lessons learned, for the enlightenment of others hosti
Ramos (Harvard U.) investigates the urban development of Dubai within the context of the literature on global cities and focusing on the importance of large-scale trade infrastructure for scalar ampli
Following the end of the Second World War, the creation of regional organizations in Europe provided niche functions to help ensure regional stability through security and transition. Yet, as the Cold
More than thirty years have passed since the normalization of Sino-American relations in 1979. The United States and China are becoming more interdependent economically, yet at the same time, signific
Divination is any ritual and its associated tradition performed in order to ask a more-than-human intelligence for guidance. A universal human practice, it has received surprisingly little academic at
Under the rubric of 'Religions of the East', which includes Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Janiism and a myriad of Chinese religio-philosophies, are a vast range of views concerning human sexuality. The
This book provides a good foundation for understanding influences on childrena€?s health and development. The volume brings together in a single reference source the worlda€?s leading thinkers on chil
