This popular, foundational text focuses on the social and religious life of Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1625. Jenny Wormald traces the country's turbulent and often calamitous evolution from a m
This popular, foundational text focuses on the social and religious life of Reformation Scotland from 1470 to 1625. Jenny Wormald traces the country's turbulent and often calamitous evolution from a m
Offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity.The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both h
Part of the "Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures" series, this title looks at the relations between two Anglo-American authors, Henry James and Oscar Wilde, and the aesthetic culture they h
Offers a study of 'trauma culture' - a popular culture of traumatic experiences and victim identity. This book demonstrates the significance of unrepresentability for a feminist understanding of sexua
This Glossary explains the key concepts, institutions, personalities and events most commonly referred to in the teaching of US politics and government.
This Glossary explains the key concepts, institutions, personalities and events most commonly referred to in the teaching of US politics and government.
Regulation of the media has traditionally been premised upon claims of 'the public interest', yet the term itself remains contested and generally ill defined. In the context of technological developme
An introduction to the linguistic study of meaning, this book outlines the meaning potential (semantics) of English and how language knowledge is put to use (pragmatics). As well as gaining a systemat
Reflects upon the iconic role of the Scottish soldier as an empire builder from the Crimean War to the end of the nineteenth century. This book examines how the soldier commented on this imperial expe
This is an account of the Neolithic period in Scotland from its earliest traces around 4000 BC to the transformation of Neolithic society in the Early Bronze Age fifteen hundred years later. Gordon No
This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the bo
This compelling study presents an original look at how 'the nation' is represented in the literature of the Middle East. It includes chapters on Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Israel, draw
Now available in paperback, this provocative study forges new and creative connections between Deleuzian philosophy and contemporary film studies.When watching films we respond to the visual elements
Teaching materials play a crucial role in teaching-learning. When these take the form of a textbook it is essential that the textbook be carefully selected to meet both external requirements and the n
This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them. It begins 11,500 years ago when the ice sheet melted and trees such as hazel, pine, ash and oak retur
Community is one of the most widely used yet also one of the most complex concepts in modern political thought. This book provides an introduction to the concept, showing how philosophical ideas can b
Introducing Literary Theories is an ideal introduction for those coming to literary theory for the first time. It provides an accessible introduction to the major theoretical approaches in chapters co
What position have television, radio and other electronic media like telephones and computers come to occupy in people's day-to-day lives and social relationships?How do these communication and inform
This is the first volume in a six-part series which charts the flora of the Arabian Peninsula and the Socotran archipelago. It covers all native flowering plants and ferns as well as major cultivated
It is Tahiti in the 1890's and three men - an American sea captain, an English gentleman and a cockney thief - are 'on the beach'. Dispossessed and destitute, the 'trio' agree to sail a smallpox-infe
This is the first modern edition of all Macpherson's Ossianic poetry, including Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Fingal and Temora--as well as his accompanying prefaces and dissertations, and Hugh Blair's
