Drawing the Line: Using Cartoons as Historical Evidence brings together essays from international scholars working with cartoons in their research and teaching. It is a showcase for some of the best r
The unifying thread of this interdisciplinary volume is the fact that Jewish spaces are almost always generated in relation to non-Jewish spaces; they determine and influence each other. Using various
Increasingly, European States are using policy on the reception of asylum seekers as an instrument of immigration control, e.g. by deterring the lodging of asylum applications, preventing integration
Using stories and interesting examples, this book depicts the process of the internationalization of the main global currencies. After that, it systematically analyzes the future pattern of the intern
This is a study of Ireland's people, landscape, and place in the world from late antiquity to the reign of Brian Borama. The book narrates the story of Ireland's emergence into history, using anthropo
This is the first volume of a projected three volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day. Written by Alexander Gillespie, a leading international lawyer, and using as it
Using emic reconstruction as a framework, Kurfurst (South Asian studies, U. of Passau, Germany) describes the development of public spaces in Hanoi, Vietnam since the 1980s. Among her major themes are
Since the beginning of commodity culture, products have been marketed with images reflecting racist concepts of otherness. Using the prominent examples of three companies - Uncle Ben's, Sarotti and Ba
How do citizens rate the EU? Social scientists usually try to answer this question by using large-scale survey data. In contrast, this study follows qualitative approaches and analyzes the interaction
Using survey data and information obtained from ten Gram Panchayats (local self-governments at the village level) across West Bengal, this book explores the nuances and outcomes of the Gram Sabha - of
The capabilities approach, developed by Martha Nussbaum (law and ethics, U. of Chicago) and economist Amyarta Sen, evaluates individual well-being and social arrangements using the criteria of opportu
Two of the seven papers in this collection were written by the editors, in which the Canadian professors frame the power debate as family members using conflictual, consensual, and constitutive langua
European Union citizens are injured each year while using products. Product liability law can contribute to preventing such damage by the way in which liability requirements in the context of warnings
"Angela Macnamara wrote an advice column for Ireland's The Sunday Press newspaper and was perhaps the most influential agony aunt in Irish journalism in the 1960s and 1970s. Using Macnamara's letters
Keenan-Thomson examines the history of women's street activism in Northern Ireland and the Republic from the mid-1950s through the early years of the Troubles. Using extensive archival research and or
Using the extraordinary capacity of music to revive the places and people from our pasts, this poetic memoir springs from over 50 song titles or song lines and spans more than four decades.
Muhibat (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta) examines how states approach security cooperation, emphasizing cooperative security as an approach to regional security. Using primari
Using a wide array of sources and interviews, author Michael Farry has produced a balanced, comprehensive, and absorbing study of county Sligo - from 1912, when the Irish Party controlled all politica
Though Tanzania is often called a haven of peace, says Ndaluka (sociology and anthropology, U. of Dar es Salaam), it has for some decades harbored seeds of Christian-Muslim conflict. Using the socio-c
Biochemists, molecular biologists, and related scientists report findings from research using small DNA tumor viruses into fundamental aspects of biology, among them gene regulation, DNA replication,
The main question this book addresses is whether it is possible to determine the value of banks in general and Islamic banks in particular using generally available valuation models. But, does this st
For scholars, general readers, and travelers, Dann, a lecturer, journalist, and writer who has lived in Thailand, examines English language travelogues and travel literature about the country using Ed
With studies of Jewish communities in port cities ranging from sixteenth century Livorno to modern Singapore, this book develops and extends the concept of the port Jew using a blend of conceptual inn
This book explores the representation of the warrior in relation to the king in early north-west Europe. These essays, by scholars from the areas of Norse, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon studies, examine how
Religion and belief have played vital roles in the history of Chinese culture. Written by one of China's foremost experts on the subject, this major new two-volume work enables people around the world
Religion and belief have played vital roles in the history of Chinese culture. Written by one of China's foremost experts on the subject, this major new two-volume work enables people around the world
In recent years there has been a dramatic growth in alternative responses to criminal offending. The use of mediation and restorative approaches have emerged as important innovations and have come to
The 'golden age' for antibiotic discovery, from 1940 until the early 1970s, ushered in a new era in human- and animal-health and the associated dramatic increase in human life expectancies. Indeed, th
Every year, with an estimated 1.3 million new cases and more than 20,000 deaths, Leishmaniasis continues to be a menace in countries across the globe. With the absence of an anti-Leishmania vaccine -
Sean O'Faolain was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. A short-story writer of international repute, he was also a leading commentator and critic, and was editor of the
This forty-third volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia between 2007 and 2010. It pro
Vessels quite frequently serve under a long chain of charterparties and sub-charterparties. When this is the case, the legal issues are more convoluted than they might at first seem. Incorporation cla
This is the untold story of the life and work of Dr. Adeline (Ada) English (1875-1944), a pioneering Irish psychiatrist deeply involved in Irish politics. Ada English spent four decades working at Bal
The principal objective of this book is simple: to provide a timely and effective means of navigating the current maze of case law on causation, in order that the solutions to causal problems might mo
This volume contains reports on a number of important archaeological excavations in the Dublin area in recent years, including the discovery of a medieval property plot at Back Lane, which contained t
This volume contains reports on a number of important archaeological excavations in the Dublin area in recent years, including the discovery of a medieval property plot at Back Lane, which contained t
The value of work cannot be underestimated in today's world. Work is valuable because productive labor generates the goods needed for survival, such as food and housing; goods needed for self-developm
The volume presents recent contributions on the research on sustainability in Myanmar. It analyses selected key issues of ecological, economic and social sustainability: 25 articles from Myanmar and G
Captain Jack White DSO (1879-1946) is a fascinating yet neglected figure in Irish history. The son of Field Marshal Sir George White V.C., he became a Boer war hero, and, crucially, was the first Comm
In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1,300 individuals - men, women and children - were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cemetery was
