"Peripheral Concerns examines the influence of one 'core' region of the ancient Near Eastern world--Egypt--on urban development in the southern Levant in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, with emphasi
This volume sheds new light on the origins of early serial music at the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s. Current music historical accounts of the development of serial music need to be
In three years of meetings and workshops in Scandinavia, scholars of politics and other social sciences and of philosophy collaborated in the Global Security and Legal Order research project. That eff
This volume presents 28 contributions from international academics on the development of literacy in East Central Europe during the Middle Ages. The focus is on the growth of a written culture based o
The English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was a colossus of the Victorian age. His works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in the development of disciplines as wide ranging as soci
This volume is the first comprehensive survey of iconic books and texts tracing their development and influence from ancient to modern times and comparing their roles in multiple cultures and religiou
If biotechnology can be used to "upgrade" humans physically and mentally, should it be done? And if so, to what extent? How will biotechnology affect societal cohesion, and can the development be cont
The present book considers the development of figurative wall painting in the southern Low Countries over a period of two centuries, between circa 1300 and 1500. The region had along-standing traditio
Since the early 1970s, the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and Euro
This timely monograph on the relationship between America and the Muslim world explores the development of persistent narratives of opposition from the colonial period to the present. Focusing on inte
This palaeographic study analyses the development of sign forms during the Early Dynastic period. It presents a series of tables of all published inscriptions, and discusses their chronology and distr
Christensen (media and information studies, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) presents an overview of the business development of markets and industries of the experience economy, including all industries that c
Jacobsen (systematic theology, Aarhus U., Denmark) presents the results of a research project engaged with the factors that played a role in the development of a normative corpus of scripture and doct
Using archaeological, anthropological and philological methodologies, Zhang Zhung presents the formative elements in the development of civilization in Upper Tibet, the vast upland north and west o
Cardullo (media and communication, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey) looks at the development of avant-garde theatre in the twentieth century with an emphasis on the work of Brecht and Pin
'Sectarianism in Early Judaism' applies recent developments in sociological analysis to sect formation and development in early Judaism. The essays examine sectarianism in a wide range of different fo
Andersen (educational development, U. of Aarhus, Denmark) et al. compile six essays drawn from a conference held in Copenhagen in May of 2004, "Culture and Language Learning," organized under the Dani
Before the advent of writing and before the development of the Indo-European language, Europe enjoyed much greater linguistic diversity with a whole host of other languages (Hispanic, Baltic, Slavic,
This book is the first fully illustrated and comprehensive monograph devoted to the Westphalian artist Conrad von Soest, who played a pivotal role in the development of North European art around 1400,
Tracing the development of negation from Classical Arabic to the post-classical period, Diem shows how the pre-verbal particles of negation inherited from Classical Arabic combined with a newly develo
This work explores the production of Japanese cinema during the "dark valley" (kurai tanima) period, as the World War II years are sometimes described. The author focuses on how the development of Jap
This volume examines concepts & contexts of 'regional' theatre in an age of globalisation & cosmopolitanism. It outlines the key debates & trends in the development of regional theatre sin
"Far from feeling a need to leave their brains at the door of the church, as contemporary Christians may feel is asked of them, the suggestion is that the development of our intellect is central to hu
Editors and translators Nicholson and Grenier-Winter present students, academics, and general-interest readers with a collection of selected, French and modern English translations of poems written by
Scholars of antiquity, the Bible, and religion explore the role that religion played in shaping and reshaping narrative forms in antiquity and late antiquity. They focus on Christianity and Judaism, b
