This book offers the first musical, cultural, and technological history of loudness, highlighting how loudness calls attention to musical, discursive, affective, and technological continuities that st
Psychoanalysis has traditionally had difficulty in accounting for the existence of evil. Freud saw it as a direct expression of unconscious forces, whereas more recent theorists have examined the link
This edited volume of 13 new essays aims to turn past discussions of natural kinds on their head. Instead of presenting a metaphysical view of kinds based largely on an unempirical vantage point, it p
Each year, films, television, books, and music inform the expectations and experiences of refugees relocating to the US. Using oral history, ethnography, and close readings of media texts, Bishop prob
Academic excellence is inherently competitive. Often affected by deliberate government policies, the increasing globalisation of higher education and by changes in communication technologies, competit
Series: Critical Concepts in GeographyIncluding seminal conflict management research alongside cutting edge advances in each area of study, this new 4 volume collection will provide a comprehensive po
Social cohesion has had different meanings for people depending on their background, their interests, where they live in the world, and at what time they lived. In the social sciences, social cohesion
Social Work and the Courts is a collection of important and cutting-edge court decisions in the field of human services, now in its third edition. Pollack and Kleinman present an array of legal cases
Classroom Communication and Diversity provides a useful framework for helping both new and experienced teachers and instructors navigate the communication challenges in today’s diverse classroom. It e
Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity.Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing
This book is for anyone who has ever wondered how a child develops language, thought, and knowledge. Before this classic appeared, little was known of the way children think. In 1923, however, Jean Pi
Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world.Ecotourism, NGOs and Developmen
Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide is a unique bibliographical resource that presents the reader with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentie
This book traces the history and ecology of the Aymaras and the Quechuas: the highland peoples of the Central Andes, who formed the nucleus of the great Inca Empire which extended for two thousand mil
This book showcases recent academic work on contemporary issues in financial institutions and markets. It covers a broad range of topics, highlighting the diverse nature of academic research in bankin
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between theTavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social
McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a cru
Race and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racism. This book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and
International Relations and Identity examines the issue of collective political identity formation and expands the concept of the international beyond the notion of states. Providing a dialogical appr
This set reissues three books by Sir Arthur Newsholme, first published in 1931. The volumes describe the circumstances of medical work in several European countries, at that time. Together, the books
History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and
Series: Routledge International HandbooksThese proceedings from the 2009 NSTI Nanotech conference have been compiled into three volumes to create an authoritative and comprehensive compendium that pro
Series: The Library of Essays on Justice - Second SeriesFocussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation a
Babe Ruth is among the most lasting of American icons. A baseball player who emerged from the sports pages of the Jazz Age, he has become one of the dominant symbols of traditional cultural values, na
This new book analyzes the security policy of the Russian Federation, internally as well as externally, on all levels of strategy. It describes military and political decision-making from Moscow's gra
This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, up to the emergence of Thailand as a modern nati
Traditionally, much normative political theory has assumed that principles of justice should operate within the borders of states or nations rather than globally. However, interest in the possibility
This important and engaging collection explores the underappreciated history and continuing significance of sport in the Pacific. In particular, it directs attention to the movement of people and spor
Abortion Law and Policy is a scholarly analysis of reproductive freedoms and rights within a legal and policy framework. The book looks at legal models in common law and civil law jurisdictions rather
Offers an overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues including gender and family, religion and ethnicity, social stratification, urban life, popular culture and media. Will be of inte
Series: Major Themes in Health and Social WelfareA new title in the Routledge series, Major Themes in Education, this Major Work is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and foundational research a
This book explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can 'upgrade' within such chains. Upgrading is
Language and Literacies in the Primary School offers a cutting edge review of recent research and policy initiatives in the field of primary school literacy from the UK, the US and around the world. L
Language and Literacies in the Primary School offers a cutting edge review of recent research and policy initiatives in the field of primary school literacy from the UK, the US and around the world. L
Modern political anthropology began in 1940 with the first systematic comparative studies of how primitive societies maintained law and order. The focus was on government and the presence or absence o
Twenty years after the first edition of Global Corporate Strategy and Trade Policy first published, Alan Rugman and Alain Verbekea (TM)s seminal book remains as relevant to an examination of the relat
