In this book, five leading scholars of media and communication take on the difficult but important task of explicating the role of journalism in democratic societies. Using Fred S. Siebert, Theodore P
Whetham (of the Defence Studies Department of King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in the UK Defence Academy) conducts an analysis of the practical, moral, lega
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral exa
Volume XXII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the
Combining approaches and insights from cultural, social and military history this study traces the evolution and decline of the Spanish officer corps and general staff during the Eighty Years War in c
No company of the twentieth century achieved greater success and engendered moreadmiration, respect, envy, fear, and hatred than IBM. Building IBM tells the story of that company-- how it was formed,
The major events, people, and traditions that have shaped Pakistan.In the course of a few years, Pakistan has assumed strategic importance on the world stage, acting as both a linchpin in the global
Feminism has always refused compartmentalisation within any one social context, and this collection attests to its universal relevance. This is a guide for specialist and non-specialist readers to the
In the fourth year of the Great War, the growing military, political, social and economic costs hit all existing belligerents while as yet uncommitted states joined the global conflict. 1917: Beyond t
Following in the path of the first volume (The Hundred Years War; A Wider Focus, 2005), this second volume contains 14 essays that examine how the war's impact on the structure of Europe was broader t
Volume XXII/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication an indispensable tool for the histo
Co-published by Routledge and Edition SynapseThe History of Feminism series makes key archival source material readily available to scholars, researchers, and students of women’s and gender studies, w
Showcasing the work of both established academics and emerging scholars of the field, this book discusses aspects of British popular culture from the material cultures of food and clothing to the repr
Drawing on the latest research, this volume presents new essays on the First World War that explore the global, military and civic impact of the conflict, focusing in particular on the plural nature o
The effect of a commercialized Internet on American business, from the boom ine-commerce and adjustments by bricks-and-mortar businesses to file-sharing and communitybuilding.
VolumeXXII/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication an indispensable
The jeune ecole represents a school of maritime strategy dealing with the dilemmas of the weaker power. This book presents a new interpretation of the jeune ecole based on hitherto unexploited unpubli
At the beginning of the nineteenth century the village of Clapham in Surrey still enjoyed a sense of distance from the bustle of London. There the group of evangelicals who would come to be known as t
McCullough examines the royal response to popular revolt, rebellion, and resistance under Louis XIV. In particular, the text explores the complexities authorities dealt with in deciding to use coerciv
He has been cast as a reluctant soldier, and for good reason; until Hosler (British history, Morgan State U.) unearthed the evidence presented here very little was actually known about Henry II's war
The two volumes collect papers presented to a conference in Tokyo at an undisclosed date. Japanese and Western historians look at the 1905 war from the perspectives of military visions and revisions,
The arrival of gunpowder on European battlefields in the 13th century tipped the advantage in sieges to the attacker. Ostwald (history, Eastern Connecticut State U.) explains the central role that Seb
Richard II was not the incompetent loser of the Revolution of 1399, just as Henry IV was not the single-handed victor. The circumstances included an individually and collectively disgruntled nobility,
The Italian Wars were not merely exercises in familial battles over sovereignty and territory; they were wars of identity, as Italian states determined their own cultural life and some regions of Ital
Twelve essays, including introduction and conclusion, come from an exploratory workshop on resource allocation and consumption as it relates to military activity held November 2003 at the U. of Birmin
The 21 papers presented here by Kennedy (Middle Eastern history, U. of St. Andrews, UK) are drawn from a conference on Islamic Fortification in Bilad al-Sham, held in the northern Syrian city of Alepp
This new history of Europe spans from the French Revolution to the World War I. It weaves together the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the period and examines themes such as
Now consigned to museums and plays in which actors tend to "exeunt pursued by bear" a lot, hafted weapons, primarily shafts with axes or other sharp appendages, were the tools of choice in many mediev
American military historians were inspired to begin this anthology by the Russian military history collection at the Finnish National Defense Library, and soon brought Russian and Japanese scholars on
Volume XX/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispens
Covering (a bit unevenly) the past 400 years of American, British, and French history, this collection examines the progress of the use of scientific instrumental thought in war. Presented by Walton (
Dien Bien Phu is the definitive account of the great, climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the American commitment to Vietnam. Defense analyst Howard R. Simpson was an eyewitness.
Between 1946 and 1957 computing went from a preliminary, developmental stage to morewidespread use accompanied by the beginnings of the digital computer industry. During this crucialdecade, spurred by
Volume XIX/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispen
In this first update of his 2002 bibliography, DeVries (history, Loyola College) presents references to works on medieval military history and technology excluded in the original volume, along with re
This bibliography focuses on the relationships of military organizations to other social institutions and to society in general. Hacker (curator of armed forces history, Smithsonian) pays particularly
The Hundred Years War was not merely a simple, if extended conflict between France and England over who owed feudal fealty to whom. According to these 14 essays, the technologies, costs, politics, and
Women's Suffrage Literature is a new Major Work from Routledge and Edition Synapse. It makes available in facsimile key texts which represent the wealth of creative writing that emerged around the iss
