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This essential introductory guide explores and aggressively expands the provocative new field of sexual identity studies.

Texts include: - Toni Morrison's Sula - William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' - George Orwell's 1984Compact and easy-to-follow, Decker's study finally asks: are we now in a 'post-ideological' era?

A wide-ranging collection of the key contextual documents which inform the Modernist period of Anglo-American literature. Documents are supported by substantial editorial material drawing connections to the major Modernist texts, and a full introduction outlining the key events, social and political movements, and cultural issues of the time.

This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research. It provides full accounts of the different ways in which online resources can help with research projects in any area of the social sciences or humanities along with useful hints and tips as to how you can make the internet work for you.

Jack Harvey's Modern Economics is a classic in the world of economics teaching and learning and is an ideal entry to the subject for introductory students in business and economics. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect developments in a number of important and emerging areas of economics.

This comprehensive study describes the major political events of the Twentieth-century in Britain in a cogent, lucid way. Ideal for both students and general readers, Rubinstein's book provides a detailed examination of Britain's political evolution in the Twentieth-century.

These are just some of the questions that are explored in this book. Postmodern Debates introduces modernity, postmodernism and postmodernity through a series of debates between prominent thinkers in literary theory, philosophy and cultural studies.

What do we mean when we talk about 'the body'? The essays collected here foreground the historical construction of 'the body' throughout a range of discourses from the modern to the postmodern, and seek to present it not as a biological 'given', but as a contestable signifier in the articulation of identities.

A concise and comparative analysis of the private and public careers of Richelieu and Mazarin which deals with such central themes as the international government of France and the conduct of foreign policy, as well as the political strategies of the two men, among other aspects.

The UK Social Policy Process examines the wide range of factors that influence social policies and their outcomes. Combining coverage of theoretical perspectives with discussion of institutional change, this book provides a timely examination of the policy process and social policy, from agenda setting to implementation and evaluation.

This study of the history of the idea of race provides a broad historical overview of the concept from its inception to 2002. Brian Niro introduces key theorists and philosophers and a wide variety of literary and theoretical concepts.

This book examines the intellectual contribution made by Frankfurt School Critical Theory to our understanding of modern life. While the work of the latter is often taken to exceed that of the former, the author suggests that insights gleaned by both, regarding the human subject, offer a significant alternative to post-modern ideas.

Marketing Management: An International Perspective brings together over twenty real-life case studies of marketing management issues faced by leading international companies from around the world.

A practical approach to Charlotte Bronte's best- known novels, which shows how coherent criticism can be evolved from close reading. The major part of the book contains worked examples, with detailed guidance and suggestions for further work which will be useful for both teachers and students.

The aim of the book is to examine the transformation of the city in the late 20th century and explore the ways in which city life is structured. The focus is not just on America and Europe but also explores cities in other parts of the world as city growth in the twenty first century will be predominantly outside of these regions.

Although the phrase 'North-South' divide is not heard so much these days, what separates rich countries from poor countries is a question that is still very much with us.

Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate for the following century, and longer.

Much good criticism of Mrquez came in the wake of One Hundred Years of Solitude and the perception of his fiction has been dominated by that novel.

In 1941, the European war became a world war. Margaret Lamb and Nicholas Tarling explore the significance of the Asian factor and the importance of East Asia in the making of the war in Europe and the transformation of the European war of 1939 into the world war of 1941.

The essays are drawn from a wide range of theoretical perspectives, covering language, history, psychoanalysis, feminism and the relation of the novels to modernism, and look forward to new developments in Lawrence scholarship.

Paul Lockhart here presents a survey of the point in history when Sweden rose to pre-eminence in Europe. Drawing on the latest literature in Swedish and other languages, he examines the institutions of the Swedish 'empire' at the height of its influence, and considers questions regarding its rise and fall.

Provides students with an understanding of similarities and differences in contemporary European societies, focusing on Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK. The changing relationship between welfare and work is explored through important issues such as changing patterns of employment, women and social policies, poverty and social exclusion.

It provides a valuable gender and culture inflected critical introduction to well established women writers: Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Suniti Namjoshi, Bessie Head, and others from the U.S.A., India, Africa, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and introduces emergent writers from South East Asia, Cyprus and Oceania.

This book offers a one-volume study of Jane Austen that is both a sophisticated critical introduction and a valuable contribution to the study of one of the most popular and enduring British novelists. Darryl Jones provides students with a coherent overview of Austen's work and an idea of the current state of critical debate.

An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems provides a lively and informed examination of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry: the narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece;

E-Commerce is making an ever-bigger impact on the way businesses operate. Key Concepts in e-Commerce offers readers an introduction to the many words, terms and phrases that abound in this fast developing and increasingly popular discipline.

Business Statistics is a student-friendly book written to encourage first year business students to understand (and enjoy!) their first experience of statistics. Each topic is well illustrated, with worked examples, tutorial sheets, supplementary exercises, and computer worksheets in SPSS, Minitab and Excel - all with answers provided.

This collection of essays sheds light on the politics of those people who are normally thought of as being outside the political nation. Topics deal with riots, rumours, libels, seditious words, public opinion, and the structures of local government.

Covering all of George Eliot's novels, this book offers a challenging re-assessment of the writer's contribution to the critical debates of her own period and of our time.

This work explores contemporary women's rewritings of myth and fairy tale. It examines the nature and role of myth, rewriting existing theories in an attempt to explain the ongoing potency of mythical paradigms in contemporary women's fiction despite the distorted images of gender they present.