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Reading, Writing and the Influence of Harold Bloom takes the work of the greatest living literary critic and discovers what it is like to read 'with', 'against' and 'beyond' his work. -- .

This edited book is a valuable contribution to the study of Black families (African and African Caribbean) in the UK. It provides a unique combination of a systematic yet clear-headed approach to the subject with up-to-date and well-researched data. -- .

Explores the meaning of republicanism in contemporary Ireland. This book examines the connections, comparisons and contrasts between Irish republicanism and other strands of republican politics, the ideology and practice of official French republicanism and the broader European and American civic republican tradition.

This volume focuses on the most important institutions of European security, the European Union and NATO and the need to strike a balance between economic, political and military security. Both institutions are expanding, especially eastwards, in terms of their respective roles and membership.

A collection of translated legal sources charting the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215-1485). Offers an insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages. -- .

A unique collection of hundreds of diplomatic and military documents on the origins of WWI: newly-discovered archival sources as well as documents not previously available in English. It includes a comprehensive scholarly introduction covering the most controversial issues in the debate on the origins of WWI on the eve of the centenary. -- .

This pioneering study argues that the concept of 'empire' belongs at the centre, rather than in the margins, of British art history. Twenty essays by authors from four continents offer innovative methodological approaches to the analysis of visual art as it was produced, exhibited, and distributed throughout the British Empire. -- .

Challenging standard economic models, this book shows how farmers tend to use cognitive shortcuts and how professional pride frequently trumps profit considerations when farmers make decisions about fertilizers and other types of decisions. -- .

The book will be of interest to students and academic in Literature, cultural studies, material culture and the history of medicine -- .

In 1901 most Australians were loyal, white subjects of the British Empire with direct connections to Britain. Within a hundred years, following an unparalleled immigrationprogram, its population was one of the most diverse on earth. This book tells the story of this extraordinary transformation. -- .

Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, the biggest film event of the 21st century, turned the best-selling book of the 20th century into a popular, critical and financial success all over again. This comprehensive collection draws together twenty-five essays on the making, the meaning and the reception of The Lord of the Rings. There is a section on the business of the 'event film', critical chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality, essays on the multimedia products associated with the films, observations on the trilogy's global audience, and an informative dossier of reviews, interviews, production details and box-office returns. More closely integrated, and more attuned to the global marketplace than the older blockbusters, the event film, with its attention-grabbing pitch for the status of news, will be one of the most influential media forms of the coming years. These meticulous essays combine with Peter Jackson's remarkable trilogy to form a unique entry to the study of 21st century media.

The book, newly available in paperback, considers the social role of economic institutions in society and examines the various meanings embedded in the word 'markets', as well as developing arguments on the nature of competition as an instituted economic process, rather than as competition being something that disturbs norms or institutions. -- .

The first collection of essays on Frantz Fanon's classic anti-colonial text, 'Black Skin, White Masks'. It offers a range of interpretations of the text by leading scholars across various disciplines. -- .

This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered. -- .

This collection of fifteen essays by distinguished scholars covers aspects of interdisciplinarity and collaboration within the Republic of Letters. The essays include historical, theological, and literary topics and all focus on different means of communication of individuals between other intellectuals, with the past, and through the arts. -- .

This volume offers up-to-date, comprehensive and theoretically-informed analysis of the effects of European integration on various aspects of contemporary political, social and economic life in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. -- .

Can terrorism and state violence cause democratic breakdown? Although the origins of violence have been studied, only rarely are its consequences. In this study of Uruguay, Spain and Peru, Holmes claims that to understand the consequences of violence on democratic stabilty, terrorism and state responses to terrorism must be studies together. -- .

The Prince embodies a series of vital issues, including power and morality, history and human nature, language and meaning, gender and government. It is these issues which the essays in this volume debate and explore from a variety of perspectives, from the original responses through to feminist and deconstructive approaches. -- .

The letters in this volume come from the period in Florence Nightingale's life that brought her lasting fame. The letters, written amid scenes of horror and chaos, to officials, family and friends, express her hopes and fears and the doubts and frustrations of her arduous service.

A Malone Society volume of George Wapull's 1576 play, The Tide Tarrieth No Man. Beautifully produced in a facsimile edition, from one of only five extant originals. -- .

Performing Heritage is the first book to bring together the range of voices, debates and practices that constitute the fields of museum theatre and live interpretation. Inspiring and challenging in its scope and level of debate, Performing Heritage crosses the disciplines of performance and museum/heritage studies and offers remarkable and timely insights into the processes, outcomes and potential of this rich and rapidly developing practice - and in a variety of international contexts. The book productively brings together academic research and professional practice, and will be essential reading for all those interested in, and concerned with the future of, ¿heritage¿ and its interpretation.

This volume examines Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe in the period 1940 to 1956. It covers instances of elite purges from the party and state hierarchy, including the infamous show trials staged against leading communists and the impact such practices had on wartime and post-war societies in the region. -- .

Thomas More's Utopia in Early Modern Europe provides the first complete account of all the editions of Utopia, whether vernacular or Latin, printed before 1650, together with a transcription of all the prefatory materials they contain. The reception of the idea of Utopia in early modern Europe has been studied extensively before: what has been lacking is a composite picture of how Utopia moved by means of translation from culture to culture and of the ways in which particular versions offered themselves to their readers.Part I consists of a series of chapters which provide a contextual and interpretative framework for each national group of translations; in Part II, the substantive paratexts of all the extant translations of Utopia printed between 1524 and 1643 are reproduced both in the original language and in English translation. The book also contains a chapter sketching the fortunes of the Latin paratexts and editions up to 1650, and a transcription of a single Latin paratext which has never, to our knowledge, been printed in modern times.This book will be of interest to specialists in early modern cultural history and history of the book, to graduate students working in these fields, and to anyone for whom the extraordinary success of More's Utopia as a book published on the European market remains a perennial fascination.

A brand new Revels Student Edition of John Lyly's most popular and enchanting play -- .

The first book to address the specific topic of the intersection the processes of conflict transformation devolution and with daily life in Northern Ireland in a rigorous and systematic fashion. -- .

The Hidden Alternative will be of interest to students and academics studying economic, business studies, history or politics, and also to policy-makers who have witnessed the inadequacies of investor-led business models during the global recession. -- .

This is a clearly written, comprehensive and topical textbook on UK government and politics for AS and A Level students -- .

The first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field on a broad range of historical and literary topics redresses the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience. -- .

Written against a backdrop of global economic and political turbulence as well as mounting crisis for the European Union, this book examines the relationship between contemporary European regionalism and the broadly defined political left. -- .

The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact - minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. -- .