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Public Offices, Personal Demands
Capability in Governance in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
This collection of essays explores a fundamental question of seventeenth-century governance: what makes a person capable for office? Focusing on the Dutch Republic, it shows how scientists, citizens, and merchants all joined the heated debate.
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Coming Home? Vol. 2
Conflict and Postcolonial Return Migration in the Context of France and North Africa, 1962-2009
Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex inter-relationship of conflict, return migration, and the compelling search for a sense of home, shifting attention to the colonial and post-colonial framework of the French-North African nexus.
Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex inter-relationship of conflict, return migration, and the compelling search for a sense of home, shifting attention to the colonial and post-colonial framework of the French-North African nexus.
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Religious Reading in the Lutheran North
Studies in Early Modern Scandinavian Book Culture
Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up an overlooked part of early modern history. Following the Reformation, high literacy fueled a boom in religious literature across the Nordic countries. This book investigates publication, reading habits, and interpretations.
Religious Reading in the Lutheran North opens up an overlooked part of early modern history. Following the Reformation, high literacy fueled a boom in religious literature across the Nordic countries. This book investigates publication, reading habits, and interpretations.
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Peacemaking, Peacemakers and Diplomacy, 1880-1939
Essays in Honour of Professor Alan Sharp
Leading scholars explore the ‘new diplomacy’ conducted before, during, and after the First World War. These essays examine its origins, the changing view of war as a diplomatic tool, and how the Paris Peace Conference was viewed inside and outside Europe.
Leading scholars explore the ‘new diplomacy’ conducted before, during, and after the First World War. These essays examine its origins, the changing view of war as a diplomatic tool, and how the Paris Peace Conference was viewed inside and outside Europe.
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Past Matters
Heritage and Planning History— Case Studies from the Pacific Rim
In a Pacific Rim setting, who benefits from urban planning? These case studies from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond explore difficulties faced by indigenous peoples and ask whose interests are at stake in urban heritage debates, challenging 'Metropolitan Theory'.
In a Pacific Rim setting, who benefits from urban planning? These case studies from Australia, New Zealand, and beyond explore difficulties faced by indigenous peoples and ask whose interests are at stake in urban heritage debates, challenging ‘Metropolitan Theory’.
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Social History, Local History, and Historiography
Collected Essays
These wide-ranging essays on early modern English history explore social change, the Revolution, Puritanism, and historical writing. Stressing the inter-connectedness of social and local history, this rewarding volume will interest specialists and non-specialists.
These wide-ranging essays on early modern English history explore social change, the Revolution, Puritanism, and historical writing. Stressing the inter-connectedness of social and local history, this rewarding volume will interest specialists and non-specialists.
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Beyond the Battlefields
New Perspectives on Warfare and Society in the Graeco-Roman World
Beyond the Battlefields explores the relationship between warfare and society in the Graeco-Roman world. This collection of essays examines the political, social, and artistic affects of war, covering topics from espionage to fantasies of peace in the Iliad.
Beyond the Battlefields explores the relationship between warfare and society in the Graeco-Roman world. This collection of essays examines the political, social, and artistic affects of war, covering topics from espionage to fantasies of peace in the Iliad.
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This book explores the role of singular experiences in making knowledge at the 18th-century Royal Society. It reveals how extraordinary phenomena were vital to the Society, yet their problematic authentication made it a target for literary satire.
This book explores the role of singular experiences in making knowledge at the 18th-century Royal Society. It reveals how extraordinary phenomena were vital to the Society, yet their problematic authentication made it a target for literary satire.
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Science and Empire in the Nineteenth Century
A Journey of Imperial Conquest and Scientific Progress
This book explores how sciences like anthropology and ethnography became tools of empire. It analyzes the link between knowledge and power, revealing the tension between scientific objectivity and imperialist propaganda in the British and American empires.
This book explores how sciences like anthropology and ethnography became tools of empire. It analyzes the link between knowledge and power, revealing the tension between scientific objectivity and imperialist propaganda in the British and American empires.
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In Search of Agamemnon
Early Travellers to Mycenae
Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.
Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.
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Eradicating Differences
The Treatment of Minorities in Nazi-Dominated Europe
These essays offer a new perspective on Nazi mass murder. Drawing on primary sources, they show the Nazis were more flexible than believed, exploiting ethnic rivalries in Eastern Europe to divide, rule, and encourage collaboration in their murderous policies.
These essays offer a new perspective on Nazi mass murder. Drawing on primary sources, they show the Nazis were more flexible than believed, exploiting ethnic rivalries in Eastern Europe to divide, rule, and encourage collaboration in their murderous policies.
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Florida Studies
Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association
Florida's long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on every aspect of Florida literature, including its African-American figures and teaching suggestions.
Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on every aspect of Florida literature, including its African-American figures and teaching suggestions.
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Between Fear and Freedom
Cultural Representations of the Cold War
The Cold War was not just a political and military competition, but a cultural one. This collection of essays by international scholars explores the conflict’s strategies and legacies in film, propaganda, music, architecture, fiction, and theatre.
The Cold War was not just a political and military competition, but a cultural one. This collection of essays by international scholars explores the conflict’s strategies and legacies in film, propaganda, music, architecture, fiction, and theatre.
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The Great War
Localities and Regional Identities
The First World War transformed British society. While most focus is on military aspects, this volume considers how these changes varied across Britain’s Home Front. Was there a common national response, or did strong regional identities prevail?
The First World War transformed British society. While most focus is on military aspects, this volume considers how these changes varied across Britain’s Home Front. Was there a common national response, or did strong regional identities prevail?
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The Polish Swan Triumphant
Essays on Polish and Comparative Literature from Kochanowski to Norwid
This collection of essays covers several centuries of Polish literature and its reception abroad, from the Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski and the Baroque to the great precursor of modern poetry, Cyprian Norwid. It explores their influence on foreign poets.
This collection of essays covers several centuries of Polish literature and its reception abroad, from the Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski and the Baroque to the great precursor of modern poetry, Cyprian Norwid. It explores their influence on foreign poets.
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Working the System in Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Values, National Citizenship and Local Politics in Historical Perspective
How are democracy and development negotiated in sub-Saharan Africa? This volume offers context-based analyses showing how local practices have been ‘working the system’ of global ideas, a process with a rich historical dimension often overlooked.
How are democracy and development negotiated in sub-Saharan Africa? This volume offers context-based analyses showing how local practices have been ‘working the system’ of global ideas, a process with a rich historical dimension often overlooked.
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This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between radicalism and localism across the globe. It questions how the local fosters new political possibilities, empowers under-represented groups, and shapes distinct cultural forms of resistance.
This interdisciplinary collection explores the connections between radicalism and localism across the globe. It questions how the local fosters new political possibilities, empowers under-represented groups, and shapes distinct cultural forms of resistance.
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Recovering Memory
Irish Representations of Past and Present
This collection of essays examines representations of memory in Irish literature and culture. It explores public and private memory, the intersection between collective and individual, and the relation between memory, identity, and Ireland's tragic past.
This collection of essays examines representations of memory in Irish literature and culture. It explores public and private memory, the intersection between collective and individual, and the relation between memory, identity, and Ireland’s tragic past.
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Life Writing
The Spirit of the Age and the State of the Art
In our age of testimony, what are we to make of all this telling of lives? This collection of essays from leading writers and academics demonstrates the fluidity and diversity of life writing, presenting both the state of the art and the spirit of our age.
In our age of testimony, what are we to make of all this telling of lives? This collection of essays from leading writers and academics demonstrates the fluidity and diversity of life writing, presenting both the state of the art and the spirit of our age.
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Disability and Medieval Law
History, Literature, Society
Disability and Medieval Law considers how medieval societies dealt with crime, punishment, and mental illness. When did law take disability into account? When did it choose to cause disabilities? How did authors use disability to discuss law and human nature?
Disability and Medieval Law considers how medieval societies dealt with crime, punishment, and mental illness. When did law take disability into account? When did it choose to cause disabilities? How did authors use disability to discuss law and human nature?
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