Mediterranean Heritage in Transit
Given the importance of Mediterranean itineraries in the shaping of the European Union’s cultural heritage, the papers brought together here help shed light on the multifaceted entities that constitute the vibrant socio-semiotic landscape of this region.
Jawless Fishes of the World
The first book to focus exclusively on various aspects of jawless fish species throughout the world, this volume provides an overview of a variety of related topics, including their taxonomy, zoogeography, phylogeny, molecular biology, evolution, and role in the ecosystem.
The City and the Ocean
Throughout history, cities have been locations of human encounter, especially along shorelines where water has both separated and connected communities. A group of diverse scholars maps key encounters between peoples, past and present, and their urgent consequences.
Border Folk Balladeers
This book contains critical studies on Américo Paredes, a founder of Mexican American Studies. Renowned scholars analyze his pioneering work on border culture, from the traditional Texas-Mexican corrido to its contemporary offshoots like narcoballads and narconovels.
Law, Morality, and Abolitionism
Brown University President Francis Wayland denounced slavery as sinful yet respected the laws protecting it. Events forced him to confront his own moral arguments: If slavery violates natural rights, how could he not act? This work explores his journey.
This volume analyzes the relations between multinational empires and the idea of the nation. Topics range from colonialism and the Great Powers to the Great War, decolonization, ethnic conflicts, the dissolution of empires, and the East-West conflict.
This social history of the modern Middle East covers the last 100 years, focusing on everyday life rather than sensational events. It explores key issues including urbanization, gender identities, migration, and the social consequences of the Arab Spring.
In the European Middle Ages, religion intersected with all aspects of existence, from everyday life to relations of power. This book brings together scholars who use diverse medieval examples to offer a renewed perspective for understanding the era.
This collection of essays explores Byron’s dramas and relationship with the theatre. It covers Regency London’s squalid conditions, Alfieri’s influence, and Byron as a dramatic performer. A vital book for anyone interested in this little-understood aspect of his work.
Greek Festivals, Modern and Ancient
Håland’s two-volume book represents a cross-period product of fieldwork conducted in contemporary Greece in combination with ancient sources. It investigates the importance of cults connected with the Greek female sphere and its relation to the official male-dominated ideology.
Brazil is more than samba and football. This book journeys through novels, poetry, music, art, and film from 1865 to the present day to uncover the surprising and vital cultural relationship the nation has had with its railways.
Living War, Thinking Peace (1914-1924)
This volume offers first-hand accounts from women facing the horrors of war, explores the lives and thought of several key women activists who challenged inequalities, and examines the work of women who saw the outbreak of the First World War as an opportunity for emancipation.
Time Images
The “time-image” concept holds broad potential for the historical interpretation of cultural works. This book applies this innovative concept to theory, literature, and cinema, revealing the historical character of works not ordinarily seen as historical.
The history of rhetoric has continued to exist in a binary of West and Rest, silencing many voices within the West itself. This book expands the conversation by examining the traditions that lost the cultural competition and have been shrouded in shadow.
Authored by British and Italian historians, this title addresses the Italian war so often ignored in western history, tackling the myth of Italian cowardice, and questions the myth of the special relationship between Great Britain and the USA.
Sensual and Sensory Experiences in the Middle Ages
This volume explores the sensory experiences of medieval people, showing how pleasure, pain, desire, and fear appear in conflicting combinations—from the private monastic cell to the bustling market—as conveyed through documents, literary accounts, and religious practices.
The Materiality of Res Publica
This richly illustrated volume re-examines res publica, focusing not on government, but on the res—the things and affairs that bring people together. It explores the central role of bridges in Venice and Novgorod and analyzes republican iconography.
Past Matters
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’.
Populism
This monograph opens up a channel of dialogue among political scientists, sociologists, philosophers and historians in order to launch a debate on the declination of the phenomenon of populism.
Societies Emerging from Conflict
This collection of essays, written by scholars with ties to Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, and the USA, argues that a new post-atrocity framework is taking root, suggesting promising alternatives to retributive criminal proceedings.
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