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The Image and Perception of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Edited By: Sean McGlynn, Elena Woodacre

£52.99

Breaking traditional barriers, this collection compares male and female monarchy across the medieval and early modern eras. International scholars demonstrate how the practical expression of power and image revealed more continuity than change over five centuries.

Information Infrastructure(s)

Boundaries, Ecologies, Multiplicity

Edited By: Alessandro Mongili, Giuseppina Pellegrino

£52.99

This book explores how information infrastructures enable, but also constrain, cooperation across different groups. It questions the role of the material and immaterial objects connecting us—from devices and networks to society itself.

Pames, Jonaces, and Franciscans in the Sierra Gorda

Mecos and Missionaries

By: Robert H. Jackson

£52.99

This book outlines long-lasting efforts to evangelize the Pames and Jonaces in the territory of Sierra Gorda. It records the last missionary impulse spurred by the project of José de Escandón and Franciscan missionaries to get the Pames and Jonaces to adopt a sedentary lifestyle.

Ethnosymbolism and the Dynamics of Identity

By: Liu Mingxin, Elya Tzaneva

£52.99

Using insights from Bulgarian history, Tzaneva views the construction of Bulgarian national identity as a process intimately affected by social circumstances in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, and explores how the concept of ethnosymbolism contributes to identity dynamics.

Coercive Diplomacy of NATO in Kosovo

By: Enver Bytyçi

£52.99

This book examines NATO’s engagement in Kosovo and the reasoning behind its 1999 military intervention. It analyzes the historical conflict between Albanians and Serbs, the contradicting stances at the Security Council, and the issue of Kosovo's future.

Studies on Karachi

Papers Presented at the Karachi Conference 2013

Edited By: Sabiah Askari

£52.99

This book, a landmark in scholarship on Karachi, explores the city's development from a sleepy settlement into a mega-city. It depicts a city that, despite its vibrancy, is afflicted with problems ranging from poor planning to colossal mismanagement.

This book, a landmark in scholarship on Karachi, explores the city’s development from a sleepy settlement into a mega-city. It depicts a city that, despite its vibrancy, is afflicted with problems ranging from poor planning to colossal mismanagement.

Libera Fama

An Endless Journey

Edited By: Stratis Kyriakidis

£52.99

This collection examines aspects of fame and glory, rumour and reputation, in the work of Lucretius, Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, Manilius, Juvenal and Prudentius. It offers insights into the poets’ personal quest for acclaim and their awareness of the qualities of the phenomenon.

Endurance and the First World War

Experiences and Legacies in New Zealand and Australia

Edited By: David Monger, Katie Pickles

£52.99

This collection explores endurance in New Zealand and Australia during the First World War. Researchers examine what it meant for soldiers and civilians to endure hardship on the battlefield and home front, and how the war endured through memory, myth, and memorials.

Tourism and Colonization in Indochina (1898-1939)

By: Aline Demay

£52.99

How are tourism and colonization related? This book explores the development of tourism in French Indochina from the early 1900s to WWII, revealing how it was used as a political tool to promote the colony and attract future colonists.

Medieval Urban Identity

Health, Economy and Regulation

Edited By: Flocel Sabaté

£52.99

This book adopts a new approach to medieval urban life, using health, the economy, and law as frames of reference. Scholars provide insights into housing, cures for diseases, the work of artisans, and the relationship between the town and its region.

June 1940, Great Britain and the First Attempt to Build a European Union

By: Andrea Bosco

£52.99

Using extensive unpublished archival material, Bosco principally examines the first eighteen months of the Federal Union, during which time it was able to raise itself to the attention of the general public, and the political class, as the heir of the League of Nations.

Revisiting Traditional Institutions in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills

Edited By: Charles Reuben Lyngdoh

£52.99

This collection studies the landscapes of traditional institutions that exist in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, India. It blends oral tradition with historical records and secondary literature sources, examining the power and function interplay between authorities.

Myths and Memories

(Re)viewing Colonial Western Australia through Travellers’ Imaginings, 1850-1914

By: Cindy Lane

£52.99

This book examines European travellers' perceptions of southern Western Australia between 1850 and 1914. Shaped by power and privilege, their narrow narratives created a mythical "pioneer" community, ignoring the inequalities of colonial life.

This book examines European travellers’ perceptions of southern Western Australia between 1850 and 1914. Shaped by power and privilege, their narrow narratives created a mythical “pioneer” community, ignoring the inequalities of colonial life.

Jawless Fishes of the World

Volume 2

Edited By: Richard Beamish, Alexei Orlov

£52.99

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 Many Faces of War in the Ancient World

Edited By: Graham Wrightson, Sabine Müller, Graham Wrightson

£52.99

This volume explores warfare and its political implications from archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire. With a focus on cultural and social history, it presents an overview of current issues and diverse approaches to the “new” military history.

Self-Presentation and Identity in the Roman World

Edited By: Andreas Gavrielatos

£52.99

This volume examines how self-presentation can facilitate our understanding of how individuals present their identities. Topics covered include identities shaped through the self-presentation of authors in Latin literature, and explorations on epigraphy and historical analyses.

Ancient Warfare

Introducing Current Research, Volume I

Edited By: Geoff Lee, Helene Whittaker, Graham Wrightson

£52.99

This collection presents current research on ancient warfare, covering a wide range of themes and neglected topics. Readable and engaging, it offers a high standard of scholarship appealing to historians, students, and a wider audience.

Life and Religion in the Middle Ages

Edited By: Flocel Sabaté

£52.99

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.

Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate

Edited By: Rita Lizzi Testa

£52.99

This conference proceedings sheds new light on the debate surrounding the periodization of Late Antiquity. It recalls key moments of the discovery of the world of Late Antiquity, and shows how it is possible to reach a definition of an age.

Power, Politics and Episcopal Authority

The Bishops of Cremona and Lincoln in the Middle Ages (1066-1340)

By: Angelo Silvestri

£52.99

This book assesses the shifts in bishops’ power in Lincoln and Cremona from the 11th to the 14th century. The comparison highlights the differences between the role of a prelate in England's largest diocese and the struggle for authority in a communal Italian city.

This book assesses the shifts in bishops’ power in Lincoln and Cremona from the 11th to the 14th century. The comparison highlights the differences between the role of a prelate in England’s largest diocese and the struggle for authority in a communal Italian city.