Lee Miller, Photography, Surrealism and the Second World War
Hilditch considers how Lee Miller’s war photographs can be interpreted as ‘surreal documentary’ combining a surrealist sensibility with a need to inform. Each chapter contains a close analysis of specific photographs in a generally chronological study with a thematic focus.
Pābūjī: Rajput warrior, celibate ascetic, and hero of a medieval epic still performed in India. This accessible book explores the history and myths behind his exciting, humorous, and miraculous adventures, analysing the legendary tale.
Between Regulation and Freedom
These studies re-frame the roles of guilds in medieval and early modern European cities. They focus on the ways in which we can understand the interfaces between regulatory frameworks, represented by guild and civic regulations, and the wider world of labour and production.
Zarstvo and Communism
After WWI, Russia’s Bolsheviks and Italy’s Fascists took power. Though ideologically opposed, they resumed severed relations for economic advantages. However, mutual distrust never stopped, rendering their ties tenuous until they were broken in the early years of WWII.
Though much has been written on the Grenada Revolution and its untimely demise, the majority of authors have been non-Grenadian. All the contributors here, except one, are Grenadian, giving voice to persons who were active participants, children, teenagers, and young adults.
By exploring the nature of book production and changing images of peasants in Livonia and Courland in the 18th and 19th centuries, Daija investigates the complex historical relationship between Latvians and Baltic Germans and the regional specifics of the Baltic Enlightenment.
Modern medicine in England today is chiefly the product of the scientific developments of the nineteenth century. This title focuses on the history of medicine in Lancaster and a community of practice amongst a few medical professionals who shaped its medical landscape.
Peña-Acuña delves into the work of Steven Spielberg, considering the audiovisual and documentary material in his filmography and the biographical and sociological parameters that influence his cinematographic work and his values.
In this monograph, two historians investigate some of the most important events in American history which have shaped the American experience and impacted the drive for democracy and freedom.
A Literary Journey to Rome
How many people know the hidden Rome: the Vatican’s secret archives, the true fate of Pasolini? Taking the reader on a journey, we meet passionate people in love with the city and learn the special in everyday life, drawing a lively picture of the vibrant Eternal City.
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.
Towards Efficient Photovoltaic Devices
As solar energy is the only renewable resource capable of adequately meeting today’s total global energy demand, Andrei focuses on the possibilities of optimising dye-sensitised solar cells’ efficiency.
From a Scientific Point of View
This monograph deals with the scientific viewpoint, illustrated here through a number of topical cases in modern science, from gravitational waves to mental disorders. It shows that this worldview underlies all current scientific and technological research projects.
Not White/Straight/Male/Healthy Enough
This anthology discloses the experiences of members of the academic community who know the struggle for acceptance all too well. It serves to caution newcomers to the academy, to equip teachers to identify and discuss inequity in the classroom, and to provoke change.
Katsikides provides articles dealing with technology’s role and its social impact within the new information age. He draws together research devoted to key questions examining the relationship between the various new developments of technological systems and their social impact.
Santagostino shows Luigi Einaudi to be the architect of what we call today the European Union, despite the lack of recognition of his fundamental role. The author further highlights that contemporary monetary policy has drawn much from Einaudi’s theory of financial stability.
Transcending Eurocentric models of understanding the female body, this volume addresses historical questions that explore the multiple aspects associated with the uterus through both learned and popular sources, material evidence, daily practices, iconography and representation.
Blue Black Sea
Experts from the Black Sea states analyze the region’s complex security, political, and economic dynamics, offering essential assessments of the international policies shaping the area today.
Bard of the Bethel
Former sailor Father Taylor became one of Boston’s most popular preachers. A missionary, reformer, and champion of religious tolerance, his story portrays a unique and forceful American character set against the backdrop of Boston in the age of revival and reform.
Mediterráneos
This book analyzes the political, religious, social, and artistic expressions that have flourished and converged in the Mediterranean and Near East, highlighting the scope of this blend of traditions from its earliest stages to the present.
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