Dialogues on the Delta
This interdisciplinary collection examines Stockton, California. Once ground zero for the housing crisis and the first major American city to declare bankruptcy, it cannot be framed by misfortune alone. Discover a vibrant community with a rich, diverse, and vital history.
The Polish Swan Triumphant
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.
Coming Home? Vol. 1
Forced displacement creates conflict. This book explores the complex link between return migration and the compelling but often chimerical search for home. Scholars examine tensions between nation-states and migrants in 20th and 21st century Europe and North Africa.
This edition of John Greaves’s Pyramidographia (1646) is the first scientific treatise on the pyramids in English. Greaves, the earliest English “Egyptologist,” used metrics, not mysticism, to pioneer modern scientific inquiry. Includes his letters and a biography.
Informed by Indigenous researchers and daily walks, this volume links scientific findings on deep time evolution to embodied interactions with rocks, trees, and weather. It explores ancient Gondwana, the first songbirds, and brings hope to young people facing climate change.
A Sandy Path near the Lake
The autobiography of Kovit Khemananda, a Thai Buddhist artist and spiritual teacher. His insightful spiritual quest takes him from the monkhood to sojourns abroad, revealing a path of frustration and liberation that helps us crack the code of the human condition.
Jovial Bigotry
The late 19th-century debate over manners and morals in France, Britain, and the US was truly about gender and sexuality. Commentators used stereotypes of women to discuss their roles, but this analysis reveals a common outlook: an agreement on patriarchy.
Revisiting Decadence
An introduction to the fifteenth century through the chronicles and personal recollections of its writers. It examines how their pessimistic conclusions about the conduct of their contemporaries contributed to the era’s reputation for decadence.
The Indian freedom struggle was also fought on foreign soil. This book documents the crucial role of the Indian diaspora in the nation’s fight for independence, covering the significant people, places, memorials, and events of the movement.
The human body is always changing its meanings. Why did Puritans stop addressing God as Mother? How did Victorian women’s sports grow? How transgressive was the ‘dandy’? This lively volume explores the variety of body-studies and their answers.
Divided we stand
In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.
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.
Invisible Cultures
Some cultural groups are “invisible,” absent from historiographical records or material remains. This volume explores why the memory of these marginalized groups was obliterated and presents new perspectives aimed at returning voice and presence to the “invisibles” of history.
Discourses That Matter
Confronting our age of deep instability, this collection asks how English and American Studies can intervene. The essays explore how discourses on gender, race, and power matter, demonstrating the field’s capacity to foster critical thought and challenge injustice.
Naked and Alone in a Strange New World
This analysis of early modern captivity narratives argues the harrowing tales are not historically accurate. Instead, they are cultural artifacts that offer insight into the mentalities of the age, aiding understanding of sixteenth-century peoples and societies.
Between Memory and Mythology
This volume examines the relationship between myth and memory, exploring how war narratives are used to construct modern identities. These essays show how political elites engage in mythmaking to shape national and cultural self-perception.
One Magisterium
An author with work in neuroscience, religion, and cognitive science tackles the Big Issues of science, faith, and innovation. The remarkable conclusion: by paying attention to ontology, or levels of being, algorithms work better and damaging culture clashes disappear.
Victorian Traffic
This collection explores “traffic”—a key concept for the Victorian era’s imperial expansion. With a global range, these essays address the two-way, cross-cultural exchange of ideas, images, and identity, revealing it as relational and always in motion.
Ireland
In 1916, revolutionaries marched in Dublin. In 2010, IMF technocrats arrived to begin Ireland’s re-colonisation. This book explains why resistance had been destroyed and argues that an opportunity now exists to re-imagine and re-invent the nation.
Essays on the Medieval Period and the Renaissance
Spanning three centuries of English literature, from 15th-century texts to Milton, this collection reinterprets tradition with innovative methods. Essays explore genre experiments, contemporary Shakespearean adaptations, and new perspectives on Milton.
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