This book argues that early British women writers created a new expressive mode for melancholy. During a time of cultural and political transitioning, they forged a melancholy aesthetic to articulate their own experiences of loss, depression, and artistic angst.
This book investigates the acquisition of Tense and Agreement in Spanish and Catalan from a Minimalism Program perspective. It argues that children have these functional categories at a very early stage, covering subject-verb agreement, clitic pronouns, and subject position.
This book examines literary and cultural representations of old age in Africa. Using ageism as its central theme, it explores the ambiguity associated with the elderly, who are often highly venerated for their wisdom but also stereotyped because of their advanced age.
Journalism Standards of Work Today
In an age of new technology, are journalism ethics still relevant? This book examines the first national code of ethics from 1923, finding timeless values that can be applied to media today to equip citizens for representative governance without abandoning essential principles.
The Rise of the GCC States and Turkey
Once strategic partners, the GCC states and Turkey have become rivals for regional influence. Their relations are dynamic, shifting from agreement to conflict. This book studies their commonalities and differences and proposes ideas to make convergence possible again.
This collection of papers is divided into two categories: poetry and prose. The poetry section covers the Pre-Romantic, Romantic, modern, and contemporary eras, while the prose section concerns the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
An innovative way to study American history from the colonial period to the 20th century. Learn how to analyze primary sources in a scholarly manner, then explore 20 historical texts, each with its own set of activities. A vital handbook for both students and professors.
Vocabulary Strategy Training to Enhance Second Language Acquisition in English as a Foreign Language
This volume reviews studies on vocabulary learning strategies, provides new research on their effectiveness, and proposes a practical training program. With exercises and examples, it illustrates their utility in the foreign language classroom for teachers and learners.
The Israeli Druze Community in Transition
Through in-depth interviews with two generations of Israeli Druze, this unique book gives voice to a traditional people bound by a secret religion. How are they dealing with modernization? Can their very identity survive the meeting with the technological world?
Innovation beyond Fiction
This book shows how recent advances in mathematics help us manage innovation as a collective act of imagination. Told as the fictional story of an inventor hampered by bureaucracy, it will make you rethink both innovation and mathematics in practical organizational settings.
This history of computing from 1950 to 1970 reveals how an arithmetic machine evolved into a cornerstone of global society. Pioneers laid the platform for a social revolution, leading to the phone in your pocket and the PC on your desk. No one saw this coming.
This book presents critiques of African American authors, poets, and a composer who contributed to social change, including Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, and James Baldwin. It also discusses Vietnamese-American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen and his novel The Sympathizer.
This book explores the cultural field of poiesis—creativity in art, science, and philosophy. It connects the creative act to metaphysical spirituality and the sacred, revealing it as a synthesis of opposites like intuition and reason that is fundamental to human existence.
Luxury and American Consumer Culture
This book analyzes the role of luxury in American consumer culture, with case studies on how it affects our choices of automobiles, homes, and hotels. Adopting a global perspective, it also features analyses of luxury in China, Germany, Russia, and other countries.
The Balance of Power and State Policies
Using leaked US diplomatic cables, this book provides an inside look at the dynamics between China and its neighbours. It challenges West-dominant narratives to show how East Asia, the 21st century’s most important region, has defied alarmist predictions of instability.
Education today needs a re-thinking. This book presents EUFICCS, an innovative, full-immersion approach to language and culture teaching. This holistic path empowers students with the intercultural and democratic competences necessary to function as future global citizens.
Beyond Capitalism
The digital revolution isn’t just updating capitalism—it’s forging a new system. As profound as the industrial revolution, this transformation is born from the convergence of global crises. This book reveals the world that comes next.
Career Agility
In our complex and uncertain world, working lives are rapidly changing. This book offers career strategies and a practical toolkit of exercises to prepare you for the future, helping you understand your values and strengths to advance or reboot your career.
This chronological survey of Ancient Greece’s major writers explores genres from epic and drama to philosophy. It also features essays on Greek culture, including mythology, theater, government, and science. The book serves as a launchpad for our enduring Hellenic heritage.
This book reveals how masked activists in Saudi Arabia use social media to challenge a patriarchal society. It connects their hidden online identities to influential newspaper columns, investigating the true extent and consequences of a Saudi woman’s freedom of expression.
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