Social Sciences

Names in the Economy

Cultural Prospects

Edited By: Terhi Ainiala, Ulla Hakala, Paula Sjöblom

£49.99

Onomastic research has expanded towards names that reflect our commercial culture. Culture produces names and names produce culture. This multidisciplinary book contemplates commercial names from the viewpoints of linguistics, onomastics, marketing, and branding.

The Road to the Two Sudans

Edited By: Souad Ali, Richard Lobban

£49.99

This multi-faceted account reveals the complex foundations of conflicts between north and south, and recently within South Sudan itself. Hopes for a new democratic society have devolved to dysfunction as both nations face grave problems in security and stability.

Strategic and Geopolitical Issues in the Contemporary World

Edited By: Martin Riegl

£49.99

The 21st century is marked by a geopolitical power shift from West to East, creating challenges more difficult than any in the past. Will this new era be defined by rivalry between a weakening US and a rising China? This volume provides expert insights.

Management Information Systems for Microfinance

Catalyzing Social Innovation for Competitive Advantage

Edited By: Arvind Ashta

£49.99

The essays in this book explore the metrics required for success in the field of microfinance, using case studies on open-source and cloud-based software. Contributors include business executives and consultants, in addition to academics.

Shakespeare’s Greek Drama Secret

By: Myron Stagman

£49.99

This book presents striking textual correspondences between Greek and Shakespearean plays. It proves William Shakespeare became “Shakespeare” because of his mastery of the ancient Greek treasury of Drama, where images like Lady Macbeth's cruelty first appear.

The Ethics of the Family

Edited By: Linda Oravecz, Adam Potthast, Stephen Scales

£49.99

What are our ethical commitments to our family and the broader community? These essays provide ethical analyses of issues from same-sex marriage to licensing parents, covering love, sex, marriage, and the influence of technology on family life.

Science, Fables and Chimeras

Cultural Encounters

Edited By: Philippe Murillo, Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

£49.99

Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.

Geographical Thoughts in India

Snapshots and Visions for the 21st Century

By: Rana Singh

From £29.99

This book explores the roots of Indian geographical thought through its history, culture, and sacred ecology. It examines heritagescapes, belief systems, and the Ganga river, reconsidering India's development in light of its rich cultural legacy.

This book explores the roots of Indian geographical thought through its history, culture, and sacred ecology. It examines heritagescapes, belief systems, and the Ganga river, reconsidering India’s development in light of its rich cultural legacy.

The Future of Asian Feminisms

Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflicts and Neo-Liberalism

Edited By: Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Saskia E. Wieringa

£49.99

This book on Asian feminisms confronts fundamentalisms, conflicts, and neo-liberalism. A critical contribution from Asian women’s studies scholars and activists, it stimulates a unique “Asian voice” in the global women’s movement.

Radicalization, Terrorism, and Conflict

Edited By: Rachel Monaghan, Tali Walters

£49.99

Authored by international researchers, this collection addresses radicalization, terrorism, and conflict from a unique interdisciplinary perspective. It analyzes how players become radicalized and how terrorism manifests globally, offering new findings and policy ideas.

Voices

Postgraduate Perspectives on Inter-disciplinarity

Edited By: Juan Fernando Botero-Garcia, Kathryn Vincent

£49.99

This interdisciplinary collection explores the theme of “voice.” Voice is approached in a variety of manners: as the sound from human vocal cords, an author's literary tool, the work of a musical artist, or a way to understand those lacking a public voice.

This interdisciplinary collection explores the theme of “voice.” Voice is approached in a variety of manners: as the sound from human vocal cords, an author’s literary tool, the work of a musical artist, or a way to understand those lacking a public voice.

Ideology and Rhetoric

Constructing America

Edited By: Bożenna Chylińska

£49.99

These essays explore American culture through race, class, gender, and power. They reveal a nation born from conflicting ideologies, offering a transnational re-evaluation of the very idea of America itself.

At Whom Are We Laughing?

Humor in Romance Language Literatures

Edited By: Zenia Sacks DaSilva, Gregory M. Pell

£49.99

At whom are we really laughing? This collection of scholarly papers explores humor across the centuries in the literatures of Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula, revealing diverse aspects of wit little known to the general reader.

African Literacies

Ideologies, Scripts, Education

Edited By: Ashraf Abdelhay, Yonas Mesfun Asfaha, Kasper Juffermans

£49.99

Moving beyond stereotypes of low literacy, this volume explores Africa's complex and diverse multilingual literacies. It examines practices from ancient manuscripts to instant messaging, offering an advanced introduction to language and society in Africa.

Moving beyond stereotypes of low literacy, this volume explores Africa’s complex and diverse multilingual literacies. It examines practices from ancient manuscripts to instant messaging, offering an advanced introduction to language and society in Africa.

Songs of Memory in Islands of Southeast Asia

Edited By: Nicole Revel

£49.99

Emerging from international collaboration, this collection of essays seeks to safeguard the ancient sung narratives of Southeast Asia. It explores the vitality of this Intangible Heritage in today’s changing world through pioneering studies and new technology.

Thirty Years After

New Essays on Vietnam War Literature, Film and Art

Edited By: Mark Heberle

£49.99

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict's traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict’s traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

Dossier Chris Marker

The Suffering Image

By: Gavin Keeney

£49.99

A study of Chris Marker's works, focusing on the dynamic interplay of political and subjective agency. It is this very conflict that animates all of Marker’s extensive works, which act as a “mask” or “screen” for forces that reside beyond the frame.

A study of Chris Marker’s works, focusing on the dynamic interplay of political and subjective agency. It is this very conflict that animates all of Marker’s extensive works, which act as a “mask” or “screen” for forces that reside beyond the frame.

The Future of Post-Human Formal Science

A Preface to a New Theory of Abstraction and Application

By: Peter Baofu

£49.99

The addiction to formal science has impoverished our knowledge and well-being. This book provides a better way to understand its nature, offering a new theory to transcend existing approaches and alter the way we think about the human future.

The English of Tourism

Edited By: Georgeta Raţă

£49.99

The English of Tourism offers a linguistic analysis of the language specific to tourism and related fields like hospitality, transportation, and advertising. It will appeal to professionals, researchers, students, and translators in these industries.

What Do You See? International Perspectives on Children’s Book Illustration

Edited By: Jennifer Harding, Pat Pinsent

From £25.99

This illustrated book explores the diversity of children's book illustration as a space for cultural dialogue. It considers how illustrations from different traditions are histories of art and style that enable us to traverse boundaries and dissolve barriers.

This illustrated book explores the diversity of children’s book illustration as a space for cultural dialogue. It considers how illustrations from different traditions are histories of art and style that enable us to traverse boundaries and dissolve barriers.

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