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Alternative Educational Methodologies

Edited By: Ion Albulescu, Catalano Horaţiu Roco

£67.99

Bringing together a number of conference papers, this book explores the six educational alternatives that exist in Romania, namely Step by Step, Waldorf, Freinet, Curative Pedagogy, Montessori and the Jenaplan.

Alternative Orientalisms in Latin America and Beyond

Edited By: Ignacio López-Calvo

£39.99

Orientalism is typically associated with Western scholars. This book presents alternative views from regions like Latin America, also affected by colonialism. Rather than constructing the Orient as an inferior other, these essays attempt to understand the Asian within us.

Alternative Spaces, Identity and Language in Afrofuturist Writing

By: Tugba Akman Kaplan

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For some Afrofuturists, going beyond the human is a response to the long struggle for equality. While the term is new, this book argues the ideas are not, tracing roots back over a hundred years and comparing proto-Afrofuturist authors with writer Octavia Butler.

Alternative Voices

(Re)searching Language, Culture, Identity …

Edited By: Imtiaz Hasnain

£54.99

This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.

Alternatives Within the Mainstream

British Black and Asian Theatres

Edited By: Dimple Godiwala

£39.99

Alternatives Within the Mainstream is the first comprehensive collection of critical essays on British Black and Asian Theatres. This long overdue book challenges the culture of myth which obscures the relevance of Black and Asian work with serious academic analysis.

Alternatives within the Mainstream II

Queer Theatres in post-war Britain

Edited By: Dimple Godiwala

£39.99

This introduction to queer sexualities on the post-war British stage charts a history from a climate of sexual repressiveness and criminalisation to a period of legal acceptance, covering gay, lesbian, trans and queer British theatres.

Ambassador Frederick Reinhart and America’s Relationship with Vietnam, 1955-1957

By: Ronald B. Frankum, Jr.

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Frederick Reinhardt arrived as US Ambassador to Vietnam during a critical time. He repaired the fragile relationship with Ngo Dinh Diem, restoring trust while overseeing pivotal events like the removal of the French, a new constitution, and Vietnam’s first national election.

Ambiguous Selves

Contesting Gender Binaries in Literature, Film and the Media

Edited By: Barbara Braid

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This collection of essays on literature, film, and media contests binary thinking on gender and sexuality. Celebrating difference and deviance, these texts subvert assumed norms, revel in the fluid self, and blur the lines that separate the normal from the abnormal.

Ambrose of Milan and Community Formation in Late Antiquity

Edited By: Ethan Gannaway, Robert L. Grant

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Ambrose was a protean figure whose motives are not always clear. This interdisciplinary volume investigates his efforts to create social cohesion for Nicaean Christianity against heresy and paganism by fusing Graeco-Roman and Judeo-Christian intellectual traditions.

Ambrose of Milan, Christian Sage

Resourcing Humanity and Goodness from Late Antiquity

By: Robert L. Grant

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Ambrose of Milan melds philosophy with Scripture, holding that life’s purpose is to serve the common good. At the heart of his theology is misericordia: a moral reset of forgiveness and benevolent justice for the marginalized, future generations, and the earth itself.

America in Crisis

Insights from New Social Science Disciplines

By: Michael A. Alexander

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America is in crisis. A changing climate, financial instability, and political turmoil threaten our future. Using the new science of cliodynamics, this book explains how rising inequality causes such crises and reveals how we can build a stronger, more prosperous America.

America in the British Imagination

Edited By: Roger Fagge, Tim Lockley

£34.99

Scholars explore how Britons have imagined America over 400 years. American life, culture, music and theatre were filtered through a shifting gaze ranging from admiration to outright hostility. Included are essays on Dickens, Orwell, and Radiohead.

American “Outsider”

Stories from the Irish Traveller Diaspora

By: Jean Ryan Hakizimana, Micheal O'Haodha

£34.99

This book jettisons preconceptions of America, throwing back the curtains on the hidden lives of Irish-American Pavees. Journey with these "people of the road"—shy migrants who live in the shadows of rumour, hearsay, and a hot summer sun.

This book jettisons preconceptions of America, throwing back the curtains on the hidden lives of Irish-American Pavees. Journey with these “people of the road”—shy migrants who live in the shadows of rumour, hearsay, and a hot summer sun.

American and European Values

Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives

Edited By: John Lachs

£34.99

International scholars consider the intersection of American and European values. They explore cultural sensibilities, key philosophical figures, and movements from pragmatism to existentialism, offering a rich conversation for our increasingly globalized world.

American Dreams

Dialogues in U.S. Studies

Edited By: Ricardo Miguez

£39.99

This collection offers contemporary definitions for the "American Dream"—or rather, Dreams. Multidisciplinary selections from international scholars reflect current developments and approaches in US Studies, helping to broaden the scope of the field.

This collection offers contemporary definitions for the “American Dream”—or rather, Dreams. Multidisciplinary selections from international scholars reflect current developments and approaches in US Studies, helping to broaden the scope of the field.

American Education Mythologies

A Remythification of the Public Language of U.S. Schools

By: Steve Daniel Przymus

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Myths can be used to confuse and convince. This book critiques myths in American education—about guns in schools, banned books, Critical Race Theory, and more—and remythifies them to conjure new understandings that support our most vulnerable youth.

American English(es)

Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives

Edited By: Anna Belladelli, Roberto Cagliero

£44.99

American English is plural, shaped by diverse ethnic groups. Using multiple points of view, this book tackles key language debates: minority vs hegemonic varieties, the Spanish vs English controversy, and the increasing exposure of slang in public contexts.

American Gold in Post-Second World War Taiwan

The Forgotten Free China

By: Wu Sing-yung

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U.S. gold, sent to stabilize China's currency during WWII, played a pivotal role in enabling a free China to thrive in Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek wisely used the remaining reserve to support Taiwan's economy, creating crucial stability to avert a communist invasion.

U.S. gold, sent to stabilize China’s currency during WWII, played a pivotal role in enabling a free China to thrive in Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek wisely used the remaining reserve to support Taiwan’s economy, creating crucial stability to avert a communist invasion.

American Literary-Political Engagements

From Poe to James

By: William M. Etter

£39.99

From Poe to James, 19th-century authors confronted their era's most urgent political questions. This book reveals how they transformed debates on democracy, social justice, and law into powerful and enduring works of literary art.

From Poe to James, 19th-century authors confronted their era’s most urgent political questions. This book reveals how they transformed debates on democracy, social justice, and law into powerful and enduring works of literary art.

American Modernism

Cultural Transactions

Edited By: Catherine Morley

£39.99

This book explores American literary modernism as a by-product of cultural transactions between the United States and Europe. Eminent scholars re-examine the works of Wharton, Pound, and Eliot, viewing American literature in a broad international context.