This book explores the progress of astronomy and astrophysics in Spain from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The eclipses of 1900 and 1905 were a crucial turning point, connecting Spanish scholars with the international community.
The Camp
Camps are diverse: from extermination and concentration to refugee and detention. This book explores the universal structure of the camp, analyzing how narratives of internment and exclusion become potential sites of agency and testimony.
Memories and Portraits
Philosopher H. G. Callaway blends history and autobiography in a narrative of travel across three continents. He illuminates American thought through fascinating cultural contrasts, merging the formalism of analytic philosophy with American pragmatism.
Between the Two
This book is a reflexive exploration into collaborative writing as a method of inquiry. At its heart are sequences of exchanged writings that form an experimental, transgressive inquiry into subjectivity, drawing on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.
New Voices in Linguistics presents diversified work from a new generation of researchers who question traditional assumptions. This unique book offers a rare glimpse of ongoing projects, an excellent opportunity to be ‘ahead of the curve’ in linguistics.
Cesare Pugni
Cesare Pugni (1802–70) worked with choreographers Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa in Paris, London, and St Petersburg, creating renowned 19th-century ballets. Extremely prolific, he composed over 300 works, delighting audiences with his attractive melodies.
Henry Fielding In Our Time
Essays by leading scholars offer a cross-section of current approaches to Henry Fielding’s life and writings. This collection explores his famous novels, journalism, and social pamphlets, appealing to students, academics, and readers interested in the novel.
Remarkable Contributions
This insightful text explores the emergence of women leaders in India’s growing service industry, a topic long unexamined. Grounded in research, it brings their remarkable leadership to life through case studies and surveys that capture their real lives.
The Glory of the Garden
The Glory of the Garden examines regional theatre, a constant source of anxiety and pride. It moves the debate beyond the cliché of crisis to examine the politics and policy of making performance outside London, combining essays with case studies.
Belonging and Exclusion
This is the first cross-cultural analysis of how belonging and exclusion are represented in literature, film and theatre in the context of migration in Australia and Germany. The focus on artistic works offers unique snapshots of these processes.
Uncertain Lives
Uncertain Lives examines the impact of neoliberal policies on everyday life in Australia. It explores the persistence of race and racism as multicultural values have been replaced, charting how race has influenced everything from daily life to border control.
Rethinking the Racial Moment
This collection of essays re-energises the debate on race by focusing on its intersections with colonialism. It shifts our historical understanding, offering invigorating new approaches to cultural encounters via the interpretive frame of ‘the moment.’
Limerick Constitutional Nationalism, 1898-1918
This analysis of Limerick politics from 1898-1918 asks if they were driven by local or national concerns. It concludes that politics were intensely local, with greater continuities than ruptures in the composition and behaviour of political elites.
Edward Scribner Ames was a philosopher who adapted Christianity to pragmatism and modern science. This volume contains his unpublished manuscripts, with lectures explaining Christianity in terms of pragmatism and the philosophy of John Dewey.
From Queens to Slaves
This book is a study of the women involved with Pope Gregory the Great. It covers everyone from royal and aristocratic women to abbesses, nuns, widows, and even women escaping slavery, exploring their legal cases and relationships with the pope.
Art as “Night”
Art as “Night” proposes a type of dark, a-historical knowledge crossing painting from Velázquez to Richter and Kiefer. It argues for a non-discursive form of intellection embodied in the work of art—a pure visual and moral agency lost since the Baroque era.
Byron and Bob
Byron’s most important literary relationship was with Robert Southey, whom he hated and to whom he “dedicated” his masterpiece, *Don Juan*. This book argues Byron’s literary distaste became a projected self-distrust, a dislike for his own flaws.
From Traditional Attire to Modern Dress
These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors’ worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.
Scholars from across the world offer an interesting, informed discussion of contemporary challenges in governance. These thought-provoking articles demonstrate the diversity of debates, covering themes from integrity in public life to women and politics.
This study investigates the effectiveness of audio versus text feedback for non-native English-speaking students in online courses. It shows how feedback impacts learning and perception, and how results differ if the instructor is a native or non-native speaker.
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