Social Sciences

Canterbury

A Medieval City

Edited By: Catherine Royer-Hemet

£39.99

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury's fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury’s fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

“How we’re going about it”

Teachers' Voices on Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning Languages

Edited By: Melinda Dooly, Diana Eastment

£39.99

This book connects research and practice by outlining innovative language teaching approaches from real teachers in real classrooms. It synthesizes theory and practice in an accessible way, providing authentic, grass-roots experiences from across the globe.

Women, Islam and Globalization in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Nilgun Anadolu-Okur

£39.99

This pioneering study explores the new female Muslim identity. Through interdisciplinary essays, it examines the daily struggles, challenges, choices, and rights of Muslim women globally, both within and outside the Muslim world, in the twenty-first century.

Women Moving Forward Volume Two

An Intersectional Lens for a Tapestry of Diverse Voices

Edited By: Raúl Fernández-Calienes

£39.99

A weaving of stories about hope, fortitude, and resilience. This collection shares narratives of the global movement of women towards empowerment, exploring the challenges they face as they move forward. This profound volume both inspires and challenges.

Second Language Acquisition Research

Theory-Construction and Testing

Edited By: Fethi Mansouri

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This book reports on experimental SLA research across different languages, focusing on Processability Theory. Chapters outline key theoretical claims and methodologies, shedding light on the nexus between bilingualism and theory-driven SLA research.

The Many Worlds of Circus

Edited By: Robert Sugarman

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This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. "This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings." —Janet M. Davis

This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. “This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings.” —Janet M. Davis

New Developments in Financial Modelling

Edited By: Margarida Catalão-Lopes, Joaquim Pina, João O. Soares

£39.99

This volume joins authors from academia and practice to offer a multiplicity of issues and methodology in finance. It presents applied and theoretical work on banking, market microstructure, risk, and portfolio selection, useful for both practice and research.

Gender and Trauma

Interdisciplinary Dialogues

Edited By: Fatima Festić

£39.99

These interdisciplinary essays explore the intersection of gender and trauma. Contributors analyze the links between the effects of trauma and the performance of gender, examining the roles of sex and sexual identity within this complex relationship.

Michael Foot and the Labour Leadership

By: Andrew Scott Crines

£39.99

Michael Foot’s leadership is often seen as a cataclysmic failure. This book argues that far from being a disaster, it contributed to the survival of the Labour Party as he emerged as a unity candidate against the divisive potential of radicals.

Educating the ‘Unconstant Rabble’

Arguments for Educational Advancement and Reform during the English Civil War and Interregnum

By: Ann McGruer

£39.99

The English Revolution was a revolution in reading. While the state sought to restrict access to potentially dangerous ideas, key thinkers argued for the opposite: extending education to equip the emerging ‘reading public’ to take an active part in political life.

Cuisine and Symbolic Capital

Food in Film and Literature

Edited By: Cheleen Mahar

£39.99

This collection of essays examines food in international film and literature, exploring how making, eating, and thinking about food reveals culture, mediates social relationships, and shapes cultural identity.

Homo-Democraticus

On the Universal Desirability and the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights

By: Filip Spagnoli

£39.99

This book offers a philosophical and pragmatic defence of the universal value of human rights and democracy. While the defence of universal human rights has a long tradition, this work makes the original case for the universal desirability of democracy itself.

Lost in the Antebellum

By: Robert D. Morritt

From £24.99

This compendium of thought from pre-Civil War America features the “real” story of Davy Crockett, a novelist praised by Edgar Allen Poe, abolitionist singers, and a tale of a man’s return from the Moon. A concise view of the era, from oceanographers to filibusters.

Humanism and Christian Letters in Early Modern Iberia (1480-1630)

Edited By: Alejandro Coroleu

£39.99

These essays examine the influence of Christian Latin literature upon the Latin and vernacular letters of the Iberian Peninsula (1480–1630). Contrary to most studies, this volume accommodates authors writing in Portuguese, Catalan, and Latin.

Students, Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education

Edited By: Mike Byram

£39.99

Academic mobility in higher education is a high-profile phenomenon. This book reports research on the experience for students and staff, charting the far-reaching effects on universities, teaching, and individuals as they are forced to see themselves in a new light.

Cultures of Trade

Indian Ocean Exchanges

Edited By: Stephen Muecke, Devleena Ghosh

£39.99

The pre-colonial Indian Ocean hosted the first global economy, a history repeated today. Contributors narrate the cultures of exchange, showing how culture adds value to commodities and how trade created the complex religions and ethnicities of the region.

Bound by Love

Familial Bonding in Film and Television since 1950

Edited By: Laura Mattoon D’Amore

£39.99

The bonds of love can bring bliss or demand sacrifice; they can save us or destroy us. This book explores how familial bonds in film and television reveal a cultural dialogue about the changing nature of love and the American family.

Assaulting the Past

Violence and Civilization in Historical Context

Edited By: Katherine D. Watson

£39.99

This interdisciplinary book offers a comparative history of interpersonal violence since the early modern period. Drawing on records from five countries, it explores Norbert Elias’s theory of the civilizing process to offer new insights on violence and society.

Media Agoras

Democracy, Diversity, and Communication

Edited By: Sofie Van Bauwel, Bart Cammaerts, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco

£39.99

This collection of essays presents up-to-date perspectives on the media's role in constructing a more inclusive society. From theoretical debates to empirical analyses, this book presents a critical overview of crucial debates in contemporary European societies.

This collection of essays presents up-to-date perspectives on the media’s role in constructing a more inclusive society. From theoretical debates to empirical analyses, this book presents a critical overview of crucial debates in contemporary European societies.

Shadowlines

Women and Borders in Contemporary Asia

Edited By: Develeena Ghosh

£39.99

Globalization is transforming life for women in Asia. New opportunities for work and migration can be empowering, but also enslaving. How do women experience these changes? This volume places their testimony at the center.

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