Is scientific forecasting of the future possible? The authors of this book are convinced it is. Using rigorous methodology and mathematical modeling, leading experts demonstrate what the world will look like in the coming decades and centuries.
Understanding the City
This book moves beyond the theoretical discussion of Henri Lefebvre. It presents empirical case studies from different cities, using his key concepts to propose new comprehensions of the contemporary city and empower shared desires for just urban outcomes.
New Tourism in the 21st Century
This analysis of 21st-century tourism explores culture, heritage, nature, and branding. From urban destinations to pilgrimage routes like the Camino de Santiago, it presents tourism as a slow counterpoint to the frenetic pace of modern life.
Work and the Challenges of Belonging
This book explores the relationship between work and migrant belonging in globalizing economies. It examines how policies create precarious, poorly paid work, and discusses the challenges of exclusion, securitization, and the commodification of migrant labor.
Intercultural Horizons Volume II
This volume features a collection of papers on intercultural education. Authors provide faculty and student perspectives on developing intercultural competence in higher education, focusing on service-learning and the university’s engagement with the community.
The Willow and the Spiral
This book of essays commemorates Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. Top scholars offer studies of his poetry and essays in relation to art, politics, translation, and world cultures, celebrating his legacy of criticism and open viewpoints.
Crime and Madness in Modern Austria
This collection explores the history, politics, and representation of crime and madness in modern Austria. It reveals how cultural responses are steeped in mythmaking, while literary representations expose deep-seated attitudes about Austrian society.
Insanity and Genius
The truths we need come from a way of knowing not of logic, but of expression—a world that takes us beyond the grasp of reason. This book is an exploration of the greatest minds and how they have struggled to find the deepest truths about the human condition.
Essays
More than a location, the Caribbean is a global crossroads. This collection traces the flows of people, literature, and ideas that connect the West Indies to the world, revealing the islands as powerful makers of international culture and meaning.
Living Outside the Walls
The influx of Chinese to Prato’s textile industry has stirred strong emotions. This is the first comprehensive English study of the migration, exploring the economic and social dilemmas from a full range of perspectives.
This guide to retiree destinations worldwide is based on research and hands-on testimonies. Hear directly from retirees in Spain, Canada, and Ecuador, and learn what factors to consider. Chapters include destination profiles based on personal interviews with locals.
Confining Spaces, Resistant Subjectivities
This book offers a contemporary re-reading of postcolonial women’s narratives, focusing on female oppression, voice, and agency. An analysis of unconventional spaces of female resistance, such as prison and madness, yields surprising results.
India in Canada
This collection of articles offers an interdisciplinary, Indo-Canadian perspective on the Humanities. It covers literature, film, and history, exploring themes of diaspora and gender, and features creative writing by renowned Indo-Canadian authors.
Contentious Connections
This multidisciplinary volume analyzes how transnational connections are re-imagining politics, gender, and public culture in South Asia. It explores the relationship between local worlds and global flows, questioning the role of power, the state, and agency.
Printed Advertisement 1947-1970
This work explains the politics of newspaper advertisements in Bengal between 1947 and 1970 and the Bengali middle class’s encounter with them. Though sober, the ads shaped desires and prescribed a lifestyle, preparing the ground for modern consumerism.
Comparative Patriarchy and American Institutions
This book oscillates between analysis, which tries to explain what man is, and anecdote, which teaches what he is capable of becoming. By examining diverse gender relationships, we may gain wider perspectives on our own prejudices and become more fully human.
Celebrity Colonialism
Celebrity Colonialism explores the entanglements of fame and power in colonial and postcolonial settings. It demonstrates the ambivalent roles played by famous personalities, providing a powerful lens for understanding what colonialism was and what it has become.
This ground-breaking book highlights the gritty, messy, and humorous reality of sports coaching. It deconstructs the activity before showing how it can be done better, providing the first distinct theorisation of coaching and clearing the conceptual fog around the practice.
Until recently, copying in medieval book painting was explained by the use of model drawings or sketch books. However, it is no longer sufficient to regard the art through these lenses alone. This volume considers other factors in the transmission of art.
Wilde’s Wiles
This unique collection of essays by international experts celebrates Oscar Wilde’s genius. It explores his enduring influence on culture—from aesthetics to queer theory—and examines the influence of his family and friends on him.