This book analyzes the life satisfaction of older Germans as the household’s role in providing a better later life diminishes. Using quantitative statistics, it uncovers unexpected findings, making it a worthy read for scholars, students, and older people concerned with ageing.
Early British Comedy
This collection of sixteen British comedies from the 16th and 17th centuries includes everything from broad humour to heavy social satire. The analysis digs into each play’s embedded assumptions and social role, connecting the works to Elizabethan culture and our own time.
This well-researched text covers laboratory and diagnostic procedures in malariology. Born out of years of laboratory practice, it shows a meticulous attention to detail and is highly recommended to laboratory practitioners, biomedical and medical students alike.
The Roots of Visual Depiction in Art
Why ancient humans first began to represent animals is a question that has led to a bewildering number of theories since cave art was discovered. This work provides an answer, demonstrating the intriguing journey of the development of visual imagery in the human brain.
Cheap Print and the People
For 500 years, cheap print was the staple diet of ordinary Europeans, offering news, scandal, folktales, and songs. Neglected for centuries, these materials shine a light on the culture and lives of the people. This is the first pan-European study of the subject.
Modelling Offshore Wind Farm Operation and Maintenance
Offshore wind energy is a vital green resource, but its main challenge is the high cost of operation and maintenance. This book explores how to reduce failure rates and make offshore wind energy cheaper, using condition monitoring systems and real-world case studies.
Obumselu on African Literature
Ben Obumselu’s (1930 – 2017) highly celebrated work on African literature is here brought together in a single volume for the first time. The originality of his insights, his analytic rigour, and the power and grace of his expression render this compendium compelling.
This book is concerned with the outcomes of the doctoral research programme of the Maryvale Institute (UK) and its contribution to new knowledge in the area of Catholic studies, a wide field including history, literature, philosophy, spirituality, and theology.
Literature and Psychology
This study explores how psychological messages are portrayed and interpreted in writing. It analyzes the interaction between text and reader, with emphasis on emotion, identity, and trauma, offering an in-depth look at psychology and literature.
In 2008, corporations were bailed out while millions suffered. This book chronicles government and business fraud throughout US history, from scams by the Founders to the swindles that spawned the Great Depression, and warns that the factors are in place for the next collapse.
Museums and Communities
This volume brings together seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It represents an opportunity to think about the roles and values of museums internationally.
This book tells the ‘USC story’: the challenges faced and pedagogical enhancements made in embracing new technology to teach social work online. It details how faculty converted traditional courses for a virtual program that grew to over 2,200 students.
Saint John Henry Newman
This volume of essays argues that John Henry Newman’s legacy is a vital resource for believers confronting a secular world and a church in crisis. Noted scholars address faith, knowledge, education, and relationships, offering much to ponder for all readers.
Beyond its story, what makes Nineteen Eighty-Four a masterpiece? This book conducts a semiotic analysis to uncover the novel’s hidden structures, revealing how Orwell masterfully constructed its powerful and enigmatic layers of meaning.
This volume explores words, the building blocks of language, from multifaceted perspectives. Bringing together linguistics, neuroscience, and psycholinguistics, it tackles key questions on how to define, measure, and teach vocabulary.
There are some figures in modern history who stand out not just for their amoral conduct but their cruelty. Sangster explores the life of the notorious Beria, Stalin’s henchman, offering historical context, biographical detail and philosophical analysis in the process.
This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It covers diverse topics from the African thematics of jazz to protest movements in Senegal and Nigeria and the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
As governments worldwide innovate to provide better public services, this collection of essays highlights public service theory and practice. It is an excellent, updated resource for scholars, students and practitioners in public administration.
Menander’s Characters in Context
To appreciate Menander’s naturalistic characters, we need a guide to his time: Aristotle. This book examines two of Menander’s comedies in this light, comparing the ancient originals to modern adaptations and shedding new light on cultural values, then and now.
The Cyprus Detention Camps
In 1946, Jewish Holocaust survivors seeking to immigrate to Israel were intercepted and deported to detention camps in Cyprus. This largely inaccessible saga is now brought to light through previously unknown sources, eyewitness interviews, maps, and timelines.