Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov questioned tsarist Russia’s official policy of “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality”. This book examines how his operas presented a new vision of Russian identity, challenging the autocracy through his art and political ideology.
Virtual communities are one of the most important factors affecting consumer decisions. This text explains their features and types, arguing that understanding how they change is more relevant than ever for the students and business owners of the future.
Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism in West Africa
The era of conceptualising archaeology as a purely academic exercise is over. This book argues for a curricular revolution in West Africa, uniting the field with heritage, tourism, and museum management to create employment through Cultural Resource Management (CRM).
How can tourism benefit a country inclusively and responsibly? Prominent scholars explore sustainable tourism development in Tanzania, focusing on local food linkages and responsible practices. A valuable source for the tourism industry, policymakers, scholars, and students.
Born from WWI propaganda, public diplomacy is a tool to influence foreign populations. But the earliest US attempts failed, torn between public idealism and self-interested pragmatism. This book evaluates the pioneering 1918 campaign directed at the Mexican people.
Creation and Pentecostals
Can Pentecostals reconcile their confession that God is the creator with science? This book explains how Pentecostals can read the Bible and science in a way that resonates God’s grace and glory, providing a biblical perspective on the origins of the universe and evolution.
Mainframe Computer Systems
This volume describes General Electric’s venture into mainframe computers. GE pioneered commercial timesharing, and its hardware was used to develop the BASIC language and the influential Multics system. Unable to compete with IBM, GE sold its computer division to Honeywell.
Emergent Bilingual Students and Their Academic Performance
Emergent Bilinguals are a fast-growing but underserved subgroup. Based on multiyear studies of their reading and mathematics performance, this book provides educational leaders, researchers, and policymakers with vital pre-pandemic baselines to inform changes in instruction.
Voices on the Loss of National Independence in Korea and Vietnam, 1890-1920
This comparative study of anti-colonial movements in Korea and Vietnam examines two protagonists. Molded by shared pasts, they dealt with their countries’ condition and envisioned an alternative world order that has pertinence today.
Supporting the Training of Aviation English Trainers and Assessors
This guide helps train Aviation English experts and assessors to meet ICAO language requirements. Its ready-to-apply guidelines enhance flight safety by minimizing communication misunderstandings. A compact text for trainers, aspiring experts, and self-study.
Child life specialists need research skills, but few resources exist. Combining clinical examples with advice from seasoned researchers, this text guides you from identifying a clinical question to reporting results and improving patient outcomes.
The Graveyard in Literature
This volume explores how cultural texts use the graveyard as a liminal space to challenge social values and articulate new perspectives. Immersed between life and death, where traditional certainties are suspended, new models for human interaction can be formulated.
This book explores the challenges linking tourist motivations, World Heritage Sites, and local culture. With a focus on Portugal and Brazil, it draws on international examples to explore themes like marketing, sustainability, authenticity, and preservation.
Explore contemporary law’s pivotal shifts and pressing challenges. Delve into landmark cases, human rights, environmental law, and the transformative impact of technology on jurisprudence. A compass for navigating our modern legal discourse, this is an indispensable resource.
As traditional journalism collapses, this ground-breaking textbook provides a new path. It presents a narrative-free, experimental model using verified facts to show how the world interconnects. Through unique exercises, you will see reality and truth in a whole new light.
This book details an innovative finite element (FE) formulation for post-tensioned (PT) concrete. It provides MATLAB code to simulate bonded, unbonded, or partially bonded tendons, including sliding, friction, and anchor seating loss, with reduced computational power.
For three generations, Afghans have migrated across the world. This book defines the concept of diaspora, considering key ideas like “belonging” and “return.” It focuses on the Afghan diaspora, particularly in Iran, and offers short accounts of their lives.
Deconstructing Language Structure and Meaning
Explore the latest research on Romanian syntax, semantics, phonology, and acquisition. This comparative volume draws on diverse theoretical frameworks, making it a vital resource for linguists in Romance studies and beyond.
Leadership for the Future
This volume explores leadership approaches from the past and present, analysing them for future challenges. Drawing from future studies, it introduces the reader to concepts of leadership that are ‘future-ready’.
Aldo Capitini on Opposition and Liberation
Imprisoned as an anti-fascist, philosopher Aldo Capitini developed a civil rights movement between that of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. He championed nonviolence and social change from the bottom-up, proving that “today’s utopia can be tomorrow’s reality”.