How do video games portray history? This volume questions the conceptions of history games embody, focusing on the early modern period (1450-1815). From Age of Empires to Assassin’s Creed, it explores what happens when games encounter early modernity.
A practical guide for academics and practitioners on using corpora in advanced foreign language teaching. Through a detailed case study, this book illustrates how to integrate analysis tools into university education, revealing both potential and pitfalls.
The African democratic project is challenged by a rise in unconstitutional government changes. This book explores the causes and methods—from military takeovers to election manipulation—examining the African Union’s flawed legal response and offering suggestions for the future.
This book details the unique 20th-century alliance between small Albania and giant China. Based on specific interests, this relationship unfolded from initial optimism to sworn animosity, cracking when China established a new affinity with the USA.
The End of Manorial Tenure, 1841-1957
This book reveals the neglected world of English manorial tenure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It establishes for the first time a protracted property revolution lasting over 100 years—a massive lacuna in legal history of interest to lawyers and historians alike.
Following great thinkers on human happiness from antiquity to today, this book argues that as active creators, we can amend the world and make it a safe place for all. It includes primary sources on happiness in their original Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek, with translations.
We are surrounded by risks, but the media’s presentation of them is just as important. From causing public worry to legitimizing foreign policy, this book explores how the media covers risk and the profound consequences of its coverage.
Biogeochemical Transformation in Lake Superior
This book uses state-of-the-art analytical tools to investigate the transformation and fate of carbon in Lake Superior. It covers analyses of carbon isotopes in organic matter and food webs, making it a key resource for students, researchers, and environmental managers.
A guide for process systems engineers to design environmentally conscious chemical processes. It introduces the Composite Sustainability Indicator (CSI), a tool integrating risk assessment and environmental impact models, and uses case studies to demonstrate its effectiveness.
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.
This book discusses the integration of periodontics and orthodontics. It shows how periodontal surgeries can accelerate tooth movement and improve treatment retention, aiding the growing number of adult patients seeking orthodontic therapy for better esthethics.
This book surveys Chinese ancient currency through the ages, exploring the history of currency exchange between China and other countries like ancient Greece and Rome. It considers the influence of Chinese currency on Asia and its interaction with European and American coins.
Film scholars, drawing upon psychology, analyze the connections between stylistic patterns and aesthetic effects. This selection of essays focuses on elements of filmic narration to gain tangible insight into the ancient mystery of the link between art and experience.
Victorian Turns, NeoVictorian Returns
Essays by international scholars explore Victorian writers like Dickens and Eliot in their cultural context. The collection then examines NeoVictorian returns in contemporary literature and film, revealing the era’s ongoing dialogue with the modern world.
Current Issues in English Language Teaching and Learning
This unique volume offers an international perspective on English language teaching. It provides solutions to current ELT problems from global experts on topics like teacher training, classroom practice, new technologies, and learner language research.
Safety Essentials for Business and Leisure Travel
This book blends in-depth research on global risk mitigation with unique perspectives on travel safety. It tackles hard issues like kidnapping and contingency planning, incorporating the real-life experiences of an author who survived torture and abduction. Essential reading.
The Compassionate Rebel Revolution
This revised edition of the second volume in the award-winning Compassionate Rebel series features the inspiring stories of ordinary people from around the globe who have carried out extraordinary acts that are positively transforming our politics, culture and way of life.
Discover realist painter Clark Hulings (1922-2011), an artist whose subject was work—daily life in ancient places grappling with modernity. This book highlights the beauty and empathy of his paintings and discusses the work ethic that took him to the summit of realist technique.
Fatigue of Sintered Materials
This book details the theoretical background of Powder Metallurgy (PM) and the fatigue phenomenon of dynamically loaded sintered components. It analyses the influence of powder morphology and heat treatment on fatigue strength, and includes a fatigue analysis of sintered gears.
Corpus Linguistics and English Across ‘The Three Circles’
This book surveys applied corpus linguistics across two decades of advancements (2000-2020). It is essential for EFL and ESL students and practitioners, featuring replicable case studies on learners and native speakers of English from around the world.
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