The Value of Work and Its Rules between Innovation and Tradition
Amid global challenges, this book examines the principle “labour is not a commodity” and its practical implications. It helps academics and practitioners understand today’s socio-economic changes, globalization, and the role of public and private institutions.
By studying the temperance societies of Victorian and Edwardian England, this book opens a window onto middle-class and working-class society. These organizations of men, women, and children provided the backbone for temperance as both a social movement and a political lobby.
An innovative way to study American history from the colonial period to the 20th century. Learn how to analyze primary sources in a scholarly manner, then explore 20 historical texts, each with its own set of activities. A vital handbook for both students and professors.
This book explores the partnership between the French state and Disney to create Val d’Europe. It reveals why a welfarist state joined a capitalist giant and critically examines their ongoing efforts to build a massive urban tourism pole despite criticisms and challenges.
Shifting Toponymies
Place-names are dynamic tools used to shape our surroundings and identities. This book explores the fascinating and often controversial relationship between toponyms and identity, showing how (re)naming practices convey values and visions of the world across space and time.
This book explains the compulsions to revise India’s Nuclear Doctrine (IND) in response to geostrategic realities, including Pakistan’s tactical nuclear weapons and terrorism. It explores updating the policy for massive retaliation with a credible second strike capability.
This book presents a humanistic framework for health promotion, arguing that the key is not to control behavior, but to cultivate autonomy. It reframes health as a matter of social justice—a moral endeavor to remove barriers so everyone can realize their innate capacities.
The Making of the Modern Greeks
How did the Modern Greeks re-emerge on the historical stage after centuries of obscurity? This book examines the formation of New Hellenism, showing how various social groups differentiated themselves from the Ottoman system to create a distinct economic and cultural space.
A Discourse Analysis of the ‘Trumpusconi’ Phenomenon
Is Trump our contemporary Berlusconi? This work analyses the two political figures through discourse analysis to see if their similarities go beyond personality. It confirms the ‘Trumpusconi’ idea, but shows Trump belongs to a different era of infotainment.
Does evolution make faith superfluous? While evolution makes sense of all life, doesn’t this demolish the claim that God created the universe? This book explores a God who embraces that universe with love, not interference, and a faith that calls us to urgently needed restraint.
Power Politics in Africa
This collection examines power politics in Africa, focusing on the strategies of regional powers like Nigeria and South Africa. It contrasts the struggle for hegemony with pan-African solidarity, contributing a vital African perspective to a largely Eurocentric field.
Modern and Contemporary Taiwanese Philosophy
As mainland China rejected its philosophical heritage, Taiwanese thinkers did more than preserve it—they reinvented it. Engaging with Western thought, they forged complex new systems, creating a vital 20th-century legacy still largely unknown in the West.
The Success Rates and Limits of Reproductive Medicine
More couples are leaving children until later, not realising “later” can be “too late”. While many trust in reproductive medicine, the biological clock cannot be turned back. This book explains the medical facts: what fertility treatments can achieve, and what they cannot.
Archaeological Chemistry
This multidisciplinary volume presents new research in archaeological chemistry, applying chemical techniques to study the material remains of past cultures. It shows how the field combines analytical chemistry, history, and materials science to better understand our past.
Explore the improved optical detectors, from UV to far-infrared, that power a new era of measurement. This guide helps scientists and engineers select, build, and calibrate instruments for superior accuracy and expanded applications.
Selected Topics on Antenna Synthesis
This volume provides essential tools for developing antennas. It moves beyond classical synthesis to focus on synthesizing desired radiation patterns and optimizing phase patterns to eliminate shadowing effects, while strengthening the reader’s engineering style of thinking.
This book focuses on Maurice Chapelan’s poetry and aphorisms. His poems encompass the essence of the man, his heart and soul, whereas his aphorisms express his philosophy. A master of the prose poem, Chapelan was a moralist and a fine practitioner of l’humour noir.
Me and My Hormones
This jargon-free book offers a comprehensive account of hormone conditions affecting all ages. It covers common issues like puberty timing, thyroid disorders, diabetes, and weight, bringing clarity to how hormones impact your health, growth, and well-being.
Charles D’Oyly’s Lost Satire of British India
Suppressed upon its 1828 publication, this lost satiric epic is a wickedly funny critique of British India. Written and illustrated by an insider—an artist serving the empire—it reveals the fault lines of colonial rule through a young cadet’s eyes.
The Making of Association Football
Modern football was ‘made’ between 1857 and 1877. Using original Football Association minutes, this book tells a tale of disagreement, conspiracy, and the rise of Charles Alcock—creator of the FA Cup and international football—as the game split from rugby forever.
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