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Why was the State of Israel ‘Really’ Established?

By: Erez Casif

£39.99

Challenging most historians, this book suggests the struggle to establish a Jewish state was less a response to international challenges and more a struggle for power within the future state, providing new insights into pivotal historic events.

North and South

Essays on Gender, Race and Region

Edited By: Christine DeVine, Mary Ann Wilson

£44.99

This collection of essays crosses historical and disciplinary boundaries to ask if “north” and “south” represent real divisions. The essays interrogate boundaries—symbolic and literal, as communication and division—and explore how identity emerges across them.

Visions of the Irish Dream

Edited By: Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

£39.99

These essays examine the elusive dream of the Irish and Irish Americans. From 19th-century emigrants to contemporary artists, this study explores the conflicted visions of a people striving to come to terms with what it means to be Irish.

Perceptions of Tank Cascade Systems in Sri Lanka

Cascade Ecology

By: P. B. Dharmasena

From £35.99

Drawing on 4 decades of research, this book brings you updated knowledge of Sri Lanka's ancient tank cascade systems. The author offers new definitions of cascade systems and cascade ecology, exploring history, geology, water management, and the restoration of cascade ecology.

Drawing on 4 decades of research, this book brings you updated knowledge of Sri Lanka’s ancient tank cascade systems. The author offers new definitions of cascade systems and cascade ecology, exploring history, geology, water management, and the restoration of cascade ecology.

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land as a Place of Intercultural Exchanges

A Translation Perspective

By: Roxana Ştefania Bîrsanu

£44.99

This study tackles T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land from the perspective of translation as intercultural contact. It centres on a comparative study of the poem and its Romanian translations to sketch the most comprehensive contextualisation of Eliot in Romanian culture.

Academic Days of Timişoara

Social Sciences Today

Edited By: Maria Palicica, Georgeta Raţă

£54.99

Social Sciences Today contains papers from an international symposium covering economics, education, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. This collection will appeal to social science teachers at all levels of instruction.

Like One of the Family

Domestic Workers, Race, and In/Visibility in The Help

Edited By: Fiona Mills

£47.99

Using the best-selling novel The Help and its 2011 film adaptation as a starting point, this collection considers why such sterilized versions of America’s complex racial history resonate so deeply in our contemporary timeframe.

Negotiating Latinidades, Understanding Identities within Space

Edited By: Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez

£41.99

This collection explores different types of space—exile, borderlands, the open road—to unpack the intricacies of Latino/a subjectivities. At issue is the freedom to self-define and travel across physical and metaphorical barriers.

Identity and Values

Edited By: Susi Ferrarello, Stefano Giacchetti

£41.99

This book analyzes values and identity from philosophical, sociological, and psychological perspectives. Contributors explore the meaning of values, their role in defining self-identity, and how politics and aesthetics affect our moral lives.

New Woman Writers, Authority and the Body

Edited By: Stacey Floyd, Melissa Purdue

£34.99

This collection of essays explores fin de siècle “New Woman” writers who challenged women’s limited societal roles. The essays shed light on their progressive portrayals of female authority, strong physical bodies, and re-envisioned marriage plots.

Policies, Principles, Practices

New Directions in Foreign Language Education in the Era of Educational Globalization

Edited By: Rita Cancino, Kirsten Jæger

£39.99

Globalization challenges university language teaching in non-anglophone countries. Using Denmark as a case study, this book offers remedies applicable to all universities aiming to stay competitive in the global market of university education.

South Asia and its Others

Reading the “Exotic”

Edited By: Atreyee Phukan, V.G. Julie Rajan

£34.99

These essays reveal how writers of South Asian descent use "exoticization" as a strategic tool. They critically examine casteism, religious intolerance, and gender violence, uncovering the ambiguity that continues to mark marginalized identities today.

These essays reveal how writers of South Asian descent use “exoticization” as a strategic tool. They critically examine casteism, religious intolerance, and gender violence, uncovering the ambiguity that continues to mark marginalized identities today.

The American Village in a Global Setting

Selected papers from an interdisciplinary conference in honor of Sinclair Lewis and Ida K. Compton

Edited By: Michael E. Connaughton, Suellen Rundquist

£39.99

Selected from a conference honoring Sinclair Lewis, these papers consider his world through today’s lens. Scholars address community, comparing his vision to other authors and media, and use his work as a springboard to discuss today’s global issues.

Gender Construction and Negotiation in the Chinese EFL Classroom

By: Huajing Zhao

£39.99

This book investigates how Chinese adolescents construct and negotiate gender identity while learning English. It shows how the EFL classroom can open a space for students to become aware of gender, highlighting a new educational function for language learning.

Radio Relations

Policies and Aesthetics of the Medium

Edited By: Tiziano Bonini, Madalena Oliveira, Grażyna Stachyra

£61.99

This book explores how radio builds affective relations and reinforces a sense of community. It features erudite essays from world-famous figures like Seán Street and Enrico Menduni, alongside perspectives from brilliant young researchers and practitioners from around the world.

Byron and Latin Culture

Selected Proceedings of the 37th International Byron Society Conference

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£54.99

This collection of papers details the huge influence of Latin poets on Byron. His borrowings, imitations, and parodies are catalogued in unprecedented detail, revealing how classical writers inspired *Don Juan*. Also explores Byron's influence on European art.

Patriarchy and Power in Magical Realism

By: Maryam Ebadi Asayesh

£58.99

Asayesh considers how magical realism was used in the works of three contemporary female writers, namely Marina Warner, Isabel Allende, and Raja Alem. She shows how, by applying magical realism, these writers empowered women changed the process of history writing by the powerful.

International Relations and Islam

Diverse Perspectives

Edited By: Nassef Manabilang Adiong

£39.99

This book seeks common ground between International Relations and Islamic Studies. It offers diverse perspectives on topics like the Islamic veil, feminism, Muslim integration, and democracy, with a section specifically examining Turkey's foreign policy.

Contextualizing Urban Narratives through the Socio-Spatial Dialectic

By: Ankur Konar

From £33.99

This book examines how urban narratives explore the complexities of city life, from its diverse inhabitants to social and economic disparities. It delves into crime, poverty, gentrification, and the struggle for identity and belonging in bustling metropolises.

The Philosophical Basis of Inter-religious Dialogue

The Process Perspective

Edited By: Mirosław Patalon

£39.99

In an age of global tension, can religions remain isolated islands? What is the true role of inter-religious dialogue? This selection of articles uses process philosophy to explore different points of view on these essential questions.