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Educating the ‘Unconstant Rabble’

Arguments for Educational Advancement and Reform during the English Civil War and Interregnum

By: Ann McGruer

£39.99

The English Revolution was a revolution in reading. While the state sought to restrict access to potentially dangerous ideas, key thinkers argued for the opposite: extending education to equip the emerging ‘reading public’ to take an active part in political life.

Cuisine and Symbolic Capital

Food in Film and Literature

Edited By: Cheleen Mahar

£39.99

This collection of essays examines food in international film and literature, exploring how making, eating, and thinking about food reveals culture, mediates social relationships, and shapes cultural identity.

Homo-Democraticus

On the Universal Desirability and the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights

By: Filip Spagnoli

£39.99

This book offers a philosophical and pragmatic defence of the universal value of human rights and democracy. While the defence of universal human rights has a long tradition, this work makes the original case for the universal desirability of democracy itself.

Lost in the Antebellum

By: Robert D. Morritt

From £24.99

This compendium of thought from pre-Civil War America features the “real” story of Davy Crockett, a novelist praised by Edgar Allen Poe, abolitionist singers, and a tale of a man’s return from the Moon. A concise view of the era, from oceanographers to filibusters.

Humanism and Christian Letters in Early Modern Iberia (1480-1630)

Edited By: Alejandro Coroleu

£39.99

These essays examine the influence of Christian Latin literature upon the Latin and vernacular letters of the Iberian Peninsula (1480–1630). Contrary to most studies, this volume accommodates authors writing in Portuguese, Catalan, and Latin.

Students, Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education

Edited By: Mike Byram

£39.99

Academic mobility in higher education is a high-profile phenomenon. This book reports research on the experience for students and staff, charting the far-reaching effects on universities, teaching, and individuals as they are forced to see themselves in a new light.

Cultures of Trade

Indian Ocean Exchanges

Edited By: Stephen Muecke, Devleena Ghosh

£39.99

The pre-colonial Indian Ocean hosted the first global economy, a history repeated today. Contributors narrate the cultures of exchange, showing how culture adds value to commodities and how trade created the complex religions and ethnicities of the region.

Bound by Love

Familial Bonding in Film and Television since 1950

Edited By: Laura Mattoon D’Amore

£39.99

The bonds of love can bring bliss or demand sacrifice; they can save us or destroy us. This book explores how familial bonds in film and television reveal a cultural dialogue about the changing nature of love and the American family.

Assaulting the Past

Violence and Civilization in Historical Context

Edited By: Katherine D. Watson

£39.99

This interdisciplinary book offers a comparative history of interpersonal violence since the early modern period. Drawing on records from five countries, it explores Norbert Elias’s theory of the civilizing process to offer new insights on violence and society.

Media Agoras

Democracy, Diversity, and Communication

Edited By: Sofie Van Bauwel, Bart Cammaerts, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco

£39.99

This collection of essays presents up-to-date perspectives on the media's role in constructing a more inclusive society. From theoretical debates to empirical analyses, this book presents a critical overview of crucial debates in contemporary European societies.

This collection of essays presents up-to-date perspectives on the media’s role in constructing a more inclusive society. From theoretical debates to empirical analyses, this book presents a critical overview of crucial debates in contemporary European societies.

Shadowlines

Women and Borders in Contemporary Asia

Edited By: Develeena Ghosh

£39.99

Globalization is transforming life for women in Asia. New opportunities for work and migration can be empowering, but also enslaving. How do women experience these changes? This volume places their testimony at the center.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Paul D. Reich

£39.99

This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. The first section focuses on the college classroom, while "Old Florida" explores writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Jack Kerouac. The final section identifies the state’s place within larger traditions.

This volume contains essays on Florida literature and history. The first section focuses on the college classroom, while “Old Florida” explores writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Jack Kerouac. The final section identifies the state’s place within larger traditions.

Sapphists and Sexologists; Histories of Sexualities

Volume 2

Edited By: Mary McAuliffe, Sonja Tiernan

£39.99

Sapphists and Sexologists contributes to the debates on lesbian lives and histories. This international collection features reflections by author Emma Donoghue, an exclusive conversation with Joan Nestle, and scholars questioning established sexual histories.

Conversations on Human Action and Practical Rationality

Edited By: Susana Cadilha, Carlos Mauro, Sofia Miguens

£39.99

Leading scholars of practical rationality and human action—including Alfred Mele, Michael Bratman, and Joshua Knobe—discuss central questions on agency, deliberation, and akrasia. The outcome is of great interest to philosophers, economists, and psychologists.

Making Up

Research in Creative Writing

By: Graeme Harper

£39.99

Research in creative writing is not only about the works it produces, but the explorations a creative writer undertakes. Through creative writing, a writer can explore ideas, concepts, and states of mind. This collection shows what this growing field does and more.

Beyond Rationality

Contemporary Issues

Edited By: Rom Harré, Carl Jensen

£39.99

Scholars explore irrationality in our complex world, examining such puzzles as why citizens support dictatorships, how terrorists “reason,” and why rational people make irrational choices.

Language as a Complex System

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Edited By: Gemma Bel-Enguix, M. Dolores Jiménez-López

£39.99

To investigate language, we must cross academic boundaries. This book connects and integrates linguistics, biology, and computation to boost the interchange of knowledge between specialists, providing innovative tools and models to approach the study of language.

In Search of Agamemnon

Early Travellers to Mycenae

By: Nektarios Karadimas, Dudley Moore, Edward Rowlands

£39.99

Before Schliemann, pioneers and ancients were fascinated by Mycenae. This book brings to life their thoughts and descriptions of the Lion Gate and ‘Treasury of Atreus’—observations that are not only of historical interest, but pure poetry.

Aesthetics and Experience in Music Performance

Edited By: Denis Collins, Klisala Harrison, Samantha Owens

£39.99

Drawing upon a wide range of scholarly enquiry, this collection provides a lively forum on aesthetics and experience in music performance. Papers engage in a scholarly dialogue on the technical, expressive and embodied aspects of performance.

Art and Life in Melanesia

By: Susan Cochrane, Max Quanchi

From £14.99

What represents Melanesian art today? Who are the artists? Art and Life in Melanesia is a timely exploration of Melanesian artists and their voices, taking stock of what is happening in the region’s art through themes like Kastom, Christianity, and Globalisation.

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