Dangerous Men
This analysis of dangerous offender legislation in Canada develops a political economy of dangerousness. Using case studies and interviews, it argues that the label of “high-risk convict” obscures the social and economic conditions that many marginalized people experience.
Black Women Activists in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
In nineteenth-century New Orleans, free women of color Marie Laveaux and Henriette Delille rejected a life of privilege. This book explores how they chose service instead, using their faith-based practices to address the needs of the city’s poor, enslaved, and disenfranchised.
This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
A valuable resource for teachers and researchers, this book focuses on assessment in world Englishes. It presents case studies and new methods for evaluating learners in multilingual settings, considering their diverse styles and different local norms.
Back to the Future
This study opens a fascinating window into Israeli writing of the 1980s and 90s. It links the era’s dramatic social and political transformations to the evolution of key literary genres like Holocaust literature, the Mizrachi novel, and detective fiction.
Political Populism in the Twenty-First Century
At the end of the Cold War, the West celebrated the “end of history,” only to find itself caught in political populism. This book focuses on right-wing populist movements in Russia, Europe, and the United States, defined by their anti-globalism and anti-elitism.
This book explores research topics in graph theory and its applications, from strongly perfect graphs and reconstruction conjectures to transport networks. It is ideal for researchers interested in exploring new areas of graph theory and its applications.
At present, the use of polymer composites filled with wood (WPC) is becoming increasingly popular. This book describes the basic physical and mechanical properties of modern WPC and the influence of climatic factors on its performance properties, amongst other important aspects.
Pragmatic Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
This book analyzes and compares the language styles, politeness, and directness used by English and Slovak presenters on live television. Because the shows are unscripted, their language is more natural, and the results contribute to sociolinguistic research worldwide.
These papers on northern Russia’s Ice Age reveal former arctic ice sheets and a unique Siberian glaciation. They tackle the debated size and age of the last glaciation, crucial for global climate models, early human migration, and even the distribution of petroleum reserves.
This book examines 21st-century education, focusing on how today’s challenges can become opportunities for renewal. It explores the role of education in modern society, highlights prospects for future schools, and presents practical examples for teachers and educators.
Borders and Borderlands
This book addresses how borders—between states, languages, and cultures—inhibit people and ideas. It explores identity through translation and gender transition, featuring firsthand accounts of the refugee crisis and historical and current “Poetry of Exile.”
Training and Deployment of America’s Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia
A near-launch that almost started a nuclear war. A lost hydrogen bomb. A fatal missile misfire. In these first-person accounts, soldiers at a 1960s nuclear base in Okinawa reveal how nuclear deployments, far from deterring, greatly increased the danger of war.
This manual is a framework for starting a new government. It guides non-technical readers in building a successful representative democracy that can be adapted to any culture. This researched, equitable approach is for all humankind—on Earth, underground, underwater, or in space.
Communicating English in Specialised Domains
This volume honors Maurizio Gotti’s academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.
Cicero was one of Epicurus’ most fervent critics. This book challenges that conventional view, arguing that despite his anti-Epicurean statements, personal benefit played a vital role in his relationships, even with his family, in accord with the very philosophy he rejected.
This book analyzes major ethical and bioethical issues like euthanasia, suicide, organ commerce, sexual objectification, and abortion from the perspective of Kant’s moral theory. It tackles questions of autonomy, human dignity, and free choice.
Out of the Shadows
Who was Mary De Morgan? Overshadowed by her family, she was a writer, spiritualist, social reformer, and early feminist. This book reveals a complex “New Woman” and explains why George Bernard Shaw considered her a “devil incarnate.”
Beneath the long history of Africa-India relations lies a troubling reality of racism. This collection of studies explores prejudice against Blackness in India through the lived experiences of sub-Saharan Africans and Siddhis (Afro-Indians).
Theoretically Speaking about Literature
This book offers a practical insight into critical interpretation. By discussing a single text from the perspective of eighteen distinct theories, it makes complex ideas accessible and gives readers a comprehensible guide to the beliefs that underpin criticism.
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