Think Consumer
Contrary to mainstream thinking, this book argues that the quality function of a trade mark should be enforced by law. This encourages traders to improve goods over advertising, reducing consumer search costs and bridging the gap between legal theory and reality.
Explore the Symbolist movement’s profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.
The Question of Integration
What does integration mean? Through ethnographic case studies, this book explores integration in Denmark, a welfare society facing rising nationalism. It shows that integration is not a neutral term, but an ideologically loaded concept for redefining community.
Middle-earth and Beyond
This volume of essays on J.R.R. Tolkien takes new directions and challenges received wisdom. It covers new ground on sources, characters like Tom Bombadil, linguistics, and the environment, taking scholars and readers further into the world of Middle-earth.
Women on the Move
This innovative collection brings women migrants clearly into view. Spanning four centuries, its culturally diverse contents explore common themes of exile, spirituality, and identity through personal narratives. A valuable resource for migration and gender studies.
Jacob Bryant was an eminent scholar and “the outstanding figure among mythagogues.” His work, “An Analysis of Antient Mythology,” is regarded as one of the most in-depth Classical works on Ancient Greece and the ancient world.
The Mental Life of the Architectural Historian
A critical re-reading of early modern architectural history. Through post-war theory, this book unpacks the canon of Pevsner, Hitchcock, and Giedion, extending the critical historiography of Frampton and Tafuri.
Limerick Constitutional Nationalism, 1898-1918
This analysis of Limerick politics from 1898-1918 asks if they were driven by local or national concerns. It concludes that politics were intensely local, with greater continuities than ruptures in the composition and behaviour of political elites.
From private chambers to public galleries, this volume explores how princes displayed their collections. Ten essays examine the art of exhibition across European courts from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century.
This collection explores the politics of cultural memory. From monuments to film and literature, it shows how cultural memory is actively made: the site of a struggle over meanings that serves various political and cultural purposes.
Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion
The theories of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky have had profound impacts on early childhood education. This volume of papers by leading experts examines his legacy in the East and West, offering ideas to benefit children and societies across the globe.
Connections~Verbindungen
When artist Gerhardt Gallagher discovered etchings by his German grandmother Margarethe, whose career was disrupted by war, it led to an exhibition and this book. This volume connects Irish and German cultures through the work of two artists and a family history.
This book examines the politics and culture of the Lebanese Diaspora. Essays explore identity formation, political activism, and cultural representation among migrants and their descendants, challenging fixed notions of homeland and identity.
Leading experts on Sudan analyze its chronic history of conflict since 1956 and the international efforts for peace. As the nation faces the separation of South Sudan, these essays offer compelling lessons from six decades of war. Must reading for what unfolds.
Teaching English in Multilingual Contexts
This collection of innovative papers discusses the teaching of English in multilingual countries. Written by experienced practitioners, it examines how English can be more effectively taught to students in Asia. A powerful resource for language educators.
Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes
This collection applies Norbert Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” to American history and culture. Scholars explore topics from democracy in the early republic to the modern-day black ghetto, offering new answers to the question of America’s peculiar characteristics.
Training the Composer
Uncover the teaching methods of masters Schoenberg and Boulanger. For the first time in print, this text analyzes their materials, contrasting the German and French schools to forge a new, effective pedagogy for composition teachers.
Science in the Nursery
For the first time, this collection compares popular science for children in Britain and France from the 18th to the 19th century. It reveals how these texts engaged with debates on gender and religion and reflected contemporary scientific tensions.
Language Acquisition and Development
An invaluable reference on Language Acquisition, this collection covers a wide range of topics from the GALA conference. It compares L1, L2, and atypical development across all areas of language, from phonology and syntax to semantics and pragmatics.
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