This collection brings together eleven original essays by an international group of scholars, each investigating... Læs mere
This collection of critical essays focuses on the colonial construction of race and looks at how the colonial wars in 19th-century Southeast Asia were rationalised via recourse to theories of racial difference, making race a significant factor in the wars of Empire.
Describes the history and characteristics of our current financial system by showing the true value and background of money and the benefits of investing in gold.
How did the breakdown of Roman rule in the Iberian Peninsula eventually result in the formation of a Visigothic kingdom with authority centralised in Toledo? This... Læs mere
What was possible for a woman to achieve at an early modern court? By analysing the experiences of a wide range of women at the court of Sweden, this book... Læs mere
Essays in this collection explores questions that coalesce around three broad themes: medieval abstraction as the untethering of the image from what it purports to represent; abstraction as a vehicle for signification; and abstraction as a form of figuration.
Islam in a Secular State: Muslim Activism in Singapore analyses the following categories of Muslim activists: Islamic religious scholars (ulama), liberal Muslims, and the more conservative-minded individuals.
This collection grapples with the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and political-economic implications of the relationship between media franchising and transmedia storytelling as they are seen at work in the world’s most profitable transmedia franchise.
Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong.
This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations, including intensified globalization, a... Læs mere
This book examines special effects as the embodiment of a “techno-romantic” paradigm that seeks to harness technology – the epitome of... Læs mere