The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing provides a variety of perspectives and approaches on a new and exciting field of academic scholarship in the humanities, appealing to students, graduates and scholars.
War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-five eminent historians,... Læs mere
Daniel Defoe's account of a man surviving alone on an island has challenged readers, and prompted imitators, since his novel first appeared in 1719. This... Læs mere
A fundamental reassessment of the ways that racial policy worked and was understood under the Third Reich. Leading scholars explore race's function,... Læs mere
This book explores the legal and ethical implications - both challenges and opportunities - of using big data in health care and research.
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This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval... Læs mere
A thorough overview of the history of English monolingual dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day, including coverage of topical and... Læs mere
Based on fieldwork in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa, this study focuses on the private sector response to the AIDS epidemic and to political violence,... Læs mere
Brings together key insights from psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics to formulate a new model of how the bilingual mind processes two languages... Læs mere
Whereas border regions are often treated as marginal, Paul Nugent demonstrates through a comparison of two African... Læs mere
This volume offers a cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium. Focussing on the literature and culture of Europe, it... Læs mere