Courtly romance was the most important vernacular literary genre during the Middle Ages in Europe. This new Companion introduces students and general... Læs mere
This is the first English translation of Lei Haizong's iconic study of the Chinese army. First published in 1940 in the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lei examines the rise and fall of ideas about militarism in China in a global context.
Using original fieldwork that centers a variety of Syrian perspectives, this book offers a novel argument to scholars of... Læs mere
A refreshingly unique reading of the most influential German novels. By jettisoning the problematical notion of the... Læs mere
Why are some people smarter than others? This volume presents scientific research about the fundamental human attribute of intelligence. Written by two internationally... Læs mere
The most detailed and comprehensive study to date of early Latin language, literary and non-literary, featuring twenty-nine chapters by an international team... Læs mere
This book combines literature on legal history, infrastructure, privatization, and neoliberalism in America to highlight the... Læs mere
Explores how South African court and managerial prosecutors engage with performance statistics,... Læs mere
Aimed at graduate students and researchers interested in information theory and the analysis of algorithms, this book explores problems of... Læs mere
This is the first book-length treatment of knowledge closure, a central and widely endorsed principle in epistemology. The volume provides a new and sustained defense of... Læs mere
At times of Western crisis, such as the 2007–8 financial crisis, there has been a sudden growth of Afro-optimism, seemingly predicting Africa's 'rise'.... Læs mere
This book showcases the history of commodity production in the British Empire and its impact on the natural and human worlds.... Læs mere