With fascinating lives on every page, the Dictionary offers concise entries that illustrate the lives of Scottish women from the distant past to the early twenty-first century, as well as the worldwide Scottish diaspora.
This book explores why anti-militarists resist, considers the politics of different tactics and examines the tensions and debates within... Læs mere
Combining his expertise as a national security correspondent and research academic, Paul Lashmar reveals how and why the media became... Læs mere
Addressing the contested nature of Ottoman Sunnism from the 14th to the early 20th century, this book draws on diverse perspectives across the empire.
Published in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in Britain two hundred years ago.
An eccentric young Scot moves south and re-vitalizes the English familial, judicial, and political systems
This book looks at how Islamic law was practiced in Russia from the conquest of the empire’s first Muslim territories in the mid-1500s to the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the empire’s Muslim population had exceeded 20 million.
This book shines a light on Raymond Aron and his work on war and peace, ideological critique, the philosophy of history,... Læs mere
This book argues that British proletarian literature was a politicised form of modernism which culturally transformed Britain.
Prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, this volume reflects on revolutions and transformations around the collapse of the... Læs mere
This book presents an exhaustive, integrated treatment of the law of Delict in Scotland, covering negligence, injuries to specific interests (such as defamation and assault),... Læs mere
This fascinating study which shows how, from the seventh century to the present day, the region’s people have negotiated their distinctively Central Asian Islamic... Læs mere