Analyses the relations between nobility, crown and state, first in Scotland and then in the first courts of the unified kingdoms.
Ahmad presents a social history of the war’s leading agents – the neoconservatives – and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined... Læs mere
Brings together academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images. This book encourages writing on fresh developments, such as sound installations, computer-based delivery, and the psychology of the interaction of image and sound.
Christopher J. Jenks thoroughly analyses the interactional effects of technology, and explores in detail the social and linguistic implications of communicating in second language chat rooms.
Analyses how different English language teacher identities and power relationships are oriented to and made relevant in social interaction.
Explores the central role the aesthetic played in energising the massive mobilisations of young people, the disaffected, the middle classes and the apolitical silent majority in the North African and Middle Eastern uprisings with protest movements such as Occupy.
The first dictionary dedicated to the work of Jean-Luc Nanc, a key figure in the contemporary intellectual landscape. This dictionary considers the full scope of his writing and will... Læs mere
A comprehensive, fully illustrated volume about the burial monuments of the early inhabitants of the Central Highlands of Scotland - an indispensable reference source for the neolithic period in this area of Scotland.
A ‘two-in-one’ introduction to the American South, from its colonial beginnings to the present, combining guides to the key areas and themes with extracts from primary and secondary texts.
James Kuzner's original new study of writing by Spenser, Shakespeare, Marvell and Milton is the first to present a genealogy for the modern self in which its republican origins can be understood far more radically.
A philosophically sophisticated introduction to Nietzsche’s most widely read book, for readers coming On the Genealogy of Morality – and Nietzsche's thought in general – for the first time.
This book is the first full account of the history of twentieth-century Scottish education, by Lindsay Paterson, a leading specialist in the area.