How cinema was transported and experienced by rural Scottish audiences in the post-war years.
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.
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.
This book offers a unique and authoritative account of the major developments in television programming and policy since 1976 by collecting in a single volume the MacTaggart lectures delivered at the Edinburgh International Television Festival from 1976 to 2004.
This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition.
This book provides academics, students, practitioners, journalists and others with a broad-ranging yet detailed account, not just of how local government actually works, but also the main political issues and debates surrounding its multi-faceted roles in contemporary Scotland.
An introduction to international law for politics and IR students
Maps the fin de siècle mission to open up the 'Dark Continent'
An exploration of the juxtaposition between cultural attitudes and national policies on the Scottish environment which offers a fascinating contrast between the landscape in imagination and in practical policy.
This textbook offers a chronological introduction to the New Deal which incorporates material on events and developments outside as well as within Washington DC and on popular reaction to the policies
This book addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works called the Persica. The second is the method of work of... Læs mere