An extensively researched account of the history of the cave man character in modern popular culture, tracing its roots back to Victorian Britain -- .
This book analyses what generates the extreme inequalities in rights to income, property and public goods in contemporary societies across the world today. -- .
Using as its central example the British Association for the Advancement of Science this is the first book-length treatment of this leading body for the promotion of science for more than 25 years and the first ever of British geography’s civic history. -- .
Investigates what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed -- .
This book is a study of the Irish parliament as an administrative and legal institution. It is particularly interested in how... Læs mere
This wide-ranging study addresses developments in video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and more, offering detailed... Læs mere
This study follows the development of Lancashire’s unique network of art institutions throughout the nineteenth century, exploring the motivations of the artists, patrons, politicians and philanthropists involved. -- .
The story behind Muslim mass migration, the terror in Europe and the road to peace. -- .
Europe on the move is the first book to address the dramatic and poignant refugee crisis that erupted during the First World War and that enveloped... Læs mere
This book aims to intervene in current critical contexts for the study of nineteenth-century literature within the academy and beyond. Topics discussed... Læs mere
This collection presents new essays in the complex field of French literary adaptation. Using a variety of textual and interpretive approaches, it sheds light on issues of... Læs mere
This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage... Læs mere