A unique collection that offers fresh and original perspectives on some of the most important themes in Frankish history -- .
Monograph on the history of the novel and of creative writing, from the English Restoration in the seventeenth century. -- .
Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and... Læs mere
This book is an ethnographic study of grassroots activists in the English Defence League. Setting the findings within contemporary debates on race and racism, Islamophobia, social movements and the far right. -- .
Ignored or derided until now, this book looks at Cameron's allegorical work in relation to the political and artistic zeitgeist of the Victorian period. -- .
A collection of articles addressing research trends in the history of British leisure while also presenting a wide range of articles on cultural... Læs mere
During Shakespeare's lifetime, John Lyly was repeatedly described as the central figure in contemporary English literature. This book takes that claim seriously, asking how and why Lyly was considered the most important writer of his time. -- .
Considers in depth four particular dilemmas for contemporary Conservatism: European integration; national identity and the ‘English Question’; social liberalism versus social authoritarianism; and the problems posed by a neo-liberal political economy. -- .
Based on a critical appraisal of the constructivist approach in European studies, this volume introduces a new political sociology approach focused on actors. -- .
Presents a salutory warning to the international community against the fashionable but superficial view that there is an "Irish model" which can be exported to cauterise ethnic troubles around the globe. -- .
This book presents a wide range of important, lively and engaging readings, aiming to capture the originality of Bauman's special way of doing sociology and all the complexity of his core ideas, in a way that connects with twenty-first century minds. -- .
This is the first work to offer a collection of Polanyi's texts never before published in English. The book presents articles, papers, lectures, speeches, notes, and... Læs mere