Weimar Culture Revisited is the first book to offer an accessible cross-section of new cultural history approaches to the Weimar Republic. This collection uses an... Læs mere
This is the first book to concentrate not only on the triumph of the vernacular in modern China but also on the critical role of the rise of the vernacular in world literature, invoking parallel cases from countries throughout Europe and Asia.
State Power and Democracy is the first book to show that the Bush police state didn't commence when Bush was inaugurated. It proves, instead, that the seeds of an American police state can be traced all the way back to the founding of the republic.
In a time of unprecedented social and economic crisis, this book represents a challenge to the orthodoxy that shapes our vision of... Læs mere
Develops new and intriguing insights into globalization theory and internationalization practice, expanding the investigation of East Asian values and contexts in comparison and separate from Western-dominant thoughts of globalization and internationalization in higher education.
Provides a comprehensive survey of approaches to genre in Shakespeare's work. Contributors probe deeply into genre theory and... Læs mere
South Africa's transition to democracy was met by the global audience with at first, disbelief, followed later by applause.... Læs mere
For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite , the Ugandan women writers' association, have... Læs mere
This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized.
Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in... Læs mere
Discusses crucial moments in the historical development of natural theology in England from the time of... Læs mere
When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and... Læs mere