After the Great War some texts by British Army veterans portrayed the Anglican chaplains who had served with them in an extremely negative... Læs mere
This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of... Læs mere
Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic authors like Chaucer but truly begun by Christine de Pizan (1364-1429), and therefore primarily of English and French origin.
By drawing on images from late medieval culture as well as from historical documents and literary texts, Engaging Words shows how reading became a cultural metaphor in the late Middle Ages that transformed the way the Western world thought about identity and social roles.
This groundbreaking collection provides the first detailed social analysis of football within Africa. The book should be compulsory reading, for social scientists in sport studies and African studies and for informed football followers everywhere.
Social policies of the future will have to be Green. As environmental problems multiply, and as welfare reform becomes more vital, so the debate... Læs mere
From Dreams to Disillusionment is the first book to cover the planning experiment of the 1960s in full historical detail.... Læs mere
This book invites readers to think about future directions in social development.
This book analyzes Germany's path-breaking Energiewende, the country's transition from an energy system based on fossil and nuclear fuels to a sustainable energy system based on renewables.
This book explores the historical development of post-war immigration politics in Norway, Sweden and Denmark from the perspective of the... Læs mere
Horse of Karbala is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. These rituals... Læs mere
While Alan Ebenstein's biography of Friedrich Hayek was the first biography of this major twentieth century thinker, the book itself was not - per se - an intellectual biography.