It illustrates how inscriptions of racial crossing - whether between white and black or black and white - are always implicated in a certain textual and/or intertextual politics.
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Drawing upon extensive archival and other original sources, Soviet Power and the Countryside offers a new approach to understanding the political dynamics that led to the collapse of the Soviet order.
Myriad-minded Shakespeare introduces readers to the great variety of approaches to Shakespeare. For the second... Læs mere
This work explores Russian life in Northern Manchuria during the period of political, economic and social upheaval, leading to its eventual de facto control by Japan, and disruption of the balance of power in the Northeast Asian Region.
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Leading scholars, policy-makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations examine the economic, security, and... Læs mere
Written by an international group of writers on popular music, it is an essential book for those wishing to understand not only the phenomenon of the Beatles, but the broader social contexts within which popular music continues to be practised and studied.
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After considering how decisions on environmental policy in the EU are made, and the balance of power between business and environmental... Læs mere
Drawing on varied contemporary sources and a database covering hundreds of women, this work assesses women's contribution to 19th-century journalism and how it affected the careers of writers as diverse as George Eliot, Anna Maria Hall, Mary Braddon and Charlotte Yonge.
The first comprehensive study of the contentious issue of the public's right to know in time of war or limited conflict.