This book considers the key sectors of China's health care system after its entrance into the WTO, including the pharmaceutical industry, health... Læs mere
This text explains how Islamic banking works and what it offers as an alternative model of financial intermediation. Will Islamic banks... Læs mere
Tennyson is the most important English poet of the Victorian age. He knew its key figures and was deeply involved in its science, religion, philosophy and... Læs mere
Alarge-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the... Læs mere
By the middle of the nineteenth century much clearly gendered, anti-Catholic literature was produced for the Protestant middle... Læs mere
First outlining a rhetorical framework, which encompasses contemporary discourse analysis, the persuasive texts of three movements - Scientology,... Læs mere
This book studies the impact of violence on the writing of the Romantic period. The focus is on the response of... Læs mere
A detailed study of the terms of international loan documentation with comprehensive explanations of the purpose of the provisions and of areas which may require negotiation and with an emphasis on the wording of the Loan Market Association documents.
This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John McLeod, Michael... Læs mere
Shakespeare's Entrails explores the connections between embodiment, knowledge and acknowledgement in Shakespeare's plays. Hillman... Læs mere
The Force of Language illustrates how the philosophy of Language, if differently conceived, can directly incorporate questions of political thought and of emotionality, and offers the practical case of defensive strategies against the abusive speech.
Drawing on representative corpora of transcripts from over 100 English criminal jury trials, this stimulating new book explores the nature of 'legal-lay discourse', or the language used by legal professionals before lay juries.