This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling... Læs mere
Laguerre proposes a relationship among migrants and their home society that transcends current views in migration studies. The relationship among Haitians who live... Læs mere
Rejecting simplified notions of 'civilizational clashes', this book argues for a new perspective on Hindu, Muslim, and colonial power relations in... Læs mere
Using postmodern theory, The Practice of Quixotism explores eighteenth-century women's texts that use quixote... Læs mere
Driven by such diverse advances as the Human Genome Project and the explosion of the World Wide Web, and also by the threat of human-inspired disasters such as global warming, the field of science and literature studies is currently undergoing an unprecedented expansion.
This study explores the extraordinary afterlife of the Spanish legend of King Roderick and La Cava in plays, poems, novels and operas from the Eighth century to the present day.
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal is an engaging and thought-provoking study of Religion in South Asia, with important insights for the study of religion and culture more... Læs mere
The first study of English historical plays about the Turks, using works in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish. Drawing on... Læs mere
An exploration of international privatization of higher education in post-communist Europe from two top scholars in the field. Levy and Slantcheva trace the ramifications of globalization in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in the former Soviet republics.
Built on rich data analyses, this book offers a fresh and in-depth explanation of how China's pro-reform... Læs mere
This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan's stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
Why did the world's strongest power intervene militarily in the tiny Commonwealth Caribbean island of Grenada in October 1983? This book focuses on United States-Grenada relations between 1979 and 1983 set against the wider historical context of US-Caribbean Basin relations.