This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state.
Focusing on antecedents and consequence, this work provides a model of trade-off difficulty. The authors advance a framework for... Læs mere
This volume presents a revision of gay criticism and focuses on E.M. Forster's place in the emerging field of queer studies.
The evolution of media continues to generate new avenues for cultural criticism, political activism and self-reflection. This book, part of the "Late Editions" series,... Læs mere
Throughout, Lovegren supplements recipes - some mouth-watering, some appalling - from classic cookbooks and family magazines with humorous anecdotes that chronicle how society and kitchen technology influenced the way we lived and how we ate.
Traces the rise and spread of citrus across the globe: from Southeast Asia in 4000 BC through North Africa and the Roman Empire to early modern Spain and Portugal, whose explorers introduced the fruits to the Americas during the 1500s.
Part of a series which studies the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. Volume III, Book One examines Christian missions, trade and conquest in the East and the histories, reports, letterbooks and travelogues of 17th-century Europe.
Unlike many histories of scientific practices, which deal with laboratory experiments, this collection of essays focuses on scientific investigations conducted out of doors: biological, physical, and social.
The papers and commentary collected here constitute a vital discussion of contemporary thinking on economic policy reform, in particular the difficulties that leave so much of the world seemingly mired in poverty.