The British Attempt to Prevent the Second World War
Neville focuses on some new issues associated with British appeasement policy in the 1930s. He looks at how the artificial split between international history and military history has led to the over-simplification of the factors involved in formulating the appeasement policy.
Young Scholars’ Developments in Philology
Young international scholars explore variation as an essential feature of meaning-producing communication. This volume examines cross-cultural discourse through literary analysis, translation studies, and language acquisition, revealing how meaning is negotiated across cultures.
The central theme here is the under-studied link between the canon of Francis Bacon’s and Isaac Newton’s scientific and philosophical thought and Samuel Johnson’s critical approach that can be traced in a textual study of his literary works.
Dysthanasia
Monteiro highlights the various facets of the controversial ethical dilemma of the end of life. It provides a historical background to this discussion, its philosophical underpinnings and the perspectives of various religions on this journey along treatment obstinacy.
The Politics of Traumatic Literature
The essays here offer insights into the analysis of traumatic literary studies wherein language is used as a medium of expression so as to interpret man, psyche and memory. They make literature the partner of a dialogue with psychology, in order to better comprehend the psyche.
Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
One Century of Vain Missionary Work among Muslims in China
After centuries of failure in China, 20th-century Christian missionaries shifted their focus to the Muslim population. Believing a shared tradition of One God would make them more amenable, the valiant, century-long effort also ended in frustration against unexpected resistance.
This compendium gathers perspectives on the history of labour in Ireland, as well as on Irish-American labor, particularly since the mass emigration prompted by the famine of the 1840s. It also examines the specific role that the Irish played in the Inland Northwest.
Decolonising Peacebuilding
Exploring conflict in Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka, this book highlights the importance of decolonising peacebuilding. Challenging Western-centric knowledge, it begins a conversation on a new re-conceptualization of ethno-national conflict in deeply divided societies.
This book presents the fascinating story of the Pasteur Institute. From pioneering microbiology to identifying HIV-1, it has led the fight against infectious diseases. Discover the lively personalities and outsized passions that give birth to the triumph of world-class research.
An Indonesian Study of Mixed Methods
This book shows how to combine quantitative with qualitative methods in a real research project. It evaluates the suitability of land for development in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, considering disaster risk and social implications for settlement.
Exploring questions such as ‘What is the nature of leadership?’ and ‘What is entrepreneurship?’, this book is for the next generation of leaders in business, industry and society, for whom it is important to understand the principles which help society function best.
The Cultural Fabric of the Americas
Written by recognized authorities in their fields and by promising new scholars alike, this collection presents a wide assortment of viewpoints and research backgrounds to portray the Americas and its vast and diverse cultural fabric.
Ivanova considers the persistent tendency to represent the “Middle East” as a region enclosed in less permeable boundaries through an analysis of the works of Rabih Alameddine, Diana Abu-Jaber, Laila Halaby and Elif Shafak.
Offering powerful perspectives about legalized termination and reduction, using allusions to cult films and images from pop culture, this text will serve to persuade students, educators, politicians, lawmakers, and community leaders in the debate on abortion.
No One is an Island
Academics and officials examine Iceland’s international affairs from the perspective of a small state. The authors explore how Iceland’s domestic and international behaviour is marked by its smallness, suggesting a perspective that is more idiosyncratic than international.
Underwater Worlds
This anthology throws open a new area in the emerging field of “blue” environmental humanities by exploring how subaqueous environments have been imagined and represented across cultures and media.
Hoshi considers Lawrence’s exploration of relativity in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European cultural climate of Modernism and examines his representation of this theoretical concept in four of his more well-known works.
This collection provides an historical, plural and original analysis of the Russian Revolution to mark its first centenary. It focuses on both regional aspects and major events and phenomena, including the importance of World War I and the birth of the Communist International.
This celebratory centenary volume edited by two of the leading poetry specialists in Europe, sheds new light on Edward Thomas and the roads his poems have travelled, a century after his death at the Battle of Arras on 9th April 1917.
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