Health and Hazard
Spa Culture and the Social History of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century
The nineteenth-century European spa was an intersection of social class and medical ideas. It offers a unique opportunity to study a key shift: the rise of the order-giving physician over the compliant patient, and the turn from liberalism toward authoritarianism.
The nineteenth-century European spa was an intersection of social class and medical ideas. It offers a unique opportunity to study a key shift: the rise of the order-giving physician over the compliant patient, and the turn from liberalism toward authoritarianism.
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Iraq's Kurdistan Region is massively contaminated by landmines used by the Baathist government to de-populate the area. This work investigates the landmine problem's devastating social, health, and economic impacts and the actions taken to rebuild.
Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is massively contaminated by landmines used by the Baathist government to de-populate the area. This work investigates the landmine problem’s devastating social, health, and economic impacts and the actions taken to rebuild.
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French Romantic Ballets
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, La Sylphide Adolphe-Charles Adam, Giselle and Le Corsaire
This collection presents music from La Sylphide, Giselle, and Le Corsaire—three of the most important scores from the Golden Age of ballet in Paris. Explore tales of fatal love, supernatural spirits, and spectacular drama.
This collection presents music from La Sylphide, Giselle, and Le Corsaire—three of the most important scores from the Golden Age of ballet in Paris. Explore tales of fatal love, supernatural spirits, and spectacular drama.
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Cesare Pugni
Esmeralda and Le Violon du diable
Prolific 19th-century composer Cesare Pugni worked with the era’s greatest choreographers to create renowned ballets. His works include Esmeralda, based on Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris, and Le Violon du diable, a tale of a violinist given irresistible power.
Prolific 19th-century composer Cesare Pugni worked with the era’s greatest choreographers to create renowned ballets. His works include Esmeralda, based on Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris, and Le Violon du diable, a tale of a violinist given irresistible power.
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Strangers in New Homelands
The Social Deconstruction and Reconstruction of “Home” among Immigrants in the Diaspora
For immigrants, the concept of “home” evokes confusion, fear, and hope. This collection explores what this concept means for people making new lives in strange environments, examining the challenges of settlement, integration, and adaptation.
For immigrants, the concept of “home” evokes confusion, fear, and hope. This collection explores what this concept means for people making new lives in strange environments, examining the challenges of settlement, integration, and adaptation.
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C. S. Lewis and the Inklings
Discovering Hidden Truth
This volume offers essays on hiddenness and discovery in the works of the Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Owen Barfield, along with their influences G. K. Chesterton and George MacDonald. Explore their collaboration, linguistics, and more.
This volume offers essays on hiddenness and discovery in the works of the Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Owen Barfield, along with their influences G. K. Chesterton and George MacDonald. Explore their collaboration, linguistics, and more.
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Lesser Civil Wars
Civilians Defining War and the Memory of War
This book explores the cycle where the Memory of war, kept alive by civilians, creates the Will to fight again. It examines these "lesser civil wars"—the battles over memory in the Ohio River Valley that incubate a nation’s will to fight.
This book explores the cycle where the Memory of war, kept alive by civilians, creates the Will to fight again. It examines these “lesser civil wars”—the battles over memory in the Ohio River Valley that incubate a nation’s will to fight.
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Selected Poems
From Modernism to Now
Selected poems are reader-friendly, but who decides what’s included? The essays in this volume address this question, offering an overview of poetic writing from the modernists to today and new insight into how these slimmer volumes are produced.
Selected poems are reader-friendly, but who decides what’s included? The essays in this volume address this question, offering an overview of poetic writing from the modernists to today and new insight into how these slimmer volumes are produced.
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Pursuing Eudaimonia
Re-appropriating the Greek Philosophical Foundations of the Christian Apophatic Tradition
This book recovers an ancient, ‘negative’ reason as a spiritual way of life. By investigating the Christian apophatic tradition and its philosophical heritage, it offers a path to rediscovering the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.
This book recovers an ancient, ‘negative’ reason as a spiritual way of life. By investigating the Christian apophatic tradition and its philosophical heritage, it offers a path to rediscovering the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.
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Food and Appetites
The Hunger Artist and the Arts
This book traces food as hunger, desire, and appetite in the arts. Examining hunger in literature and art, it explores food's significance as a metaphor for social class, inequality, and gluttony, revealing the problems of excessive human cravings.
This book traces food as hunger, desire, and appetite in the arts. Examining hunger in literature and art, it explores food’s significance as a metaphor for social class, inequality, and gluttony, revealing the problems of excessive human cravings.
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Constitutional Cultures
On the Concept and Representation of Constitutions in the Atlantic World
This volume explores constitutions in the Atlantic World, showing their connectedness. To fully understand a constitutional order, it is necessary to analyse not just the legal text, but its implementation, legitimisation, and especially its culture.
This volume explores constitutions in the Atlantic World, showing their connectedness. To fully understand a constitutional order, it is necessary to analyse not just the legal text, but its implementation, legitimisation, and especially its culture.
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Ten Gods
A New Approach to Defining the Mythological Structures of the Indo-Europeans
This book uncovers the shared origins of Indo-European gods, proposing a pantheon of ten deities who reflect the social organization of their prehistoric society. Analyzing sources like the Edda and Rāmāyaṇa, it reveals Europe's original culture.
This book uncovers the shared origins of Indo-European gods, proposing a pantheon of ten deities who reflect the social organization of their prehistoric society. Analyzing sources like the Edda and Rāmāyaṇa, it reveals Europe’s original culture.
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Connected Minds
Cognition and Interaction in the Social World
This volume explores social cognition from psychological and collective viewpoints. It examines how the human mind processes social information, and how social interactions influence our cognition, shaping everything from stereotypes to entire societies.
This volume explores social cognition from psychological and collective viewpoints. It examines how the human mind processes social information, and how social interactions influence our cognition, shaping everything from stereotypes to entire societies.
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Weapons Upon Her Body
The Female Heroic in the Hebrew Bible
This study reinterprets the biblical stories of Lot’s daughters, Tamar, Ruth, and Bathsheba. It finds women who use deception, resolve, and cleverness to their own benefit, saving themselves through pluck and ingenuity. They are a new kind of hero.
This study reinterprets the biblical stories of Lot’s daughters, Tamar, Ruth, and Bathsheba. It finds women who use deception, resolve, and cleverness to their own benefit, saving themselves through pluck and ingenuity. They are a new kind of hero.
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The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland
Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service
This book presents case studies from the Irish National Digital Learning Resources (NDLR) service, showing how Open Educational Resources (OERs) are being promoted in Ireland. The NDLR fosters the sharing of resources across the Higher Education sector.
This book presents case studies from the Irish National Digital Learning Resources (NDLR) service, showing how Open Educational Resources (OERs) are being promoted in Ireland. The NDLR fosters the sharing of resources across the Higher Education sector.
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Meteors that Enlighten the Earth
Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men
Napoleon blended Roman and French traditions to honor great men, comparing himself to Caesar and Charlemagne. This book analyzes his ever-changing personal cult of “great men” and his recognition of contemporaries who contributed to human civilization.
Napoleon blended Roman and French traditions to honor great men, comparing himself to Caesar and Charlemagne. This book analyzes his ever-changing personal cult of “great men” and his recognition of contemporaries who contributed to human civilization.
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The Making of the Modern Artist
Stephen Dedalus and Will Brangwen
This study brings together James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence in their common concern with the modern artist. Examining the fictional artists Stephen Dedalus and Will Brangwen, it shows how Joyce and Lawrence converge on the character and vision of the modern artist.
This study brings together James Joyce and D. H. Lawrence in their common concern with the modern artist. Examining the fictional artists Stephen Dedalus and Will Brangwen, it shows how Joyce and Lawrence converge on the character and vision of the modern artist.
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Ex-changes
Comparative Studies in British and American Cultures
This collection of articles explores the transfer of ideas in British and American cultures. Analyzing cultural texts from fiction to film, these essays document shifting definitions of identity, gender, and nationality across various genres, media, and disciplines.
This collection of articles explores the transfer of ideas in British and American cultures. Analyzing cultural texts from fiction to film, these essays document shifting definitions of identity, gender, and nationality across various genres, media, and disciplines.
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Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable
The Premier Opéra Romantique
Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable is a milestone of French grand opéra. This book traces the opera's history and music, and examines the fascinating iconography generated by its famous scenes, including the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism.
Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable is a milestone of French grand opéra. This book traces the opera’s history and music, and examines the fascinating iconography generated by its famous scenes, including the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism.
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Why has The Merchant of Venice garnered so much attention? This collection offers readers sundry answers, showcasing disparate approaches from a feminist view to a Manga version, providing students with different critical lenses to interpret the play.
Why has The Merchant of Venice garnered so much attention? This collection offers readers sundry answers, showcasing disparate approaches from a feminist view to a Manga version, providing students with different critical lenses to interpret the play.
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