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This edition of Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged prim...
This book addresses ethnic Chinese issues, as well as ethnic Chinese relations with China and with indigenous groups in the region....
The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century
Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. Its ...
Knowledge, Love, and Rhetoric
The work of Nizami Ganjavi, a classical poet of the twelfth century, is fueling new cultural debate in Iran in recent years. The dominant discourse en...
Health and Social Welfare During the Transition
Russia's attempt to replace the failed Soviet system and its command economy with a capitalist, democratic society has produced a health and social we...
A Matter of Pride or Justice?
Japan has consistently been pursuing the goal of a permanent UN Security Council seat for 30 years. This book investigates the motives for this ambiti...
Social and Cultural Change in the Border Region
This book provides readers with the first survey of social conditions since the opening of the borders between China and mainland Southeast Asia in th...
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A Source of Value
The creation and management of knowledge has become a central concern to business and management, both as a source of value and as an opportunity to a...
Sedentary Civilization vs. 'Barbarian' and Nomad
Throughout their entire history, the sedentary civilizations of China and Europe had to deal with nomads and barbarians. This unique volume explores t...
Perspectives on Successes and Failures in Europe, Africa, and Asia
Interest in the study of ethnic conflict has grown over the past decade. This is partly due to its re-emergence in Central and Eastern Europe after th...
A Brief History with Documents
Whether one views Mao Zedong as a hero or a demon, the "Great Helmsman" was undoubtedly a pivotal figure in the history of 20th-century China. The fir...
History, Culture, Politics
This book takes a fresh look at media and communications policy and provides a comprehensive account of issues that are central to the study of the fi...
Readings from Literature and History
Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literatur...
In 72 B.C., in the heart of Rome's Mediterranean empire, a slave named Spartacus ignited one of the most violent episodes of slave resistance in the h...
Mutual Representations in the Modern Era
The study of modern China and Japan have separately become major arenas of scholarship over the past three decades in the west, but little work has be...
The Path to European Unity
Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, Beyond Postcolonial Theory posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as c...
Democracy, Development and Identity
The chapters in this volume analyse issues relating to political governance, national identity, economic development and regional security that have p...
An Anthology of Modernist and. Fundamentalist Thought
Also available in paperback as "Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam"During the second half of the nineteenth century, a group of prominent M...
Ranging from the early modern period to the present day, this edited collection uses biography as a window into the history of the Arab-Islamic Middle...
This is the first book in English to provide a truly comprehensive view of Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso ), a major guerilla movement in Peru. Sender...
Family, Civil Society, State
A major bestseller in Italy, Paul Ginsborg's account of this most recent and dynamic period in Italy's history is essential reading for anyone wishing...
Security and Law of the Sea Issues
The book contains contributions of scholars from Canada, Greece, Israel, Italy, and the United States. Section 1 consists of studies on historical and...
The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon
Lonesome George is a 5 foot long, 200 pound tortoise, between 60 and 200 years old. In 1971 he was discovered on the remote Galapagos island of Pinta,...
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world....
Queer Theory and American Kiddie Culture
Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares is a savvy look at the wide range of adaptations, spin-offs, and citations of Shakespeare's plays in 1990s popular culture. ...
Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century
This illuminating collection of essays assesses the 17th century, interpreting what used to be called "The Puritan Revolution," the ideas which helped...
Muslims Imagining the State in Africa
Donal Cruise O'Brien is a leading authority on Islam in Africa. This is a collection of his writing over the last 30 years, some significantly rewritt...
This book describes what Shiism means to those who actually practice it and serves as both an excellent introduction to the subject and an original wo...
Lectures at the College de France 1981-1982
The Hermeneutics of the Subject is the third volume in the collection of Michel Foucault's lectures at the Collรจge de France, one of the world's most...
This volume introduces students to the most controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were ...