History and Archaeology

In 1994, artistic freedom pertaining inter alia to literature was enshrined in the South African Constitution.

A military study of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan-the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

This book presents a nuanced narrative on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's (1817-1898) life and his invaluable contribution to the democratic consciousness in India.

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

The Paris Review has published a dozen poems from this leading Danish poet's surreal, harrowing prose poetry collection.

What did people eat in the Middle Ages, and why and how did that affect cuisine and culture in later years?

Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik provides the first extensive exploration of the reception of Ka-Tzetnik's work and the role that his books have played in the larger discussion of the Holocaust and its memorialization around the world.

A King Travels examines the scripting and performance of festivals in Spain between 1327 and 1620, offering an unprecedented look at the different types of festivals that were held in Iberia during this crucial period of European history.

This learned and engaging study casts new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran.

This book explores the expressly pictorial type of visual archaeology, the transcribing of three-dimensional materiality into two-dimensional depictions, and its influential history within the discipline.

A unique exploration of the relationship between gender and nationalist conflict using the lens of cinema.

Taking the Arab Spring as its case study, this book explores the role of law and constitutions during societal upheavals, and critically evaluates the different trajectories they could follow in a revolutionary setting.

This title was first published in 2001.

'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history.

A wide-ranging history of the geography and communities of Kent from the earliest times to the present day.

Americas cities: celebrated by poets, courted by politicians, castigated by social reformers.

In this collection of provocative essays, historians and literary theorists assess the influence of Michel Foucault, particularly his History of Sexuality, on the study of classics.

John Kasper was a militant far-right activist who first came to prominence with his violent campaigns against desegregation in the Civil Rights era.

A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christianity, into a larger framework to reveal the sprawling landscape of the Roman religion.

The persistence of a raced-based division of labor has been a compelling reality in all former slave societies in the Americas.

A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.

Short-listed for the Ottawa Book Awards, 2010 This is the story of the creation and first four decades of one of Canada's pre-eminent cultural organizations.

This study explores the reinvention of the calendar during the French Revolution and its long-lasting cultural effects.

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A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the most up-to-date scholarship relating to the rise and spread of educational practices and theories in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Participants included scholars, government officials, and journalists from European and American countries ranging from Finland to Argentina.

Leading military historians illuminate the major developments in European warfare during a period of momentous technological, political and military change.

Architectural design can play a role in helping make the past present in meaningful ways when applied to preexisting buildings and places that carry notable and troubling pasts.

Die Kulturgeschichte des größten Sportereignisses aller Zeiten: die Olympischen SpieleNach dem großen, von der Presse hochgelobten Erfolg ›Fußball.

Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus provides the first full study of Thomas Gallus (d.

Conflicts and controversies at home and abroad have led Americans to focus on Islam more than ever before.

The topic of certitude is much debated today.

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century.

The province of Egypt provides unique archaeological and documentary evidence for the study of the Roman army.

This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon.

A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy.

Alexandra: A History is a social and political history of one of South Africa's oldest townships.

Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland.

Freedom Faith is the first full-length critical study of Rev.

The HIV pandemic has caused serious challenges for the Church as well as for theology.

The inspirational story of John Kizell celebrates the life of a West African enslaved as a boy and brought to South Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution.

The Navy of the 21st Century, 2001- 2022 presents an all- inclusive listing of the ships that have served in the US Navy since the start of the new century.

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Asian Security Handbook focuses on the new challenges to security in the Asia-Pacific region presented by international terrorism.

Popularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse.

This history of Colombia's illegal drug trade--and of the extreme violence it created--describes how in the late 1960s narcotics traffickers from the United States convinced Colombians who had no previous involvement in the drug trade to grow marijuana for export to America.

The freedom to read is under attack.