Interdisciplinary studies

In conversations about the Reformation, the name Martin Luther towers above all others.

Modern scholarship has examined the life and works of Robert Grosseteste (ca.

Doing Ethnography in the Wake of the Displacement of Transnational Sex Workers in Yokohama reflects on the politics, poetics, and ethics of remembering the lives of transnational migrant sex workers in postcolonial Japan.

This accessible case study offers a fully rounded picture of Zambia's course since independence, chronicling the periods of boom and decline after the fall in the price of copper around the mid-1970s.

The Virgin Mary's part in history doesn't begin and end with her yes to God.

This title, first published in 1983, is a significant study of one of the many revivalist movements which flowered in numerous Islamic societies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and attempts to provide one particular assessment of the place of revivalism in the evolution of Islamic societies.

Images can be studied in many ways--as symbols, displays of artistic genius, adjuncts to texts, or naturally occurring phenomena like reflections and dreams.

First published in 1987.

Since the late 1980s the experiences of work and employment in the former communist world have been profoundly transformed.

The recently-coined term digital religion refers to the understanding that contemporary religion is practiced in both online and offline contexts, and these contexts intersect with one another.

Public Relations Writing Worktext provides the fundamental knowledge and the basic preparation required for the professional practice of public relations writing.

Christmas season is a time to reflect on the life-altering, universe-shaking event that took place approximately 2000 years ago in a small village in Palestine.

An intimate history of the Holocaust that casts new light on our understanding of victimhood and survival.

The second Abe administration, which lasted for seven years and eight months, turned out to be the longest administration in Japan's constitutional history.

Throughout the centuries, as Russia strove to build itself into an imperial power equal to those in the West, China and Japan came to occupy a special place in Russians' view of the orient.

This collection seeks to illustrate the state of the art in territoriological research, both empirical and theoretical.

Now in its 29th edition, the Europa International Foundation Directory 2020 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs, and other similar not-for-profit organizations of the world.

Wie kann der altsprachliche Unterricht in Zeiten immer weiter fortschreitender Digitalisierung noch mit modernen Fremdsprachen "mithalten"?

Was Auschwitz war, muss man nicht erklären.

China is caught in the rapids of the largest policy crackdown in history.

This book explores South Korea's experience as an aid recipient, as an aid donor, and as an inter Korea aid provider.

Since the DCMS Creative Industries Mapping Document highlighted the key role played by creative activities in the UK economy and society, the creative industries agenda has expanded across Europe and internationally.

As the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles approaches, this book presents the pre-1914 precursors to the interwar naval arms treaties arising from the peace of 1919, providing a fresh perspective on arms control efforts through an interdisciplinary approach.

Law, Rights and Ideology in Russia: Landmarks in the destiny of a great power brings into sharp focus several key episodes in Russia's vividly ideological engagement with law and rights.

Political parties are an essential ingredient in a modern democracy.

The Soviet Union and National Liberation Movements in the Third World (1988) is a systematic comparison of Soviet theory about, and actual behaviour toward, movements for national liberation in the Third World.

Men have responded to feminism with feelings of anxiety, guilt and unease.

In the past few decades, and across disparate geographical contexts, states have adopted policies and initiatives aimed at institutionalizing relationships with "e;their"e; diasporas.

Managing resources sustainably on the local level is essential for achieving the global goal of sustainable development.

This collective work aims to critically reflect upon contemporary citizenship aspirations and practices in sub-Saharan Africa.

Known to millions as simply "e;Sister Jean,"e; the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond.

There are many excellent books on quantum theory from which one can learn to compute energy levels, transition rates, cross sections, etc.

Through entries on 291 Italian books (451 editions) published in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, covering the years 1558-1603, this catalogue represents a summary of current research and knowledge of diffusion of Italian culture on English literature in this period.

This cutting-edge analysis of Islamic politics and economics shows how Islam builds trust in communities and serves as a collective identity.

Mexico's Drug War and Criminal Networks examines the effects of technology on three criminal organizations: the Sinaloa cartel, the Zetas, and the Caballeros Templarios.

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Bringing together eighteen essays from Homa Katouzian, this book explores Iranian history, politics, culture and Persian literature from mediaeval times through the nineteenth century and into the contemporary period.

From the late-1970s to the late-1980s rock music in Yugoslavia had an important social and political purpose of providing a popular cultural outlet for the unique forms of socio-cultural critique that engaged with the realities and problems of life in Yugoslav society.

This comprehensive volume explores the remarkable expansion of higher education systems and institutions in Asia in recent decades, alongside changing forms of consumerism, mobility and global economic conditions.

This book evaluates the evolution of 'Big Business in Asia', as we enter the new millennium.

During the early 2000s the market liberalization reforms to the Russian economy, begun in the 1990s, were consolidated.

This is a facsimile of a classic history first published by Macmillan in 1915 and issued in two further editions by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

One of the perennial questions in political theology is how the concept of truth is defined and how such is grounded theologically.

By crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book uniquely connects theories of justice with people's lived experience within social conflicts over resource sharing.