Interdisciplinary studies

Ursula Rosenfeld was born in 1925 in Quakenbruck, Germany to a Liberal Jewish family.

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Many books and memoirs have been written on prisoner of war captivity in the Far East during the Second World War.

This title was first published in 2002: Draw ing on extensive primary research, Greg Smith describes the shifting cultural identities of the English watercolour, and the English watercolourist, at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century.

In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged.

In the 19th century, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia's islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East.

There is limited access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to bank credit.

This book examines peacekeeping in Africa, exploring how the various actors are forming an African security regime complex.

Based on an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Cambridge in May 2012, Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration brings together internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines including criminology, international relations, sociology and political science to examine the meaning of legitimacy and advance its theoretical understanding within the context of criminal justice.

Disease, pestilence and contagion have been an integral component of human lives and stories.

Rebuilding the Earth highlights humanity's interdependence with the planet's ecosystems.

This book captures the challenges and experiences of an American woman who arrived in 1950's Japan.

First published in 1999, this volume features articles from specialists in finance on the economic transformation of Poland from a planned approach to a market-based system after the advent of Post-Communist Europe.

The Panzerkampfwagen V Panther is one of the best-known German tanks in existence and is considered one of the greatest tanks of World War II.

The factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II have been debated for decades.

Isolated plant protoplasts are 'naked' cells that have had their cell wall removed either by mechanical action or by enzymic digestion.

This handbook reviews the extant literature on the most important issues in health and science journalism, with a focus on summarizing the relevant research and identifying key questions that are yet to be answered.

Post-communist transformation differs from any previous experience of societies in transition by its scope, speed, international framework and complicity.

Conceptual Landscapes explores the dilemma faced in the early moments of design thinking through a gradient of work in landscape and environmental design media by both emerging and well-established designers and educators of landscape architecture.

This book contributes to a better understanding of street children and youth within Sub-Saharan Africa.

First published in 2004.

Memorializing Pearl Harbor examines the challenge of representing history at the site of the attack that brought America into World War II.

This book highlights the existence of a class of struggles conducted in the gray zones of formalized war, or more aptly in the interstices where state power and jurisdiction are mismatched.

This is a study of the characteristics of the English as revealed their literature throughout the centuries, showing, among other traits, their patriotism and their concern with public affairs and every abiding human interest, which have persisted from the Elizabethans through Milton, Keats, and Wordsworth.

The rise of Islamic movements in the Arab world over the last decade coincided with a move toward democratization throughout the region, yet after hopeful early signs, progress toward democratization has stalled or has even been reversed in all but a few countries.

Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the traffickers.

This book examines Indonesia's strategies and policies to influence regional cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, focusing especially on Indonesia's efforts to be the maritime fulcrum in the Indo-Pacific during President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) administration from 2014 until the present.

This volume brings together scholars, practitioners, activists, and students to reflect on socio-political transitions taking place in countries across South Asia and their implications for democracy and education.

This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process.

This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

The diary kept by Ronald Edward Tritton is a revealing and often frank record of the internal conflicts at the Public Relations Department of the War Office and the Ministry of Information during the Second World War.

The volume addresses the pertinent need to examine childhood trauma revolving around themes of war, sexual abuse, and disability.

Raphael Israeli's overview of Islamic martyrology focuses upon the situation that has developed worldwide since the World Trade Centre was destroyed.

This volume explores the scope and limits of Mahatma Gandhi's moral politics and its implications for Indian and other freedom movements.

During World War Two, death and violence permeated all aspects of the everyday lives of ordinary people in Eastern Europe.

India as colourful and vibrant, a land as diverse as its people.

Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives—then and now.

In the preface to the first edition ofthis book, we expressed a conviction that there was a need for a short book that highlighted important advances in the new discipline of plant molecular biology.

This book identifies the impact of internal and external stakeholders on the implementation of sustainable development policies in the coal mining sector in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The myriad ways in which colour and light have been adapted and applied in the art, architecture, and material culture of past societies is the focus of this interdisciplinary volume.

In the process of nation building, the health of the working population becomes a key factor.

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media's coverage of sub-Saharan Africa.

The EU has been portrayed as a leader in international climate change negotiations.

This book investigates the English translations and adaptations of the sixteenth century classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei.

In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy recent political and religious conflicts, attention to religious violence has increased exponentially.