The Jacobite Wars is a detailed exploration of the Jacobite military campaigns of 1715 and 1745, set against the background of Scottish political, religious and constitutional history.The author has w
This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical styl
Exploring a variety of everyday human longings as they arise in modernist fiction, this book poses a direct challenge to psychoanalytic accounts that characterize desire as sexual or powerful. Using c
The Frontiers of Theory-Series Editor: Martin McQuillanThis series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It t
`An intelligent, imaginative, wide-ranging and Lucid work. It marks a genuine move forward for the application of deconstruction to cultural studies. And what is especially remarkable about the book i
The Sitcom explores the production, viewership, and script of this popular genre, drawing on a range of examples and case studies in order to map its characteristics, social significance, and guilty p
Erik Simpson calls attention to the mercenary in romantic literature and uncovers his significance within American and European contexts. The mercenary of popular imagination disregards patriotic feel
British Idealism - influenced by the character of German Idealist thought at the end of the eighteenth century, developed by Kant, Fichte and Hegel - began to establish its roots during the middle of
Simmons (geography, U. of Durham) provides a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and the changes brought about by its human inhabitants over the past 10,000 years. The text is
Between 193 and 284, the Roman Empire knew more than 25 emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them ruling different parts of the Empire at the
In these 15 taster essays you will discover the key concepts and critical approaches of the theorists who have had the most significant impact on the humanities since 1990. On completing each chapter,
The Edinburgh History of Twentieth-Century Literature in Britain General Editor: Randall Stevenson, University of EdinburghHow did li terature develop in Britain in the twentieth century? How did it
Frederick Douglass (1818-95) was not the only fugitive from American slavery to visit Scotland before the Civil War, but he was the best known and his impact was far-reaching. This book shows that add
Alexander von Humboldt was one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century. Captivating his readers with his vibrant, lyrical prose, he transformed understandings of the earth and space
This book brings together academics, writers and politicians to explore the range and nature of the media in Scotland. The book includes chapters on the separate histories of the press, broadcasting a
`Simple congratulations are in order at the outset, to the editors and publisher [...] of the projected Collected Works of James Hogg. It has taken a long time for Hogg to be recognised as one of the
The battle of Bannockburn, fought on the fields south of Stirling at midsummer 1314, is the best known event in the history of Medieval Scotland. It was a unique event. The clash of two armies, each
Covers the liberal democratic state and other, non-democratic state formations and offers chapters on each of the core theories of the modern state. Each chapter of this work is structured in the same
Hogg's extremely rare periodical of 1810-11 shows him reacting to the writers, personalities, and locales of Scotland's capital city after his move to Edinburgh from Ettrick and his career-change from
