An essential resource for teaching 19th-century print culture in Transatlantic StudiesThe 18 chapters in this book outline conceptual approaches to the field and provide practical resources for teachi
An essential resource for teaching 19th-century print culture in Transatlantic StudiesThe 18 chapters in this book outline conceptual approaches to the field and provide practical resources for teachi
Explores the successes and failures of devolution in Scotland. One of the aims of devolution in Scotland was to change the way people felt about their country and the way they were governed. This book
This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays
Offers a treatment of the economic and social history of Greece during the early Middle Ages. From the collapse of the urban economy in the early 7th century to the beginning of prosperity in the 11th
Fictions of India explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the imperial context in which the writers operate and
This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens' lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred. Using ethnographic evi
Now in its second edition, this comprehensive history of the Celts draws on archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic evidence to provide a comprehensive and colourful overview from origins
Based entirely on research from primary sources, this book describes the development of the Scottish Poor Law as an instrument for the preservation of the old and destitute and, partially, as a protec
What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different a
A special Issue of Paragraph edited in 2001 by Celia Britton and Michael Syrotinski on Francophone Texts and Postcolonial Theory played a determining role in shaping the research field it helped to ma
Following the 900th anniversary of the Crusader capture of Jerusalem, it is now time to reflect on how the phenomenon of the Crusades influenced the Muslim world, then and now: militarily, culturally
Focuses on the most important aspects of the substantive law relating to ScotlandThis pathfinding textbook concentrates the regulation of pollution in Scotland, including the common law controls. It i
Ivy Compton-Burnett is a strikingly original novelist, writing conversation-novels in which talk is the medium and subject. She is innovative like Joyce and Woolf but more accessible and less theoreti
Digital Humanities has become one of the new domains of academe at the interface of technological development, epistemological change, and methodological concerns. This volume explores how digital mat
This book examines the ethical problems with using donated sperm, eggs and embryos, known collectively as donor conception". In addition to delineating the existing arguments, it introduces new t
This book examines the ethical problems with using donated sperm, eggs and embryos, known collectively as donor conception". In addition to delineating the existing arguments, it introduces new t
The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature offers a major reinterpretation, re-evaluation and repositioning of the scope, nature and importance of Scottish literature, arguably Scotland's most impor
This anthology collects texts and papers from the Paul de Man archive, including essays on art, translations, critical fragments, research plans, interviews, and reports on the state of comparative li
