Humanities books

Marrying theory with interviews and case studies of practice, this is a critical examination of how performance...  Read More >>

A Student Edition of this acclaimed adaptation, looking at how Chekhov's original play has been transposed to an...  Read More >>

""A provocative account of EU border externalisation in Mauritania that identifies new, fundamental continuities...  Read More >>

This open access edited collection provides a long-overdue examination of a practice that is continuously involved...  Read More >>

Anger was the engine of justice in the ancient Greek world. It drove quests for vengeance which resulted in a variety...  Read More >>

In the West, Stephen Chow is renowned as the ground-breaking director and star of global blockbusters such as Kung...  Read More >>

""Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities,...  Read More >>

An in-depth exploration of the history of representations of the indigenous 'Peoples of the North' in the Soviet...  Read More >>

The epigraphy of 1st-millennium-BCE Italy has been studied for many years, but these studies have largely concentrated...  Read More >>

Celebrating the contributions of Panayotis Pachis to the field, this book discusses the past, present, and future...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary study of the complex histories and contested legacies of heritage sites associated with Japan’s...  Read More >>

When God is “dead” and governments themselves are increasingly subject to the power of global corporations, massive...  Read More >>

Closely examining the work of women in the US and British naval services towards Allied naval intelligence during...  Read More >>

This book examines connected histories of development and socialism from the perspective of the Global South during...  Read More >>

This book explores Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron’s geopolitical vision over his lifetime to analyse and...  Read More >>

This book asks us to consider what is absent, rather than what is present, when studying religions. Priya Swamy...  Read More >>

Making the claim that reality is more like memory than a permanent substance, this original work draws on Derrida...  Read More >>

Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science...  Read More >>

Original and impressively broad in it scope, this is the first book to fully explore the aesthetics of weather in...  Read More >>

Examines the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Acts and their use by married women to reclaim voting rights and rights...  Read More >>

The experience of all occupied countries during the Second World War was characterised by severe material shortages....  Read More >>

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Informed by senior policymakers with extensive expertise in defense, this book provides a comprehensive regional...  Read More >>

Presents eyewitness account of Liberia’s political and presidential history covering the first half of the twentieth...  Read More >>

This book explores how slavery shaped the Christian Church in nineteenth-century America by examining the post–Civil...  Read More >>