Sussex Academic Press: 85 books

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The Muslim Struggle for Civil Rights in Spain

Promoting Democracy Through Migrant Engagement, 1985–2010

by Aitana Guia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

This book looks at how Muslims in Spain have changed legislation linked to religious pluralism and immigration and have fortified Spain’s frail history and practice of democracy since 1975. Spanish Muslims have achieved this through active civil engagement and a persistent struggle for rights and...
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The Predictive Brain

Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action

by Mauro Maldonato
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

An investigation of the working of the human mind, this book sets out to show that the brain is not only a reactive mechanism, but rather proactive, allowing people to make hypotheses, anticipate consequences, and formulate expectations. The book discusses how the evolution of motor modes of behavior,...
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'For Us It Was Heaven'

The Passion, Grief and Fortitude of Patience Darton

by Angela Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

“This is a biography of many facets offering a wealth of insight and textual content of particular relevance in the context of gender studies. It tells us much of the status of nurses in Britain in the 1930s. It is also an important contribution to the history of the International Brigades and the...
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Contesting Symbolic Landscape in Jerusalem

Jewish/Islamic Conflict over the Museum of Tolerance at Mamilla Cemetery

by Yitzhak Reiter
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

In 2006, a dispute broke out regarding an initiative by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles (backed by Israeli authorities) to construct a Museum of Tolerance (MoT) in West Jerusalem. The museum was to be built on a plot of land that in the past had been part of the historic Muslim Mamilla...
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Child Psychotherapy, War and the Normal Child

Selected Papers of Margaret Lowenfeld

by Margaret Lowenfeld
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Essential reading for anyone those involved in the psychology of children, this work details how Margaret Lowenfeld developed new forms of communication with children—primarily through the use of play and specifically through sand play—allowing psychotherapists to locate and address behavioral problems resulting from trauma, especially as from the result of war.
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Discovery of El Greco

The Nationalization of Culture versus the Rise of Modern Art (1860–1914)

by Eric Storm
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

Originally published in Dutch and translated to Spanish for the fourth centenary celebration of the death of El Greco in 2014, this book is a comprehensive study of the rediscovery of El Greco – seen as one of the most important events of its kind in art history. The Nationalization of Culture versus...
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Laws, Policies, Attitudes and Processes that Shape the Lives of Puppies in America

Assessing Society's Needs, Desires, Values and Morals

by Carmen Cusack
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

Puppies – nubile, tender, and pure – have become endeared to U.S. society, and to some extent, the world. Puppies are the holy grail of animal companions to Americans. They are glorified above other animals and protected by numerous laws, yet they are systematically, lawfully, and illegally abused,...
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Australia & Israel

A Diasporic, Cultural and Political Relationship

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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Australia and the State of Israel have maintained a cordial if at times ambiguous relationship. The two countries are geographically isolated: strategic, economic, and cultural interests lie increasingly with Asia for one, and with the United States and the European Union for the other. But for all...
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The Crescent Remembered

Islam and Nationalism on the Iberian Peninsula

by Patricia Hertel
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Contemporary Spain and Portugal share a historical experience as Iberian states that emerged within the context of al-Andalus. These centuries of Muslim presence in the Middle Ages became a contested heritage during the process of modern nation-building with its varied concepts and constructs of national...
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Is Spain Different?

A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries

by Nigel Townson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015

The slogan that launched the tourist industry in the 1960s, "Spain is Different!," has come to haunt historians. Much effort and energy have been expended ever since in endeavoring to show that Spain has not been different, but normal. Still, many of the defining features of the country's...
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The Financial Universe

Planning Your Investments Using Astrological Forecasting

by Christeen Skinner
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009

Written by one of the world's foremost financial astrologers, this work highlights the periods to maximize investment returns while minimizing portfolio losses through exposure to geopolitical events and circumstances and financial market hotspots. This important new and revised text maps out potential...
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New Poetics of Chekhov's Plays

Presence Through Absence

by Harai Golomb
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

One century after the death of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), his plays are celebrated throughout the world as a major milestone in the history of theater and drama. Outside the Russian-speaking community, he is undoubtedly the most widely translated, studied, and performed of all Russian writers. His...
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The Ultimate Three Minutes

The Story of Two Great Human Watersheds-Their Preparation and Their Coinciding

by William Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The title of this book borrows from two distinguished scientists: Steven Weinberg describes the developments of the first three minutes of the universe following the explosion of the “Big Bang” 13.8 billion years ago; Paul Davis describes the final subsidence of the universe into entropy and heat...
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Life Behind the Mask

Theatre Practice as an Instrument of Self-Knowledge

by Didier Mouturat
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016

“You had to decide to let yourself be turned upside down, you had to accept to see the idea you had forged about yourself progressively shatter.” In the summer of 1969, at 19 years old, Didier Mouturat gave up on college, shattering his parents’ hopes that he follow a safe and conventional course....
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