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Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 14
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known, including explorers,...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 12
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known, including explorers,...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 7
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 6
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
An annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers...
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 18
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known, including explorers,...
Propaganda and Conflict
War, Media and Shaping the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Propaganda has always played a key role in shaping attitudes during periods of conflict and the academic study of propaganda, commencing in earnest in 1915, has never really left us. We continue to want to understand propaganda's inner-workings and, in doing so, to control and confine its influence....
Adaptations in the Sound Era
1927-37
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
There is no disputing that the coming of sound heralded a new era for adaptations. We take it for granted today that a film is enhanced by sound but it was not a view unanimously held in the early period of sound cinema. While there was a substantial degree of skepticism in the late 1920s and early...
by Andrew Strathern, Professor Pamela J. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond the domain of religion. Ritual can be both secular and religious in character. There is renewed interest in questions such as: Why do rituals exist at...
by Prof. Ludmilla Jordanova
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Exploring the breadth and complexities of history as a field of study, History in Practice demystifies what historians actually do and the tasks they take on. This study, written by one of the most acute practitioners in the field, examines not only the academic discipline but also engages with the...
Getting Science Wrong
Why the Philosophy of Science Matters
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
When Galileo dropped cannon-balls from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he did more than overturn centuries of scientific orthodoxy. At a stroke, he established a new conception of the scientific method based upon careful experimentation and rigorous observation - and also laid the groundwork...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
The increasing centrality of memory to work being done across a wide range of disciplines has brought along with it vexed questions and far-reaching changes in the way knowledge is pursued. This timely collection provides a forum for demonstrating how various disciplines are addressing these concerns....
Picturing the Family
Media, Narrative, Memory
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Whether pasted into an album, framed or shared on social media, the family photograph simultaneously offers a private and public insight into the identity and past of its subject. Long considered a model for understanding individual identity, the idea of the family has increasingly formed the basis...