Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia. But there has yet to be worldwide floods, meteor impact, global computer failur
This volume is one of a series that collects the separately published writings by women who lived through a turbulent time in British history (approximately 1630-1700), almost all of whom would have b
These four reproduced works represent the only known medical texts written by women during the Restoration. In the introduction, Cody (whose affiliation is unspecified but who has a journal article ci
The French monastery was not, as formerly believed, the center of the medieval monastic world, admits Constable but is incomparable in the richness of writing from and about it. In the 13 essays here,
The credal affirmation, 'he descended to the dead', has attracted a plethora of views over the centuries and many Christians today struggle to explain the meaning of these words. This book explores va
What is online risk? How can we best protect children from it? Who should be responsible for this protection? Is all protection good? Can Internet users trust the industry? These and other fundamental
The essays in this volume illuminate a central paradox in the post-colonial West: race remains a potent index of social, economic and political inequality even while racial discrimination has become u
The two prongs of the US government's Global War on Terrorism actually work against each other, says Crosston (Clemson U., US), and people interested in solving the problem rather than simply in condu
The essays selected for this volume address topics at the intersection of religion and equality law, including discrimination against religion, discrimination by religious actors and discrimination in
This collection brings together twenty-one articles that explore the diverse impact of modern empires on societies around the world since 1800. Colonial expansion changed the lives of colonised people
Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book unco
Libraries in today's global world have emerged as key players in building a culture for reading in communities while enhancing the literacy development of children, youth, adults and seniors. Whether
The modern welfare state is indeed one of the greatest achievements of the post-war 20th century. With its key aims of eradicating the five giant social ills of Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor and I
This volume reproduces key historical texts concerning `colonial knowledgesa€?. The use of the adjective 'colonial' indicates that knowledge is shaped by power relationships, while the use of the plur
Volume 13 of a collection of writings in English from 1500 to 1750, both by women and for and about them. The series provides an extensive collection of the separately published writings reprinted so
This book examines how Christian faith has historically impacted the notion of Nous or divine mind in Western thought up to and including the present. Christian faith is seen to have inaugurated an es
One of the most durable eighteenth-century writers, Joseph Addison (1672–1719) is best remembered for his sparkling and rangy entries in the Tatler (1709–11) and the Spectator (1711–12), both co-edite
Setting out to celebrate, document and discuss the work and role of an international tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios, since its foundation in Edinburgh in 1912, this groundbreaking publication uniq
Wordsworth’s process of revision, his organization of poetic volumes and his supplementary writings are often seen as distinct from his poetic composition. Bates asserts that an analysis of these supp
Romantic writers such as Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge aspired to rise above the so-called 'age of personality,' a new culture of politicized print gossip and personal attacks. Neverthele
