Politics, Economics & Law
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How to Win a War: The Changing Character of Victory from Antiquity to the 21st Century [Hardback]
Matthias Strohn(Editor)
$65.00ISBN: 9781952715006
Published by : Casemate Academic
What does it mean to win a war? How does this differ from a simple military victory? How have different cultures and societies answered these questions through history, and how can we apply these lessons?
When considering how a war might ... .... Learn More -
Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth & South Africa's Liberation Struggle [Hardback]
Emily Bridger(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012630
Published by : James Currey
While there have been many books on South Africa's liberation struggle during the 1980s and early 1990s, the story of the involvement of African girls and young women has been all but missing. This book tells their story, analysing what life was l... .... Learn More -
African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race, and Space [Paperback]
Cajetan Iheka(Editor); Jack Taylor(Editor)
$34.95ISBN: 9781648250064
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: Volume 81
This essay collection examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media. Inspired by the proliferation of texts focused on this theme and the ongoing migration crises, essays in the volume probe the ways... .... Learn More -
The Long Shadow of World War II: The Legacy of the War on Political and Military Thinking 1945–2000 [Hardback]
Matthias Strohn(Editor)
$65.00ISBN: 9781952715020
Published by : Casemate Academic
2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, yet even as the war slips from living memory, its legacies continue to influence current political and military thinking. This anthology will analyse these legacies for a number of countries and r... .... Learn More -
Treason and Masculinity in Medieval England: Gender, Law and Political Culture [Hardback]
E. Amanda McVitty(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781783275557
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Gender in the Middle Ages
Volume: Volume 16
Conflicts over treason tormented English political society in the later Middle Ages. As legal and political historians have shown, treason was always a constitutional matter as well as a legal one because it was pivotal in mediating the relationsh... .... Learn More -
The Red Vienna Sourcebook [Hardback]
Ingo Zechner(Editor); Georg Spitaler(Editor); Rob McFarland(Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781571133557
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 204
The current blockbuster German TV series Babylon Berlin introduces viewers to the tumultuous period in German history known as the Weimar Republic. Critics have praised the series for its relevance to the present: it shows dark populist for... .... Learn More -
The Red Vienna Sourcebook [Paperback]
Ingo Zechner(Editor); Georg Spitaler(Editor); Rob McFarland(Editor)
$49.95ISBN: 9781640140677
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 204
The current blockbuster German TV series Babylon Berlin introduces viewers to the tumultuous period in German history known as the Weimar Republic. Critics have praised the series for its relevance to the present: it shows dark populist for... .... Learn More -
Biopolitics: an introduction: Power-Knowledge of Life and Government of Persons [Paperback]
Ottavio Marzocca(Author)
$20.00ISBN: 9788869771781
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
Michel Foucault claimed that the term biopolitics can be fully understood only within the context of modern forms of governing society. From this perspective, the development of modern medical knowledge, the re-organization of the hospital as a he... .... Learn More -
The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya [Hardback]
Ambreena Manji(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012555
Published by : James Currey
Series: Eastern Africa Series
Why, despite the introduction of new land laws beginning in 2012, has there been an increase in land grabbing in Kenya? Why has legislation failed to address long standing grievances about grossly unequal land distribution? This important book sug... .... Learn More -
Public Diplomacy in Global Communication: Theories and Models [Paperback]
Prof. Qing'an Zhou(Author)
$85.00ISBN: 9781626430709
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
The book believes that the formation of public diplomacy must be based on the background and ideological of global communication. Therefore, the impact of global political and cultural characteristics can be clearly seen on the policy behaviors of... .... Learn More
