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Cover of Megha (United Nations University) Amrith & Nina (European University Institute, Italy) Sahraoui: Gender, Work and Migration

Megha (United Nations University) Amrith & Nina (European University Institute, Italy) Sahraoui: Gender, Work and Migration

Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis. …

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David S. Nash: Blasphemy in Modern Britain

Originally published in 1999, this book deals with the cultural and legal debates which have counterposed the right to free speech and the need to protect Christian sensibilities in Britain from the …

Cover of Professor Anne (Aix-Marseille University, France) Montenach & Professor Deborah (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Simonton: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment

Professor Anne (Aix-Marseille University, France) Montenach & Professor Deborah (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Simonton: A Cultural History of Work in the Age of Enlightenment

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The Enlightenment led to revised ideas about work together with new social attitudes toward work and workers. Coupled with dynamism …

Cover of Professor Bryce Evans: Food and Aviation in the Twentieth Century

Professor Bryce Evans: Food and Aviation in the Twentieth Century

Established by New York stockbroker Juan Trippe in 1927, the story of Pan Am is the story of US-led globalisation and imperial expansion in the twentieth century, with the airline achieving the vast …

Cover of Stella Katsarou & Alexander Nagel: Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece

Stella Katsarou & Alexander Nagel: Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology and our modern understanding of the character and importance of cave sanctuaries in …

Cover of Norman Roth: The Bible and Jews in Medieval Spain

Norman Roth: The Bible and Jews in Medieval Spain

The Bible and Jews in Medieval Spain examines the grammatical, exegetical, philosophical and mystical interpretations of the Bible that took place in Spain during the medieval period. The Bible was t …

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Omer Tekdemir: Constituting the Political Economy of the Kurds

This book examines the development of Kurdish political economy and the emergence of collective Kurdish identity within a historical context through three main periods: the late-Ottoman Empire, the i …

Cover of Assistant Professor Stella Achilleos & Associate Professor Antonis Balasopoulos: Reading Texts on Sovereignty

Assistant Professor Stella Achilleos & Associate Professor Antonis Balasopoulos: Reading Texts on Sovereignty

Reading Texts on Sovereignty charts the development of the concept from the classical period to the present day. Defined in antiquity as an absolute or supreme type of power, sovereignty”s history h …

Cover of Jose Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses

Jose Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses

This book, first published in 1930 and reissued in 1961, examines the Western phenomenon of the rise of the ‘mass-man’. Analysing the state of society before the Second World War, acclaimed philosoph …

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Mary Cathcart Borer: The British Hotel Through the Ages

The first inns in Britain were built by the Romans, for the accommodation of road builders and government officials. Their history since then ranges from pilgrim hostels built by monasteries to coach …