Umum, Ensiklopedia

Following his earlier surveys of 19th and 20th Century British Prime Ministers, Dick Leonard turns his attention to their 18th Century predecessors, including such major figures as Robert Walpole, th …

Feminist theory is interwoven with women’s voices in this study of three consecutive Twentieth-century women’s organisations, separate but affiliated to the Labour Party, which represented women work …

The first account of the emergence and demise of preventive health care for workers. It explores how trade unions, employers, doctors and the government reconfigured the relationship between health, …

This book examines the culture of the French diplomatic corps from 1789 to 1799. It analyzes how the French revolutionaries attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to transform the diplomatic culture of th …

In an accessible style and format, Jewish Philosophy A-Z covers everything from Philo to Levinas and explores non-Jewish thinkers, such as Plotinus and Heidegger, who have had an important influence …

This book examines the coalitions and relationships within the power centers of Shi’ite politics during the era of political feudalism in Lebanon. The author maps the Shi’ite leadership and its inter …

Partisan Histories is an introduction to the multiple uses of history in contemporary political debate and conflict. As communities reimagine themselves, a contest over defining legitimacy, identifyi …

In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan’s progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and c …

This book offers an exceptionally well informed and well documented study of the processes by which a Treaty is not only created, but managed and adapted as a living organism, responding to changing …

Flying and the pilot were significant metaphors of fascism’s mythical modernity. Fernando Esposito traces the changing meanings of these highly charged symbols from the air show in Brescia, to the sk …