Routledge Key Guides
Tourism: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Robinson
September 11, 2012
Tourism: The Key Concepts offers a comprehensive collection of the most frequently used and studied concepts in the subject of tourism. Within the text key terms, concepts, typologies and frameworks are examined in the context of the broader social sciences, blending together theory and practice to...
Fifty Key Texts in Art History
1st Edition
Edited
By Diana Newall, Grant Pooke
March 20, 2012
Fifty Key Texts in Art History is an anthology of critical commentaries selected from the classical period to the late modern. It explores some of the central and emerging themes, issues and debates within Art History as an increasingly expansive and globalised discipline. It features an ...
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion
1st Edition
By Gary Kessler
September 21, 2011
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to ...
Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics
1st Edition
By Margaret Thomas
July 14, 2011
What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the field have asked and have responded to ...
Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography
1st Edition
By Kenneth Stunkel
June 24, 2011
Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography introduces some of the most important works ever written by those who have sought to understand, capture, query and interpret the past. The works covered include texts from ancient times to the present day and from different cultural traditions ensuring...
Metaphysics: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Nikk Effingham, Helen Beebee, Philip Goff
January 12, 2011
‘Informative, accessible, and fun to read— this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics. I know of no other resource like it.’– Meghan Griffith, Davidson College, USA 'Marvellous! This book provides the very best...
Fifty Key Anthropologists
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Gordon, Harriet Lyons, Andrew Lyons
December 17, 2010
Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent ...
Human Resource Management: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Chris Rowley, Keith Jackson
November 12, 2010
@text:A concise, jargon-free guide that covers the main practices and theories that constitute human resource management (HRM). The entries, defined and discussed by a range of international contributors, are drawn from following areas: Employee resourcing The management of employee rewards ...
Social Movements: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Graeme Chesters, Ian Welsh
November 10, 2010
Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful, contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the entries defined and discussed are drawn from...
Fifty Contemporary Film Directors
2nd Edition
Edited
By Yvonne Tasker
October 19, 2010
Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today’s most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director’s contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve...
Religious Studies: The Key Concepts
1st Edition
By Carl Olson
October 19, 2010
Religious Studies: The Key Concepts is an accessible, A-Z resource, defining and explaining key terms and ideas central to the study of religion. Exploring broad and recurring themes which are applicable in both eastern and western religions, cross-cultural examples are provided for each term to ...
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide
1st Edition
By Paul R. Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs
October 12, 2010
This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar’s background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters, ...