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Poison, Play, and Duel: A Study in Hamlet
1st Edition
By Nigel Alexander
October 01, 2024
First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet. The Ghost first reveals that Claudius murdered his brother by poison, and this act of poisoning is then dramatically presented before the King. The ultimate consequence of the ‘poison ...
Psychopath: The Case of Patrick MacKay
1st Edition
By Tim Clark, John Penycate
October 01, 2024
First published in 1976, Psychopath is a study of Patrick Mackay who, in 1974 – with a string of muggings and killings behind him – was on trial for murder and was imprisoned in November 1975. John Penycate and Tim Clark – responsible for the controversial BBC Panorama programme on Patrick Mackay’s...
Quality and Regulation in Health Care: International Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Dingwall, Paul Fenn
October 01, 2024
First published in 1992, Quality and Regulation in Health Care employs socio-legal ideas concerning regulation to examine the methods used to influence the quality of health care in the US, UK, and Western Europe. Throughout the Western world, health care systems, both public and private, are ...
Radicalism, Anti-Racism and Representation
1st Edition
By Alastair Bonnett
October 01, 2024
First published in 1993, Radicalism, Anti-Racism and Representation is a study set within a wider political context for the discussion of ‘racial’ representation and anti-racism. The second half of the book is devoted to interview-based exploration of the ambiguities and political characteristics ...
The American Prison Business
1st Edition
By Jessica Mitford
October 01, 2024
First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business. From the first demonstration that the penitentiary is an American invention that was initiated by the late eighteenth-century reformers, to the ...
The Assamese: Religion, Caste and Sect in an Indian Village
1st Edition
By Audrey Cantlie
October 01, 2024
First published in 1984, The Assamese is an anthropological exploration of Assam. The many tribes living in the hill tracts of Assam early engaged the attention of anthropologists but no significant studies have been made of the people living in the Assam valley who call themselves Assamese, the ...
The Literature of Controversy: Polemical Strategy from Milton to Junius
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas N. Corns
October 01, 2024
First published in 1987, The Literature of Controversy is a collection of essays by scholars from Britain, the United States, and Australia on major works from a classic epoch of English controversial prose. Each essay engages a single text or series of texts, less to discuss the ideas and ...
Women-in-Law: Explorations in Law, Family, and Sexuality
1st Edition
Edited
By Julia Brophy, Carol Smart
October 01, 2024
First published in 1985, Women-in-Law is a collection of essays examining the complex interactions of law, sexuality, and the family. It explores the ways in which legal ideology and practice affect women and looks at issues such as child custody, domestic violence and prostitution in the light of ...
Youth Cultures: A Cross-cultural Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Vered Amit, Helena Wulff
October 01, 2024
First published in 1995, Youth Cultures critically studies an anthropologically neglected population: the youth. The book broadens the scope for analysing young people’s behaviour by moving away from notions of resistance and deviance and offers a range of ethnographically based studies of ...
Active Lavas: Monitoring and Modelling
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher R. J. Kilburn, Giuseppe Luongo
September 30, 2024
Originally published in 1993, Active Lavas looks at the practical aspects of monitoring uncontrolled streams of molten rock and how field data can be applied for theoretical modelling and forecasting the growth of lava flows. It describes the basic features of common subaerial lava flows and domes ...
Capitalist Democracy on Trial: The Transatlantic Debate from Tocqueville to the Present
1st Edition
By Dennis Smith
September 30, 2024
First published in 1990, Capitalist Democracy on Trial explores the long transatlantic debate on capitalist democracy. It examines the conflicting verdicts of writers and politicians in the USA and Europe. The first section focuses on democracy and the rise of big business. It discusses the views ...
Israel in Europe
1st Edition
By G.F. Abbott
September 30, 2024
First published in 1907 and this edition in 1971 with a preface by C. C. Arsonfeld, Israel in Europe outlines the fortunes of the Jews of the Diaspora from the earliest times until the twentieth century. It is indeed no exaggeration to say that the Jews have been in Europe for a longer period than ...