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This book reinterprets early seventeenth-century texts by situating them within the context of Jacobean writing on Britain and Britishness. Central to its argument are ideas about nationhood, identity and community that were occasioned by the accession of a Scottish king to England's throne, contested during the Anglo-Scottish Union debates.

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Deals with abundant, generous, other-regarding love. This book offers an engagement with Helene Cixous' philosophies of love, inviting readers to reflect on the conditions of subjectivity that just might open them to something like a divine love of the other.

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This book is a collection of chapters on supernatural belief and practice in Scotland between 1500 and 1800. It deals with elite culture from political prophecy to astrology, theology and poetic visions. And it deals with popular culture from trances and visionary encounters with ghosts and fairies, to folkloric angels and Second Sight.

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This book is a collection of chapters on supernatural belief and practice in Scotland between 1500 and 1800. It deals with elite culture from political prophecy to astrology, theology and poetic visions. And it deals with popular culture from trances and visionary encounters with ghosts and fairies, to folkloric angels and Second Sight.

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The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this nineteenth-century campaign. -- .

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The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this nineteenth-century campaign. -- .

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In this comprehensive study of the Swiss Reformation, Gordon examines the event in the context of the history of the Swiss Federation. The Reformation is presented as a narrative of events followed by an examination of various key themes surrounding the event.

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In this lucid and timely new book Jeremy Pressman demonstrates that the default use of military force on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict has prevented its peaceful resolution. -- .

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Traces two intersecting trajectories in American art. It shows how rights-based 1960s politics and the identity politics of the 1970s influenced the development of Conceptual art (with a capital 'C') into the diverse set of practices generally characterised as conceptualist (with a lower-case 'c'). -- .

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Traces two intersecting trajectories in American art. It shows how rights-based 1960s politics and the identity politics of the 1970s influenced the development of Conceptual art (with a capital 'C') into the diverse set of practices generally characterised as conceptualist (with a lower-case 'c'). -- .

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'The Tempest': Shakespeare in Performance situates the play's 400-year performance history within ever-changing cultural contexts, and supplements historical analysis of particular productions with information about contemporary appropriations and adaptations. -- .

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This unique collection of translated sources offers a valuable insight into the lives of those who joined, supported and attacked this most fascinating and enigmatic of institutions. This book charts the origins of the Order through to the circumstances of its suppression and dissolution. -- .

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Provides the first detailed account of how the territorial Conservative Party has dealt with devolution

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This book analyses experimental performances by British music ensembles in the twenty-first century. It shows how theatrical approaches to presenting orchestral music can facilitate unique and powerful experiences for audiences, enable new interpretation of repertoire, and connect music-making to contemporary social issues.

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This collections brings together expert contributions to dissect the key political concept of the Third Way in theory and practice, assessing its development and legacy and suggesting criticisms and alternatives. -- .

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This book gives a picture of a year's activities at the Theatre des Varietes. It includes an account of the financial side of the Theatre, impressions of the principal actors and actresses, as well as a month by month overview of what was actually performed. -- .

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This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. -- .

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Is the current Transatlantic Alliance crisis more serious than previous ones and if so why Will the Transatlantic Alliance recover or is it headed for transformation or even dissolution This book analyses the reasons behind the latest Transatlantic Alliance crisis, dissects its manifestations, and explores its future. -- .

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The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to better understand the TransAtlantic today.

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The Atlantic community seems to be in crisis and it is time to critically rethink past narratives and traditional frameworks of transatlantic relations. Exploring the historiography and legacies of the Atlantic World, contributors open up new, transnational, and global perspectives, helping us to better understand the TransAtlantic today.

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The book examines the transformation of European football in recent years by focusing on the impact of Europe in general and the EU in particular on the way that the game has evolved in a broad cross section of European states. -- .

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The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the leading role Germanophone women artists have played in deploying surrealism to respond to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War.

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The fifth edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the UK financial system and the changes currently affecting it. -- .

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This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. -- .