She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature.
An updated edition of this accessible critical reader, with additional chapters including an introduction that contextualises the rise of each theoretical perspective and draw links between them.
This book offers a panoramic view of Georgian London, redefining the city's role in the industrial, agricultural and consumer revolutions. It does this by examining, for the first time, the huge co...
Covering the whole twentieth century, this work collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), th...
In 'Subversive Spinoza', philosopher and political activist Antonio Negri spells out the philosophical credo that inspired his radical renewal of Marxism and his compelling analysis of the modern s...
This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire.
A collection of documents on the historical figure Joan of Arc, some of which published in modern English for the first time, and contextualised by an extended intorduction and and useful contextua...
Women Art Workers provides a new social and cultural history of the Arts and Crafts movement which offers unprecedented insight into how women constructed alternative, creative lifestyles an...
More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'Ten Pound Poms' and this is their story, illuminated by the riveting testimony of migrant life ...
There are few institutions in America that can claim that they have been servicing the needs of indigent children for over 185 years. Yet, Vanderheyden, formerly known as Vanderheyden Hall and bef...
For forty-five years Europe was divided, and at the center of that divided continent lay a divided Germany. In this brilliantly nuanced book, one of our most respected authorities on Central Europe...
Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 - 21 June 1527) was an Italian Renaissance diplomat, philosopher and writer, best known for The Prince (Il Principe), written in 1513. He has often b...
Designed to introduce the student or general reader to a largely unfamiliar area of Elizabethan theatrical activity, Five Elizabethan progress entertainments focuses on a group of entertainm...
Ladies in Waiting-"Sis Fix your Crown" speaks to the Lady-in- waiting, a catchall term for a woman who serves a female royal "YOU". Ladies in Waiting may be single, in a relationship or married. Wh...
John Ashbery is America's greatest living poet. He is also greatly misunderstood. For many he is the inheritor of and American tradition that includes Walt Whitman and Wallace Stevens. Yet for some...
This is the first book to offer step-by-step instruction in Shambhala warriorship. Combining Buddhist mindfulness practice and pre-Buddhist shamanic teachings, Shambhala warriorship training teache...
For many years, Christians have used a collection of questions and answers to teach the truths that are most important to them. They did this to help new believers better know what the Scripture te...