Regulating sexuality

Argues that a commonality of purpose existed between the Catholic and Protestant Churches concerning the regulation of female sexuality,

Carson's army

The first academic study of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary organisation, which was formed in 1913 by Ulster Unionists opposed to the Third Home Rule Bill. The Ulster Volunteer Force provided the basis of the 36th (Ulster) Division formed in 1914 and was reactivated in 1920 to counter ...

States of enmity

This book establishes the crucial significance of the politics of enmity and pacification in the early modern Kingdom of Naples.

Glorious catastrophe

Glorious catastrophe presents the first detailed critical analysis of the visual art, film, performance and writing of Jack Smith, an icon of the New York avant-garde, from the early 1960s until his AIDS-related death in 1989. It uses his personal papers, and unpublished interviews with friends a...

Britain and africa in the twenty-first century

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain’s relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government.

Leisure cultures in urban europe, c.1700–1870

Combines research on a wide variety of leisure activities in the early modern and modern periods, providing an unprecedented transnational perspective to the study of European leisure history.

At the end of the line

Colonial policing and the imperial endgame is the first comprehensive study of the colonial police and their complex role within Britain’s long and turbulent process of decolonisation, a time characterised by political upheaval and colonial conflict.The Colonial Police Service was created in 1936...

Picturing the romantic

Picturing the Romantic redefines European Romanticism by exploring its transnational connections in the visual arts. This volume, featuring fifteen essays by established and emerging scholars, delves into various Romantic works of art, challenging conventional definitions and highlighting the dyn...

Citizen now

Citizen now charts a new research path in the study of the engagement of youth. Although their methods are varied and reflective of current technological tools, Citizen now argues that the tactics and motives of the groups reflect traditional political elements.

James baldwin review

James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. This edition brings together all of the articles published in this year's volume.

The victorian soldier in africa

This book re-examines the campaign experience of British soldiers in Africa during the period 1874-1902. It uses using a range of sources, such as letters and diaries, to allow soldiers to 'speak form themselves' about their experience of colonial warfare

Leeds and its jewish community

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of Leeds.

A history of the greek resistance in the second world war

This book tells the story of the Greek resistance to Axis occupation during the Second World War and in particular the life of armed guerrillas. Rather than provide a conventional military history it will illuminate for the first time the lives, experiences and thoughts of the resistance fighters...

Becoming a mother

This book charts the history of first-time Australian motherhood across the last 75 years, drawing upon oral history interviews with a diverse group of mothers. Through thematic chapters covering pregnancy, birth, childrearing, relationships, work and identity, the book analyses change and contin...

The british film institute, the government and film culture, 1933–2000

Film studies, cultural studies, modern British history, politics

Kitsch!

From bottle gardens, batman and the bachelor pad to garden gnomes and monogamy spray, this book uses a range of objects to explore the meanings and uses of kitsch. An accessible, comprehensive introduction for students and informed readers, it adds to debates on taste in cultural theory and socio...

Rural urbanism

This original and innovative book examines an intensive period in the development of London, when in the opening decades of the nineteenth century a concerted attempt was made to transform the metropolis into a modern European capital

Disturbing pasts

An investigation of artists’ responses to historical trauma, this book asks how such work can help to confront, disturb and transform the past.

Adaptation and resilience in the performing arts

Eight teams share their research about live performing arts during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting on digital innovations and analogue adaptations in dance and theatre, accessibility and community-building, and on how the pandemic impacted on artists and companies.

Paranoid visions

Paranoid visions explores the history of the spy and conspiracy genres on British television, from 1960s Cold War series through 1980s conspiracy dramas to contemporary ‘war on terror’ thrillers. The dramas analysed include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Edge of Darkness, A Very British Coup and Sp...

Listen in terror

The first full-length study of British horror radio

Cyber-espionage in international law

Longlisted for The Inner Temple Book Prize 2025While espionage between states is a practice dating back centuries, the emergence of the internet revolutionised the types and scale of intelligence activities, creating drastic new challenges for the traditional legal frameworks governing them.This ...

Foucault’s theatres

This book opens up innovative ways of reading philosophy ‘theatrically’, contributing to a new articulation of theatre and its relation to critical thought.

Michael winterbottom

This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema.

The political writings of eva gore-booth

A compilation of writings by this important Irish political activist. The volume includes a fascinating array of letters, political pamphlets, newspaper articles and poetry relating to key aspects of Irish and British events of the early twentieth century.

Between two stools

An engaging and lively tour through the scatological, the flatulent and the cloacal in English literature over four centuries.

Picturing the western front

Between 1914 and 1918, military, press and amateur photographers produced thousands of pictures. Classified in archives, collected in personal albums and circulated in illustrated magazines, photographs were supposed to tell the story of the war. This book argues that photographic practices also ...

Children born of war in the twentieth century

This book explores the life courses of children born of warin different twentieth-century conflicts, from the Second World War to theRwandan Genocide and the LRA conflict. It is based on extensive archivalresearch, as well as oral history and participatory research methods, to addthe voices of th...

The papal reform of the eleventh century

This fascinating collection of sources, translated for the first time in English and assembled in one accessible volume, show the startling impact of papal reform in the eleventh century and its consequences. An essential collection for students of medieval history.

Murder and morality in victorian britain

This book explores the life of Madeleine Smith, who in 1857 was tried for poisoning her secret lover. As well as charting the course of this illicit relationship and Madeleine’s subsequent trial, the authors draw on a wide range of sources to pursue themes such as the nature of gender relations a...

Inventing the modern region

This book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. It argues that, despite originating in pre-‘modern’ customs, such stereotypical identity was invented in the long nineteenth century as part of France’s process...

Judith shklar and the liberalism of fear

This book is both an exploration of Judith Shklar’s liberalism of fear and an examination of the proper role and limits of political theory. It advances a novel interpretation of Shklar’s mature work, one that emphasises its value monism. It also defends a value pluralist approach to resolving mo...

Harriet martineau

Harriet Martineau: Authorship, Society and Empire is a new book of essays by distinguished US and UK scholars on this most influential and prolific of Victorian writers and thinkers.

Cultures of violence

Deals with the inherent violence of “race relations” in 2 important countries that remain iconic expressions of white supremacy in the 20th century. Cultures of violence does not just reconstruct the era of violence. Instead it convincingly contrasts the “lynch culture” of the American South to t...

Formulating development

From the Alpine pastureland of late nineteenth century Switzerland to the hospitals of post-independence West Africa, Nestlé and the shaping of the aid industry tells the story of how Nestlé earned a seat at the table of international aid, and uncovers the long-forgotten alliances and controversi...

Crisis? what crisis?

The first full length account of the 1979 'winter of discontent'

Christianity and democratisation

This book explores the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratization that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades. Written in an accessible style, it will appeal to students of politics, sociology and religion, and prove useful on a range of advanc...

Curating empire

Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the development of a variety of...

Who cared for the carers?

Compares the histories of psychiatric and voluntary hospital nurses’ health from the rise of the professional nurse in 1880 to the advent of the National Health Service in 1948

Catholics and the law in restoration ireland

In Restoration Ireland the law primarily served the interests of the English state and the Anglo-Protestant community. This book is the first to explore how Irish Catholics experienced a legal system which was inimical to their interests. It does so through case studies based on a wide range of ...

Religion, regulation, consumption

This book explores the emergence and expansion of global kosher and halal markets with a particular focus on the UK and Denmark.

Approaches to emotion in middle english literature

A significant new account of emotion in Middle English literature, proposing key methodologies for the analysis of feeling and affect in literary texts. It shows how contemporary audiences learned to understand emotion in themselves and others, through empathetic response, the development of fict...

The political materialities of borders

The Political Materialities of Borders seeks to produce social theory at/from the border; rather than apprehending the border as mere epiphenomenon to urban or state-driven social theoretical dynamics, it calls for a specificity to the border in border studies as a rejuvenated space for theoretic...

Bauman and contemporary sociology

This book offers an incisive and original perspective on the works of Zygmunt Bauman, perhaps the greatest sociologist of the late twentieth century. It examines the limitations of his approach while recognising the importance of his legacy as a theorist who insisted on the need for moral engagem...

'the better class' of indians

This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctio...

Maurice pialat

One of the most gifted French directors of the post New Wave, Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Rebert Bresson. This is the first book-length study of his work in English.

Neither left nor right?

This book provides a comprehensive and considered account of the nature of Liberal Democrat electoral politics in contemporary Britain, exploring the specific challenges facing the Liberal Democrats in their struggle for identity, distinctiveness and, most importantly, votes.

Shakespeare's mystery play

Race, nation and empire

This book is about the ways in which questions of race and empire have figured in British history writing since the late 18th century.

Volumes of influence

Explores the work of a number of key writers and important books within the academic disciplines of politics and international relations. It revisits and re-evaluates some of the landmark books, and assesses the contribution of some of the most influential writers who have played a significant ro...

Terror and terroir

This book traces the history of post-war France by tracking the Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV), a militant collective of winegrowers who have used protest and violence to push back against attempts to modernise the French economy and state and the wider impacts of globalisation.

Political issues in ireland today

Political issues in Ireland today addresses the important current topics in Irish politics. Readers will find it a valuable resource on the important policy debates and for evaluating major social changes.

Colonial discourse / postcolonial theory

The issues of colonialism and imperialism have recently come to the forefront of thinking in the humanities. Disciplines such as history, literature and anthropology are taking stock of their extensive and usually unacknowledged legacy of Empire. At the same time, contemporary cultural theory has...

The european union and industrial relations

This is the first book to provide a clear overview and innovative analysis of the multiple ways the European Union affects industrial relations.

Anthony munday and civic culture

This in-depth study of the important but neglected writer Anthony Munday fills a long-standing gap in our knowledge and understanding of London and its culture in the early modern period. It will be of interest to historians, literary scholars and cultural geographers.

Art, ethnography and the life of objects

This book is a scholarly and lively account of the interactions between art and ethnography in Paris in the pre-WW2 period, drawing upon a diverse range of primary and archival materials: non-western art, anthropological expeditions, museum displays and works by artists in Paris.

Peacemaking in the middle ages

This study explores the making of peace in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries based on the experiences of the kings of England and the kings of Denmark. It offers a vision of how relationships between rulers were regulated and maintained in a period before nation states and internati...

Richard wainwright, the liberals and liberal democrats

A biography of a long-standing Liberal MP. As well as the revival of the Liberal Party and the formation of the Liberal Democrats, it examines his experiences as a Conscientious Objector in the Second World War; his work in the Methodist Church; his role in the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe and in...

Eu security governance

EU security governance provides the first comprehensive treatment of the EU as a security actor. It covers four dimensions of security - assurance, prevention, compellance and protection - that range from military interventions to state-building efforts to internal security in the age of terrorism.

This england

A celebration of Englishness in the sixteenth century. Appeals equally to students of early modern history and its literary culture, presenting a view of 'Tudor England' and offering a firmer historical background to evaluating the English Renaissance.

Bestsellers and masterpieces

Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon offers a comparative critique of the development of the ‘modern canon’ of medieval literature across European and Middle Eastern medieval studies.

Debating civilisations

Debating civilisations offers an up-to-date evaluation of the re-emerging field of civilisational analysis, tracing its main currents and comparing it to rival paradigms such as Marxism, globalisation theory and postcolonial sociology.

Voices from the underworld

Embracing an ontological approach to religious phenomena, this study traces the origins and development of Chinese Hell deity worship now prevalent in Singapore and Malaysia. Written for academics and the interested public, it challenges a priori assumptions vis-à-vis the diversity of present-day...

An archaeology of innovation

This monograph takes a unique archaeological approach to the investigation of innovation and the innovation process. Case studies span the breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The emphasis is on the social context and temporality of invention, a...

Popular victorian women writers

'Popular Victorian women writers' is a collection of essays on a variety of women writers working within the Victorian literary marketplace. Diverse and inclusive, the great strength of this book is that its emphasis on neglected writers and refreshing new angles on more widely known authors se...

Regulatory quality in europe

This book focuses on the capacity of European governments and the EU institutions to deliver high quality regulation. Drawing on comprehensive research and an original survey, it shows how regulatory quality can be measured and appraised - thus appealing both to academicsand to policy-makers invo...

Keynes and marx

The book develops a sympathetic Marxist critique of Keynes. Keynes’s insights, particularly into unemployment, money and finance and the importance of state intervention gain greater critical purchase when re-worked on Marxist foundations and doing so also enriches Marxism.

Shakespeare's london 1613

Incorporating material published and plays performed, Shakespeare’s London 1613 creates a narrative and analysis of this crucial year. Political events, such as the death of the young Prince of Wales and the marriage of the royal daughter, changed the country forever.

Political shakespeare

The new wave of cultural materialists in Britain and new historicists in the United States here join forces to depose the sacred icon of the "eternal bard" and argue for a Shakespeare who meditates and exploits political, cultural and ideological forces. Ten years on, this second edition presents...

Crafting design in italy

Crafting design in Italy is the first book to examine the role that craft played in post-war Italian design, one of the most celebrated design episodes in the twentieth century. Craft was vital to the development of Italian design, and it has been so far overlooked.This book examines the multiple...

Women's work

Women’s work challenges influential accounts about gender and the novel by revealing the complex ways in which labour (as material reality and philosophical concept) shaped the lives and writings of a number of women authors working in the second half of the long eighteenth century

Siblings and sociology

Drawing on innovative qualitative data sources, Siblings and sociology demonstrates the sociological significance of sibling relationships, explaining why siblings matter as a relational form capable of influencing us throughout the life course and as a lens through which to re-imagine familiar s...

Eleventh-century germany

Three of the most important chronicles of eleventh-century Germany were composed in the south-western duchy of Swabia. The Swabian chronicles are an indispensable resource to the student of the changing loyalties and conflicts of eleventh-century Germany.

Television mockumentary

This is the first detailed study of the rich vein of mockumentary television programmes, covering series such as The Larry Sanders Show, The Daily Show, and the British and American versions of The Office to discuss how producers have experimented with mockumentary as a distinctive approach to st...

Child soldiers in international law

Can the use of children as soldiers be effectively regulated at an international level? Child soldiers in international law examines how international law has developed to deal with this problematic and emotive issue.

The last yugoslav generation

The last Yugoslav Generation charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s

Defining events

This book re-visits and re-thinks some recent defining events in Irish society. Each chapter focuses on an event that has occurred since the start of the twenty first century. Some were high profile, some were ‘fringe’ events, others were widely discussed in popular culture at the time. A number...

Reading, writing and the influence of harold bloom

Reading, Writing and the Influence of Harold Bloom takes the work of the greatest living literary critic and discovers what it is like to read ‘with’, ‘against’ and ‘beyond’ his work.

From reason to practice in bioethics

This anthology gathers together original works from some of bioethics’ most celebrated scholars. Focused on and around the works of John Harris, the book addresses the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics, and will serve as an excellent text and resource for students, scholars, and pract...

Roots of the pax americana

This fascinating book examines how and why Americans built an informal trading empire and why the British Empire needed to be removed before a Pax Americana could be built. It offers a systematic explanation for the rise of this super empire, and explains in detail how it is governed.

The scottish family tree detective

The Scottish family tree detective is a practical, user- friendly guide to research in family history – in locating the ancestors and exploring their background. Its aim is to provide sign-posts to the past and to solve problems.

Conservatism for the democratic age

This book offers a new interpretation of the Conservative party’s revival and adaptation to democratic politics in the early twentieth century. New insights are provided into how the Conservatives met the challenges provided by class, gender and regional identities and the means by which the part...

The invention of spain

The Invention of Spain explores cultural relations between Britain and Spain during the century 1770-1870; a dynamic and often troubled relationship between two Imperial powers at a period of turbulence and change.

Richard attenborough

The first detailed scholarly and authoritative analysis of Richard Attenborough’s work as a filmmaker

Gender and warfare in the twentieth century

'Gender and warfare in the twentieth century' is a collection of essays that explores the way in which issues of gender impacted upon twentieth-century warfare. A range of specialist contributors provide exciting, accessible and very readable essays covering a range of wars and textual media.