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The first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the far right parties in the Balkans -- .

Traces the genesis of Israeli policies and tactics of population management, surveillance and political control towards the Palestinians -- .

Explores the role of a widespread urban social movement in the revolutionary process that accompanied Portugal's transition from authoritarianism to democracy. -- .

The first thorough study of photography's interrelationship with social movements -- .

Cue & Cut is a 'practical approach to working in television studios' for anyone who might want to work in that medium. Written by a multi-camera producer-director, it presents both a way of handling studios and a source of information about how things have changed from the days of monochrome to HD tapeless modes - with some thoughts on 3D HDTV -- .

Meirion Hughes combines a new translation of the first edition with an introduction that places the work in its cultural and political context -- .

Cinesonica: sounding film and video explores previously neglected and under-theorised aspects of film and video sound, drawing on detailed case study analyses of Hollywood cinema, art cinema, animated cartoons, and avant-garde film and video. -- .

Steering away from the well-trodden territory of biographical or national concerns, Ruth Rosengarten explores the narrative operations of Rego's work by mobilising both psychoanalytic theory and social history. -- .

This is the first full-length, published study of Beethoven's songs. All the composer's songs with piano are included, with full German texts and translations, together with comprehensive notes on the poetry and the music. The inclusion of unfinished songs gives a fascinating insight into Beethoven's compositional methods.

This new book on internationally acclaimed film director Chantal Akerman provides an illuminating overview of her filmmaking to date and an in-depth analysis of her multi-faceted film style. -- .

This is the first book-length study wholly devoted to assessing the array of ties between Scotland and the Caribbean that bound the Atlantic World together in the later eighteenth century. -- .

The fullest study of Georges Franju to date, and the first book on him in English since 1967 -- .

The book charts the evolving relationship between cinema and radio during the heyday of the two media and compares and contrasts their development in Britain and America -- .

A book about how Scotland's Catholics participated in the extension of citizenship in Scotland and how it was transformed from an underground and isolated church to a multi-faceted institution that existed on a national scale. -- .

A fascinating reassessment of the conventional understanding of a cohesive 'Arts and Crafts movement' in Britain. The book's illuminating visual analysis and radical new interpretations of key contexts such as the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the homes of William Morris call for a major reconsideration of the history of Victorian design. -- .

This original new study examines how members of the English medieval nobility and their families fell from position and power in the period 1075-1455. Based on extensive research in chronicle, administrative, artistic and other interdisciplinary sources, the study spans from the Earls' Revolt of 1075 to the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. -- .

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. -- .

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 storytelling. -- .

This book is offers a fresh perspective on the history of the end of Empire. Using the Irish and Indian independence movements as its focus, it details how each country's nationalist agitators engaged with each other and exchanged ideas. -- .

Nature and Culture asks how objects were collected and displayed in the twentieth century. It explores natural and cultural objects in the Manchester Museum, a major university collection. How did these specimens come to be there? What happened to them in the collection, and who used them? -- .

This is the first English language source reader that deals with post-war (West) Germany. Over 160 commented sources describe the political, social and economic developments that changed Germany from the abyss of Nazism into a prosperous ally of the West and into one of the driving forces of European integration. -- .

This new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. -- .

Film historian Michael Temple explores the intense career of Jean Vigo, one of the legendary figures of world cinema, and asks why he has had such a long-lasting impact on film culture around the world. -- .

This book examines Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) nationalist career in the period 1900-16, as well as his lesser-known activities in the years after the rebellion. -- .

'Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union' develops a structural constructivist theory of the European Union and critically analyses, through French and Finnish empirical cases, the political practices that maintain the Union's 'democratic deficit'. -- .

Investigating conceptuals themes of lesbian, gay and transgender rights within the EU, this title shows how the paradigms of political discourses constitute, consolidate and contest the meaning and cultural significance of gender and sexuality in modern Europe.

A groundbreaking study that uncovers the expereince of black Jamaican soldiers to provide a fresh historical insight into the First World War. A book that will appeal to undergraduates and general readers interested in warfare, Imperial and black history. -- .

This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. -- .

This is about policies and strategies for ecologically rational governance and uses the Swedish case study to ask whether it is possible to move form a traditional environmental policy to a broad, integrated pursuit of sustainable development, as illustrated through the 'Sustainable Sweden' programme. -- .