maxson, brian jeffrey (east tennessee state university, usa)

The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its cla

The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its cla

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman republican history as it is currently practiced. The volumetakes account of

Peter C. Caldwell and Karrin Hanshew's Germany Since 1945 traces the social, political and cultural history of Germany from the end of the Second Worl

This book offers a major contribution for understanding the spread of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence. Investigating the connections bet

This book offers a major contribution for understanding the spread of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence. Investigating the connections bet

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight distinguished military historians, examines how war was wa

Now in its third edition Poetry: The Basics remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to childr

Cutting through the jargon of EU politics, the third edition of this engaging and informative textbook examines the history, institutions, processes a

The most widely used text in its course area, James W. Kalat's BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY has appealed to thousands of students before you. Why? Kalat's ma

In Affinities, Brian Dillon explores images and artists he is drawn to or loves, and tries to analyze the attraction. What do we mean when we claim

Written by an award-winning historian of science and technology, Planet in Peril describes the top four mega-dangers facing humankind – climate change

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Explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided trea

Now in its third edition, Teaching and Researching Reading charts the field of reading (first and second language) systematically and coherently for t

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on

Conventional narratives describe the United States as a continental country bordered by Canada and Mexico. Yet, since the late twentieth century the U

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This text takes a new approach to autoethnography by using personal narratives to analyze our work across multiple disciplines and subdisciplines. The

This text takes a new approach to autoethnography by using personal narratives to analyze our work across multiple disciplines and subdisciplines. The