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This popular introduction and course companion to literary studies for A level and degree students is revised in a major new edition. New features in the third edition include completely new chapters on gothic and war literature, new sections on Swift, Dryden, Matthew Arnold and Kipling and an account of the impact of new critical theory on all major authors.

Fred Hirsch's classic exposition of the social limits to growth manages to connect many of the apparently disparate factors that blight modern life.

Drawing on archaeology, literary and epigraphic evidence, technical literature, and descriptions of cities from travellers and geographers, the author traces the evolution of town planning, and shows the centrality of the city in ancient life.

Both a comprehensive overview of mental health theory and practice and a rich resource of information and reference for all health professionals and those interested in psychotherapy as practioner or patient.

This book takes the unique housing typology of the Shanghai alleyway house and discusses its role in Shanghai life. Gregory Bracken examines the architecture and history of the alleyway house, its part in the city's cultural and social development, it's portrayal in Chinese film and literature and the future of this unique urban dwelling as Shanghai's rapid redevelopment threatens to destroy the alleyway house, and therefore a slice of Chinese...

Focusing on empirically supported cognitive behavioral strategies, and richly illustrated by case presentations throughout, this book offers a reader-friendly overview of what the latest research has shown about how most effectively to treat OCD.

This special tribute to Elizabeth Ann Bates--a psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist--spans her brilliant career of wide-ranging interdisciplinary interests. It should appeal to international scholars in the fields of develo

This volume looks at the study of successful pathways through middle childhood. The chapters look at how diverse environmental contexts (economic, culture, history, politics) influence child and family development.

This volume honors the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory proposed in 1968 with chapters that critique, extend, and build off this influential development in cognitive psychology. For memory researchers, cognitive scientists, & historians of psychology.

This volume, which includes some previously published work and the most recent writings of the late Martin Braine and his colleagues, will be of interest to cognitive scientists, philosophers of mind and logicians, developmentalists, and psycholinguists.

This volume explores attitudes and beliefs concerning intergenerational family responsibilities with special focus on families affected by divorce and/or remarriage. For developmentalists, family studies specialists, sociologists, and policy makers.

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in ...

In this pioneering study, Krutilla and Fisher put the amenity resources of natural environments into an analytical framework comparable to that for the extractive resources. The models and theoretical background of their techniques are illustrated by case studies which include the controversial Hells Canyon dam, the Mineral King ski resort, and the Trans-Alaska pipeline. The authors point out that resource development activities undertaken on ...

Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory.

This collection of innovative essays examines the effects of social influence on consumer behavior processes and outcomes. The research focus is on social and consumer theory in helping to understand the interface between these two domains, with chapters investigating this interface from multiple perspectives thus providing diverse theoretical contributions to the discussion. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal...

Provides a detailed analysis of the Chinese Communist Party's discourse in the post-Tiananmen period which emphasises stability, and which has been used by the Party to legitimate its authority.

This collection of papers surveys key aspects of the curriculum, investigates the present situation and discusses what improvements need to be made. It is contributed by teachers, educational advisers and researchers and ranges across a variety of different institutional teaching settings and a variety of different subject areas. The approach is empirical rather than theoretical and the book is divided into three sections covering content, met...

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Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten provides play therapists and child mental health clinicians a guide to incorporating research-supported practice with play therapy for children affected by natural disasters, complex trauma, chronic illness, and adolescents being bullied for identifying as LGBT.

Climbing in Australia is a journey across many different rock types, different climbing styles, and different ethics. Use climbing as an excuse to travel, because the non-climbing bits will be pretty special too, camping on the red edge of the world, mythic views from the top of climbs, and shatteringly bright stars at night.