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Offers a reassessment of the career and the scholarly achievements of Thomas Fuller, showing that he was a many-sided writer, theologian, and controversialist, as well as a highly significant historian~Describes how Fuller's distinctive ideas and engaging manner of expression emerged in the tumultuous era of civil wars in which he lived~Shows that Fuller was nurtured by a distinctive English tradition of looking at the past, a tradition shaped...

Uses a unique dataset following smallholders across six countries~Benefits from a cross-country comparative approach~Interdisciplinary, with a mixture of cross-sectional and panel level analysis providing both empirical knowledge and accessible information~Covers Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique

Uses a unique dataset following smallholders across six countries~Benefits from a cross-country comparative approach~Interdisciplinary, with a mixture of cross-sectional and panel level analysis providing both empirical knowledge and accessible information~Covers Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique

A study of the legal origins of dictatorship~Theorizes the idea of an authoritarian rule of law~Provides a corrective to conventional wisdom about the law of the Third Reich~Offers an intellectual history of Ernst Fraenkel's republished classic The Dual State (1941), restoring to its rightful prominence an important work of intellectual resistance to Nazi dictatorship~Places the case of Nazi Germany in a comparative perspective and sheds light...

A comprehensive guide for parenting or educating deaf children from birth through adulthood~Provides clear evidence-based information on what we know and what we don't know about decisions that parents face~Shares best practices for optimizing academic, social, and personal outcomes

Thoroughly revised and updated to include coverage of the huge changes that have taken place in the EU since 2013, including a discussion of the migrant crisis and the UK's decision to leave the Union~Covers the history of the Union since 1946, looking at the various institutions and what they do~Examines the place of the Union on the world stage, in its role as a peace-keeper and in the rise of environmental politics~Considers the future of t...

Introduces perhaps the most beautiful of equations in pure mathematics which connects five of the most important numbers in mathematics~Its simplicity and profundity have been compared to a Shakespearian sonnet~Discusses each of the elements of the equation in turn, explaining why they are so significant~Concludes with an analysis of the equation itself, its discovery and significance~Combines historical elements with lucid, step-by-step math...

An illuminating new theory of the character of visual experience~Multidisciplinary approach, drawing on philosophy and linguistics

Edited from manuscript sources, allowing readers to understand these texts' place in seventeenth-century manuscript culture~Detailed line-by-line commentary, which links the texts with debates on 17th-century cultural and religious history~Combines approaches from literary history, political and religious history, theology, history of the book, manuscript studies, and women's history~Makes available many texts by a key woman author for the fir...

Proposes, very directly, a new definition of strategy~Offers a novel approach using narratives from literature and art~Philosophically rich

The story of the Arab Revolt, 1916-18, in which T. E. Lawrence famously helped Sherif Hussein of Mecca gain independence from the Ottoman Empire~Charts one the most renowned campaigns of the First World War~Casts a new light on the campaign and those involved, in a move away from Lawrence-centred narratives~Brings together the experiences of twelve British officers and intelligence operatives for a fresh perspective on Lawrence and the Arab Re...

First collection of papers specifically addressing Berkeley's Three Dialogues~Explores all of the central issues of the work in an accessible style~Contextualises the Three Dialogues and relates the work to Berkeley's predecessors, contemporaries and 'followers'

Tells the lively and little-known story of common sense realism's rise and fall in Scotland between the years 1751 and 1856~Accessibly written in an engaging style~Provides new perspectives on both major and lesser known figures in common sense philosophy

A bold attempt to tackle the extraordinary problems facing present-day Europe~A provocative argument, accessibly presented in a series of heartfelt letters~Ranges across politics, economics, and culture~Unlike many other critiques, offers a way out of the current malaise

Provides comprehensive coverage of the latest research~Describes the major projects and concepts that are changing our understanding of our medieval heritage~Well illustrated, 200+ images

Explores concepts of holiness in different periods of Jewish history and bodies of Jewish literature~Offers preliminary reflections on their theological and philosophical import today~Makes Jewish concepts of holiness accessible and engaging

Maintains a distinctive focus on meter and rhythm within the history of music theory~Includes an in-depth discussion on a rarely-studied body of theory on tempo~Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the history of music theory through inclusion of studies on the history of aesthetics, mathematics, and natural philosophy~Pioneers a new approach to analysis that reflects changing concepts in intellectual history~Draws on a unique c...

Uses analytical chemistry to describe the complex world of wine~Captures the science of wine starting from the vine~Includes over 400 illustrations

The most debated issue in aesthetics today~Written by an international team of leading experts~Addresses growing methodological concerns in the field~Includes an extensive introduction which illuminates key issues

The first volume to bring together work on virtue from ethics and epistemology~Includes representative work on virtue ethics, applied virtue ethics, virtue epistemology, and applied virtue epistemology~Includes work on virtue non-western and religious traditions