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The New Cosmic Onion Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

The New Cosmic Onion Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

Not since Newton�s apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close�s Cosmic Onion. Widely embraced by scientists and laypersons alike the book quickly became an international bestseller. Translated into seven languages it propelled the author to become a worldwide celebrity as well as an inspiration to a generation of scientists. The book�s title itself has entered popular usage as a metaphor for the layers that can be peeled away to understand the foundations of the physical world from dimensions and galaxies to atoms and quarks. �Close is a lucid reliable and enthusiastic guide to the strange and wonderful microcosmic world that dwells deep within reality� � Frank Wilczek Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics MIT 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics NEW Material Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents Considers the recent development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature Explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks Keeping still-pertinent contents from the original volume that caught the world�s attention in 1983 this fresh edition of the Cosmic Onion includes extensive new material to reflect new views of the | The New Cosmic Onion Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East

The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East

This Handbook is a state-of-the-field volume containing diverse approaches to sensory experience bringing to life in an innovative remarkably vivid and visceral way the lives of past humans through contributions that cover the chronological and geographical expanse of the ancient Near East. It comprises thirty-two chapters written by leading international contributors that look at the ways in which humans through their senses experienced their lives and the world around them in the ancient Near East with coverage of Anatolia Egypt the Levant Mesopotamia Syria and Persia from the Neolithic through the Roman period. It is organised into six parts related to sensory contexts: Practice production and taskscape; Dress and the body; Ritualised practice and ceremonial spaces; Death and burial; Science medicine and aesthetics; and Languages and semantic fields. In addition to exploring what makes each sensory context unique this organisation facilitates cross-cultural and cross-chronological as well as cross-sensory and multisensory comparisons and discussions of sensory experiences in the ancient world. In so doing the volume also enables considerations of senses beyond the five-sense model of Western philosophy (sight hearing touch taste and smell) including proprioception and interoception and the phenomena of synaesthesia and kinaesthesia. The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East provides scholars and students within the field of ancient Near Eastern studies new perspectives on and conceptions of familiar spaces places and practices as well as material culture and texts. It also allows scholars and students from adjacent fields such as Classics and Biblical Studies to engage with this material and is a must-read for any scholar or student interested in or already engaged with the field of sensory studies in any period.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

Research on the growth of the precarious economy is of signifi cant interest as the economy increasingly becomes dependent on gig work. However as platform and automated service work has grown there remains a chasm in understanding the key aspects of digital labour. This handbook presents comprehensive theoretical empirical and historical accounts of the political economy of informal work from the late 20th century to the present. It examines the rich and varied analysis and critique of the informalisation of work focusing on its most signifi cant theories intellectual traditions and authors. It highlights the political social cultural and developmental impact of the deterioration of employment in the Global North and Global South as well as the extreme threat posed to the planet by the growth of contingent work poverty and enduring and increasing inequalities produced and reproduced by the reformation of capitalism in the contemporary age of neoliberal capitalism. The period from the 1980s to the present is marked by the expanded extraction of surplus value from workers through the creation of non-standard jobs and the restructuring of work. A central component of the restructuring of work is the extension of gig employment through the development of algorithmic platforms which direct labourers to perform discrete tasks. This is a definitive collection representing the primary reference work contributing to our understanding of the subject. The book is written and presented in a clear manner accessible to scholars and researchers of international political economy labour economics and sociology who are eager for new research examining this phenomenon as well as specialists in the field of labour relations. Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Amsterdam. | The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

GBP 190.00
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The Territories of the Russian Federation 2021

The Territories of the Russian Federation 2021

This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the constituent units of the Russian Federation. The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole followed by a chronology demographic and economic statistics and a review of the Federal Government. The second section comprises territorial surveys each of which includes a current map. This edition includes surveys covering the annexed (and disputed) territories of Crimea and Sevastopol as well as updated surveys of each of the other 83 federal subjects. The third section comprises a select bibliography of books. The fourth section features a series of indexes listing the territories alphabetically by Federal Okrug and Economic Area. Users will also find a gazetteer of selected alternative and historic names a list of the territories abolished created or reconstituted in the post-Soviet period and an index of more than 100 principal cities detailing the territory in which each is located. | The Territories of the Russian Federation 2021

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The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape

The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape

The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape provides a comprehensive overview of the American landscape in a way fit for the twenty-first century not only in its topical and regional scope but also in its methodological and disciplinary diversity. Critically surveying the contemporary scholarship on the American landscape this companion brings together scholars from the social sciences and humanities who focus their work on understanding the polyphonic evolution of the United States’ landscape. It simultaneously assesses the development of the US landscape as well as the scholarly thought that has driven innovation and continued research about that landscape. Four broad sections focus on key areas of scholarship: environmental landscapes social cultural and popular identities in the landscape political landscapes and urban/economic landscapes. A special essay American Landscapes Under Siege and accompanying short case studies call attention to the legacies and realities of race in the American landscape bridging the discussion of social and political landscapes. This companion offers an invaluable and up-to-date guide for scholars and graduate students to current thinking across the range of disciplines which converge in the study of place including Geography Cultural Studies and History as well as the interdisciplinary fields of American Studies Environmental Studies and Planning.

GBP 190.00
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The World of the Ancient Silk Road

The World of the Ancient Silk Road

This volume explores human migration communication and cross-cultural exchange on the Silk Road a complex network of trade routes spanning the Eurasian continent and beyond. It covers thousands of years of human history from the 3rd millennium BCE to the early 2nd millennium CE. Consolidating archaeological discoveries historical analyses and linguistic studies in one comprehensive volume The World of the Ancient Silk Road brings to light diverse perspectives from scholars who have lived and worked across this vast region many of which are published here in English for the first time. It contains extensive references of primary and secondary sources in their original languages and scripts. From Early Bronze Age cultures to the rise of regional Islamic empires from the Mediterranean to the Yellow River basin this multidisciplinary volume seeks to offer new insights and expand Silk Road studies to the Anglophone world. The World of the Ancient Silk Road provides an essential reference work for students and scholars of world history particularly those studying the regions cultures and peoples explored in this volume.

GBP 205.00
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A History of the Sudan From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day

A History of the Sudan From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day

A History of the Sudan by Martin Daly and PM Holt sixth edition has been fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments that have occurred in Sudan over the last nine years including the crisis in Darfur. The most notable developments that this text covers includes the decades-long civil war in the South (with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005); the emergence of the Sudan as an oil-producer and exporter and its resulting higher profile in global economic affairs notably as a partner of China; the emergence of al-Qaeda the relations of Sudanese authorities with Osama bin Laden (whose headquarters were in the Sudan in the 1990s) and the Sudanese government's complicated relations with the West. This text is key introductory reading for any student of North Africa. | A History of the Sudan From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World

The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World

Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages and social settings The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World was originally the first single-volume collection surveying the current research trends in international sociolinguistics. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and significantly expanded and now includes more than 50 chapters written by leading authorities and a brand-new substantial introduction by John Edwards. Coverage has been expanded regionally and there is a critical focus on Indigenous languages. This handbook remains a key tool to help widen the perspective on sociolinguistics to readers interested in the field. Divided into sections covering the Americas Asia Australasia Africa and Europe the book provides readers with a solid up-to-date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field of sociolinguistics in each area. It clearly explains the patterns and systematicity that underlie language variation in use along with the ways in which alternations between different language varieties mark personal style social power and national identity. The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World is the ideal resource for all students in undergraduate sociolinguistics courses and for researchers involved in the study of language society and power.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence

What one can know depends on one’s evidence. Good scientific theories are supported by evidence. Our experiences provide us with evidence. Any sort of inquiry involves the seeking of evidence. It is irrational to believe contrary to your evidence. For these reasons and more evidence is one of the most fundamental notions in the field of epistemology and is emerging as a crucial topic across academic disciplines. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first major volume of its kind. Comprising forty chapters by an international team of contributors the handbook is divided into six clear parts: The Nature of Evidence Evidence and Probability The Social Epistemology of Evidence Sources of Evidence Evidence and Justification Evidence in the Disciplines The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science and epistemology and will also be of interest to those in related disciplines across the humanities and social sciences such as law religion and history.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body

The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body is the first comprehensive volume to feature multireligious cross-cultural perspectives on the body and embodiment. Featuring multidisciplinary approaches and methodologies from the humanities and the social sciences it addresses the body and embodied religiosity in theological ethical and cultural contexts. Comprised of 30 chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook is divided into four parts: Theology and Embodied Religiosity Gender Sexuality and Body Regulations Ritual and Performance Religion Healing and the Future of the Body Each part examines central issues debates and problems in relation to global belief systems including embodiments of love transfiguration the secular body disability body language maternal bodies embodied emotions celibacy ecology and the body reshaping the corporal body initiation rites physiology Tantra Reiki practice religious experience technological body modifications and ethics and the body. Providing a breadth of rich and innovative research it is a must-read for students and scholars in religious studies theology philosophy sociology anthropology psychology history and cultural and gender studies.

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Handbook on the History of Development

The Routledge Handbook on the History of Development

This bold and ambitious handbook is the first systematic overview of the history of development ideas themes and actors in the twentieth century. Taking stock of the field the book reflects on blind spots points out avenues for future research and brings together a greater plurality of regions actors and approaches than other publications on the subject. The book offers a critical reassessment of how historical experiences have shaped contemporary understandings of development demonstrating that the seemingly self-evident concept of development has been contingent on a combination of material conditions power structures and policy choices at different times and in different places. Using a world history approach the handbook highlights similarities in development challenges across time and space and it pays attention to the meanings of ideological cultural and economic divides in shaping different understandings and practices of development. Taking a thematic approach the book shows how different actors – governments non-governmental organizations individuals corporations and international organizations – have responded to concerns regarding the conditions in their own or other societies such as the provision of education health or food; approaches to infrastructure development and industrialization; the adjustment of social conditions; population policies and migration; and the maintenance of stability and security. Bringing together a range of voices from across the globe this book will be perfect for advanced students and researchers of international development history. | The Routledge Handbook on the History of Development

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Anthropology of Labor

The Routledge Handbook of the Anthropology of Labor

The Routledge Handbook of the Anthropology of Labor offers a cross-cultural examination of labor around the world and presents the breadth of a growing and vital subfield of anthropology. As we enter a new crisis-ridden age some laboring people are protected while others face impoverishment and death as they work in unsafe conditions migrate to gain livelihoods languish in the unwaged sector and become targets of law enforcement. The contributions to this volume address questions surrounding the categorization and visibility of work the relationship of labor to the state and how divisions of labor map onto racial gendered sexual and national inequalities. In addition to the emotional dimensions and subjectivities of labor the book also examines how laborers can articulate common experiences and identities build organizational forms and claim power together. Bringing together the work of an impressive group of international scholars this Handbook is essential for anthropologists with an interest in labor and political economy as well as useful for scholars and students in related fields such as sociology and geography.

GBP 205.00
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The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five The Ring and the Book Books 1-6

The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five The Ring and the Book Books 1-6

The Ring and the Book published serially in 1868–9 is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman Guido Franceschini for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book’ a bundle of legal documents and letters relating to the trial on a second-hand market stall in Florence sparked an imaginative engagement with this sordid tale of domestic cruelty adultery and greed which grew through four years of arduous labour into an epic peopled not by gods and warriors but by concrete recognisably human beings. Fusing the technique of the dramatic monologue the form he had made his own with the grandeur of classical epic and the vivid realism of the modern novel Browning created a unique hybrid form that allowed him not only to bring to life an entire historical period but also to reflect on the process of artistic creation itself – the forging of the golden ‘ring’ of the poem from the ‘pure crude fact’ of its historical original. This edition comprising volumes 5 and 6 in the acclaimed Longman Annotated English Poets edition of Browning’s poems does full justice to the scope and depth of Browning’s achievement. The headnote in volume 5 gives an authoritative account of the poem’s composition publication sources and reception making use of hitherto unpublished letters and textual material. In addition to giving readers help where needed with historical and linguistic comprehension the notes track Browning’s formidable range of allusion from the most erudite to the most vulgar. The appendices in volume 6 present a selection from the original sources a list of variants from extant proofs and key passages from Browning’s fascinating and revealing correspondence with one of the earliest readers of the poem Julia Wedgwood. The aim is to enable readers not just to understand the poem as an object of study but to take pleasure in its abounding intellectual and emotional energies. | The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five The Ring and the Book Books 1-6

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The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing

The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing

Ageing populations pose some of the foremost global challenges of this century. Drawing on an international pool of scholars this cutting-edge Handbook surveys the micro macro and institutional aspects of the economics of ageing. Structured in seven parts the volume addresses a broad range of themes including health economics labour economics pensions and social security generational accounting wealth inequality and regional perspectives. Each chapter combines a succinct overview of the state of current research with a sketch of a promising future research agenda. This Handbook will be an essential resource for advanced students researchers and policymakers looking at the economics of ageing across the disciplines of economics demography public policy public health and beyond. Chapter 37 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. | The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing

GBP 190.00
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The Arthurian World

The Arthurian World

This collection provides an innovative and wide-ranging introduction to the world of Arthur by looking beyond the canonical texts and themes taking instead a transversal perspective on the Arthurian narrative. Together its thirty-four chapters explore the continuities that make the material recognizable from one century to another as well as transformations specific to particular times and places revealing the astonishing variety of adaptations that have made the Arthurian story popular in large parts of the world. Divided into four parts—The World of Arthur in the British Isles The European World of Arthur The Material World of Arthur and The Transversal World of Arthur — the volume tracks the legend’s movement across temporal geographical and material boundaries. Broadly chronological each part views the unfolding Arthurian story through its own lens while temporal and geographical overlaps between the sections underscore the proximity of these developments in the legend’s history. Ranging from early Latin chronicles and Welsh poetry to twenty-first century anime and political conspiracies this comprehensive and illuminating book will be of interest to anyone researching Arthurian literature or tracing the evolution of medievalism through literature the visual arts and popular culture. | The Arthurian World

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance

The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance

The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance provides a cutting-edge comprehensive overview of the foundations epistemologies methodologies key topics and current debates and future directions in the field. It brings together work from the disciplines of anthropology and performance studies as well as adjacent fields. Across 31 chapters a diverse range of international scholars cover topics including: Ritual Theater Storytelling Music Dance Textiles Land Acknowledgments Indigenous Identity Visual Arts Embodiment Cognition Healing Festivals Politics Activism The Law Race and Ethnicity Gender and Sexuality Class Religion Spirituality and Faith Disability Leisure Gaming and Sport In addition the included Appendix offers tools exercises and activities designed by contributors as useful suggestions to readers both within and beyond academic contexts to take the insights of performance anthropology into their work. This is a valuable reference for scholars and upper-level students in anthropology performance studies and related disciplines including religious studies art philosophy history political science gender studies and education.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World

The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World

The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World brings together a diverse array of scholars to offer an overview of the current and emerging scholarship of emotions in the modern world. Across thirty-six chapters this work enters the field of emotion from a range of angles. Named emotions – love anger fear – highlight how particular categories have been deployed to make sense of feeling and their evolution over time. Geographical perspectives provide access to the historiographies of regions that are less well-covered by English-language sources opening up global perspectives and new literatures. Key thematic sections are designed to intersect with critical historiographies demonstrating the value of an emotions perspective to a range of areas. Topical sections direct attention to the role of emotions in relations of power to intimate lives and histories of place as products of exchanges across groups and as deployed by new technologies and medias. The concepts of globalisation and modernity run through the volume acting as foils for comparison and analytical tools. The Routledge History of Emotions in the Modern World is the perfect resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of emotions across the world from 1700.

GBP 205.00
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The Interwar World

The Interwar World

The Interwar World collects an international group of over 50 contributors to discuss analyze and interpret this crucial period in twentieth-century history. A comprehensive understanding of the interwar era has been limited by Euro-American approaches and strict adherence to the temporal limits of the world wars. The volume’s contributors challenge the era’s accepted temporal and geographic framings by privileging global processes and interactions. Each contribution takes a global thematic approach integrating world regions into a shared narrative. Three central questions frame the chapters. First when was the interwar? Viewed globally the years 1918 and 1939 are arbitrary limits and the volume explicitly engages with the artificiality of the temporal framework while closely examining the specific dynamics of the 1920s and 1930s. Second where was the interwar? Contributors use global history methodologies and training in varied world regions to decenter Euro-American frameworks engaging directly with the usefulness of the interwar as both an era and an analytical category. Third how global was the interwar? Authors trace accelerating connections in areas such as public health and mass culture counterbalanced by processes of economic protectionism exclusive nationalism and limits to migration. By approaching the era thematically the volume disaggregates and interrogates the meaning of the ‘global’ in this era. As a comprehensive guide this volume offers overviews of key themes of the interwar period for undergraduates while offering up-to-date historiographical insights for postgraduates and scholars interested in this pivotal period in global history.

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The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept theories and causes of poverty as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups such as women children and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical evidence-based and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers educators and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor people. The first of its kind the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies economics social work political studies poverty studies population and demographic studies sociology social anthropology public policy and political economy especially those concerned with the Global South. | The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

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The Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization

The Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization

This Handbook offers state of the art scholarship on the perspective known as the Communicative Constitution of Organization (CCO). Offering a unique outlook on how communication accounts for the emergence change and continuity of organizations and organizing practices this Handbook systematically exposes the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of CCO displays its empirical diversity and articulates its future trajectory. Placing communication firmly at the centre of the organizational equation an international team of expert authors covers: The key theoretical inspirations and the main themes of the field The debates that animate the CCO community CCO’s methodological approaches How CCO handles classic management themes Practical applications Offering a central statement of CCO’s contributions to the fields of organization studies communication and management this Handbook will be of interest to organization studies and communication scholars faculty and graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as anyone associated with CCO theorizing seeking a comprehensive overview of the theoretical methodological and practical tenets of this growing area. Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license https://www. taylorfrancis. com/chapters/oa-edit/10. 4324/9781003224914-7/communicative-constitution-worlda-luhmannian-view-communication-organizations-society-michael-grothe-hammer?context=ubx&refId=6fe411e1-fbed-41c9-8d95-03ca74450c1d | The Routledge Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organization

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions

The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions

The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions examines the core issues and debates surrounding this controversial topic introducing readers to essential concepts and terms. It communicates the evolving character of international sanctions from diverse perspectives with a particular emphasis on questions of efficacy legality and legitimacy of sanctions as well as the mechanisms by which they are applied. This interdisciplinary book explores the international political economy of sanctions in the constantly changing context of geopolitical rivalry. The authors investigate various theoretical and historical approaches to sanctions and apply these to specific case studies such as the African Union China Cuba India Russia Turkey and the United States. The book gives a voice to sanctioned states and considers the impact of secondary sanctions. It analyses sanctions with reference to wider political debates such as national security state sovereignty economic warfare and sustainability. This handbook will be of immense interest to students researchers and scholars in the fields of political economy international sanctions political science international relations and foreign policy. It will also be useful for all those employed by political institutions businesses and nongovernmental organisations when assessing current sanctions regimes.

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The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opportunities presented to journalists and journalism educators if they choose to partake in international collaboration and education. This collection returns to fundamental questions around the meaning value and practices of journalism from alternative methodological theoretical and epistemological perspectives. These questions include: What really is journalism? Who gets to and who is qualified to define it? What role do ethics play? What are the current trends challenges and opportunities for journalism in the Global South? How is news covered reported written and edited in non-Western settings? What can journalism players living and working in industrialized markets learn from their non-Western colleagues and counterparts and vice versa? Contributors challenge accepted universal ethical standards while showing the relevance of customs traditions and cultures in defining and shaping local and regional journalism. Showcasing some of the most important research on journalism in the Global South and by journalists based in the Global South this companion is key reading for anyone researching the principles and practices of journalism from a de-essentialized perspective.

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The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World

The Angkorian World explores the history of Southeast Asia’s largest ancient state from the first to mid-second millennium CE. Chapters by leading scholars combine evidence from archaeology texts and the natural sciences to introduce the Angkorian state describe its structure and explain its persistence over more than six centuries. Comprehensive and accessible this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying premodern Asia. The volume’s first of six sections provides historical and environmental contexts and discusses data sources and the nature of knowledge production. The next three sections examine the anthropogenic landscapes of Angkor (agrarian urban and hydraulic) the state institutions that shaped the Angkorian state and the economic foundations on which Angkor operated. Part V explores Angkorian ideologies and realities from religion and nation to identity. The volume’s last part reviews political and aesthetic Angkorian legacies in an effort to explain why the idea of Angkor remains central to its Cambodian descendants. Maps graphics and photographs guide readers through the content of each chapter. Chapters in this volume synthesise more than a century of work at Angkor and in the regions it influenced. The Angkorian World will satisfy students researchers academics and the knowledgeable layperson who seeks to understand how this great Angkorian Empire arose and functioned in the premodern world. The Prologue and Chapters 2 10 15 23 30 and 32 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license.

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The Turkic Languages

The Turkic Languages

The Turkic languages are spoken today in a vast geographical area stretching from southern Iran to the Arctic Ocean and from the Balkans to the great wall of China. There are currently 20 literary languages in the group the most important among them being Turkish with over 70 million speakers; other major languages covered include Azeri Bashkir Chuvash Gagauz Karakalpak Kazakh Kirghiz Noghay Tatar Turkmen Uyghur Uzbek Yakut Yellow Uyghur and languages of Iran and South Siberia. The Turkic Languages is a reference book which brings together detailed discussions of the historical development and specialized linguistic structures and features of the languages in the Turkic family. Seen from a linguistic typology point of view Turkic languages are particularly interesting because of their astonishing morphosyntactic regularity their vast geographical distribution and their great stability over time. This volume builds upon a work which has already become a defining classic of Turkic language study. The present thoroughly revised edition updates and augments those authoritative accounts and reflects recent and ongoing developments in the languages themselves as well as our further enhanced understanding of the relations and patterns of influence between them. The result is the fruit of decades-long experience in the teaching of the Turkic languages their philology and literature and also of a wealth of new insights into the linguistic phenomena and cultural interactions defining their development and use both historically and in the present day. Each chapter combines modern linguistic analysis with traditional historical linguistics; a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. Written by an international team of experts The Turkic Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics Turcology and Near Eastern and Oriental Studies.

GBP 325.00
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