Martial races

Martial racesThis book provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empires fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of martial races.

showing how powerfully it can enhance their social and mental well-being

presenting a wide-ranging and lively account of changing perceptions

‘Complexity of Transboundary Water Conflicts’ seeks to understand transboundary water issues as complex systems with contingent conditions and possibilities

Like many cities in China and elsewhere

the art of lavish yet legible handwriting is no longer being taught to schoolchildren or employed in daily life—much to the dismay of those who receive hastily scrawled love notes or try to decipher a doctor’s prescription

has given way to suspicion and nationalism

a very sophisticated artist and scholar of much experience in the complex playing field of art-science-technology

Surviving repression tells the story of the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath of the 2013 coup

and in Sophia Loren

RTE and the Globalisation of Irish Television is firmly aimed at increasing the transparency that should characterize public broadcasting and at demystifying this national institution that plays such an enormous role in the cultural and political life of Ireland

the book demonstrates just how much death matters in wartime – not just to the individual

the book emphasizes the social nature of household archaeology