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Catherine Dejoie, Pauline Martinetto, Nobumichi Tamura

Synchrotron Radiation, Cultural Heritage, Biomineralization

Many areas of material science have been transformed by the use of synchrotron radiation X-rays, including the fields of cultural heritage materials and biomineralization. This book presents a selection o…

A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity

Examines the uses and meanings of plants from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, from the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere.

Solar Energy Technologies in Cultural Heritage

Solar Energy Technologies in Cultural Heritage offers a comprehensive overview of the solar renewable energy possibilities, developments, innovations, and challenges for cultural heritage applications. Th…

Elena Ziliotti

Meritocratic Democracy

Meritocratic Democracy examines the effectiveness of democracy as a decision-making system, the role of political leaders and political parties in real-world democracies and shows that cross-cultural dial…

Heritage and Cultural Heritage Tourism

This book presents the state of the art on cultural heritage and tourism globally. Divided into four themes of historical and economic contexts; building resilient societies; de-colonization, community, a…

Julio Carvalho

A Cultural History of Copyright

Combining philosophical and historical perspectives, this book focuses on the rise of a legal institution that has dominated the economy of knowledge ever since it burst onto the scene at the dawn of mode…

Abdalla Uba Adamu

Hausa Cinema of Northern Nigeria

Providing a historical account of cinema in Nigeria, this book explores the transcultural transfer of media from India to Africa in Hausa cinema

Jeffrey R Di Leo

Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory

The most exhaustive mapping of contemporary literary theory to date, this book offers a comprehensive introduction and overview of the current state of the field of contemporary literary theory.

Liz Bucar

Stealing My Religion

Liz Bucar navigates the thorny terrain of religious appropriation, from yoga classes to non-Muslims who signal allyship by donning hijabs. Exploring the ethics of alleged appropriations, Bucar argues that…

Martin Gicharu

The Gospel and Cultural Applicability

Just as the four brave young men in the book of Daniel, today as believers we can stand in the midst of culture mix-up and represent Christ. The young men defied the gargantuan King Nebuchadnezzar, and we…

Aviad Sar Shalom, Yuval Peled, Rachel Singer, Elissa Rosenberg

Cultural Landscapes of Israel

This book introduces an inventory of proposed cultural landscapes in Israel, which have been identified, researched and mapped by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.  The categories as defined by the …

Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage

This open access book addresses the gap in existing knowledge on cultural heritage from a circular economy and sustainable development perspective for cities. It introduces innovative economic, environmen…

Slavery in the Cultural Imagination

With the rising tide of scholarly and societal interest in the history and legacy of colonialism and slavery, this collection offers a much-needed diachronic analysis of the cultural representations of th…

Law and the Humanities: Cultural Perspectives

This volume investigates interdisciplinary intersections between law and the humanities from the Renaissance to the present day. It allows for fruitful encounters between different disciplines: from liter…

A Cultural History of Medicine in Antiquity

Patient, disease and physician were the three corners of the 'medical triangle' according to one of the texts attributed to Hippocrates, a famous ancient Greek doctor. This volume, covering a period from …

Henderika B. de Vries

Creativity, Culture, and Tolerance of Ambiguity: An Entangled Relation

The present work investigates culture as a social factor and creative cognition. Analysis covers divergent and convergent creative processes and uses a new approach for cross-cultural research by identify…

Henry Cow

Western Culture (SHM-CD) (Papersleeve)

Maud Ellmann

The Vacuum Cleaner

This book offers an entertaining study of the facts and fantasies associated with the vacuum cleaner as it evolved from a luxury gimmick to a household necessity. The iconic appliance of twentieth-century…

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world o…