Bücher veröffentlicht von Manchester University Press

Brings together studies of cultural institutions in Manchester from 1850 to the present day, giving an unprecedented account of the city's cultural evolution. -- .

Brings together the latest international research on a key medieval writer and thinker -- .

This edited collection addresses the issue of radicalism by focusing on the media that contributed to its diffusion in the early modern era, using innovative interdisciplinary research that draws on a wide range of primary material. -- .

This collection considers the transformation that has taken place over the last thirty years in the global position of co-operative and mutual business models, from the prevailing view of the investor-led model in the 1980s to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and revival of the co-operative movement. -- .

A wide ranging volume on medical history, that examines critical areas of health concerns in Ireland through the World Wars. -- .

Collection exploring in detail Spanish screen acting from the silent era to present. -- .

Demonstrates the significant roles taken by women artists within the history of modern and contemporary art, and expands and redefines conventional conceptions of both surrealist and modernist canons. -- .

This book investigates the history of responses to, engagements with and memories of the Northern Irish conflict in Britain, exploring the lessons to be learned from post-conflict efforts to 'deal with the past' in Northern Ireland and providing a starting point for wider academic and public debate in Britain on the significance of this history. -- .

This book investigates the history of responses to, engagements with and memories of the Northern Irish conflict in Britain, exploring the lessons to be learned from post-conflict efforts to 'deal with the past' in Northern Ireland and providing a starting point for wider academic and public debate in Britain on the significance of this history. -- .

Charlotte Brontë: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Brontë¿s life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Brontë¿s first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has endured in so many different forms and contexts.

An incisive and wide-ranging analysis of the state of Conservative politics under Cameron's leadership. -- .

This pioneering collection examines the practices surrounding human remains in post-conflict societies, using a unique set of case studies that span multiple disciplines and geographic areas. -- .

The first general history of the British far left to be published in the twenty-first century -- .

A powerful book that provides new interdisciplinary perspective on the functions of still and moving images in political conflict. -- .

This collection of essays covers a wide range of topics about Ralegh's diversified career and achievements. The essays shed light on less familiar facets such as Ralegh as a father and his representation in the Arts; others re-examine him as poet, historian, and figure of controversy. -- .

This volume brings together established scholars with a new generation of migration and transnational historians. Their work weaves together the 'new' imperial and the 'new' migration histories, and explores the interplay of migration within and between the local, regional, imperial, and transnational arenas. -- .

A meticulous study of a significant early modern manuscript. -- .

A ground-breaking examination of the Attlee government's intelligence activities during the early stages of the Cold War, drawn from previously unavailable documents. -- .

A compelling collection that looks at one of the most famed director-composer collaborations in film history. -- .

Drawing on research and models from anthropology, material culture and art history, this study explores topics as diverse as Inka stonework, cork platforms for shoes and the Christian Eucharist. -- .

This is the first scholarly edited collection devoted to the work of the Anglo-Irish writer and cartographer Tim Robinson -- .

The first book devoted to the study of horror film and adaptation. Comprised of essays by top scholars in the field, this anthology includes analyses of such under-examined films as Thomas Edison's Frankenstein, John Barrymore's Jekyll and Hyde, Jean Epstein's La chute de la maison Usher, Gus van Sant's Psycho and Guillermo de Toro's Cronos -- .

Now available in paperback, this study of the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 contains 14 new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history. -- .

The book argues that what is often considered a fundamental dilemma of EU foreign policy - a choice between the EU's values and its quest for security - misrepresents a much more complex reality in which values and security interplay to shape the European Neighborhood Policy. -- .

An edited collection that focuses on women filmmakers over the last eight years, from Portugal, Spain and Latin America. Theoretically astute, critically cutting edge, with contributors that range across the globe, this will be a benchmark volume of film criticism -- .

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and the transition to pluralism in the 1990s. -- .

Students and academics in Victorian literature and in English poetry.|Now available in paperback, this collection of eleven new essays by leading international scholars offers a thorough revaluation of this fascinating and complex figure. -- .

This study compares the position of Catholic minorities in England and the Dutch Republic, looking beyond the tales of persecution that have dominated traditional historiography, focusing on the realities of Catholic existence. -- .

This book examines a decade of extraordinary ferment in ideas, and the battles about those ideas out of which emerged the Britain of the late-twentieth century. -- .

This is the first scholarly edited collection devoted to the work of the Anglo-Irish writer and cartographer Tim Robinson -- .