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Ethnoarchaeology of Rock-cut Tombs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9798888572207
Pub Date: 19 Sep 2025
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 80 B/W and colour illustrations
Description:
Rock-cut tombs, i.e. chambered tombs hewn out from the bedrock, was a common type of monumental burial among many past societies around the world, from the Neolithic Mediterranean, to the Classical Near East, and Protohistoric Japan and Korea.
RRP: £38.00
Santa Isabel Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9780861592432
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2025
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Illustrations: 600
Description:
This portrait of Santa Isabel in over 600 pictures shows an island transformed by its colonial history yet maintaining a confident and distinctive identity within Solomon Islands and the Pacific Island region.Santa Isabel is one of the largest islands that make up the island nation of Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific. Politically it is now one of nine provinces, each with its own variation of a shared history.
The Market: Money, States and Ideas for a Free World Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 270
ISBN: 9789189882355
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2025
Description:
From the Roman forum to digital currencies, how has the market developed over the course of history and what might it look like in the future? This anthology takes a deep dive into market development and takes a closer look at the decisive role of markets in shaping the present but also addresses the burning question of how we should navigate towards a sustainable future.In thought-provoking essays written by international researchers, politicians and experts, market dynamics are explored in three critical phases: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
RRP: £20.00
Boundless Frontiers Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9788869774430
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Series: Politics
Description:
The experience of democratic self-government of migration practiced in the village of Riace, Calabria, is an important case study for the potential development of migration in relation to three aspects of last Italian government's policies, all of which have both European and international relevance: the failure to sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration; the securitarian management of the migration crisis; and distorted media narratives around migration. This book derives from the collective efforts of a group of young social scientists in the fields of politics, law, economic geography, and media analysis, all of whom have past and present practical experience in the field. The book focuses on the high-impact local policies implemented in the small Calabrian village which turned out to possess one of the best vantage points for examining human migration on a global level.
Migrations: governance, policies, and rights Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9788869774362
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Series: Drift Maps
Description:
Increased migration is a global phenomenon associated with regional instabilities and insecurities, including long-term push factors and other elements related to processes of globalization that influence economics (the gap between the global South and the global North), politics (expectations of human rights and democratic practices), demographics (declining population in the North, rising population in the South) and technology (innovation in transport and communication). Local push factors are also extremely important, however, and need to be properly assessed in order to understand on-going migration processes and their variations. In many parts of the world, the closure of nearly all legal channels for entry risks increasing irregular migration, with the collateral effect of encouraging people smuggling and human trafficking.
Migrations: socio-cultural contexts and constitution Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9788869774355
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Series: Drift Maps
Description:
Cultural studies do not represent a historicist approach focused on the origins and development of particular social and cultural expressions, but - especially in its most recent form - instead analyses and engages with specific socio-cultural contexts and their formation, as well as bringing critical sensitivity to the conjunctural and contextual – especially in terms of tensions, contradictions and crises. Within this new framework, migration studies – with its interest in forms of regulation and management, control and practices of resistance – has become an essential platform not only for updating conceptual categories but also for highlighting the “contested terrain” of contemporary cultural studies itself. The current volume aims to explore the connection between these two fields of study, proposing new ideas, themes and approaches that speak to the varied field of migration studies, starting from the approach of cultural studies and post-colonial studies, both of which open up horizons and trajectories that often remain invisible in other discourses and narratives.
Rightful shares Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9788869773976
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Series: Social Science
Description:
The book delivers a rich ethnographic account of present-day Indian communities in northern Italy, considering their journeys of diaspora as well as dynamics of integration, focusing on the shift from first to second migrant generation with an important accent on gender. Based on three-years of multisite fieldwork between Lombardy and the Punjab in selected households, this study contributes to the emergent debate on South Asian minorities in the national context. Far from being a passive labor force, people of Punjabi descent in Italy confront and resist multiple forms of exclusion: from patriarchy to casteism, from racialization to civic stratification.
That's Entertainment Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9788869771798
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Description:
The 20th century witnessed the collapse of the traditional separation between the realm of 'official' culture and that of 'popular' entertainment. This event produced dramatic consequences at all levels of social life in the West, especially in the English-speaking context. Yet, due to its gigantic breadth and scope, the turn towards entertainment still begs for a detailed exploration.
The Influence of the Italian Civil Law in Latin-America Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 600
ISBN: 9788869774232
Pub Date: 31 May 2025
Series: History
Description:
Created as a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Italian Civil Code, the current volume presents a theoretical model for a dialogue between Italy and Latin America. With a view to emphasising the specificity of the contexts where the Italian code initially impacted, even where it did not remain a leading cultural presence, the volume also highlights particular aspect of different legal cultures in Latin America. The book focuses on the civil legal culture that each country has developed over the decades, while underlining individual characteristics, thus providing a sense of autonomy and independence instead of any residual idea of 'cultural imperialism', even indirectly.

Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine

Security Strategies for the Nordic-Baltic Five
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9798991076616
Pub Date: 28 May 2025
Imprint: The Jamestown Foundation
Description:
In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, the authors present crucial strategies for improving security in five NATO eastern flank states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden. They also offer recommendations for NATO countries overall with regard to defending against future Russian aggression.
Counterintelligence at Its Core Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 220
ISBN: 9781962551489
Pub Date: 25 May 2025
Description:
"An essential guide to counterintelligence, blending theory with case studies to fill a crucial gap in the intelligence literature. Both insightful and accessible, this book offers a rare, practitioner-driven perspective for anyone keen to explore the intricacies of CI." —Giangiuseppe Pili, James Madison UniversityWhat is the core purpose of counterintelligence?
The History of Alchemy: Influences on culture, science and society Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 350
ISBN: 9789189882690
Pub Date: 20 May 2025
Description:
The etymological roots of alchemy are found in both the Arabic and Greek languages, and refer to the process of transmutation that leads to a complete reunion with the original divine form. However, the esoteric practice of alchemy stretches all the way to India and China and has been practiced since at least the fourth century.During the Middle Ages, alchemy attracted many of the most prominent scholars of the time.
RRP: £30.00
Alliances & Armor Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 174
ISBN: 9781636245362
Pub Date: 01 May 2025
Description:
The People’s Army of Vietnam’s decision to utilize armor as part of its warfighting strategy was a product of various geopolitical factors that surrounded Hanoi during various parts of the Vietnam War. During the First Indochina War, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) emerged as the foremost communist benefactor of North Vietnam. The Soviet Union however, largely stood by.
RRP: £22.95
Prognosis / Saudi Arabia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 444
ISBN: 9781861543875
Pub Date: 01 May 2025
Illustrations: 800 colour illustrations including artwork and personal archive
Description:
This richly illustrated and superbly designed book explores its author’s life and work against the backdrop of 40 years of transformation and conflict across the Arabian Gulf and Islamic world. A doctor-turned-artist, Ahmed Mater has continually confronted his traditional context. Here he explores Arab and Islamic society in an era of globalization and social upheaval to uncover the unofficial histories that have shaped the present.
RRP: £65.00
The Outrider Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9781463246211
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2025
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Description:
A biography of Abū al-Faḍl al-ʿAbbās, the half brother, diplomat, and negotiator of al-Ḥusayn. The author was named Distinguished Scholar of Shia Studies in the Islamic Republic of Iran's 28th World Book Awards in 2020. He is at present a resident faculty member of PISAI, lecturing in Shīʿī Islamic studies, Qurʾān and Islamic Ethics, and a visiting lecturer at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome.
Comparative Economic and Social Evaluation of Two Economic Models Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 360
ISBN: 9780822948476
Pub Date: 29 Apr 2025
Description:
A new volume in the award winning University of Pittsburgh Press Latin American Studies Series