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History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Classics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sociology and Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Linguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Art and Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Astronomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Life Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Physical Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Earth Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Backlist titles

Cambridge Companions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Cambridge Concise Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Cambridge Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97


3History

VeniceHistory of the Floating City

Joanne M. FerraroSan Diego State University

DescriptionThis book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day . Joanne M . Ferraro considers Venice’s unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European and North African exchange networks that made it a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural centre . Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the author discusses key themes related to the city’s social, cultural, religious and environmental history, as well as its politics and economy . A refuge and a pilgrim stop; an international emporium and centre of manufacture; a mecca of spectacle, theatre, music, gambling and sexual experimentation; and an artistic and architectural marvel, Venice’s allure springs eternal in every phase of the city’s fascinating history .

Key Features

• Acomprehensive,stand-alonesingle-volumehistoryofVenice

• Accessiblywritten,withverveandclarity,andwell-adaptedtostudents,scholarsandgeneralreaders

• Beautifullyillustratedthroughout

ContentsPreface;Chronology of historical events;Chronology of architecture, art, literature, and music;1. Reconstructing the floating city;2. The riches of Asia, Europe, and North Africa;3. A pride of lions;

4. Identities and modes of socialization;5. Material life;6. City of myth;7. The Serenissima’s wayward subjects;8. The baroque stage;9. Epilogue: the tides of change;Appendices.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, general readers

August 2012 228 x 152 mm 300pp 61 b/w illus. 16 colour illus. 5 maps 978-0-521-88359-7 Hardback c. £25.00

Ferraro

Joanne M. Ferraro

Joanne M. Ferraro is Professor and

Chair of History at San Diego State

University. She is the author of Family

and Public Life in Brescia, 1580–1650:

The Foundations of Power in the

Venetian State (Cambridge University

Press, 1993); Marriage Wars in Late

Renaissance Venice (2001), which was

awarded best book from the Society

for the Study of Early Modern Women

and the Helen and Howard R. Marraro

Prize in Italian History; and Nefarious

Crimes, Contested Justice: Illicit Sex

and Infanticide in the Republic of

Venice, 1557–1789 (2008).

This book is a sweeping historical

portrait of the floating city of Venice

from its foundations to the present

day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers

Venice’s unique construction within

an amphibious environment and

identifies the Asian, European, and

North African exchange networks that

made it a vibrant and ethnically

diverse Mediterranean cultural center.

Incorporating recent scholarly

insights, the author discusses key

themes related to the city’s social,

cultural, religious, and environmental

history, as well as its politics and

economy. A refuge and a pilgrim stop;

an international emporium and

center of manufacture; a mecca of

spectacle, theater, music, gambling,

and sexual experimentation; and an

artistic and architectural marvel,

Venice’s allure springs eternal in every

phase of the city’s fascinating history.CREDIT: San Giorgio Maggiore across the water(photo) by

Venice, Italy/ © Peter Phipp/Travelshots/

The Bridgeman Art Library

Nationality / copyright status: out of copyright

Cover designed by Joseph Piliero

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4 History

The Italian Renaissance StateEdited by Andrea GamberiniUniversità degli Studi di Milano

and Isabella LazzariniUniversità degli Studi del Molise, Italy

DescriptionThis magisterial study proposes a revised and innovative view of the political history of Renaissance Italy . Drawing on comparative examples from across the peninsula and the kingdoms of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, an international team of leading scholars highlights the complexity and variety of the Italian world from the fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries, surveying the mosaic of kingdoms, principalities, signorie and republics against a backdrop of wider political themes common to all types of state in the period . The authors address the contentious problem of the apparent weakness of the Italian Renaissance politicalsystem.ByrepositioningtheRenaissanceasapolitical,ratherthansimplyanartistic and cultural phenomenon, they identify the period as a pivotal moment in the history of the state, in which political languages, practices and tools, together with political and governmental institutions, became vital to the evolution of a modern European political identity .

Key Features

• Re-orientatesthehistoriographyoftheItalianRenaissancetoincludeanewemphasisonpolitics

• PresentsgroundbreakingItalianpoliticalhistoryintheEnglishlanguage

• SituatesthepoliticalhistoryofRenaissanceItalyinthemainstreamofcontemporaryresearchintotheoriginsofthemodernEuropean state

ContentsIntroduction;Part I. The Italian States:1. The Kingdom of Sicily;2. The Kingdom of Naples;3. The Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica;4. The papal state;5. Tuscan states: Florence and Siena;6. Ferrara and Mantua;7. Venice and the Terraferma;

8. Lombardy under the Visconti and the Sforza;9. The feudal principalities: the West (Monferrato, Saluzzo, Savoy, Savoy-Acaia);10. The feudal principalities: the East (Trent, Bressanone, Aquileia, Tyrol and Gorizia);11. Genoa;Part II. Themes and Perspectives:12. The collapse of city-states and the role of urban centers in the new political geography of Italy;13. The rural communities;14. Lordships, fiefs and the ‘small state’;15. Factions and parties: problems and perspectives;

16. State, orders and social distinction;17. Women and the state;18. Offices and officials;19. Public written records;20. The language of politics and the process of statebuilding: approaches and interpretations;21. Renaissance diplomacy;22. Regional states and economic development;23. The papacy and the Italian states;24. Justice in the Italian states during the Late Middle Ages;Bibliography.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, graduate students

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 580pp 1 map 978-1-107-01012-3 Hardback c. £100.00

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5History

Modernity and Bourgeois LifeSociety, Politics and Culture in England, France and Germany since 1750

JErroLd SEiGELModernity and Bourgeois LifeSociety, Politics, and Culture in England, France and Germany since 1750

Jerrold SeigelNew York University

DescriptionTobemodernmaymeanmanydifferentthings,butfornineteenth-centuryEuropeans‘modernity’ suggested a new form of life in which bourgeois activities, people, attitudes and values all played key roles . Jerrold Seigel’s panoramic new history offers a magisterial and highly original account of the ties between modernity and bourgeois life, arguing that they can be best understood not in terms of the rise and fall of social classes, but as features of a common participation in expanding and thickening ‘networks of means’ that linked together distant energies and resources across economic, political and cultural life . Exploring the different configurations of these networks in England, France and Germany, he shows how their patterns gave rise to distinctive forms of modernity in each country and shaped the rhythm and nature of change across spheres as diverse as politics, money and finance, gender relations, morality, and literary, artistic and musical life .

Key Features

• ProvidesanewintellectualframeworkforunderstandingthemakingofmodernityinWesternEurope

• OffersanewbasisforcomparingthehistoriesofEngland,FranceandGermany

• Integratesthehistoriesofpolitics,society,economicsandfinance,genderrelations,morality,Jewishlifeandculture

ContentsPreface;1. Introduction: ends and means;Part I. Contours of Modernity:2. Precocious integration: England;3. Monarchical centralization, privilege, and conflict: France;4. Localism, state-building, and bürgerliche gesellschaft: Germany;

5. Modern industry, class, and party politics in nineteenth-century England;6. France and bourgeois France: from teleocracy to autonomy;7. One special path: modern industry, politics, and bourgeois life in Germany;Part II. Calculations and Lifeworlds:8. Time, money, capital;9. Men and women;

10. Bourgeois morals: from Victorianism to modern sexuality;11. Jews as bourgeois and network people;Part III. A Culture of Means:12. Public places, private spaces;13. Bourgeois and others;14. Bourgeois life and the avant-garde;15. Conclusion.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, academic researchers

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 630pp 10 b/w illus. 978-1-107-01810-5 Hardback c. £55.00



6 History

Staying RomanConquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439–700

Jonathan ConantBrown University, Rhode Island

DescriptionWhatdiditmeantobeRomanoncetheRomanEmpirehadcollapsedintheWest?Staying Roman examines Roman identities in the region of modern Tunisia and Algeria between the fifth-centuryVandalconquestandtheseventh-centuryIslamicinvasions.Usinghistorical,archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this study argues that the fracturing of the empire’s political unity also led to a fracturing of Roman identity along political, cultural and religious lines, as individuals who continued to feel ‘Roman’ but who were no longer living under imperial rule sought to redefine what it was that connected them to their fellow Romans elsewhere . The resulting definitions of Romanness could overlap, but were not always mutually reinforcing . Significantly, in late antiquity Romanness had a practical value, and could be used in remarkably flexible ways to foster a sense of similarity or difference over space, time and ethnicity, in a wide variety of circumstances .

Key Features

• BridgesthetraditionalhistoriographicdividebetweenclassicalstudiesandmedievalhistorytopresentafullerpictureofthetransitionfromRomantopost-Romanidentities

• SituatesNorthAfricaanditscitizensinapan-Mediterraneancontext,emphasisingthegeographicallinkswhichinfluencedRomanidentities

• Provideshistorians,archaeologistsandarthistoriansoftheclassical,medieval,ByzantineandIslamicperiodswithanuancedinterpretationoftheRomanEmpire’slong-terminfluenceinshapingtheMediterraneanworld

ContentsIntroduction;1. The legitimation of Vandal power;2. Flight and communications;3. The old ruling class under the Vandals;

4. New Rome, new Romans;5. The Moorish alternative;6. The dilemma of dissent;Aftermath;Conclusions.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, graduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, 82

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 456pp 5 b/w illus. 5 maps 29 tables 978-0-521-19697-0 Hardback c. £60.00



7History

Understanding the Archaeological RecordGavin LucasUniversity of Iceland, Reykjavik

DescriptionThis book explores the diverse understandings of the archaeological record in both historical and contemporary perspective, while also serving as a guide to reassessing current views . Gavin Lucas argues that archaeological theory has become both too fragmented and disconnected from the particular nature of archaeological evidence . The book examines three ways of understanding the archaeological record – as historical sources, through formation theory and as material culture – then reveals ways to connect these three domains through a reconsideration of archaeological entities and archaeological practice . Ultimately,Lucascallsforarethinkingofthenatureofthearchaeologicalrecordandthekind of history and narratives written from it .

Key Features

• Examinesviewsofthearchaeologicalrecordinaninternationalperspective

• Stressestheimportanceoflinkingtheorytotheparticularcharacteristicsofarchaeologicalevidence

• Re-thinksthenatureofsocialarchaeology

Contents1. The trouble with theory;2. The total record;3. Formation theory;4. Materialized culture;5. Archaeological entities;6. Archaeological interventions;7. A ‘new’ social archaeology?

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate students

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 314pp 21 b/w illus. 6 tables 978-1-107-01026-0 Hardback £65.00

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ArchaeologicalRecord

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8 History

India in the World EconomyFrom Antiquity to the Present

Tirthankar RoyLondon School of Economics and Political Science

DescriptionCross-culturalexchangehascharacterisedtheeconomiclifeofIndiasinceantiquity.Itslong coastline has afforded convenient access to Asia and Africa, and trading partnerships formed in the exchange of commodities ranging from textiles to military technology . In a journey spanning 2,000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showing how changing patterns of globalisation reverberated on economic policy, politics, and political ideology within India . Through his narrative,DoctorTirthankarasksthreemajorquestions:IsthisaparticularlyIndianstory?Whendidthebigturningpointshappen?Isitpossibletodistinguishthemodernfromthepre-modernpatternofexchange?ThesequestionsinviteanewapproachtothestudyofIndian history by placing the region squarely at the centre of the narrative . This is global history written on India’s terms, inviting South Asian, Indian and global historians to rethink both their history and their methodologies .

Key Features

• AnovelapproachtoIndianeconomichistorywhichsetstradeandmercantileactivityintheregionwithinaglobalframework

• ThebookassessestheimportanceofIndia’seconomyacross2,000yearsfromantiquitytothepresent

• WrittenbyaseniorscholarinthefieldforstudentsandallthoseinterestedinIndia’smercantilepastanditsimpactontheworldeconomy

ContentsPreface;1. Introduction: India and global history;2. Ports and hinterlands to 1200;3. Receding land frontiers, 1200–1700;4. The Indian Ocean trade, 1500–1800;5. Trade, migration, and investment, 1800–50;

6. Trade, migration, and investment, 1850–1920;7. Colonialism and development, 1860–1920;8. Depression and decolonization, 1920–50;9. From trade to aid, 1950–80;10. Return to market, 1980–2010;11 Conclusion: A new India?

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: New Approaches to Asian History, 10

May 2012 228 x 152 mm 280pp 23 b/w illus. 6 maps 7 tables 978-1-107-00910-3 Hardback c. £60.00

India in the World Economy

From Antiquity to the Present

tirthankar roy



9History

A History of Modern LibyaSecond edition

Dirk VandewalleDartmouth College, New Hampshire

DescriptionDirk Vandewalle is one of only a handful of scholars to have frequently visited Libya over the last four decades . Here he tracks Libya’s story from the 1900s to the Italian occupation in the early twentieth century, through the Sanusi monarchy and, thereafter, to the revolution of 1969 and the accession of Qadhafi . Chapters analyse the economics and politics of Qadhafi’s revolution,offeringinsightsintothemanandhisideologyasreflectedinhisGreenBook.This updated edition includes coverage of the period 2003–2011, as Libya finally came in from the cold after years of political and economic isolation . The agreement to give up a weaponsofmassdestructionprogrampavedthewayforimprovedrelationswiththeWest.Bythistime,though,Qadhafihadlostsupportathomeand,despiteattemptstoliberalizethe economy, real structural reform proved impossible . This, coupled with tribal rivalries, regional division and a general lack of unity, paved the way for revolution and civil war .

Key Features

• AnupdatededitionofVandewalle’sclassichistorywhichnowtakesinthecrucialyearsfrom2003totherevolutionin2011

• Vandewallewritesofafailedstatebesetbyregionalandtribalrivalriesandwithnoinstitutionalbasis

• EpiloguereflectsonQadhafi’sstatelesssocietyandthelegacyhewillleavebehind

ContentsIntroduction;1. ‘A tract which is wholly sand …’;2. Italy’s fourth shore and decolonization;3. The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951–1969;

4. A Libyan sandstorm: from monarchy to republic, 1969–1973;5. The Green Book’s stateless society, 1973–1986;6. The limits of revolution, 1986–2003;7. From reconciliation to civil war, 2003–2011;Epilogue: farewell to the revolution?

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, general readers, undergraduate students

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 344pp 8 b/w illus. 3 maps 978-1-107-01939-3 Hardback £60.00



10 History

A Short History of IrelandThird edition

John O’Beirne Ranelagh

DescriptionThisthirdeditionofJohnO’BeirneRanelagh’sclassichistoryofIrelandincorporatescontemporarypoliticalandeconomiceventsaswell as the latest archaeological and DNA discoveries . Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, it considers Irish history fromtheearliesttimesthroughtheCelts,Cromwell,plantations,famine,Independence,theOmaghbomb,peaceinitiatives,andfinancial collapse . It profiles the key players in Irish history from Diarmuid MacMurrough to Gerry Adams and casts new light on the events,NorthandSouth,thathaveshapedIrelandtoday.Ireland’splaceinthemodernworldanditsrelationshipwithBritain,theUSandEuropeisalsoexaminedwithafreshandoriginaleye.WorldwideinterestinIrelandcontinuestoincrease,butwhereasitoncefocussed on violence in Northern Ireland, the tumultuous financial events in the South has opened fresh debates and drawn fresh interest . This is a new history for a new era .

Key Features

• Aneven-handed,accessiblehistoryofIrelandfromearliesttimestothepresent

• Neweditionincorporatesthelatesthistoricalandgeneticresearchaswellasrecentpoliticalandeconomicdevelopments

• DealswithIrelandasanentitypoliticallyandculturally,placingpeopleandissuesofsignificanceincontextandrelatingthemtothe wider world

Contents1. Beginnings;2. Ascendancy;3. Union;4. Home Rule?;

5. Rising;6. South;7. North;8. Another country;Bibliography.

Additional InformationLevel: general readers, undergraduate students

August 2012 228 x 152 mm 345pp 25 b/w illus. 1 map 978-1-107-00923-3 Hardback c. £45.00



11History

A H

istory of Tasmania

A History of Tasmania Henry Reynolds

Reynolds

Cover image: Peter Dombrovskis ‘Morning light on Little Horn, Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania’, 1995. © Liz Dombrovskis. Reproduced with permission of West Wind Press Pty Ltd.

Cover design: Anne-Marie Reeves

THIS CAPTIVATING work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British settlers, author Henry Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these fraught first encounters.

Utilising key themes to bind his narrative, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate to the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the island’s economic and demographic reality, by noting that this facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident population to foster a powerful web of kinship.

Reynolds’ remarkable capacity to empathise with the characters of his chronicle makes this a powerful, engaging and moving account of Tasmania’s unique position within Australian history.

HENRY REYNOLDS is Research Professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania. His previous books include An Indelible Stain?, Nowhere People: How International Race Thinking Shaped Australia’s Identity and Why Weren’t We Told?.

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A History of TasmaniaHenry ReynoldsUniversity of Tasmania

DescriptionThis captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditionsinthelateeighteenthcentury,throughtothemodernday.BypresentingtheperspectivesofbothIndigenousTasmaniansandBritishsettlers,authorHenryReynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these first fraught encounters . Utilisingkeythemestobindhisnarrative,Reynoldsexploreshowgeographycreatedaunique economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate from the mainland experience . He offers an astute analysis of the island’s economic and demographic reality, by noting that this facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident population to foster a powerful web of kinship . Reynolds’ remarkable capacity to empathise with the characters of his chronicle makes this a powerful, engaging and moving account of Tasmania’s unique position within Australian history .

Key Features

• ThebookiswrittenbyeminenthistorianandTasmanian,HenryReynolds

• ItcontainsanumberoffascinatingimagessourcedfromtheTasmanianArchivesofficeandtheNationalLibraryofAustralia

• ItexploresthecolonialexperiencefromtheperspectiveofEuropeansettlersandofIndigenousAustralians

Contents1. Extraordinary encounters;2. Fledgling settlements;3. The Black War;4. An indelible stain?;5. The triumph of colonization;6. The politics of Van Diemen’s Land;

7. The convict system;8. Post penal depression;9. Reform and recovery;10. Federation and war;11. Between the wars;12. Post war Tasmania;13. Towards the bicentenary.

Additional InformationLevel: general reader, undergraduate students, graduate students

January 2012 216 x 138 mm 344pp 15 b/w illus. 978-0-521-54837-3 Paperback £21.99



12 History

JA M E S FOR S Y T H

T H ECaucasusA H ISTORY

The CaucasusA History

James ForsythUniversity of Aberdeen

DescriptionA fascinating new survey of the Caucasus which provides a unified narrative history of this complex and turbulent region at the borderlands of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, from prehistory to the present . For thousands of years the Caucasus has formed a hub of intersecting routes of migration, invasion, trade and culture and a geographical bridge between Europe and Asia, subject to recurring imperial invasion . Drawing on sources in English, Russian and translations from Persian and Arabic, this authoritative study centres on theregion’sindigenouspeoples,includingAbkhazians,Armenians,Azerbaijanis,Chechens,Daghestanis, Circassians, and Georgians, and their relations with outsiders who still play a part in the life of the region today . The book presents a critical view of the role of Russian imperialism in the Caucasian countries and the desperate struggle of most of its native peoples in their efforts to establish a precarious independence .

Key Features

• AnauthoritativeandcomprehensivehistoryoftheCaucasusanditspeoplesfromprehistorytothepresent

• TreatstheCaucasusasadistinctregioninitsownright,highlightingitsrelationshipwithitsMiddleEasternneighbours

• Highlightstheregion’slongstruggleagainstIranian,TurkishandRussiandomination

ContentsIntroduction;1. Caucasian origins;2. Early medieval Caucasia: the seventh to tenth centuries;3. The Caucasus, Persia, Turkestan, Azerbaijan, Europe: 10th–12th centuries;4. The later Crusades, Mongols and Ottoman Turks 13th–15th centuries;5. Georgia, Shirvan and North Caucasus to the 15th century;6. Caucasia between Persia and Ottoman Turkey;7. The Caucasus and the Russians;

8. Caucasia in the eighteenth century;9. Russia’s conquest of the Caucasus;10. World War and Russian revolution;11. Independent Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and North Caucasus;12. White Russians, native insurrection, Bolshevik conquest;13. The North and South Caucasus peoples 1920–1939;14. The Second World War, Beria and Stalin;15. Caucasia from Stalin’s death to the 1980s (1);

16. Caucasia from Stalin’s death to the 1980s (2);17. The Caucasus and the end of the Soviet Union;18. Armenia, Karabagh, Azerbaijan;19. Georgia 1987–1993;20. North Caucasus 1987–1993;21. The Caucasus enters the twenty-first century;22. Russian arbitrary politics and Georgian resurgence;Bibliography.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, general readers

August 2012 228 x 152 mm 680pp 38 b/w illus. 28 maps 978-0-521-87295-9 Hardback c. £85.00



13History

Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

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Business of War

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The Business of WarMilitary Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

David ParrottUniversity of Oxford

DescriptionThis is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfareandthepowerofthestateinearlymodernEurope.Whereaspreviousaccountshaveemphasisedthegrowthofstate-runarmiesduringthisperiod,DavidParrottarguesinstead that the delegation of military responsibility to sophisticated and extensive networks of private enterprise reached unprecedented levels . This included not only the hiring of troops but their equipping, the supply of food and munitions, and the financing of their operations . The book reveals the extraordinary prevalence and capability of private networks of commanders, suppliers, merchants and financiers who managed the conduct of war on land and at sea, challenging the traditional assumption that reliance on mercenaries and the private sector results in corrupt and inefficient military force . In so doing, the book provides essential historical context to contemporary debates about the role of the private sector in warfare .

Key Features

• Offersanalternativeviewofearlymodernwarfare,challengingstate-centredmodelsandbreakingwithsomeofthekeyassumptions about an early modern ‘military revolution’

• Thefirstdetailedaccountofprivatisedmilitaryactivityandorganisationfrom1500to1700

• Challengesassumptionsaboutthemilitaryeffectivenessofmercenariesandtheviabilityofprivatisedmilitaryorganisation;debates with particular contemporary relevance

ContentsIntroduction;Part I. Foundations and Expansion:1. Military resources for hire, 1450–1560;2. The expansion of military enterprise, 1560–1620;3. Diversity and adaptation: military enterprise during the Thirty Years’ War;

Part II. Operations and Structures:4. The military contractor at war;5. The business of war;6. Continuity, transformation and rhetoric in European warfare after 1650;Conclusion.


February 2012 228 x 152 mm 420pp 27 b/w illus. 10 maps 978-0-521-51483-5 Hardback c. £50.00



14 History

Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth CenturyA Global History

Ira M. LapidusUniversity of California, Berkeley

DescriptionIra Lapidus’s global history of Islamic societies, first published in 1988, has become a classic in the field . This book, Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century, which is based on parts one and two of Lapidus’s monumental study, revised and updated, describes the transformations of Islamic societies from their beginning in the seventh century through their diffusion across the world into the nineteenth century . The story focuses on the organizationofprimarycommunities,religiousgroupsandstatesandshowshowtheywere transformed by their interactions with other societies and religions into a varied and interconnected family of societies . The book concludes with the beginning of European commercial and imperial domination that initiated a new set of transformations in the Islamic world and the onset of the modern era . This book is a unique endeavor; its breadth, clarity, style and thoughtful exposition will ensure its place in the classroom and beyond .

Key Features

• Chartsthetransformationofpre-modernIslamicsocietiesfromtheseventhcenturytothenineteenthcentury

• Lapidus,oneoftheleadinghistoriansofhisgeneration,showshowIslamicsocietiesevolvedandchangedthroughinteractionwith different cultures into a global religion

• Thebook’sbreadth,clarityandbalancewillensureitsplaceintheclassroomandbeyondtoallthoseinterestedinthespreadandmultifaceted nature of Islam

ContentsIntroduction to the history of Islamic societies;Book I. Part I. The Beginnings of Islamic Civilizations, The Middle East from c.600 to c.1000:1. Middle Eastern societies before Islam;2. Historians and the sources;3. Arabia;4. Muhammad: preaching, community, and state formation;5. Introduction;6. The Arab-Muslim conquests and the socio-economic bases of empire;7. Regional developments: economic and social changes;8. The caliphate to 750;9. The ‘Abbasid empire;10. Decline and fall of the ‘Abbasid empire;11. Introduction: religion and identity;12. The ideology of imperial Islam;13. The ‘Abbasids: caliphs and emperors;14. Introduction;

15. Sunni Islam;16. Shi‘i Islam;17. Muslim urban societies to the tenth century;18. The non-Muslim minorities;19. Continuity and change in the historic cultures of the Middle East;Book I. Part II. From Islamic Community to Islamic Society: Egypt, Iraq and Iran, 945–c.1500:20. The post-‘Abbasid Middle Eastern state system;21. Muslim communities and Middle Eastern societies: 1000–1500 CE;22. The collective ideal;23. The personal ethic;24. Conclusion: Middle Eastern Islamic patterns;Book II. The Global Expansion of Islam from the Seventh to the Nineteenth Century:25. Introduction: Islamic institutions;26. Islamic north Africa to the thirteenth century;27. Spanish-Islamic civilization;28. Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries;

29. States and Islam: North African variations;30. Introduction: empires and societies;31. The Turkish migrations and the Ottoman empire;32. The post-classical Ottoman empire: decentralization, commercialization, incorporation;33. The Arab regions of the Middle East;34. The Safavid empire;35. The Indian subcontinent: the Delhi sultanates and the Mughal empire;36. Islamic empires compared;37. Inner Asia from the Mongol conquests to the nineteenth century;38. Islamic societies in Southeast Asia;39. The African context: Islam, slavery, and colonialism;40. Islam in Sudanic, Savannah, and forest west Africa;41. The West African jihads;42. Islam in East Africa and the European colonial empires;43. Conclusion: the varieties of Islamic societies;44. The global context.

Additional InformationCourses:IslamicHistory,IslamicSociety,600–1258,OriginsofIslamDepartments: Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, Theology and Religious StudiesLevel: graduate students, academic researchers

May 2012 228 x 152 mm 600pp 28 b/w illus. 27 maps 15 tables 978-0-521-51441-5 Hardback c. £55.00

A Global History

Islamic Societies to the

Nineteenth Century

Ira Lapidus



15History

The Good MuslimReflections on Classical Islamic Law and Theology

Mona SiddiquiUniversity of Edinburgh

DescriptionInthisthought-provokingbook,MonaSiddiquireflectsuponkeythemesinIslamiclawand theology . These themes, which range through discussions about friendship, divorce, drunkenness, love, slavery and ritual slaughter, offer fascinating insights into Islamic ethics andthewayinwhichargumentsdevelopedinmedievaljuristicdiscourse.Pre-modernreligious works contained a richness of thought, hesitation and speculation on a wide range of topics, which were socially relevant but also presented intellectual challenges to the scholars for whom God’s revelation could be understood in diverse ways . These subjects remain relevant today, for practising Muslims and scholars of Islamic law and religious studies . Mona Siddiqui is an astute and articulate interpreter who relays complex ideas about the Islamic tradition with great clarity . Her book charts her own journey through the classical texts and reflects upon how the principles expounded there have guided her own thinking, teaching and research .

Key Features

• Anarticulateandthought-provokingbookwhichconsiderskeythemes–love,friendship,divorce–andhowtheywereinterpretedby medieval scholars

• Writtenbyaleadingscholarandwell-knowncommentator,thebookreflectsherpersonalchoicesandexperiencesasaMuslimintoday’s world

• Intendedforstudentsandscholarsoftheology,history,religiousstudiesandthoseinterestedininter-religiousdebate

Contents1. Spoken, intended and problematic divorce in Hanafi Fiqh;2. Between person and property – slavery in Quduri’s Mukhtasar;3. Pig, purity and permission in Maliki slaughter;4. Islamic and other perspectives on evil;5. The language of love in the Qur’an;6. Virtue and limits in the ethics of friendship;7. Drinking and drunkenness in Ibn Rushd.


May 2012 228 x 152 mm 224pp 978-0-521-51864-2 Hardback c. £60.00

Mona Siddiqui

The Good Muslim

Reflections on Classical Islamic Law and Theology



16 Classics

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With contributions by Kai BrodersenUniversität Erfurt, Germany

DescriptionWhatwerethelimitsofknowledgeofthephysicalworldinGreekandRomanantiquity?Howfardidtravellersgetandwhatdidtheyknowaboutfar-awayregions?Howdidtheydescribeforeigncountriesandpeoples?Howdidtheymeasuretheearth,anddistancesandheightsonit?Ideasaboutthephysicalandculturalworldareakeyaspectofancienthistory,butuntilnowtherehasbeennoup-to-datemodernoverviewofthesubject.Thisbookexplores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies . The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments .

Key Features

• IntroductorytexttogeographicalideasandpracticesinClassicalantiquity

• Theonlyupdatedsurveyofthetheme

• Incorporatesupdatedinformationonrecentarchaeologicalandpapyrologicalfindings

Contents1. Introduction;2. Descriptive geography;3. Mathematical geography;4. Cartography;5. Geography in practice.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Key Themes in Ancient History

May 2012 228 x 152 mm 200pp 4 b/w illus. 978-0-521-19788-5 Hardback c. £45.00



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The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient TraditionsEdited by K ar ine Chemla

The History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient TraditionsEdited by Karine ChemlaCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris

DescriptionThis radical, profoundly scholarly book explores the purposes and nature of proof in a range of historical settings . It overturns the view that the first mathematical proofs were in Greek geometry and rested on the logical insights of Aristotle by showing how much of that viewisanartefactofnineteenth-centuryhistoricalscholarship.Itdocumentstheexistenceof proofs in ancient mathematical writings about numbers and shows that practitioners of mathematics in Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian cultures knew how to prove the correctness of algorithms, which are much more prominent outside the limited range of surviving classical Greek texts that historians have taken as the paradigm of ancient mathematics . It opens the way to providing the first comprehensive, textually based history of proof .

Key Features

• Agroundbreakingglobaloutlookofthehistoryofmathematicalproofintheancienttraditions

• OffersareflectionontheshapingoftheEurocentrichistoryofproofinthenineteenthcentury

• Willappealtohistoriansandphilosophersofscienceaswellasmathematicians

ContentsPrologue: historiography and history of mathematical proof: a research program;Part I. Views on the Historiography of Mathematical Proof:1. The Euclidean ideal of proof in The Elements and philological uncertainties of Heiberg’s edition of the text;2. Diagrams and arguments in ancient Greek mathematics: lessons drawn from comparisons of the manuscript diagrams with those in modern critical editions;3. The texture of Archimedes’ arguments: through Heiberg’s veil;4. John Philoponus and the conformity of mathematical proofs to Aristotelian demonstrations;

5. Contextualising Playfair and Colebrooke on proof and demonstration in the Indian mathematical tradition (1780–1820);6. Overlooking mathematical justifications in the Sanskrit tradition: the nuanced case of G. F. Thibaut;7. The logical Greek versus the imaginative Oriental: on the historiography of ‘non-Western’ mathematics during the period 1820–1920;Part II. History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient Traditions: The Other Evidence:8. The pluralism of Greek ‘mathematics’;9. Generalizing about polygonal numbers in ancient Greek mathematics;

10. Reasoning and symbolism in Diophantus: preliminary observations;11. Mathematical justification as non-conceptualized practice: the Babylonian example;12. Interpretation of reverse algorithms in several Mesopotamian texts;13. Reading proofs in Chinese commentaries: algebraic proofs in an algorithmic context;14. Dispelling mathematical doubts: assessing mathematical correctness of algorithms in Bhaskara’s commentary on the mathematical chapter of the Aryabhatıya;15. Argumentation for state examinations: demonstration in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese mathematics;16. A formal system of the Gougu method – a study on Li Rui’s detailed outline of mathematical procedures for the right-angled triangle.


May 2012 247 x 174 mm 570pp 93 b/w illus. 29 tables 978-1-107-01221-9 Hardback c. £100.00



18 Politics

International Law and International

RelationsS E C O N D E D I T I O N

David Armstrong

Theo Farrell

Hélène Lambert

International Law and International RelationsSecond edition

David ArmstrongUniversity of Buckingham

Theo FarrellKing’s College London

and Hélène LambertUniversity of Westminster

DescriptionIn this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political context . They propose three interdisciplinary ‘lenses’ (realist, liberal and constructivist) through which to view the role of international law in world politics and suggest that the concept of an international society provides the overall context within which international legal developments occur . These theoretical perspectives offer different ways of looking at international law in terms of what it is, how it works and how it changes . Topics covered include the use of force, international crimes, human rights, internationaltradeandtheenvironment.Theneweditionalsocontainsmorematerialonnon-westernperspectives,internationalinstitutionsandnon-stateactorsandanewbibliography.Eachchapterfeaturesdiscussionquestionsandguidestofurtherreading.

Key Features

• Clearandaccessibleintroductionwhichmakesinternationallawunderstandabletostudentsofinternationalrelationsandlaw

• Neweditionisfullyupdatedandcontainsnewmaterialoninternationalcrime,non-westernperspectives,theroleofinternationalinstitutionsandothernon-stateactors,and‘EnglishSchool’theory

• Bringsleadingtheoriestogetherwithkeyevents(theIraqWar,theLibyanintervention,thecreationoftheInternationalCriminalCourt) to show the impact of law on world politics

New to this Edition

• UpdatedtotakeaccountofrecenteventssuchastheLibyanintervention

• Morematerialonseveralareas,includingresponsibilitytoprotect,terrorism,theprocessesofinternationallawmakingandhuman rights

• Anewconclusion‘LawandPowerinanEvolvingWorldOrder’takesaccountofthefactthewearemovingawayfromtheUSdominated unipolar world that seemed likely to dominate this century



19Politics

ContentsPreface to the second edition;Introduction;Part I. The Foundations:1. The nature of international law;2. The evolution of international law;3. Three lenses: realism, liberalism and constructivism;Part II. The Law in World Politics:

4. Use of force;5. Human rights;6. International crimes;7. International trade;8. The environment;Part III. Conclusions:9. Law and power in an evolving world order.

Additional InformationCourses: International Law and International RelationsDepartments: Political Science, International Relations, LawLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Themes in International Relations

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 360pp 5 tables 978-1-107-01106-9 Hardback c. £55.00


20 Politics

CHINESE AND INDIAN STRATEGIC BEHAVIORG R O W I N G P O W E R A N D A L A R M

GEORGE J. GILBOY • ERIC HEGINBOTHAM

Chinese and Indian Strategic BehaviorGrowing Power and Alarm

George J. Gilboyand Eric Heginbotham

DescriptionThis book offers an empirical comparison of Chinese and Indian international strategic behavior . It is the first study of its kind, filling an important gap in the literature on rising Indian and Chinese power and American interests in Asia . The book creates a framework for the systematic and objective assessment of Chinese and Indian strategic behavior in four areas:(1)strategicculture;(2)foreignpolicyanduseofforce;(3)militarymodernization(includingdefensespending,militarydoctrine,andforcemodernization);and(4)economicstrategies (including international trade and energy competition) . The utility of democratic peace theory in predicting Chinese and Indian behavior is also examined . The findings challenge many assumptions underpinning western expectations of China and India .

Key Features

• Firstcomprehensiveside-by-sideempiricalcomparisonoftheworld’stwomostimportantrisingpowers,ChinaandIndia

• FindingschallengemanywesternassumptionsaboutChinaandIndiaasinternationalpowersandpresentnewrecommendationsfor American policy

• Forupper-levelundergraduatesandabove:adata-richstudythatexaminesenduringquestionsofinternationalrelationstheoryand foreign policy

Contents1. Introduction;2. Strategic culture: unique paths to veiled realpolitik;3. Foreign policy, use of force, and border settlements;4. Military modernization: defense spending;

5. Military doctrine: towards emphasis on offensive action;6. Military force modernization and power projection;7. Economic strategic behavior: trade and energy;8. India, China, and democratic peace theory;9. Meeting the dual challenge: a U.S. strategy for China and India.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, professionals, graduate students

April 2012 228 x 152 mm 250pp 12 b/w illus. 3 maps 42 tables 978-1-107-02005-4 Hardback c. £60.00



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Achieving Nuclear AmbitionsScientists, Politicians and Proliferation

Jacques E. C. HymansUniversity of Southern California

DescriptionDespite the global spread of nuclear hardware and knowledge, at least half of the nuclear weapons projects launched since 1970 have definitively failed, and even the successful projectshavegenerallyneededfarmoretimethanexpected.Toexplainthispuzzlingslowdown in proliferation, Jacques E . C . Hymans focuses on the relations between politicians andscientificandtechnicalworkersindevelopingcountries.Byunderminingtheworkers’spirit of professionalism, developing country rulers unintentionally thwart their own nuclear ambitions.Combiningrichtheoreticalanalysis,in-depthhistoricalcasestudiesofIraq,China,YugoslaviaandArgentinaandinsightfulanalysesofcurrent-dayproliferantstates, Achieving Nuclear Ambitions develops a powerful new perspective that effectively counters the widespread fears of a coming cascade of new nuclear powers .

Key Features

• OffersdetailedcasestudiesofIraq,China,YugoslaviaandArgentina,andadditionalshadowcasestudiesoftheUSSR,Pakistan,North Korea and Iran

• Highlightsthepuzzlingdeclineovertimeintheefficiencyofnuclearweaponsprojects,andin-depthresearchontheinternaldynamics of past nuclear programs upends conventional assumptions

• Demonstratestheinsufficiencyofnarrowtechnicalanalysesofproliferationcapacityandpromisestorevolutionizenuclearproliferation intelligence

Contents1. The puzzle of declining nuclear weapons project efficiency;2. A theory of nuclear weapons project implementation;3. Spinning in place: Iraq’s fruitless quest for nuclear weapons;4. How did China’s nuclear weapons project succeed?;5. Proliferation implications of civil nuclear cooperation: theory and a case study of Tito’s Yugoslavia;6. Proliferation implications of footloose nuclear scientists: theory and a case study of Perón’s Argentina;7. Empirical extensions: USSR, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran;8. Lessons for policy.


February 2012 228 x 152 mm 280pp 978-0-521-76700-2 Hardback c. £55.00



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The Reflexive Imperative in Late ModernityMargaret S. ArcherÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne

DescriptionThis book completes Margaret Archer’s trilogy investigating the role of reflexivity in mediatingbetweenstructureandagency.Whatdoyoungpeoplewantfromlife?Usinganalysis of family experiences and life histories, her argument respects the properties and powers of both structures and agents and presents the ‘internal conversation’ as the site of their interplay . In unpacking what ‘social conditioning’ means, Archer demonstrates the usefulness of ‘relational realism’ . She advances a new theory of relational socialisation, appropriate to the ‘mixed messages’ conveyed in families that are rarely normatively consensualandthuscannotprovideclearguidelinesforaction.Life-historiesareanalysedto explain the making and breaking of the various modes of reflexivity . Different modalities have been dominant from early societies to the present and the author argues that modernityisslowlycedingplacetoa‘morphogeneticsociety’asmeta-reflexivitynowbeginstopredominate,atleastamongsteducated young people .

Key Features

• MargaretArcherisoneofEurope’sleadingsociologistswithaworldwidereputation

• BringsArcher’sinfluentialworkon‘reflexivity’tobearonyoungpeople’sviewoftheworldandhowtheymakechoices

• Providesanewhistoryofreflexivity(howpeopleseetheirplaceintheworld),neverattemptedbefore

ContentsIntroduction;1. A brief history of how reflexivity becomes imperative;2. The reflexive imperative versus habits and habitus;3. Re-conceptualizing socialization as ‘relational reflexivity’;4. Communicative reflexivity and its decline;

5. Autonomous reflexivity: the new spirit of social enterprise;6. Meta-reflexives: critics of market and state;7. Fractured reflexives: casualties of the reflexive imperative;Conclusion;Methodological appendix.



The Reflexive Imperative

in Late Modernity

Margaret Archer

The Reflexive Imperative in Late Modernity

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This book completes Margaret Archer’s trilogy investigating the role of reflexivity in mediating between structure and agency. What do young people want from life? Using analysis of family experiences and life histories, her argument respects the properties and powers of both and presents the ‘internal conversation’ as the site of their interplay. In unpacking what ‘social conditioning’ means, Archer demonstrates the usefulness of ‘relational realism’. She advances a new theory of relational socialization, appropriate to the ‘mixed messages’ conveyed in families that are rarely normatively consensual and thus cannot provide clear guidelines for action. Life histories are analysed to explain the making and breaking of different modes of reflexivity. Different modalities have been dominant from early societies to the present and the author argues that modernity is slowly ceding place to a ‘morphogenetic society’ as meta-reflexivity now begins to predominate, at least amongst educated young people.

Margaret S. Archer is Professor in Social Theory at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Directrice of its Centre d’Ontologie Sociale. She was Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick from 1979 until 2010. She has written over 20 books including Making our Way through the World: Human Reflexivity and Social Mobility (2007), Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation (2003) and Being Human: The Problem of Agency (2000).

Cover illustration: © Hoberman Collection/Superstock.

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23Politics

Enduring InjusticeJeff Spinner-HalevUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

DescriptionGovernmentstodayoftenapologizeforpastinjusticesandscholarsincreasinglydebatetheissue,withmanycallingforapologiesandreparations.Otherssuggestthatwhatmattersarevictimsofinjusticetoday,notinjusticesinthepast.Spinner-Halevarguesthattheproblem facing some peoples is not just the injustice of the past, but that they still suffer from injustice today . They experience what he calls enduring injustices, and it is likely that these will persist without action to address them . The history of these injustices matters, not as a way to assign responsibility or because we need to remember more, but in order to understand the nature of the injustice and to help us think of possible ways to overcome it.Suggestingthatenduringinjusticesfalloutsidetheframeworkofliberaltheory,Spinner-Halev spells out the implications of arguments for conceptions of liberal justice and progress, reparations,apologies,statelegitimacyandpost-nationalism.

Key Features

• Topicalsubject–howweshoulddealwithinjusticesfacedinthepastbyoppressedpeoples

• Coversslaveryandtheplightofindigenouspeoples

• Theauthorisaneminentphilosopherandpoliticaltheoristandthisbookcontributestodevelopingliberaltheory

Contents1. Radical injustice;2. Which injustices? What groups?;3. Enduring injustice;4. Apology and acknowledgement;5. Legitimacy and the cast of history;6. Elusive justice;7. A chastened liberalism.


April 2012 228 x 152 mm 250pp 978-1-107-01751-1 Hardback c. £55.00

jeff spinner-halev

Enduring Injustice



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Rethinking the Republic of Letters in the Seventeenth Century

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Republic of WomenRethinking the Republic of Letters in the Seventeenth Century

Carol PalBennington College, Vermont

DescriptionRepublicofWomen recaptures a lost chapter in the narrative of intellectual history . It tells the story of a transnational network of female scholars who were active members oftheseventeenth-centuryrepublicoflettersanddemonstratesthatthisintellectualcommonwealth was a much more eclectic and diverse assemblage than has been assumed . Thesesevenscholars–AnnaMariavanSchurman,PrincessElisabethofBohemia,MariedeGournay,MarieduMoulin,DorothyMoore,BathsuaMakinandKatherineJones,LadyRanelagh – were philosophers, schoolteachers, reformers and mathematicians . They hailed from England, Ireland, Germany, France and The Netherlands . And together with their male colleagues – men like Descartes, Huygens, Hartlib and Montaigne – they represented the spectrum of contemporary approaches to science, faith, politics and the advancement of learning . Carol Pal uses their collective biography to reconfigure the intellectual biography of early modern Europe, offering a new, expandedanalysisoftheseventeenth-centurycommunityofideas.

Key Features

• Ahighlyoriginal analysis of a lost chapter in the narrative of intellectual history

• Expandsthedepthandbreadthofscholarshipinwomen’shistory

• Anewmethodologicalapproachbridginghistoriesofscience,philosophy,art,medicineandthebook

ContentsPrologue;Introduction;1. Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: an ephemeral academy at The Hague in the 1630s;2. Anna Maria van Schurman: the birth of an intellectual network;3. Marie de Gournay, Marie du Moulin, and Anna Maria van Schurman: constructing intellectual kinship;

4. Dorothy Moore of Dublin: an expanding network in the 1640s;5. Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh: many networks, one ‘incomparable’ instrument;6. Bathsua Makin: female scholars and the reformation of learning;7. Endings: the closing of doors;Conclusions.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, graduate studentsSeries: Ideas in Context, 99




25Politics

Civil War in Europe, 1905–1949Stanley G. PayneUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

DescriptionThis is the first account in any language of the civil wars in Europe during the era of the world wars, from 1905 to 1949 . It treats the initial confrontations in the decade before WorldWarI,theconfusingconceptof‘Europeancivilwar,’theimpactoftheworldwars,the relation between revolution and civil war and all the individual cases of civil war, with special attention to Russia and Spain . The civil wars of this era are compared and contrasted with earlier internal conflicts, with particular attention to the factors that made this era a time of unusually violent domestic contests, as well as those that brought it to an end . The major political, ideological and social influences are all treated, with a special focus on violence against civilians .

Key Features

• FirsthistoryinonevolumeofalltheEuropeancivilwarsofthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury

• Anexplanationofcivilwarwithinthesettingoftheworldwarsandtherelationbetweenthetwo

• Firstcomparativetreatmentofthecharacterandextentofrepressionandviolenceagainstciviliansintheseconflicts

Contents1. Introduction: revolution and civil war as forms of conflict;Part I. World War I and an Era of Internal Conflict:2. World war, revolution, civil war, 1905–1918;3. The Russian Civil War, 1917–1922;4. The political and social crisis in Europe, 1918–1923;5. Civil strife and dictatorship, 1930–1935;Part II. The Conflict in Spain, 1931–1939:

6. The revolutionary process in Spain;7. Revolution and civil war, 1936–1939;8. Significance and consequences;Part III. Civil War and Internal Violence in the Era of World War II:9. The multiple wars of Europe, 1939–1945;10. The civil wars in Yugoslavia and Greece;11. Conclusion.


October 2011 234 x 156 mm 256pp 4 maps 978-1-107-64815-9 Paperback £18.99



26 Politics

J o h n M . h o b s o n

The EurocEntric concEption of World politicsWestern International Theory, 1760–2010

The Eurocentric Conception of World PoliticsWestern International Theory, 1760–2010

John M. HobsonUniversity of Sheffield

DescriptionJohn Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been embeddedwithinvariousformsofEurocentrism.Ratherthanproducingvalue-freeanduniversalisttheoriesofinter-staterelations,internationaltheoryinsteadprovidesprovincialanalysesthatcelebrateanddefendWesterncivilizationasthesubjectof,andideal normative referent in, world politics . Hobson also provides a sympathetic critique of EdwardSaid’sconceptionsofEurocentrismandOrientalism,revealinghowEurocentrismtakesdifferentforms,whichcanbeimperialistoranti-imperialist,andshowinghowthesehave played out in international theory since 1760 . The book thus speaks to scholars of international relations and also to all those interested in understanding Eurocentrism in the disciplines of political science/political theory, political economy/international political economy, geography, cultural and literary studies, sociology and, not least, anthropology .

Key Features

• Providesathoroughhistoryofthedevelopmentofideasininternationalrelationsover250years

• Aprovocativeargumentthatideasininternationalrelationsarenotobjectiveandscientific,butassumethesuperiorityofWesterncivilization

• ContributestodebatesaboutEdwardSaid’sviewsonOrientalismacrossthehumanitiesandsocialsciences

Contents1. Introduction: constructing Eurocentrism and international theory as Eurocentric construct;Part I. 1760–1914: Manifest Eurocentrism and Scientific Racism in International Theory:2. Eurocentric imperialism: liberalism and Marxism, c.1830–1914;3. Eurocentric anti-imperialism: liberalism, c.1760–1800;4. Racist anti-imperialism: liberalism and cultural-realism, c.1850–1914;5. Racist imperialism: ‘racist-realism’, liberalism, and socialism, c.1860–1914;

Part II. 1914–1945: Manifest/Subliminal Eurocentrism and the High Tide of Scientific Racism in International Theory:6. Anti-imperialism and the myths of 1919: Eurocentric Marxism and racist cultural-realism, 1914–1945;7. Racist and Eurocentric imperialism: racist-realism, racist-liberalism, and ‘progressive’ Eurocentric liberalism/Fabianism, 1914–1945;Part III. 1945–1989: Subliminal Eurocentrism in International Theory:8. Orthodox subliminal Eurocentrism: from classical realism to neorealism, 1945–1989;9. Orthodox subliminal Eurocentrism: neo-liberal institutionalism and the English school, c.1966–1989;10. Critical subliminal Eurocentrism: Gramscianism and world-systems theory, c.1967–1989;

Part IV. 1989–2010: Back to the Future of Manifest Eurocentrism in Mainstream International Theory:11. Imperialist and anti-imperialist Eurocentrism: post-1989 ‘Western-realism’ and the spiritual return to post-1889 racist-realism;12. Imperialist Eurocentrism: post-1989 ‘Western-liberalism’ and the return to post-1830 liberal paternalist Eurocentrism;Part V. Conclusion: Mapping the Promiscuous Architecture of Eurocentrism in International Theory, 1760–2010:13. Constructing civilization: global hierarchy, ‘gradated sovereignty’ and globalization in international theory, 1760–2010;Bibliography;Index.


March 2012 228 x 152 mm 350pp 18 b/w illus. 6 tables 978-1-107-02020-7 Hardback c. £55.00



27Law

ComparativeConstitutional

DesignEDITED BY TOM GINSBURG

This volume brings together essays by many of the leading scholars

of comparative constitutional design from myriad disciplinary

perspectives, including law, philosophy, political science, and economics.

The authors collectively assess what we know – and do not know – about

the design process as well as particular institutional choices concerning

executive power, constitutional amendment processes, and many other

issues. Bringing together positive and normative analysis, it provides the

state of the art in a field of growing theoretical and practical importance.

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of Law and Political Science at

the University of Chicago. He is the coauthor of The Endurance of National

Constitutions (2009, with Zachary Elkins and James Melton), which won

the best book award from the Comparative Democratization Section of the

American Political Science Association. His other books include Rule by

Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (2008, with Tamir

Moustafa) and Judicial Review in New Democracies (2003), which won the

American Political Science Association’s C. Herman Pritchett Award for

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Comparative Constitutional DesignEdited by Tom GinsburgUniversity of Chicago School of Law

DescriptionThis volume brings together essays by many of the leading scholars of comparative constitutional design from many perspectives to collectively assess what we know – and do not know – about the design process as well as particular institutional choices concerning executivepower,constitutionalamendmentprocessesandmanyotherissues.Bringingtogether positive and normative analysis, this volume provides state of the art in a field of growing theoretical and practical importance .

Key Features

• Presentsarangeoftopicsnotusuallyanalyzedinasinglevolume

Contents1. Introduction;Part I. Design Processes:2. Clearing and strengthening the channels of constitution-making;3. What we know – and don’t know – about design processes;Part II. How Do We Get to Constitutional Design? Constraints and Conditions:

4. Democratization and countermajoritarian institutions: the role of power and constitutional design in self-enforcing democracy;5. The origins of parliamentary responsibility;6. The social foundations of China’s living constitution;7. The political economy of constitutionalism in a post-secular world;Part III. Issues in Institutional Design:

8. Designing constitutional amendment rules, to scale;9. Federalism: general welfare, interstate commerce, and economic analysis;10. Personal laws and equality: the case of India;11. Constitutional adjudication, Italian style;12. Tyrannophobia;13. Do executive term limits cause constitutional crises?


April 2012 228 x 152 mm 325pp 12 b/w illus. 6 tables 978-1-107-02056-6 Hardback c. £85.00



28 Law

The Future of EuropeTowards a Two-Speed EU?

Jean-Claude Piris

DescriptionTheEuropeanUnionisincrisis.Publicuneasewiththeproject,EuroproblemsanddysfunctionalinstitutionsgiverisetotherealdangerthattheEuropeanUnionwillbecome increasing irrelevant just as its member states face more and more challenges ofaglobalisedworld.Jean-ClaudePiris,aleadingfigureintheconceptionanddraftingoftheEU’slegalstructures,tacklestheissuesheadonwithasenseofurgencyandwithcandour . The book works through the options available in light of the economic and political climate,assessingtheireffectiveness.Bysodoing,theauthorreachesthe(forsome)radicalconclusionthatthesolutionistopermit‘two-speed’development:allowinganinnercoretomovetowardsclosereconomicandpoliticalunion,whichwillprotecttheUnionasawhole.Compelling, critical and current, this book is essential reading for all those interested in the future of Europe .

Key Features

• Candid,currentandcriticalassessmentofwhereEuropeisandwhereitneedstogo

• Author’sstandingaskeyfigurecentraltoallrecentEUdevelopmentsensuresuniqueinsight

• Pragmatic,problem-solvingapproachmakesthisessentialreadingfornotjustspecialistsbutallthoseinterestedinthefutureoftheEU

ContentsIntroduction;1. The continuing need for a strong EU in the foreseeable future;2. An assessment of the present situation of the EU;3. First option: substantially revising the EU treaties;4. Second option: continuing on the present path while developing further closer cooperation;5. Third option: politically progressing towards a two-speed Europe;6. Fourth option: legally building a two-speed Europe;Conclusion.


December 2011 216 x 138 mm 176pp 6 b/w illus. 978-1-107-02137-2 Hardback £55.00



29Sociology and Anthropology

Emotions in FinanceBooms, Busts and UncertaintySecond edition

Jocelyn PixleyMacquarie University, Sydney

DescriptionMoney is a promise with future benefits or dangers that can never, because unknowable, be calculated . The financial sector is driven to beat this uncertainty by speculating on whether prices will rise or fall . No matter how often the folly of this behaviour is demonstratedthroughcrisisaftercrisis,thisattempttodefeatuncertaintypersists.Yetuncertaintyisunavoidable.Squeezedinoneplace,itemergesinanother.Basedonextensiveinterviewswithleadingactorsinthefinancialmarkets,thisbookarguesthattheonly way to face uncertainty is with emotions and values . It presents an original explanation of how booms and busts arise from internal disputes over trust between financial corporations . Just as the first edition warned prophetically of the dangers of excessive faith in the rationality of financial market behaviour, this new edition provides a sociological explanation of how this contributed to the recent financial crisis .

Key Features

• Providesreaderswithameasuredunderstandingoftheimpersonalbutunfortunatelyuntrustworthynatureoftoday’sfinancialinstitutions

• Presentsadetailedsociologicalexplanationofthefactorsthatcontributedtotherecentfinancialcrisis

• Basedoninterviewswithleadingfiguresinthefinancialworld

Contents1. Modern money, modern conflicts;2. Corporate suspicion in the kingdom of rationality;3. Financial press as trust agencies;4. Required distrust and the onus of a burden;5. Managing credibility in central banks;6. Hierarchies of distrust from trust to bust;7. Overwhelmed by numbers;8. The time-utopia in finance.


June 2012 228 x 152 mm 260pp 978-1-107-63337-7 Paperback c. £23.99



30 Sociology and Anthropology

The Reality of Social ConstructionDave Elder-VassLoughborough University

Description‘Social construction’ is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers . Mostcommonly,itisseenasradicallyopposedtorealistsocialtheory.DaveElder-Vassargues that social scientists should be both realists and social constructionists and that coherent versions of these ways of thinking are entirely compatible with each other . This book seeks to transform prevailing understandings of the relationship between realism and constructionism . It offers a thorough ontological analysis of the phenomena of language, discourse, culture and knowledge, and shows how this justifies a realist version of social constructionism . In doing so, however, it also develops an analysis of these phenomena that is significant in its own right .

Key Features

• Anoriginalcontributiontoafundamentaldebateinsocialscience:therelationshipbetweenrealismandsocialconstructionism

• Coversallthemainaspectsofthesubject,includingdetailedanalysisofthecausaleffectsoflanguage,cultureandknowledge

• Asignificantcontributiontothephilosophyofsocialscienceaswellassocialtheory

ContentsPart I. Social Ontology:1. Introduction;2. Norm circles;Part II. Culture:3. Culture and rules;4. Institutional reality;

Part III. Language:5. Signification;6. Langue and parole;7. Categories, essences and sexes;Part IV. Discourse:8. Discourse;

9. Cultures and classes;10. Subjects;Part V. Knowledge:11. Knowledge;12. Reality;13. Conclusion.


July 2012 228 x 152 mm 300pp 6 b/w illus. 978-1-107-02437-3 Hardback c. £60.00

Dave elDer-vass

The reality of social Construction




31Sociology and Anthropology

THE RATIONALIZATION

OF MIRACLESHOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

CREATED MODERN SAINTHOOD

P A O L O P A R I G I

The Rationalization of MiraclesA New Institutional Environment

Paolo ParigiStanford University, California

DescriptionDuringtheCounter-ReformationinsouthernEurope,CatholicChurchofficialsdevelopedrulestolegitimizemiraclesperformedbycandidatestosainthood.TheRationalizationof Miracles uncovers a tacit understanding between central religious officials and local religious activists . Each group had a vested interest in declaring miracles: Catholic Church leaders sought legitimacy in the wake of the crisis of faith created by the Protestant Schism and religious acolytes needed Church approval to secure a flow of resources to their movements . The Church’s new procedure of deeming miracles ‘true’ when there were witnesses of different statuses and the acts occurred in the presence of a candidate’s acolyte served the needs of both parties . And by developing rules and procedures for evaluatingmiracles,theChurchrationalizedthemagicattherootofthemiracles,therebypropellingtheinstitutionoutofaperiodofinstitutional, political and social uncertainty and forming the basis of modern sainthood .

Key Features

• UniquedataextractedfromtheVaticanarchives

• Noveltheoreticalargumentthatseestheinteractionbetweenanorganizationandasocialmovementasacommitmentinsteadofa conflict

• Theuseofthetoolsofnetworkanalysistoanalyzehistoricalevidence

Contents1. The congregatio sacrorum rituum;2. The living saint;3. The acolytes;4. The devil’s advocate and the doctor;5. Manufacturing true miracles.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, graduate students, undergraduate students

June 2012 228 x 152 mm 232pp 15 b/w illus. 9 tables 978-1-107-01368-1 Hardback c. £55.00



32 Sociology and Anthropology

A New Anthropology of IslamJohn R. BowenWashington University, St Louis

DescriptionInthispowerfulbutaccessiblenewstudyJohnBowendrawsonafullrangeofworkinsocialanthropologytopresentIslaminways that emphasise its constitutive practices, from praying and learning to judging and political organising . Starting at the heart ofIslam–revelationandlearninginArabiclands–BowenshowshowMuslimshaveadaptedIslamictextsandtraditionstoideasandconditionsinthesocietiesinwhichtheylive.ReturningtokeycasestudiesinIndonesia,Africa,PakistanandWesternEuropetoexploreeachmajordomainofIslamicreligiousandsociallife,Bowenalsoconsidersthetheoreticaladvancesinsocialanthropologythat have come out of the study of Islam . A New Anthropology of Islam is essential reading for all those interested in the study of Islam and for those following new developments in the discipline of anthropology .

Key Features

• UsesexamplesfromaroundtheworldtoshowhowMuslimsworkfromasharedtraditionandadapttolocalideasandconditions

• SetsoutthekeypracticesthatmakeupIslaminahighlyaccessiblewaytodeepenreaders’understanding

• Utilisesthelatestandmostsophisticatedworkinsocialanthropology

Contents1. How to think about religions – Islam, for example;2. Learning;3. Perfecting piety through worship;4. Reshaping sacrifice;

5. Healing and praying;6. Pious organizing;7. Judging;8. Migrating and adapting;9. Mobilizing.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: New Departures in Anthropology

July 2012 228 x 152 mm 180pp 978-0-521-82282-4 Hardback c. £45.00



33Economics

INDIA’S LATE, LATE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Sumit K. Majumdar

Democratizing Entrepreneurship

India’s Late, Late Industrial RevolutionDemocratizing Entrepreneurship

Sumit K. MajumdarUniversity of Texas, Dallas

DescriptionThere is a paradox at the heart of the Indian economy . Indian businessmen and traders are highly industrious and ingenious people, yet for many years Indian industry was sluggish and slowtodevelop.Oneofthemajorfactorsinthissluggishdevelopmentwasthecommandand control regime known as the License Raj . This regime has gradually been removed and, after two decades of reform, India is now awakening from its slumber and is experiencing a late, late industrial revolution . This important new book catalogues and explains this revolution through a combination of rigorous analysis and entertaining anecdotes about India’s entrepreneurs, Indian firms’ strategies and the changing role of government in Indian industry . This analysis shows that there is a strong case for a manufacturing focus so that India can replicate the success stories of Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and China .

Key Features

• ProvidesanexhaustivesurveyofIndia’sindustrialization,fromancienttimestothepresent

• ExplainsIndia’scurrentgrowthinthecontextoftheindustrialrevolutionsofEuropeandNorthAmerica,andthelaterindustrializationexperiencesofAsia

• ShowshowIndia’sindustrializationisbeingdrivenbyautonomousentrepreneurship,andcontrastsitwiththepastwhenthegovernment played the most important role

ContentsList of figures;List of tables;List of appendices;Acknowledgements;The Maharaj and the Saffron;1. Vent for growth;

2. Industrial revolutions;3. Aspects of Indian enterprise history;4. Emergence of modern industry;5. Asian late industrialization;6. Democratizing entrepreneurship;7. Contemporary India;8. Services versus manufacturing;

9. A paean for manufacturing;10. Reindustrializing India;Appendices;Notes;References;Name and place index;Subject index.





34 Economics

an introduction to

internationaleconomics

new Perspectives on the World Economy

Kenneth A. ReineRt

An Introduction to International EconomicsNew Perspectives on the World Economy

Kenneth A. ReinertGeorge Mason University, Virginia

DescriptionThisbookisdesignedforaone-semesterortwo-semestercourseininternationaleconomics,primarilytargetingnon-economicsmajorsandprogramsinbusiness,internationalrelations,public policy and development studies . It has been written to make international economics accessible to wide student and professional audiences . The book assumes a minimal backgroundinmicroeconomicsandmathematicsandgoesbeyondtheusualtrade-financedichotomy to give equal treatment to four ‘windows’ on the world economy: international trade, international production, international finance and international development . It takes a practitioner point of view rather than a standard academic view, introducing the student to the material they need to become effective analysts in international economic policy . The website for the text is found at http://iie .gmu .edu .

Key Features

• Mostaccessibleintroductiontointernationaleconomicsonthemarket

• Practitioner-oriented,aimstohavereadersunderstandsubjectentirely,notjusteconomicmodels

• Coversinternationalproductionandmigration,notjusttradeandfinance

ContentsPreface;1. Windows on the world economy;Part I. International Trade:2. Absolute advantage;3. Comparative advantage;4. Intra-industry trade;5. The political economy of trade;6. Trade policy analysis;7. The World Trade Organization;

8. Preferential trade agreements;Part II. International Production:9. Foreign market entry and international production;10. Foreign direct investment and intra-firm trade;11. Managing international production;12. Migration and international production;Part III. International Finance:13. Accounting frameworks;14. Exchange rates and purchasing power parity;15. Flexible exchange rates;

16. Fixed exchange rates;17. The international monetary fund;18. Crises and responses;19. Monetary unions;Part IV. International Economic Development:20. Development concepts;21. Growth and development;22. International production and development;23. The World Bank;24. Structural change and adjustment.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9781107003576

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, academic researchers, professionals

January 2012 253 x 177 mm 512pp 117 b/w illus. 51 tables 978-1-107-00357-6 Hardback £120.00



35Economics

Epistemic Game TheoryAndrés PereaUniversiteit Maastricht, Netherlands

DescriptionIn everyday life we must often reach decisions while knowing that the outcome will not only depend on our own choice, but also on thechoicesofothers.Thesesituationsarethefocusofepistemicgametheory.Unlikeclassicalgametheory,itexploreshowpeoplemay reason about their opponents before they make their final choice in a game . Packed with examples and practical problems based on stories from everyday life, this is the first textbook to explain the principles of epistemic game theory . Each chapter is dedicated to one particular, natural way of reasoning . The book then shows how each of these ways of reasoning will affect the final choices that can rationally be made and how these choices can be found by iterative procedures . Moreover, it does so in a way that uses elementary mathematics and does not presuppose any previous knowledge of game theory .

Key Features

• Thefirsttextbooktoexplaintheprinciplesofepistemicgametheoryforanadvancedundergraduateandpostgraduateaudience

• Usesmanyinterestingexamplesandexercisestoshowhowepistemicgametheorycanbeappliedtochoicesineverydaylife

• Writteninanon-technicalwaythatpresupposesnopreviousknowledgeofgametheory

ContentsAcknowledgements;1. Introduction;Part I. Standard Beliefs in Static Games:2. Belief in the opponents’ rationality;3. Common belief in rationality;4. Simple belief hierarchies;Part II. Lexicographic Beliefs in Static Games:

5. Primary belief in the opponent’s rationality;6. Respecting the opponent’s preferences;7. Assuming the opponent’s rationality;Part III. Conditional Beliefs in Dynamic Games:8. Belief in the opponents’ future rationality;9. Strong belief in the opponents’ rationality;Bibliography;Index.





36 Economics

MARY S . MORGAN

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During the last two centuries, the way economic science is done has changed radically: it has become a social science based on mathematical models in place of words. This book describes and analyses that change – both historically and philosophically – using a series of case studies to illuminate the nature and the implications of these changes. In format, it offers a tourist guide to economics by focusing chapters on specific models, explaining how economists create them and how they reason with them. It is not a technical book; it is written for the intelligent person who wants to understand how economics works from the inside out. This book will be of interest to economists and science studies scholars (historians, sociologists and philosophers of science). But it also aims at a wider reader-ship in the public intellectual sphere, building on the current interest in all things economic, and in the recent failure of the so-called economic model, which has shaped our beliefs and the world we live in.

MARY S. MORGAN, Fellow of the British Academy and Overseas Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, is Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics at the London School of Economics and University of Amsterdam. She has published on a range of topics in the history and philosophy of econom-ics: from statistics to experiments to narrative, and from nineteenth-century Social Darwinism to game theory in the Cold War. Her previous books include The His-tory of Econometric Ideas (Cambridge University Press, 1990) and Models as Me-diators (Cambridge University Press, 1999, co-edited with Margaret Morrison). She has also edited collections on measurement, policy making with models, and the development of probability thinking. In the broader sphere, the collection of essays How Well Do Facts Travel? (Cambridge University Press, 2011, co-edited with Peter Howlett) marks the conclusion of a major interdisciplinary team project on evidence in the sciences and humanities. Professor Morgan is currently en-gaged in the project “Re-thinking Case Studies Across the Social Sciences” as a British Academy–Wolfson Research Professor, this year as a Davis Center Fellow at Princeton University.

The World in the ModelHow Economists Work and Think

Mary S. MorganLondon School of Economics and Political Science

DescriptionDuring the last two centuries, the way economic science is done has changed radically: it has become a social science based on mathematical models in place of words . This book describes and analyses that change – both historically and philosophically – using a series of case studies to illuminate the nature and the implications of these changes . It is not a technical book; it is written for the intelligent person who wants to understand how economics works from the inside out . This book will be of interest to economists and sciencestudiesscholars(historians,sociologistsandphilosophersofscience).Butitalsoaims at a wider readership in the public intellectual sphere, building on the current interest inallthingseconomicandontherecentfailureoftheso-calledeconomicmodel,whichhasshaped our beliefs and the world we live in .

Key Features

• Explainshoweconomicsevolvedintoamodel-basedsciencebyofferinga‘tourist’guidetothemajormodelsthathavemadeeconomics technocratic

• ProvidesanintegratedhistoryandphilosophyofhoweconomicshaschangedsinceAdamSmith’sdays,accessibletoreadersacross the social sciences, humanities and science

• Givesinsightintohoweconomicscience,anditssmallmodelworlds,havebecomeimportantinourlives

Contents1. Modelling as a method of enquiry;2. Model building: new recipes, ingredients and integration;3. Imagining and imaging: creating a new model world;4. Character making: ideal types, idealization and the art of caricature;5. Metaphors and analogies: choosing the world of the model;

6. Questions and stories: capturing the heart of matters;7. Model experiments?;8. Simulating: taking a microscope to economics;9. Model situations, typical cases and exemplary narratives;10. From the world in the model to the model in the world.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, academic researchers

June 2012 253 x 215 mm 448pp 71 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 6 tables 978-1-107-00297-5 Hardback £75.00



37Management

Problem Solving in OrganizationsA Methodological Handbook for Business and Management StudentsSecond edition

Joan van AkenTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven, Holland

Hans BerendsTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven, Holland

and Hans van der BijRijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands

DescriptionThisconciseintroductiontothemethodologyofproblemsolvinginorganizationsisanindispensableguidetothedesignandexecutionofpracticalbusinessimprovementprojectsinrealorganizationalsettings.Themethodologyisdesign-orientedandtheory-informed.Itencouragesstudentstousethetheorygainedintheirdisciplinarycoursesbyshowingthemhowtodosoinafuzzy,ambiguousandpoliticallycharged,real-lifeorganizationalcontext.Thebookprovidesanin-depthdiscussionofthevariousaspectsandstepsoftheprocessofbusinessandorganizationalproblem-solving.Ratherthanpresentingthemethodologyasarecipetobefollowed, the authors demonstrate how to adapt the approach to specific situations and to be flexible in scheduling the work at the variousstepsintheprocess.ItwillbeindispensabletoMBAandotherstudentswhoventureoutsidetheuniversitywallstodoreal-life fieldwork .

Key Features

• Encouragesreaderstousethetheorygainedintheirdisciplinarycoursesbyshowingthemhowtoproblemsolveinfuzzy,ambiguousandpoliticallycharged,real-lifeorganizationalcontexts

• Providesanin-depthexplanationofthevariousaspectsoforganizationalproblem-solving,showinghowtoadapttheapproachtospecific situations and how to be flexible in scheduling the work

• Suitableforreaderswithawiderangeoflearningobjectives,includingundergraduatesandgraduatesstudyingbusinessandmanagement,MBAstudentsandprofessionalsworkinginorganizations

ContentsList of figures;List of tables;List of boxes;Preface to the first edition;Preface to the second edition;Part I. Fundamentals:1. Scope and nature of this handbook;2. Student projects;

3. Problem-solving projects;4. Generic design theory;5. Using problem-solving projects to develop generic theory;Part II. The Problem-solving Project:6. Intake and orientation;7. Theory-informed diagnosis of business problems;8. Solution design;9. Change plan design and the actual change process;

10. Evaluation, learning and termination;Part III. On Methods:11. Qualitative research methods;12. Searching and using scholarly literature;13. Quality criteria for research;Part IV. Case Material:14. Cases;References.

Additional InformationCourses:MBA(MasterofBusinessAdministration)Departments:Business,PublicAdministration,HealthSciencesLevel: graduate students, undergraduate students




38 Management

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Roger W. Schmenner is a visiting professor at the Judge School of Business,

University of Cambridge. He is also Professor Emeritus of Operations

Management and the former Randall L. Tobias Chair at Indiana University’s

Kelley School of Business. He has written three textbooks and consulted for

over 80 companies.

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Gettingand Staying ProductiveApplying Swift, Even Flow to Practice

Roger W. Schmenner

All kinds of processes – those that make things or deliver

services or operate companies – can be made more

productive, and society’s continued well-being requires it. This

book is for all those with a stake in improving how companies run.

It introduces the concept of “swift, even flow” and explains how

that concept stands behind popular business tools such as “lean”

principles and Six Sigma. More than that, it shows how swift, even

flow can lead to deep, strategic insights and fresh ideas.

The book uses many examples, both contemporary and historic,

and 16 case studies from all sorts of business situations to

demonstrate how swift, even flow can be applied. Services and

manufacturing, supply chains and individual operations, product

development and outsourcing, strategy and tactics, hourly workers

and top level executives – all benefit from this fundamental re-

thinking of what it takes to become productive.

Getting and Staying ProductiveApplying Swift, Even Flow to Practice

Roger W. SchmennerIndiana University

DescriptionAll kinds of processes – those that make things or deliver services or operate companies – canbemademoreproductive,andsociety’scontinuedwell-beingrequiresit.Thisbookisforall those with a stake in improving how companies run . It introduces the concept of ‘swift, even flow’ and explains how that concept stands behind popular business tools such as ‘lean’ principles and Six Sigma . More than that, it shows how swift, even flow can lead to deep, strategic insights and fresh ideas . The book uses many examples, both contemporary and historic, and 16 case studies from all sorts of business situations to demonstrate how swift, even flow can be applied . Services and manufacturing, supply chains and individual operations, product development and outsourcing, strategy and tactics, hourly workers and top level executives – all benefit from this fundamentalre-thinkingofwhatittakestobecomeproductive.

Key Features

• Showshowtoapplytheconceptofswift,evenflowtoimproveproductivitythroughcasestudiesofreal-lifecompanies

• NotsimplyrelabellingoftoolslikeSixSigmaandleantechniques,asthiscanprovidestrategicvisionthatthosetoolscannot

• Appliestoservicesaswellasmanufacturingandtoentiresupplychainsaswellasindividualoperations

ContentsPart I. Concept:1. The usual suspects;2. Swift, even flow;3. The old-fashioned way to make money;Part II. Application:

4. Vision;5. Making a bad process better;6. Linking the supply chain;7. Amid uncertainty;8. Strategy;9. Resolving the paradox.

Additional InformationLevel: professionals, graduate students

February 2012 228 x 152 mm 270pp 24 b/w illus. 8 tables 978-1-107-02132-7 Hardback c. £48.00



39Management

Pragmatic StrategyEastern Wisdom, Global Success

Ikujiro NonakaHitotsubashi University, Tokyo

and Zhichang ZhuUniversity of Hull

DescriptionPragmatismisenjoyingarenaissanceinmanagementstudiesandthesocialsciences.Oncewrittenoffasamoral,relativistandopposed to the ideals of Truth, Reason and Progress, it is now regaining influence in public policy, international relations and businessstrategy.Butwhatcanpragmatismteachusaboutstrategy?Howcanpragmaticstrategieshelpbusinessestosucceed?This innovative book presents a pragmatic framework for shaping and solving strategic problems in a practical, creative, ethical and finely balanced manner . To achieve this, the authors draw from Confucian teaching, American pragmatism and Aristotelian practical wisdom,aswellasbusinesscasesacrossindustriesandnations,particularlyfromemergingeconomies.Withsignificanttheoreticaldepth, direct practical implication and profound cultural sensitivity, the book is useful for executive managers, public administrators, strategyresearchersandadvancedstudentsinthesearchforpragmaticstrategiesinaninterconnected,fast-movingworld.

Key Features

• Showshowbusinessescansucceedusingpragmaticstrategies

• DrawsonpragmatictraditionsofbothEasternandWesternthinkers

• Featuresmanycasestudiesandexamplesofpragmaticstrategiesatwork

ContentsList of figures;List of tables;List of cited classics;Preface;Acknowledgements;Part I. Why Pragmatism, Why Now?:1. Introduction;

2. Spirits of pragmatism;Part II. What Do Pragmatic Strategies Look Like?:3. Strategies in a pragmatic world;4. Strategy as purposeful emergence;Part III. What to Do, How to Do It?:5. Dealing with wuli-shili-renli;6. Timely balanced way-making;

7. Orchestrating WSR, orchestrating the firm;Part IV. Think When We Learn:8. Questioning the conventional paradigm;9. Pragmatism East and West;Notes;References;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: professionals, graduate students




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“Models of Opportunity presents a strikingly novel approach to

venturing in which entrepreneurs are the authors of their own

stories. George and Bock reveal how, in turbulent, high-velocity

industries, the most innovative entrepreneurs capture seemingly

implausible opportunities, change industries, and accomplish

unexpected results. A terrifi c read!”

KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT S. W. Ascherman M.D. Professor and

Co-director Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University

“George and Bock present a fascinating picture of the promise and

perils of the new world of entrepreneurship. Models of Opportunity

expertly narrates the challenges facing ground-breaking

entrepreneurs, and the tools they use to make the unknown known.

For those driven by aspiration, growth and accomplishment, this book

provides an extremely valuable roadmap.”

KEVIN COMOLLI Partner, Accel Partners

“This is where Design meets Strategy! Never before has the infl uence

of design been made so clear and relevant for venturing. George and

Bock combine design-led thinking with business model innovation to

provide the fi rst holistic approach to entrepreneurship. A compelling

read for today’s executive and tomorrow’s entrepreneur.”

PAUL THOMPSON Rector, Royal College of Art, London

Models of OpportunityHow Entrepreneurs Design Firms to Achieve the Unexpected

Gerard GeorgeImperial College London

and Adam J. BockUniversity of Edinburgh

DescriptionEntrepreneurship is changing . Technology and social networks create a smaller world, but widentheopportunityhorizon.Today’sentrepreneursbuildorganisationsandcreatevalueinentirely new ways and with entirely new tools . Rather than just exploit new ideas, innovative entrepreneurs design organisations to make sense of unlikely opportunities . The time has come to overhaul what we know about entrepreneurship and business models . Models of Opportunity links scholarly research on business models and organisational design to the reality of building entrepreneurial firms . It provides actionable advice based on a deeper understanding of how business models function and change . The six insights extend corporate strategy and entrepreneurship in a completely new direction . Case studies of innovative companies across industries demonstrate how visionary entrepreneurs achieve unexpected results . The insights, tools and cases, provide a fresh perspective on emergingtrendsinentrepreneurship,organisationalchangeandhigh-growthfirms.

Key Features

• Presentsamanageriallybasedframeworkfordevelopingandassessingbusinessmodels

• Appliesanentrepreneuriallensthatmoreaccuratelyframesthebusinessmodelinthecontextofventurecreationandsurvival

• Featurescasestudiesofsmallfirmsactivelydevelopingandlegitimisingbusinessmodels

ContentsList of figures;List of tables;List of boxes;Six insights to achieve the unexpected;1. Rethink organisation design;2. Appreciate imperfect opportunities;

3. Remodel for coherence;4. Build bridges;5. Inspire the narrative;6. Embrace the unexpected opportunity;7. Hindsight;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, professionals

February 2012 228 x 152 mm 250pp 24 b/w illus. 18 tables 978-0-521-76507-7 Hardback c. £60.00



41Management

Short Introduction to AccountingRichard BarkerJudge Business School, Cambridge

DescriptionAn introduction to the fundamentals of accounting and how it is used that will help students apply accounting as a usable, everyday business tool . It adopts an intuitive, informal approach to describe basic principles – what they are, why they exist and how they are used – to help students see the connections between different parts of accounting and the rest of the businessworld.Writtenbyanaward-winningteacherandformermanagementaccountant,itencourages students to engage with the material by using questions and worked examples to test knowledge and understanding as they read . It includes a glossary of financial terms that is a useful guide to the language of business . Part of the Cambridge Short Introductions series of concise, authoritative guides to core subjects in business and management .

Key Features

• Learnhowfinancialstatementsareputtogetherandhowaccountinginformationisappliedtounderstandwhyitisimportant,aswell as how it is done

• Includesquestionsandworkedexamplestotestthereader’sknowledgeastheyread

• Aglossaryoffinancialtermsprovidesaguidetothelanguageofbusiness

ContentsList of figures;List of tables;Introduction;Part I: Introduction to Part I;1. A guided tour of the financial statements;

2. The need for financial information;3. Keeping track of economic activity;4. Summary of the foundations of accounting;Part II: Introduction to Part II;5. The accounts as a lens on growth;

6. Measuring value creation;7. Understanding risk;8. Building a corporate valuation model;Appendix I. Glossary of accounting terms;Appendix II. Further reading;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Short Introductions to Management

November 2011 216 x 138 mm 176pp 2 b/w illus. 42 tables 978-1-107-01551-7 Dollar Edition £45.00

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42 Psychology

JIN LI

CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

E A S T A N D W E S T

Cultural Foundations of LearningEast and West

Jin LiBrown University, Rhode Island

DescriptionWesternandEastAsianpeopleholdfundamentallydifferentbeliefsaboutlearningthatinfluence how they approach child rearing and education . Reviewing decades of research, DrJinLipresentsanimportantconceptualdistinctionbetweentheWesternmindmodelandthe East Asian virtue model of learning . The former aims to cultivate the mind to understand theworld,whereasthelatterprioritizestheselftobeperfectedmorallyandsocially.Tracingthe cultural origins of the two large intellectual traditions, Li details how each model manifests itself in the psychology of the learning process, learning affect, regard of one’s learning peers, expression of what one knows and parents’ guiding efforts . Despite today’s accelerated cultural exchange, these learning models do not diminish but endure .

Key Features

• Tracestheculturaloriginsofthetwolargeintellectualtraditions

• Up-to-datecomparisonoftwodistinctlearningcultures

Contents1. Faust and birth of a research agenda;2. Learning to master the universe and learning to transform self;3. Time past and time present …;4. Mind-oriented and virtue-oriented learning process;

5. Curiosity begets inquiry and heart begets dedication;6. Nerds’ hell and nerds’ haven;7. Socratic and Confucian tutors at home;8. Devil’s advocate and the reluctant speaker;9. Implications for the changing landscape of learning.





43Psychology

Good ThinkingSeven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think

Denise CumminsUniversity of Illinois

DescriptionDoyouknowwhateconomistsmeanwhentheyrefertoyouasa‘rationalagent’?Orwhyapsychologistmightlabelyourideaa‘creativeinsight’?Orhowaphilosophercouldbelogicalbutalsopassionateinpersuadingyoutoobey‘moralimperatives’?Orwhyscientistsdisagree about the outcomes of experiments comparing drug treatments and disease risk factors?Afterreadingthisbook,youwillknowhowthebestandbrightestthinkersjudgethewayswedecide,argue,solveproblemsandtellrightfromwrong.Butyouwillalsounderstand why, when we don’t meet these standards, it is not always a bad thing . The answers are rooted in the way the human brain has been wired over evolutionary time to make us kinder and more generous than economists think we ought to be, and more resistant to change and persuasion than scientists and scholars think we ought to be .

Key Features

• Evaluatesthemethodsusedtomakedecisions,solveproblemsandtellrightfromwrong

• Accessibletothegeneralreaderandusefulforundergraduatesinintroductoryseminarsonthinkinganddeciding

• Arguesthatourbrainshaveevolvedtomakeusmoregenerousthaneconomiststhinkweoughttobe,andmoreresistanttochange than scientists think is good for us

Contents1. Introduction;2. Rational choice: choosing what is most likely to give you what you want;3. Game theory: when you’re not the only one choosing;4. Moral decision-making: how we tell right from wrong;

5. The game of logic;6. What causes what?;7. Hypothesis testing: truth and evidence;8. Problem solving: another way of getting what you want;9. Analogy: this is like that.

Additional InformationLevel: general readers, undergraduate students, graduate students


Good ThinkinG

Seven Powerful ideasThat influence the Way

We Think

deniSe CumminS




44 Philosophy

An Introduction to the

Philosophy of Mathematics

MArk ColyvAn

CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTIONS TO PHILOSOPHYAn Introduction to the Philosophy of MathematicsMark ColyvanUniversity of Sydney

DescriptionThis introduction to the philosophy of mathematics focuses on contemporary debates in an important and central area of philosophy . The reader is taken on a fascinating and entertaining journey through some intriguing mathematical and philosophical territory, includingsuchtopicsastherealism/anti-realismdebateinmathematics,mathematicalexplanation, the limits of mathematics, the significance of mathematical notation, inconsistent mathematics and the applications of mathematics . Each chapter has a number of discussion questions and recommended further reading from both the contemporary literature and older sources . Very little mathematical background is assumed and all of the mathematics encountered is clearly introduced and explained using a wide variety of examples . The book is suitable for an undergraduate course in philosophy of mathematics and, more widely, for anyone interested in philosophy and mathematics .

Key Features

• Includesanepilogueofapopulartreatmentofthemostimportantresultsandopenquestionsinmathematics

• Eachchapterhasanumberofsuggestionsforrelevantfurtherreadingfrombothcontemporaryliteratureandoldersources

• Featuresawidevarietyofexamplesfrombothelementaryandmoreadvancedmathematics,introducingtheseexamplesinwaysthatdonotpresupposeanyuniversity-levelmathematics

Contents1. Mathematics and its philosophy;2. The limits of mathematics;3. Plato’s heaven;4. Fiction, metaphor, and partial truths;

5. Mathematical explanation;6. The applicability of mathematics;7. Who’s afraid of inconsistent mathematics?;8. A rose by any other name;9. Epilogue: desert island theorems.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy




45Philosophy

A Philosophical Guide to

ChAnCe

Toby Handfield

A Philosophical Guide to ChancePhysical Probability

Toby HandfieldMonash University, Victoria

DescriptionIt is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective chances, describing features of reality that are independent ofourminds.Suchchancesappeartohaveanumberofparadoxicalorpuzzlingfeatures:theyappeartobemind-independentfacts,buttheyareintimatelyconnectedwithrationalpsychology; they display a temporal asymmetry, but they are supposed to be grounded inphysicallawsthataretime-symmetric;andchancesareusedtoexplainandpredictfrequencies of events, although they cannot be reduced to those frequencies . This book offersanaccessibleandnon-technicalintroductiontotheseandotherpuzzles.TobyHandfield engages with traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science, drawing upon recent work in the foundations of quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to provide a novel account of objective probability that is empirically informed without requiring specialist scientific knowledge .

Key Features

• Defendsanovelformofanti-realismaboutchance

• Usesminimalformalnotationandkeepstechnicaldetailsinseparateboxes

• Discussesandengageswithabroadrangeofrecentliteratureonthephilosophyofchance,includingworkinthefoundationsofquantum mechanics

Contents1. The concept of chance;2. The classical picture;3. Ways the world might be;4. Possibilities of thought;5. Chance in phase space;6. Possibilist theories of chance;

7. Actualist theories of chance;8. Anti-realist theories of chance;9. Chance in quantum physics;10. Chance in branching worlds;11. Time and evidence;12. Debunking chance.





46 Philosophy

Forgiveness and Retribution

Responding to WRongdoing

Margaret R. Holmgren

Holm

grenForgiven

ess and

Retrib

ution

Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues

that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to

wrongdoing. In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed

that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who

have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve

to be punished. Conversely, Margaret Holmgren posits that we

should forgive those who have ill-treated us, but only after working

through a process of addressing the wrong. Holmgren then reflects

on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving

society would adopt.

MARGARET HOLMGREN is Associate Professor of philosophy

at Iowa State University. She co-edited Ethical Theory: A Concise

Anthology (2000) with Heimir Giersson.

Cover design by Alice Soloway

Forgiveness and RetributionResponding to Wrongdoing

Margaret R. HolmgrenIowa State University

DescriptionForgivenessandRetribution:RespondingtoWrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing . In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve to be punished . Conversely, MargaretHolmgrenpositsthatweshouldforgivethosewhohaveill-treatedus,butonlyafter working through a process of addressing the wrong . Holmgren then reflects on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving society would adopt .

Key Features

• Systematicoutlineofabroadpositiononresponsestowrongdoing

• Themethodforthisbookisoriginal:analysesofresponsetowrongdoingsaregenerallyeitherutilitarianorduty-based.Thisbookprovidesavirtue-ethicalapproachtothisissueandillustratessomesurprisingstrengthsofvirtueethics

• Providesatheoreticalfoundationformuchofthepopularrestorativejusticemovement

Contents1. Introduction and overview;2. The nature of forgiveness and resentment;3. The moral analysis of the attitudes of forgiveness and resentment defined;4. The moral analysis of the attitudes of self-forgiveness and self-condemnation;5. Philosophical underpinnings of the basic attitudes: forgiveness, resentment, and the nature of persons;6. Moral theory: justice and desert;7. The public response to wrongdoing;8. Restorative justice: the public response to wrongdoing and the process of addressing the wrong.


April 2012 228 x 152 mm 209pp 978-1-107-01796-2 Hardback £60.00



47Philosophy

The Cambridge handbook of

CogniTive SCienCe

keith frankish and William ramsey

The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive ScienceEdited by Keith FrankishThe Open University, Milton Keynes

and William RamseyUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas

DescriptionCognitivescienceisacross-disciplinaryenterprisedevotedtounderstandingthenatureofthe mind . In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition . The result has been theemergenceofoneofthemostexcitingandfruitfulareasofinter-disciplinaryresearchin the history of science . This volume of original essays surveys foundational, theoretical, and philosophical issues across the discipline, and introduces the foundations of cognitive science,theprincipalareasofresearch,andthemajorresearchprograms.Withafocusonbroad philosophical themes rather than detailed technical issues, the volume will be valuable not only to cognitive scientists and philosophersofcognitivescience,butalsotothoseinotherdisciplineslookingforanauthoritativeandup-to-dateintroductiontothe field .

Key Features

• Technicaljargonisavoidedasfaraspossibleandnosignificantbackgroundknowledgeofthefieldisassumed

• Includessupportingmaterial,suchasannotatedchapter-specificfurtherreadingsectionsandanextensiveglossary

• Concise,authoritativeandup-to-datecoverageofarapidlydevelopingandexpandingfield

ContentsIntroduction;Part I. Foundations:1. History and core themes;2. The representational theory of mind;3. Cognitive architectures;Part II. Aspects of Cognition:

4. Perception;5. Action;6. Human learning and memory;7. Reasoning and decision making;8. Concepts;9. Language;10. Emotion;

11. Consciousness;Part III. Research Programs:12. Cognitive neuroscience;13. Evolutionary psychology;14. Embodied, embedded, and extended cognition;15. Animal cognition;Glossary.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate students




48 Philosophy

Globalization and Global JusticeShrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations

nicole hassoun

Globalization and Global JusticeShrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations

Nicole HassounCarnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania

DescriptionThe face of the world is changing . The past century has seen the incredible growth of international institutions . How does the fact that the world is becoming more interconnected changeinstitutions’dutiestopeoplebeyondborders?Doesglobalizationaloneengenderanyethicalobligations?InGlobalizationandGlobalJustice,Nicole Hassoun addresses these questions and advances a new argument for the conclusion that there are significant obligations to the global poor . First, she argues that there are many coercive international institutions and that these institutions must provide the means for their subjects to avoid severe poverty . Hassoun then considers the case for aid and trade, and concludes with a new proposal for fair trade in pharmaceutical and biotechnology . GlobalizationandGlobalJustice will appeal to readers in philosophy, politics, economics and public policy .

Key Features

• Advancesanewproposalforfairtradeinpharmaceuticalandbiotechnology

• Forreadersinterestedinhowempiricalevidenceshouldinformpoliticalphilosophyandtheory

• Providesamiddlegroundbetweencosmopolitanandstatistviewsinthephilosophicalliterature

ContentsPart I: Introduction: globalization and global justice;1. The human rights argument;2. The coercive global institutional system;3. Legitimacy and global justice;Part II: Introduction to Part II: seeing the water for the sea;

4. Libertarian obligations to the poor?;5. Empirical evidence and the case for foreign aid;6. Free trade and poverty;7. Making free trade fair;Conclusion: expanding obligations.


March 2012 228 x 152 mm 220pp 978-1-107-01030-7 Hardback c. £50.00



49Philosophy

The World-Time ParallelTense and Modality in Logic and Metaphysics

A. A. RiniMassey University, Palmerston North

and M. J. CresswellVictoria University of Wellington

DescriptionIswhatcouldhavehappenedbutneverdidasrealaswhatdidhappen?Whatdidhappen,but isn’t happening now, happened at another time . Analogously, one can say that what couldhavehappenedhappensinanotherpossibleworld.Whatevertheirviewsaboutthereality of such things as possible worlds, philosophers need to take this analogy seriously . AdrianeRiniandMaxCresswellexhibit,inaneasystep-by-stepmanner,thelogicalstructureof temporal and modal discourse, and show that every temporal construction has an exact parallel that requires a language that can refer to worlds, and vice versa . They make precise, in a way which can be articulated and tested, the claim that the parallel is at work behind even ordinary talk about time and modality . The book gives metaphysicians a sturdy framework for the investigation of time and modality – one that does not presuppose any particular metaphysical view .

Key Features

• Firsteverbook-lengthstudyoftheparallel

• Establishestheimportanceanduseoflogicinunderstandingwhatisatstakeinthemetaphysicsoftimeandmodality

• Startsatthebeginning,andisessentiallyself-contained

ContentsPreface;Introduction;Part I. Truth and Indexicality:1. Semantical indices;2. Philosophical entities;3. Situated truth;4. The privileged position;Part II. Predicate Logic: Tense and Modal:5. A formal language;6. The non-existent;

7. Multiple indexing;8. Time and world quantifiers;Part III. Times and Worlds, or Tense and Modality?:9. Primitive modality and primitive tense;10. ‘Modalism’ and ‘tensism’;11. The present and the actual;12. Utterances;13. Relativity;Part IV. De Rerum Natura:14. Individuals and stages;

15. Predicate wormism;16. Abstract and concrete;17. Supervenience;Appendices: Appendix 1. The equivalence of Lmulti, Lxtw and Li;Appendix 2. Language and metalanguage;Appendix 3. Plantinga’s metaphysics;Appendix 4. Interval semantics;Appendix 5. Fatalism and the world-time parallel (with H. Kocurek);Bibliography;Index.


January 2012 228 x 152 mm 280pp 978-1-107-01747-4 Hardback £60.00



50 Philosophy

Objecting to GodColin HowsonUniversity of Toronto

DescriptionThe growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind’s place in it . However, not only is secularism now under renewed attack from religious fundamentalism, but it has also been widely claimed that the scientific evidenceitselfpointsstronglytoauniversedeliberatelyfine-tunedforlifetoevolveinit.In addition, certain aspects of human life, like consciousness and the ability to recognise the existence of universal moral standards, seem completely resistant to evolutionary explanation . In this book Colin Howson analyses in detail the evidence which is claimed to supportbeliefinGod’sexistenceandarguesthattheclaimisnotwell-founded.Moreover,thereisverycompellingevidencethatanall-powerful,all-knowingGodnotonlydoesnotexist but cannot exist, a conclusion both surprising and provocative .

Key Features

• Developsalogicalframeworkfordiscussinghowevidenceingeneralbearsontheories

• IndicatesthatthestandardtheisticnotionofGodisinconsistent

• FulllookattheevidencesupportingtheexistenceofGodandtheproblemsinherentwithit

ContentsPreface;1. The trouble with God;2. God unlimited;3. How to reason if you must;

4. The well-tempered universe;5. What does it all mean?;6. Moral equilibrium;7. What is life without thee?;8. It necessarily ain’t so.


July 2011 228 x 152 mm 232pp 1 b/w illus. 978-0-521-18665-0 Paperback £17.99



51Philosophy

After War EndsA Philosophical Perspective

Larry MayVanderbilt University, Tennessee

DescriptionThereisextensivediscussionincurrentJustWarliteratureaboutthenormativeprincipleswhich should govern the initiation of war (jus ad bellum) and also the conduct of war (jus in bello), but this is the first book to treat the important and difficult issue of justice after the end of war . Larry May examines the normative principles which should govern post-warpracticessuchasreparations,restitution,reconciliation,retribution,rebuilding,proportionality and the Responsibility to Protect . He discusses the emerging international law literature on transitional justice and the problem of moving from a position of war and possiblemassatrocitytoapositionofpeaceandreconciliation.HequestionstheJustWartradition, arguing that contingent pacifism is most in keeping with normative principles after war ends . His discussion is richly illustrated with contemporary examples and will be of interest to students of political and legal philosophy, law and military studies .

Key Features

• Treatsimportanttopicssuchastherelationshipbetweenreparationsandreconciliation

• Drawsexamplesfromtheemergingfieldoftheresponsibilitytoprotect

• CombinesdiscussionofthehistoryofJustWartraditionwithcontemporaryexamplesfromtransitionaljustice,suchastheDarfursituation

Contents1. Introduction: normative principles of jus post bellum;Part I. Retribution:2. Grotius, sovereignty, and the indictment of Al Bashir;3. Transitional justice and the Just War tradition;4. War crimes trials during and after war;

Part II. Reconciliation:5. Reconciliation of warring parties;6. Reconciliation and the rule of law;7. Conflicting responsibilities to protect human rights;Part III. Rebuilding:8. Responsibility to rebuild and collective responsibility;

9. Responsibility to rebuild as a limitation on initiating war;Part IV. Restitution and Reparation:10. Restitution and restoration in jus post bellum;11. A Grotian account of reparations;Part V. Proportionality and the End of War:12. Proportionality and the fog of war.





52 Philosophy

The Ethics of

Preventive WarEdited by

DEEn K. ChaTTErjEE

The Ethics of Preventive WarEdited by Deen ChatterjeeUniversity of Utah

DescriptionIn this book, eleven leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war throughthelensofimportantpublicandpoliticalissuesofwarandpeaceinthetwenty-firstcentury.Theirdiscussioncoverscomplexandtopicalsubjectsincludingterrorism,the‘Bushdoctrine’ and the invasion of Iraq, Iran’s nuclear capabilities, superpower unilateralism and international war tribunals . They examine the moral conundrum of preventive intervention andemphasizetheneedforastrongerandmoreeffectiveinternationallegalandpoliticalorderandacorrespondingre-evaluationofthenormativestatusofinternationallaw.Together their essays form a challenging and timely volume that will be of interest to scholars in ethics and political philosophy, political theory, international relations, international law and peace studies and to general readers interested in the broader issues of peace and justice in the new world order .

Key Features

• Debatesthenormativechallengesofpreventivewarthroughthelensofkeytopicalmatterssuchasterrorism,theinvasionofIraqand international war tribunals

• Emphasizestheneedforastrongerandmoreeffectiveinternationallegalandpoliticalorderandacorrespondingre-evaluationofthe normative status of international law

• Shedslightonenduringquestionsaboutjustice,humanrights,internationallaw,internationalrelationsandtheethicsofwarandpeace

Contents1. Introduction;Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Methodological Terrains:2. Prevention, preemption and other conundrums;3. After Caroline: NSS 2002, practical judgement and the politics and ethics of preemption;4. ‘Methodological anarchy’ and the case for preventive war;

Part II. International Law:5. Does international law make a moral difference?: the case of preventive war;6. Threat diplomacy in world politics: legal, moral, political, and civilizational challenges;7. Preventive war and trials of aggression;Part III. Critiques of Preventive War:

8. The conditions of liability to preventive attack;9. Are preventive wars always wrong?;10. Ethics and legality: US prevention in Iran;Part IV. Beyond Preventive War: Exploring Other Options:11. Preventive war: terrorism and humanitarian intervention;12. Enough about just war, what about just peace?: the doctrine of preventive non-intervention.


October 2012 228 x 152 mm 260pp 978-0-521-76568-8 Hardback c. £50.00



53Philosophy

the themes of Quine’s

PhilosophyEdward Becker

The Themes of Quine’s PhilosophyMeaning, Reference, and Knowledge

Edward BeckerUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln

DescriptionWillardVanOrmanQuine’sworkrevolutionizedthefieldsofepistemology,semanticsandontology . At the heart of his philosophy are several interconnected doctrines: his rejection of conventionalism and of the linguistic doctrine of logical and mathematical truth, his rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction, his thesis of the indeterminacy of translation andhisthesisoftheinscrutabilityofreference.InthisbookEdwardBeckersetsouttointerpret and explain these doctrines . He offers detailed analyses of the relevant texts, discusses Quine’s views on meaning, reference and knowledge, and shows how Quine’s views developed over the years . He also proposes a new version of the linguistic doctrine of logical truth, and a new way of rehabilitating analyticity . His rich exploration of Quine’s thought will interest all those seeking to understand and evaluate the work of one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century .

Key Features

• Proposesanewversionofthelinguisticdoctrineoflogicaltruthandanewaccountofanalyticity

• ShowshowQuine’sviewsdevelopedovertheyears

• Thebookpresentsanauthenticstudy,astheauthordiscussedearlydraftsoftheworkwithQuinehimself

ContentsPreface;Acknowledgements;1. Conventionalism and the linguistic doctrine of logical truth;2. Analyticity and synonymy;3. The indeterminacy of translation;

4. Ontological relativity;5. Criticisms and extensions;Concluding remarks: conventionalism and implications;Bibliography;Index.


June 2012 228 x 152 mm 220pp 978-1-107-01523-4 Hardback c. £55.00



54 Philosophy

Introductions to

NIetzscheedIted by

RobeRt PIPPIN

Introductions to NietzscheEdited by Robert PippinUniversity of Chicago

DescriptionFriedrichNietzsche(1844–1900)isoneofthemostimportantphilosophersofthelasttwohundred years, whose writings, both published and unpublished, have had a formative influence on virtually all aspects of modern culture . This volume offers introductory essays on allofNietzsche’scompletedworksandalsohisunpublishednotebooks.Theessaysaddresssuch topics as his criticism of morality and Christianity, his doctrines of the will to power and the eternal recurrence, his perspectivism, his theories of tragedy and nihilism and his thoughtsonancientandmodernculture.Writtenbyinternationallyrecognizedscholars,theyprovidetheinterestedreaderwithanup-to-dateandauthoritativeoverviewofthethoughtof this fascinating figure .

Key Features

• Bringstogetherinonevolume11clearandaccessibleoverviewsandanalysesofNietzsche’smajorworks

• NewintroductionbyRobertPippinfocusingonthemanNietzscheandthereceptionofhisworkinthelastcentury

• Featuresthematicbibliography

ContentsIntroduction;1. Nietzsche: writings from the early notebooks;2. Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and other writings;3. Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations;4. Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human;5. Nietzsche: Daybreak;

6. Nietzsche: The Gay Science;7. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra;8. Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil;9. Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality;10. Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols;11. Nietzsche: writings from the late notebooks;Select bibliography.


February 2012 228 x 152 mm 260pp 978-1-107-00774-1 Hardback £55.00



55Religion

A N INTRODUCTION TO

MeDIevAl TheOlOgy

Rik Van Nieuwenhove

An Introduction to Medieval TheologyRik van NieuwenhoveMary Immaculate College, Limerick

DescriptionMedievaltheology,inallitsdiversity,wasradicallytheo-centric,Trinitarian,Scripturalandsacramental . It also operated with a profound view of human understanding (in terms of intellectus rather than mere ratio).Inapost-modernclimate,inwhichthemodernviewson‘autonomousreason’areincreasinglybeingquestioned,itmayprovefruitfultore-engagewithpre-modernthinkerswho,obviously,didnotshareourmodernandpost-modernpresuppositions . Their different perspective does not antiquate their thought, as some of the‘cultureddespisers’ofmedievalthoughtmightimagine.Onthecontrary,ratherthanrendering their views obsolete it makes them profoundly challenging and enriching for theology today . This book is more than a survey of key medieval thinkers (from Augustine tothelate-medievalperiod);itisaninvitationtothinkalongwithmajortheologiansandexplorehowtheirthoughtcandeeplychallengesomeoftoday’smodernandpost-modernkeyassumptions.

Key Features

• Challengessomeofthekeypresuppositionsoftoday’smodernandpostmoderntheology

• Thereaderisinvitedtothinkalongwithmedievalauthorsandtheirradicaltheo-centricperspective

• Writteninanaccessiblestyle,withbriefdescriptionsofthehistoricalcontextoftheauthorsthatarebeingdiscussed

Contents1. Introduction;Part I. The Legacy of the Fathers:2. Augustine of Hippo;3. Monks and scholars in the fifth and sixth centuries: John Cassian, Boethius and Pseudo-Dionysius;Part II. Early Medieval Theologians:4. Gregory the Great;5. John Scottus Eriugena;Part III. The Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries:6. Introduction: renewal in the eleventh and twelfth centuries;

7. Anselm of Canterbury;8. Monks and scholars in the twelfth century: Peter Abelard, William of St Thierry and Bernard of Clairvaux;9. Hugh of St Victor;10. Richard of St Victor;11. Peter Lombard and the systematisation of theology;Part IV. The Thirteenth Century:12. Introduction;13. Thomas Aquinas;14. Bonaventure;

15. The Condemnations of 1277;16. John Duns Scotus;Part V. The Fourteenth Century and Beyond:17. Introduction;18. William of Ockham;19. Meister Eckhart;20. Jan van Ruusbroec and the Modern Devotion;21. Epilogue;Bibliographical note;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Introduction to Religion

April 2012 228 x 152 mm 320pp 1 b/w illus. 978-0-521-89754-9 Hardback c. £45.00



56 Linguistics

IN T E R V I E W S with

JAMES MC GILVRAY

The

SCIENCE OFLANGUAGE

NOAM CHOMSKY

The Science of LanguageInterviews with James McGilvray

Noam ChomskyMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Compiled by James McGilvrayMcGill University, Montréal

DescriptionNoam Chomsky is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, yet his views are often misunderstood . In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics . In dialoguewithJamesMcGilvray,ProfessorofPhilosophyatMcGillUniversity,Chomskytakesup a wide variety of topics – the nature of language, the philosophies of language and mind, morality and universality, science and common sense, and the evolution of language . McGilvray’s extensive commentary helps make this incisive set of interviews accessible to a variety of readers . The volume is essential reading for those involved in the study of language and mind, as well as anyone with an interest in Chomsky’s ideas .

Key Features

• TheseinterviewshaveneverbeenpublishedbeforeandwillbewelcomedfortheinsighttheygiveintoChomsky’scurrentthinking

• Wide-ranging,coveringavarietyoftopicscentraltoChomsky’swork,includingthephilosophiesoflanguageandmindandthenature of language and evolution

• OffersuniqueaccesstoChomsky’simportantviewsontheroleoflanguageinhumannatureandhumannatureinpolitics

ContentsIntroduction;Part I. The Science of Language and Mind:1. Language, function, communication: language and the use of language;2. On a formal theory of language and its accommodation to biology. The distinctive nature of human concepts;3. Representation and computation;4. More on human concepts;5. Reflections on the study of language;6. Parameters, canalization, innateness, universal grammar;7. Development, master/control genes, etc.;

8. Perfection and design (interview 20 January 2009);9. Universal grammar and simplicity;10. On some intellectual ailments of scientists;11. The place of language in the mind;12. Chomsky’s intellectual contributions;13. Simplicity and its role in Chomsky’s work;14. Chomsky and Nelson Goodman;Part II. Human Nature and its Study:15. Chomsky on human nature and human understanding;

16. Human nature and evolution: thoughts on sociobiology and evolutionary psychology;17. Human nature again;18. Morality and universalization;19. Optimism and grounds for it;20. Language, agency, common sense, and science;21. Philosophers and their roles;22. Biophysical limitations on understanding;23. Epistemology and biological limits;24. Studies of mind and behavior and their limitations;25. Linguistics and politics.





57Linguistics

How Language Began

DaviD McNeill

Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution

How Language BeganGesture and Speech in Human Evolution

David McNeillUniversity of Chicago

DescriptionHumanlanguageisnotthesameashumanspeech.Weusegesturesandsignstocommunicate alongside, or instead of, speaking . Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to researchontheoriginsofhumancommunication.Writtenbyoneofthepioneersofthefield, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system thatallhumanspossess.Nearlyalltheorizingabouttheoriginsoflanguageeitherignoresgesture,viewsitasanadd-onorsupposesthatlanguagebeganingestureandwaslaterreplacedbyspeech.DavidMcNeillchallengesthepopular‘gesture-first’theorythatlanguagefirstemergedinagesture-onlyformandproposesagroundbreakingtheoryoftheevolutionof language which explains how speech and gesture became unified .

Key Features

• Introducesagroundbreakingtheoryofhowlanguagebegan

• Criticallyexaminesawiderangeofaccounts,fromcognitivescience,linguistics,neuroscienceandthepsychologyoflanguage

• Completewith50illustrationsdepictinggesturesandsigns

Contents1. Introduction – gesture and the origin of language;2. What evolved (in part) – the Growth Point;3. How it evolved (in part) – Mead’s Loop;4. Effects of Mead’s Loop;5. Ontogenesis in evolution – evolution in ontogenesis;6. Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the Growth Point.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, academic researchersSeries: Approaches to the Evolution of Language

July 2012 247 x 174 mm 220pp 167 b/w illus. 11 tables 978-1-107-02121-1 Hardback c. £60.00



58 Linguistics

Languages of the World

A n I n t r o d u c t I o n

Asya PereltsvaigWhat do all human languages have in common and

in what ways are they different? How can language

be used to trace different peoples and their past?

Are certain languages similar because of common

descent or language contact? Assuming no prior

knowledge of linguistics, this textbook introduces

readers to the rich diversity of human languages,

familiarizing students with the variety and typology of

languages around the world.

• Linguistic terms and concepts are explained, in

the text and in the glossary, and illustrated with

simple, accessible examples

• Eighteen language maps and numerous language

family charts enable students to place a language

geographically or genealogically

• A supporting website includes additional language

maps and sound recordings that can be used to

illustrate the peculiarities of the sound systems of

various languages

• “Test yourself” questions throughout the book

make it easier for students to analyze data from

unfamiliar languages

• Includes fascinating demographic, social,

historical, and geographical information about

languages and the people who speak them

“This comprehensive and highly informative book

offers a plethora of intriguing, richly documented

facts. Written in an easy style, it is a great read for

both beginning and advanced-level students and

laypersons.”

EdITH MorAvcsIk, Professor Emerita of

Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

“A lively and engaging introduction to the richness

and diversity of the world’s languages.”

GrEvILLE G. corbETT, University of surrey

Pereltsvaig Languages of the W

orld

PERELTSVAIG: LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD PPC CMYBLK

Languages of the WorldAn Introduction

Asya PereltsvaigStanford University, California

DescriptionWhatdoallhumanlanguageshaveincommonandinwhatwaysaretheydifferent?Howcanlanguagebeusedtotracedifferentpeoplesandtheirpast?Arecertainlanguagessimilarbecauseofcommondescentorlanguagecontact?Assumingnopriorknowledgeof linguistics, this textbook introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages, familiarizingstudentswiththevarietyandtypologyoflanguagesaroundtheworld.Linguistic terms and concepts are explained, in the text and in the glossary, and illustrated with simple, accessible examples . Eighteen language maps and numerous language family charts enable students to place a language geographically or genealogically . A supporting website includes additional language maps and sound recordings that can be used to illustrate the peculiarities of the sound systems of various languages . ‘Test yourself’ questionsthroughoutthebookmakeiteasierforstudentstoanalyzedatafromunfamiliarlanguages.

Key Features

• Linguistictermsandconceptsareexplained,inthetextandintheglossary,andillustratedwithsimple,accessibleexamples

• Eighteenlanguagemapsandnumerouslanguagefamilychartsenablestudentstoplacealanguagegeographicallyorgenealogically

• Asupportingwebsiteincludesadditionallanguagemapsandsoundrecordingsthatcanbeusedtoillustratethepeculiaritiesofthe sound systems of various languages

Contents1. Introduction;2. Indo-European languages;3. Non-Indo-European languages of Europe and India;4. Languages of the Caucasus;5. Languages of North Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia;6. Languages of sub-Saharan Africa;

7. Languages of eastern Asia;8. Languages of the South Sea islands;9. Aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua New Guinea;10. Native languages of the Americas;11. Macro families;12. Pidgins, Creoles and other mixed languages.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9781107002784 Additional language maps, sound recordings

Additional InformationCourses:LanguageTypology,IntroductiontoLanguageTypology,LanguagesoftheWorldDepartments: Linguistics, English Language, LanguagesLevel: undergraduate students

February 2012 247 x 174 mm 304pp 20 b/w illus. 18 maps 37 tables 978-1-107-00278-4 Hardback £55.00



59Linguistics

Introducing

Second Language Acquisition

Muriel Saville-Troike

Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics

SECOND EDITION

Introducing Second Language AcquisitionSecond edition

Muriel Saville-TroikeUniversity of Arizona

DescriptionWrittenforstudentsencounteringthetopicforthefirsttime,thisisaclearandpracticalintroductiontosecondlanguageacquisition(SLA).Usingnon-technicallanguage,itexplainshow a second language is acquired; what the learner of a second language needs to know; andwhysomelearnersaremoresuccessfulthanothers.ThisneweditionofMurielSaville-Troike’sbestsellingtextbookintroducesinastep-by-stepfashionarangeoffundamentalconcepts, such as SLA in adults and children, in formal and informal learning contexts and in diversesocio-culturalsettings.Takinganinterdisciplinaryapproach,itencouragesstudentsto consider SLA from linguistic, psychological and social perspectives . Providing a solid foundation in SLA, this book has become the leading introduction to the field for students of linguistics, psychology and education, and trainee language teachers .

Key Features

• Givesclearexplanationsofthelinguistic,psychologicalandsocialaspectsofsecondlanguageacquisition

• Eachchapterfollowsthesameformatof‘how’,‘what’and‘why’sothatstudentslearnprogressivelythroughthetext

• Containstheessentialtoolsforteachingandlearning,includingkeyterms,‘Questionsforself-study’and‘Questionsforactivelearning’, as well as pointers to further reading

• Presentscompetingtheories,comparingandcontrastingthevariousapproaches

• Expandsreferencesbytwenty-fivepercent,mostfromthelastfiveyears

New to this Edition

• Newsectionsonsimultaneousbilingualisminearlychildhood,theroleofcomputersinSLA,electroniccommunicationandnonverbal aspects of language

• UpdatedtheoriesincludingChomskyaninterfaces,complexitytheoryandcomputermediatedcommunication

• Greateremphasisonthepracticalapplicationsandimplicationsofthetheoriespresented

• Extraresourcesontheaccompanyingwebsite,includingideasforstudentresearchprojects,additionalexercisesandsuggestionsfor further reading



60 Linguistics

Contents1. Introducing second language acquisition;2. Foundations of second language acquisition;3. The linguistics of second language acquisition;4. The psychology of second language acquisition;5. Social contexts of second language acquisition;6. Acquiring knowledge for L2 use;7. L2 learning and teaching.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9781107010895 Listingsofprofessionalorganizations,journalsandinstitutesforR&D,exercisesandanswerkeystoquestionsforself-study,suggestions for further reading, ideas for student research projects

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics

April 2012 247 x 174 mm 250pp 7 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 24 tables 63 exercises 978-1-107-01089-5 Hardback c. £60.00


61Literature

the c a mbr idge compa nion to

Modern Russian Culturesecond edition

Edited by Nicholas Rzhevsky

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian CultureSecond edition

Edited by Nicholas RzhevskyState University of New York, Stony Brook

DescriptionRussia’ssize,thediversityofitspeoplesanditsuniquegeographicalpositionstraddlingEastandWesthavecreatedaculturethatisbothinwardandoutwardlooking.Itshistoryreflectsthe tension between very different approaches to what culture can and should be, and this tensionshapesthevibrancyofitsartstoday.ThehighlysuccessfulfirsteditionofRzhevsky’sCompanionhasbeenupdatedtoincludepost-Soviettrendsandnewdevelopmentsinthetwenty-firstcentury.ItbringstogetherleadingauthoritieswritingonRussianculturalidentity,itsWesternandAsianconnections,popularcultureandtheuniqueRussiancontributions to the arts . Each of the eleven chapters has been revised or entirely rewritten to take account of current cultural conditions and the further reading brought up to date . The book reveals, for students, academic researchers and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths and complexities of the Russian cultural experience .

Key Features

• OffersanoverallintroductiontoRussianculturewithspecialfocusonthearts

• Reflectsthestateofcurrentscholarshipinawiderangeoffields

• Fullyupdatedandrevisednewedition,includingup-to-datefurtherreading

ContentsChronology;Introduction to Russian culture;Part I. Cultural Identity:1. Language;2. Religion;

3. Asia;4. Boundaries: the West;5. Ideological structures;6. Popular culture;Part II. Literature and the Arts:7. Literature;

8. Art;9. Music;10. Theatre;11. Film;Further reading;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Companions to Culture

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 450pp 17 b/w illus. 1 table 978-1-107-00252-4 Hardback c. £60.00



62 Literature

the c a mbr idge compa nion to

Modern Indian Culture

Edited by Vasudha Dalmia and

Rashmi Sadana

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian CultureEdited by Vasudha DalmiaUniversity of California, Berkeley

and Rashmi SadanaIndian Institute of Technology, Delhi

DescriptionIndia is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future . This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions . The book provides accounts of literature, theatre, film, modern and popular art, music, television and food; it also explores in detail social divisions, customs, communications and daily life . In a series of engaging, erudite and occasionally moving essays the contributors, drawn from a variety of disciplines, examine not merely what constitutes modern Indian culture, but just howwide-rangingaretheculturesthatpersistintheregionsofIndia.Thisvolumewillhelpthe reader understand the continuities and fissures within Indian culture and some of the conflicts arising from them . Throughout, what comes to the fore is the extraordinary richness and diversity of modern Indian culture .

Key Features

• Containsnewessaysonarangeofculturalandsocialtopics,fromcastetoavant-gardeart,foodtofilm

• Explainsthecontemporaryrelevanceofculturalanalysisinthecontextofamodern,globalisingIndia

• AimedatstudentsofSouthAsianliterature,languagesandculture

ContentsChronology;Introduction;Part I. Cultural Contexts:1. Scenes of rural change;2. The formation of tribal identities;3. Food and agriculture;

4. Urban forms of religious practice;5. The politics of caste identities;Part II. Cultural Forms:6. History and representation in the Bengali novel;7. Writing in English;8. Dalit life histories;9. Three traditions in modernist art;

10. Mass reproduction and the art of the bazaar;11. Urban theatre and the turn towards ‘folk’;12. Aesthetics and politics in popular cinema;13. Musical genres and national identity;14. Voyeurism and the family on television;Further reading;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Companions to Culture

April 2012 228 x 152 mm 336pp 19 b/w illus. 2 maps 978-0-521-51625-9 Hardback c. £45.00



63Literature

The Cambridge Introduction to ByronRichard LansdownJames Cook University, North Queensland

DescriptionAuthor of the most influential long poem of its era (Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage) and the funniest long poem in European literature (Don Juan),LordByronwasalsotheliterarysuperstarofRomanticism,whoseeffectonnineteenth-centurywriters,artists,musiciansand politicians – but also everyday readers – was second to none . His poems seduced and scandalizedreaders,andhislifeandlegendwerecorrespondinglymagnetic,givenaddedforcebyhisearlydeathintheGreekWarofIndependence.Thisintroductioncompresseshisextraordinary life to manageable proportions and gives readers a firm set of contexts in the politics,warfare,andRomanticideologyofByron’sera.Itoffersaguidetothemainthemesinhiswide-rangingoeuvre,fromtheearlypoemsthatmadehimfamous(andinfamous)overnight, to his narrative tales, dramas and the comic epic left incomplete at his death .

Key Features

• Aclear,jargon-freeandcomprehensiblesurveyofacanonicalBritishauthor

• Explainskeyhistoricaleventsandculturalcontextsforhiswork

• OffersclosereadingsofhiskeyworksincludingDon Juan

ContentsPreface;1. Life;2. Context;3. The letters and journals;4. The Poet as pilgrim;5. The Orient and the outcast;

6. Four philosophical tales;7. Histories and mysteries;8. Don Juan;9. Afterword;Further reading;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Introductions to Literature

March 2012 228 x 152 mm 170pp 1 b/w illus. 1 map 3 tables 978-0-521-11133-1 Hardback c. £45.00



64 Literature

Gerald Martin

The Cambridge Introduction to

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Cambridge Introduction to Gabriel Garciá MárquezGerald MartinUniversity of Pittsburgh

DescriptionTheColombianNobelPrizewinner,GabrielGarcíaMárquez(b.1927),wrotetwoofthegreat novels of the twentieth century, OneHundredYearsofSolitudeand Love in the Time of Cholera.Asnovelist,shortstorywriterandjournalist,GarcíaMárquezhasoneofliterature’smostinstantlyrecognizablestylesandsincethebeginningofhiscareerhasexplored a consistent set of themes, revolving around the relationship between power and love.Hisnovelsexemplifythetransitionbetweenmodernistandpost-modernistfictionand have made magical realism one of the most significant and influential phenomena in contemporary writing . Aimed at students of Latin American and comparative literature, this bookprovidesessentialinformationaboutGarcíaMárquez’slifeandcareer,hispublishedwork in literature and journalism, and his political engagement . It connects the fiction effectively to the writer’s own experience and explains his enduring importance in world literature .

Key Features

• ProvidesreadingsofallGarcíaMárquez’snovelsaswellastheshortstoriesandjournalism

• UsesthisgreatwriterasacasestudyofLatinAmericanliterarydevelopmentsinthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury

• AllowsreadertosituateGarcíaMárquezandLatinAmericanfictionwithinaglobalperspective

ContentsIntroduction;1. The life and work in historical context;2. Early short stories, journalism and the first (modernist) novel, Leaf Storm (1947–1955);3. The neo-realist turn: No One Writes to the Colonel, In Evil Hour and Big Mama’s Funeral (1956–1962);4. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967): the global village;5. The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975): the love of power;

6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981): postmodernism and Hispanic literature;7. Love in the Time of Cholera (1985): the power of love;8. More about power: The General in His Labyrinth (1989) and News of a Kidnapping (1996);9. More about love: Of Love and Other Demons (1994) and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2004);10. A memoir: Living to Tell the Tale (2002);Conclusion: the achievement of the universal Colombian.





65Literature

John Rodden and John Rossi

The Cambridge Introduction to

George Orwell

The Cambridge Introduction to George OrwellJohn RoddenUniversity of Texas, Austin

and John RossiLa Salle University, Philadelphia

DescriptionArguablythemostinfluentialpoliticalwriterofthetwentiethcentury,GeorgeOrwellremainsacrucialvoiceforourtimes.Knownworld-wideforhistwobest-sellingmasterpieces NineteenEighty-Four, a gripping portrait of a dystopian future, and Animal Farm,abrilliantsatireontheRussianRevolution,Orwellhasbeenreveredasanessayist,journalistandliterary-politicalintellectual,andhisworkshaveexertedapowerfulinternationalimpactonthepost-WorldWarTwoera.ThisIntroductionexaminesOrwell’slife,work and legacy, addressing his towering achievement and his ongoing appeal . Combining important biographical detail with close analysis of his writings, the book considers the variousgenresinwhichOrwellwrote:therealisticnovel,theessay,journalismandtheanti-utopia.IdeallysuitedforreadersapproachingOrwell’sworkforthefirsttime,thebookconcludeswithanextendedreflectiononwhyGeorgeOrwellhasenjoyedaliterary afterlife unprecedented among modern authors in any language .

Key Features

• IncludesdetailedanalysisofNineteenEighty-Four and Animal Farm, providing a greater understanding of two of the most influential books of the twentieth century

• ClearlyorganisedintosectionscoveringOrwell’slifeandcontext,worksandcriticalreceptionandincludesachronologyofOrwell’skeydatesandsuggestionsforfurtherreading

• ExaminesOrwell’scontinuinglegacyandhisimportanceintoday’sculturalimagination

ContentsChronology;Introduction;Part I. Life and Context:1. Background and school days;2. Burma and the wasted years;3. The struggle to become a writer;4. Orwell’s breakthrough;5. Spain and Orwell’s political education;6. Orwell’s war;7. Last years;Part II. Works:

8. Burmese Days;9. A Clergyman’s Daughter;10. Keep the Aspidistra Flying;11. Coming Up for Air;12. Down and Out in Paris and London;13. The Road to Wigan Pier;14. Homage to Catalonia;15. Orwell, the essayist;16. A Hanging and Shooting an Elephant;17. Inside the Whale;18. Critical Essays;

19. Animal Farm;20. Nineteen Eighty-Four;Part III. Critical Reception:21. Starting out in the 1930s;22. Critical controversy and popular success;23. Posthumous fame;24. ‘Countdown’ to 1-9-8-4;25. Orwell in the twenty-first century;26. An afterlife nonpareil;27. ‘If Orwell were alive today’;28. A reputation evergreen;Select bibliography.





66 Literature

The Cambridge Shakespeare GuideEmma SmithUniversity of Oxford

DescriptionAre you studying Shakespeare and looking for a handy summary of plots, characters and interpretations?OrareyouakeentheatregoerwantingessentialbackgroundontheShakespeareplaysyouseeonstage?Idealforstudentsandtheatreenthusiastsalike,thislively and authoritative guide presents key information, clearly set out, on all Shakespeare’s dramatic and poetic works, covering plots and people, sources, context, performance history andmajorthemes.Orderedalphabeticallyforeasyreference,eachplayentryfeaturesa‘keyfacts’ box providing informative and revealing statistics, including a breakdown of each play’s major roles . The guide is illustrated with striking performance photographs throughout, and also provides brief accounts of Shakespeare’s life and language, Shakespeare in print and theatre in Shakespeare’s time . This is an indispensable reference source for all students and theatregoers .

Key Features

• ProvidesessentialfactualandinterpretativeinformationaboutShakespeare’sworksandbackgroundinanapproachableandauthoritative way

• IntroducestherichrangeofquestionsShakespeare’sworkshavepromptedforbothscholarsandperformers,involvingthereaderin the active interpretation of the texts

• Includesillustrativeproductionphotographsofalltheplaysandfeaturesaclearandattractivedesignlayoutwhichallowseasyreference

ContentsPart I. The Works:1. All’s Well That Ends Well;2. Antony and Cleopatra;3. As You Like It;4. The Comedy of Errors;5. Coriolanus;6. Cymbeline;7. Hamlet;8. Julius Caesar;9. King Henry IV Part 1;10. King Henry IV Part 2;11. King Henry V;12. King Henry VI Parts 1, 2, and 3;13. King Henry VIII, or All is True;14. King John;15. King Lear;

16. King Richard II;17. King Richard III;18. Love’s Labour’s Lost;19. Macbeth;20. Measure for Measure;21. The Merchant of Venice;22. The Merry Wives of Windsor; 23. A Midsummer Night’s Dream;24. Much Ado About Nothing;25. Othello;26. The Phoenix and the Turtle;27. Pericles;28. The Rape of Lucrece;29. Romeo and Juliet;30. The Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint;31. The Taming of the Shrew;

32. The Tempest;33. Timon of Athens;34. Titus Andronicus;35. Troilus and Cressida;36. Twelfth Night;37. The Two Gentlemen of Verona;38. The Two Noble Kinsmen;39. The Winter’s Tale;40. Venus and Adonis;Part II. The Context:41. Shakespeare’s life;42. Shakespeare’s theatre;43. Shakespeare in print;44. Shakespearean apocrypha;45. Shakespeare’s language;Further reading.

Additional InformationLevel: general readers, undergraduate students




67Literature

THE CAMBR IDGE COMPAN ION TO

european novelists

Edited by Michael Bell

The Cambridge Companion to European NovelistsEdited by Michael BellUniversity of Warwick

DescriptionA lively and comprehensive account of the whole tradition of European fiction for students andteachersofcomparativeliterature,thisvolumecoverstwenty-fiveofthemostsignificantand influential novelists in Europe from Cervantes to Kundera . Each essay examines an author’s use of, and contributions to, the genre and also engages an important aspect of the form,suchasitsrelationtoromanceoroneofitssub-genres,suchastheBildungsroman.Larger theoretical questions are introduced through specific readings of exemplary novels . Taking a broad historical and geographic view, the essays keep in mind the role the novel itself has played in the development of European national identities and in cultural history overthelastfourcenturies.Whileconveyingessentialintroductoryinformationfornewreaders,theseauthoritativeessaysreflectup-to-datescholarshipandalsoreview,andsometimes challenge, conventional accounts .

Key Features

• Compactnewessayson25Europeanwritersoffiction,fromCervantestoKundera

• IdealforsurveycoursesinthenovelandinEuropeanandcomparativeliterature,aswellasforreadersoffiction

• IncludessuggestedfurtherreadingandanintroductionchartingtheEuropeanliterarytradition

ContentsIntroduction: the novel in Europe, 1600–1900;1. Miguel de Cervantes;2. Daniel Defoe;3. Samuel Richardson;4. Henry Fielding;6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau;7. Laurence Sterne;8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe;9. Walter Scott;

10. Stendhal;11. Mary Shelley;12. Honoré de Balzac;13. Charles Dickens;14. George Eliot;15. Gustave Flaubert;16. Fyodor Dostoevsky;17. Leo Tolstoy;18. Emile Zola;

19. Henry James;20. Marcel Proust;21. Thomas Mann;22. James Joyce;23. Virginia Woolf;24. Samuel Beckett;25. Milan Kundera;Conclusion: the European novel after 1900;Further reading;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: undergraduate students, graduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Companions to Literature




68 Literature

The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-RaphaelitesEdited by Elizabeth PrettejohnUniversity of Bristol

DescriptionThegroupofyoungpaintersandwriterswhocoalescedintothePre-Raphaelitemovementinthemiddleyearsofthenineteenthcentury became hugely influential in the development not only of literature and painting, but also more generally of art and design . Though their reputation has fluctuated over the years, their achievements are now recognised and their style enjoyed and studied widely.Thisvolumeexploresthelivesandworksofthecentralfiguresinthegroup:amongothers,theRossettis,WilliamHolmanHunt,JohnEverettMillais,FordMadoxBrown,WilliamMorrisandEdwardBurne-Jones.ThisisthefirstbooktoprovideageneralintroductiontothePre-Raphaelitemovementthatintegratesitsliteraryandvisualartforms.TheCompanion explains what made the Pre-Raphaelitestyleuniqueinpainting,poetry,drawingandprose.

Key Features

• CoversbothPre-Raphaeliteliteratureandart,withessaysbyliteraryscholarsandarthistorians

• Includesindividualchaptersonkeyfigures:theRossettis,Morris,Burne-Jones

• Includes20illustrationsofimportantworksofart

ContentsChronology;Introduction;Part I. Pre-Raphaelitism:1. The Pre-Raphaelites and literature;2. Artistic inspirations;3. Pre-Raphaelite drawing;4. The religious and intellectual background;5. The Germ;

Part II. Pre-Raphaelites:6. The poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–82);7. The painting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti;8. William Holman Hunt (1827–1910);9. John Everett Millais (1829–96);10. Ford Madox Brown (1821–93);11. Christina Rossetti (1830–94);12. Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (1829–62);13. The writings of William Morris (1834–96);

14. The designs of William Morris;15. Edward Burne-Jones (1833–98);16. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909);17. William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919);18. Envoi;Appendix 1. The contents of The Germ;Appendix 2. The Pre-Raphaelite ‘list of Immortals’;Guide to further reading and looking;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: Cambridge Companions to Literature

June 2012 228 x 152 mm 320pp 20 b/w illus. 978-0-521-89515-6 Hardback c. £45.00



69Music

Arvo Pärt

The Cambridge

Companion to

Edited by

Andrew Shenton

The Cambridge Companion to Arvo PärtEdited by Andrew ShentonBoston University

DescriptionArvo Pärt is one of the most influential and widely performed contemporary composers . Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called ‘tintinnabuli’ (Latin for ‘sounding bells’), which has had an extraordinary degree of success . It is frequently performedaroundtheworld,hasbeenusedinaward-winningfilms,andpiecessuchasFür Alina and Spiegel im Siegel have become standard repertoire . This collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo Pärt and his music . The book begins with a general introduction to Pärt’s life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most significant compositions.TwochaptersanalyzethetintinnabulistyleandarecomplementedbyessayswhichdiscussPärt’screativeprocess.ThebookalsoexaminesthespiritualaspectofPärt’smusicandcontextualizeshimintheculturalmilieuofthetwenty-firstcenturyandinthemarketplace.

Key Features

• CoversawiderangeofsubjectsandapproachestoPärtandhismusic:biographical,analytical,contextual,culturalandhistorical,providing a complete and authoritative guide to the composer

• Technicalmusicallanguageandanytheoreticalconceptsareclearlyexplainedandcontextualized

• IncludesoriginalwritingandquotationsfromArvoPärtwhichappearinEnglishforthefirsttime,enablingreaderstoengagedirectly with the composer and to form their own opinion of what he says

ContentsChronology;1. Introduction: the essential and phenomenal Arvo Pärt;2. A narrow path to the truth: Arvo Pärt and the 1960s and 1970s in Soviet Estonia;3. Arvo Pärt after 1980;4. Musical archetypes: the basic elements of the tintinnabuli style;5. Analyzing Pärt;

6. Arvo Pärt: in his own words;7. Bells as inspiration for tintinnabulation;8. Arvo Pärt and spirituality;9. The minimalism of Arvo Pärt: an ‘antidote’ to modernism and multiplicity?;10. Arvo Pärt in the marketplace;Appendices:

A. Radiating from silence: the works of Arvo Pärt seen through a musician’s eyes;B. Greatly sensitive: Alfred Schnittke in Tallinn;C. Remembering Heino Eller;D. Acceptance speech for the International Bridge Prize of the city of Görlitz;E. Acceptance speech given for the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2008;Works list;Bibliography.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, academic researchersSeries: Cambridge Companions to Music

April 2012 247 x 174 mm 245pp 8 b/w illus. 3 tables 45 music examples 978-1-107-00989-9 Hardback c. £55.00



70 Music

The Cambridge Companion to Choral MusicEdited by Andre de QuadrosBoston University

DescriptionChoral music is now undoubtedly the foremost genre of participatory music making, with morepeoplesinginginchoirsthaneverbefore.Writtenbyateamofleadinginternationalpractitioners and scholars, this Companion addresses the history of choral music, its emergence and growth worldwide and its professional practice . The volume sets out a historical survey of the genre and follows with a kaleidoscopic bird’s eye view of choral music from all over the world . Chapters vividly portray the emergence and growth of choral musicfromitsQuranicantecedentsinWestandCentralAsiatothebaroquechurchesofLatinAmerica,representingitsglobaldiversity.Uniquely,thebookincludesapedagogicalsection where several leading choral musicians write about the voice and the inner workings of a choir and give their professional insights into choral practice . This Companion will appeal to choral scholars, directors and performers alike .

Key Features

• Thefirstsinglevolumeonchoralmusictocombineperspectivesonthegenre’shistory,itsgrowthandcultureworldwideandpedagogy

• Paysdueattentiontochoralmusicinthenon-Westernworld,includingAfrica,AsiaandLatinAmerica,representingitsglobaldiversity

• Perfectforundergraduateandgraduatestudentsofchoralmusicstudiesandmusichistory,forchoraldirectorsandteachersatuniversity, professional and amateur level, and for choral singers

ContentsForeword;1. Introduction: choral music – a dynamic global genre;Part I. Choral Music: History and Context:2. A brief anatomy of choirs, c.1470–1770;3. Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century;4. Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries;5. The nature of chorus;Part II. Choral Music the World Over:

6. Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel;7. Canada’s choral landscape;8. A multiplicity of voices: choral music in the United States;9. A hundred years of choral music in Latin America, 1908–2008;10. Choral music in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea;11. New voices in ancient lands: choral music in South and Southeast Asia;12. From chanting Quran to singing oratorio: choral music in West and Central Asia;13. Voices of the Pacific: the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania;

14. Choral music in Africa: history, content, and performance practice;Part III. Choral Philosophy, Practice, and Pedagogy:15. Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children’s chorus;16. Exploring the universal voice;17. Authentic choral music experience as ‘good work’: the practice of engaged musicianship;18. The making of a choir: understanding individuality and consensus in choral singing;19. A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning;20. Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes;Select bibliography.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, general readersSeries: Cambridge Companions to Music

May 2012 247 x 174 mm 320pp 3 b/w illus. 17 music examples 978-0-521-11173-7 Hardback c. £48.00



71Art and Architecture

Architecture of the SAcred

SpAce, rituAl, And experience from clASSicAl Greece

to ByzAntium

edited By

BonnA d. WeScoAt • roBert G. ouSterhoutArchitecture of the SacredSpace, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium

Edited by Bonna D. WescoatEmory University, Atlanta

and Robert G. OusterhoutUniversity of Pennsylvania

DescriptionIn this book, a distinguished team of authors explores the way space, place, architecture and ritual interact to construct sacred experience in the historical cultures of the eastern Mediterranean . Essays address fundamental issues and features that enable buildings to perform as spiritually transformative spaces in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, early Christian andByzantinecivilizations.Collectivelytheydemonstratethemultiplewaysinwhichworksof architecture and their settings were active agents in the ritual process . Architecture did not merely host events; rather, it magnified and elevated them, interacting with rituals facilitating the construction of ceremony . This book examines comparatively the ways in which ideas and situations generated by the interaction of place, built environment, ritual action and memory contributed to the cultural formulation of the sacred experience in different religious faiths .

Key Features

• Notgeographicallyorculturallylimited,butinsteadaddressesGreek,Roman,EarlyChristian,JewishandByzantineconstructionsof sacred space

• Theauthors,chieflyarchaeologists,arefundamentallygroundedinthecomplexmaterialremains;exploringconstructionsofsanctity from ‘the ground up’

• Severalessaysintroducepreviouslyunpublishedmaterial

ContentsPreface;1. Material culture and ritual: state of the question;2. Monumental steps and the shaping of ceremony;3. Coming and going in the sanctuary of the great gods, Samothrace;4. Gateways to the mysteries: the Roman propylon and in the City Eleusinion;5. Architecture and ritual in Ilion, Athens, and Rome;6. The same, but different: the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus through time;

7. Mapping sacrifice on bodies and spaces in ancient Judaism and early Christianity;8. The ‘foundation deposit’ from the Dura Europos synagogue reconsidered;9. Sight lines of sanctity at Late Antique Martyria;10. The sanctity of place and the sanctity of buildings: Jerusalem vs. Constantinople;11. Divine light: constructing the immaterial in Byzantine art and architecture;12. Architecture as a definer of sanctity in the monastery tou Libos in Constantinople;Afterword.


March 2012 253 x 177 mm 440pp 151 b/w illus. 978-1-107-00823-6 Hardback £60.00



72 Engineering

CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Simulation of Living Systems

Biosimulation

Daniel A. Beard

∂c∂t = v. c + . D c+r∆ ∆ ∆

P A B

P B A= e −∆ G AB / (RT)

dpj (t)dt

= ∑QijPi − ∑QjiPji≠j i≠j

BiosimulationSimulation of Living Systems

Daniel A. BeardMedical College of Wisconsin

DescriptionThispracticalguidetobiosimulationprovidesthehands-onexperienceneededtodevise,designandanalyzesimulationsofbiophysicalprocessesforapplicationsinbiologicalandbiomedicalsciences.Throughreal-worldcasestudiesandworkedexamples,studentswill develop and apply basic operations through to advanced concepts, covering a wide range of biophysical topics including chemical kinetics and thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and cellular electrophysiology . Each chapter is built around case studies in a givenapplicationarea,withsimulationsofrealbiologicalsystemsdevelopedtoanalyzeandinterpretdata.Open-endedproject-basedexercisesareprovidedattheendofeachchapter,and with all data and computer codes available online (www .cambridge .org/biosim) students can quickly and easily run, manipulate, exploreandexpandontheexamplesinside.Thishands-onguideisidealforuseonseniorundergraduate/graduatecoursesandalsoasaself-studyguideforanyonewhoneedstodevelopcomputationalmodelsofbiologicalsystems.

Key Features

• Provideshands-onexperiencefordevising,designingandanalyzingsimulationsofbiophysicsprocesses

• Developsthroughreal-worldcasestudiesandpracticalworkedexamples

• Allcomputercodesfortheexamplesinthebookareprovidedonlinesostudentscanusetheexamplecodesasastartingpointtodevelop their own applications

Contents1. Introduction to simulation of biological systems;2. Transport and reaction of solutes in biological systems;3. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling;4. Cardiovascular systems simulation;

5. Chemical reaction systems: thermodynamics;6. Chemical reaction systems: kinetics;7. Chemical reaction systems: large-scale systems simulation;8. Cellular electrophysiology;9. Appendices: mathematical and computational techniques.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9780521768238 Computer code for all examples

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, academic researchersSeries: CambridgeTextsinBiomedicalEngineering

April 2012 247 x 174 mm 300pp 115 b/w illus. 19 tables 50 exercises 978-0-521-76823-8 Hardback c. £50.00



73Astronomy

Observing the

Solar SystemThe modern astronomer’s guide

Gerald NorthObserving the Solar SystemThe Modern Astronomer’s Guide

Gerald North

DescriptionWrittenbyawell-knownandexperiencedamateurastronomer,thisisapracticalprimerforallaspiringobserversoftheplanetsandotherSolarSystemobjects.Whetheryouarea beginner or more advanced astronomer, you will find all you need in this book to help developyourknowledgeandskillsandmoveontothenextlevelofobserving.Thisup-to-date,self-containedguideprovidesadetailedandwide-rangingbackgroundtoSolarSystem astronomy, along with extensive practical advice and resources . Topics covered include: traditional visual observing techniques using telescopes and ancillary equipment; how to go about imaging astronomical bodies; how to conduct measurements and research ofscientificallyusefulquality;thelatestobservingandimagingtechniques.Whetheryourinterests lie in observing aurorae, meteors, the Sun, the Moon, asteroids, comets, or any of the major planets, you will find all you need here to help you get started .

Key Features

• Hands-on,practicaladviceforamateurastronomerswantingtoobservetheplanetsandotherSolarSystemobjects

• Detailedbackgroundknowledgethatgivesmeaningandpurposetothepracticalwork

• Suitableforarangeofknowledgeandexperience,fromnear-beginnerstothemoreadvancedpractitioner

• Canbeusedbythosewithequipmentrangingfrombasictoadvanced

Contents1. Earth and sky;2. Moon and planet observer’s hardware;3. The Solar System framed;4. Stacking up the Solar System;5. Our Moon;6. Mercury and Venus;7. Mars;

8. Jupiter;9. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune;10. Small worlds;11. Comets;12. Our daytime star;Appendices;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: amateurs/enthusiasts

May 2012 246 x 189 mm 500pp 220 b/w illus. 16 colour illus. 3 tables 978-0-521-89751-8 Hardback c. £28.00



74 Astronomy

The New MoonWater, Exploration, and Future Habitation

Arlin CrottsColumbia University, New York

DescriptionExplore Earth’s closest neighbor, the Moon, in this fascinating and timely book and discover what we should expect from this seeminglyfamiliarbutstrange,newfrontier.WhatstartlingdiscoveriesarebeinguncoveredontheMoon?WhatwillthesetellusaboutourplaceintheUniverse?HowcanexploringtheMoonbenefitdevelopmentonEarth?DiscovertheroleoftheMooninEarth’s past and present; read about the lunar environment and how it could be made more habitable for humans; consider whether continuedexplorationoftheMoonisjustified;andviewrareApollo-eraphotosandfilmstills.Thisisacompletestoryofthehumanlunarexperience,presentingmanyinterestingbutlittle-knownandsignificanteventsinlunarscienceforthefirsttime.Itwillappealto anyone wanting to know more about the stunning discoveries being uncovered on the Moon .

Key Features

• Acompletestoryofthehumanlunarexperience,presentingmanyfactsabouttheMoonforthefirsttime

• Answersmanyfascinatingquestionsaboutthelunarenvironment,howitcouldbemadehabitableforhumansandwhethercontinued exploration of the Moon is justified

• PresentsrecentadvancesinourunderstandingofthenatureofwaterontheMoon,alongwithlittle-knownfactsfromthespacerace

ContentsPreface;1. The importance of the Moon;2. First steps;3. Moon/Mars;4. An international flotilla;

5. Moon rise from the ashes;6. Moons past;7. The pull of the far side;8. False seas, real seas;9. Inconstant Moon;

10. Moonlighting;11. Lunar living room;12. Lunar power;13. Stepping stone;14. Return to Earth;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: general readers, amateurs/enthusiasts

May 2012 246 x 189 mm 400pp 90 b/w illus. 3 tables 5 exercises 978-0-521-76224-3 Hardback c. £22.99



75Astronomy

Introduction to Planetary GeomorphologyRonald GreeleyArizona State University

DescriptionNearly all major planets and moons in our Solar System have been visited by spacecraft and the data they have returned has revealed the incredible diversity of planetary surfaces . Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological evolution of the planets and moons . Introductory chapters discuss how information gathered from spacecraft is used to unravel the geological complexities of our Solar System . Subsequent chapters focus on current understandings of planetary systems . The textbook shows how planetary images andremotesensingdataareanalyzedthroughtheapplicationoffundamentalgeologicalprinciples . It draws on results from spacecraft sent throughout the Solar System by NASA and other space agencies . Aimed at undergraduate students in planetary geology, geoscience, astronomy and solar system science, it highlightsthedifferencesandsimilaritiesofthesurfacesatalevelthatcanbereadilyunderstoodbynon-specialists.

Key Features

• Featuresover300imagesfromSolarSystemspacecraftmissions

• Explainsplanetarygeologyatalevelaccessibletoundergraduateswithoutastronggeosciencebackground

• Outlinesthefundamentalsofplanetaryscience,drawingondatafrompreviousandongoingplanetaryspacecraft

Contents1. Introduction;2. Planetary geomorphology methods;3. Planetary morphologic processes;4. Earth’s moon;5. Mercury;6. Venus;

7. Mars;8. The Jupiter system;9. Saturn system;10. The Uranus and Neptune systems;11. Planetary geoscience future;Index.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9780521867115 Colour versions of a selection of images from the book

Additional InformationCourses: Planetary Geology, Planetary Science, Astronomy – Solar SystemLevel: undergraduate students, graduate students

June 2012 276 x 219 mm 240pp 369 b/w illus. 12 tables 62 exercises 978-0-521-86711-5 Hardback c. £45.00

INTRODUCTION TO

PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGYRonald Greeley



76 Life Sciences

Evolutionand BEliEfConfessions of a Religious Paleontologist

R o B E R t J . a s h E R

Evolution and BeliefConfessions of a Religious Paleontologist

Robert J. AsherUniversity of Cambridge

DescriptionCanascientistbelieveinGod?Doestheongoingdebatebetweensomeevolutionistsandevangelicalsshowthatthetwosidesareirreconcilable?Asapaleontologistandareligious believer, Robert Asher constantly confronts the perceived conflict between his occupation and his faith . In the course of his scientific work, he has found that no other theory comes close to Darwin’s as an explanation for our world’s incredible biodiversity . Recounting discoveries in molecular biology, paleontology and development, Asher reveals the remarkable evidence in favor of Darwinian evolution . In outlining the scope of Darwin’s idea, Asher shows how evolution describes the cause of biodiversity, rather than the agency behindit.Hedrawsalinebetweensuperstitionandreligion,recognizingthatatheismisnottheinevitableconclusionofevolutionarytheory.Byliberatingevolutionfromitsmisappropriated religious implications, Asher promotes a balanced awareness that contributes to our understanding of biology and Earth history .

Key Features

• Makesanimportantcontributiontothe‘evolutionvs.science’debate,addressingthepopularmisunderstandingthatascientistcannot be religious

• Explainshowbiologistsreachtheirunderstandingofevolutionusingdifferentbodiesofevidence,makingthetopicaccessibletoanyone with an interest in the field

• Arguesthatscientificinquiryisasubsetofrationality,fosteringabetterappreciationofhowitispossibletoberationalwithoutnecessarily being scientific

ContentsAcknowledgments;Prologue;1. Science and religion;2. Evolution as a science;3. Characters and common descent;

4. The fossil record;5. The roots of mammals;6. A brief history of elephants;7. Whales are no fluke;8. Creationism: the fossils still say no!;

9. DNA and the Tree of Life;10. DNA and information ‘creation’;11. Biology and probability;12. Evolution, education, and conclusions;Bibliography;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, general readers

February 2012 228 x 152 mm 300pp 31 b/w illus. 3 tables 978-0-521-19383-2 Hardback £15.99



77Life Sciences

From Biology to Computer Science

Terry BoSSomaier

introduction to the

SensesIntroduction to the SensesFrom Biology to Computer Science

Terry BossomaierCharles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales

DescriptionAnunderstandingofthesenses–vision,hearing,touch,chemicalandothernon-humansenses – is important not only for many fields of biology but also in applied areas such as humancomputerinteraction,roboticsandcomputergames.Usinginformationtheoryasaunifyingframework,thisisawide-rangingsurveyofsensorysystems,coveringallknownsenses . The book draws on three unifying principles to examine senses: the Nyquist sampling theorem; Shannon’s information theory; and the creation of different streams of information to subserve different tasks . This framework is used to discuss the fascinating role of sensory adaptation in the context of environment and lifestyle . Providing a fundamental grounding in sensory perception, the book then demonstrates how this knowledge can be applied to the designofhuman-computerinterfacesandvirtualenvironments.Itisanidealresourceforbothgraduateandundergraduatestudentsof biology, engineering (robotics) and computer science .

Key Features

• Usesinformationtheoryasaunifyingframeworktoprovideawide-rangingsurveyofsensorysystems,coveringallknownsenses

• Separatesfunctionfrombiologicaldetail,enablingaclearexplanationoffunctionalityofsensorycomponents

• Providestoolsformeasuringsensoryperformance,withchaptersdescribingusefulmathematicaltechniques,notablyFourieranalysis, Shannon information theory and Nyquist sampling

ContentsForeword;1. Introduction and overview;2. Understanding sensory systems;3. Introduction to Fourier theory;4. Introduction to information theory;5. Hearing;

6. Basic strategies of vision;7. The correspondence problem: stereoscopic vision, binaural hearing and movement;8. The properties of surfaces: colour and texture;9. Non-human sensory systems;10. Sensory integration;References;Index.


April 2012 247 x 174 mm 350pp 60 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 12 tables 978-0-521-81266-5 Hardback c. £45.00



78 Life Sciences

BioethicsAn Introduction

Marianne TalbotUniversity of Oxford

DescriptionAn understanding of the ethical implications of their work is now essential for all scientists . This accessible textbook clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations to science students, enabling them to confidently take part in the key ethical debatesofbiotechnology.Over200activitiesintroducetopicsforpersonalreflectionanddiscussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments . Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, each chapter features boxes providing factual information and outlining the philosophical background . Accompanying onlinepodcastsbytheauthor(twoofwhosepodcastsoniTunesUhaveattractedover3million downloads) explain points that might be difficult for beginners . Detailed case studies provideaninsightintoreal-lifeexamplesofbioethicalproblems.Within-chapteressayquestionsandquizzes,alongwithend-of-chapter review questions, allow students to check their understanding and encourage broader thinking about the topics discussed .

Key Features

• Explainsbioethicalissuesandtheirphilosophicalfoundationstosciencestudents,providingthemwiththeframeworkneededtoconfidently take part in current ethical debates around biotechnology

• Over200activitieswithinandattheendofchaptersprovidetopicsforpersonalreflection,pairedandgroupdiscussions,quizzesand essay questions

• Onlineresourcesincludeauthorpodcastsexplainingkeyphilosophicalconcepts,distinctions,ideasandarguments,plusextrapractice questions, links to websites and topical newspaper articles



79Life Sciences

ContentsPreface;Using this book;Notes for instructors;Part I. Bioethics and Ethics:1. Biotechnology and bioethics: what it’s all about;2. Ethics in general: ethics, action and freedom;3. Ethics in the context of society: ethics, society and the law;4. Ethical theories: virtue, duty and happiness;5. Identifying and evaluating arguments: logic and morality;6. General arguments: unnatural, disgusting, risky, only opinion;Part II. The Beginning and End of Life:

Section 1. Cloning:7. Therapeutic cloning: the moral status of embryos;8. Reproductive cloning: science and science fiction;Section 2. Reproduction:9. Reproductive freedom: rights, responsibilities and choice;10. The resources of reproduction: eggs, sperm and wombs for sale;11. Screening and embryo selection: eliminating disorders or people?;Section 3. Ageing and Death:12. Ageing and immortality: the search for longevity;13. Death and killing: the quality and value of life;Part III. In The Midst of Life:

Section 4. Our Duties to Ourselves:14. Human enhancement: the more the better?;15. Bio-information: databases, privacy and the fight against crime;16. Security and defence: security sensitivity, publication and warfare;Section 5. Our Duties to Each Other:17. Food and energy security: GM food, biofuel and the media;18. Bio-ownership: who owns the stuff of life?;19. Human justice: the developed and developing worlds;Section 6. Our Duties to Nature:20. Non-human animals: consciousness, rationality and animal rights;21. The living and non-living environment: spaceship Earth;Index.

Additional Resources: http://www .cambridge .org/9780521888332 Onlineauthorpodcasts,extrapracticequestionsandlinkstowebsites

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, undergraduate students

April 2012 246 x 189 mm 400pp 54 b/w illus. 1 table 233 exercises 978-0-521-88833-2 Hardback c. £55.00


80 Physical Sciences

GrapheneCarbon in Two Dimensions

Mikhail I. Katsnelson

GrapheneCarbon in Two Dimensions

Mikhail I. KatsnelsonRadboud Universiteit Nijmegen

DescriptionGraphene is the thinnest known material, a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal cells a single atom thick, and yet stronger than diamond . It has potentially significant applicationsinnanotechnology,‘beyond-silicon’electronics,solid-staterealizationofhigh-energy phenomena and as a prototype membrane which could revolutionise soft matter and 2D physics . In this book, leading graphene research theorist Mikhail Katsnelson presents thebasicconceptsofgraphenephysics.TopicscoveredincludeBerryphase,topologicallyprotectedzeromodes,Kleintunneling,vacuumreconstructionnearsupercriticalcharges,anddeformation-inducedgaugefields.Thebookalsointroducesthetheoryofflexiblemembranes relevant to graphene physics and discusses electronic transport, optical properties,magnetismandspintronics.Standardundergraduate-levelknowledgeofquantumandstatisticalphysicsandsolidstate theory is assumed . This is an important textbook for graduate students in nanoscience and nanotechnology and an excellent introduction for physicists and materials science researchers working in related areas .

Key Features

• Themostcomprehensivebookavailableongraphene,oneofthehottestsubjectsinmodernscience

• Theconnectionsofgraphenephysicswithfundamentalphysics(relativisticquantummechanics,fieldtheory,basicstatisticalmechanics)areemphasizedandexplainedindetail,providingunderstandingofthebasictheoreticalphysics

• Topicsarecarefullyselected,providingaconciseintroductionsufficienttofluentlyreadresearchliteratureandtostartnewresearch work in the field

ContentsPreface;1. Electronic structure of ideal graphene;2. Electron states in magnetic fields;3. Quantum transport via evanescent waves;4. Klein paradox and chiral tunneling;5. Edges, nanoribbons and quantum dots;6. Point defects;

7. Optics and response functions;8. Coulomb problem;9. Crystal lattice dynamics and thermodynamics;10. Gauge fields and strain engineering;11. Scattering mechanisms and transport properties;12. Spin effects and magnetism;References;Index.


April 2012 247 x 174 mm 300pp 101 b/w illus. 978-0-521-19540-9 Hardback c. £45.00



81Physical Sciences

Turbulence pervades our world, from weather patterns to the airentering our lungs. This book describes methods that reveal itsstructures and dynamics. Building on the existence of coherentstructures – recurrent patterns – in turbulent flows, it describesmathematical methods that reduce the governing (Navier–Stokes)equations to simpler forms that can be understood more easily.

This Second Edition contains a new chapter on the balanced properorthogonal decomposition: a method derived from control theorythat is especially useful for flows equipped with sensors and actuators. It also reviews relevant work carried out since 1995.

The book is ideal for engineering, physical science, and mathematics researchers working in fluid dynamics andother areas in which coherent patterns emerge.

From reviews of the First Edition

“The reviewer heartily recommends this lucid and wholly admirableaccount of a new approach to an ancient riddle.”

American Scientist

“ … a valuable addition to the shelves of any researcher, educator,or engineer interested in the relationship between turbulence, low-dimensional dynamical systems, and stochastic processes.”

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

“The book is highly recommended to anyone working in or embarking on research in this field.”

The Aeronautical Journal

Holm

es, Lumley,

Berkooz and R

owley

Turbulence,CoherentStructures,DynamicalSystems andSymmetry

Philip Holmes, John L. Lumley, Gahl Berkooz and Clarence W. Rowley

Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics

Second Edition

Turbulence, Coherent Structures, D

ynamical System

s and Sym

metry Second Edition

HOLMES: TURBULENCE, COHERENT, STRUCTURES PPC CMYBLK

Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and SymmetrySecond edition

Philip HolmesPrinceton University, New Jersey

John L. LumleyCornell University, New York

Gahl BerkoozFord Motor Company

and Clarence W. RowleyPrinceton University, New Jersey

DescriptionTurbulence pervades our world, from weather patterns to the air entering our lungs . This book describes methods that reveal its structuresanddynamics.Buildingontheexistenceofcoherentstructures–recurrentpatterns–inturbulentflows,itdescribesmathematical methods that reduce the governing (Navier–Stokes) equations to simpler forms that can be understood more easily . This second edition contains a new chapter on the balanced proper orthogonal decomposition: a method derived from control theory that is especially useful for flows equipped with sensors and actuators . It also reviews relevant work carried out since 1995 . The book is ideal for engineering, physical science and mathematics researchers working in fluid dynamics and other areas in which coherent patterns emerge .

Key Features

• Describesthemathematicalmethodsthatreducethegoverningequationstosimplerformsthatcanbeunderstoodmoreeasily

• Containsanewchapteronthebalancedproperorthogonaldecomposition:amethodderivedfromcontroltheorythatisespecially useful for flows equipped with sensors and actuators

• Idealforresearchersworkingonfluiddynamicsandmanyotherareasinwhichcoherentpatternsemerge,includingengineers,physical scientists and applied mathematicians

ContentsPart I. Turbulence:1. Introduction;2. Coherent structures;3. Proper orthogonal decomposition;4. Galerkin projection;5. Balanced proper orthogonal decomposition;

Part II. Dynamical Systems:6. Qualitative theory;7. Symmetry;8. One-dimensional ‘turbulence’;9. Randomly-perturbed systems;Part III. The Boundary Layer:

10. Low-dimensional models;11. Behaviour of the models;Part IV. Other Applications and Related Work:12. Some other fluid problems;13. Review: prospects for rigor;Index.

Additional InformationLevel: graduate students, academic researchersSeries: Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics

February 2012 247 x 174 mm 500pp 110 b/w illus. 978-1-107-00825-0 Hardback £50.00



82 Physical Sciences

Foundations of Space and TimeReflections on Quantum Gravity

Edited by Jeff MuruganUniversity of Cape Town

Amanda WeltmanUniversity of Cape Town

and George F. R. EllisUniversity of Cape Town

DescriptionAfter almost a century, the field of quantum gravity remains as difficult and inspiring as ever . Today, it finds itself a field divided, with two major contenders dominating: string theory, the leadingexemplificationofthecovariantquantizationprogram;andloopquantumgravity,thecanonicalschemebasedonDirac’sconstrainedHamiltonianquantization.However,therearenowanumberofotherinnovativeschemes providing promising new avenues . Encapsulating the latest debates on this topic, this book details the different approaches to understanding the very nature of space and time . It brings together leading researchers in each of these approaches to quantum gravity to explore these competing possibilities in an open way . Its comprehensive coverage explores all the current approaches to solving the problem of quantum gravity, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, to give researchers and graduatestudentsanup-to-dateviewofthefield.

Key Features

• Detailsthelatestdebatesonunderstandingtheverynatureofspaceandtime

• Leadingresearchersexaminethecurrentapproachestosolvingtheproblemofquantumgravity,addressingtheirstrengthsandweaknesses

• Givesanup-to-dateviewofthefield

Contents1. The problem with quantum gravity;2. A dialogue on the nature of gravity;3. Effective theories and modifications of gravity;4. The small scale structure of spacetime;5. Ultraviolet divergences in supersymmetric theories;6. Cosmological quantum billiards;

7. Progress in RNS string theory and pure spinors;8. Recent trends in superstring phenomenology;9. Emergent spacetime;10. Loop quantum gravity;11. Loop quantum gravity and cosmology;12. The microscopic dynamics of quantum space as a group field theory;

13. Causal dynamical triangulations and the quest for quantum gravity;14. Proper time is stochastic time in 2D quantum gravity;15. Logic is to the quantum as geometry is to gravity;16. Causal sets: discreteness without symmetry breaking;17. The Big Bang, quantum gravity, and black-hole information loss;Index.





83Earth Sciences

AntarcticaGlobal Science from a Frozen Continent

Edited by David WaltonBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

DescriptionAntarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth – a place for adventure and a key area for global science . Research conducted there has received increasing international attentionduetoconcernsoverdestructionoftheozonelayerandtheproblemofglobalwarming and melting ice shelves . This dramatically illustrated new book brings together an international group of leading Antarctic scientists to explain why the Antarctic is so central to understanding the history and potential fate of our planet . It introduces the beauty of the world’s greatest wilderness, its remarkable attributes and the global importance of the international science done there . Spanning topics from marine biology to space science this book is an accessible overview for anyone interested in the Antarctic and its science and governance . It provides a valuable summary for those involved in polar management and is an inspiration for the next generation of Antarctic researchers .

Key Features

• DemonstrateswhyAntarcticsciencehasbearingonglobalproblems,allowingthereadertounderstandhowevenremotechangesintheAntarcticsuchasthebreak-upoftheiceshelfcanhaverealimpactsoneverydaylife

• Illustratedincolourthroughout,emphasisingtheoutstandingnaturalbeautyofAntarctica

• Presentssomeofthekeyevidenceforclimatechangeoverarangeofdifferentperiodsinanunderstandableformat

• Scientistsfromover30countrieshaveworkedtogetherfor50yearsinAntarctica:thisbookbringstogetherthisvital,co-operativeresearch to provide unique information on key global issues

ContentsIntroduction;1. Discovering the unknown continent;2. The continental jigsaw;3. Ice with everything;4. Climate of extremes;5. Stormy and icy seas;6. Life in a cold environment;

7. Space research from Antarctica;8. Living and working in the cold;9. Scientists together on the ice;10. Managing the frozen commons;11. Antarctica and global change;Appendix: visiting Antarctica;Appendix: further reading.

Additional InformationLevel: academic researchers, general readers

March 2012 246 x 189 mm 300pp 10 b/w illus. 185 colour illus. 10 maps 10 tables 978-1-107-00392-7 Hardback c. £35.00



84 Earth Sciences

Air Pollution

and GlobAlWArminG

History, science, and solutions

second edition

mark Z. Jacobson

Air Pollution and Global WarmingHistory, Science, and SolutionsSecond edition

Mark Z. JacobsonStanford University, California

DescriptionThis new edition of Mark Jacobson’s textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of the major air pollution and climate problems that face the world today, as well as the energy and policy solutions to those problems . Every chapter has been broughtcompletelyup-to-datewithnewdata,figures,andtext.Thereisanewadditionalchapteronlarge-scalesolutionstoclimateandairpollutionproblems.Manymorecolorphotographs and diagrams and many additional examples and homework problems have been added . This is an ideal introductory textbook on air pollution for students taking courses in atmospheric chemistry and physics, meteorology, environmental science, Earth science, civil and environmental engineering, chemistry, environmental law and politics, and city planning and regulation . It will also form a valuable reference text for researchers, and an introduction to the subject for general audiences .

Key Features

• Comprehensiveintroductiontothescience,policyandhistoryofairpollution

• Excellentbalanceofscience,regulationandhistory

• Illustratedinfullcolor

• Secondeditionbroughtfullup-to-dateandincludingcoverageofglobalwarming

online PDF figures for instructor use

worked solutions to student exercises online for instructors

Contents1. Basics and discovery of atmospheric chemicals;2. The sun, the Earth, and the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere;3. Structure and composition of the present-day atmosphere;4. Urban air pollution;5. Aerosol particles in the polluted and global atmosphere;6. Effects of meteorology on air pollution;

7. Effects of pollution on visibility, UV radiation, and colors in the sky;8. International regulation of urban smog since the 1940s;9. Indoor air pollution;10. Acid deposition;11. Global stratospheric ozone reduction;12. The greenhouse effect and global warming;13. Energy solutions to air pollution and global warming.

Additional InformationCourses: Atmospheric Pollution, Air Pollution, Air QualityDepartments: Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Geography, ChemistryLevel: undergraduate students

June 2012 228 x 152 mm 200pp 238 colour illus. 71 tables 978-1-107-69115-5 Paperback c. £45.00



85Earth Sciences

EarthIts Birth and Growth

Second edition

th

E

Minoru OzimaJun Korenaga Qing-Zhu Yin

The EarthIts Birth and GrowthSecond edition

Minoru OzimaUniversity of Tokyo

Jun KorenagaYale University, Connecticut

and Qing-Zhu YinUniversity of California, Davis

DescriptionA clear understanding of the Earth’s past evolution can provide the key to its possible future development . TheEarth:ItsBirthandGrowth explores the evolution of the Earth over 4 .6 billion years using basic reasoning and simple illustrations to help explain the underlying physical and chemical principles and major processes involved . Fully updated and revised, this rigorous but accessible second edition includes three completely new chapters . It incorporates exciting developments in isotope geology, placing results within a wider framework of Earth evolution and plate tectonics . Some background in physics and chemistryisassumed,butbasictheoriesandprocessesareexplainedconciselyinself-containedsections.Keyresearchpapersandreview articles are fully referenced . This book is ideal as supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate students in isotope geochemistry, geodynamics, plate tectonics and planetary science . It also provides an enjoyable overview of Earth’s evolution for professional scientists and general readers .

Key Features

• Completerevisionofthefirsteditionwith50%morematerial,includingthreecompletelynewchaptersandmanymoreillustrations

• Easilyreadablestyle,avoidingmathematics,makesthisfascinatingaccountaccessibletoeveryonefromstudentsandprofessionals to general readers

• Chapter10presentsauniqueandoriginalapproachdevelopedbytheauthors,parallelingtheMoonwiththeancientEarth,whichwill interest Earth and planetary scientists

ContentsPreface to the second edition;Preface to the first edition;1. Heat from within: energy supporting the dynamic Earth;2. At the time of Earth’s birth;3. Formation of the layered structure of Earth;4. Time scale of Earth’s evolution;5. Plate tectonics evolution;

6. Evolution of the mantle;7. Origin of the atmosphere and oceans;8. Isotopes as DNA of nature;9. Earth’s magnetism;10. Moon: a looking glass to mirror the ancient Earth;11. The past and future of the evolving Earth;References;Index.


March 2012 228 x 152 mm 170pp 30 b/w illus. 10 tables 978-0-521-76025-6 Hardback c. £60.00



86 Mathematics

Alan M. TuringSecond edition

Sara TuringAfterword by John F. TuringForeword by Lyn Irvine

Description‘In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own .’ So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing’s name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s . The story of Turing’s life fascinates and in the years since his suicide, Turing’s reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence and computational biology have become better appreciated . To commemorate the centenary of Turing’s birth, this republication of his mother’s biography is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis andanever-before-publishedmemoirbyAlan’solderbrother.Thecontrastbetweenthismemoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turing’s relationship with his family, and on the man himself .

Key Features

• Never-before-publishedcontributionfromAlan’sbrother,JohnTuring

• Uniquepersonalinsightsfromfamily,friends,teachersandcolleagues

• ChartsTuring’slifefromearlychildhoodthroughtohisdeathin1954

ContentsForeword to the Second Edition;Foreword to the First Edition;Preface;Part I. Mainly Biographical:1. Family background;2. Childhood and early boyhood;3. At Sherborne school;

4. At Cambridge;5. At the Graduate College, Princeton;6. Some characteristics;7. War work in the foreign office;8. At the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington;9. Work with the Manchester Automatic Digital Machine;10. Morphogenesis;

11. Relaxation;12. Last days and some tributes;Part II. Containing Computing Machinery and Morphogenesis:13. Computing machinery;14. Chemical theory of morphogenesis considered;Afterword;Bibliography;Index.

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‘In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.’

So is described one of the greatest figures of the 20th century, yet someone who was barely known beyond mathematical corridors till the revelations in the 1970s. it was then that Alan Turing’s critical contributions to the breaking of the german Enigma code and the development of computer science, along with the circumstances of his suicide at the height of his powers, became widely known.

From the rather odd, precocious, gauche boy through an adolescence in which his mathematical ability began to blossom, to the achievements of his maturity, the story of Turing’s life fascinates. in the years since his suicide, Turing’s reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence and computational biology have become better appreciated. To commemorate the centenary of Turing’s birth, this republication of his mother’s biography, unavailable for many years, is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before published memoir by Alan’s older brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turing’s relationship with his family, and on the man himself.

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TuringCentenary Edition

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87Mathematics

Relational Knowledge DiscoveryM. E. MüllerHochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

DescriptionWhatisknowledgeandhowisitrepresented?Thisbookfocusesontheideaofformalisingknowledge as relations, interpreting knowledge represented in databases or logic programs as relational data and discovering new knowledge by identifying hidden and defining new relations . After a brief introduction to representational issues, the author develops a relational language for abstract machine learning problems . He then uses this language to discuss traditional methods such as clustering and decision tree induction, before moving onto two previously underestimated topics that are just coming to the fore: rough set data analysis and inductive logic programming . Its clear and precise presentation is ideal for undergraduate computer science students . The book will also interest those who study artificial intelligence or machine learning at the graduate level . Exercises are provided and each concept is introduced using the same example domain, making it easier to compare the individual properties of different approaches .

Key Features

• Materialhasbeentriedandtestedinuniversitycoursesbytheauthor

• Necessarytheoreticalbackgroundisprovided

• Exercisesareinterwoventhroughoutsoreaderscanprogressconfidentlythroughthebook

Contents1. Introduction;2. Relational knowledge;3. From data to hypotheses;4. Clustering;5. Information gain;6. Knowledge and relations;

7. Rough set theory;8. Inductive logic learning;9. Ensemble learning;10. The logic of knowledge;11. Indexes and bibliography;Bibliography;Index.

Additional InformationCourses: Machine LearningDepartments: Computer Science, Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent SystemsLevel: undergraduate students, graduate students

March 2012 247 x 174 mm 288pp 50 b/w illus. 100 exercises 978-0-521-19021-3 Hardback c. £60.00



88 Mathematics

Martin anthony Michele harvey

Linear aLgebraConcepts and Methods

Linear Algebra: Concepts and MethodsMartin AnthonyLondon School of Economics and Political Science

and Michele HarveyLondon School of Economics and Political Science

DescriptionAny student studying linear algebra will welcome this textbook, which provides a thorough, yet concise, treatment of key topics in university linear algebra courses . The authors, who have extensive teaching experience, provide hundreds of examples and exercises with a complete list of solutions, to enable students to practise and master the standard methods . Crucially, the authors also give clear explanations of how the methods really work, so that readerscangainasoundunderstandingoftheunderlyingtheory.End-of-chaptersectionssummarise the material to help students consolidate their learning as they progress through the book . At every stage the authors take care to ensure that the discussion is no more complicated or abstract than it needs to be and focuses only on the fundamental topics . Instructors can draw on the many examples and exercises to supplement their own assignments .

Key Features

• Suitableasacoursetextandalsoidealforself-study

• Hundredsofexercisesandsolutionsprovideplentyofhands-onpractice

• Easiertonavigatethanotherlengthytexts

• Studentswillenjoymasteringtechniquesoncetheyunderstandhowtheyreallywork

• Linkstogethertopicssostudentsunderstandthesubjectasacohesivewhole

ContentsPreface;Preliminaries: before we begin;1. Matrices and vectors;2. Systems of linear equations;3. Matrix inversion and determinants;

4. Rank, range and linear equations;5. Vector spaces;6. Linear independence, bases and dimension;7. Linear transformations and change of basis;8. Diagonalisation;9. Applications of diagonalisation;

10. Inner products and orthogonality;11. Orthogonal diagonalisation and its applications;12. Direct sums and projections;13. Complex matrices and vector spaces;14. Comments on exercises;Index.

Additional InformationCourses: Linear AlgebraDepartments: Mathematics, Computer Science, EngineeringLevel: undergraduate students

March 2012 247 x 174 mm 536pp 20 b/w illus. 150 exercises 978-0-521-27948-2 Paperback c. £29.99



89Mathematics

MASTERING MATHEMATICAL FINANCE

MAREK CAPINSKI EKKEHARD KOPP

Discrete Models of Financial Markets

Discrete Models of Financial MarketsMarek CapinskiAGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow

and Ekkehard KoppUniversity of Hull

DescriptionThis book explains in simple settings the fundamental ideas of financial market modelling andderivativepricing,usingtheno-arbitrageprinciple.Relativelyelementarymathematicsleadstopowerfulnotionsandtechniques–suchasviability,completeness,self-financingand replicating strategies, arbitrage and equivalent martingale measures – which are directly applicable in practice . The general methods are applied in detail to pricing and hedging European and American options within the Cox–Ross–Rubinstein (CRR) binomial tree model . A simple approach to discrete interest rate models is included, which, though elementary, hassomenovelfeatures.Allproofsarewritteninauser-friendlymanner,witheachstepcarefully explained and following a natural flow of thought . In this way the student learns how to tackle new problems .

Key Features

• WrittenspecificallyattheMaster’slevelbyexperiencedlecturers,soreaderscandiveindirectly

• Themathematicsisrigorousbutalsomotivated,soreadersseehowtoapplywhattheylearn

• Clear,conciseandshort,soreaderscanmasterthewholetopic

ContentsPreface;1. Introduction;2. Single-step asset pricing models;3. Multi-step binomial model;4. Multi-step general models;5. American options;6. Modelling bonds and interest rates;Index.

Additional InformationCourses: Mathematical FinanceLevel: graduate students, undergraduate studentsSeries: Mastering Mathematical Finance

February 2012 228 x 152 mm 200pp 10 b/w illus. 95 exercises 978-1-107-00263-0 Hardback c. £50.00


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Cambridge Companions

The Cambridge Companion to War WritingEdited by Kate McLoughlinUniversity of Glasgow

War writing is an ancient genre that continues to be of vital importance. Times of crisis push literature to its limits, requiring writers to exploit their expressive resources to the maximum in response to extreme events. This Companion focuses on British and American war writing, from Beowulf and Shakespeare to bloggers on the ‘War on Terror’. Thirteen period-based chapters are complemented by five thematic chapters and two chapters charting influences. This uniquely wide range facilitates both local and comparative study. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and includes suggestions for further reading. A chronology illustrates how key texts relate to major conflicts. The Companion also explores the latest theoretical thinking on war representation to give access to this developing area and to suggest new directions for research. In addition to students of literature, the volume will interest those working in war studies, history, and cultural studies.undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Literature

2009 228 x 152 mm 290pp 978-0-521-72004-5 Paperback £19.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521720045

The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of World War IIEdited by Marina MacKayWashington University, St Louis

The literature of World War II has emerged as an accomplished, moving, and challenging body of work, produced by writers as different as Norman Mailer and Virginia Woolf, Primo Levi and Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre and W. H. Auden. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the international literatures of the war: both those works that recorded or reflected experiences of the war as it happened, and those that tried to make sense of it afterwards. It surveys the writing produced in the major combatant nations (Britain and the Commonwealth, the USA, Japan, Germany, France,

Italy, and the USSR), and explores its common themes. With its chronology and guide to further reading, it will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration for students and scholars of modern literature and war studies.

‘This [is] a welcome book, which covers new and valuable ground. I doubt whether there is a comparable guide to such a vital and wide-ranging subject that performs its function so efficiently. … ‘Reference Reviews

undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Literature

2009 228 x 152 mm 258pp 978-0-521-88755-7 Hardback £53.00 www.cambridge.org/9780521887557

The Cambridge Companion to HemingwayEdited by Scott DonaldsonCollege of William and Mary, Virginia

This Companion serves both as an introduction for the interested reader and as a source of the best recent scholarship on the author and his works. In addition to analysing his major texts, the contributors provide insights into Hemingway’s relationship with gender history, journalism, fame and the political climate of the 1930s. The essays are framed by an introductory chapter on Hemingway and the costs of fame and an invaluable conclusion providing an overview of Hemingway scholarship from its beginnings to the present. Students will find the selected bibliography a useful guide to future research. Contributors include both distinguished established figures and brilliant newcomers, all chosen with regard to the clarity and readability of their prose.academic researchers, undergraduate studentsCambridge Companions to Literature


The Cambridge Companion to BeckettEdited by John PillingUniversity of Reading

The world fame of Samuel Beckett is due to a combination of high academic esteem and immense popularity. An innovator in prose fiction to rival Joyce, his plays have been the most influential in modern theatre history. As an author in both English and French and a writer for the page and the stage, Beckett has been the focus for specialist treatment in each of his many guises, but there have been few attempts to provide a conspectus view. This book provides thirteen introductory essays on every aspect of Beckett’s work, some paying particular attention to his most famous plays (e.g. Waiting for Godot and Endgame) and his prose fictions (e.g. the ‘trilogy’ and Murphy). Other essays tackle his radio and television drama, his theatre directing and his poetry, followed by more general issues such as Beckett’s bilingualism and his relationship to the philosophers. Reference material is provided at the front and back of the book.

‘An invaluable addition to Beckett criticism … an outstanding book, faultlessly edited and superbly presented …’.Independent on Sunday

undergraduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Literature

1994 228 x 152 mm 274pp 2 b/w illus. 2 tables 978-0-521-42413-4 Paperback £20.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521424134






This Companion has long been a standard introduction to the field.

Now fully updated and enhanced with four new chapters, it addresses

the key themes being researched, taught and studied in Modernism

today. Its interdisciplinary approach is central to its success as it

brings together readings of the many varieties of Modernism. The

catastrophe of World War I, the emergence of feminism, the race for

empire, the conflict among classes: the essays show how these events

and circumstances shaped aesthetic and literary experiments. In

doing so, they explain clearly both the precise formal innovations in

language, image, scene, and tone, and the broad historical conditions of

a movement that aspired to transform culture.

c o n t e n t sIntroduction michael levenson

The metaphysics of Modernism michael bell

The cultural economy of Modernism lawrence rainey

The Modernist novel david trotter

Modern poetry james longenbach

Modernism in drama christopher innes

Modernism and the politics of culture sara blair

Modernism and religion pericles lewis

Modernism and mass culture allison pease

Modernism and gender marianne dekoven

Musical motives in Modernism daniel albright

Modernism and the visual arts glen macleod

Modernism and film michael wood

Modernism and colonialism elleke boehmer and steven matthews

Further reading

Index

Cover illustration: Architectonic Composition, 1918 (oil on board) by Lyubov Sergeevna Popova (1889–1924).

© Private collection / The Bridgeman Art Library.

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The Cambridge Companion to ModernismSecond editionEdited by Michael LevensonUniversity of Virginia

This Companion has long been a standard introduction to the field. Now fully updated and enhanced with four new chapters, it addresses the key themes being researched, taught and studied in modernism today. Its interdisciplinary approach is central to its success as it brings together readings of the many varieties of modernism. Chapters address the major literary genres, the intellectual, religious and political contexts, and parallel developments in film, painting and music. The catastrophe of the First World War, the emergence of feminism, the race for empire, the conflict among classes: the essays show how these events and circumstances shaped aesthetic and literary experiments. In doing so, they explain clearly both the precise formal innovations in language, image, scene and tone, and the broad historical conditions of a movement that aspired to transform culture.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Companions to Literature

2011 228 x 152 mm 342pp 7 b/w illus. 978-0-521-28125-6 Paperback £17.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521281256

The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary TheoryEdited by Ellen RooneyBrown University, Rhode Island

Feminism has dramatically influenced the way literary texts are read, taught and evaluated. Feminist literary theory has deliberately transgressed traditional boundaries between literature, philosophy and the social sciences in order to understand how gender has been constructed and represented through language. This lively and thought-provoking Companion presents a range of approaches to the field. Some of the essays demonstrate feminist critical principles at work in analysing texts, while others take a step back to trace the development of a particular feminist literary method. The essays draw on a range of primary material from the medieval period to postmodernism and from several countries, disciplines and genres. Each essay suggests further reading to explore this field further. This is the most accessible guide available both for students of literature new to this developing field, and for students

of gender studies and readers interested in the interactions of feminism, literary criticism and literature.undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Literature

2006 228 x 152 mm 320pp 978-0-521-80706-7 Hardback £58.00 www.cambridge.org/9780521807067Rights sold in Montenegran

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese CultureEdited by Kam LouieAustralian National University, Canberra

At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, from ‘high culture’ such as literature, religion and philosophy to more popular issues such as sport, cinema, performance and the internet. Each chapter is written by a world expert in the field. Invaluable for students of Chinese studies, this book includes a glossary of key terms, a chronology and a guide to further reading. For the interested reader or traveler, it reveals a dynamic, diverse and fascinating culture, many aspects of which are now elucidated in English for the first time.undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchers, general readersCambridge Companions to Culture

2008 228 x 152 mm 424pp 11 b/w illus. 2 tables 978-0-521-68190-2 Paperback £18.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521681902

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American CultureEdited by John KingUniversity of Warwick

The term Latin America refers to the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s following the wars of independence, states that differed enormously in geographical and demographical scale, ethnic composition and economic resources, yet shared distinct historical and cultural traits. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts explore the unity and diversity of the region’s cultural expressions. These essays analyse history and politics from the nineteenth century to the present day and consider the heritage of pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America. There is a particular focus on narrative as well as on poetry, art and architecture, music, cinema, theatre, and broader issues of popular culture. A final chapter looks at the strong and rapidly expanding influence of latino/a culture in the United States. A chronology and guides to further reading are included, making this volume an invaluable introduction to the rich and varied culture of modern Latin America.

‘… no exception to the high standard we have come to expect from this series. … deserves a place on both library shelves and the shelves of the serious student.’Reference Reviews

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2004 228 x 152 mm 384pp 10 b/w illus. 978-0-521-63651-3 Paperback £19.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521636513Rights sold in Serbian






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The Cambridge Companion to SingingEdited by John PotterUniversity of York

Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice. The volume is divided into four broad areas. Popular Traditions begins with an overview of singing traditions in world music and continues with aspects of rock, rap and jazz. The Voice in the Theatre includes both opera singing from the beginnings to the present day and twentieth-century stage and screen entertainers. Choral Music and Song features a history of the art song, essential hints on singing in a larger choir, the English cathedral tradition and a history of the choral movement in the United States. The final substantial section on performance practices ranges from the voice in the Middle Ages and the interpretation of early singing treatises to contemporary vocal techniques, ensemble singing, the teaching of singing, children’s choirs, and a comprehensive exposition of vocal acoustics.

‘… the volume is full of valuable knowledge, transmitted with warmth and enthusiasm, by theorists and practitioners alike.’Times Literary Supplement

undergraduate students, graduate students, professionals, general readers, enthusiastsCambridge Companions to Music

2000 247 x 174 mm 300pp 12 b/w illus. 16 music examples 978-0-521-62709-2 Paperback £25.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521627092

The Cambridge Companion to JazzEdited by Mervyn CookeUniversity of Nottingham

and David HornUniversity of Liverpool

The vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many perspectives, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnography. It is challenging and exciting territory. This volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays provides informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, offering the reader a range of expert views on the character, history and uses of jazz. The book starts by considering what kind of identity jazz has acquired and how, and goes on to discuss the crucial practices that define jazz and to examine some specific moments of historical change and some important issues for jazz study. Finally,

it looks at a set of perspectives that illustrate different ‘takes’ on jazz – ways in which jazz has been valued and represented.

‘… most of the writers in this Companion are academics, and it’s hard to fault the obvious passion underlying their diverse points of view.’BBC Music Magazine

undergraduate students, graduate students, enthusiastsCambridge Companions to Music

2003 247 x 174 mm 426pp 9 b/w illus. 15 music examples 978-0-521-66320-5 Hardback £58.00www.cambridge.org/9780521663205

The Cambridge Companion to MuhammadEdited by Jonathan E. BrockoppPennsylvania State University

As the Messenger of God, Muhammad stands at the heart of the Islamic religion, revered by Muslims throughout the world. The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad comprises a collection of essays by some of the most accomplished scholars in the field exploring the life and legacy of the Prophet. The book is divided into three sections, the first charting his biography and the milieu into which he was born, the revelation of the Qur’an, and his role within the early Muslim community. The second part assesses his legacy as a law-maker, philosopher, and politician and, finally, in the third part, chapters examine how Muhammad has been remembered across history in biography, prose, poetry, and, most recently, in film and fiction. Essays are written to engage and inform students, teachers, and readers coming to the subject for the first time. They will come away with a deeper appreciation of the breadth of the Islamic tradition, of the centrality of the role of the Prophet in that tradition, and, indeed, of what it means to be a Muslim today.

‘… a genuine contribution to the vast field of study of Muhammad ... The chapter subjects are well-conceived and cover a broad and instructive terrain. The individual contributions represent the highest standards of research in the field … This felicitous combination of thoughtful conceptualization of salient topics and their proficient execution renders this a highly teachable book.’Shahab Ahmed, Harvard University

undergraduate students, graduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Religion

2010 228 x 152 mm 344pp 14 b/w illus. 3 maps 978-0-521-71372-6 Paperback £17.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521713726

The Cambridge Companion to Science and ReligionEdited by Peter HarrisonUniversity of Oxford

In recent years, the relations between science and religion have been the object of renewed attention. Developments in physics, biology and the neurosciences have reinvigorated discussions about the nature of life and ultimate reality. At the same time, the growth of anti-evolutionary and intelligent design movements has led many to the view that science and religion are necessarily in conflict. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the relations between science and religion, with contributions from historians, philosophers, scientists and theologians. It explores the impact of religion on the origins and development of science, religious reactions to Darwinism, and the link between science and secularization. It also offers in-depth discussions of contemporary issues, with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and bioethics. The volume is rounded out with philosophical reflections on the connections between atheism and science, the nature of scientific and religious knowledge, and divine action and human freedom.

‘There aren’t any equations or diagrams. It’s not your standard easy-going popular science. But I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to step back and take a look at the broader picture.’Tim Middleton

undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Companions to Religion

2010 228 x 152 mm 322pp 978-0-521-71251-4 Paperback £18.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521712514Rights sold in Portuguese






94 Cambridge Companions

The Cambridge Companion to SocratesDonald R. MorrisonRice University, Houston

A collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence comes from the writings of his friends (above all Plato), his enemies, and later writers. Socrates is thus a literary figure as well as a historical person. Both aspects of Socrates’ legacy are covered in this volume. Socrates’ character is full of paradox, and so are his philosophical views. These paradoxes have led to deep differences in scholars’ interpretations of Socrates and his thought. Mirroring this wide range of thought about Socrates, this volume’s contributors are unusually diverse in their background and perspective. The essays in this volume were authored by classical philologists, philosophers and historians from Germany, Francophone Canada, Britain and the United States, and they represent a range of interpretive and philosophical traditions.

‘This volume not only offers a coherent introduction to different aspects of Socrates for beginners in the field of study but also serves scholars who are experts in the field by discussing problems in major areas of Socratic research. Every essay is accessible, well informed, detailed, learned, and systematic in its presentation. The collection is a major achievement and will be an excellent tool for research. It will be read with profit by anyone who is interested in one of the most inspiring and influential figures of antiquity.’Michael Erler, University of Würzburg

graduate students, academic researchersCambridge Companions to Philosophy

2011 228 x 152 mm 436pp 978-0-521-83342-4 Hardback £63.00 www.cambridge.org/9780521833424Rights sold in Turkish

The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman PhilosophyEdited by David SedleyUniversity of Cambridge

A wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. A team of leading specialists surveys the developments of the period and evaluates a comprehensive series of major thinkers, ranging from Pythagoras to Epicurus. There are also separate chapters on how philosophy in the ancient world interacted with religion,

literature and science, and a final chapter traces the seminal influence of Greek and Roman philosophy down to the seventeenth century. Practical elements such as tables, illustrations, a glossary, and extensive advice on further reading make it an ideal book to accompany survey courses on the history of ancient philosophy. It will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this rich and formative period.

‘The companion … does not only take the reader through the various philosophical schools, ranging from pre-Socratic to late roman philosophy, but also through their wider context, and it thus provides the reader with an account that is both comprehensive and thought-provoking … it certainly illustrates a wide range of fascinating answers. Moreover, it does so in such a lucid and accessible manner, that not only the university student but also the eager pupil would benefit from certain chapters … and his distinguished team of contributors should therefore be recommended on the marvellous way in which they once again facilitated the enlightenment initiated by the Greek and roman philosophers.’JACT

undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Companions to Philosophy

2003 228 x 152 mm 414pp 4 b/w illus. 1 map 978-0-521-77503-8 Paperback £23.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521775038Rights sold in Greek and Japanese

The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern PhilosophyEdited by Donald RutherfordUniversity of California, San Diego

The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy is a comprehensive introduction to the central topics and changing shape of philosophical inquiry in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It explores one of the most innovative periods in the history of Western philosophy, extending from Montaigne, Bacon and Descartes through Hume and Kant. During this period, philosophers initiated and responded to major intellectual developments in natural science, religion, and politics, transforming in the process concepts and doctrines inherited from ancient and medieval philosophy. In this Companion, leading specialists examine early modern treatments of the methodological and conceptual

foundations of natural science, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, logic and language, moral and political philosophy, and theology. A final chapter looks forward to the philosophy of the Enlightenment. This will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of the early modern period.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Companions to Philosophy

2006 228 x 152 mm 412pp 1 b/w illus. 978-0-521-52962-4 Paperback £19.99 www.cambridge.org/9780521529624

The Cambridge Companion to DarwinSecond editionEdited by Jonathan HodgeUniversity of Leeds

and Gregory RadickUniversity of Leeds

The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809–82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life – including the evolutionary origin of humankind – contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. The Cambridge Companion to Darwin has established itself as an indispensable resource for anyone teaching or researching Darwin’s theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations. Its distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin’s main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin’s science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. For this second edition, coverage has been expanded to include two new chapters: on Darwin, Hume and human nature, and on Darwin’s theories in the intellectual long run, from the pre-Socratics to the present.

Praise for the first edition: ‘… the contributions are largely drawn from excellent writers and are very accessible. It would be hard to imagine a much more effective or authoritative Companion to Darwin.’Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology

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Cambridge Concise Histories

A Concise History of the Baltic StatesAndrejs PlakansIowa State University

The Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging survey, Andrejs Plakans presents the first integrated history of three Baltic peoples – Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians – and draws out the common threads to show how it has been shaped by their location in a strategically desirable corner of Europe. Subordinated in turn by Baltic German landholders, the Polish nobility and gentry, and then by Russian and Soviet administrators, the three nations have nevertheless kept their distinctive identities – significantly retaining three separate languages in an ethnically diverse region. The book traces the countries’ evolution from their ninth-century tribal beginnings to their present status as three thriving and separate nation states, focusing particularly on the region’s complex twentieth-century history, which culminated in the eventual re-establishment of national sovereignty after 1991.

‘A masterful survey of the history of the eastern Baltic littoral by one of the leading authorities in the field. Provides the most accessible account to date of the rise of modern nationhood and of the commonalities of fate that have bound the peoples of the region during the modern era. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding contemporary Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.’David J. Smith, University of Glasgow

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A Concise History of the CaribbeanB. W. HigmanAustralian National University, Canberra

Presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history.

‘A first-rate interpretive overview that at present has no equal, by a master historian and insightful scholar.’David Barry Gaspar, Duke University


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A Concise History of AustraliaThird editionStuart MacintyreUniversity of Melbourne

Australia is the last continent to be settled by Europeans, but it also sustains a people and a culture tens of thousands years old. For much of the past 200 years the newcomers have sought to replace the old with the new. This book tells how they imposed themselves on the land, and brought technology, institutions and ideas to make it their own. It relates the advance from penal colony to a prosperous free nation and illustrates how the search for binding traditions was long frustrated by the feeling of rootlessness, until it came to terms with its origins. This third edition of this acclaimed book recounts the key factors – social, economic and political – that have shaped modern-day Australia. It covers the rise and fall of the Howard government, the 2007 election and the apology to the stolen generation. More than ever before, Australians draw on the past to understand their future.

‘… an accessible, sensible, learned and digestible history of Australia. It is a triumph of Stuart Macintyre’s notable

scholarship that he has come up with a book that is concise – not brief, not abbreviated – sharp and to the point … this is a tremendously useful tool for locals and outsiders. It should sit on every Australian’s bookshelf, next to the dictionary and the atlas.’ Nick Richardson, Herald-Sun



A Concise History of AustriaSteven Beller

For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. Today’s Austrians have a problematic relationship with that history, whether with the multi-national history of the Habsburg Monarchy, or with the time between 1938 and 1945 when Austrians were Germans in Hitler’s Third Reich. Steven Beller’s gripping and comprehensive account traces the remarkable career of Austria through its many transformations, from German borderland, to dynastic enterprise, imperial house, Central European great power, failed Alpine republic, German province, and then successful Alpine republic, building up a picture of the layers of Austrian identity and heritage and their diverse sources. It is a story full of anomalies and ironies, a case study of the other side of European history, without the easy answers of more clearly national narratives, and hence far more relevant to today’s world.

‘Steven Beller’s history of Austria is not only concise – it is also incisive, witty and engaging … Both tough and fair, but never insipidly nostalgic … Beller succeeds in highlighting the country’s paradoxical and ambiguous role as both a foil to, and a distillation of, the broader patterns of European history.’Aviel Roshwald, Georgetown University

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Paul Bushkovitch

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A Concise History of MexicoSecond editionBrian R. HamnettUniversity of Essex

The second edition of this study of Mexico includes two new features, an examination of cultural developments since Independence from Spain in 1821 and a discussion of contemporary issues up to the time of publication. Several new plates with captions expand the thematic coverage in the book. The updated edition examines the administration of Vicente Fox, who came to power with the elections of 2000. The new sections reinforce the importance of Mexico’s long and disparate history, from the Precolumbian era onwards, in shaping the country as it is today. This Concise History looks at Mexico from political, economic and cultural perspectives, and tackles controversial themes such as the impact of the Spanish Conquest and the struggle to establish an independent Mexico. A broad range of readers interested in the modern-day Americas should find here a helpful introduction to this vibrant and dynamic North-American society.

‘ … the book … invites debate among scholars. General readers will find it a useful … introduction to Mexican history.’The Times Literary Supplement

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A Concise History of PolandSecond editionJerzy LukowskiUniversity of Birmingham

and Hubert ZawadzkiAbingdon School

The second edition of this guide to Poland has been updated to take account of the years from 1989–2005. This period marked its liberation from the Soviet Union, the birth of Poland’s ‘Third Republic’ and, recently, its accession to the European Union in 2004. Poland’s history has been marked by its resilience. Once a dominant force in central and eastern Europe and home to a remarkable experiment in consensual politics, it was excised from the map by its neighbours in 1795. Resurrected in 1918, partitioned

afresh during the Second World War, it survived to become a satellite of the Soviet Union. Yet in the 1980s, it was Poland which blazed the trail in casting off communism, and was finally able to reassert its Christian heritage. With its updated bibliography and new chronology, the book is the ideal companion for all looking for a comprehensive survey of this fascinating country.

‘… the result is the best short guide to Polish history currently available in English.’ English Historical Review

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A Concise History of Modern IndiaSecond editionBarbara D. MetcalfUniversity of California, Davis

and Thomas R. MetcalfUniversity of California, Berkeley

In the second edition of this successful Concise History of Modern India, the authors explore India’s modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India’s huge advances in technology and the country’s new role as a major player in world affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire, and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structures. It is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.

‘Lucid, comprehensive and up-to-date, this book will surely establish itself as essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian history.’C. A. Bayly, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge

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2006 216 x 138 mm 376pp 52 b/w illus. 4 maps 978-0-521-86362-9 Hardback £50.00 www.cambridge.org/9780521863629Rights sold in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian

A Concise History of RussiaPaul BushkovitchYale University, Connecticut

Accessible to students, tourists and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia’s pre-revolutionary past. The book traces not only the political history of Russia, but also developments in its literature, art and science. Bushkovitch describes well-known cultural figures, such as Chekhov, Tolstoy and Mendeleev, in their institutional and historical contexts. Though the 1917 revolution, the resulting Soviet system and the Cold War were a crucial part of Russian and world history, Bushkovitch presents earlier developments as more than just a prelude to Bolshevik power.

‘For any student trying to get a grasp of the essentials of Russian history this book is the place to start. To cover everything from the origins of the Russian people to the collapse of the Soviet Union in one short book requires great skill, but Paul Bushkovitch is one of the leading experts on Russian history in the world and he manages this task with great insight and panache.’Dominic Lieven, Cambridge University

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The Cambridge Introduction to ChekhovJames N. LoehlinUniversity of Texas, Austin

Chekhov is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential literary figures of modern times. Russia’s preeminent playwright, he played a significant role in revolutionizing the modern theatre. His impact on prose fiction writing is incalculable: he helped define the modern short story. Beginning with an engaging account of Chekhov’s life and cultural context in nineteenth-century Russia, this book introduces the reader to this fascinating and complex personality. Unlike much criticism of Chekhov, it includes detailed discussions of both his fiction and his plays. The Introduction traces his concise, impressionistic prose style from early comic sketches to mature works such as ‘Ward No. 6’ and ‘In the Ravine’. Examining Chekhov’s development as a dramatist, the book considers his one-act vaudevilles and early works, while providing a detailed, act-by-act analysis of the masterpieces on which his reputation rests: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Introductions to Literature


The Cambridge Introduction to Edward SaidConor McCarthyNational University of Ireland, Maynooth

One of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century, Edward Said’s work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and a noted music critic, Said redefined the role of the public intellectual. In his books, as scholarly as they are readable, he challenged conventional critical demarcations between disciplines. His major opus, Orientalism, is a key text in postcolonial studies that continues to influence as well as challenge scholars in the field. Conor McCarthy introduces the reader to Said’s major works and examines how his work and life were intertwined. He explains

recurring themes in Said’s writings on literature and empire, on intellectuals and literary theory, on music and on the Israel/Palestine conflict. This concise, informative and clearly written introduction for students beginning to study Said is ideally set up to explain the complexities of his work to new audiences.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Introductions to Literature


The Cambridge Introduction to the NovelMarina MacKayWashington University, St Louis

Beginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel and its history: where novels came from and why we read them; how we think about their styles and techniques, their people, plots, places, and politics. Between the main chapters are longer readings of individual works, from Don Quixote to Midnight’s Children. A glossary of key terms and a guide to further reading are included, making this an ideal accompaniment to introductory courses on the novel.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Introductions to Literature

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The Cambridge Introduction to Francophone LiteraturePatrick CorcoranRoehampton University, London

The literature of French-speaking countries forms a distinct body of work quite separate from literature written in France itself, offering a passionate creative engagement with their postcolonial cultures. This book provides an introduction to the literatures that have emerged in the French-speaking countries and regions of the world in recent decades, illustrating their astonishing breadth and diversity, and exploring their constant state of tension with the literature of France. The study

opens with a wide-ranging discussion of the idea of francophonie. Each chapter then provides readers with historical background to a particular region and identifies the key issues that have influenced the emergence of a literature in French, before going on to examine in detail a selection of the major writers. These case studies tackle many of the key authors of the francophone world, as well as authors writing today.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Introductions to Literature







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An Introduction to EthicsJohn DeighUniversity of Texas, Austin

This book examines the central questions of ethics through a study of theories of right and wrong that are found in the great ethical works of Western philosophy. It focuses on theories that continue to have a significant presence in the field. The core chapters cover egoism, the eudaimonism of Plato and Aristotle, act and rule utilitarianism, modern natural law theory, Kant’s moral theory, and existentialist ethics. Readers will be introduced not only to the main ideas of each theory but to contemporary developments and defenses of those ideas. A final chapter takes up topics in meta-ethics and moral psychology. The discussions throughout draw the reader into philosophical inquiry through argument and criticism that illuminate the profundity of the questions under examination. Students will find this book to be a very helpful guide to how philosophical inquiry is undertaken as well as to what the major theories in ethics hold.

‘This is a beautifully and elegantly written introduction to the fundamental questions of ethics. It is a comprehensive and accessible book that will be of interest to students and also to anyone reflecting about how to live a good and normatively defensible life. Highly recommended.’John Fischer, University of California, Riverside

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An Introduction to MetaphysicsJohn W. CarrollNorth Carolina State University

and Ned MarkosianWestern Washington University

This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reflect on metaphysical problems. The philosophical questions discussed include: What makes it the case that one event causes another event? What are material objects? Given that material objects exist, do such

things as properties exist? What makes it the case that a person may exist at two different times? An Introduction to Metaphysics makes these tough questions tractable by presenting the features and flaws of current attempts to answer them. Intended primarily for students taking a first class in metaphysics, this lucid and well-written text would also provide an excellent introduction for anyone interested in knowing more about this important area of philosophy.

‘This textbook does remarkably well at combining breadth with depth, and accessibility with rigor. It covers every major issue debated in metaphysics today; it is clear and careful; it avoids taking sides. The writing style is decidedly engaging and at times amusing – if the book were not being so clear about such confusing matters, one would almost say that it is fun to read.’Crawford L. Elder, University of Connecticut

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An Introduction to Chinese PhilosophyKaryn L. LaiUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney

This comprehensive introductory textbook to early Chinese philosophy covers a range of philosophical traditions which arose during the Spring and Autumn (722–476 BCE) and Warring States (475–221 BCE) periods in China, including Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, and Legalism. It considers concepts, themes and argumentative methods of early Chinese philosophy and follows the development of some ideas in subsequent periods, including the introduction of Buddhism into China. The book examines key issues and debates in early Chinese philosophy, cross-influences between its traditions and interpretations by scholars up to the present day. The discussion draws upon both primary texts and secondary sources, and there are suggestions for further reading. This will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the foundations of Chinese philosophy and its richness and continuing relevance.

‘The writing is clear and articulate, and the discussion, while focusing on philosophical ideas, is sensitive to textual compexities such as the authorship of different layers of a

text. The book should be a very useful textbook in any undergraduate course on Chinese philosophy.’ Kwong-Loi Shun, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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An Introduction to Political PhilosophyColin BirdUniversity of Virginia

Providing a comprehensive introduction to political philosophy, this book combines discussion of historical and contemporary figures, together with numerous real-life examples. It ranges over an unusually broad range of topics in the field, including the just distribution of wealth, both within countries and globally; the nature and justification of political authority; the meaning and significance of freedom; arguments for and against democratic rule; the problem of war; and the grounds for toleration in public life. It also offers an accessible, non-technical discussion of perfectionism, utilitarianism, theories of the social contract, and of recently popular forms of critical theory. Throughout, the book challenges readers to think critically about political arguments and institutions that they might otherwise take for granted. It will be a provocative text for any student of philosophy or political science.undergraduate students, graduate studentsCambridge Introductions to Philosophy

2006 247 x 174 mm 322pp 978-0-521-83625-8 Hardback £55.00

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99Index

A Achieving Nuclear Ambitions .................21After War Ends ......................................51Air Pollution and Global Warming ..........84Alan M. Turing .......................................86Antarctica .............................................83Anthony, Martin ....................................88Archer, Margaret S. ................................22Architecture of the Sacred .....................71Armstrong, David ..................................18Asher, Robert J. .....................................76

B Barker, Richard ......................................41Beard, Daniel A. ....................................72Becker, Edward ......................................53Bell, Michael .........................................67Beller, Steven .........................................95Berends, Hans .......................................37Berkooz, Gahl........................................81Bioethics ...............................................78Biosimulation ........................................72Bird, Colin .............................................98Bock, Adam J. ........................................40Bossomaier, Terry ...................................77Bowen, John R. .....................................32Brockopp, Jonathan E. ...........................93Brodersen, Kai .......................................16Bushkovitch, Paul ..................................96Business of War, The ..............................13

C Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt, The 69Cambridge Companion to Beckett, The ..91Cambridge Companion to Choral Music,

The ....................................................70Cambridge Companion to Darwin, The ...94Cambridge Companion to Early Modern

Philosophy, The ...................................94Cambridge Companion to European

Novelists, The .....................................67Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary

Theory, The .........................................92Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman

Philosophy, The ...................................94Cambridge Companion to Hemingway,

The ....................................................91Cambridge Companion to Jazz, The .......93Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese

Culture, The ........................................92Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian

Culture, The ........................................62Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin

American Culture, The .........................92Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian

Culture, The ........................................61Cambridge Companion to Modernism,

The ....................................................92Cambridge Companion to Muhammad,

The ....................................................93Cambridge Companion to Science and

Religion, The .......................................93Cambridge Companion to Singing, The ..93Cambridge Companion to Socrates, The .94Cambridge Companion to the Literature of

World War II, The ................................91Cambridge Companion to War Writing,

The ....................................................91

Cambridge Companion to the Pre- Raphaelites, The .................................68

Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science, The ....................................................47

Cambridge Introduction to Byron, The ....63Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov, The 97Cambridge Introduction to Edward Said,

The ....................................................97Cambridge Introduction to Francophone

Literature, The .....................................97Cambridge Introduction to the Novel,

The ....................................................97Cambridge Introduction to Gabriel Garciá

Márquez, The ......................................64Cambridge Introduction to George Orwell,

The ....................................................65Cambridge Shakespeare Guide, The .......66Capinski, Marek ....................................89Carroll, John W. .....................................98Caucasus, The .......................................12Chatterjee, Deen ...................................52Chemla, Karine ......................................17Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior ...20Chomsky, Noam ....................................56Civil War in Europe, 1905–1949 ............25Colyvan, Mark .......................................44Comparative Constitutional Design ........27Conant, Jonathan ....................................6Concise History of Australia, A ...............95Concise History of Austria, A ..................95Concise History of Mexico, A ..................96Concise History of Modern India, A ........96Concise History of Poland, A ..................96Concise History of Russia, A ...................96Concise History of the Baltic States, A ....95Concise History of the Caribbean, A .......95Cooke, Mervyn ......................................93Corcoran, Patrick ...................................97Cresswell, M. J. ......................................49Crotts, Arlin ...........................................74Cultural Foundations of Learning ...........42Cummins, Denise ...................................43

D Dalmia, Vasudha ...................................62Deigh, John ...........................................98de Quadros, Andre.................................70Discrete Models of Financial Markets .....89Donaldson, Scott ...................................91Dueck, Daniela ......................................16

E Earth, The ..............................................85Elder-Vass, Dave ....................................30Ellis, George F. R. ...................................82Emotions in Finance ..............................29Enduring Injustice ..................................23Epistemic Game Theory ..........................35Ethics of Preventive War, The ..................52Eurocentric Conception of World Politics,

The ....................................................26Evolution and Belief ..............................76

F Farrell, Theo ..........................................18Ferraro, Joanne M. ...................................3Forgiveness and Retribution ...................46

Forsyth, James .......................................12Foundations of Space and Time ..............82Frankish, Keith .......................................47Future of Europe, The.............................28

G Gamberini, Andrea ..................................4Geography in Classical Antiquity ............16George, Gerard......................................40Getting and Staying Productive ..............38Gilboy, George J. ...................................20Ginsburg, Tom .......................................27Globalization and Global Justice ............48Good Muslim, The .................................15Good Thinking .......................................43Graphene ..............................................80Greeley, Ronald .....................................75

H Handfield, Toby .....................................45Hamnett, Brian R. ..................................96Harrison, Peter ......................................93Harvey, Michele .....................................88Hassoun, Nicole ....................................48Heginbotham, Eric .................................20Higman, B. W. ........................................95History of Mathematical Proof in Ancient

Traditions, The ....................................17History of Modern Libya, A .......................9History of Tasmania, A ...........................11Hobson, John M. ...................................26Hodge, Jonathan ...................................94Holmes, Philip .......................................81Holmgren, Margaret R. ..........................46Horn, David ...........................................93How Language Began ...........................57Howson, Colin .......................................50Hymans, Jacques E. C. ............................21

I India in the World Economy .....................8India’s Late, Late Industrial Revolution ...33International Law and International

Relations ............................................18Introducing Second Language

Acquisition .........................................59Introduction to Chinese Philosophy, An ..98Introduction to Ethics, An .......................98Introduction to International Economics,

An......................................................34Introduction to Medieval Theology, An ...55Introduction to Metaphysics, An .............98Introduction to Planetary

Geomorphology ..................................75Introduction to Political Philosophy, An ..98Introduction to the Philosophy of

Mathematics, An.................................44Introduction to the Senses .....................77Introductions to Nietzsche .....................54Irvine, Lyn ..............................................86Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth

Century ..............................................14Italian Renaissance State, The ..................4

J Jacobson, Mark Z. .................................84


K Katsnelson, Mikhail I. ............................80King, John .............................................92Kopp, Ekkehard .....................................89Korenaga, Jun .......................................85

L Lai, Karyn L. ..........................................98Lambert, Hélène ....................................18Languages of the World .........................58Lansdown, Richard ................................63Lapidus, Ira M. ......................................14Lazzarini, Isabella ....................................4Levenson, Michael .................................92Li, Jin ....................................................42Linear Algebra: Concepts and Methods ..88Loehlin, James N....................................97Louie, Kam ............................................92Lucas, Gavin ............................................7Lukowski, Jerzy......................................96Lumley, John L. ......................................81

M Macintyre, Stuart ...................................95MacKay, Marina .............................. 91, 97Markosian, Ned .....................................98Majumdar, Sumit K. ...............................33Martin, Gerald .......................................64May, Larry .............................................51McCarthy, Conor ...................................97McLoughlin, Kate ..................................91McGilvray, James ...................................56McNeill, David .......................................57Metcalf, Barbara D. ................................96Metcalf, Thomas R. ................................96Models of Opportunity...........................40Modernity and Bourgeois Life ..................5Morgan, Mary S. ....................................36Morrison, Donald R. ..............................94Müller, M. E. ..........................................87Murugan, Jeff ........................................82

N New Anthropology of Islam, A ...............32New Moon, The .....................................74Nonaka, Ikujiro .....................................39North, Gerald ........................................73

O Objecting to God ...................................50Observing the Solar System ...................73Ousterhout, Robert G. ............................71Ozima, Minoru ......................................85

P Pal, Carol ..............................................24Parigi, Paolo ..........................................31Parrott, David ........................................13Payne, Stanley G. ...................................25Perea, Andrés ........................................35Pereltsvaig, Asya ....................................58Philosophical Guide to Chance, A ...........45Pilling, John ..........................................91Pippin, Robert .......................................54Piris, Jean-Claude ..................................28Pixley, Jocelyn........................................29

Plakans, Andrejs ....................................95Potter, John ...........................................93Pragmatic Strategy ................................39Prettejohn, Elizabeth .............................68Problem Solving in Organizations...........37

R Radick, Gregory .....................................94Ramsey, William ....................................47Ranelagh, John O’Beirne .......................10Rationalization of Miracles, The ..............31Reality of Social Construction, The .........30Reflexive Imperative in Late Modernity,

The ....................................................22Reinert, Kenneth A. ................................34Relational Knowledge Discovery ............87Republic of Women ...............................24Reynolds, Henry .....................................11Rini, A. A. ..............................................49Rodden, John ........................................65Rooney, Ellen ........................................92Rossi, John ............................................65Rowley, Clarence W. ..............................81Roy, Tirthankar ........................................8Rutherford, Donald ................................94Rzhevsky, Nicholas ................................61

S Sadana, Rashmi ....................................62Saville-Troike, Muriel ..............................59Schmenner, Roger W. .............................38Science of Language, The .......................56Sedley, David .........................................94Seigel, Jerrold ..........................................5Shenton, Andrew ...................................69Short History of Ireland, A ......................10Short Introduction to Accounting ...........41Siddiqui, Mona ......................................15Smith, Emma .........................................66Spinner-Halev, Jeff .................................23Staying Roman ........................................6

T Talbot, Marianne ...................................78Themes of Quine’s Philosophy, The .........53Turbulence, Coherent Structures,

Dynamical Systems and Symmetry .......81Turing, John F. .......................................86Turing, Sara ...........................................86

U Understanding the Archaeological Record 7

V van Aken, Joan ......................................37van der Bij, Hans ...................................37van Nieuwenhove, Rik ...........................55Vandewalle, Dirk .....................................9Venice .....................................................3

W Walton, David .......................................83Weltman, Amanda .................................82Wescoat, Bonna D. ................................71World in the Model, The ........................36World-Time Parallel, The ........................49

Y Yin, Qing-Zhu ........................................85

Z Zawadzki, Hubert ..................................96Zhu, Zhichang .......................................39

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