Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell examines heretical elements in Durrell's thought and writings and Foucauldian explorations of his treatments of place and space. It links Lawrence Durrell's…

The Stronger Sex, a study of the women in the fiction of Lawrence Durrell, argues that Lawrence Durrell envisioned a new woman, self-confident, free of male domination, and able to…

This book analyzes the consequences of the accession of James I in 1603 for English and British history, politics, literature and culture. Questioning the extent to which 1603 marked a…

This book presents a history of shock compression science, including development of experimental, material modeling, and hydrodynamics code technologies over the past six decades at Sandia National Laboratories.

Combining existing research with novel data from US presidential archives, this book shows that presidents make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens in favor of affluent and…

Gives readers detailed information and perspectives on the reform of financial management reform practices in a variety of national settings around the world. The nations, whose experience is represented in…

A comprehensive analysis of the Obama presidency, its actions in office and its policy directions. The changes in orientation and policy directions that took place are both accounted for and…