Digital Towns: Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies
This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns.
Theo Lynn; Pierangelo Rosati; Edel Conway; Declan Curran; Grace Fox; Colm O'Gorman
Published: January /
2022
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
9783030912499
234 Pages
£34.99
Paperback / softback
Switzerland
Business & management
Denis Burkitt: A Cancer, the Virus, and the Prevention of Man-Made Diseases
This biography of Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt, after whom the childhood cancer Burkitt's lymphoma was named, and who was a pioneer of the dietary fiber movement, paints a personal but holistic portrait of both the man and his life's work.
John H. Cummings
Published: January /
2022
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
9783030885625
290 Pages
£34.99
Hardback
Switzerland
History of medicine
Cult of a Dark Hero: Nicholson of Delhi
In September 1857, a member of a religious sect killed himself on hearing the news that the object of his devout observance, Nikal Seyn, had died. Nikal Seyn was, in fact, John Nicholson, the leader of the British assault that recovered Delhi at the turning-point of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Stuart Flinders
Published: January /
2022
Bloomsbury Academic
9781350254862
256 Pages
£12.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Biography: historical, political & military
Complete Gentlemen: Educational Travel and Family Strategy, 1650-1750
This is the first study to look beyond the Italian Grand Tour to the wider culture of educational travel that thrived among British and Irish landowners between 1650 and 1750. Based on deep archival research, it explores the meanings of continental travel for social mobility, elite formation, landed identity, masculinity and Englishness.
Richard Ansell (University of Leicester)
Published: January /
2022
Oxford University Press
9780197267271
312 Pages
£75
Hardback
United Kingdom
British & Irish history
Civilisations, Civilising Processes and Modernity – A Debate: Documents from the Conference at Bielefeld, 1984
In 1984, the celebrated sociologist and historian Norbert Elias convened a major conference on 'Civilisations and civilising processes' at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of Bielefeld). This conference brought together eminent and internationally reputed scholars of macro-history and historical sociology including Johann P.
Artur Bogner; Stephen Mennell
Published: January /
2022
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
9783030803780
285 Pages
£109.99
Hardback
Switzerland
Social theory
City Limits: Filming Belfast, Beirut and Berlin in Troubled Times
Belfast, Beirut and Berlin are notorious for their internal boundaries and borders. As symbols for political disunion, the three cities have inspired scriptwriters and directors from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Dr Stephanie Schwerter (Universite Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France)
Published: January /
2022
Bloomsbury Academic USA
9781501380457
312 Pages
£95
Hardback
United States
Film theory & criticism
Challenges to the Global Issue of End of Life Care: Training and Implementing Change
This book addresses the problems faced by people and hospitals dedicated to providing optimal end-of-life care and asks whether ethicists can function as experts on this subject.
Pierre Mallia; Nathan Emmerich; Bert Gordijn; Francesca Pistoia
Published: January /
2022
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
9783030863852
248 Pages
£99.99
Hardback
Switzerland
Bio-ethics
Butcher’s Dozen
To mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and its commemoration in Derry in January 2022, Carcanet proudly publish a new edition of Thomas Kinsella's Butcher's Dozen, with a prologue from the Saville Report, an epilogue from the Prime Minister's House of Commons apology, and a new author's note.
Thomas Kinsella
Published: January /
2022
Carcanet Press Ltd
9781800171657
40 Pages
£6.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Poetry by individual poets
Brexit and Agriculture
Acknowledging the challenges and opportunities raised by Brexit for the agri-food supply chain and agricultural policies across the UK, this book provides the first in-depth analysis of agricultural policy developments across the UK’s four nations rooted in strong theoretical and practical underpinnings.
Ludivine Petetin; Mary Dobbs
Published: January /
2022
Routledge
9781138587823
336 Pages
£150
Hardback
United Kingdom
Agricultural law
Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment
This proceedings volume results from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (BRITE)'.
Michael D. Wood; Carmel E. Mothersill; Gohar Tsakanova; Tom Cresswell; Gayle E. Woloschak
Published: January /
2022
Springer
9789402421002
346 Pages
£159.99
Hardback
Netherlands
Medical research