The 1920s was a decade of great ambition and nonstop exuberance, and no place on earth reflected the spirit of the times more than New York City. The heart of America's commercial, financial, and cultural life, New York provided the perfect backdrop for a contest that brought all three into play--the ... more »

Explores the breadth of British sci-fi films through readings of key films, examining the factors that shaped them, and the concerns they reflect, through the postwar boom years to the more sporadic production of recent times. more »

What are the problems that concern young people today? How do young people cope? This book presents the findings of a team of international researchers in order to find answers to these vital questi... more » more »

Modern relativism and postmodern thought in culture and language challenge the 'truth' of history. This book considers how all historians, confined by the forms of argument of their own cultures, can still discover truths about the past more »

This brings together Ien Ang's recent writings on television audiences and, in response to recent criticisms of cultural studies, argues that it is possible to study audience pleasures and popular television in a way that is not naively populist. more »

Product Info This comparative text serves both as an introduction to contemporary police studies and an intervention into current debates concerning police reform and practice. more »

This work offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research. more » more »

... east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany. Dividing and Uniting Germany covers all important aspects of the subject including: * the role of the allies in the post-war division of the country * the integration of West and East Germany into their respective blocs * the problems of ... more »

Higgs presents a history of gay space in cities from early modern times to the present. Providing an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material - diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism, he explores the reality of gay space. more »

This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on Mill's seminal work. more »

The collection addresses theoretical and policy issues connecting age and generation with the family and social policy. It focuses both on cross-cultural comparison within societies and analysis based on a range of societies. more »

A collection of internationally recognised scholars address the postmodern shake-up of theory, culture and politics, which has led to a new encounter between the humanities and the discourses of rel... more » more »