China’s peaceful rise

China’s peaceful riseAdopting a constructivist approach, this book argues that China's prospects for achieving 'great power' status peacefully depend more on perceptions of the country's development than on concrete measures of power or economic benefits. Incorporating historical perceptions, survey data and general analysis, the authors explore Chinese foreign policies in international organisations, international trade, security relations and as a model for global

Contributors address such topics as the role of mythology in the appeal of the series

and reportage

Including contributions from key early modern historians

by an author is also an actor in his own work

Taithe seeks to understand why 1870-1871 became such an important phase in the making of modern France

diffused and diverted in various colonial territories and situations

Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes

and custodians of historical sites

from drama to film

trauma studies

Media in the Enlarged Europe focuses on the complexity and instability of the European Union and its relationship with the mass media

This innovative and exciting volume celebrates the career and influence of Janet Wolff who has been a highly influential voice in the literature of sociology