The popularity of pornography is predicated on the idea that those participating have given their consent. That is what allows the porn industry to dominate the media economy today, generating staggering sums of money. Looking at behind-the-scenes negotiations and abuses in Japan's adult video industry, author Akiko...

Sex Work On Campus examines the experiences of college students engaged in sex work and sparks dialogue about the ways educators might develop a deeper appreciation forーand praxis ofーequity and justice on campus. Analyzing a study conducted with seven college student sex workers, the book focuses on sex work histo...

Celebrated Crimes is a collection of true crime stories, narratives and essays on famous criminals and crimes from European history, compiled by Alexandre Dumas, père, with the assistance of several friends. He featured Beatrice Cenci, Martin Guerre, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as more recent events and crim...

文化大革命期間，攝影記者李振盛由於「紅色新聞兵」的身份，得以用相機記錄文革現場的眾多景象。在他記錄的文革百態中，有大量本應銷毀的「為文革抹黒」的照片。他將這近兩萬張「負面」底片藏在家中地板之下，加上細心保存的另外八萬張ーー共計十萬張底片，為文革保存了珍貴的一手影像資料。 此次中文版的出版，是這本書首次與中文讀者見面。...

Dieses Buch ist eine Provokation. Konsequent wird der Abschied vom Epochendenken vollzogen – im konkreten Fall das "Mittelalter" zu Grabe getragen. An die Stelle dieser längst anachronistischen Prägung für 1000 Jahre Geschichte, die man als Epochenportion etikettieren und beruhigt in den Bücherschrank stellen kann, ...

他們是帝國的幫兇？還是犧牲者？ 數百萬日本人參與了帝國計畫，戰後他們遣返回國時， 卻被貼上「引揚者」的標籤，被標記成日本帝國終結的一部分。 　　一八九五年到一九四五年，日本在海外漸次取得殖民地，其中多半是對外戰爭的戰利品。取得這些領土之後，數百萬日本人參與了帝國計畫，對殖民地進行鎮壓、管理與墾殖。他們以服役士兵、殖民地...

Information and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research and practice, this work furthers the transdisciplinary nature of digital humanities. Including contributions from Asia,...

Taking a look at history and our current political climate by examining a combination of ideological undercurrrents, historical occurences such as the Holocausts during the first half of the Twentieth Century (and also afterward) and the sudden assassinations in Vietnam during the second half of the Twentieth Centur...

The Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Established by Sir Patrick Houstoun, who accompanied James Oglethorpe and helped him lay the foundations of the colony, t...

'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life… Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily Telegraph Homecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 19...

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra. During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious ...

A Beginner's History of Philosophy helps a reader shape a general notion of the leading philosophical ideas of the world. It starts with Greek and Roman philosophy, focusing on such prominent personalities as Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, and others. Then the author goes into the political and historical background of...

Do you know who was the first woman elected Federal Deputy? Did you know that a Female Republican Party has already existed? And what was the first Brazilian state to authorize the first female vote? These facts and curiosities from the history of the women's suffrage and their fight for political rights are told in...

From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain th...

New York City, 1970s. Take a walk on the wild side. 1970s New York was a mecca for artists, writers, and musicians drawn to its vibrant energy and creative possibilities. It was also a place of grinding poverty and urban decay, where crime and violence were everyday realities and hope danced with despair. This curat...

'At a historic moment, when religion shows all its social and political strength in various post-modern societies around our globe, this fascinating collection of studies from the Middle Ages to twentieth-century Europe demonstrates all the richness and innovative force of investigating individual and shared experie...