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  • The Naval Mutinies of 1798

    The Irish Plot to Seize the Channel Fleet

    The United Irish plot in 1798 aimed to capture British warships, revealing a lesser-known aspect of Irish rebellion history. For Ireland, the year 1798 saw a major rebellion breaking out against rule from London, a time in which Britain was in its fifth year of a hard-fought war against revolutionary France. Set in motion by the Society of United Irishmen, an underground organization with links to ... Read more

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  • Celebrity Across the Channel, 1750–1850

    Series series Performing Celebrity
    Celebrity Across the Channel, 1750-1850 is the first book to study and compare the concept of celebrity in France and Britain from 1750 to 1850 as the two countries transformed into the states we recognize today. It offers a transnational perspective by placing in dialogue the growing fields of celebrity studies in the two countries, especially by engaging with Antoine Lilti’s seminal work, The ... Read more

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  • The Future of Dark Tourism

    Enlightening New Horizons

    Series Book 8 - The Future of Tourism
    This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and examines how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It aims to inspire critical thinking by probing the past, disrupting the present and provoking the future. The volume outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor ... Read more

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  • The Darker Side of Travel

    The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism

    Series Book 41 - Aspects of Tourism
    Over the last decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and media attention. Nevertheless, perspectives on and understanding of dark tourism remain varied and theoretically fragile whilst, to date, no single book has attempted to draw together the conceptual themes and debates surrounding dark tourism, to explore it within wider disciplinary contexts and to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Contents Tourism and Pop Culture Fandom

    Transnational Tourist Experiences

    Series Book 88 - Aspects of Tourism
    This is the first book to apply the concept of ‘contents tourism’ in a global context and to establish an international and interdisciplinary framework for contents tourism research. The term ‘contents tourism’ gained official recognition in Japan when it was defined by the Japanese government in 2005, and it has been characterised as ‘travel behaviour motivated fully or partially by narratives, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Royal Tourism

    Excursions around Monarchy

    Series Book 14 - Tourism and Cultural Change
    There are multiple and complex relationships between royalty and tourism which have received little attention in the academic literature. This book draws on historical, sociological and cultural perspectives in its collection of chapters that examine the royal tourism phenomenon in several international and theoretical contexts. Authors in this volume examine for example: the history, development ... Read more

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  • English and Development

    Policy, Pedagogy and Globalization

    Series Book 17 - Critical Language and Literacy Studies
    This book investigates the relationship between English and personal and national development, as this is both discursively promoted (particularly through language policy) and practically realized in developing societies. It addresses the effects that the increased use of English and the promotion of English-language education are having in developmental contexts, and their impact on broader ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Technology and Workflows for Multiple Channel Content Distribution

    Infrastructure implementation strategies for converged production

    by Philip Cianci ...
    This book addresses the emergence of multi-channel broadcasting. Televisions, PC's, handheld and mobile reception devices now all receive content hat was once solely distributed by broadcast TV. No book currently on the market addresses the production infrastructure necessary to efficiently produce content for multi-channel delivery to a variety of reception platforms/devices. Readers will acquire ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape

    Or, how to use Public Space as a Medium for Protest

    This book, which takes the form of a graphic novel, looks at political activism in the public landscape. It has a particular focus on the UK activist group Led By Donkeys which has, since late 2018, been running a campaign to expose hypocrisy in the political classes. Their approach to activism involves the use of large posters and other forms of public display, which highlight the gap between the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Cosy Crime Short Stories

    Series series Gothic Fantasy
    Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, including Agents & Spies, Murder Mayhem and Lost Worlds, this latest in the series is packed with armchair detectives, murders in the vicarage, family secrets unravelling in gossipy ears, and the ingredients of a genteel bloodbath in an otherwise delightful village. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Piezo Channels

    Series Book 79 - Current Topics in Membranes
    Piezo Channels, Volume 79, the latest volume in the Current Topics in Membranes series provides the necessary membrane research to assist readers in discovering the current state of a particular field and future directions. New chapters in the updated volume include A Tour de Force: The Discovery, Properties, and Function of Piezo Channels, Piezo1 Channels in Vascular Development and the Sensing ... Read more

    $184.99 USD