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A history of shoplifting assesses its cultural and economic significance, tracing its rise with the onset of department stores, its pathology, and its role as a symbol of anti-establishment sentiments and hyper-consumerism

Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate

"Central America is a region defined primarily by its geographical configuration as a canal-friendly isthmus, and its three-century history as the Spanish Kingdom of Guatemala. Having gained independence in 1821, the Kingdom broke up into the nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica after two turbulent decades as a federated republic. Political instability and violence, poverty and inequality, ethnic strife, military rule, and a historic economic dependence on the export of coffee and bananas marked the region's history. Owing both to its isthmian geography and habitual political strife, Central America became the most frequent target of US government intervention. Intense US political, economic and military action both preceded and accompanied the revolutionary civil wars of the 1970s and '80s. Devastating in their human costs, they delivered modest political reforms but world-record levels of criminal violence tied to drug trafficking. With British Honduras' independence from Great Britain in 1981 as Belize, and the acquisition by Panama of full sovereignty over its territory in 1999, Central America increasingly defined itself as region of seven countries. The Oxford Handbook of Central American History offers critical analyses of major themes in the historiography of this seven-nation region of Latin America. Essays written by leading scholars of Central America engage both the neophyte's search for basic orientation and context, and the experienced scholar's interest in evaluative critiques of the historical literature. Individual chapters interpret the histories of each of the seven countries, but most focus on themes that cut across national boundaries, beginning with the history of the region's extraordinarily diverse natural environment, and continuing with the indigenous peoples, the Spanish conquest and colonial rule, and the independence process. Other chapters interpret economic history, US relations, the armed forces, the Cold War, religion and literature, illuminating Central America's regional coherence within Latin America while emphasizing its diversity within and across national boundaries"--

APPROVED ; This thesis demonstrates how history mattered in the politics and society of seventeenth-century Ireland, how authors used the distant past in their arguments about the post-Restoration political and religious settlement of Ireland. The Restoration period in Ireland was one of tension and saw historical claims used in the attempt to settle issues of legitimacy. This thesis shows how these historical claims were repeated and contested by authors, reflecting contemporary intellectual culture and politics. This thesis assesses how legitimacy stemmed from claims to tradition, provenance, rights and precedence, and how these claims construct early modern identities. Firstly, this thesis identifies themes religion, legal constitution, monarchy, and ethnic origins as they occur in histories. Secondly, the transmission of these themes is traced in across selected histories, as authors grappled with the history of Ireland and engaged with earlier texts. This examination is based on deep histories detailing Irish history over a long period. Four key texts meet this requirement: John Lynch s Cambrensis Eversus (1662), Peter Walsh s Prospect of the State of Ireland (1682), Roderick O Flaherty s Ogygia (1685), and Richard Cox s Hibernia Anglicana (1689-90). Other histories whose focus is more short-term or specific further outline these themes. In examining these texts, this thesis contextualises their intellectual languages, why the authors engaged with these themes, and how their arguments about legitimacy shaped the contested political and religious identities of early modern Ireland.

"In den meisten europäischen Ländern leiden die Hochschulen seit langem unter einererheblichen Unterfinanzierung. Nun sind in den letzten Jahren fast überall verstärkte Bemühungen um die 'Reformierung' der jeweiligen nationalen Hochschulsysteme zu beobachten. Zum einen werden auf nationaler Ebene vielfältige Anstrengungen unternommen, durch strukturelle Änderungen (Mittelverteilung, Zugangsberechtigung, Studiengebühren etc.) dem Problem einer ständig steigenden Anzahl der Studieren den bei gleichzeitig mehr oder minder deutlich reduzierten Budgets beizukommen. Zum anderen wird unter dem Vorzeichen des Bologna-Abkommens eine Vereinheitlichung der Studienstrukturen und der Studienabschlüsse (Bachelor/ Master)auf EU-Ebene vorangetrieben. All diese Prozesse führen in der Mehrzahl der europäischen Länder zu einer erhöhten sozialen Selektivität der Hochschulausbildung. Während die expliziten Elitebildungsinstitutionen in Ländern wie Frankreich und Großbritannien von den Verschlechterungen bislang schon weitgehend ausgenommen waren und von den jetzt erfolgenden Veränderungen auch nicht oder kaum betroffen sind, werden an allen anderen Hochschulen durch stetig schlechter werdende Betreuungsrelationen, steigende finanzielle Belastungen der Studierenden, eine deutliche Verkürzung der Regelstudiendauer etc. in erster Linie jene Studierenden oder Studienwilligen betroffen, die nicht aus dem oberen Viertel der Bevölkerung stammen. Ihre Chancen auf einen hochwertigen Hochschulabschluss sinken spürbar." (Autorenreferat)

Written by an expert team of scholars this first volume examines war and resistance, different engines of economic performance and social and geographical mobility in the Mediterranean, slavery and social control, lived experience and the imperial discourses of race and identity, and the geographical and ecological settings in which the cultural histories of the Roman world played out. Together these chapters offer a bold new account of the Roman Empire, juxtaposing key topics that are not always considered together under the rubric of "culture."A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity examines the cultural history of ancient Mediterranean empires, and focuses on the Roman Empire; the prototypical empire in western history and imagination. A wide-ranging introduction examines the nexus of state-formation and culture in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire in late antiquity.Richly-illustrated with images of monuments, statues, sculptures, mosaics, paintings, coins, and other colorful artefacts of ancient material culture, this volume reveals how the deep structures of imperial power and authority shaped everything from the labour and movements of the Roman Empire's mostly anonymous subjects to their sexualities and consciousness

"The Routledge History of Global War and Society offers a sweeping introduction to the most significant research on the causes, experiences, and impacts of war throughout history. This collection of twenty-seven essays by leading historians demonstrates how war and society studies have dramatically expanded the chronological, geographic, and thematic breadth of the field of military history. Each chapter addresses the ways in which recent scholarship has integrated cultural, ethical, environmental, medical, and ideological factors to explain both conventional conflicts and genocide, terrorism, and other forms of mass violence. The broad scope of the collection make it the perfect primer for scholars and students seeking to understand the complex interactions of warfare and those affecting and affected by conflict."--Provided by publisher.