Old School

Old SchoolThis new, expanded edition brings readers inside the dojos of the ancient schools of Japanese martial arts, analysing the evolution of Japanese weaponry, addressing the myth and reality of Japan's naginata wielding warrior women, and discussing the modern relevance of the blood oaths, magical ritual and mysticism that often permeate the koryu.

This edited volume of essays investigates the series of neoliberal policy reforms implemented in India between 1991 and the present day

Oddjob’s bowler hat

approaches to monitoring

Focuses on doctors and nurses in wartime casualty clearing stations

It makes available for the first time in a single edition the most significant of his compositions about the war disabled and examining their value as historical documents

The only commercially available edition of the play currently in print

With essays exploring metropolitan research institutes

the Tisza government

This book uses the themes of modernisation and manipulation to provide a new and distinctive analysis of the political strategy of Prime Minister David Cameron

This book explores the neglected history of textile crafts in projects of social and moral reform and considers how historical processes have become materialised in contemporary humanitarian craft-work

Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard

This is the first full-length study in English of the director's shorts and feature films