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1. Fifty Key Texts in Art History

   Edited by Diana Newall, Grant Pooke

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Texts in Art History is an anthology of critical commentaries selected from the classical period to the late modern. It explores some of the central and emerging themes, issues and debates within Art History as an increasingly expansive and globalised discipline. It features an...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts

   3rd Edition

   By Roy Shuker

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Now in an updated 3rd edition this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries on genres and sub-genres the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion

   By Gary Kessler

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
4. Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics

   By Margaret Thomas

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the field have asked and have responded to...

   Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge
5. Communication, Cultural and Media Studies

   The Key Concepts, 4th Edition

   By John Hartley

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   This fourth edition of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is an indispensible guide to the most important terms in the field. It offers clear explanations of the key concepts, exploring their origins, what they’re used for and why they provoke discussion. The author...

   Published May 31st 2011 by Routledge
6. Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography

   By Kenneth Stunkel

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Works of History and Historiography introduces some of the most important works ever written by those who have sought to understand, capture, query and interpret the past. The works covered include texts from ancient times to the present day and from different cultural traditions ensuring...

   Published May 23rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Martha Bremser, Lorna Sanders

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   A unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers, this fully updated new edition includes many new names in the field of choreography, alongside those considered masters of the modern age. Representing a wide range of dance genres, each entry...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge
8. Metaphysics: The Key Concepts

   By Helen Beebee, Nikk Effingham, Philip Goff

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   ‘Informative, accessible, and fun to read— this is an excellent reference guide for undergraduates and anyone wanting an introduction to the fundamental issues of metaphysics. I know of no other resource like it.’– Meghan Griffith, Davidson College, USA 'Marvellous! This book provides the very best...

   Published November 24th 2010 by Routledge
9. Fifty Key Anthropologists

   Edited by Robert Gordon, Harriet Lyons, Andrew Lyons

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent...

   Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge
10. Social Movements: The Key Concepts

    By Graeme Chesters, Ian Welsh

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful, contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the entries defined and discussed are drawn from...

    Published September 28th 2010 by Routledge