The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies provides a much-needed critical introduction to the major historians and philosophers together with the central issues, ideas and theories that have prompted the rethinking of history that has gathered pace since the 1990s. With a revised introduction setting out the state of the discipline of history today, as well as an extended and updated bibliography, this is the essential reference work for all students of history.
The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial Studies offers a unique and up-to-date mapping of the postcolonial world, and is composed of essays as well as shorter entries for ease of reference.
Product Description: This detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of thought, outlining its central features and placing the anthropologists within their intellectual contexts. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists is an essential reference work.
Product Description: Edited by language and communications expert Paul Cobley, this new Routledge Critical Dictionary is an accessible and invaluable key to the complex field of linguistics and semiotics. The first resource to combine these two closely-related areas, this new work takes full advantage of the Critical Dictionary format to open up the world of semiotics and linguistics for novices and to provide a useful ready-reference for more advanced reader. The 10 introductory essays are written by pace-setting figures in the field, and provide unique background to the 200+ A-Z entries that follow. Among the latter are entries on key individuals such as Bakhtin, Chomsky, Lacan, Saussure, William of Ockham and many others; concepts like abduction, chain of discourse, grapheme, metalanguage, philology and syntax; theories and schools including American structuralism, pragmaticism and Russian formalism; and much, much more.
Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this engaging and practical text covers every issue of major concern in the field. Made up of a series of short essays written by renowned international experts and presented in thematic groups, key topics discussed include: · language, sex and gender · multilingualism · language and ideology · language and education · language and ethnicity · pidgins and creoles. With a substantial A-Z glossary of key terms and concepts, directions for further study, and detailed cross-referencing with links to the glossary, The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics is both an essential broad-based introduction for those new to the field, and a highly useful reference for established researchers in the area.
