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Examines the work of Ammianus Marcellinus, who has often been underestimated as a writer while lauded as an historian. This book portrays him as a subtler writer and more manipulative and partial historian, using allusion to the classical past to insinuate different meanings.
Take a trip down memory lane as "History of Heroes" delves into the past of one of the most famous and THE most successful football team in the world - Glasgow Rangers FC.Inspired by a young boy's first trip to Ibrox Stadium, learn how a dream that was shared by four lads ends in European glory one hundred years later.
Dominic Kelly has written a fascinating study of Japanese policies designed to lead to the reconstruction of East Asia. He presents a detailed picture of Japanese activity in East Asia in the areas of production, finance, security and 'knowledge', and maps out the historical context upon which this activity rests. In doing so, Kelly sheds light on the increasingly powerful but imperfectly understood phenomenon of regionalism. He goes on to identity the major fault line situated beneath both theoretical accounts of Japanese regionalism and 'real world' predictions of its success or failure.
An integrated collection of essays by leading scholars, 'Two Romes' explores the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity. This examination of the 'two Romes' in comparative perspective illuminates our understanding not just of both cities but of the whole late Roman world.
Dogs is a nonfiction children's book with exceptional text features and beautiful photographs.
A multidisciplinary survey of Sidonius Apollinaris and his worksFirst ever comprehensive research tool for Sidonius ApollinarisAssembles leading international specialists on Sidonius and his ageOffers an assessment of past and currernt research in the fieldComprehensive bibliography includes all the scholarly literature on SidoniusSupplemented by the regularly updated Sidonius website www.sidonapol.orgSidonius Apollinaris, c.430 - c.485, poet and letter-writer, aristocrat, administrator and bishop, is one of the most distinct voices to survive from Late Antiquity and an eyewitness of the end of Roman power in the west. The Edinburgh Companion to Sidonius Apollinaris is the first work of its ...
The New European Left explores the ideas, policy debates, and electoral pressures which are determining the governing agenda in four key European countries - Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Developments in information and communication technology, human-centered philosophies, globalization, and increasingly complex organizational and labor structure have forced to change the management thought. It became impossible to survive for businesses which can not attune the changes. Businesses are re-questioning their traditional marketing approaches, reviewing their methods and priorities, and showing more interest in productivity, profitability, control, measurement and evaluation topics. Globalization and developments in information and communication technologies have influenced the business manners of businesses. Especially, accounting, finance, marketing and management functions are highly influenced by this process. In this context, in this study, the possible effects of contemporary approaches in business administration on each of the business function.
The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late-antique studies. In this tribute fourteen new studies, which range from the first century AD to the ninth, pay him homage.