Major Works
What is a Major Work?
Normally ranging from 4-6 volumes, our Major Works collections gather together material from a range of sources - specialist books and journals, as well as pre-published material - to form what are essentially 'mini-libraries', dedicated to a particular topic, theme or person.
The programme covers subjects as diverse as Language Studies, to Politics and Education.
Throughout the year we will be publishing subject-specific catalogues detailing a complete list of titles publishing within a given subject area. Why not take a look at our latest catalogues at the following links:
Feminism & Gender Studies Catalogue
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Catalogue
Law & Criminology Catalogue
Literature & Cultural Studies Catalogue
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Critical Security Studies
Series: Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies
Although prominent—some would argue pre-eminent—within the modern political lexicon, the concept of ‘security’ is complex and contested. While the meaning and reference point of security was once largely taken for granted within International Relations, the past thirty years or so have witnessed...
Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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Documentary Film
Series: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies
Documentary film is cinema’s oldest form, dating back to the medium’s invention at the turn of twentieth century. From cinema’s earliest days, important documentary films and film-makers have emerged continuously and, today, interest in documentary film remains substantial, and is rapidly growing....
Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
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John Kenneth Galbraith: The Economic Legacy
One hundred years after his birth, J. K. Galbraith’s The Great Crash 1929 is again on the bestseller lists. And in the current financial and economic tumult, familiar Galbraithian concerns—such as the power and dominance of overweening corporations, national and global poverty, and the careless...
Published August 20th 2012 by Routledge