Books published by Cambridge University Press

This book offers a detailed analysis of how the science of music was a part of a larger intellectual and sociocultural context in the medieval Islamic world. It is intended for scholars and students interested in the history of science and the intellectual history of the pre-modern Islamic world.

"This book revisits the relationship between the African continent and global capitalism since the nineteenth-century Scramble. It provides an unprecedented account of the correlation between the legacy of legal imperialism and British hegemony, and the expansion of finance and international law in the current rush for Africa's 'green' minerals"--

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the exclusive economic zone regime over five groups of activities by different States. It will appeal to a broad international audience across academics, students, legal practitioners, governments and international ogranisations. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

This Element explores the changing landscape of eBook businesses and cultures in China in the past two decades and examines how disruptive innovation and the platform economy have transformed one of the world's largest book markets.

Combining feminist, materialist, and comparatist approaches, Jillian Heydt-Stevenson reveals evocative and hidden information about objects like diamonds, hats, and statues, demonstrating women's life-preserving ecological, social, and political connections to material things in literature from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Rome's ruins were little regarded before tourists, architects and painters in the Renaissance found them both historically interesting and aesthetically attractive. This prompted their conservation, restoration and presentation over the centuries as modern visitors see them now. This fascinating book will captivate all lovers of 'the Eternal City'.