Books published by Cambridge University Press

"In a period in which racism and gender inequity are at the fore of public, political, and scholarly discourse, this collection challenges systems of gatekeeping that have dictated who gets to participate in twenty-first century country music culture. Building on established scholarship, this book examines contemporary issues in country music through feminist, intersectional, and post-colonialist theories, as well as other intertextual and cultural lenses. The authors pose questions about diversity, representation, and identity as they relate to larger concepts of artist and fan communities, stylistic considerations of the genre, and modes of production from a twenty-first century perspective. Addressing and challenging the received narrative about country music culture, this collection delves into the gaps that are inherent in existing approaches that privileged biography and historiography and expands new areas of inquiry relating to contemporary country music identity and culture"--

This Element examines how Caribbean content creators use elements of Caribbean Englishes and Creoles in their performances of identity in memes and TikTok videos, and the ideologies that underlie them. Social media content is underpinned by the tension between the acceptance and rejection of standard language ideologies.

Explores the experiences of the Indigenous Muisca peoples of the New Kingdom of Granada during Spanish colonization. It will be useful for those interested in Latin American studies, ethnohistory, legal history, early modern history, and the history of Christianity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

What forms of rule exist in international politics, how do they work, and what consequences do they have for our understanding? This volume assembles world leading International Relations scholars to demonstrate the ruled character of international politics and explains how IR students can study it.

A comprehensive reference for the gynecologic care of women who have been directly impacted by cancer. Covers common gynecologic concerns for all cancer patients as well as gynecologic considerations based on specific cancer sites. Patient vignettes and bulleted 'take home points' allow for rapid information access.

A practical, user-friendly handbook presenting all the information needed by busy healthcare practitioners to stay informed of the latest guidelines, regulations, drugs and techniques in the area of moderate and deep sedations. Thoroughly updated with the most current, evidence-based information for all medical and surgical professionals.

Examining whether autocracies make fundamentally different immigration policies than democracies, Katharina Natter systematically compares policymaking in authoritarian Morocco and democratizing Tunisia. In doing so, Natter uncovers the complex interplay between immigration, political regimes, and modern statehood worldwide.

Exploring the changing role of Muslim spiritual mediators and Islamic esoteric sciences, Pettigrew outlines how invisible forces have impacted social, religious, and political structures in the Saharan West over centuries. Combining historical and anthropological methods, she offers a model for future research that takes the immaterial seriously.

A unique history examining the evolution of global environmental governance through the lens of one city. It explores the impact of the seminal 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment and the outsized role of Stockholm-based actors in generating knowledge and shaping institutions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Forging Leninism in China is a re-examination of the events of the Chinese revolution and the transformation of the Chinese Communist Party from the years 1927 to 1934. Describing the transformation of the party as 'the forging of Leninism', Joseph Fewsmith offers a clear analysis of the development of the party. Drawing on supporting statements of party leaders and a wealth of historical material, he demonstrates how the Chinese Communist Party reshaped itself to become far more violent, more hierarchical, and more militarized during this time. He highlights the role of local educated youth in organizing the Chinese revolution, arguing that it was these local organizations, rather than Mao, who introduced Marxism into the countryside. Fewsmith presents a vivid story of local social history and conflict between Mao's revolutionaries and local Communists.

Why do some people engage in serial killing for sexual pleasure? This book considers the phenomenon of sexual serial killing from the perspective of motivation theory, as advanced in psychology and neuroscience. By examining biological, psychological and social determinants, it develops a model of sexual killing that integrates widely dispersed existing literature. The first part of the book reviews scientific data and theories, while the second part presents biographical sketches of 80 sexual killers and links their early development and later killing to current theoretical understanding. The book examines cases of serial killers from the USA, Western Europe, Iran, Australia and South Africa, and it also includes an account of killers from the USSR, made available to non-Russian speakers for the first time. Deliberately written to avoid jargon, Understanding Sexual Serial Killing is accessible to students, scholars and professionals across psychology, sociology, forensic science and law.

The first modern commentary on Cicero's last dialogue, written in the months after Caesar's assassination. Designed for intermediate and advanced students of Latin, ancient philosophy, and Roman intellectual and political history. Pays careful attention to structure and argument as well as helping students understand Cicero's style and language.

This enthusiastic introduction to the fundamentals of information theory builds from classical Shannon theory through to modern applications in statistical learning. Includes over 210 student exercises, emphasising practical applications in statistics, machine learning and modern communication theory. Accompanied by online instructor solutions.

A compilation of compelling real-life cases on the psychiatric care of older adults in the long-term care setting. Cases cover the various common psychiatric disorders alongside more complex cases on psychiatric multimorbidity and psychotropic polypharmacy. Essential reading for healthcare practitioners who work regularly with older adults.

Trials of Sovereignty offers the first legal history of mercy and discretion in nineteenth and twentieth-century India. Key chapters examine royal amnesty, codification, capital punishment, and sedition. It will benefit students and scholars interested in legal history, South Asian studies, criminology, and imperial history.

This volume presents the letters of Allen Leeper, Oxford undergraduate and future Foreign Office mandarin. Recording Leeper's experiences at university and travels in Europe, the letters (1908-1912) offer a vivid picture of a continent on the eve of war and bring out the complexities of a critical period in British and European history.

This practical guide to optimization combines mathematical theory with hands-on coding examples to explore how Python can be used to model problems and obtain the best possible solutions. Presenting a balance of theory and practical applications, it is the ideal resource for upper-undergraduate and graduate students in applied mathematics, data science, business, industrial engineering and operations research, as well as practitioners in related fields. Beginning with an introduction to the concept of optimization, this text presents the key ingredients of an optimization problem and the choices one needs to make when modeling a real-life problem mathematically. Topics covered range from linear and network optimization to convex optimization and optimizations under uncertainty. The book's Python code snippets, alongside more than 50 Jupyter notebooks on the author's GitHub, allow students to put the theory into practice and solve problems inspired by real-life challenges, while numerous exercises sharpen students' understanding of the methods discussed.