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This handbook provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of work on inflection - the expression of grammatical information through changes in word forms. The volume's 24 chapters are written by experts in the field from a variety of theoretical backgrounds, with examples drawn from a wide range of languages.

Presents the most current approaches to Shakespeare in performance, including how experimental modes of performance ensure Shakespeare's contemporaneity; how and why audiences respond to performances as they do; how technology has revolutionized our access to Shakespeare, and cultural appropriation in productions for international audiences.

Building on the success of the hugely influential first edition, this volume offers a radically revised, updated, and broader approach to economic geography.

This handbook offers a comprehensive treatment of transformations of the state, from its origins in different parts of the world and different time periods to its transformations since World War II in the advanced industrial countries, the post-Communist world, and the Global South.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication provides contexts for viewing the field, examines political discourse, media, and interpersonal and small group political communication, and considers political communication's evolution inside the altered political communication landscape. Agendas for future research and innovation are presented.

This volume provides a representative overview of philosophical work on virtue. Forty-two chapters by distinguished scholars offer insights and directions for further research. In addition to philosophy, authors also deal with virtues in religion and psychological perspectives on virtue.

This Handbook brings together the latest scholarship on the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Christian Church between 400 and 1500 AD.

The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music testifies to the spectacular impact the Faust theme has exerted over the centuries. The Handbook's three-part organization enables readers to follow the evolution of Faust in music across time and stylistic periods, suggesting that these musical compositions are not mere retellings of the story, but contribute significant insights of their own.

Country music studies is a thriving interdisciplinary field. The Oxford Handbook of Country Music draws upon the expertise of leading and emerging scholars to present an introduction into the historiographical narratives and methodological issues that have emerged in country music studies' first half-century and to suggest potential avenues for further research.

With his novels, journalism, short stories, political activism, and travel writing, Jack London established himself as one of the most prolific and diverse authors of the twentieth century. Covering London's biography, cultural context, and the various genres in which he wrote, The Oxford Handbook of Jack London is the definitive reference work on the author.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the academic study of religion. Written by an international team of leading scholars, its fifty-one chapters will advance the state of the discipline and is an invaluable reference for students and scholars.

The essential volume for all those working on International Political Theory and related areas.

In this first major collection of its kind, thirty contributors tackle centuries of music censorship across the globe from the medieval era to the modern day. Focusing on individual composers and artists as well as eras within single countries, this Handbook champions the efficacy of music as an agent of collective power and resilience.

Recent maritime disputes, environmental disasters, and piracy have raised the profile of the law of the sea. This Oxford Handbook brings together high-level analysis of all of its key aspects, examining the role of particular regions in the development of the law of the sea, management of the oceans' resources, and critical contemporary debates.

This Handbook provides an overview of the archaeology of the later Middle Ages in Britain between AD 1066 and 1550. Chapters cover topics ranging from later medieval objects, human remains, archaeological science, standing buildings, and sites such as castles and monasteries, to the well-preserved relict landscapes which still survive.

Identity studies focus on how organizations define themselves and what they stand for in relation to internal and external stakeholders. This Handbook offers an introduction to the growing field of organizational identity and a broad range of the most important theories and methods for the study of organizational identity.

A comprehensive guide to Islamic legal scholarship, this Handbook offers a direct and accessible introduction to Islamic law and the academic debates within the field. Topics include textual sources and authority, institutions, substantive legal areas, Islamic legal philosophy, and Islamic law in the Muslim World and in Muslim minority countries.

Politics is intuitively about relationships, but until recently the network perspective has not been a dominant part of the methodological paradigm that political scientists use to study politics. This volume is a foundational statement about networks in the study of politics.

Drawing from an inexhaustible wealth of primary sources-from ancient Chinese philosophical tracts to McDonald's menus-The Oxford Handbook of Food History contributes new perspectives to the history of food, culture, and society, crossing disciplinary, chronological, and geographic boundaries while also suggesting new routes for future research.

This Handbook primarily focuses on issues and themes that arise in the study of Early Christian Apocrypha. Part One consists of authoritative surveys of the main branches of apocryphal literature (gospels, acts, epistles, apocalypses, and related literature) and Part Two considers key issues that they raise.

Practiced and watched by billions, sport is a global phenomenon. Sport history is a burgeoning sub-field that explores sport in all forms to help answer fundamental questions that scholars examine. This volume provides a reference for sport scholars and an accessible introduction to those who are new to the sub-field.

The Handbook provides a broad introduction to Swedish politics, and how Sweden's political system and policies have evolved over the past few decades.

This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview-rich with bibliographic resources-to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.

This volume offers a systematic crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a statement is based. It explores a range of topics relating to evidentiality and provides case studies from a variety of language families as diverse as Algonquian, Korean, and Uralic.

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Reenactment investigates new forms of choreographic dramaturgy and interpretation inherent. Joining junior and senior scholars as well as practitioners in the field, the handbook shows how the recovery of past dances has come to constitute a new branch of contemporary choreographic activity.

The Oxford Handbook of Healthcare Management offers a variety of current scholarly perspectives which explore important policy developments in health care management on an international basis.

The financial crisis of 2008 aroused widespread interest in banking and financial history. Contributions to this volume analyse banking and financial history in a long-term comparative perspective. Lessons drawn from these analyses may well help future generations of policy makers avoid a repeat of the financial turbulence that erupted in 2008.

Public history is a large and complex field, with boundaries, methods, and subjects that are hotly debated, and The Oxford Handbook of Public History reflects these complexities. This book defines public history as a transnational field, and public history work as analytical and active: practical work informed by thoughtful reflection. The book locates public history as a professional practice within an intellectual framework that is increasingly democratic,technological, and transnational.

This Handbook offers a comprehensive discussion of Abrahamic Religions, providing comparative study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.