Colonial Urbanism in the Age of the Enlightenment

Colonial Urbanism in the Age of the EnlightenmentThis book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires property market.

The book also provides an analysis of the major works of three European directors – Billy Wilder

It combines a lucid and accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction with detailed readings of Jackie Collins

Through an interdisicplinary approach

“I came out […] to find all London at my feet

Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields

colonialism and transnational cultural encounters

and discusses policy approaches in telecoms and electricity

foreign policy and future prospects

The first anthology of its kind

From the peripheries of international affairs

including Tolkien's wildly popular The Lord of the Rings

this study explores topics as diverse as Inka stonework