Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age investigates the global impact of technology and computing on knowledge and society. Tracing transformations in communication, learning and research, the groundbreaking titles in this series demonstrate the far-reaching effects of the digital revolution across…
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Anthem Library of the Month | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
I attach the undergraduate entrance to the library of the University of Illinois, the largest University library in the USA, and home to the H. G. Wells papers, one of the world’s largest literary archives. I was at Illinois in…
Anthem Book Spotlight | ‘The Entrepreneurial State’
Since the June release of our new title, ‘The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths,’ the book has already received significant press coverage. Mariana Mazzucato is a leading innovation economist and her ideas provide a new perspective on…
Anthem Library of the Month | CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MILAN
The austere and elegant central cloisters designed by Bramante and the ancient monastery of Sant’Ambrogio, or St Ambrose, home to the Catholic University of Milan since 1932, are framed by modern buildings technologically fully equipped. Together with the more austere…
Anthem Book Spotlight | Development Without Aid
‘Development Without Aid: The Decline of Development Aid and the Rise of the Diaspora’ by David A Phillips “David Phillips makes a compelling case that international migration and remittances have vast potential to promote development in many of the world’s…
Anthem Library of the Month | TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Trinity College Library is the largest library in Ireland, its collections of manuscripts and printed books having been built up since the end of the sixteenth century. The Library is a fascinating mix from an architectural point of view: the…
Anthem Book Spotlight | How to Get Into Medical School In Australia
We are pleased to announce that we have just released a useful new book entitled ‘How to Get into Medical School in Australia’ by Timothy Shiraev. The book is the definitive guide on how to succeed in your application to…
Anthem Library of the Month | NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
© 2012 Melville House The New York Public Library is an oasis in mid-town, a temple dedicated to intellectual pursuits, with wonderful marble staircases, tromp l’oeil ceilings, and those lions that roar every time a virgin walks past. I’m sitting in…
Anthem Library of the Month | MOORLAND-SPINGARN LIBRARY
© 2012 Ph.D. Octopus I was recipient of a research grant from the Lilly Foundation that allowed me to work with an African-American scholar at Howard University. A primary goal of the grant was for me to learn about African-American…
Anthem Series Spotlight | Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Sociology, as the systematic study of social institutions, inevitably looks at how major institutional areas (the political, the legal and the economic) intersect and mutually shape each other. At the same time, to quote the famous words of American sociologist…