Oxford University Press

Based on three years of ethnographic research with Bruce Springsteen fans, and informed by the author's own experiences as a fan,    Tramps Like Us is an interdisciplinary study of the ways in which ordinary people form special, sustained attachments to Bruce Springsteen and his music and how those attachments function in people's daily lives to...

Excise taxes are not only convenient sources of government revenue, they can also be designed to reflect the external costs of excisable products, such as global warming, acid rain, traffic congestion, and the costs of cigarette and alcohol consumption. This book by internationally recognized experts analyses the art of excise taxation, providing a...

Using Schumann's    Eichendorff Liederkreis as the primary example, this book sheds new light on the structure of nineteenth century song cycles and on the Schumann's particular response to the problem of musical coherence in large scale works. Drawing on analysis, literary criticism, and source studies, this book argues for a new conception of the...

Georges Barrere (1876-1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American        flute playing. Best known for two of the landmark works that were written for        him--the Poem of Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Density 21.5 by Edgard Varese--he was        the most prominent early exemplar of the Paris Conservatoire tradition in the...

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This book is a concise and accessible guide to the practical workings of the TRIPS agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) for policymakers and their legal advisers. The book offers a unique insider's account of how the international rules of IP function in practice within a broader legal framework that consists of...