John Bowen

'It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything'

After the death of his wife, the handsome politician Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray. Meer

'Mr Slope flattered himself that he could out-manoeuvre the lady...he did not doubt of ultimate triumph.'

Barchester Towers (1857) was the bo Meer

Leading anthropologists and political scientists are brought together in this volume to debate the problem of comparison, taking up a variety of topics from nationalist violence and labour strikes to ritual forms and religious practices. Meer