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This study explores the role of politically active Palestinian women in the Lebanese Resistance Movement. The author…

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\nWriting Backwards explores what the dominance of historical fiction in the contemporary canon reveals about American…

\nThe pontianak, a terrifying female vampire ghost, is a powerful figure in Malay cultures. Exploring how and why the…

While scholars and policymakers have devoted considerable attention to the issue of ethnic conflicts, the question of why…

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) is best known as the author of the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" and a utopian…

A collection of haiku by Japanese women, this volume includes translations of 400 haiku written by 20 poets from the 17th…

Draws on philosophy, biology, and the study of the mind to consider the nature of human cognitive capacities, particularly…

This study analyzes the manner in which the perception of human difference has changed from the time of the Renaissance to…

Opens a window on the experiences of urban people living through one of Africa's most dramatic economic declines in the…

With chapters on investment philosophy, psychology, and strategy and science, as they pertain to money management, this…

Sixiang Wang demonstrates how Chosŏn political actors strategically deployed cultural practices, values, and narratives to…

\nPaul R. Pillar examines how and why partisanship has undermined U.S. foreign policy, especially over the past three…

\nLet There Be Light is a groundbreaking history of electrification in Hong Kong. Mark L. Clifford traces how a power…

\nIn his The Twenty Verses, the Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu invites readers to explore experiences in dreams and to…

Kaihan Krippendorff reveals how many of the modern world\'s most impactful creations were invented by passionate…

Departing from the conventional association of modernism with the city, this book reveals the beach as a surprisingly…

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\nIn Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning…

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What is the state of the American welfare state? This work asks how much support there is, who is most supportive, and why…

Challenges the leading radical literary critics of the 1930s, reconsidering issues including the relative autonomy of…

In reassessing traditional psychoanalysis, this text fromulates new theories for evaluating women's sexuality. The author…

A defense of the critical faculties that keep us from settling for the status quo. Drawing on Nietzsche and Heidegger,…

A new resolution of the mind-body problem that reconciles materialism and idealism.…

A detailed historical analysis of popular music in American film, from the era of sheet music sales, to that of orchestrated…

Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits…

How the New York City subway helps new immigrants assimilate.…

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\nThe Analyst is an intimate and searching portrait of Milton Wexler, written by his daughter, an acclaimed historian. Alice…

\nLarry S. Sherman, a neuroscientist and lifelong musician, and Dennis Plies, a professional musician and teacher,…

\nTosaka Jun—a major Marxist thinker and critic in 1930s Japan—offers a ruthless philosophical critique of contemporary…

\nThis book is a groundbreaking study of transgender lives and practices in late imperial China. Through close readings of…

\nIs immersion just another name for enclosure? In this groundbreaking analysis of virtual reality in Japan, Paul Roquet…

Formalized by the tenth century, the Bhagavata Purana has witnessed centuries of performance, interpretation, worship, and…

Based on analysis of a generation of leaders who came to power in Chile after 1970, this text focuses on how Allende's…

Examining the changes that have occurred in families, family research, and family law in the late 20th century, this volume…

This study traces the development of women's sports from antiquity to the present day, focusing on the role of women's…

The authoritative guide to writing for the broadcast medium.…

Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women left rural New England to work in the factory towns of the region.…

Quarks to Culture explores the rhythm within what Tyler Volk calls the "grand sequence," a series of levels of sizes and…

This is one of the most important works in Indian literature and a source of religious inspiration in both medieval and…

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\nAvram Alpert combines personal experience and readings of modern novels to offer another way to understand modern…

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