Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this…

This study explores the struggle between left-and right-wing factions within the Zionist movement, tracing the emergence of…

The first biography of a fascinating Caribbean-born writer, unraveling the mystery behind his disappearance from New York at…

This treatise demonstrates how a psychoanalytic reading of a literary work, in which the reader is aware of the response the…

A leading bioethicist explores the intractable threats to our well-being that persist despite the multigenerational effort…

Explores the natural riches of the coldest continent and examines the plant and animal life, particularly penguins, birds,…

An ethnographic study of how gender is negotiated in Vanatinai, a small matrilineal island near New Guinea.…

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In 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan-the murder and emasculation of her lover.…

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This indispensable book offers a new and complete critical edition of the Latin text of Giles of Rome's On Ecclesiastical…

The authors of this work advocate the development of readily available, accessible and professionally sanctioned practice…

A collection of Victorian nonfiction prose juxtaposing classic texts and canonical writers in order to illuminate important…

Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects ranging…

How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja…

Taking cognizance of the multiple, sometimes contradictory, components of the concept of sovereignty, this volume attempts…

Drawing from surveys of political attitudes and voting patterns among gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, Bailey's study is a…

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By utilizing the perspectives of present and former faculty who have been deeply involved in developing the CUSSW's…

Produkt Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese - Chen, Yea-Fen (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee) a Hwang, Mei-Ju a Mehta, Frances…

A controversial examination of the Jewish "success story" in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and…

This work examines the dramatic transformation of one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist tradition -…

With contributions ranging from academic and professional theorists and policy developers to independent social workers,…

This unusual and ambitious book summarizes, compares, and contrasts the ideas of ten prominent anthropologists of the…

The Essential Feature explains how to apply research and literary techniques to journalistic writing; provides eight…

Helps understand the civilization in South Asia and how leading thinkers there have looked at life, the traditions of their…

Captures Columbia's rich intellectual legacy. This work also captures the spirit of a great university through the gifted…

This text describes the evidence for how life moved from sea to land, beginning more than 400 million years ago, employing…

Provides a chronicle of the involvement of American writers with the critical style and politics of Communism. The study…

One of the great classic Chinese novels,The Scholars departs from the impersonal tradition of Chinese fiction, as the author…

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This volume documents 25 programmes that have contributed, through education and widening channels of communication, to the…

This anthology offers a wide selection of modern Palestinian literature including translations of poems, stories and the…

A critical essay on St. Augustine's social and political thought.…

This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of…

An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, it features more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania.…

Arranged alphabetically by topic, with an index of sources, this splendidly browsable collection of over 6,000 quotations is…

Reveals the cultural and biological realities of race, gender, and sexual orientation from the perspective of the blind.…

Reamer discusses the ethical concerns involved in working with individuals and families, the design and implementation of…

Footprints of the Forest is the clearest and most comprehensive account to date of the relationship between and Amazonian…

Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980s through…

Rather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a "pancultural" perspective that focuses on the common experiences…

The Tokugawa family ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867 keeping the island nation isolated from the rest of the world for more…

A counterintuitive take on the deceleration of time and its function in contemporary art and culture.…

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This book presents essays reflecting the current state and near-term prospects of sociological theory.…

An exploration of the social movements, ideas and beliefs that have been most influential in shaping the development of the…

A sweeping historical and intellectual genealogy of our struggle to represent disorder from the classical period to the…

Race Unmasked revisits the origins of widespread beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences and explains why…

This is the first comprehensive analysis of urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on comparative household and…

Drawing on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, and social movement studies, this work looks at the…