In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers,…

Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic…

A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn't always have titles, and many…

It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to…

A feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, this book presents an analysis of a political conflict through…

Takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which…

Despite heightened partisanship in the US Congress and constituencies split along ideological lines, congressional…

Re-creates the story of Europe's indigenous people who were nearly stricken from historical memory even as they adopted and…

\n\"A book that examines the growing population of mixed minority-white backgrounds and society\"--\n…

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Examines the saga of the Grail. Exploring the legend's Gnostic roots, this book considers how the legend of the Grail…

In the 1930s and 1940s, rural reformers in the United States and Mexico waged unprecedented campaigns to remake their…

Takes a look at southern politics in the United States which challenges conventional notions about the rise of the…

Tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a…

Compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a…

The port city of Liverpool, England, is home to one of the oldest Black communities in Britain. This title analyzes how this…

Explores one of the crucial problems of the contemporary era - struggles over access to, and use of, the environment. This…

Exhibition held at the National Gallery (U.S.), Washington, D.C., September 30, 2016-March 5, 2017, of a private collection…

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The most complete and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world's canidsThis stunningly illustrated and…

The most comprehensive single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced-from the authors of the acclaimed…

Describes inner cities as structures of subordination. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation,…

Seeks to restore the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland - a jurisprudence anchored in…

Produkt Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh - Grewal, Bikram…

Did America's fortieth president lead a conservative counter revolution that left liberalism gasping for air? The answer,…

Looks at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing…

Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book…

Takes a look at the political origins and structures of European Monetary Unification and NAFTA. The theoretical arguments…

In the late 19th century, Scandinavian urban dwellers developed a passion for a modern sort of visual spectacle: objects and…

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