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…

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.…

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…

Produkt Introduction to Metaphysics - Grondin, Jean (Professor, University of Montreal) zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od…

In the years between 1820 and 1860, the rise of the cotton textile industry in New England altered women's working and…

• Rok vydání 1492

Leading scholars reflect on the 1492 expulsions of the Jews from Spain.…

This is an English translation of one of China's greatest works of political literature. Written in the 17th century, it is…

Is there such a thing as "girl culture"? This text argues that both "girls" and "culture" as ideas are too problematic to…

This is the first textbook to address the specific but polymorphous needs of women of color. With the help of guest authors,…

The story of a grassroots political movement that flourished throughout the 1970s and 1980s.…

The only English translation available of the most important first-hand account of the "Northern Crusades" in the Baltic…

Designed for anyone interested in learning more about the aesthetics, history, philosophy and religion represented in the…

-- Lewis Mumford…

Originally published in 1932, this treatise attempts to demonstrate that Karl Marx was a systematic thinker who developed a…

The author argues that Korea's rapid industrial growth is neither miracle nor cultural mystery, but the outcome of a…

Exploring the links between Senator Hubert Humphrey's policies on racial justice and economic reform, Thurber investigates…

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has…

Brand focuses on three countries-Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco-with special attention to issues such as access to…

A comprehensive study of the cultural ecology, demography, and domestic organization of one village undergoing socioeconomic…

Spanning the first three decades of this century to the Sino-Japanese War, these twenty-two works of fiction, drama,…

Why do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Gelber traces the…

A collection of essays on the ethical issues created by the AIDS crisis. It addresses controversial issues related to the…

Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the…

A reassessment of Freud's central concept of the Oedipus complex, using the interlocking perspectives of biography,…

Traces the history of American fears of and attempts to combat propaganda through World War II and up to the Cold War. This…

• Čeština

Translation of: Hineubergehen: was beim Sterben geschieht. 2014.…

Neorealism is the school of international relations that emphasizes the role of inter-state power struggles in world…

This magnificent new book demonstrates the development of a distinctive, unified culinary tradition throughout the Italian…

That strategy reflected an American commitment to the spread of democracy and Western values, the importance attached to…

Through the ages, salt has conferred status, preserved foods, and mingled in the blood, sweat, and tears of humanity. Mixing…

Produkt Evolution and the Emergent Self - Neubauer, Raymond L. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Columbia University…

Distinguished philosophers, Buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists examine the contrasts and connections…

Marxism presents an authoritative, analytic survey of the course of Marxism, from its origins in the late eighteenth century…

Drawing on a wide range of documents and interviews with officials in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, as well the…