In the century after "Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations", the British economy was transformed. This title considers how grand…

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Hebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish…

Over the past three decades, economic sociology has been revealing how culture shapes economic life even while economic…

Delving into the critical role of the theater in the origins of the novel of interiority, this title reinterprets the novel…

The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. This work tells…

In this book Robert Pinsky writes about contemporary poetry as it reflects its modernist and Romantic past. He isolates…

Focuses on the staples of American welfare system such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, Head Start, WIC, and public housing. This…

Answers questions such as: How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate…

Guides readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. This title presents…

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\nWilliam Bennett\'s moral guide for children, \"A Book of Virtues\", was a national bestseller. Yet, many continue to…

offers a portrait in words and images of a storied institution that might be described as a true academic village. This book…

An anthology that provides the comprehensive overview for understanding the relationship between religion and violence -…

Examines the "constitutional faith" that has, since 1788, been a central component of American "civil religion". By taking…

Why doesn't your home page appear on the first page of search results, even when you query your own name? How do other web…

Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a…

Examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of…

When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance…

Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that…

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In the early 1960s, American conservatives seemed to have fallen on hard times. McCarthyism was on the run, and movements on…

Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far…

More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get…

G A Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time…

"This is a book about contemporary European politics and the demographics of Muslim political candidacies."--Provided by…

Since 9/11, American foreign policy has been guided by grand ideas like tyranny, democracy, and freedom. And yet the course…

This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious…

Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis,…