The Puritan Way of Death

David E Stannard

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• The Puritan Way of Death is more than a book about Puritans or about death. It is also about family, community, and identity in the modern world. Even... Lees meer

This Species of Property

Leslie Howard Owens, Leslie H Cwens

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• Owens' fascinating study explores the personality and behavior of the slave within the context of what it meant to be a slave. Based on a variety of p... Lees meer

Mathematics

Morris Kline

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• This work stresses the illogical manner in which mathematics has developed, the question of applied mathematics as against 'pure' mathematics, and the... Lees meer

The Damned and the Beautiful

Paula S Fass

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• Explores the changes that occurred as young people of the 1920s broke with nineteenth-century traditions, and assesses the impact of those changes on ... Lees meer

Philosophy of Right

G W F Hegel, T M Knox

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• 'Hegel's Philosophy of Right' concerns ideas on justice, moral responsibility, family life, economic activity and the political structure of the state... Lees meer

Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788

Samuel Eliot Morison

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• Includes all essential documents of official nature and selected sources, such as debates and letters, which reflect the central issues of the Revolut... Lees meer

Siva

Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

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• Originally published under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva , this book traces the development of an Indian approach to an ... Lees meer

The Idea of the Holy

R Otto, John W Harvey

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• Since the English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto's volume has established itself as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. I... Lees meer

Fantastic Worlds

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• As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories,... Lees meer

Rehearsal for Reconstruction

Willie Lee Rose

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• This award-winning study presents an engaging account of the attempt at reconstruction that occurred in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the b... Lees meer

A Rage for Order

Joel Williamson

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• The Crucible of Race , a major reinterpretation of black-white relations in the South, was widely acclaimed on publication and compared favorably to t... Lees meer

Art of War

Sun Tzu, Samuel B Griffith

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• Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings , Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for mili... Lees meer

Concepts in Film Theory

J Dudley Andrew

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• A remarkable continuation of Dudley Andrew's classic, The Major Film Theories , this work focuses on the key concepts in film study: perception, repre... Lees meer

Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist

Stephen Rogers Peck

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• Stephen Rogers Peck's Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist remains unsurpassed as a manual for students. It includes sections on bones, muscles, surf... Lees meer

The Major Film Theories

J Dudley Andrew, Dudley Andrew, James Dudley Andrew

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• Both a history of film theory and an introduction to the work of the most important writers in the field, Andrew's volume reveals the bases of thought... Lees meer

To Hunt in the Morning

Janet Siskind

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• This book is intended for Prizes won etc. Lees meer

Destinations

Jan Morris

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• In these essays which originally appeared in Rolling Stone, Jan Morris captures the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, D... Lees meer

Science Fiction

Eric S. Rabkin

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• An invaluable contribution to the serious study of science fiction as well as a highly entertaining collection, Science Fiction contains 27 chronologi... Lees meer

Theology of Culture

Paul Tillich

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• Theology of Culture draws together fifteen of Dr. Tillich's finest essays, in which a diversity of contemporary attitudes and problems is brought with... Lees meer

Disorderly Conduct

Carroll Smith-Rosenberg

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• This first collection of essays by Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, one of the leading historians of women, is a landmark in women's studies. Focusing on the ... Lees meer

The Mirror and the Lamp

Meyer Howard Abrams, M H Abrams

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• This highly acclaimed study analyzes the various trends in English criticism during the first four decades of this century. Lees meer

Slavery and Human Progress

David Brion Davis

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• Pulitzer Prize-winner David Brion Davis here provides a penetrating survey of slavery and emancipation throughout world history--from ancient times to... Lees meer

Slavery in the Cities

Richard C Wade

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• Attempts to show what happened to slavery in an urban environment and to reconstruct the texture of life of the Negroes who lived in bondage in the ci... Lees meer

American Catholics

James J Hennesey

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• Written by one of the foremost historians of American Catholicism, this book presents a comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic Church in America ... Lees meer