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Cambridge and the Torres Strait: Centenary Essays on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herle, Anita / Rouse, Song>andong>ra / Anita, Herle, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, ong>Torresong> ong>Straitong> has an established place in ong>theong> history of anthropology because of its association with ong>theong> ong>Cambridgeong> University Expedition of organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event in ong>theong> formation of academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguistics, sociology ong>andong> ethnomusicology. ong>Theong> nine interdisciplinary ong>essaysong> in this ong>centenaryong> volume offer ways of looking at ong>andong> situation ong>theong> Expedition's work in historical ong>andong> intellectual debates. Central ong>theong>mes covered are ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> expedition members ong>andong> ong>theong> ong>Torresong> ong>Straitong> Islong>andong>ers: ong>theong> innovations associated with ong>theong> Expedition ong>andong> ong>theong> Expedition's influence on ong>theong> development of anthropology ong>andong> psychology. One hundred years on, ong>theong> results of ong>theong> Expedition have a contemporary relevance for anthropology ong>andong> for ong>theong> ong>Torresong> ong>Straitong> Islong>andong>ers.

English Drama: Forms and Development: Essays in Honour of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradbrook, M. C. / Axton, M. / Axton, Marie, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, ong>Theong>se ten original ong>essaysong> on English drama from Tudor times onwards were first published in . Each is written by a former member of ong>theong> ong>Cambridgeong> English Faculty. Each author has an individual approach ong>andong> makes a fresh contribution to ong>theong> study of dramatic form seen in a changing historical setting. ong>Theong>re are ong>essaysong> on genres, on individual playwrights ong>andong> on social conditions affecting ong>theong> development of ong>theong> drama. Togeong>theong>r, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> make a valuable contribution to ong>theong> study of drama.

The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomson, Peter / Sacks, Glendyr, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, This Companion offers students crucial guidance on Brecht's ong>theong>atrical career from beginning to end, bringing togeong>theong>r ong>theong> contrasting views of major critics ong>andong> active practitioners to offer a provocative overview. ong>Theong> nineteen newly-commissioned ong>essaysong> place Brecht's creative work in its historical ong>andong> biographical context, with separate ong>essaysong> on seven major plays, on ong>theong> poetry, ong>theong> ong>theong>atrical ong>theong>ories, ong>theong> use of music, ong>theong> innovations in stage design, ong>theong> ways of working with actors ong>andong> his hugely influential career with ong>theong> Berliner Ensemble.

Marxism in Dark Times: Select Essays for the New Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Datta Gupta, Sobhanlal, PUBLISHER: Anong>theong>m Press, This volume is a collection of ong>essaysong> on an alternative understong>andong>ing of Marxism, anchored in ong>theong> ideas of humanism, democracy ong>andong> pluralism. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> question ong>theong> stereotyped, positivist notion of Marxism as practised by ong>theong> exponents of official Marxism. ong>Theong>y highlight ong>theong> legacy of ong>theong> suppressed voices in ong>theong> Marxist tradition, ong>andong> provide new insights in ong>theong> reading of Marxism in ong>theong> twenty-first century. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> provide a new reading of Antonio Gramsci, Rosa Luxemburg, Nikolai Bukharin, David Ryazanov ong>andong> ong>theong> Frankfurt School; review ong>theong> phenomenon of Perestroika; explore ong>theong> new historiography on Comintern; ong>andong> examine ong>theong> relation between Marxism ong>andong> postmodernism. Acquista Ora

Essays Politic and Moral, and Essays Moral and Theological

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tuvill, Daniel, PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press, ong>Theong>se two sets of ong>essaysong> by ong>theong> seventeenth-century clegyman Tuvil illustrate literary tastes ong>andong> fashions of ong>theong> time ong>andong> offer examples of such popular genres as ong>theong> sermon, ong>theong> resolve, ong>andong> ong>theong> meditation.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve ong>essaysong> explore ong>theong> nature of south Asian agrarian society ong>andong> examine ong>theong> extent to which it changed during ong>theong> period of British rule. ong>Theong> central focus of ong>theong> book is directed to peasant agitation ong>andong> violence ong>andong> four of ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background to ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> give a coherent historical treatment of ong>theong> Indian peasant world, ong>andong> ong>theong> paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to ong>theong> student of peasant studies ong>andong> to ong>theong> sociologist as well as to development economists ong>andong> agronomists generally.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, Increased interest in ong>theong> role of women ong>andong> minorities in establishing ong>theong> canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical ong>andong> historical interpretation of ong>theong> novel that reflects ong>theong> best of recent scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments ong>andong> prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing ong>theong> forms of popular melodrama ong>andong> heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. ong>Theong> individual ong>essaysong> examine ong>theong> influence of Stowe's novel on ong>theong> characterization of women in ong>theong> American novel ong>andong> on later women writers, ong>theong> role of women in ong>theong> antislavery movement, ong>theong> literary exchanges between Stowe ong>andong> her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin ong>andong> ong>theong> tradition of ong>theong> Gothic novel, ong>andong> ong>theong> characterizations of blacks in this novel ong>andong> in later works.

New Essays on the Country of the Pointed Firs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howard, June / Elliot, Emory / June, Howard, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, ong>Theong> Country of ong>theong> Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett is one of ong>theong> most important works of New Englong>andong> local color fiction. This collection of ong>essaysong> builds on feminist literary scholarship that affirms ong>theong> value of Jewett's work, but goes beyond previously published studies by offering an analysis of how race, nationalism, ong>andong> ong>theong> literary marketplace shape her narrative. ong>Theong> volume constitutes a major rethinking of Jewett's contribution to American literature, ong>andong> will be of interest to ong>theong> fields of American literary studies, feminist cultural criticism, ong>andong> American studies.

The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayer, Thomas, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, This collection of ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> institutional framework in which monetary policy is made. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> consider two questions: How free is ong>theong> Fed to set monetary policy ong>andong> to what extent do organizational problems affect ong>theong> choice of that monetary policy? Topics covered include ong>theong> Fed's response to movements on its goals, Congressional ong>andong> presidential pressures on ong>theong> Fed, ong>theong> existence of political business cycles operating through monetary policy, ong>andong> ong>theong> extent to which monetary policy may be explained by ong>theong> Fed's own interests. A final section examines ong>theong> claim that ong>theong> Federal Reserve follows countercyclical policy ong>andong> evaluates its performance as a lender to banks both in normal times ong>andong> as a lender of last resort.

Churchill and Hitler

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jablonsky, David / Jablonsky, D. / Jablonsky David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This collection of ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> development of Churchill ong>andong> Hitler as strategic leaders ong>andong> analyzes in particular ong>theong> impact of ong>theong>ir formative years on ong>theong>ir leadership styles, "operational codes," views on civil-military relations, ong>andong> approaches to ong>theong> conduct of war at strategic, operational ong>andong> tactical levels. Ultimately, victory depended on ong>theong> calculated use of all ong>theong> means of national power - military, political, psychological ong>andong> economic - to achieve ong>theong> national end. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> demonstrate that it was Churchill who best understood that calculation.

The Atlantic in Global History:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge / Seeman, Erik R., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This reader, composed of original ong>essaysong> by leading authors, expong>andong>s ong>theong> category of ong>theong> Atlantic chronologically, spatially, ong>andong> methodologically. It firmly places ong>theong> Atlantic within global history ong>andong> ong>theong> coverage expong>andong>s into ong>theong> nineteenth ong>andong> twentieth centuries. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> present events that formed ong>theong> nations ong>andong> cultures of ong>theong> Atlantic region ong>andong> show ong>theong>ir global roots ong>andong> how ong>theong>y intertwine with non-Atlantic communities of ong>theong> world.

Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harrison, Lawrence E. / Kagan, Jerome / Harrison, Harrison E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Developing Cultures: ong>Essaysong> on Cultural Change "is a collection of 21 expert ong>essaysong> on ong>theong> institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington ong>andong> Larry Harrison in ong>theong>ir widely discussed book Culture Matters ong>theong> goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in ong>theong> Third World. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume cover child rearing, several aspects of education, ong>theong> world's major religions, ong>theong> media, political leadership, ong>andong> development projects. ong>Theong> book is companion volume to "Developing Cultures: Case Studies."().

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Wendell / Wirzba, Norman, PUBLISHER: Shoemaker & Hoard, Essential ong>essaysong> from Wendell Berry's writings on agrarianism, agriculture, ong>andong> community.

The Path to Genocide Essays on Launching the Final Solution

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Christopher R Browning, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, NA

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Alexong>andong>er, Caong>theong>rine M. S., PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, Which plays are included under ong>theong> heading 'Shakespeare's last plays', ong>andong> when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? What is meant by a 'late play', ong>andong> what are ong>theong> benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting ong>theong> recent growth of interest in late studies, ong>andong> recognising ong>theong> gaps in accessible scholarship on this area, leading international Shakespeare scholars address ong>theong>se ong>andong> many oong>theong>r questions. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> locate Shakespeare's last plays - single ong>andong> co-authored - in ong>theong> period of ong>theong>ir composition, consider ong>theong> significant characteristics of ong>theong>ir Jacobean context, ong>andong> explore ong>theong> rich afterlives, on stage, in print ong>andong> oong>theong>r media of ong>Theong> Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, ong>Theong> Tempest, Pericles, ong>Theong> Two Noble Kinsmen ong>andong> Henry VIII. ong>Theong> volume opens with a historical timeline that places ong>theong> plays in ong>theong> contexts of contemporary political events, ong>theong>atrical events, oong>theong>r cultural milestones, Shakespeare's life ong>andong> that of his playing company, ong>theong> King's Men.

The Early Modern Atlantic Economy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCusker, John J. / Morgan, Kenneth O. / Morgan, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, This book throws new light on ong>theong> interlocking commercial relationships of ong>theong> Atlantic trading world during ong>theong> centuries ending with ong>theong> American ong>andong> French Revolutions. Grouped under four ong>theong>mes--ong>theong> role of merchants ong>andong> ong>theong>ir connections; ong>theong> development of trades; imperial economies; ong>andong> colonial working societies--ong>andong> written by an international team of economic historians, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> increase our knowledge ong>andong> understong>andong>ing of ong>theong> transatlantic economy. Contributions include studies of individual businessmen, labor patterns, port cities, branches of trade, ong>andong> comparative studies of trading nations.

Principles of the Constitutional Order

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Utley, Robert L., PUBLISHER: University Press of America, ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume consider ong>theong> writings of those who drafted ong>theong> Constitution, as well as ong>theong> arguments pro ong>andong> con presented during ong>theong> ratification debates. ong>Theong> first of ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> examine ong>theong> founding principles from historical, political ong>andong> philosophical perspectives. ong>Theong> second group outlines ong>theong> main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion of ong>theong> nature ong>andong> implications of ong>theong> doctrine of separated powers follows ong>andong> ong>theong> volume closes with psycho-historical portraits of Thomas Jefferson ong>andong> John Adams. ong>Theong> volume focuses attention on ong>theong> Founding period so that ong>theong> original character ong>andong> principles of our political order may be seen clearly, in spite of ong>theong> glory ong>andong> veneration with which age ong>andong> custom have draped our constitution.

The Cambridge Companion to Kafka

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Preece, Julian / Julian, Preece, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, This Companion of specially-commissioned ong>essaysong> offers a comprehensive account of his life ong>andong> work, providing a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist. Contributions cover all ong>theong> key texts, ong>andong> discuss Kafka's writing in a variety of critical contexts such as feminism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, Marxism, ong>andong> Jewish studies. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> are enhanced by supplementary material including a chronology of ong>theong> period ong>andong> detailed guides to furong>theong>r reading. ong>Theong>y will be of interest to students of German, European ong>andong> Comparative Literature, ong>andong> Jewish Studies.

New Essays on My Antonia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brien, Sharon / Elliot, Emory, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, My Antonia is ong>theong> Caong>theong>r novel that is most often taught in high school ong>andong> college courses, ong>andong> ong>theong> one that most readers try first when ong>theong>y approach Caong>theong>r. It is at once her most autobiographical novel ong>andong> her most aesong>theong>tically complex; it can be enjoyed both for its simple, pure prose ong>andong> for its literary depth. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume place ong>theong> novel in ong>theong> context of American literary history, African-American music, ong>andong> Souong>theong>rn writing, ong>andong> offer illuminating ways of reading Caong>theong>r's best-known work.

Essays on Medieval German Literature and Iconography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pickering, F. P., PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, In making this selection of twelve ong>essaysong> spanning ong>theong> period , Professor Pickering has borne in mind that many of his recent readers are not students of German, but of comparative literature, art, history or ong>theong>ology, ong>andong> he has translated three of ong>theong> twelve for ong>theong> occasion. He has grouped ong>theong>m according to ong>theong>ir 'approach' ong>andong> introduced each with reference to his oong>theong>r writings.

The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, ong>Theong> Presidency & ong>theong> Political System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates ong>theong> most recent research ong>andong> scholarship on ong>theong> presidency. Each of ong>theong> 20 thought-provoking original ong>essaysong>, written by some of ong>theong> field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect of ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> presidency ong>andong> our political system.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, ong>Theong>se new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understong>andong>ing of ong>theong> "Souong>theong>rn Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into ong>theong> nature ong>andong> history of O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite ong>theong> double setbacks of being a woman ong>andong> a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity ong>andong> disturbing vision to successive generations.

The Cold War-Volume 2: Magill's Choice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gorman, Robert F., PUBLISHER: Salem Press, ong>Theong> three volumes in ong>Theong> Cold War offer a unique event-by-event history of ong>theong> full sweep of ong>theong> Cold War, with up-to-date ong>essaysong> on key events between ong>andong> , a new introduction that surveys ong>theong> origins ong>andong> history of ong>theong> Cold War, ong>andong> a new epilogue which reviews post- developments ong>andong> assesses ong>theong> legacy of ong>theong> Cold War in ong>theong> early twenty-first century. All ong>essaysong> were selected from Salem's popular "Great Events from History" series.

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, ong>andong> an index

Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection of ong>essaysong> by some of ong>theong> world's leading historians of ong>theong> South, togeong>theong>r with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at ong>theong> cutting edge of ong>theong>ir particular methodological approaches. ong>Theong> book, for example, includes both an essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, ong>andong> one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore ong>theong> reaches of ong>theong> Souong>theong>rn past through ong>theong> dimension of ethnography. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> book are grouped according to ong>theong>me. ong>Theong> largest section, ong>theong> social sciences ong>andong> Souong>theong>rn history, includes ong>essaysong> drawing heavily on ong>theong> insights of anthropology of ethnography ong>andong> of statistical analysis. Each essay in ong>theong> second section is designed to illustrate how life history can be used to illuminate much larger histoical ong>theong>mes ong>andong> processes. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> last section on labor in ong>theong> "new" South all illustrate, among oong>theong>r things, ong>theong> importance of drawing on ong>theong> insights of historians of women in order to redress ong>theong> masculinist presuppositons of labor historians. All ong>theong> ong>essaysong> in ong>theong> book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender ong>andong> race in ong>theong> re-interpretation of ong>theong> Souong>theong>rn past.

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