A remarkable book, making known to a general audience as well as to entomologists some of the dominant groups comprising one of the most unusual insect faunas on earth. The 200 superb color photograph
"By 1864 no one knew California better than Brewer. Contemporary readers can once again feel the thrill of being with him as he saw California for the first time and found a place truly commensurate w
The novel is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang who traveled to the "Western Regions", that is, India, to obtain sacred texts
During the 19th century, the authors recorded the music of the slaves from what was actually heard on plantations during, and immediately following, the Civil War. Direc-tions for singing and musical
A primary-source reader for the U.S. history survey, The West in the History of the Nation extends coverage of the West -- beyond the classic topics of the frontier and the Gold Rush -- to relate loca
This textbook on combinatorial commutative algebra focuses on properties of monomial ideals in polynomial rings and their connections with other areas of mathematics such as combinatorics, electrical
Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad st
This volume reprints a combination of works originally published together in English in 1892; it is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. After a brief preface, an 1828 publication, "The Life
This Catholic commentary on the Gospel of John interprets Scripture from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students.
This 1867 landmark book represents the first systematic effort to collect and preserve the songs sung by the plantation slaves of the Old South. Most of the 130 songs, arranged by geographic area, wer
During World War II, U.S. Army generals often maintained diaries of their activities and the day-to-day operations of their command. These diaries have proven to be invaluable historical resources fo
In exploring the criminalization of corporations, this book uses the landmark "Ford Pinto case" as a centerpiece for exploring corporate violence and the long effort to bring such harm within the reac
The period 1689-1901 was "the golden age" of the sermon in Britain. It was the best selling printed work and dominated the print trade until the mid-nineteenth century. Sermons were highly influential
