Since the 1970s Richard Allen's scholarship on the social gospel has broken new ground in the field of Canadian social and religious history by recovering key aspects of the tradition and its contribu
"Salem Goldworth Bland (1859-1950) was among the most significant religious leaders in Canadian history. A Methodist and, later, United Church minister, Bland's long career and widespread influence m
Is Hitchcock a superficial, though brilliant, entertainer or a moralist? Do his films celebrate the ideal of romantic love or subvert it? In a new interpretation of the director's work, Richard Allen
Is Hitchcock a superficial, though brilliant, entertainer or a moralist? Do his films celebrate the ideal of romantic love or subvert it? In a new interpretation of the director's work, Richard Allen
Projecting Illusion offers a systematic analysis of the impression of reality in the cinema and the pleasure it provides the film spectator. Film affords an especially compelling aesthetic experience
Between 1908 and 1920, Roger C. Sullivan and his political allies consolidated their control of the Chicago and Illinois Democratic parties, creating the enduring structure known as the “Chicago Democ
"Dominating the Windy City for decades, the Chicago Democratic Machine has become a fixture in American political history. Under Mayor Richard J. Daley, it acquired almost mythical (perhaps notorious)
The handgun is no longer a product purchased and used in an unaltered state. A vast assortment of accessories, including high performance sights, weapon lights and laser aiming devices have not only e
A thematically-arranged anthology of writings on London street life consisting of some 100 annotated extracts from over two centuries of writers including Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, William Wordswo
Williams (of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the U. of California in Los Angeles, the Minority Health Institute Inc., and the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicin
Presents the finest posters from the golden age of movie art, discussing the origins of the posters and profiling the artists--including Norman Rockwell, Thomas Hart Benton, James Montgomery Flagg, an
