During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while th
The great Buddhist priest K?kai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric -- or esoteric -- Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In "The Weaving of Mantra, " Ry?ichi A
John Lewis Gaddis' acclaimed history of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II is now available with a new preface by the author. This book moves beyond the focu
With Mary Wollstonecraft and her "A Vindication of the Rights of Women, " published in 1792, a modern female consciousness came clearly into being, one that tied the mind to the body. This beautifully
The most comprehensive resource to date on the methods of empowerment with lesbian and gay clients, this book explores the history and politics of gay identity and explains the basis and development o
In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of
A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political el
Presents readers with an overview of Israel's lesbian and gay community, focusing on the period between 1988, when Israel's sodomy laws were repealed, and April 1999. Material draws on interviews with
The Temple U. mathematician and author of Innumeracy pairs Wittengstein with Lewis Carroll, and Bertrand Russell with Groucho in this accessible approach to analytical logic and science. Annotation
French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson sho
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman f
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman empire posed a clear and present danger to Christian rule in Europe. While English commerce with the Mediterranean world expanded, Ottoman f
The circumscribed role of women in orthodox religious societies has long intrigued scholars and general readers alike. How these roles evolved and how women today reconcile feminism with traditional r
This Columbia Critical Guide starts with extracts from Melville's own letters and essays and from early reviews of Moby-Dick that set the terms for later critical evaluations. Subsequent chapters de
Grand Astrologer at the court of the Emperor Wu during the Han dynasty, Sima Qian (c. 100 BCE) was China's first historian, and has often been compared, to his loss, with the foundational Greek histor
Considering the work of such artists as Madonna, George Clinton, U2, Elvis Costello, and Nirvana, the contributors deftly combine the rigors of scholarship with the energy of rock journalism to provid
Originally published in 1984 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, reprinted here with a brief new preface by the author. His two Dawn to the west volumes, written over a 15-year period, study the literatu
Introduces the genres of noh, kyogen, kabuki, and bunraku puppet theater, and offers translations of thirty of the best-known plays, with background information on their history, characters, staging,
Annihilation is about a day in the life of a Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II and the Holocaust, a town that soon will be annihilated by Nazi atrocities. With grace, wit, and love for th
Two of Virginia Woolf’s most influential works, and reveal the quintessence of her experimentation with narrative technique in depicting the passage of time and the nature of human consciousness. This
With excerpts from interviews and reviews, an exploration of the historical documents and slave narrative traditions on which Morrison drew, and an insightful juxtaposition of psychoanalytic and postc
In the revised and expanded edition of this popular book, Pilgrim recounts the way in which Shinto and Buddhism have interacted with Japanese art through the ages, from the sixth century into the mode
A prominent member of the French structuralist movement, Louis Althusser was influential for reinvigorating Marxist thought in France in the 196Os with celebrated works such as For Marx and Reading Ca
Drawing on a wide range of documents and interviews with officials in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, as well the author's experience as an aide to Senator Bill Bradley during negotiations, In
Scholars of policy consider the more than 16,000 research and development laboratories operating in the US as a single system with interacting elements. They discuss the role they play in innovation,
Continues the series compiling primary material for studying the first decade of the court. Volume Six deals with the suits brought from 1790 to 1795 except Chisholm v. Georgia and other suits against
In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of
Analyzes the responsibilities of the indenture trustee in connection with debt-financing instruments issued by both corporate and municipal entities, the administration of the indenture contract, and
Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from pre-modern China. With Hanan's introduction and n
Margaret Finnegan's pathbreaking study of woman suffrage from the 1850s to the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 reveals how activists came to identify with consumer culture and employ its methods of publi
Introduces the genres of noh, kyogen, kabuki, and bunraku puppet theater, and offers translations of thirty of the best-known plays, with background information on their history, characters, staging,
Amateur detective Stephanie Delacour finds herself involved with the investigation of the brutal murder of a gifted translator, and as the mystery unfolds, she finds herself veering off the trail of t
Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness, with their timeless relevance and charm, hardly mirror the turbulent times in which they were born. Despite the struggle between the Emp
An English translation of a bilingual document of poetry and musical accompaniment compiled in the 11th century, with two introductory essays, commentaries on each passage, and three expositions discu
Drawing on a vast array of data - archival materials, interviews with officials, social workers, and the candid revelations of sex industry workers - Moon explores the way in which the bodies of Korea
Designed to provide writers with insights into the way a master thinks about and practices his craft, this collection includes discussions of the novel, the short story, subject matter, work in progre
This book examines how and why the United States, Britain, France, and Germany failed to cope with the collapse of Yugoslavia and its descent into a savage civil war. This failure also shattered long-
Bargaining with Japan is a detailed critical examination of the outcome of recent U.S.-Japan trade talks, focusing on the Bush administration's Structural Impediments Initiative and the more recent Cl
Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought o
In an eloquent and informative style, Berry introduces the history and philosophy of Buddhism and provides general readers with a complete understanding of the Buddhist interpretation of earthly life
