Marlowe's classic treatment of the myth of man's greed and ambition has contemporary reverberations that make it compelling drama. Plays for Performance Series.
A controversial best-seller in Paris, this shocking history of French collaboration in the Holocaust accuses Petain and the Vichy government of independently and enthusiastically seeing to the extermi
The story of the Greensboro sit-ins—how four African-American college students sat down at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina and ignited the civil rights movement in America. “A remarkable
This novel's heroine of the 1890s must earn her own living in a society whose power and values are rooted firmly in a patriarchal system. Radical Fiction Series.
The struggle against the Great Depression as told in excerpts from the life stories of sixteen talented and influential women who confronted the problems that affected “ordinary” women. “A landmark co
The response of American workers to the advance of the Industrial Revolution, showing how labor suffered severe losses and sought to hold on to its economic status.
Amidst the turbulent political and social conditions of a metropolis in the making, Boss Tweed was, according to Mr. Mandelbaum, the right man at the right time—“a master communicator” who “united the
Sketches of eminent Americans and a pointed reconsideration of the ingredients of the American Dream form a fascinating social history. “Should be must reading in executive suites as well as college c
A unique account of the rise of modern marketing in 19th-century America, showing how growing industrial capacity, market concentration, and advancing technology forced new methods of distribution.
A play of stinging contemporaneity--about religious and societal hypocrisy, guilt that feeds on innocence, the terror of the inevitable, and the battle between truth and darkness, freedom and constrai
Journalist McCarthy takes readers into the world of the medical miracle, which looks pristine and rather pleasant on television but is in fact hellish and fraught with pain, emotional exhaustion and a
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this book recounts the longtime efforts of Dr. Riegner (1911-2001) on behalf of Jewish-Christian relations and international
A compact and incisive history of the American economy since 1945, concentrating on the development of economic policy, economic structure, and ideas about both, and explaining the complex interaction
Trenchant prose writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters by one of the most important essayists of his generation. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Phillips. "A lively and slashing cr
In eighteen essays, Ms. Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Ms. Allen's appraisals, which combine extensive biographical info
Written and first performed in 1599, The Shoemaker's Holiday was the most popular non-Shakespearean comedy of its day - a hearty brew of character and overflowing good humor, occasionally ribald, abou
Accursed Politics - a potent phrase used by one of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's female characters - probes the intriguingly subtle equivocations revealed by six highly gifted and fascinating French women w
In surveys of the plays that will help readers and viewers follow the action with ease and understanding, Robert Fallon opens a window to Shakespeare’s time while illuminating the timelessness of his
Great scientific and technological breakthroughs in the twentieth century enabled American farmers to produce bountiful harvests that ensured an abundant and relatively cheap food supply. But this agr
This volume surveys the range of Sontag's work. For each piece, Rollyson (English, Baruch College, NY) provides a synopsis, a short section on "Sontag reading Sontag," and a critical analysis of the
This history of American small towns looks at their founding and development from colonial times to the present, discussing political, economic, social, and cultural life in small towns. Patterns in d
Identifies and explains essential ideas of American culture that promote the unity of a vast nation and a diverse people. Looks at the earliest experiences of American colonists and how their work sha
The first compact history of jazz to place it within broader context. With an eye on the music, the musicians, and the audience, Mr. Peretti traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress to th
In-depth interviews with a broad cross-sections of people with HIV provide a compassionate portrait of their losses, strengths, and attitudes, and their ability to finding meaning in life. Looks at pa
The public guardian of Cook County, Illinois, charges that the child welfare bureaucracy, designed to help children, is instead helping to destroy them. “Murphy explains the facts and failures of the
Matthews (American history, U. of Western Ontario) narrates a phase of women's struggle that shared more conceptions, goals, and methods with the struggles of the 1960s and 1970s than with the more re
James Tuttleton's literary writings in such magazines as the New Criterion, the American Scholar, and the Yale Review have earned him a reputation as one of our most trenchant critics. Here he collect
Reprint of the Hill & Wang edition of 1991 and beneficiary of very fulsome praise in PW (6/7/91), LJ (6/15/91), Booklist (9/1/91). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
The ancient world is gripped by a long and futile war. While the men of Athens fight in a foreign land, the women of Athens can take no more. In secret, they meet with the enemy women and form a pact.
A study of the crucial election of 1896 that became a conflict between two great national myths—the yeoman farmer and the self-made man of success. “Well written and balanced in its judgments...[and]
Von Kleist’s last work and his masterpiece—a story of guilt, innocence, and moral righteousness involving a prince who violates his orders of battle when distracted by a beautiful princess. Plays for
This novel of a young carpenter who leaves his rural English village to seek work in London in the late 19th century is an impressive description of unemployment and poverty. Radical Fiction Series.
What businessmen thought—or thought they thought—in the age of the “robber barons.” “Brightly written and thoughtful...a stimulating integration of economic and social history.”—Journal of American Hi
Edited by Arthur and Lila Weinberg. A remarkable collection of the great attorney’s writings which reveal why he was such a force in the court of law and in the court of public opinion. “Fascinating..
