This book is the definitive English biography of the martyred Nazi-era Berlin provost, Bernhard Lichtenberg. In praying for the Jews from the pulpit and resisting the Nazi regime in a variety of ways,
This study examines the enduring Cold War legacies underpinning Western perceptions of contemporary Russia under President Vladimir Putin. It analyzes the ways in which the West has interpreted and re
This study examines women poets and their poetry in late imperial China. The author explores the poetic forms and devices women poets employed, places their work into the context of the wider literary
This interdisciplinary study explores Marian imagery and representations in world literature and art throughout the centuries, demonstrating the widespread deep veneration of the image of the Blessed
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to China–South Korea relations. It integrates recent theoretical advances in international relations with conventional wisdom in the study of East Asia. T
The Habits of Racism examines some of the complex questions raised by the phenomenon and experience of racism. Helen Ngo argues that the conceptual reworking of habit as bodily orientation helps to id
Global Strategic Engagement analyzes the changes brought about in global politics by the phenomenon of globalization in the last thirty years. The primary point of view of the text is the micro-perspe
Screenplay and Narrative Theory draws attention to the notion that in order to comprehend complex narrative dynamics, which are encountered in a great variety of narrative genres, forms, and formats,
This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings—many appearing in English for the first time—offer explorations into the social, politi
This book is an exploration of what would seem to be a simple question, but is actually the object of a profound quest—“who is a Jew?” This is a deeply complex issue, both within Judaism, and in inter
This book examines early European-American and African-American gardening practices, social order, and material culture at the Wye House plantation. Located on the eastern shore of Maryland, this plan
This book confronts some of the main controversies in higher education, particularly those affecting first-year students: high-stakes testing in general (particularly the SAT), the intensification of
This book uses case studies of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru to examine the impact of gender quotas in Latin American politics. Through careful analysis of electoral data it sheds light on issues of int
Community Newspapers and Japanese-American Incarceration Camps critically examines the tendency of journalists in all corners of the craft to be timid in times of war, precisely when the public’s need
Japan’s March 11, 2011 triple horror of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown is its worst catastrophe since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Recovery remains an ongoing ordeal.Japan's Responses to the Mar
This study examines the Sino–Soviet alliance from the end of the World War II through 1959, when the alliance ended as a result of foreign and domestic policies. It reevaluates the history of this all
The African-American Experience in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut examines and analyzes the African-American experience in Connecticut as it was through primary sources.Theresa Vara-Dannen analyzes th
The 2014 Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the pro-Russia stances of some European countries, such as Hungary and Greece, and of some European parties, mostly on the far-right of the political spectrum
This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches’ village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyze
This study of U.S. presidential campaign coverage argues that journalists often tell audiences what actions candidates should take on the campaign trail based solely on whether they’re leading or trai
This book theoretically and empirically explores recent internal and external challenges to South Korea’s foreign policy. It analyzes how democratization and economic globalization have changed domest
The Anthropology of Los Angeles: Place and Agency in an Urban Setting questions the production and representations of both the real and imagined L.A. by documenting hidden histories that portray a col
This book proposes an original philosophy of nature, contributes to our understanding of two of America’s greatest philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles S. Peirce, and examines the philosophic
Using the methodology of modern scholars in the fields of Arabic lexicography, linguistics, and psychoanalysis, Tunisian feminist scholar Olfa Youssef investigates the rulings about inheritance, marri
This book offers lenses and portraits of Latino/a adolescents who put into practice the elements of literacy for English language arts learning and understanding. It illustrates how adolescents experi
This book examines the state of education in America using a critical lens that places the roles of race, racism, and neoliberalism at the center. The contributors analyze the tough challenges facing
Through the overarching interconnected themes of community boundaries and border crossings, this collection explores issues of diaspora, trans-nationality, cultural hybridity, home, and identity that
This book assesses the originality of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom’s research program, extends some of its theoretical insights to key areas of institutional and policy analysis, and engages with other a
Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia examines biosocial change in the Austronesian community of the Kodi by examining multispecies interac
Social Structure and Moral Development: Ethical Thought within Increasingly Complex Societies combines insights of developmental psychology and cultural anthropology to examine the development of mora
This book is a celebration of American values as shown by former Texas State Senator and politician Bill Ratliff, a leader in Texas politics who wrote school finance law, major Ethics reform law, and
This book is a celebration of American values as shown by former Texas State Senator and politician Bill Ratliff, a leader in Texas politics who wrote school finance law, major Ethics reform law, and
Borrowed Imagination: The British Romantic Poets and Their Arabic-Islamic Sources deals with the influence of specific Arabic materials on English Romantic poetry during the eighteenth and early ninet
This study examines the strong cultural and political bonds between the American South and trans-Appalachian West and argues that the strong relationship had its origins in the work of far-sighted Sou
This book provides a unique summary of North Korean environmental and developmental policies. Coupling ideological and political developments with a review of practical projects within specific sector
This work provides a transnational analysis of the influence of the Scots-Irish upon colonial and Native American culture in the Southeast, prior to 1783.
The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a means to ignite deliberative democracy, a tradition tha
This book examines factors facilitating recruitment and radicalization in four organizations in Kenya and Uganda. It considers issues such as the need to belong, religious and ethnic identity, and soc
This study examines the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Sheikh Mujib regime. It places the emergence of Bangladesh within the broader historical context of the partition of British India in 1947, an
The essays in Disability and the Environment in American Literature contribute new insights into the fields of literary disability studies and ecocriticism by placing the two fields in dialogue. The b
