Focusing on art as resistance to anti-Semitic violence and as a way to rethink the past, Roskies (Jewish literature, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City) analyzes the creative responses of "scr
A Reader's Guide to Modern Irish Drama provides an introduction to one of the great dramatic and theatrical traditions of Western culture. Filling a pressing need in the literature, this book includes
The origins of technocracy are shrouded in controversy, but most of its leaders were inspired by their association with the social critic Thorstein Veblen between 1919 and 1921.Harold Loeb, an expatri
This is the standard history of the Lumbee Indian people of southwestern North Carolina, the largest Indian community in population east of the Mississippi. Dial and Eliades trace the history of this
A personal account of an American family during the years of Beirut's political strife. Kerr begins with the assassination of her husband, president of the American University of Beirut, in 1984, and
In the early 1980s sociologist John Lofland became actively involved in the American peace movement. He took part in numerous peace campaigns for nuclear disarmament, the test ban, and SANE/Freeze in
Since the late 1990s in Israel, third-generation Holocaust survivors have become the new custodians of cultural memory, and the documentary films they produce play a major role in shaping a societal c
Since the late 1990s in Israel, third-generation Holocaust survivors have become the new custodians of cultural memory, and the documentary films they produce play a major role in shaping a societal c
Since the 1980 US presidential races, the term "religious right" has come to signify a politically and socially conservative form of Christianity. This term implies a joining of socially cons
Since the 1980 US presidential races, the term "religious right" has come to signify a politically and socially conservative form of Christianity. This term implies a joining of socially cons
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) was born into an affluent German Jewish family. Following the death of her parents and the dissolution of her marriage, the fledgling poet became notorious in the fashi
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) was born into an affluent German Jewish family. Following the death of her parents and the dissolution of her marriage, the fledgling poet became notorious in the fashi
Roby documents the discrimination of the minority but dominant European Ashkenazi Jews against the majority Mezrahim, or Jews from the Middle East and Asia, during the first two decades of the state o
The 16 essays in this volume examine animals in the Pacific Ocean, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, viewing them as the subjects of history in non-anthropocentric ways. Historians from the US, Canada
The Abbey Theatre was a crucible for the development of Irish plays and playwrights, beginning in 1904. Sean O'Casey is generally considered to have been the first playwright to write about the Irish
A world of machines, machine management, and communication is at the heart of Cork-born Irish poet Ramsell’s second collection of poems. From credit card point-of-sale devices to personal music player
This book is based in part on the author’s fieldwork among associations and individuals in the Moroccan women’s movement in 2002-2003. The book details the history of women’s rights in Morocco, especi
Littleton, a writer and journalist who has covered the TV industry for decades, presents an analysis of the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007-2008. In particular, she focuses on the technologica
Selove provides a humorous selection of anecdotes from al-Baghdadi’s The Art of Party-Crashing, a book about enjoying food, flirtation and everyday life in Medieval Iraq. The passages are full of riba
El-Husseini (Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, City U. of New York) analyzes the evolution of Lebanese politics in the years following the Ta'if Agreement of 1989, years dominated by Syr
This personal memoir of mid-century American life examines the upbringing of an upper-middle class child amongst the prosperity and conformity of Rochester, New York. The volume explores the boom of t
Thomas Szasz (emeritus, psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical U.) is known for his theories on the myth of mental illness and is recognized as the leading critic of the coercive interventions employed by t
Drawing on his reading of tens of thousands of articles in the New York Times, Vecsey (humanities and religion, Colgate College) offers thorough analysis of the coverage of religion. He begins with di
This book looks at the formation of the modern (pre-colonial) Egyptian State in the late 19th century through the lens of police and other official interactions with women, particularly non-elite wome
Iggy McGovern's second collection of poems sees him walking the metrical line between a childhood in the religiously divided northern town of Coleraine and his present home in Dublin. He takes in the
As a blizzard blankets the northeast, burying residents and shutting down airports, the Farrah family eagerly awaits the arrival of Eva, a cousin visiting from Lebanon after a long absence. Over the c
More than a quarter century after its publication in English, Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose remains a popular novel among medievalists and non-medievalists alike. Its riveting account of a series
The product of a March 2006 conference at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Israel, this volume contains 12 essays examining questions of state cohesion in the Arab world.
The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. Felicity Ashbee'
Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. In this re
In this story, author Frances Khirallah Noble presents a tale that is at once sublimely comic and surprisingly erudite in the subjects it tackles. Its hero, Kahlil Gibran Hourani, is an ordinary, rat
Given all the syndromes, diseases and disorders out there, how long will it be before everyone in America will be considered nuts? Szasz (psychiatry emeritus, State U. of New York), a leading opponent
When her husband is offered a six-month Fulbright grant to teach American literature at Cairo University, Pauline Kaldas embarks on a new journey - and an opportunity to return home.Born in Egypt, she
Drawn from those given at a conference held at Syracuse U. in May 2000, these eight critical essays examine this most rich and varied era in printmaking. Contributors give context, analyze the nationa
Set in Geneva, Switzerland, around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this intricately plotted novel probes the emotional misfortunes of Arab men and women fleeing the horror of war only to find th
Over 100 color photographs vividly portray the people and places of the southeastern Adirondack mountains as seen by Daniel Way, a Glens Falls family physician who has spent more than twenty years pra
Includes 17 essays addressing major aspects of Jewish life as it existed throughout the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Written by scholars from Israel, Turkey, E
Al-`Ayshuni, a middle-aged painter of bohemian and political inclinations, has fallen in love with a younger woman, the alluring Ghaylana. But fate intervenes when she leaves him for new adventures in
People who entered geography around the late 1950s and early 1960s tell their stories. They were selected first for their contributions to the field, but secondarily to demonstrate the wide range of i
McManus (history, Queens College and the City University of New York) provides general coverage of New York's slave system, tracing its history from its origins in New Netherland to its legal demise i
