First published in 1988 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London. A chronological history presenting material drawn from newspapers, film reviews, speeches, manifestos, Party proclamations, governme
In 1597 anti-theatricalist Stephen Gosson made the curious remark that theatre 'effeminized' the mind. Four years later Phillip Stubbes claimed that male actors who wore women's clothing could literal
This monograph is devoted to computational morphology, particularly to the construction of a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional closed object boundary through a set of points in arbitrary position
Since Thomas Aquinas first defined theology as revelation--or the rational elucidation of revealed truth--the idea has played a fundamental role in the history of Western theology. This book provides
"...a 'must-have' reference text for any researcher interested in the biocultural determinants of human fertility and is appropriate as a textbook at the graduate level. I expect it to remain a standa
The Myth of Aunt Jemima is a bold and exciting look at the way three centuries of white women writers have tackled the subject of race in both Britain and America. Diane Roberts challenges the widely-
This book offers a unique interdisciplinary challenge to assumptions about animals and animality deeply embedded in our own ways of thought, and at the same time exposes highly sensitive and largely u
Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys--a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights, where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning
When the imperial lords of the Empire learn of New America's role in aiding a rebellion, they make war on the planet and its military commander, Dev Cameron, who discovers a superhuman power with the
Remapping Memory was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original Uni
I spent the first twenty six years of my life in Rome. I used to go for ice cream to a popular place near the Pantheon and I remem- ber the excitement I felt, beyond the chocolate and whipped cream, w
Mary Anne Oliver develops an alternate to 'celibate' religious practices, drawing from the experience of couples and diverse sources in the Christian tradition. This work explores the dynamics of conj
Authored by the leading voices in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory and queer legal theory, After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other ident
In a simple, straightforward manner, this book presents most of the major process units for wastewater treatment, addressing what the unit is and how it basically works. Along with that it provides so
Computers have dramatically altered life in the late twentieth century. Today we can draw on worldwide computer links, speeding up communications by radio, newspapers, and television. Ideas fly back
Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley inThe New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster has been a leader in reshaping the study of America
Since Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, the quest for just and lasting peace has been a fountainhead of debate, negotiation, and violent friction. Souad Dajani traces the Pa
In this stunning collaboration of two exceptional talents, the striking charcoal illustrations and nimble text reveal what happens at night when the gargoyles come to life.
Ruth Padel explores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self. Arguing that Greek poetic language connects images of consciousnes
In this detailed study, tax policy analyst Jane Gravelle, brings together comprehensive estimates of effective tax rates on a wide variety of capital by type, industry, legal form, method of financing
Here at last is the first full-scale biography of Frank L. Rizzo, one of the most beloved and feared public figures in urban American history.Sweeping and finely detailed, this is a work of scholarshi
Mathematics is the only science with a methodology based upon deductive logic, whereas physics is a quantitative science based upon experiment and observation in which trial and error are inherent. Ph
Recovered memory therapy, which has become a rapidly-growing industry in the past ten years, is based on the controversial theory that adults often suffer emotional problems because of forgotten child
An examination of the work of Matisse in its many guises - paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, prints and paper cutouts. The illustrations and text are accompanied by a section of documentary m
No one ever really paid close attention to the faces of the missing children on the milk cartons. But as Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl with her hair in tight pigtails,
Even while her forbidding, mysterious, and impertinent bodyguard, Gerard Claremont, sparks her defiance and her desire in equal measure, Lucinda cannot forget Captain Doom, the notorious pirate who ha
Roderick Haig-Brown, an author best known for his classic books on fly fishing, also wrote two novels about life and work in the northwest woods. On the Highest Hill tells the story of Colin Ensley, a
An important primary source for eighty years, Lee's Dispatches is now once again available to Civil War scholars, students, and enthusiasts. When first published in 1914, these letters, written betwee
Although Mishima's main literary ambition was to write philosophical novels in the tradition of Goethe and Thomas Mann, Deadly Dialectics is the first critical study to take this objective seriously:
In this beautifully illustrated and provocative study, Bridget Elliott and Jo-Ann Wallace reappraise women's literary and artistic contribution to Modernism. Through comparative case studies, includin
Why have Americans created thousands of new local governments in recent years, a rate much higher than population increases demand? Conflicts over local power--the power to tax, to issue bonds, and to
A father and daughter lead readers through a haunted house where ghosts swim the hallways, three witches appear and disappear, a vampire slumbers in a coffin-shaped tub, and a werewolf grooms himself
Looks at the life of a naturalist dedicated to studying and preserving the prairie chicken, from her childhood in a wealthy Boston family to her current expeditions
Adds to the debate surrounding the green movement and the connections between society, nature, and science, suggesting that structural changes in economic systems, lifestyles, and values are the answe
The man is a mystery in himself. He turns up at the boy's house from nowhere and seems intent on causing havoc for the boy. But as the old Chinese proverb says - after three days, fish and visitors be
This book, the first in the field for two decades, looks at the relationships between geography and religion. It represents a synthesis of research by geographers of many countries, mainly since the 1
