Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system -- long referred to as the Solid South -- embodied a distinctive r
The Cynical Society is a study of the political despair and abdication of (individual) responsibility Goldfarb calls cynicism—a central but unexamined aspect of contemporary American political and soc
Are you tired of being tired?Do you find yourself dragging out of bed each morning and dragging yourself to work? Do you come home at night and collapse in front of the TV? Do you feel as though your
Kou Hong, a renowned Chinese master, was known by his pen name of Pau Po Tzu, the one who embraces the simple essence. He was a physician and a specialist in the art and science of refining medicines,
The incredible autobiography of an incredible man. Souchy fought in the Spanish Revolution;was a serious and knowledgeable student of Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin and Gustav Landauer; a consistent war
The question of origins is inseparable from a web of hypotheses that both shape and explain us. Although origin invites examination, it always seems to elude our grasp. Notions have always been prod
Michael Peter Smith is distinguished research professor in Community Studies at the University of California, Davis. He is co-author of the award-winning book Citizenship across Borders, and is the se
A comprehensive and interpretative biography of Franz Kafka that is both a monumental work of scholarship and a vivid, lively evocation of Kafka's world.
Investigates the Western, a homegrown American literary genre, explaining the significance of its major elements: cattle, horses, desert landscapes, violence, death, and heroism, and contends that Wes
This abridgment of the Prices' acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman's original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexp
With a new Foreword from Robert Schmuhl In the second edition of Statecraft and Stagecraft, Robert Schmuhl includes a chapter on the Persian Gulf War and the 1992 presidential campaign to his provocat
Lisa Wilson traces the experiences of widows in a society that was developing a new ideology of proper female behavior. Using wills, court records, almshouse registers, correspondence, and diaries to
Francis W. Peabody entered medical school in 1903 and almost at once was recognized as an extraordinary human being. After a varied and exciting indoctrination in his profession, including responsibi
This important new book charts the economic and social rise and fall of a small, but intriguing part of the American South: Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina low country. Spanning 250 year
In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-centu
America’s antagonistic relations with the Soviet Union can be traced to the U.S. response to the Bolshevik Revolution. Within weeks of the revolution, the State Department was considering the militar
This book offers a major reassessment of the place of the propertied class in eighteenth-century England. The common view of politics in this period is one of aristocratic dominance coexisting with pl
Willis examines the factors that contribute to the journalist's often faulty perception of reality, factors that are beyond the immediate control of the reporter. These include errant sources, competi
One of British Columbia's most colourful figures was Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, a slight young English immigrant who arrived on Vancouver Island in 1910 to join hundreds of others slaving in the hellhol
A scholarly study of Burleigh (1866-1949), a black composer, arranger, singer, and music editor whose raison d'etre was to dignify the Negro through proper settings and presentation of his native mu
Designed to give any reader interested in modern history and politics a set of consistent summaries of the careers of the most active political figures, this Dictionary reflects the distinctive charac
This study goes to the heart of ethics and politics. Strongly argued and lucidly written, the book makes a crucial distinction between two forms of democracy. The author defends constitutional democ
Henry S. White, a chaplain attached to the Fifth Rhode Island heavy Artillery, was captured in May 1864 and remained a prisoner of war until the following September. After his release he wrote a seri
