The past three decades have been characterized by vast change and crises in global financial markets—and not in politically unstable countries but in the heart of the developed world, from the Great R
It is perhaps our noblest cause, and certainly one of our oldest: to end suffering. Think of the Buddha, Chuang Tzu, or Marcus Aurelius: stoically composed figures impervious to the torments of the wi
Philippe Carrard, a historian and theorist of historical forms and functions, has an enviable reputation both in France and the U.S. He gives historiographers access to what writers of history in Fra
John Gennari sets out on a quest to find ?tutti,” the everythingness that sits on the edge?now smooth, now serrated?between Italian America and African America. ?Tutti,” a black friend of his says, ?
In the eighteenth century, the Cul de Sac plain in Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, was a vast open-air workhouse of sugar plantations. This microhistory of one plantation owned by the Ferron de la Ferronna
Many investors believe that success in investing is either luck or clairvoyance. In Rational Investing, finance professor Hugues Langlois and asset manager Jacques Lussier present the current state of
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book ad
Written in the 1820s, Sair-ul-Manazil, as far as we know, is the first attempt to systematically list the monuments of the city of Delhi. Apart from public buildings like mosques, temples, shrines, an
In its quest for effective forms of political resistance, queer theory often promotes the opting out of our culture's dominant ideals––particularly its neoliberal narratives of success, cheerfulness,
This book brings together in English translation for the first time the two editions of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's classic account of the monuments and environs of the pre-colonial city of Delhi, titled in
In 2005, the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS) initiated the Project on Agrarian Relations in India (PARI), with the aim of studying village-level production, production systems and livelihoods, a
Comprising No. 14 in the People's History of India series, published by Aligarh Historians Society in collaboration with Tulika Books, this volume is devoted to the economic and social history of Indi
This book attempts to fill the gap in knowledge about the vast musical repertoire of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA): it is about the IPTA tradition's music in a national as well as spe
Published quietly in 1978, Will Eisner’s revolutionary literary work A Contract With God marked the invention of the modern graphic novel. A mesmerizing fictional chronicle of a universal American exp
“We are provincials no longer,” said Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inaugural. He spoke on the eve of America’s entrance into World War I, as Russia teetered between autocracy and demo
Japanese memories of World War II exert a powerful influence over the nation's society and culture. Concentrating on the years immediately before and after the war (1937 to 1952), Michael Lucken explo
In 2009, philosopher of language John Searle composed his first tweet, ?writing books”. It would be the first of 7 tweets total; Searle gave up Tweeting by February 18, 2010. But for someone who doesn
How does one prove the law? If a neighbor breaks your window, the law regulates how you can show your claim to be true or false; but how do you prove that in breaking your window your neighbor has bro
The development of Malik’s strategic framework was a result of his early realization that both business and society are experiencing one of the greatest transformations in history—a process he calls “
Owning a home is the pinnacle of the American Dream, the ultimate status symbol of the middle class. But is the dream in crisis? As the suburban single-family home has been endlessly multiplied and ma
Since 2008, Austria’s national architecture museum Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W) has published Best of Austria, a biennial volume dedicated to the award-winning architecture developed in Austria or b
Since 2014, CARTHA has provided a platform for critical thinking on architecture and society. Founded by an international team of architects and designers, it aims to bridge the gap between theoretica
Casablanca is “not one movie,” Umberto Eco once quipped, “it is ‘movies.’ ” Released in 1942, it won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, and it featured unforgettable perfo
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A modern German Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's German language, culture and usage. The clear presentation makes it easy to use and its handy format and durability make it your ideal
China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 ignited a race to capture new global media audiences. Hollywood moguls began courting Chinese investors to create entertainment on an internatio
With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces—including rising inequality, the specter of
This volume celebrates the poetic heritage of the Emerald Isle, with more than 50 classic poems about Ireland's people, history, character and myths and legends. Its contributors include William Butle
Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, they haunt us with questions of char
This collection includes all 15 of Elder’s humorous Panic stories (The Night Before Christmas” got the first issue banned in the entire state of Massachusetts); all seven of his science fiction tales
Drawn in a slashing pen-and-ink style with raw crosshatching and heavy blacks, the author’s visual approach adds to the intense, claustrophobic feel of the graphic novel, while its surreal verisimilit
At Thornfield Hall, resolute and independent Jane Eyre finds fulfilment in her duties as a governess and the love of her life in her employer Edward Rochester. But when a dark secret from Rochester's
Spanning the 1960s–1980s, this science-fiction-themed second volume of our complete Guido Crepax library features, in addition to adventuress Valentina, two more of the famed Italian erotic artist’s h
