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Problems of stability and progress in international relations
Problems of Stability and Progress in International Relations by Quincy Wright is a profound and timely examination of the challenges facing the international order in the mid-20th century, many of which remain relevant today. Wright explores the complex interplay between stability and progress i...
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Press and politics in pre-revolutionary france
Press and Politics in Pre-Revolutionary France offers a groundbreaking reassessment of the role of the press in shaping public opinion and political culture in eighteenth-century France. Traditionally, historians have viewed the French Revolution as a sharp break in press history, marking the tra...
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Peasants in the pacific
Peasants in the Pacific: A Study of Fiji Indian Rural Society, Second Edition delves deeply into the lives and transformations of the Fiji Indian rural community. Initially focused on the observations made during fieldwork in the early 1950s, this edition offers additional insights from a return ...
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Black orpheus, transition, and modern cultural awakening in africa
Black Orpheus and Transition stand as towering landmarks in Africa’s cultural and intellectual history between 1957 and 1978, serving as incubators for the continent's postcolonial literary and artistic awakening. Founded in 1957 by Ulli Beier in Nigeria, Black Orpheus was a platform for artistic...
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Patronage and exploitation
Patronage and Exploitation: Changing Agrarian Relations in South Gujarat, India delves into the evolving relationships between landowners and landless laborers in rural India, focusing on the Anavil Brahmans and the Dublas in South Gujarat. Despite significant urbanization, India remains a predom...
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Astronomical discovery
Herbert Hall Turner (1861-1930) was a prominent and vibrant figure in astronomy, whose career was defined by his role as the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, a position he held from 1894 until his death. His appointment coincided with Oxford's commitment to the Astrographic Catalogue, a...
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Working people of california
From the California Indians who labored in the Spanish missions to the immigrant workers on Silicon Valley's high-tech assembly lines, California's work force has had a complex and turbulent past, marked by some of the sharpest and most significant battles fought by America's working people. This...
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Confucianism and autocracy
Confucianism and Autocracy: Professional Elitesin the Founding of the Ming Dynasty explores the profound social and political transformations that shaped China during the collapse of the Yuan dynasty and the establishment of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). This pivotal era marked the rise of an unp...
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Post-revolutionary nicaragua
Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy offers a penetrating analysis of the challenges faced by the Sandinista regime following the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in 1979. Written in the context of a developing nation grappling with revolutionary transfor...
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Alaska wilderness
There are still a few places on the face of the globe which can legitimately be called wilderness; and it was Robert Marshall's greatest happiness to experience the solitude of these places where no man had ever set foot. This book records his trips by foot, boat, and dogsled into wilderness area...
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The athenian year
Dive into the intricate world of ancient Athenian timekeeping with The Athenian Year, an in-depth exploration of the city-state's calendar system and its historical significance. This work unravels the complexities of a system influenced by both practical governance and lunar cycles, offering a r...
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School matters
School Matters by Peter Mortimore, Pamela Sammons, Louise Stoll, David Lewis, and Russell Ecob is a landmark longitudinal study of fifty inner London primary schools that reshaped the way educators, policymakers, and researchers think about school effectiveness. Following nearly 2,000 children th...
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Juan de mairena
Antonio Machado’s Juan de Mairena is a singular work that bridges poetic and philosophical traditions, crafting an imaginative space where art, pedagogy, and metaphysics converge. As much an exploration of the Spanish soul as it is a reflection of the poet himself, this work reveals Machado's pro...
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Man, land, and water
Man, Land, and Water delves into the socioeconomic and political evolution of Mexico during a transformative era, emphasizing the intertwined dynamics of land ownership, water management, and agricultural policy. Spanning the latter half of the 19th century into the early 20th, this work provides...
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Folk literature of the sephardic jews, vol. iii
Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews: Judeo-Spanish Ballads from Oral Tradition offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich oral traditions within the Sephardic Jewish community, focusing on ballads that trace their roots to medieval epic narratives. Drawing from a collection of ballads recor...
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When a doctor hates a patient
When a Doctor Hates a Patient: And Other Chapters in a Young Physician’s Life by Richard E. Peschel and Enid Rhodes Peschel offers an unflinching look at the emotional, ethical, and human dimensions of medical training. Drawing on Richard Peschel’s early clinical experiences, the book presents vi...
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The observation of savage peoples
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholar...
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Poland
Poland: The United Nations Series offers a profound exploration of Poland’s history, culture, and political trajectory, particularly through the lens of the challenges and transformations it faced in the interwar period (1919-1939). Part of a larger initiative aimed at fostering mutual understand...
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Adult education in transition
This sociological analysis examines the adult education system in California, exploring its development over the past 25 years as a distinct entity within the public education framework. The study approaches adult education not only from an educational perspective but through a sociological lens,...
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Caucasians only
Caucasians Only: The Supreme Court, the NAACP, and the Restrictive Covenant Cases provides a deep dive into the landmark legal battles that dismantled racially restrictive housing covenants in the United States. This book explores the Supreme Court’s rulings in 1948 and 1953, which invalidated ju...
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Controlling bureaucracies
Controlling Bureaucracies: Dilemmas in Democratic Governance offers a deep dive into the challenges and complexities of reconciling democratic ideals with the increasing influence of bureaucratic institutions. This book critically examines how modern democracies can maintain accountability and pu...
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The california wine industry 1830–1895
The California Wine Industry, 1830-1895 offers a meticulously researched account of the formative years of California's viticulture, tracing its evolution from the mission period through to the late 19th century. The book captures the pivotal role of grape cultivation in shaping California’s agri...
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The bhagavadgita
The Bhagavadgita: A New Translation by Kees W. Bolle presents one of the most influential texts of Indian philosophy in a fresh and accessible rendering. Long revered as a cornerstone of Hindu spiritual and ethical thought, the Bhagavadgita weaves together epic narrative, dialogue, and metaphysic...
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The drugging of the americas
The Drugging of the Americas examines the stark differences in how multinational pharmaceutical companies present their products to physicians in the United States versus Latin America. The study highlights how drug companies provide detailed, rigorous, and well-regulated information to U.S. phys...
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California's spiritual frontiers
California's Spiritual Frontiers: Religious Alternatives in Anglo-Protestantism, 1850–1910 offers a profound exploration of how Anglo-Protestantism evolved and adapted in California during a period of rapid cultural and societal transformation. In a region where evangelical Protestantism initiall...
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Westward in eden
Westward in Eden: The Public Lands and the Conservation Movement traces the contested history of America’s vast federal lands and the political, cultural, and legal battles that have shaped their fate. Written against the backdrop of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the book situates public land p...
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The suburban squeeze
The Suburban Squeeze: Land Conversion and Regulation in the San Francisco Bay Area is a landmark study of how local land use policies and environmental regulations reshaped one of the country’s fastest-growing metropolitan regions. David E. Dowall traces the historical arc of Bay Area suburbaniza...
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The statistical analysis of quasi-experiments
The Statistical Analysis of Quasi-Experiments by Christopher H. Achen is a foundational work for social scientists grappling with the realities of imperfect data. While randomized experiments remain the gold standard for causal inference, most research in political science, sociology, economics, ...
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For the lord of the animals-poems from the telugu
For the Lord of the Animals: Poems from the Telugu offers an insightful translation of The Kalahastisvara Satakamu by the 16th-century poet Dhurjati, a prominent figure in the devotional poetry tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Set in the sacred temple town of Kalahasti, dedicated to the god Shiva, th...
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What's the matter with liberalism?
What’s the Matter with Liberalism? by Ronald Beiner confronts the triumphalist mood that swept the West after the collapse of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. While liberal democracies congratulated themselves on their victory, Beiner—drawing on Václav Havel’s warnings—asks whether consum...
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Trade and expansion in han china
Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations reframes the Han empire’s celebrated “Silk Route” moment within a far larger, more intricate economy of exchange and power. Ying-shih Yu argues that trade—in forms ranging from market transactions to “...
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Economic development and export growth
Economic Development and Export Growth: A Study of Northern Rhodesia, 1920-1960 explores the economic history of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) during the colonial period, focusing on the key role of export growth in the region's development. Conducted under the Ford Foundation’s Foreign Area Tra...
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Joyce's benefictions
Helmut Bonheim’s Joyce’s Benefictions offers a lucid, tightly argued tour of Joyce’s major works, reading rebellion and anti-authoritarian play as the motor of both style and theme. Moving from Dubliners and A Portrait to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, Bonheim shows how Joyce’s “outlaw” procedures—p...
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Countering colonization
Countering Colonization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900 delves into the complex interplay of gender, colonization, and resistance in Native American communities. This groundbreaking study seeks to shift Native American women from the margins of history to their rightful...
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Essays on italian poetry and music in the renaissance, 1350-1600
These essays illuminate the changing nature of text-music relationships from the time of Petrarch to Guarini and, in music, from the madrigals of Giovanni da Cascia to those of Gesualdo da Venosa. Haar traces a line of development from the stylized rhetoric of Trecento song through the popularizi...
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Collected papers in psychology
Collected Papers in Psychology brings together the pioneering work of Edward Chace Tolman, a leading figure in 20th-century psychology. This anthology not only commemorates Tolman's remarkable career at the University of California but also offers a profound exploration of his evolving theoretica...
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Austria from habsburg to hitler, volume 1
Austria from Habsburg to Hitler, Volume I: Labor's Workshop of Democracy offers a meticulous exploration of Austria's journey from the fall of the Habsburg Empire to its first republic. Written by Charles A. Gulick, the book investigates the rise of the Austrian working-class movement, its politi...
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The imaginative world of alexander pope
The Imaginative World of Alexander Pope examines the complex and multilayered world created by one of the most significant poets of the 18th century. The book focuses on how Alexander Pope, while rooted in the ideals of the Augustan age, bridges the transition to modern poetic sensibilities. Cent...
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Chaucer and langland
Delve into the rich interplay of history, language, and literary artistry with this compelling collection of essays by George Kane. Focusing on two of the Middle Ages' greatest poets, Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, Kane offers a nuanced exploration of their works, examining their historic...
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Pollution and policy
Pollution and Policy: A Case Essay on California and Federal Experience with Motor Vehicle Air Pollution, 1940-1975 offers a comprehensive examination of the evolution of air pollution control policies in California and their influence on federal environmental strategies. Beginning with the emerg...
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Culture/contexture
The rapprochement of anthropology and literary studies, begun nearly fifteen years ago by such pioneering scholars as Clifford Geertz, Edward Said, and James Clifford, has led not only to the creation of the new scholarly domain of cultural studies but to the deepening and widening of both origin...
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The road
The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty offers a rigorous constitutional and methodological rethinking of the United States’ relationship to Indigenous polities. Russell Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson set aside individual-rights framings to interrogate the collective politica...
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The economic basis of ethnic solidarity
The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in the Japanese American Community explores the intersection of ethnicity and class within the context of Japanese Americans, particularly focusing on the role of economic factors in fostering ethnic solidarity. The book challenges tradition...
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Dissent and reform in the early middle ages
Dissent and Reform in the Early Middle Ages explores the complex relationship between orthodoxy and heresy, focusing on the ways in which dissent shaped the religious and intellectual landscape of medieval Europe. The book examines key moments in the early Middle Ages, such as the trial and execu...
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What to do about aids
What to Do About AIDS: Physicians and Mental Health Professionals Discuss the Issues, edited by Leon McKusick, brings together leading clinicians and researchers at a pivotal moment in the history of the epidemic. First published when HIV/AIDS was still poorly understood and heavily stigmatized, ...
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Legitimating the illegitimate
Legitimating the Illegitimate: State, Markets, and Resistance in South Africa offers a profound examination of the apartheid regime’s efforts to sustain power and privilege amidst mounting internal contradictions and external pressures. Focusing on the intersections of state control, labor dynami...
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Ethical idealism
Ethical Idealism: An Inquiry into the Nature and Function of Ideals explores the role of ideals in guiding human thought and action. The book argues that although ideals are often unrealistic and unachievable, they play an essential and productive role in human affairs. The first chapter contends...
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Boss ruef's san francisco
Boss Ruef's San Francisco offers a riveting exploration of political corruption, labor politics, and reform in early 20th-century urban America, as told through the colorful and complex career of Abe Ruef. At the center of this meticulously researched narrative is Ruef's rise as a city boss, his ...
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Caste and kinship in central india
Caste and Kinship in Central India: A Village and Its Region offers an in-depth exploration of the intricate social dynamics within a multi-caste village and its surrounding region. The book delves into the pivotal role of caste as the foundational axis of political, economic, and kinship structu...
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Revolution and the rebirth of inequality
Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: A Theory Applied to the National Revolution in Bolivia by Jonathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein investigates how revolutions reshape social structures, asking whether promises of equality endure or if inequality reemerges in new forms. The authors develop ...
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The correspondence of samuel butler with his sister may
The Correspondence of Samuel Butler with His Sister May offers an intimate glimpse into the thoughts, relationships, and creative processes of the renowned author through a meticulously edited collection of letters. This compilation preserves the authenticity of the original manuscripts while mak...
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Party politics in republican china
Party Politics in Republican China: The Kuomintang, 1912–1924 is a pivotal exploration of China's early struggle with political modernization during a transformative era. Written by George T. Yu, the book delves into the Kuomintang's journey from its roots in traditional Chinese secret societies ...
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Tragedy and enlightenment
Tragedy and Enlightenment: Athenian Political Thought and the Dilemmas of Modernity by Christopher Rocco offers a bold rethinking of the relationship between classical antiquity and contemporary political theory. Rocco argues that the dramas and dialogues of ancient Athens—Sophocles’ *Oedipus Tyr...
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W. b. yeats
W. B. Yeats: The Later Poetry by Thomas Parkinson offers a sustained analysis of Yeats’s late work, focusing on how his poems were composed, revised, and shaped into their final form. Building on his earlier study Yeats, Self-Critic, Parkinson turns to the manuscripts, prose writings, and finishe...
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Where shall we live?
Where Shall We Live? Report of the Commission on Race and Housing is the landmark publication of an independent citizens’ body that, between 1955 and 1958, undertook the first nationwide, empirically grounded investigation of racial discrimination in the American housing market. Chaired by Earl B...
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Tradition and transition in east africa
Tradition and Transition in East Africa brings together leading anthropologists, historians, linguists, sociologists, and political practitioners to interrogate the role of “the tribal factor” in shaping East Africa’s modern era. Originating in the School of Oriental and African Studies’ African ...
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The blind boss and his city
This title is a compelling examination of Christopher Augustine Buckley, the enigmatic political figure who dominated San Francisco's Democratic Party during the late 19th century. This richly detailed study reveals how Buckley, despite being blind for much of his career, rose to power without ev...
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A warbler's song in the dusk
A Warbler’s Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718–785) by Paula Doe presents the first full-length English-language biography of one of Japan’s greatest early poets, weaving together history, translation, and literary analysis. As the last great compiler of the Man’yōshū, Ja...
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Mammal skin
Mammalian Skin, a complex and multifunctional system, serves as a vital interface between the organism and its environment. Its structure reflects an intricate balance between protection, sensory perception, and adaptability. The skin, composed of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous fat, is e...
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Diagnosis of the brazilian crisis
Diagnosis of the Brazilian Crisis delves into the complexities of Brazil’s socio-economic challenges during a turbulent period of its history, offering a critical perspective on the role and responsibility of intellectuals in times of national crisis. The author explores the betrayal of intellect...
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Mothers and divorce
Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Economic, and Social Dilemmas by Terry Arendell is a sobering and insightful examination of the enduring economic and social challenges faced by divorced mothers in America. Moving beyond the often romanticized narratives of self-reinvention that dominate popular cultu...
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The parameters of urban fiscal policy
The Parameters of Urban Fiscal Policy: Socioeconomic Change and Political Culture in San Francisco, 1860–1906 explores the intricate relationship between politics, socioeconomic development, and fiscal policy in a rapidly urbanizing San Francisco. Initially conceived as a social history, this wor...
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Decisions in crisis
Decisions in Crisis: Israel, 1967 and 1973 explores the intricate dynamics of decision-making during two pivotal crises in Israeli history: the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973. This comprehensive study delves into the psychological, political, and strategic factors that shaped ...
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Lectures on the philosophy of religion
This one-volume abridged edition of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is intended for student and classroom use as well as for a wider readership. It reprints, from the three-volume critical edition (University of California Press, 1984, 1985, 1987), the complete text of Hegel's lect...
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A literature without qualities
A Literature Without Qualities: American Writing Since 1945 delves into the evolution of American literature from the post-World War II period to the mid-1970s, examining its transformation as both a product and reflection of a volatile and imaginative epoch. The book situates this era within the...
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Auctions and auctioneering
Discover the fascinating world of auctions, where commerce, strategy, and human behavior converge in a dynamic marketplace. In Auctions and Auctioneering, Ralph Cassady, Jr. provides the first comprehensive analysis of the auctioning process, delving deeply into its economic, cultural, and practi...
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The idea of coleridge's criticism
The Idea of Coleridge's Criticism explores the profound, often polarizing legacy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a literary critic, whose influence continues to resonate in modern thought. This study examines the richness and complexity of Coleridge's critical theories, particularly his groundbreak...
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The obsolete self
The Obsolete Self: Philosophical Dimensions of Aging explores the complex interplay between aging and identity, offering a profound critique of the traditional perceptions of aging as mere physical decline or social obsolescence. By delving into the biological, psychological, and sociological asp...
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When governments collide
When Governments Collide: Coercion and Diplomacy in the Vietnam Conflict, 1964–1968 by Wallace J. Thies examines one of the most consequential strategic gambles of the Johnson administration: the effort to compel North Vietnam to abandon its support of the insurgency in the South through a carefu...
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Owen lattimore and the loss of china
Owen Lattimore and the Loss of China explores one of the most contentious debates in mid-20th-century American history, centered on the fall of China to communism and the U.S. response to this geopolitical shift. At the heart of the controversy was Owen Lattimore, a distinguished scholar of China...
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Latin america in the 1940s
Latin America in the 1940s: War and Postwar Transitions delves into the transformative effects of World War II and the Cold War on Latin America's political and social landscape. This decade, marked by "global shocks," reshaped the region’s international relations, replacing deep ties with Europe...
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Gaining ground
This book examines the challenges of aligning American social programs with the nation's deeply ingrained values of individualism, self-reliance, and responsibility, particularly when addressing poverty and other social hazards. Public social provision in the United States faces a paradox: while ...
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The year of my life, second edition
The Year of My Life: A Translation of Issa’s Oraga Haru by Nobuyuki Yuasa brings one of Japan’s most beloved haiku poets into vivid English, capturing both the poignancy of his life and the deceptive simplicity of his art. First published a decade earlier and here extensively revised, Yuasa’s tra...
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The chances of rhyme
The Chances of Rhyme: Device and Modernity explores the evolving role of rhyme in poetry within the context of modernity's emphasis on innovation. This book examines how rhyme, once synonymous with poetry itself, has transitioned from being an essential poetic device to one that is often question...
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Paris as revolution
In nineteenth-century Paris, passionate involvement with revolution turned the city into an engrossing object of cultural speculation. For writers caught between an explosive past and a bewildering future, revolution offered a virtuoso metaphor by which the city could be known and a vital princip...
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Approaches to the history of spain
This title offers a concise yet profound exploration of Spanish history, presented with Vicens' distinct methodology and dedication to historical accuracy. Written in a straightforward, unbiased manner, Vicens sought to penetrate beyond political rhetoric and traditional narratives, aiming to unc...
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