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The Eighties
America in the Age of Reagan
A decade—and a president—that transformed America. During the Reagan years, Americans witnessed an extraordinary array of changes, from major technological advances to sweeping revisions of...
Women's Rights and Transatlantic Antislavery in the Era of Emancipation
Two epochal developments profoundly influenced the history of the Atlantic world between 1770 and 1870—the rise of women’s rights activism and the drive to eliminate chattel slavery. The contributors to this volume,...
Predictocracy
Market Mechanisms for Public and Private Decision Making
Predicting the future is serious business for virtually all public and private institutions, for they must often make important decisions based on such predictions. This visionary book explores how institutions from...
Worlds Apart?
Disability and Foreign Language Learning
Today's foreign language teachers are increasingly expected to be skilled in addressing multiple intelligences and differing learning styles, yet no reliable resources exist that consolidate the best of what is known about...
Sublimation
Inquiries into Theoretical Psychoanalysis
In psychoanalytic theory, sublimation—the process of expressing instinctual impulses in constructive, socially acceptable forms—is a central, yet poorly understood psychic process. The eminent psychoanalyst Hans W....
Melville's Orienda
A specialist in the field of Arabic and Islamic history here examines Herman Melville’s interest in the Near East and discusses its influence on his work. An analysis of Islamic elements in Melville’s symbolism,...
Timber Building
This description of Timber Building in Britain, now in its second edition, by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings defines the status of this authoritative and extensively illustrated book.
Democracy and Populism
Fear and Hatred
A highly esteemed historian reflects on the dangerous descent of democracy into populism—particularly in the United States. Democracy has changed substantially since the second World War, evolving into...
Eloquence and Reason
Creating a First Amendment Culture
This provocative book presents a theory of the First Amendment’s development. During the twentieth century, Americans gained trust in its commitments, turned the First Amendment into an instrument for social progress,...
Off Center
The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy; With a new Afterword
A timely investigation of the most innovative recent urban housing constructionsThe Republicans who run American government today have defied the normal laws of political gravity. They have ruled with...