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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms

Volume 2: Mythical Thought

Ernst Cassirer; Translated by Ralph Manheim; With contributions by Charles W. Hendel

The Symbolic Forms has long been considered the greatest of Cassirer’s works.  Into it he poured all the resources of his vast learning about language and myth, religion, art, and science—the various creative...

September 10, 1965, Paper, $38.00

Foxbats Over Dimona

The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War

Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez

A groundbreaking history that radically changes our understanding of the Six-Day War, how it started, and what its adversaries were willing to do to win Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez’s...

September 4, 2008, Paper, $32.00

Maps and History

Constructing Images of the Past

Jeremy Black

Historical atlases offer an understanding of the past that is invaluable to historians, not only because they convey a previous age's sense of space and distance but also because they reveal what historians and educators of...

September 10, 2000, Paper, $29.00

Benevolent Assimilation

The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903

Stuart Creighton Miller

American acquisition of the Philippines and Filipino resistance to it became a focal point for debate on American imperialism. In a lively narrative, Miller tells the story of the war and how it challenged America’s...

September 10, 1984, Paper, $34.00

Gauguin and Impressionism

Richard R. Brettell and Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark

Now available in paperback A new assessment of Gauguin’s involvement with—and notable impact upon—the Impressionist movement "This pioneering book takes a close look at ...

September 4, 2007, Paper, $45.00

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin; Edited and with an Introduction by Deborah Epstein Nord; With essays by Elizabeth Helsinger, Seth Koven, and Jan Marsh

 John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies, first published in 1865, stands as a classic nineteenth-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. Although widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety...

August 11, 2002, Paper, $26.00

Raphael

From Urbino to Rome

Hugo Chapman, Tom Henry, and Carol Plazzotta; With contributions by Arnold Nesselrath and Nicholas Penny

New in paperback This essential book on Raphael traces the evolution of his career from its origins in central Italy to the prestigious patronage of Pope Julius II in Rome.  ...

March 19, 2008, Paper, $45.00

John Ruskin

The Later Years

Tim Hilton

John Ruskin, one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the nineteenth century, was also one of the most prolific. Not only did he publish some 250 works, but he also wrote lectures, diaries, and thousands of letters...

June 1, 2000, Paper, $63.00

Voting About God in Early Church Councils

Ramsay MacMullen

In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he...

October 10, 2006, Cloth, $53.00

Financial Statecraft

The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy

Benn Steil and Robert E. Litan

As trade flows expanded and trade agreements proliferated after World War II, governments—most notably the United States—came increasingly to use their power over imports and exports to influence the behavior of other...

February 28, 2008, Paper, $24.00

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