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Gorky's Tolstoy and Other Reminiscences
Key Writings by and about Maxim Gorky
Superb new translations of Gorky’s classic memoirs of Tolstoy and other remarkable Russians, along with unforgettable characterizations of Gorky himself by his contemporaries Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)...
Roads to the Temple
Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987-1991
Leon Aron considers the “mystery of the Soviet collapse” and finds answers in the intellectual and moral self-scrutiny of glasnost that brought about a profound shift in values. Reviewing the entire output of the key glasnost outlets...
Jesus and Justice
Evangelicals, Race, and American Politics
An examination of the rise of political evangelicalism and what it tells us about the relations between religion, race, and politics in America This timely book investigates the increasing...
Regoverning the Workplace
From Self-Regulation to Co-Regulation
This original book seeks to shape current trends toward employer self-regulation into a new paradigm of workplace governance in which workers participate. The decline of collective bargaining and the parallel rise of...
Contesting Development
Participatory Projects and Local Conflict Dynamics in Indonesia
This pathbreaking book analyzes a highly successful participatory development program in Indonesia, exploring its distinctive origins and design principles and its impacts on local conflict dynamics and social institutions.
Libya
The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi
The entire story of Qaddafi's corrupt and repressive regime, the details of its downfall, and what Libya's future may hold in store For a reader unfamiliar with the history of Libya, Muammar Qaddafi...
The First Day of the Blitz
September 7, 1940
In the first terrifying hours of the London Blitz, when the skies rained bombs from hundreds of German planes, the British people were galvanized and the nation’s future was changed On September 7, 1940...
Shanghai's Bund and Beyond
British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937
As China emerges as a global powerhouse, this timely book examines its economic past and the shaping of its financial institutions. The first comparative study of foreign banking in prewar China, the book surveys the impact of...
Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865
This highly original work explores a previously unknown financial conspiracy at the start of the American Civil War. The book explains the reasons for the puzzling intensity of Missouri’s guerrilla conflict, and for the state’s...
Female Alliances
Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, cultural, economic, and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances,...