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What Changed When Everything Changed
9/11 and the Making of National Identity
How our national identity has changed in significant and unexpected ways since the attacks of 9/11 Beautifully written and carefully reasoned, this bold and provocative work upends the conventional...
The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911
The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease
When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different...
Forgotten Voices of Mao's Great Famine, 1958-1962
An Oral History
A powerful account of China’s Great Famine as told through the voices of those who survived it In 1958, China’s revered leader Mao Zedong instituted a program designed to transform his giant nation into a...
Diplomacy on Ice
Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic
A new focus on international diplomacy and cooperation as the race for polar resources escalates As the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, the Arctic and Antarctic have...
The Ballet Lover's Companion
A richly informed, up-to-date performance guide to more than 140 favorite ballets, from the classical era to the present day This engaging book is a welcome guide to the most successful and loved ballets...
Yale French Studies, Number 106
The Power of Rhetoric, the Rhetoric of Power: Jean Paulhan’s Fiction, Criticism, and Editorial Activity
1. Jean Paulhan as Editor and CriticBernard Baillaud Jean Paulhan’s InfluencesBrigitte Ouvry-Vial The Double Necessity of Criticism and Self-EffacementMartyn Cornick Jean...
A History of the Ecosystem Concept in Ecology
More than the Sum of the Parts
The ecosystem concept—the idea that flora and fauna interact with the environment to form an ecological complex—has long been central to the public perception of ecology and to increasing awareness of environmental...
Law's Environment
How the Law Shapes the Places We Live
John Copeland Nagle shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of five diverse places in the American landscape: Alaska's Adak Island; the Susquehanna River; Colton in...
The Worth of the University
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True Stories
And Other Essays
An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spufford’s welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his...