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Soviet Culture and Power
A History in Documents, 1917-1953
A history of Soviet repression of cultural and artistic life, based on remarkable archival documents never published in English before Leaders of the Soviet Union, Stalin chief among them, well understood...
The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia
Distinguished historian of the Soviet period Robert V. Daniels offers a penetrating survey of the evolution of the Soviet system and its ideology. In a tightly woven series of analyses written during his career-long inquiry...
Five Operas and a Symphony
Word and Music in Russian Culture
In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth...
Nongovernmental Organizations in Environmental Struggles
Politics and the Making of Moral Capital in the Philippines
Why are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) so successful in today’s world? How do they empower themselves? This insightful book provides important new perspectives on the strategic thinking of NGOs, the way they identify...
The Social Life of Coffee
The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse
What induced the British to adopt foreign coffee-drinking customs in the seventeenth century? Why did an entirely new social institution, the coffeehouse, emerge as the primary place for consumption of this new drink? In this...
Jewish Life in Small-Town America
A History
In this book, Lee Shai Weissbach offers the first comprehensive portrait of small-town Jewish life in America. Exploring the history of communities of 100 to 1000 Jews, the book focuses on the years from the mid-nineteenth...
Insincere Promises
The Law of Misrepresented Intent
How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere...
The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), a brilliant physicist and the principal designer of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, later became a human rights activist and—as a result—a source of profound irritation to the Kremlin. This book...
The Necessity of Experience
Primary experience, gained through the senses, is our most basic way of understanding reality and learning for ourselves. Our culture, however, favors the indirect knowledge gained from secondary experience, in which...
Using Technology in Teaching
Down-to-earth advice for busy teachers on using technology to save time and improve instruction. Computers can help teachers accomplish many of their tasks more efficiently and effectively, but how can a...