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Calvinism
A History
The first single-volume history of Reformed Protestantism from its sixteenth-century origins to the present This briskly told history of Reformed Protestantism takes these churches through their entire 500...
From the New Deal to the New Right
Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism
A compelling account of the rise of the modern right in America The role the South has played in contemporary conservatism is perhaps the most consequential political phenomenon of the second half...
The Hour of Europe
Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
By looking through the prism of the West's involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents a new examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. Incorporating declassified documents from the CIA, the...
Aalto and America
The internationally renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) created several landmarks of modern design in the United States. The first, the Finland Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939,...
Tales of a Severed Head
A brilliant retelling of the classic Arab tale of Scheherazade, set in the present day This volume brings Moroccan poet Rachida Madani's remarkable poems to English-language readers for the first time....
For the Common Good
Principles of American Academic Freedom
An exploration of the meaning of academic freedom in American higher education Debates about academic freedom have become increasingly fierce and frequent. Legislative efforts to regulate American...
Fuenteovejuna
Lope de Vega’s masterpiece, a classic play of the Spanish Golden Age, in a vibrant new translation Lope de Vega “single-handedly created the Spanish national theatre,” writes Roberto González Echevarría in...
Levant
Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Not so long ago, in certain cities on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean, Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived and flourished side by side. What can the histories of these cities tell us?Levant
Warm Flesh, Cold Marble
Canova, Thorvaldsen, and Their Critics
This brilliant book focuses on the aesthetic concerns of the two most important sculptors of the early 19th century, the great Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757–1822) and his illustrious Danish rival Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770...
Captive Audience
The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Why Americans are paying much more for Internet access,and getting much less Ten years ago, the United States stood at the forefront of the Internet revolution. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest...