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Russia in the Age of Peter the Great
Peter the Great, often known as the Tsar Reformer, initiated a program of modernization and Westernization that affected the lives of all his subjects. He founded a new capital, St. Petersburg, which became a symbol of...
Preempting the Holocaust
Lawrence L. Langer, perhaps the most important literary critic of the Holocaust, here explores the use of Holocaust themes in literature, memoirs, film, and painting. Among the authors he examines are Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel,...
The Collapse of the Soviet Military
One of the great surprises in modern military history is the collapse of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1991—along with the party-state with which it was inextricably intertwined. In this important book, a distinguished United...
Gout
The Patrician Malady
Gout has fascinated medical writers and cultural commentators from the time of ancient Greece. Historically seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius, and creativity, it has included among...
Messianic Mystics
In this stimulating book, one of the world’s leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience. Moshe Idel calls upon his profound knowledge of ancient and medieval...
Common Schools/Uncommon Identities
National Unity and Cultural Difference
One of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary education concerns the tension between the demands of such groups as blacks, Latinos, gays, women, and the handicapped for a curriculum that recognizes their particular...
Law and School Reform
Six Strategies for Promoting Educational Equity
Nearly every effort to reform American public education during the past half-century has involved the law. Partnerships and tensions between lawyers, educators, parents, and scholars have never been more central to the future...
Never at War
Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another
This lively survey of the history of conflict between democracies reveals a remarkable—and tremendously important—finding: fully democratic nations have never made war on other democracies. Furthermore, historian Spencer R....
Yale French Studies, Number 97
50 Years of Yale French Studies, A Commemorative Anthology Part 2: 1980-1998
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Yale French Studies, the Editorial Board of the journal is producing a two-volume commemorative anthology. The first volume contains articles from 1948 to 1979, and...
An Eye on the Modern Century
Selected Letters of Henry McBride
Henry McBride (1867–1962) became a towering figure in art criticism during a long career that began in 1913—the year of the famous Armory Show in New York that opened American eyes to avant-garde developments in European...