The Origin of the Species collects stories, manifestos, rants and songs by Homer Erotic lead singer/poet/politico Barbara Barg....
When Leviathan first appeared in 1651, it was recognized as a work of extraordinary scope, uniting metaphysical, theological,...
“We have made a breakthrough from an economy of scarcity to an economy of abundance,” Henry Luce noted more than twenty years...
In this ambitious book, Patrick Brantlinger offers a cultural history of Great Britain focused on the concept of ''public credit,...
Surveying exotic travel writing in Europe from late antiquity to the age of discover, The Witness and the Other World illustrates...
“That science-fiction future in which technology would make everything very good—or very bad—has not yet arrived. From our vantage...
Global Circuits of Blackness is a sophisticated analysis of the interlocking diasporic connections between Africa, Europe, the...
This study reclaims and builds upon the classic work of anthropologist Elena Padilla. The volume includes an annotated edition...
Examining what 16 British women, radical and conservative, famous and notorious, wrote about their sex in the 1790s, this text...
Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism...
British teenagers witnessed immense cultural change in the period following the Second World War. There were less than 100 juke...
In middle of the 19th century, over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages for the shores of the Americas,...
Despite its enduring popularity as a national festival, Christmas has been largely neglected by English historians. Neil Armstrong...
Public deliberation and group discussion can strengthen civil society, even when participants share a historical animosity. Recently,...
The Encyclopedia of Women in Today s World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century....
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