The first biography written with the full cooperation of the O'Keeffe family examines the artist's long and distinguished career, her personal relationships, and her significance in terms of American art and the women's movement

Contrary to commonly accepted belief, the 16th and 17th centuries marked a radically new phase in Jewish history. Far more than a mere extension of the Jewish Middle Ages, this was an era in which European Jewry was partially set free from the stifling...

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The description for this book, Conflict in Modern Japanese History: The Neglected Tradition, will be forthcoming.

A supplement for courses emphasizing modern physics. Part 1 covers special relativity and the meaning of time, part 2 discusses quantum physics, part 3 looks at elementary particles and force fields. The three self-contained parts can be used separately...

Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations.Originally published in 1983.The...

A record of the personal struggles and determination of a Black tenant farmer born in Alabama in 1885

In 1559 there still existed in Europe a hope that the religious unity which had underpinned the ideal of a single western Christendom might be restored. By 1610 that hope had perished forever. This volume recounts how the Catholic Church's only partially...