492 results for 'zerubavel estat'

How the words we use—and don’t use—reinforce dominant cultural normsWhy is the term "openly gay" so widely used but "openly straight" is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like "male...

Why is the term "openly gay" so widely used but "openly straight" is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like "male nurse," "working mom," and "white trash"? Offering a revealing and...

"Time Maps extends beyond all of the old clichés about linear, circular, and spiral patterns of historical process and provides us with models of the actual legends used to map history. It is a...

Genealogy has long been one of humanity's greatest obsessions. But with the rise of genetics, and increasing media attention to it through programs like Who Do You Think You Are? and Faces of...

The Fourth Estate A History of Women in the Middle Ages

Embracing factory methods of construction, building on the legacy of cubism, and turning his back on European carving and casting traditions, David Smith (1906-1965) transformed postwar sculpture...

Myers, A.R., Parliaments And Estates In Europe To 1789

In 1614 the French Estates General met for the last time before the Revolution of 1789. The meeting marks the beginning of the political career of Cardinal Richelieu and provides an opportunity for...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, TIME.com, and KirkusA Millions Most Anticipated Book...

This is the annual journal of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions. It covers the range of history of representative institutions to the...

A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America's most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them. Amid conflicting narratives about the...

"Warren brings to this task his critical acuteness as a historian . . ., his verbal sensitivity as a novelist, and his insight as a poet."-David Donald, New York Times Book Review...

A superbly assembled survey of Friedlander’s abiding fascination with the American social landscape across six decadesThis volume presents 155 photographs spanning 60 years of the artist’s...

The classic legal guide with more than 100,000 copies in print—now substantially updated and revised!Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates & Trusts...

A haunting portrait of a young man’s obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess it fully—and the book that “established Mishima’s claim as one of the outstanding writers of...

A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and EsquireFrom Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” (VICE), comes the important and underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy.It was one of the...

When we think about the Victorian age, we usually envision people together with animals: the Queen and her pugs, the sportsman with horses and hounds, the big game hunter with his wild kill, the...

An unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of The Catcher in the Rye-in a dazzling new translation When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring,...