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The largest and most comprehensive verb dictionary for the Tibetan language.With over 4,500 entries of the most frequently used Tibetan verbs, this expanded edition of Hackett’s highly acclaimed...

Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within...

Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this new volume of cultural history,...

Africa's religious and artistic traditions constitute a primary example of its intellectual and cultural vitality. Artistic works play a vital role - especially where oral traditions dominate - in...

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they...

Why elites always rule democracies—and why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy todayA central paradox of democracies is that they are always ruled by elites. What...

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United...

An explosive new series from New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, Marie LuDarth Vader, Voldemort, Maleficent. Witness the rise of a new villain.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of...

A searing argument—and work of meticulous scholarship—about how American political scientists misinterpreted the elite theory of democracy and in so doing made our political system vulnerable to...

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes his most accessible critique yet of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished...

A former Harvard president reflects on how elite universities are responding to critiques from the left and the right, and how they can do better "People have lost faith, trust and confidence [in...

In The Summer Of 1964, Three Extended Families Were Exterminated In The Coastal Town Of Jérémie, Haiti. All Were From The Local Elite; One Was The Richest In Town. The President Of Haiti At The...

Conference report on African elites (mostly university graduates and professional workers) in Africa south of Sahara - their views on marriage and family, the place of educational level and family in...

"Identity politics" is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off. But the compulsively referenced phrase...

New York, 1956. First edition, first printing [points: Dj shows publisher's blurb at rear panel, no review quotations]. 8vo. Cloth, dj. 423 p. 22 cm. Ex-library copy from the Oxford University Press...

From a New York Times media correspondent, a dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire, home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and more, focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s...