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A study of the educational experience of Englishmen and Welshmen from the First World War to the 1970s, offering answers to such questions as whether standards have declined, and if there is a class...

A study of the educational experience of Englishmen and Welshmen from the First World War to the 1970s, offering answers to such questions as whether standards have declined, and if there is a class...

From the time of its first appearance, the story of Pocahontas has provided the terms of a flexible discourse that has been put to multiple, and at times contradictory, uses. Centering around her...

Passionate readers both, Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain courted through books, spelling out their expectations through literary references as they corresponded during their frequent separations...

The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian...

Looking back at key moments in Wedgwood's design history, this book celebrates the manufacturer's visual power and great design from its founding in 1759 to the present day.The name Wedgwood has come...

A classic treatment of game theory from the acclaimed Annals of Mathematics Studies seriesPrinceton University Press is proud to have published the Annals of Mathematics Studies since 1940. One of...

Comprises 11 essays dealing with the ways in which the boundaries of the political have changed since the 1960s in the countries of Western Europe. Setting the contemporary situation against its...

Maxwell, Dirac and Einstein’s equations are certainly among the most imp- tant equations of XXth century Physics and it is our intention in this book to 1 investigate some of the many faces of these...

The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the 20th century could have been Germany's century. In 1900, the country was continental Europe's leading power, its material strength...

"A very fun way to learn about where quantum physics comes from and the strange, even astonishing places it has gone." —Peter Galison, Harvard University, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps...

In his introduction, E.L. Doctorow rightly points out that "ever since its publication in 1876, children have been able to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with a sense of recognition for the...

In a landmark theoretical work which will radically influence progressive thinking, seven respected activist/scholars from diverse backgrounds and movements have collaborated to create a truly...

Finalist for the James Beard Foundation Book Award and the IACP Cookbook Award "[A]s good a read on the science of cooking as there is." —Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything “Wolke,...

The story of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey--home for geniuses and great thinkers of the 20th century. Ed Regis explores the past of this "intellectual hotel" that has...