5174 results for '"Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson (Editor)'

Donald Davidson is unquestionably one of America's greatest living philosophers. His influence on Anglo-American philosophy over the last twenty years has been enormous, and his work is an...

In our television age, we may believe that politics has become more immediate, even more personal. After all, the drama of debates, Congressional hearings, and summit meetings unfolds before us as we...

Once of central importance to left historians and activists alike, the concept of the “bourgeois revolution” has recently come in for sustained criticism from both Marxists and conservatives. In this...

An abridged edition of the insightful work praised as "an impressive contribution both to the history of ideas and to political philosophy" (Alasdair MacIntyre, author of After Virtue). Once of...

Neil Davidson explores classic themes of nation, state, and revolution in this collection of essays. Ranging from the extent to which nationalism can be a component of led-wing politics to the...

From New York magazine’s architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City—a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan,...

In 1753, Voltaire -- playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most fêted figures in Europe -- was forced by Louis XV into exile, where he remained for the last twenty-five years of his life...

The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to...

A fourth edition of Nash's classic study is now available with a new Preface and Epilogue in which the author explores the future of wilderness and reflects on its ethical and biocentric relevance.

Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and...

Now featuring a new preface by Peter Thiel Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for...

The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to...

An accessible, fun, yet authoritative guide to male and female Regency fashions Celebrated dress historian Hilary Davidson brings together nearly 20 years of research on Regency fashion in an...

A new edition of the Coventry plays, comprising the Shearmen and Taylors' and Weavers' plays, which were staged by the town guilds at Corpus Christi. Following an introductory overview, the editors...

A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex. Sex, shopping and fish-madness, Athenian style. This fascinating book reveals...

"An accurate, detailed anatomy of the external, middle, and inner ear, temporal bone, and parts of the respiratory system, as well as the embryology of pharynx, larynx, face and ear. It is a good...