1997 results for '"Curtis, Glade B.'

In this collection of new and previously published essays, Sherry Ortner draws on her more than two decades of work in feminist anthropology to offer a major reconsideration of culture and gender...

The history of the city of Amman under the British mandate government of Transjordan. Amman, the capital of Jordan, contends with a crisis of identity rooted in how it grew to become a symbol for...

This book provides a general introduction to the grammar and syntax of Hellenistic, or New Testament, Greek. Comprised of 24 chapters, it is suitable for a two-semester course. Each lesson is...

Frazer, with Freud, Marx, and Jung, is one of the thinkers who have had a deep and pervasive influence on modern literature. One of the great nineteenth-century syntheses, The Golden Bough was the...

Many political theorists today deny that citizenship can be defended on liberal grounds alone. Cosmopolitans claim that loyalty to a particular state is incompatible with universal liberal...

An updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientistsThe Scientist’s Guide to Writing explains the essential techniques that students, postdocs, and early-career scientists...

A Kirkus "Best Book of the 21st Century" An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller * AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION * ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S "GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS" * BARACK...

This introductory history of Sparta gives readers a welcome overview of the intense and brilliant history of the great Greek city state.

At an international conference in 1983 commemorating the 500th anniversary of Raphael's birth, art conservators and historians benefited from a rare opportunity to discuss with each other new data...

New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Hardbound, 8.5 inches tall, 227 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. A few black and white illustrations. "Was there really a Marshall Matt Dillon -- and if so,...

David Calhoun continues his history of Princeton Seminary begun in the widely-acclaimed volume 1, Faith and Learning.

This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time. From the surge of ebooks to the self-publishing...

The definitive textbook on public finance—now back in print for the first time in years This classic introduction to public finance remains the best advanced-level textbook on the subject ever...