2314 results for '"Sylvia H. Chant'

This interpretive history of Latin America has been brought up to date in all areas, including the ongoing war against international drug trafficking, the difficulties and promises of NAFTA, the...

Reconstructs the experiences of two major American cities, each a center of regional culture, in a significant historical period, the 1830s. Among the topics discussed are economic growth, welfare,...

Samuel Johnson, who did not like Swift, said that A Tale of a Tub - exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed...

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max...

A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and memorials from the First and Second World Wars The wealth of splendid photography in this singular publication features military...

An invaluable account of how auctions work—and how to make them workFew forms of market exchange intrigue economists as do auctions, whose theoretical and practical implications are enormous. John...

A unique alternative to more traditional, encyclopedic introductory texts, Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human? takes a question-oriented approach that illuminates major concepts for students...

This classic anthology, first published in 1921, has been instrumental in reviving interest in the seventeenth-century metaphysical poets and in securing for them the high reputation they now enjoy...

This volume provides detailed coverage of many aspects of the rapidly growing technological applications of holography. It is composed of contributions from an internationally renowned group of...

The famous library of Alexandria, founded around 295 BCE by Ptolemaios I, housed the greatest collection of texts in the ancient world and was a fertile site of Hellenistic scholarship. Rudolf Blum’s...

A catalogue of 1036 late Medieval pewter badges. They include numerous pilgrims' badges (the `Heilig' of the title) and also badges which depict all sorts of secular designs: everyday objects,...

Volume two of the acclaimed three-volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialismThis book brings together essays by leading experts on the history of Japan to examine the period from...