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The editors of this unique volume have selected 24 leading emotion theorists and asked them to address 12 fundamental questions about the subject of emotion. For example; Are there basic emotions?...

Contemporary celebrations of interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities and social sciences often harbor a distrust of traditional disciplines, which are seen as at best narrow and...

Amazon.com Review Charles Waddell Chesnutt declared his intentions in this 1891 entry in journal: "Every time I read a good novel, I want to write one. It is the dream of my life- -to be an...

Armed conflicts and military occupations are the subject of an extensive body of international law that covers a wide variety of issues.Documents on the Laws of War answers the need for a volume that...

If social science's "cultural turn" has taught us anything, it is that knowledge is constrained by the time and place in which it is produced. In response, scholars have begun to reassess social...

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are presented in this volume. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and...

Harvard's Charles Haar shows that American courts have generally failed to question local zoning regulations that trap the urban poor in the squalor of inner cities. Haar argues passionately that all...

From Peabody, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning writer and director, Larry Charles, a rollicking journey through modern American comedy, as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from his work on...

Graywolf reissues one of its most successful essay collections with two new essays and a new foreword by Charles BaxterAs much a rumination on the state of literature as a technical manual for...

Amrita Narlikar, Martin Daunton, and Robert M. Stern: Introduction Part I: Theory of Multilateral Trade Liberalization 1: Robert E. Baldwin: The Case for a Multilateral Trade Organization 2: Martin...

The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutionsThe essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across...

Hubert L. Dreyfus's engagement with other thinkers has always been driven by his desire to understand certain basic questions about ourselves and our world. The philosophers on whom his teaching and...

This book addresses the controversy over the origins of the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. Charles Higham provides a systematic and regional presentation of the current evidence. He suggests that the...

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...

Compared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future...

A unique anthology of poems from around the world and through the ages that celebrate magic and magiciansNo matter how modern or scientifically advanced our societies become, human beings remain...

On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people—two-thirds black and one-third white—held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. In this major reinterpretation of the Great Day—the peak of...

Charles Tilly's Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratization and de-democratization at a national level across the world over the last few hundred years. It singles out...

Bringing together new articles and essays from the controversial Berkeley conference of the same name, The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness presents a fascinating range of inquiry into the nature of...