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An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern Americaby Gary S. CrossISBN 0231113137 (0-231-11313-7)
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The Antiquaryby Walter Scott, David HewittISBN 0231103964 (0-231-10396-4)
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Aristotleby John Herman RandallISBN 023108529X (0-231-08529-X)
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The Author, Art, and the Market: Rereading the History of Aestheticsby Martha WoodmanseeISBN 0231106017 (0-231-10601-7)
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Becoming a Heroine : Reading about Women in Novelsby Rachel M. BrownsteinISBN 0231100000 (0-231-10000-0)
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Between Serb and Albanian: A History of Kosovoby Miranda VickersISBN 0231113838 (0-231-11383-8)
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Buddhism in Chinese Society: An Economic History from the Fifth to the Tenth Centuriesby Jacques Gernet, Franciscus VerellenISBN 0231114117 (0-231-11411-7)
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China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996by Nancy Bernkopf TuckerISBN 0231106319 (0-231-10631-9)
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Nancy Bernkopf Tucker brings together a wide range of interviews on these and other issues, recorded by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, with key players in the making and execution of U.S. policy towards China since World War II. Historical events usch as Nixon's trip to China, the Tiananmen Massacre, and the recurring Taiwan Straits crises come to life as never before. Portraits of the essential personalities in Sino-American relations emerge from the pages of China Confidential, including Mao Zedong, Henry Kissinger, Zhou Enlai, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Lee Teng-hui.
This rich array of interviews provides the context for understanding the otherwise baffling diplomatic interaction between the United States and China, shedding light on the circumstances under which difficult and crucial decisions were reached and revealing the background and biases of the people who made and carried out those policies.
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writingsby Burton WatsonISBN 0231086067 (0-231-08606-7)
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writingsby Chuang Tzu, Burton WatsonISBN 0231105959 (0-231-10595-9)
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Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations, from Antiquity to the Tang Dynastyby John Minford, Joseph S. M. LauISBN 0231096771 (0-231-09677-1)
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The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Pastby Peter C. RollinsISBN 0231112238 (0-231-11223-8)
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Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society and Politicsby Larry P. Gross, James D. WoodsISBN 0231104472 (0-231-10447-2)
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Communism in America: A History in Documentsby Albert FriedISBN 0231102356 (0-231-10235-6)
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Creating Gi Jane: Sexuality and Power in Women's Army Corps During World War IIby Leisa D. MeyerISBN 0231101457 (0-231-10145-7)
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Cultural History and Postmodernity: Disciplinary Readings and Challengesby Mark PosterISBN 0231108834 (0-231-10883-4)
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The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politicsby Peter J. KatzensteinISBN 0231104693 (0-231-10469-3)
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Desolation And Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism, And The Holocaustby Ira KatznelsonISBN 0231111959 (0-231-11195-9)
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Early Chinese Literatureby Burton WatsonISBN 0231086717 (0-231-08671-7)
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Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900by Haruo ShiraneISBN 0231109911 (0-231-10991-1)
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East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement With the Worldby Warren I. CohenISBN 0231101090 (0-231-10109-0)
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In a time when the writing of history is increasingly specialized, Warren I. Cohen has made a bold move against the grain. In broad but revealing brushstrokes, he paints a huge canvas of East Asia's place in world affairs throughout four millennia. Just as Cohen thinks broadly across time, so too, he defines the boundaries of East Asia liberally, looking beyond China, Japan, and Korea to include Southeast Asia. In addition, Cohen stretches the scope of international relations beyond its usual limitations to consider the vital role of cultural and economic exchanges.
Within this vast framework, Cohen explores the system of Chinese domination in the ancient world, the exchanges between East Asia and the Islamic world from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, and the emergence of a European-defined international system in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book covers the new imperialism of the 1890s, the Manchurian crisis of the early 1930s, the ascendancy of Japan, the trials of World War II, the drama of the Cold War, and the fleeting "Asian Century" from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.
East Asia at the Center is replete with often-overlooked or little-known facts, such as:
" A record of persistent Chinese imperialism in the region
" Tibet's status as a major power from the 7th to the 9th centuries C.E., when it frequently invaded China and decimated Chinese armies
" Japan's profound dependence on Korea for its early cultural development
" The enormous influence of Indian cuisine on that of China
" Egyptian and Ottoman military aid to their Muslim brethren in India and Sumatra against European powers
" Extensive Chinese sea voyages to Arabia and East Africa -- long before such famous Westerners as Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus took to the seas
East Asia at the Center's expansive historical view puts the trials and advances of the past four millennia into perspective, showing that East Asia has often been preeminent on the world stage -- and conjecturing that it might be so again in the not-so-distant future.
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Empire City: New York Through The Centuriesby Kenneth T. Jackson, David S. DunbarISBN 0231109083 (0-231-10908-3)
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The End of American Innocence: A Study of the First Years of Our Own Time 1912-1917by Henry F. MayISBN 0231096534 (0-231-09653-4)
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Essays in Idlenessby KenkoISBN 0231112556 (0-231-11255-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays in Idleness'Book summary:Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to his Buddhist beliefs and took refuge in the pleasures of solitude. Written between 1330 and 1332, Essays in Idleness reflects the congenial priest's thoughts on a variety of subjects. His brief writings, some no more than a few sentences long and ranging in focus from politics and ethics to nature and mythology, mark the crystallization of a distinct Japanese principle: that beauty is to be celebrated, though it will ultimately perish. Through his appreciation of the world around him and his keen understanding of historical events, Kenko conveys the essence of Buddhist philosophy and its subtle teachings for all readers. Insisting on the uncertainty of this world, Kenk? asks that we waste no time in following the way of Buddha.
In this fresh edition, Donald Keene's critically acclaimed translation is joined by a new preface, in which Keene himself looks back at the ripples created by Kenk?'s musings, especially for modern readers.
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Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigrationby Leonard Dinnerstein, David M. ReimersISBN 0231111894 (0-231-11189-4)
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Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Cultureby Laura L. DoanISBN 0231110073 (0-231-11007-3)
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Fashioning Sapphism locates the novelist Radclyffe Hall and other prominent lesbians -- including the pioneer in women's policing, Mary Allen, the artist Gluck, and the writer Bryher -- within English modernity through the multiple sites of law, sexology, fashion, and literary and visual representation, thus tracing the emergence of a modern English lesbian subculture in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive new archival research, the book interrogates anew a range of myths long accepted without question (and still in circulation) concerning, to cite only a few, the extent of homophobia in the 1920s, the strategic deployment of sexology against sexual minorities, and the rigidity of certain cultural codes to denote lesbianism in public culture.
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Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Presentby Massimo Montanari, Albert Sonnenfeld, Jean Louis FlandrinISBN 0231111541 (0-231-11154-1)
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In the process, they dispel many of the myths about our culinary heritage that food lovers have come to take for granted:
" Those who believe pasta originated in China and was brought to Venice by Marco Polo will find another story here.
" The notion that flaky pastry dough was invented by Claude Lorrain is shown to be a spurious auxiliary to the renowned seventeenth-century painter's resume.
" The illusion that pâté de foie gras was invented in Strasbourg, France in 1788 is shattered by evidence of its existence much earlier in the eighteenth century.
" The original recipe for chocolate -- served as a beverage -- contained chili instead of sugar, and the eventual addition of sugar by the Spanish made both sugar and chocolate hot items throughout Europe.
In the course of this major intellectual endeavor the writers explore dietary rules of ancient Hebrews and the contributions of Arabic cookery to European cuisine, detail the table etiquette of the Middle Ages and the beverages of colonial America. They reflect on the McDonaldization of culture and on the burgeoning popularity of foreign foods in our times.
Food: A Culinary History is a testament to the diversity of human cultures across the centuries. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America, from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, the book is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present -- from agriculture to social life, from religious beliefs to our most unreflected habits. Consider the development of the use of individual place settings in the Middle Ages -- as one writer here contends, the Black Plague may have been responsible in large measure for the decline of communal dining and the increase of space between diners.
Introducing the history of food into the realm of popular discussion, Food: A Culinary History is an extraordinary reading experience, a delicious intellectual feast for food lovers around the world.
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From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marxby Sidney HookISBN 0231096658 (0-231-09665-8)
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From Peepshow to Palace: The Birth of American Filmby David RobinsonISBN 0231103395 (0-231-10339-5)
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Gorbachev: On My Country and the Worldby Mikhail Gorbachev, George ShriverISBN 0231115148 (0-231-11514-8)
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Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewallby Thomas WaughISBN 0231099983 (0-231-09998-3)
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Heresies of the High Middle Agesby Walter L. Wakefield, Austin P. EvansISBN 0231096321 (0-231-09632-1)
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The Holocaust: A German Historian Examines the Genocideby Wolfgang Benz, Jane Sydenham-KwietISBN 0231112157 (0-231-11215-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holocaust: A German Historian Examines the Genocide'Book summary:The Holocaust: A German Historian Examines the Genocide by Wolfgang Benz is a dark flash of a book--156 astringent pages, describing the events and individuals who determined the fate of millions of Jews. The author is a German, not a Jew, and his task is analytical, not explanatory. The Holocaust avoids the questions that drive most books about its subject. It does not delve into the origins of National Socialism or the question of why Germans allowed the Holocaust to happen. Instead, Benz begins by describing the Wannsee Conference, which planned "to rid all German territory of Jews by legal means," and then describes the laws that allowed discrimination against Jews, the destruction of civil rights for Jews, and the creation of ghettos and concentration camps. His nonideological analysis of the genocide is far from amoral, however. Every page of this German's account of the holocaust rings with the mournfulness of a man who must take stock of the hardest parts of his history, in preparation for understanding that history. And although some scholars may argue there is no such thing as objectivity, Benz's account of the political genesis of genocide comes awfully close. "Not a single line of this book can be contested or argued out of existence," says Jewish historian Arthur Hertzberg in his introduction to The Holocaust. "All of these events took place, and they happened in the order in which he puts them." Simply having these facts so clearly and succinctly described will help many readers prepare to grapple with the raging moral questions raised by the Holocaust. That is cause for hope. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literatureby J. W. Wright, Everett K. RowsonISBN 023110507X (0-231-10507-X)
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Homosexuality in Renaissance Englandby Alan BrayISBN 0231102895 (0-231-10289-5)
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Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Cultureby Elaine ShowalterISBN 0231104588 (0-231-10458-8)
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Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Mediaby Elaine ShowalterISBN 0231104596 (0-231-10459-6)
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Imperial Legacy: The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle Eastby L. Carl BrownISBN 0231103042 (0-231-10304-2)
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Islam in Americaby Jane I. SmithISBN 0231109679 (0-231-10967-9)
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Israel and the Bombby Avner CohenISBN 0231104839 (0-231-10483-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Israel and the Bomb'Book summary:Until now, there has been no detailed account of Israel's nuclear history. Previous treatments of the subject relied heavily on rumors, leaks, and journalistic speculations. But with Israel and the Bomb, Avner Cohen has forged an interpretive political history that draws on thousands of American and Israeli government documents -- most of them recently declassified and never before cited -- and more than one hundred interviews with key individuals who played important roles in this story. Cohen reveals that Israel crossed the nuclear weapons threshold on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, yet it remains ambiguous about its nuclear capability to this day. What made this posture of "opacity" possible, and how did it evolve?
Cohen focuses on a two-decade period from about 1950 until 1970, during which David Ben-Gurion's vision of making Israel a nuclear-weapon state was realized. He weaves together the story of the formative years of Israel's nuclear program, from the founding of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission in 1952, to the alliance with France that gave Israel the sophisticated technology it needed, to the failure of American intelligence to identify the Dimona Project for what it was, to the negotiations between President Nixon and Prime Minister Meir that led to the current policy of secrecy. Cohen also analyzes the complex reasons Israel concealed its nuclear program -- from concerns over Arab reaction and the negative effect of the debate at home to consideration of America's commitment to nonproliferation.
Israel and the Bomb highlights the key questions and the many potent issues surrounding Israel's nuclear history. This book will be a critical resource for students of nuclear proliferation, Middle East politics, Israeli history, and American-Israeli relations, as well as a revelation for general readers.
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Jacques Lacanby Elisabeth Roudinesco, Barbara BrayISBN 0231101473 (0-231-10147-3)
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The Jazz Cadence of American Cultureby Robert G. O'MeallyISBN 0231104499 (0-231-10449-9)
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The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter A Historyby Arthur HertzbergISBN 0231108419 (0-231-10841-9)
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Kenilworthby Walter Scott, J. H. AlexanderISBN 0231084722 (0-231-08472-2)
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Man, the State and War a Theoretical Analysisby K.N. WaltzISBN 0231085648 (0-231-08564-8)
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Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialismby Simon GikandiISBN 0231105991 (0-231-10599-1)
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Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Wordsby J. Christopher Herold, NapoleonISBN 0231085230 (0-231-08523-0)
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The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronxby Jack KugelmassISBN 0231103077 (0-231-10307-7)
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Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Oceanby C.A. Bayly, Robert Ilbert, Leila Tarazi FawazISBN 0231114265 (0-231-11426-5)
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Avoiding such dichotomies as East/West and modernity/tradition, this book provides a comparative analysis of contested versions of the concept of modernity. The book examines not only the "high" culture of scholars and the literati, but also popular music, the visual arts, and journalism. The contributors incorporate discussion of the way in which the business in both commodities and ideas was conducted in the increasingly cosmopolitan cities of the time.
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Narratives and Spaces: Technology and the Construction of American Cultureby David NyeISBN 0231111975 (0-231-11197-5)
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Nature and Historical Experience: Essays in Naturalism and on Theory of Historyby John H. RandallISBN 0231085370 (0-231-08537-0)
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A New History of Early English Dramaby John D. Cox, David Scott KastanISBN 0231102437 (0-231-10243-7)
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The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manualby Clifford Edmund BosworthISBN 0231107145 (0-231-10714-5)
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An Ordered Society: Gender and Class in Early Modern Englandby Susan Dwyer AmussenISBN 0231099797 (0-231-09979-7)
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Post-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Eraby George Shriver, Roy Aleksandrovich MedvedevISBN 0231106068 (0-231-10606-8)
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Post-Soviet Russia: A Journey Through the Yeltsin Eraby Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev, George ShriverISBN 0231106076 (0-231-10607-6)
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Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934by Thomas DohertyISBN 0231110952 (0-231-11095-2)
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Queen Victoria's Secretsby Adrienne MunichISBN 0231104812 (0-231-10481-2)
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Realms of Memory: Rethinking the French Past Conflicts and Divisionsby Pierra Nora, Lawrence D. Kritzman, Pierre NoraISBN 0231084048 (0-231-08404-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Realms of Memory: Rethinking the French Past Conflicts and Divisions'Book summary:Archives, monuments, celebrations:there are not merely the recollections of memory but also the foundations of history. Symbols, the third and final volume in Pierre Nora's monumental Realms of Memory, includes groundbreaking discussions of the emblems of France's past by some of the nation's most distinguished intellectuals. The seventeen essays in this book consider such diverse "sites" of memory as the figures of Joan D'Arc and Decartes, the national motto of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", the tricolor flag and the French language itself. Pierre Nora's closing essay on commemoration provides a culminating overview of the series. Offering a new approach on history, culture, French studies and the studies of symbols, Realms of Memory reveals how the myriad meanings we attach to places and events constitute our sense of history.
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Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past Traditionsby Lawrence D. Kritzman, Pierre Nora, Arthur GoldhammerISBN 0231106343 (0-231-10634-3)
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Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-Century Biologyby Evelyn Fox KellerISBN 0231102054 (0-231-10205-4)
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Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle Eastby Israel Gershoni, James JankowskiISBN 0231106955 (0-231-10695-5)
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The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in Americaby Albert FriedISBN 0231096836 (0-231-09683-6)
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The Same and Not the Sameby Roald HoffmannISBN 0231101392 (0-231-10139-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Same and Not the Same'Book summary:Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its molecular level is complex and agitated, as are the emotions of the supposedly dispassionate scientists who explore it. In The Same and Not the Same the vital tensions of chemistry are revealed; with down-to-earth explanations, Hoffmann uncovers the polarities that power, rend, and reform the world of molecules. When we wash an apple before eating it, we are thinking not merely of the dirt that may still be on it but of the pesticides used in agricultural production. When we take medication, we expect relief for our pain but also fear side effects. The Same and Not the Same shows this ambivalence to be only one of a number of dualities pervading the world of molecules. The theme of identity, reflected in the title of the book, is central to the story. Other dualities, from stasis and dynamics, to creation and discovery to the rich complexity of revealing and concealing, are lucidly delineated for nonscientist and scientist alike. The Same and Not the Same also offers a rare and compelling personal statement of the social responsibility of scientists. Unabashedly confronting some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today, the book strives for balance in facing the pressing ecological and environmental concerns of our time.
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Shakespeare and the Jewsby James ShapiroISBN 023110345X (0-231-10345-X)
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Shaky Ground: The 60s and Their Aftershockby Alice EcholsISBN 0231106718 (0-231-10671-8)
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The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, and the Pigby Claudine Fabre-Vassas, Carol VolkISBN 0231103670 (0-231-10367-0)
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Social and Religious History of Jews: Late Middle Ages and Era of European Expansion, 1200-1650; Inquisition, Renaissance and Reformationby Salo W BaronISBN 0231088507 (0-231-08850-7)
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A Social and Religious History of the Jews: Index to Volumes Ix-XVIIIby Salo Wittmayer BaronISBN 0231088566 (0-231-08856-6)
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Sources of Chinese Traditionby Wing-Tsit Chan, William T. DebaryISBN 0231086032 (0-231-08603-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sources of Chinese Tradition'Book summary:A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students and as a thorough and engaging introduction for general readers. Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of this classic sourcebook, compiled by noted China scholars Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. Updated to reflect recent scholarly developments, with extensive material on popular thought and religion, social roles, and women's education, this edition features new translations of more than half the works from the first edition, as well as many new selections.
Arranged chronologically, this anthology is divided into four parts, beginning at the dawn of literate Chinese civilization with the Oracle-Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty (1571--1045 B.C.E.) and continuing through the end of the Ming dynasty (C.E. 1644). Each chapter has an introduction that provides useful historical context and offers interpretive strategies for understanding the readings.
The first part, The Chinese Tradition in Antiquity, considers the early development of Chinese civilization and includes selections from Confucius's Analects, the texts of Mencius and Laozi, as well as other key texts from the Confucian, Daoist, and Legalist schools. Part 2, The Making of a Classical Culture, focuses on Han China with readings from the Classic of Changes ( I Jing), the Classic of Filiality, major Han syntheses, and the great historians of the Han dynasty. The development of Buddhism, from the earliest translations from Sanskrit to the central texts of the Chan school (which became Zen in Japan), is the subject of the third section of the book. Titled Later Daoism and Mahayana Buddhism in China, this part also covers the teachings of Wang Bi, Daoist religion, and texts of the major schools of Buddhist doctrine and practice. The final part, The Confucian Revival and Neo-Confucianism, details the revival of Confucian thought in the Tang, Song, and Ming periods, with historical documents that link philosophical thought to political, social, and educational developments in late imperial China.
With annotations, a detailed chronology, glossary, and a new introduction by the editors, Sources of Chinese Tradition will continue to be a standard resource, guidebook, and introduction to Chinese civilization well into the twenty-first century.
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The Story of Ancient Historyby James T. ShotwellISBN 0231085184 (0-231-08518-4)
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This Mad Masquerade: Stardom and Masculinity in the Jazz Ageby Gaylyn StudlarISBN 0231103212 (0-231-10321-2)
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The Tyranny of the Two Party Systemby Lisa Jane DischISBN 0231110359 (0-231-11035-9)
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Up from Communismby Diggins, John, P.ISBN 0231084889 (0-231-08488-9)
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Victorian Proseby Rosemary J. Mundhenk, Luann McCracken Fletcher, Rosemary J. MudhenkISBN 0231110278 (0-231-11027-8)
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Village Bells: Sound and Meaning in the Nineteenth-Century French Countrysideby Alain CorbinISBN 0231104502 (0-231-10450-2)
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Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Agesby Bernard McGinnISBN 0231112572 (0-231-11257-2)
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The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the Queer Momentby Alan SinfieldISBN 023110166X (0-231-10166-X)
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The Wilde Century: Oscar Wilde, Effeminacy and the Queer Movementby Alan SinfieldISBN 0231101678 (0-231-10167-8)
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World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867by Donald KeeneISBN 0231114672 (0-231-11467-2)
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Worlds of Bronze and Bamboo: Sima Qian's Conquest of Historyby Grant HardyISBN 0231113048 (0-231-11304-8)
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Writing Women in Modern Chinaby Amy D. Dooling, Kristina M. TorgesonISBN 0231107013 (0-231-10701-3)
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