Presents a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation to one more divided than ever under the presidency... Læs mere
While Thomas Jefferson's affinity for Italy is well known, studying his role in assimilating Italian culture into the American project is a new venture. Surveying Jefferson as an Italophile reveals a wide spectrum of cultural appreciation.
Analyses US bankruptcy law with a focus on the concept of automatic stay. Dimitris Liakopulos’ work identifies legal sources and authorities having repercussions in terms of operational protection. He then examines their functional profiles, with specific regard to procedure.
Boldly focusing on sexuality as a definer of social order, this book argues that there is an ""M... Læs mere
Tells the story of the rise of an ideology and movement born in the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, which resurfaced in Arabia and India in... Læs mere
In this new and original study of the origins of the United States Constitution, award winning scholar Lawrence Goldstone demonstrates that what was left out of the document by the Framers is of equal importance to what was included.
Following his allegorical interpretation of Wagner's Ring of the... Læs mere
A dynamic vision of consciousness likens the interplay of human and artificial minds to the curved fabric of spacetime and quantum... Læs mere
Volume II of David Honey's comprehensive history of Chinese thought covers a vital 500-year stretch in China's history, from national unification in 221 BCE to the first post-imperial fragmentation into rival northern and southern polities.
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