Here are nearly 700 hundred previously unpublished letters, postcards, and telegrams representing the three-decade correspondence... Læs mere
A reexamination of the most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman Triumph—but also its darker side, as it prompted the Romans to question... Læs mere
This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.
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In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial... Læs mere
This book—arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date—analyzes data on crime and social development up... Læs mere
Kelly portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's... Læs mere
The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, yet the 2,000-year history of the Chinese’s attempts to venture abroad and the... Læs mere
The story of the Russian intelligentsia after Stalin is poorly chronicled. Zubok turns a compelling subject into a portrait as intimate as it is... Læs mere
Danto argues that recent developments in art—in particular the production of works that cannot be told from ordinary things—make urgent the need... Læs mere
Collected here are “Franz Kafka,” “Karl Kraus,” and “The Author as Producer,” the meditation “A Berlin Chronicle,” discussions of photography... Læs mere
On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a group of... Læs mere