Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior—silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our... Læs mere
Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies.
If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the... Læs mere
Perhaps the most accomplished of Jane Austen’s novels, Emma is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular. Film and television adaptations testify to the world’s... Læs mere
A series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture.
In 1913, Russian marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously... Læs mere
The Vulgate Bible was used from the early Middle Ages through the 12th century in the Western European Christian (and, later, Catholic)... Læs mere
For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost... Læs mere
Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to... Læs mere
The comedies of Plautus , who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin... Læs mere
This book provides an historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and U.S. wage structure through the 20th century. During the first 80... Læs mere