In US foreign policy, conflict has replaced diplomacy. At home, wars on crime, drugs, immigration, and terrorism dissolve... Læs mere
Although Cicero’s oratory is well attested—of 106 known speeches, fifty-eight survive intact or in large part—the sixteen speeches that survive only in quotations by later authors... Læs mere
Justin’s artfully condensed version of the lost Philippic History of Trogus, a contemporary of Livy, is a universal history of the world apart from Rome,... Læs mere
Justin’s artfully condensed version of the lost Philippic History of Trogus, a contemporary of Livy, is a universal history of the world apart from Rome,... Læs mere
Dear Unknown Friend relates the story of US and Soviet pen pals amid the early Cold War. The correspondents, all of... Læs mere
Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies convey mainstream Christian thought at the turn of the millennium. The first series draws on the works of Augustine and... Læs mere
In Rethinking Japan’s Modernity, M. William Steele takes a new look at the people, places, and events associated with Japan’s engagement with... Læs mere
Between 1555 and 1870, papal authorities created legal roadblocks to keep Rome’s ghetto-bound Jews from obtaining kosher meat.... Læs mere
With Congress paralyzed, lawmaking falls to executive agencies and courts that interpret existing statutes. Due to the... Læs mere
Does class determine economic options, or is class in our heads—a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the... Læs mere
Shinichi Suzuki, of the eponymous Suzuki Method, debunked Western stereotypes about “authentic” classical performance while transforming... Læs mere