This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California from its inception to the present day.
A Companion to Los Angeles is a unique study of America s second largest city and consists of 25 original essays, which collectively assess the best and most important work to date on its complex history.
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This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole.
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An interactice approach to social psychology, with open questions, self-assessment questions and "Something to Try" activities, all designed to encourage students to discuss and review topics covered. There are also suggestions for experimental projects and essays.
This innovative approach to freedom starts from an account of what we mean by describing someone, in a psychological vein, as a free... Læs mere
Winner of the 2009 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers. This authoritative Companion... Læs mere
This history of the Afrikaner peoples begins with their arrival in Southern Africa in 1652 and leads up to the present day. The account covers the establishment of the Dutch East India trading post in the Cape, the Great Trek of the 1830s and the democratic elections of 1994.
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Using its formidable network of correspondents and contacts, Africa Confidential has produced 400 incisive biographies and commentaries on the people who are shaping Southern Africa, ranging from politicians, business people and the military to writers and religious leaders.
Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from Plato to the present.