Examines John Brown Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and contributions to the black civil... Læs mere
Turkey is often cited as a model for Muslim countries; its pro-western democracy an example that the clash of civilizations is not inevitable. Yet the... Læs mere
In this book, Anthony G. Reddie creates a dynamic conversation between black theologies in the US and in the UK, comparing and highlighting divergences in the respective movements.
This book demonstrates that there is much about the New Deal that can be characterized as environmental, once one substitutes the word 'environmental' for 'conservation'.
This book explores the varying reactions to the political turmoil in Asia in the late 1990s by... Læs mere
This is a set of essays from many of the leading scholars in the world of medieval studies, which addresses a wide diversity of texts and genres and their... Læs mere
This volume analyzes how higher education responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels in the European Union and the United States.
The American State Normal School is the first comprehensive history of the state normal schools in the United States.
In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation. The second part of the book is devoted to examining the role of technology, and business-state relations in building a modern nation.
This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite.
This book is an ethnographic study of the martial art of taijiquan (or 'tai chi') as it is practiced... Læs mere
The biblical text and its key figures have played a prominent role in the development of religious discourse on pressing socio-political issues.... Læs mere