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The question of what it takes "to be a man" comes under scrutiny in this sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type... Læs mere
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Embroiled in the political events surrounding World War I and the failed Hungarian revolutions of 1918-19, a number of... Læs mere
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Ranging over all the dramatic genres in the Shakespearean canon, this book focuses on plays where medieval drama most clearly illuminates Shakespeare's treatment... Læs mere
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Do federal, state, and local governments differ in their responsiveness to the needs of the poorest citizens?... Læs mere
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Paul Magnuson contends that the relationship between Coleridge's and Wordsworth's poetry is so complex that a new criticism is required to trace its... Læs mere
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Adding a new dimension to the history of mentalites and the study of popular culture, Thomas Brennan reinterprets the culture of the... Læs mere
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The Politics of Earthquake Prediction is a suspenseful account of what happens when scientists predict an enormous earthquake for a specific day--an earthquake that... Læs mere
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Since the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, Mexico's rebellious peasant has become a subject not only of history but of literature, film, and... Læs mere
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This study is an analysis of the first three of Beethoven's late quartets, Opp. 127, 132, and 130, commissioned by Prince Nikolai Galitzin. The five... Læs mere
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Here is the first social history devoted to the common soldier in the Russian army during the first half of the 19th-century--an examination of soldiers as a social class... Læs mere
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This study of Peru's transformation from a tottering colonial economy based on extraction of precious bullion to a... Læs mere
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This classic study by the eminent Dutch historian of science E. J. Dijksterhuis (1892-1965) presents the work of the Greek mathematician and mechanical engineer to the modern reader. With... Læs mere