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In this memoir of her Lebanese-American family, the author offers an account of uprooted and resettled lives. Spanning four generations and two continents, the book is the story of a family from the mountains of Lebanon and their emigration to Pennsylvania.
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This is the first book by this author, a first-generation Ukrainian-American, resident in Alaska. The collection was the winner of the 1997 Brittingham Prize in Poetry.
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Drawing on surviving records of antisuffrage organizations, the author argues that antisuffrage women organized to protect... Læs mere
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Paul Jay focuses his analysis on two strands of American criticism. The first attempts to revive what Jay insists is an anachronistic... Læs mere
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This work examines the relationship between European and indigenous Andean ways of understanding the past. Following field... Læs mere
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This is an English translation of Arnheim's ""Kritiken und Aufsatze zum Film"", which collects both film reviews and theoretical essays written between 1925 and 1940. The 30... Læs mere
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This work explores central issues of modern Russian religious thought by focusing on the work of Vladimir Soloviev, and three philosophers who further developed his ideas in the early-20th century: P.A. Florensky, Sergei Bulgakov and S.L. Frank.
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Focusing specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, this study provides extensive information about the chronology and interpretation of figural motifs adorning religious, civic, commercial, commemorative and domestic constructions.
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This work brings together a selection of the author's articles, written over a period of 20 years, observing the place of alcohol in American culture.... Læs mere
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Masada, an ancient desert fortress, is examined in this study as it became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel. The text looks at the... Læs mere
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This work relates changes in scientific and medical thought during the Scientific Revolution (c1500-1700) to the emergence of new principles and practices for interpreting language, texts and nature. It also explores the wider cultural origins and impact of these ideas.
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This ethnographic study of contemporary urban criminals examines issues such as the human dimensions of criminal lives, the family conditions... Læs mere