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351. Cover image for 'The Goddess'
The Goddess
Power, Sexuality, and the Feminine Divine
Shahrukh Husain
From the dawn of the human race, the idea of a Mother Goddess has been an archetype found in every culture and every era—and this fascinating study explores all of her many faces and multitude of roles
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352. Cover image for 'Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform'
Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform
Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss, and Richard C. Fording, Editors
A searching and succinct restatement of the many ways race and American racial attitudes affect how we talk about the poor--and how we handle the problem of poverty relief
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352. Cover image for 'Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform'
Race and the Politics of Welfare Reform
Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss, and Richard C. Fording, Editors
A searching and succinct restatement of the many ways race and American racial attitudes affect how we talk about the poor—and how we handle the problem of poverty relief
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353. Cover image for 'The Culture of San Sepolcro during the Youth of Piero della Francesca'
The Culture of San Sepolcro during the Youth of Piero della Francesca
James R. Banker
A portrait of the artist as a young man, an examination of the influence of his hometown
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354. Cover image for 'The <em>Dianshizhai Pictorial</em>'
The Dianshizhai Pictorial
Shanghai Urban Life, 1884–1898
Volume: 98
Ye Xiaoqing
Brings to life the visual culture of the “nightless city,” late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions
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354. Cover image for 'The <em>Dianshizhai Pictorial</em>'
The Dianshizhai Pictorial
Shanghai Urban Life, 1884–1898
Volume: 98
Ye Xiaoqing
Brings to life the visual culture of the “nightless city,” late nineteenth-century Shanghai, through analyses of more than one hundred drawn depictions
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Paper 2003 $55.00 Available Add Paper for "The Dianshizhai Pictorial" to Cart
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355. Cover image for 'China’s Revolutions and Intergenerational Relations'
China’s Revolutions and Intergenerational Relations
Volume: 96
Martin K. Whyte, Editor
New research dispels conventional wisdom regarding the effect of social upheaval on traditional family patterns
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356. Cover image for 'Engendering Faith'
Engendering Faith
Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan
Volume: 43
Barbara Ruch, Editor
A monumental and pioneering study on women and Buddhism.
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357. Cover image for 'Study Guide to <em>China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future</em>'
Study Guide to China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future
Thomas Buoye
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358. Cover image for 'Greater than Emperor'
Greater than Emperor
Cola di Rienzo (ca. 1313-54) and the World of Fourteenth-Century Rome
Amanda Collins
Studies the adoption of a new civic identity in fourteenth-century Rome from the perspective of a young revolutionary, Cola di Rienzo
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359. Cover image for 'Confluences'
Confluences
Postwar Japan and France
Volume: 42
Doug Slaymaker, Editor
Explores the relationship between Japan and France and the development of postwar national and individual identities
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360. Cover image for 'Skin Deep, Spirit Strong'
Skin Deep, Spirit Strong
The Black Female Body in American Culture
Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Editor
Traces the evolution of the black female body in the American imagination
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361. Cover image for 'Women of Jeme'
Women of Jeme
Lives in a Coptic Town in Late Antique Egypt
T.G. Wilfong
Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt
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362. Cover image for 'How the Dismal Science Got Its Name'
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name
Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
David M. Levy
A shocking account of how economics became known as the dismal science
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363. Cover image for 'Viet Nam Expose'
Viêt Nam Exposé
French Scholarship on Twentieth-Century Vietnamese Society
Gisele Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux, Editors
A masterfully edited volume that explores the complexity of power relationships in Vietnamese society
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363. Cover image for 'Viet Nam Expose'
Viêt Nam Exposé
French Scholarship on Twentieth-Century Vietnamese Society
Gisele Bousquet and Pierre Brocheux, Editors
A masterfully edited volume that explores the complexity of power relationships in Vietnamese society
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364. Cover image for 'A County of Culture'
A County of Culture
Twentieth-Century China Seen from the Village Schools of Zouping, Shandong
Stig Thogersen
An analysis of educational reforms in modern China and their impact on rural inhabitants
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365. Cover image for 'From Noose to Needle'
From Noose to Needle
Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment
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365. Cover image for 'From Noose to Needle'
From Noose to Needle
Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment
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366. Cover image for 'From Liberty to Democracy'
From Liberty to Democracy
The Transformation of American Government
Randall G. Holcombe
An analysis of American political history using the economic framework of public choice theory
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367. Cover image for 'Vandals to Visigoths'
Vandals to Visigoths
Rural Settlement Patterns in Early Medieval Spain
Karen Eva Carr
Sheds light on settlement patterns in early medieval Spain and demonstrates the local effect of the collapse of Roman Government
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368. Cover image for 'Projecting History'
Projecting History
German Nonfiction Cinema, 1967-2000
Nora M. Alter
The intersection between social, historical, and political developments in Germany and the emergence of a nonfiction mode of film production
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368. Cover image for 'Projecting History'
Projecting History
German Nonfiction Cinema, 1967-2000
Nora M. Alter
The intersection between social, historical, and political developments in Germany and the emergence of a nonfiction mode of film production
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368. Cover image for 'Projecting History'
Projecting History
German Nonfiction Cinema, 1967-2000
Nora M. Alter
The intersection between social, historical, and political developments in Germany and the emergence of a nonfiction mode of film production
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369. Cover image for 'History, Memory, and the Law'
History, Memory, and the Law
Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns, Editors
How law uses history and molds memory
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369. Cover image for 'History, Memory, and the Law'
History, Memory, and the Law
Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns, Editors
How law uses history and molds memory
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370. Cover image for 'Florentine Essays'
Florentine Essays
Selected Writings of Marvin B. Becker
Marvin B. Becker
A collection of essays on Florentine history by a seasoned and innovative Renaissance scholar
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371. Cover image for 'The Challenge of Modernity'
The Challenge of Modernity
German Social and Cultural Studies, 1890-1960
Adelheid von Saldern
A collection of work in translation by the celebrated, influential German historian Adelheid von Saldern
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372. Cover image for 'The Chinese Postmodern'
The Chinese Postmodern
Trauma and Irony in Chinese Avant-Garde Fiction
Xiaobin Yang
An insightful look into contemporary Chinese avant-garde fiction and the problem of Chinese postmodernity
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373. Cover image for 'A World Transformed'
A World Transformed
The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary Vietnam, 1945-1965
Kim N. B. Ninh
An eye-opening reassessment of the meaning of revolutionary politics in socialist Vietnam from the Vietnamese perspective
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373. Cover image for 'A World Transformed'
A World Transformed
The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary Vietnam, 1945-1965
Kim N. B. Ninh
An eye-opening reassessment of the meaning of revolutionary politics in socialist Vietnam from the Vietnamese perspective
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374. Cover image for 'Speculum Iuris'
Speculum Iuris
Roman Law as a Reflection of Social and Economic Life in Antiquity
Jean-Jacques Aubert and Boudewijn Sirks, Editors
A multidisciplinary examination of various social, economic, and legal issues in ancient Rome
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375. Cover image for 'Cities, Sin, and Social Reform in Imperial Germany'
Cities, Sin, and Social Reform in Imperial Germany
Andrew Lees
An important examination of the colorful histories of urbanization and social reform in Imperial Germany
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Hardcover 2002 $98.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Cities, Sin, and Social Reform in Imperial Germany" to Cart
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