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Machines as the Measure of Men
Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and …
World History in Brief
Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey Into the Quagmire
Based on an exceptional collection of letters written by an American soldier during his tour of duty, Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey into the Quagmire provides a gripping …
Revel for World Civilizations
State, Market and Peasant in Colonial South and Southeast Asia
The essays collected in this volume, first published in 1998, address the profound changes and disruptions wrought in peasant societies as a result of European colonial domination …
Somatotrophic Axis and the Reproductive Process in Health and Disease
For many years now, our understanding of the somatotrophic and reproduc- tive axes has evolved essentially independently, both fields of study reaching a highly advanced, although …
Essays on Twentieth-Century History
In the sub-field of world history, there has been a surprising paucity of thinking and writing about how to approach and conceptualize the long twentieth century from the 1870s …
World History
Prophets of Rebellion
Adas explores the relationship between millenarianism and violent protest by focusing on five case studies representing a wide range of social, political, and economic systems. The …
The Somatotrophic Axis and the Reproductive Process in Health and Disease
For many years now, our understanding of the somatotrophic and reproduc tive axes has evolved essentially independently, both fields of study reaching a highly advanced, although …
Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Practice
Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Performing Arts: Yemonja Awakening provides context to the myriad ways in which the African feminine divine is …