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Bittersweet
One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly …
Forgeries of Memory and Meaning
Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and …
Ancient Greek Alive
This textbook offers students an introduction to classical Greek. Among the features of the book is a two-week introduction to spoken Greek, which immerses students in the sound …
The Terms of Order
Do we live in basically orderly societies that occasionally erupt into violent conflict, or do we fail to perceive the constancy of violence and disorder in our societies? In this …
Mystical Dimensions of Islam
Thirty-five years after its original publication, Mystical Dimensions of Islam still stands as the most valuable introduction to Sufism, the main form of Islamic mysticism. This …
Cicero's Caesarian Speeches
Gotoff's commentary combines subtle analysis of language with vigorous historical and political discussion. It will appeal greatly to readers at every level of experience.--Holly …
The Minds of the West
In the century preceding World War I, the American Middle West drew thousands of migrants both from Europe and from the northeastern United States. In the American mind, the region …
The Sin of Sloth
Wenzel presents the history of the concept of acedia, of spiritual sloth,"" from its origins among the Egyptian desert monks through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The …
Citizenship in the Western Tradition
Peter Riesenberg's book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution.
Feminism for the Americas
This book chronicles the dawn of the global movement for women's rights in the first decades of the twentieth century. The founding mothers of this movement were not based …
China's Muslims and Japan's Empire
In this transnational history of World War II, Kelly A. Hammond places Sino-Muslims at the center of imperial Japan's challenges to Chinese nation-building efforts. Revealing the …