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The Pursuit of the Millennium
The end of the millennium has always held the world in fear of earthquakes, plague, and the catastrophic destruction of the world. At the dawn of the 21st millennium the world is …
Andrew Jackson
Was the man who lent his name to "Jacksonian America" a rough-hewn frontiersman? A powerful, victorious general? Or merely a man of will? Separating myth from reality, John …
The Philosophy of Rhetoric
In this in-depth work, Richards defines rhetoric as the study of misunderstanding and its remedies. Focusing on how words work in discourse, he examines the interaction of words …
The Divine Comedy: I. Inferno
An invaluable source of pleasure to those English readers who wish to read this great medieval classic with true understanding, Sinclair's three-volume prose translation of Dante's …
Rehearsal for Reconstruction
This award-winning study presents an engaging account of the attempt at reconstruction that occurred in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the beginning of the Civil War. …
American Renaissance
Studies the views of 5 prominent mid-19th century writers on the function and nature of literature and how they applied these views to their works
Theology of Culture
Attempts to show the religious dimension in many special spheres of man's cultural activity.
This Species of Property
Owens' fascinating study explores the personality and behavior of the slave within the context of what it meant to be a slave. Based on a variety of plantation records, diaries, …
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation
The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his …
The White Man's Burden
Examines the development of racist practices, policies, and attitudes during the years of colonization and revolution
A Season in Hell
This new translation, with the French text on the facing pages, captures the tone and rhythm of Rimbaud's language as well as the quality of his thought.