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Bernard Bolzano
Bernard Bolzano (1781-1850) is increasingly recognized as one of the greatest nineteenth-century philosophers. A philosopher and mathematician of rare talent, he made …
Catholic Reformation
The Catholic Reformation provides a comprehensive history of the 'Counter Reformation in early modern Europe. Starting from the middle ages, Michael Mullett clearly traces the …
Fields of Play in Modern Drama
Starting from the assumption that all theater is at least implicitly participatory, Professor Whitaker approaches thirteen plays, from Ibsen's Rosmersholm to Beckett's Endgame and …
Culture of Castles in Tudor England and Wales
First multi-disciplinary study of the cultural and social milieu of the post-medieval castle.The castle was an imposing architectural landmark in late medieval and early modern …
How Books, Reading and Subscription Libraries Defined Colonial Clubland in the British Empire
How Books, Reading and Subscription Libraries Defined Colonial Clubland in the British Empire argues that within an entangled web of imperial, colonial and book trade networks …
'Allegri's Miserere' in the Sistine Chapel
The Miserere by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) is one of the most popular, oft performed and recorded choral pieces of late Renaissance/early Baroque music. Yet the …
Very Recent History
Very Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate the ruins of money and powerin …
View from Vesuvius
The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the …
Routledge Revivals: Charles Booth's London (1969)
First published in 1969, this book presents a one-volume anthology of Charles Booth's Life and Labour of the People in London, the classic early study of the poor in the urban …
Churchill: The Power of Words
Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future …
New Immigrants and American Schools
This six-volume set focuses on Latin American, Caribbean, and Asian immigration, which accounts for nearly 80 percent of all new immigration to the United States. The volumes …
Becoming Entitled
In the 1930s, the unemployed were organizing. Jobless workers felt they were "e;entitled"e; to a new kind of government protection-the protection from undeserved …