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John Wiley & Sons Rethinking Professionalism Women and Art in
Book SynopsisThe first collection of scholarly essays on women and art in Canadian history.Trade Review" The essays in this collection provide a powerful and convincing entrypoint into a much needed conversation about the history of women' s cultural production and the values of art practice in Canada. This book would be a powerful addition to teaching and researching not just women' s history in Canada, but history in Canada more broadly, by highlighting what has been marginalized or rendered invisible in dominant narratives." Histoire sociale / Social History " The framework of professionalism allows for an exploration of women' s contributions in the cultural sphere that is far-reaching in scope. The real strength of this collection of essays is that it showcases a number of women who remain un(der)recognized in the history of Canadian culture." Canadian Woman Studies / Les cahiers de la femme " A compact tour de force, it provides a critical overview of the role of professionalism in writings on Canadian women artists and untangles the history of women, art, and professionalization in Canada to the mid-twentieth century. The selected essays form a tight-knit group. Such a critical study is long overdue." University of Toronto QuarterlyTable of ContentsContributors include Annmarie Adams (McGill University), Alena Buis (Queen's University), Sherry Farrell Racette (University of Manitoba), Cynthia Hammond (Concordia University), Kristina Huneault (Concordia University), Loren Lerner (Concordia University), Lianne McTavish (University of Alberta), Kirk Niergarth (Mount Royal University), Mary O'Connor (McMaster University), Sandra Paikowsky (Concordia University), Ruth B. Phillips (Carleton University), Jennifer Salahub (Alberta College of Art & Design), and Anne Whitelaw (Concordia University).
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John Wiley & Sons The Punjabis in British Columbia Location Labour First Nations and Multiculturalism
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John Wiley & Sons In Defence of the Faith Joaquim Marques de
Book SynopsisRecounting an insider's perspective of the turbulent historical currents of late eighteenth-century Brazil.Trade Review"This is a wonderfully crafted and impeccably researched study of one individual's struggle in defence of the ancient regime in late colonial Brazil." Stuart Schwartz, Yale University
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John Wiley & Sons After Evangelicalism
Book SynopsisA fascinating account of how Canada's largest Protestant church reinvented itself during the tumultuous 1960s.Trade Review"Flatt demystifies the place of evangelicalism in a denomination replete with tensions on how to deal with the fundamentals of Christianity - it is fascinating to follow the different trajectories of the elite and apparently most of the laity. After Evangelicalism is essential reading for anyone serious about Canadian Protestant history and the polarization of those who championed ethical imperatives above all else and those who defended the core truth claims of Christianity." Eric Crouse, Department of History, Tyndale University College " Flatt' s book is readable, well organized, carefully argued, and grounded in meticulous archival research. Moreover, it is an important work. As this country' s largest Protestant denomination, the United Church of Canada played a prominent role in Canadian public life - and in the personal lives of many Canadian families - throughout the twentieth century. Given the denomination' s importance, it is surprising that few academics have produced books devoted exclusively to the history of the United Church. Thus, Flatt' s work is a welcome addition both to the field of Canadian religious history and to the social and cultural history of postwar Canada." Canadian Historical Review " After Evangelicalism is a study of an important part of Canadian Protestant history, throwing light on the dilemmas and implications of competing interpretations of the Holy Scriptures within a church as an institution/human organisation, and on the tension between the leadership at church headquarters and the laity in terms of religiosity and morality, which has consequences for its members." British Journal of Canadian Studies
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John Wiley & Sons Bodily Subjects
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John Wiley & Sons Becoming Holy in Early Canada
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John Wiley & Sons Visibly Canadian Imaging Collective Identities in the Canadas 18201910
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McGill-Queen's University Press Lord Mansfield
Book SynopsisThe life and times of the great eighteenth-century judge and statesman, whose legacy continues to influence Anglo-American law and society.Trade Review"[An] engaging biography ... Poser offers us a fascinating portrait." Wall Street Journal "With meticulous research in sources including the Mansfield archives in Scotland, Poser has produced a brilliantly readable history. Essential." Choice "A remarkable portrait of both a man and a legal age. I enjoyed the book tremendously, learned so much, and am deeply grateful. A master work." Kent Syverud, Washington University School of Law
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John Wiley & Sons An Undisciplined Economist
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John Wiley & Sons Mobilizing Mercy A History of the Canadian Red Cross
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John Wiley & Sons No Free Man Canada the Great War and the Enemy Alien Experience
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John Wiley & Sons Trickster Chases the Tale of Education
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John Wiley & Sons Between Raid and Rebellion The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto 18671916
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John Wiley & Sons Iroquois in the West
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McGill-Queen's University Press Writing the Lives of the English Poor 1750s1830s
Book SynopsisFocusing on the words and experiences of the poor themselves, this book rewrites our understanding of English social policy for the period from the 1750s to 1830s.Trade Review"Steven King is one of a number of people who have for many years done the hard labour of trawling for and transcribing the scrappy – 'fugitive' is the word he uses, with its connotations of elusiveness, oppression and secrecy – letters from and about the poor, attempting to recover 'the pauper experience' by charting the process of requesting relief. King's study of these letters leads him to conclude that the timing of mass literacy, the democratisation of writing, has to be pushed back to the 1820s at least, though that still seems late when you consider that in 1740 Samuel Richardson constructed an entire novel in letters supposedly written by a 16-year-old servant girl, Pamela, to her impoverished parents." London Review of Books"In this wonderfully rich and scholarly book, Steven King provides a highly original approach to understanding the Old Poor Law from the bottom up based on an extraordinary excavation of an entirely new corpus of poor people's letters originating from a wide range of geographical settings. King maps out an entirely new corpus of evidence with which to explore a broad range of historical topics, from the emergence of eloquence and the spread of literacy to the experience of poverty and the provision of welfare. It is a book about letter writing as well as letter writers and will appeal to scholars across a wide disciplinary spectrum from literary studies to welfare historians. Above all, by using the words of the poor themselves, King amply demonstrates deep empathy as well as insight to the experience of poverty in eighteenth and nineteenth-century England and Wales." David Green, King's College London"Over the last two decades, Steven King has been a leading figure in the social history of poverty and poor relief in England during the industrial revolution. With this book, we enter an entirely new era of the old master project of writing social history from below." Thomas Sokoll, FernUniversität in Hagen"King has mastered an enormous database, and his analysis of it is thorough and imaginative. An impressive achievement." Martyn Lyons, University of New South Wales"Focusing in detail and through imaginative comparative analyses on documents that have thus far only been researched in regional case studies, Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s–1830s makes an innovative contribution to the history of poverty a
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University of British Columbia Press Myth and Memory Stories of IndigenousEuropean
Book SynopsisExamines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. This book argues that we are in the contact zone, struggling to understand the meaning of contact between indigenous and settler populations. It is suitable for scholars and students in Canadian history and First Nations studies.Trade ReviewThe essays provide a fascinating surf of “first contacts” from New Zealand, England, southern Africa, and the Pacific Northwest, from the eighteenth century to today […]. A plentiful range of new approaches to the genre of the contact narrative distinguishes this impressively interdisciplinary collection, with contributions from historians, anthropologists, linguists, and literary critics. -- Sophie McCall * Canadian Literature, No.197 *Myth & Memory injects an interesting and crucial “new” narrative into the historical record. -- Kelly Chaves * The Northern Mariner, Vol.XIX, No.1 *This convincing and solid collection encourages assessment and reassessment of contact narratives. … Ten scholars from various fields, including history, anthropology, linguistics, and literature, engage in this informative work. …Edited by University of Victoria historian John Sutton Lutz, the chapters in Myth and Memory integrate a number of global indigenous perspectives. Lutz’s extensive insight regarding native and newcomer relations provides a solid basis for editorial expertise of this compendium. -- Corinne George, Simon Fraser University * H-Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Myth Understandings: First Contact, Over and Over Again / John Lutz1. Close Encounters of the First Kind / J. Edward (Ted) Chamberlin2. First Contact as a Spiritual Performance: Encounters on the North American West Coast / John Lutz3. Reflections on Indigenous History and Memory: Reconstructing and Reconsidering Contact / Keith Carlson4. Poking Fun? Humour and Power in Kaska Contact Narratives / Patrick Moore5. Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the Making of “The Chinook” / I.S. MacLaren6. Performing Paradox: Narrativity and the Lost Colony of Roanoke / Michael Harkin7. Stories at the Margins: Toward a More Inclusive Historiography / Wendy Wickwire8. When the White Kawau Flies / Judith Binney9. The Interpreter as Contact Point: Avoiding Collisions in Tlingit America / Nora and Richard DauenhauerNotesBibliographyContributors
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Feminist Ethics and Social Policy Towards a New Global Political Economy of Care
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University of British Columbia Press The End of Children Changing Trends in
Book SynopsisThis timely volume brings insights from multiple disciplines to bear on debates about declining fertility rates and modern approaches to child raising.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Nathanael Lauster and Graham Allan1 Fertility Change in North America, 1950-2000 / Mira Whyman, Megan Lemmon, and Jay Teachman2 Changing Children and Changing Cultures: Immigration as a Source of Fertility and the Assumptions of Assimilation / Nathanael Lauster, Todd F. Martin, and James M. White3 Using Infertility, Useful Fertility: Cultural Imperatives on the Value of Children in the United States / Rebecca L. Upton4 The Performance of Motherhood and Fertility Decline: A Stage Props Approach / Nathanael Lauster5 Parenthood, Immortality, and the End of Childhood / Nicholas W. Townsend6 Leaving Home: An Example of the Disappearance of Childhood and Its End as a Predictable Set of Uniform Experiences / Adena B.K. Miller7 The Disappearance of Parents from Children’s Lives: The Cumulative Effects of Child Care, Child Custody, and Child Welfare Policies in Canada / Edward Kruk8 Navigating the Pedagogy of Failure: Medicine, Education, and the Disabled Child in English Canada, 1900-45 / Mona Gleason9 Pathologizing Childhood / Anita Ilta GareyConclusion: From Children to Child: Ending in China / Jing Zhao, Nathanael Lauster, and Graham AllanIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The Last Suffragist Standing
Book SynopsisThe Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician and an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.Trade ReviewStrong-Boag's account of Jamieson's life deepens the appreciation of the ending of one phase of feminist activism and the passing of the torch to successor generations. -- Jane Arscott, Athabasca University * Histoire Sociale *[The Last Suffragist Standing] makes a valuable contribution to the wider historiography of women’s political activities in Canada and to British Columbia politics in general. Jamieson would undoubtedly be pleased with this study of her life and times. -- Patricia Roy, author and professor emeritus of History at the University of Victoria * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Girl from the Saugeen Peninsula, 1882–19112 The New Woman as Wife, Suffragist, and Activist, 1911–183 Still Bettering the World, 1918–264 Widowed Judge and Progressive Activist, 1927–395 The Challenge of Electoral Politics, 1927–396 Suffragist in the BC Legislature, 1939–417 Legislative Veteran, 1941–458 Taking on Post-war Misogyny and Vancouver Politics, 1945–649 Faithful Social Democrat, 1945–64ConclusionPostscript from Four Granddaughters / Dorothy O’Connell, Anne Jamieson, Karen Jamieson, and Marion-Lea JamiesonNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Unstable Properties Aboriginal Title and the
Book SynopsisUnstable Properties convincingly argues that the so-called land question in British Columbia cannot be resolved without understanding the fundamentally unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements on which the province rests.Trade ReviewThis is critical reading for legal scholars and anyone interested in Indigenous rights. -- S. Perreault, CHOICE ConnectA welcome addition to a literature that has been dominated by lawyers, historians, journalists, and political scientists. -- Bruce McIvor, UBC * BC Studies *The principles explored here are relevant to planners everywhere. * Plan Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Paper Claims1 The Invention of British Columbia2 Calder, Churn, and Destabilization: 1973–973 Unsettled in the Wake of Delgamuukw4 The Politics of Refusal and the End of the Political Path, 2004–145 Property, Territory, Sovereignty, and CitizenshipConclusion: Reconciliation and Reimagining British ColumbiaReferences; Index
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Silent Partners The Origins and Influence of
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University of British Columbia Press Local Governance in Transition Toward
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MN - University of British Columbia Press A Tight Grip
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Cornell University Press The Nature of the Chemical Bond An Introduction
Book SynopsisThe pre-publication announcement of the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond resulted in the largest advance sale of any technical book in the history of Cornell University Press.
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Cornell University Press White World Order Black Power Politics
Book SynopsisRacism and imperialism are the twin forces that propelled the course of the United States in the world in the early twentieth century and in turn affected the way that diplomatic history and international relations were taught and understood in the American academy. Evolutionary theory, social Darwinism, and racial anthropology had been dominant doctrines in international relations from its beginnings; racist attitudes informed research priorities and were embedded in newly formed professional organizations. In White World Order, Black Power Politics, Robert Vitalis recovers the arguments, texts, and institution building of an extraordinary group of professors at Howard University, including Alain Locke, Ralph Bunche, Rayford Logan, Eric Williams, and Merze Tate, who was the first black female professor of political science in the country.Within the rigidly segregated profession, the Howard School of International Relations represented the most important center of opposition Trade ReviewDefying his discipline's preference for theory over history, Vitalis has demonstrated how detailed, archive-based historical accounts can lift the veil on the racism running through international relations as field and practice. -- Carol Polsgrove * American Historical Review *The book stands out for how it critiques how institutions reproduce, often in an unconscious manner, the foundational assumptions of an academic discipline.... Vitalis has also contributed to the vibrant and expanding scholarly study of radical Black transnational intellectual history by engaging with a largely-overlooked dimension of the work of important figures in the history of Black radical thought such as Locke, Williams and Bunche, showing how those thinkers worked within and against formal academic structures to criticize the racist and imperialist dynamics of international relations scholarship. * National Polticial Science Review *Robert Vitalis wants his discipline to understand not only how central the category of race and the structures of racism were to its founding institutions and paradigms but also to see the erasure of that history not as progress but as repression, a willful forgetting that has if anything made it less equipped to comprehend (much less to address) the shocking racial inequities that still mark both the American and the global order. If international relations scholars want to understand the racial politics that made their field what it is today, there is no better place to begin than with this righteously angry book. -- Susan Pederson * London Review of Books *There is much to commend in Vitalis' book which is filled with fascinating vignettes and unexpected connections. He writes with clarity and passion, especially in the book's opening and close, to ensure that whilst ample room is given for the reader to make their own way through the material, it is never an aimless wander. -- Jake Hodder * Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Mongrel American Social SciencePart I. The Noble Science of Imperial Relations and Its Laws of Race Development1. Empire by Association2. Race ChildrenPart II. Worlds of Color3. Storm Centers of Political Theory and Practice4. Imperialism and Internationalism in the 1920sPart III. The North versus the Black Atlantic5. Making the World Safe for "Minorities"6. The Philanthropy of MastersPart IV. "The Dark World Goes Free"7. The First but Not Last Crisis of a Cold War Profession8. Hands of Ethiopia9. The Fate of the Howard SchoolConclusion: The High Plane of Dignity and DisciplineNotes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Ariadnes Thread A Guide to International Stories
Book SynopsisFrom Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral tradition in countries around the world. In addition to their pervasiveness, these stories show an...Trade ReviewAriadne's Thread may prove an invaluable sourcebook not only for classicists but, perhaps more importantly, for folklorists.... Written in Hansen's clear, pleasant style, it is overall a fascinating collection that, one hopes, will encourage folklorists to learn more about the earliest extant versions of many tales and motifs and the labyrinthine paths they follow in their migrations. -- Debbie Fulton * Marvels and Tales Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies *Hansen's volume will be an indispensable addition to the libraries of classicists working on traditional tales and myths, but the audience that will benefit from it is much wider... Pleasant surprises and interesting connections lurk on almost every page.... This is an important reference and a joy to use. -- Stephen M. Trzaskoma * Religious Studies Review *
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Cornell University Press Trading Places Colonization and Slavery in
Book SynopsisDobie explores the place of the colonial world in the culture of the French Enlightenment, tracing the displacement of colonial questions onto two familiar aspects of Enlightenment thought: Orientalism and fascination with Amerindian cultures.Trade Review"Trading Places is both hugely ambitious and carried off brilliantly. Madeleine Dobie shows how the theme of slavery is displaced into an Orientalist context and explains why Atlantic slavery was unrepresentable until the 1770s, when economic theories were developed to frame it in acceptable ways. By going beyond text and image to explore the material culture of textiles and furnishings, Dobie demonstrates that cultural studies can be both historical and humane."—Dena Goodman, University of Michigan, author of Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters"Trading Places deals with an epochal cultural repression—the absence, in the early period of French colonialism, of depictions of conquest and its consequences. Madeleine Dobie reads this absence through the contradictions, displacements, denegations, and maskings that surround its seeming silence. Trading Places restores a fundamental element to French literary history, and to the history of colonialism's economic and social effects and its material culture. It helps us to understand economic, geopolitical, and racial domination in a period when such domination suppressed its own representations. This is a pathbreaking book of literary, cultural, and historical analysis."—Richard Terdiman, University of California, Santa CruzTable of ContentsIntroduction: Trading PlacesPart I: East Meets West 1. Reorienting Slavery 2. Oriental Veneers 3. The "Fabric of Two Worlds"Part II: Savages and Slaves 4. The Trope of Colonial Encounter 5. Slaves and the Noble SavagePart III: Liberty, Equality, Economy 6. Colonial Political Economy 7. Economic SentimentsConclusion: Slavery and Postcolonial MemoryAppendix: The Colonies and Slavery in Eighteenth-Century French Literature Works Cited Index
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Cornell University Press On Greek Religion
Book SynopsisA provocative and wide-ranging entrée into the world of ancient Greek religion.Trade ReviewAlthough one might expect a mere survey from the title, Parker delivers far more than a beginners' summary. Rather, this book is a probing exploration of the methodological and interpretive difficulties associated with Greek religion from the eighth through the second centuries BCE.... This work provides a wealth of insights from one of the leading experts in the field. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *On Greek Religion has all the virtues we have come to appreciate in his writings: a fruitful blend of the factual and theoretical; a simultaneous inclination towards and distrust of categories, schemes, and generalities; scrupulous attention to detail; an awareness of what we do and do not and cannot know about Greek religion; precise and generous but not uncritical discussions of others' views; the integration of literary and epigraphical sources; common sense; and a lively style with touches of whimsy. -- Jon D. Mikalson * The Classical Journal *This book derives from the Townsend Lectures given by Parker at Cornell in 2008, but its style is not noticeably different from that of Parker's two previous books.... Its scope is wider than those two works, both chronologically, dealing with material from the eighth to the second century BC, and geographically, covering the entire Greek world. Its ambition is also greater, in that its seven chapters and five appendices aim to provide an interpretation of Greek religion as a whole.... This is a very important book that everyone working in the field of Greek religion will have to read. -- Hugh Bowden * The Journal of Hellenic Studies *This book is an important step in its author's scholarly journey in the field of ancient Greek religion.... This work is outstandingly well-informed, well-written, clever and also very cautious. -- Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *This work, derived from a series of lectures given by the author at Cornell University in 2008, offers a discussion on a series of central questions in the domain of Greek religion. R. Parker achieves his goal with much maestria in this work, which is proof of an excellent knowledge of Greek religion, both ancient evidence and equal historiography, to which he returns frequently. To enrich his reflections, the author systematically echoes various interpretations of the issues he tackles, thus giving breadth to his analysis. All of these qualities make On Greek Religion an indispensable text for specialists in Ancient Greek religion, who will find in it abundant material for reflection. -- Stéphanie Paul * L'Antiquité Classique *Table of Contents1. Why Believe without Revelation? The Evidences of Greek Religion 2. Religion without a Church: Religious Authority in Greece 3. Analyzing Greek Gods 4. The Power and Nature of Heroes 5. Killing, Dining, Communicating 6. The Experience of Festivals 7. The Varieties of Greek Religious ExperienceAppendices 1. Seeking the Advice of the God on Matters of Cult 2. Accepting New Gods 3. Worshipping Mortals, and the Nature of Gods 4. Types of Chthonian Sacrifice? 5. The Early History of Hero CultBibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Form as Revolt
Book SynopsisThe German writer and art critic Carl Einstein (1885–1940) has long been acknowledged as an important figure in the history of modern art, and yet he is often sidelined as an enigma. In Form as Revolt Sebastian Zeidler recovers Einstein's multifaceted career, offering the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Einstein in English.Trade ReviewSebastian Zeidler presents not only a detailed, rigorous analysis of Einstein’s fragmentary, gnomic writings, but a provocative extrapolation of their potentials.... Among other things, Form as Revolt is an impressive exercise in intellectual history, ranging with ease from Novalis and Hegel to Rosa Luxemburg, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and beyond.... Form as Revolt is a far-reaching, learned, and ambitious volume.... In this book, over and above the vital contribution he makes to the reception of his hero, Carl Einstein, Sebastian Zeidler takes his own place among the leading critical historians of modernist art. * CAA Reviews *Zeidlers Buch führt in Eisteins literarisches und kunsttheoretisches Werk ein, sprengt aber zugleich das Format der Monografie an so gut wie jedem Punkt seines Textes. Form as Revolt handelt entschieden weniger über den historischen Autor als mit ihm. Im skrupulösen, am Poststrukturalismus, an Derrida und Deleuze geschulten Versuch, die spezifische Verschränkung von Formen und Inhalten in Einsteins Denken und Schreiben herauszuarbeiten, um Einstein gewissermaßen neu zu schaffen, entdeckt und entwickelt Zeilder die Elemente einer Kunstgeschichte der Moderne vor dem Hintergrund der offenkundigen Krise wesentlicher Achsen der Disziplin, von der Semiologie bis zur social art history. * Kunstform *Form as Revolt is the inverse of esoteric; it ceaselessly winnows away the abstruse to place difficult art and thought within reach, but not in dumbed-down ways. To say this volume offers a remarkably insightful contribution to scholarship on the history and criticism of early twentieth-century art would certainly be true, but even such an accolade would hardly speak to the significance—and the courage—of Zeidler’s study. * Critical Inquiry *Table of ContentsCarl Einstein: A LifeCarl Einstein: An Introduction1. The Lost Wanderer2. Sculpture Ungrounded3. Cubism's Passion4. The Double Style5. Private Mythologies
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Cornell University Press The Prince of Darkness Radical Evil and the
Book SynopsisWhile recounting how past generations have personified evil, Jeffrey Burton Russell deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.Trade ReviewFascinating.... A history of the Devil taken seriously, in theology, folklore, art, literature. * Village Voice *Russell recreates the arcane images of good and evil we all once understood perfectly well as children. From the moment the cover is lifted on this beautifully produced book, the world darkens. Russell presents story after story, using them like a descending staircase, drawing us down into archetypal memories of unending battles with the Evil One. * Bloomsbury Review *There is probably no one alive who knows more about the lore of the Devil than Jeffrey Burton Russell.... He supplies colourful accounts of the pictures medieval folklore formed of the Evil One, and discerning sketches of the insights of poets like Dante and Milton, and novelists from Dostoevsky to Flannery O'Conner.... A first-rate survey.... Close-packed as it inevitably is, it reads easily, and each of its chapters is full of accurate and skillfully arranged information. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of Contents1. Evil 2. The Devil around the World 3. The Good Lord and the Devil 4. Christ and the Power of Evil 5. Satan and Heresy 6. Dualism and the Desert 7. The Classical Christian View 8. Lucifer Popular and Elite 9. Scholastics, Poets, and Dramatists 10. Nominalists, Mystics, and Witches 11. The Devil and the Reformers 12. High on a Throne of Royal State 13. The Disintegration of Hell 14. From Romance to Nihilism 15. The Integration of Evil 16. Auschwitz and Hiroshima 17. The Meaning of EvilAppendixes Index
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Cornell University Press Pharsalia
Book SynopsisLucan's great poem, Pharsalia, recounts events surrounding the decisive battle fought near Pharsalus in 48 B.C. during the civil war between the forces of Pompey and Julius Caesar. Though the subject of this unfinished masterpiece is historical, many...
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Cornell University Press Undomesticated Ground
Book SynopsisFrom "Mother Earth" to "Mother Nature," women have for centuries been associated with nature. Feminists, troubled by the way in which such representations show women controlled by powerful natural forces and confined to domestic space, have sought to...Trade ReviewUndomesticated Ground explores a dazzling array of feminist texts that endeavour to inhabit and transform nature as a place of feminist possibility. Throughout, Alaimo remains sensitive to the pitfalls of any alliance between women and nature. The texts are grouped chronologically and thematically, and each is carefully considered in relation to its social and historical moment. -- Meredith Criglington * Canadian Literature *Stacy Alaimo challenges essentialized conceptions of nature in Undomesticated Ground, calling for nature's reclamation as feminist space.... Alaimo persuasively asserts that feminism will benefit from a more complex understanding of nature's multiple and, at times, contradictory representations.... Her work importantly lays the groundwork by which we can articulate essentialized notions of nature, disrupt them, and then question the framework of dualisms that guides our inquiry. -- Maureen McKnight, University of Wisconsin * ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment *Undomesticated Ground is an important and informative book, and it should set the stage for an enlivened discussion of nature and feminism. * Choice *Alaimo's Undmesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space ... takes on the important work of dismantling nature–culture dualisms in which culture is viewed as dynamic and nature as static.... Alaimo offers feminists an alternative path in which boundaries between human and nonhuman nature are permeable but not completely collapsed. -- Shannon Sullivan * Hypatia *Students of nature writing, women's literature, and more familiar forms of imaginary domesticity will find rich insights in Undomesticated Ground. -- Barbara Ryan, University of Missouri * American Literature *Throughout the book, Alaimo shows that women have made subversive use of the particular literary, political, and gender conventions around them to create spaces for and threads of women's liberation that do not rest on a separation from nature.... These insights are complex and generative, and I found Alaimo's analysis to be rich and thought-provoking.... In both form and content, then, this is an important book for ecological scholars of all traditions. Read it with pleasure. -- Catriona Sandilands, York University * Environmental Ethics *
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Cornell University Press The Art of English Poesy
Book SynopsisThe first modernized and fully annotated edition of Puttenham's 1589 text.Trade ReviewThe first response to this critical edition of Puttenham's Art of English Poesy ought to be gratitude. Frank Whigham and Wayne A. Rebhorn, both of whom have made substantial scholarly contributions to a rhetorical understanding of early modern literature, have done all students, teachers, and scholars of early modern English literature a great service. This is now the best, most readily available edition of Puttenham’s text. If this new edition means that Puttenham’s Art is taught more often, that will be a good thing. Students will now more likely be examining an art of English poetry and not just a sociology of it in the wonderful prose argument in this historicized, yet aesthetically aware edition of the text. We should exhibit our gratitude by ordering it for our libraries and requiring it for our classes. -- Scott Crider * Sixteenth Century Journal *This fine edition of George Puttenham's Art of English Poesie, by Frank Whigham and Wayne A. Rebhorn, presents a modernized, extensively glossed, and annotated text. The edition also provides a long, full, and often brilliant introduction, which sketches Puttenham’s biography, rehearses the evidence for his authorship of the Art, describes the cultural materials on which the book draws, analyzes its poetics, and discusses it as an embodiment of its author’s ambitions. -- William A. Oram * Modern Philology *Whigham and Rebhorn have undertaken an enormous task in annotating and modernizing such a difficult text, written in frequently complex prose and rife with obscure and sometimes concealed references.... Their readable, fully annotated version of Puttenham's treatise, in consultation with a facsimile of the 1589 text, will be extremely useful to students and seasoned literary critics. -- Stephen B. Dobranski * Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Documentary Life 2. Puttenham's Writings 3. The Authorship of the Art 4. Puttenham’s Archive 5. Poetics in the Art 6. Puttenham’s Ambitions 7. Editorial Conventions Bibliography Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 The "Table" The uncorrected state of sig. Ee2r Emendations Longer Notes Name Glossary Word Glossary Index to First Lines of Illustrative Quotations General Index
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Cornell University Press Manufacturing Advantage
Book SynopsisMuch of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another...Trade ReviewThis small book packs a big punch. We've long sought evidence that innovative work practices, such as teams and employee participation in problem solving, are worth the effort that it takes to implement them. Anecdotal studies and manager self-reports have offered some support that overall firm performance improves, but we've had little empirical evidence for our skeptical colleagues. Manufacturing Advantage delivers. -- Wendy S. Becker, University at Albany * Personnel Psychology *
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Cornell University Press Singers Heroes and Gods in the Odyssey
Book SynopsisOne of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns...Trade ReviewCharles Segal offers an insightful and literate commentary that will enable readers to enjoy a fresh and informed appreciation for this classic Hellenic adventure tale.... A welcome addition to the growing body of erudite commentary on the enduringly popular epic poetry of Homer. * The Bookwatch *The essays in this book furnish very astute, unswervingly literary interpretations of key themes in the Odyssey.... Refreshingly straightforward criticism of a consistently high order. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
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Cornell University Press Journeys from Childhood to Midlife
Book SynopsisIn a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of these individuals had been considered at risk because of birth complications, parental mental illness, family dysfunction, and adverse early conditions such as poverty. Werner and Smith examine the long-term impact of these influences on the individuals'' later adaptation to life.Drawing on data collected by a team of psychologists, pediatricians, social workers, and public health nurses across four decades, Werner and Smith chronicle the development of these men and women from birth to midlife: infancy, early and middle childhood, late adolescence, and early and middle adulthood. Their book focuses on protective factors within the individual, the extended family, and the community that allowed most of the men and women to be sucTrade Review"This is a very readable narrative account, thanks to the authors' decision to place all tables, figures, and statistical information in an appendix. Highly recommended; all levels."—Choice, February 2002"In a remarkable odyssey spanning some forty years, Emmy Werner and Ruth Smith seek answers to two fundamental questions: (a) what are the long-term effects of adverse perinatal and early child-rearing conditions on an individuals physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development at midlife? and (b) what factors may serve as buffers against such early childhood adversities' . . . Werner and Smith . . . detail midlife outcomes for specific high-risk subgroups of individuals during adolescence. . . . The reader learns of the remarkable power of recovery by midlife for most of these troubled or learning-disabled teens. . . . The third and four decades of life had opened many new opportunities and possibilities."—Jane Kroger, University of Tromso, Contemporary Psychology, 48:5, 2003"Journeys from Childhood to Midlife: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery is a remarkable opportunity for all of us to see the development of resilience and coping systems in the underprivileged children of Kauai. Emmy Werner and Ruth Smith's scholarship and clarity provide a firm base for understanding the psychodynamics of these processes and lead us to opportunities for intervention."—T. Berry Brazelton, M.D."For decades no student of resilience could afford to miss Emmy Werner's pioneering study of the children of Kauai. This book offers the next important chapter in that project, and it tells an important story about what it means to be human, struggling to become whole in the face of adversity. It is a story both sobering and inspiring."—James Garbarino, author of Parents Under Siege: Why You are the Solution, Not the Problem, in Your Child's Life and Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor of Human Development at Cornell University"This is a remarkable book about a remarkable study describing life and development over forty years. The authors have identified risk and protective influences which contribute to the development paths of individuals as they move from childhood into midlife. Importantly, the message is one of hope."—Barbara Keogh,University of California, Los Angeles
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Cornell University Press Algeria 18302000
Book SynopsisA particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 million, 80,000 people have been reported killed, and the actual total is almost certainly higher.Trade ReviewAs one of France's leading historians of Algeria, and more broadly of French decolonization, Stora is well equipped to tell the story of these two terrible conflicts and of the thirty-year period that separates them, when the country was a one-party state struggling to create a post-colonial identity. -- Roger Hardy * International Affairs *
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Cornell University Press The Reenchantment of the World
Book SynopsisThe Reenchantment of the World is a perceptive study of our scientific consciousness and a cogent and forceful challenge to its supremacy. Focusing on the rise of the mechanistic idea that we can know the natural world only by distancing ourselves...Trade Review"This pioneering holistic work is still one of the best discussions of the spiritual havoc wrought by the 'disgodding' of nature and the split in the Western mind between facts and values."—Chip Brown, The List"Morris Berman's book addresses what I consider to be the most important topic at our present moment in history. He is searching for the underpinnings of a new world view that can give rise to a culture capable of relating gently and self-sustainingly to the earth."—Frederick Ferré
£21.24
Johns Hopkins University Press Squirrels
Book SynopsisWith over one hundred photographs and an intuitive question-and-answer format, this authoritative and engaging guide sheds light on a common mammal that is anything but commonplace.Trade ReviewA completely authoritative scholarly guide to the biology of a group of organisms and... a completely readable, fully illustrated, and fascinating introduction for the general public. National Museum of Natural History Weekly Update & Forecast 2006 Got squirrels? This book has answers. This is not a children's book... read it with an adult. Fun for all ages. Washington Post 2006 Only a master at both scholarship and communication could pull this off as eloquently and clearly as Thorington and Ferrell have done. Natural History News 2006 A deft account, for backyard naturalists and scientists both. Harvard Magazine 2006 You may enjoy watching these acrobatic characters... [Thorington and Ferrell] will make them more interesting to observe. Tuscaloosa News 2006 Unravels the mysteries of the 278 species of squirrels that inhabit the planet... this is a must read. Princeton Alumni Weekly 2006 Well written and organized and contains numerous color and black-and-white photos. Wildlife Activist 2006 It's rare to see all the science of a college text embedded into a lively presentation also geared for the general audience-but here, it works very well. California Bookwatch 2006 Eminently interesting. -- Susan Lumenello Colloquy 2007 This engaging guide sheds light on a common mammal that is anything but commonplace. Wildlife Conservation 2007 In this wide-ranging, accurate, and revealing approach to the subject, squirrels are placed in a world-wide context. -- Kim Long Bloomsbury Review 2007 Fascinating book sure to entertain readers of all ages and backgrounds. Internet Bookwatch 2006 Thorington and Ferrell have succeeded in producing a short, accessible guide that is of tremendous value to both the scientist and the amateur naturalist alike. -- Michael A. Steele Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2007 What a treat. Buy it, read it, but don't squirrel it away-pass it on! -- William L. Gannon Journal of Mammalogy 2007 An accessible account of the large and diverse squirrel family... this book will appeal to the general public and scientists alike. Southeastern Naturalist 2007 This book is an answer to all questions relative to the American squirrels. -- Francis Petter Mammalia 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Introducing SquirrelsWhat are squirrels?How many kinds of squirrels are there?Where do squirrels live?Why are there no flying or ground squirrels in South America?How are squirrels classified?What is the current classification of squirrels?What characterizes the major groups of squirrelsWhen did squirrels evolve?What is the oldest fossil squirrel?2. Form and FunctionWhat are the largest and smallest squirrels?How fast does a squirrel's heart beat?Can squirrels see color?Do all squirrels have cheek pouches?Can squirrels swim?How far can squirrels jump?Do squirrels fly?What are the largest and smallest flying squirrels?How do you make a flying squirrel?How far can flying squirrels glide?How can you determine whether a fossil squirrel was a tree squirrel, a flying squirrel, or a ground squirrel?3. Coat Color and Squirrel GeneticsWhat species are the black squirrels I see?What species is the red squirrel?What causes the different coat colors of squirrels?How are hair colors determined genetically?What about patterns of coat color?Are there age-related differences in coat color?Are there seasonal differences in coat color?Is there much geographic variation in squirrel species?4. Squirrel BehaviorAre squirrels social?Do squirrels fight?How smart are squirrels?Do squirrels play?Do squirrels talk?How do squirrels avoid predators?5. Squirrel EcologyWhere do squirrels sleep?Do squirrels migrate?How many squirrel species coexist in a forest?Why are there so many more species of squirrels in African and Asian forests?How do squirrels survive in the desert?How do squirrels survive the winter?What is hibernation?Do squirrels have enemies?Why do squirrels commit infanticide?Do squirrels get sick?How do squirrels influence vegetation?6. Reproduction and DevelopmentHow do squirrels reproduce?How long are female squirrels pregnant?Where do mother squirrels give birth?How many babies do squirrels have?Are all littermates equally related?How long do female squirrels nurse their young?How fast do squirrels grow?How long do squirrels live?7. Food and FeedingWhat do squirrels eat?How do squirrels open hard nuts?Do all squirrels bury their food?How does the squirrel decide what food to store?How do squirrels fi nd the food they have buried?8. Squirrels and HumansDo squirrels make good pets?Should people feed squirrels?Do squirrels feel pain?What do I do if I find an injured or orphaned squirrel?How can I become a better observer of squirrels?How do I know whether I have flying squirrels in my backyard?Why are squirrels important?9. Squirrel Problems (from a human viewpoint)Are squirrels pests?How do I keep squirrels away from my . . . ?Are squirrels vectors of human disease?10. Human Problems (from a squirrel's viewpoint)Are squirrels endangered?Will squirrels be affected by global warming?Are squirrels ever invasive species?Do people hunt and eat squirrels?Are squirrel-hair brushes actually made of squirrel hair?Why do so many squirrels get hit by cars?11. Squirrels in Stories and LiteratureWhat roles do squirrels play in religion and mythology?What do squirrels have to do with the Cinderella story?What roles do squirrels play in popular culture?How are squirrels incorporated into poetry?How are squirrels incorporated into literature?12. "Squirrelology"Which species are best known?Which species are least known?How do scientists recognize individual squirrels?Appendix: Squirrels of the WorldBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Book SynopsisTheodor, University of Calgary; Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of SciencesTrade ReviewScientifically detailed and professionally produced... Highly recommended. Choice 2008 A solid and valuable resource. -- Maureen A. O'Leary Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2008 Without a doubt, for anyone working on artiodactyls this is an essential reference. This is the most up to date collection of work on fossil artiodactyls, including those outside North America, published in decades. -- B.L. Beatty PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2009Table of ContentsAcknoledgmentsList of Contributors1. Introduction2. Molecular Phylogeny of Terrestrial Artiodactyls: Conflicts and Resolution3. Phylogenetic Relationships of Cetacceans to Terrestrial Artiodactyls4. The Earliest Artiodactyls: Diacodexeidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae5. Endemic European Paleogene Artiodactyls: Cebochoeridae, Choeropotamidae, Mixtotheriidae, Cainotheriidae, Anoplptheriidae, Xiphontidae, and Amphimerycidae6. Family Helohyidae7. Family Anthracotheriidae8. Family Hippopotamidae9. Family Entelodontidae10. Superfamily Suoidae11. Family Agriochoeridae12. Family Agriochoeridae12. Family Merycoidodontidae13. Family Protoceratidae14. Family Camelidae15. Basal Ruminants16. Family Tragulidae17. Family Moschidae18. Family Antilocapridae19. Family Paleopmerycidae20. Family Cervidae21. Family Giraffidae22. Family Bovidae23. Artiodactyl Paleoecology and Evolutionary Trends24. SummaryReferences Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Electronics The Life Story of a Technology
Book SynopsisElectronics relates the fascinating stories of how scientists and engineers created and commercialized such devices as the transistor, the Magnetron tube used to power microwave ovens, the CRT (cathode ray tube), the laser, the first integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and memory chips.Trade ReviewThis book will be very useful if you are involved in delivering courses, such as general studies, which attempt to make connections between science and society. If you ignore the plethora of names and acronyms, this book is a sobering account of the economics of the past development of the semiconductor devices which give us so much ease and delight today... Put this book in your school library. Read it if you teach, or aspire to teach, electronics or physics. It will give you a fresh perspective on how silk purses (such as iPods) can indeed be made from sows' ears (such as ICBM guidance systems). School Science Review This book will allow the reader to become familiar with some of the basics of the technology that surrounds us all and will lead to questions about what can and should happen next. Science Books and FilmsTable of ContentsPrefaceTimeline1. The Origins of Electronics, 1900-19502. From lubes to Semiconductors3. Microchips and Lasers4. The Peak Years5. The Triumph of Microelectronics6. ConclusionsGlossaryFurther ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Forest Ecosystems 2e
Book SynopsisA textbook in the field of forest ecology. It provides a survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. It is intended for advanced students of forest science, ecology, environmental studies, forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers.Trade ReviewIn this revised edition, Perry has added leading scientists Oren and Hart to the authorship of this large volume, the most comprehensive book on forest ecosystem ecology so far... The work is easily readable and very exciting... This well-written volume is a must read for graduate students, ecologists, and managers in forestry, ecosystem ecology, and forest management. Choice 2009Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction1.1. Why Study Ecosystems?1.2. State of the World's Forests1.3. The Study of Nature: Balance and Flux1.4. A Brief Overview of the Book1.5. Summary2. Basic Terminology and Concepts2.1. Some Basic Concepts2.2. The Subdisciplines of Ecology2.3. The Nature of Systems2.4. Summary3. Forests as Part of the Global Ecosystem3.1. A Brief Look at the Global Ecosystem3.2. Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests3.3. Forests and Human Health3.4. Summary4. Major Forest Types and Their Climatic Controls4.1. The Influence of Climate on Forest Type4.2. Latitudinal Gradients in Forest Characteristics4.3. How Will Global Climate Change Affect the Distribution of Forests?4.4. Summary5. Local Variation in Community Type: The Landscape Mosaic5.1. A Case History5.2. Topoedaphic Influences on Vegetation Patterns5.3. The Emergent Landscape: Integration of Topography, Soils, and Disturbance5.4. Vegetation Classification5.5. Summary6. Change in Time: An Overview6.1. Earth Music6.2. Summary7. Disturbance in Forest Ecosystems7.1. The Complex Nature of Disturbance7.2. Fire7.3. Wind7.4. Tectonic Activity7.5. Flooding7.6. Invasive Species7.7. Summary8. Patterns and Mechanisms of Succession8.1. Historical Notes8.2. Compositional and Structural Change during Succession8.3. Mechanisms of Succession8.4. Ecosystem Changes during Succession8.5. The Emergent Landscape Revisited8.6. Summary9. The Structure of Local Ecosystems9.1. Forest Structure9.2. Habitat and Niche9.3. Food Webs: Pathways of Energy Flow within Ecosystems9.4. Niche Overlap and Diversification9.5. The Tradeoff between Dominance and Diversity9.6. Scales of Diversity9.7. Summary10. How Biodiversity Is Created and Maintained10.1. Forces That Generate and Maintain Diversity within Communities10.2. The Variation of Species Richness amongEnvironments10.3. Relationships between Forest Structure and the Diversity of Animals and Microbes10.4. Forces Producing Diversity in Trees and Other Forest Plants10.5. Summary11. The Biological Web: Interactions among Species11.1. The Structure of Relationships within Communities11.2. Interactions between Two Species: Basic Concepts11.3. Mutualisms11.4. Competition11.5. Higher-Order Interactions11.6. Summary12. Size-Density Relationships in Forests over Time and across Space12.1. Self-Thinning: An Orderly Process12.2. Size-Density Relationships in Forests: The Spatial Dimension12.3. Summary13. Genetic and Evolutionary Aspects of Species Interactions13.1. The Role of Biotic Interactions in Evolution13.2. Community and Ecosystem Genetics13.3. The Selection of Cooperation within Groups13.4. Summary14. Soil: The Fundamental Resource14.1. What Is Soil?14.2. The Soil Profile14.3. Physical Properties of Soils14.4. Chemical Properties of Soils14.5. Biological Properties of Soils14.6. Soil Development14.7. Soil Classification14.8. Summary15. Primary Productivity15.1. Light Capture and Gas Exchange in Canopies15.2. Respiration by Trees and Ecosystems15.3. Net Primary Productivity15.4. Carbon Allocation in Different Environments15.5. The Limiting Factors of the Environment15.6. Trees Are Not Prisoners of the Environment15.7. Productivity in the Twenty-first Century15.8. Summary16. Forest Nutrition16.1. The Essential Nutrients and Their Physiological Roles16.2. Nutrient Requirements and Limitations16.3. Diagnosing Nutrient Deficiencies16.4. The Concept of Relative Addition Rate16.5. Summary17. Biogeochemical Cycling: Nutrient Inputs to and Losses from Local Ecosystems17.1. An Overview of Nutrient Inputs to Local Ecosystems17.2. Atmospheric Inputs17.3. Inputs from Weathering of Primary Minerals17.4. Biological Nitrogen Fixation17.5. Nutrient Losses from Undisturbed Forests17.6. Nutrient Losses from Disturbed Forests17.7. Summary18. Biogeochemical Cycling: The Intrasystem Cycle18.1. Overview of the Intrasystem Nutrient Cycle18.2. The Contribution of Nutrient Cycling to Primary Productivity18.3. Detritus18.4. The Intratree Nutrient Cycle18.5. Throughfall and Stem Flow18.6. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling: Some Basic Concepts18.7. Broad Patterns of Decomposition: The k Value18.8. Factors Controlling the Rate of Decomposition18.9. Effects of Food-Chain Interactions on Decomposition, Immobilization, and Mineralization18.10. Biodiversity Affects Decomposition18.11. A Closer Look at Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Cycles18.12. Plant Uptake18.13. Nutrient Cycling through Succession18.14. Global Change and Nutrient Cycling18.15. Summary19. Herbivores in Forest Ecosystems19.1. Effects of Herbivory on Primary Productivity19.2. Factors Controlling Herbivores19.3. Coevolutionary Balance in Forests19.4. Summary20. Ecosystem Stability I: Introduction and Case Studies20.1. Stability of What?20.2. Resistance, Resilience, Robustness20.3. Pollution20.4. Degrading Forests through Mismanagement20.5. Loss of Bioregulation: Breaking the Links between Plants and Soils20.6. Loss of Bioregulation: Breaking the Top-Down Links20.7. Balls, Dancers, and Dances20.8. Summary21. Ecosystem Stability II: The Role of Biodiversity21.1. May's Paradox21.2. Intensive Forest Management Simplifies Natural Ecosystems21.3. Does Biodiversity Stabilize Ecosystems? Yes, But . . .21.4. Understanding Stabilization Requires Understanding Structure-Function Interactions21.5. Summary22. Ecosystem Stability III: Conserving Species22.1. Conserving Species Means Protecting Habitat22.2. What Kind of Habitat? A Matter of Balance22.3. Fine Filters, Coarse Filters, and Pluralism22.4. Viable Populations22.5. Landscape Patterns: Fragmentation, Variegation, and Permeation22.6. Summary23. The Future23.1. The Implications of Global Warming23.2. Maintaining Biological Diversity in Managed Forests23.3. Coda: The New and the Renewed23.4. SummaryBibliographyIndex
£70.55
Johns Hopkins University Press The Social Construction of Russias Resurgence
Book SynopsisA concluding chapter discusses the policy implications of aspirational constructivism for Russia and other nations and a methodological appendix lays out a framework for testing the theory.Trade ReviewAnne Clunan's insightful and careful analysis of the interplay among five alternate Russian national self-images-Western, statist, Slavophile, neo-communist, and nationalist-is likely to be the book's most influential and enduring contribution... this very good book deserves praise and a wide audience both inside and outside the academy. -- Rawi Abdelal Political Science Quarterly 2010 The author explains lucidly and with originality how... elites determine what will be the 'platform' of the Russian identity. -- Ellen Mickiewicz Political Psychology 2010 Clunan does something unusual in this book: she both intervenes in an academic debate over international relations theory and produces fresh insight into the wellsprings of contemporary Russian foreign policy... In the process, she provides an unusually nuanced view of what Russia's current national identity is all about. -- Robert Legvold Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration of Russian1. Introduction: Identity and Interests in World Politics2. Aspirational Constructivism: A Theory of Identity and Interests3. Russian National Self-Images in the 1990s4. Russia's Foreign Policy Orientations: Ingroups,Outgroups, and Identity Management Strategies5. Post-Soviet Russia's "Revolutionary Decade" and the Creation of National Identity6. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Security Interests in Europe7. The Post-Soviet Creation of Russia's Interests in Nuclear Arms Control8. Conclusion: Aspirational Constructivism and International Institutional ChangeAppendix MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex
£47.18
Johns Hopkins University Press Phaenomena
Book SynopsisFeaturing references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work's stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world.Trade ReviewThose who always wanted to read the Phaenomena in translation, but never came round to doing it will be pleased with this accessible, nimble translation in flowing English couplets, which conveys the pleasure of Aratus well. Both the introduction and the notes are up-to-date, clear, and useful. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010 Poochigian here gives us an Aratus for our own time, turned in witty heroic couplets which fittingly recall Pope's didactic poems, decently faithful to the original, and helpfully introduced and annotated... This lively and polished version illuminates why this potentially austere cataloguepoem was so enthusiastically read for so many centuries, and it is to be warmly welcomed. Times Literary Supplement 2011Table of ContentsIntroductionInvocationThe Axle, the Poles, and the Northern SkyThe Southern SkyThe Planets and the Great CirclesWeather SignsAppendix 1: Constellation Risings and SettingsAppendix 2: Bayer DesignationsNotesWorks Cited
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Johns Hopkins University Press Infectious Ideas Contagion in Premodern Islamic
Book SynopsisBased on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the growing literature on plague-and medical thought-in the premodern Islamic world. Stearns's translations add new voices to those already known, and approach known figures with subtlety and nuance, challenging or at least refining the conclusions of the established scholarship... Stearns has provided future students commanding the requisite skills and depth of vision both a model and a solid target. -- Joseph P. Byrne American Historical Review Provides readers not only with a fascinating, beautifully researched account of contagion and plague in the premodern Western Mediterranean, but also with a series of thought-provoking new approaches to religious exegesis, legal interpretation, and literary production, and a set of methodological models that should serve scholars in the fields far beyond the realm of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century studies of illness and health in the Maghrib. The book is a fascinating read. -- Ruth A. Miller Journal of the American Oriental SocietyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronological List of Relevant Muslim and Christian Scholars Who Wrote on Contagion in the Premodern PeriodIntroduction: Contagion and Causality in the Study of Premodern Muslim and Christian Societies1. Contagion in the Commentaries on Prophetic Tradition2. Contagion as Metaphor in Iberian Christian Scholarship3. Contagion Contested: Greek Medical Thought, Prophetic Medicine, and the First Plague Treatises4. Situating Scholastic Contagion between Miasmaand the Evil Eye5. Contagion between Islamic Law and Theology6. Contagion Revisited: Early Modern Maghribi Plague TreatisesConclusion: Reframing Muslim and Christian Views on ContagionAppendix A: Contagion in the Christian Exegetical TraditionAppendix B: The Presence of Ash'arism in the MaghribNotesBibligraphyIndex
£45.90
MY - University of Toronto Press Flora of Alberta
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MY - University of Toronto Press Larvae of the North American Caddisfly Genera Trichoptera
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