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A biography of one of the most important chroniclers of the Fourth Crusade, whose perspective as a military leader brings to light new understandings of that war and its ramifications--Author:...

This book examines refugee governance in the European Union and East Africa with a focus on two hotspots of urban migration: Paris and Nairobi. Applying a multi-scalar methodology focused on racism...

Stephen Van Evera's Guide to Methods makes an important contribution toward improving the use of case studies for theory development and testing in the social sciences. His trenchant and concise...

Author: Lisa A. TuckerPublisher: Cornell University PressPublication Date: Oct 15, 2020Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 150175338XISBN-13: 9781501753381

Headhunters--third-party agents paid a fee by companies for locating job candidates--perform a unique sales role. The product they sell is people, matching candidates with jobs and companies with...

Read an excerpt and listen to the songs featured in the book at http: //folksonghistory.com/In 2015, Bob Dylan said, "I learned lyrics and how to write them from listening to folk songs. And I played...

Heidegger provides a lively and accessible introduction to one of the most influential and intellectually demanding philosophers of the modern era. Covering the entire range of Heidegger's thought...

Heidegger provides a lively and accessible introduction to one of the most influential and intellectually demanding philosophers of the modern era. Covering the entire range of Heidegger's thought...

Beginning with the interwar period and concluding with the defeat of Japan, this book examines diplomatic, legal, military, and social issues the Western Allies (Great Britain, the United States, and...

Food aid has become a contentious issue in recent decades, with sharp disagreements over genetically modified crops, agricultural subsidies, and ways of guaranteeing food security in the face of...

In "I Love Learning; I Hate School," Blum tells two intertwined but inseparable stories: the results of her research into how students learn contrasted with the way conventional education works, and...

In Inadvertent Expansion, Nicholas D. Anderson investigates a surprisingly common yet overlooked phenomenon in the history of great power politics: territorial expansion that was neither intended nor...

Indirect rule has long characterized interstate relationships and remains a key mechanism of contemporary US foreign relations. In this book, David A. Lake examines when and why it is pursued over...

Indonesia- April 2024Author: Eric Tagliacozzo, Joshua BarkerPublisher: Cornell University PressPublication Date: Aug 15, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This book investigates the public as a crucial - yet often overlooked - actor in international law compared to the conventional focus on elites. Integrating insights across numerous fields and...

The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, awarded by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce...

The essays in Islamic Ecumene address the ways in which Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia and from sub-Saharan Africa to the steppes of Uzbekistan are members of a broad cultural unit. Although the...

The essays in Islamic Ecumene address the ways in which Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia and from sub-Saharan Africa to the steppes of Uzbekistan are members of a broad cultural unit. Although the...

Italian Forgers takes an unorthodox approach to a popular topic: art forgery. Based on original published sources as well as current and past scholarship, Italian Forgers focuses not on art forgery...

Reviews of the first edition-- "Allinson promises a comprehensive synthesis... that integrates analysis of political, economic and social topics.... This book deserves a prominent place on any...

Jew Boy--"Contents"--"Tales of Childhood" -- "The Audition" -- "The Purple Jew" -- "Asthma" -- "The Death of JFK" -- "Dry Goods" -- "Scum" -- "Bar Mitzvah" -- "Scars" -- "We'll Give You Blood" --...

These writings represent the first collective attempt to reframe the study of colonial and early American Jewry within an Atlantic history paradigm. By departing from a national approach, this volume...

From the 1780s to the 1820s, Kodiak Island, the first capital of Imperial Russia's only overseas colony, was inhabited by indigenous Alutiiq people and colonized by Russians. Together, they...

Language in all its modes--oral, written, print, electronic--claims the central role in Walter J. Ong's acclaimed speculations on human culture. After his death, his archives were found to contain...

A comprehensive overview of policing and crime in French Algeria, including the organization, functioning, and challenges encountered by officers, who waged a constant struggle against escalating...

Why do some religious minorities, lacking any significant power and presenting no imminent threat, become targets of violent attacks? This book is a comparative-historical study of mass atrocities...

This book examines the role of note-taking in ancient education as a pedagogical method, by taking readers on a stimulating analysis of lectures by ancient philosophers that were recorded by their...

Machiavelli on War offers a comprehensive interpretation of the philosopher-historian's treatment of war throughout his writings, from poems and memoranda drafted while he was Florence's top official...

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 cultures. In Machines as...

Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France uncovers the unexplored history of matrimonial agents, their novel marketing tactics, and the rise of personal advertisements to track...