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Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative primer lays out...

From Saru Jayaraman, the book that brought #MeToo to the restaurant industry "Restaurants are political environments. You're shoulder-to-shoulder with immigrants. You're at one of the nexuses of...

Form as Argument in Cicero's Speeches: A Study of DilemmaAuthor: Christopher P. CraigPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: May 01, 1993Number of Pages: 272 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Foundations of Perinatal Genetic Counseling is the first book to provide a practical introduction to the concepts and skills needed to practice genetic counseling with clients before and during...

Four Major Plays (Oxford World'S Classics)Author: Federico Garcã­A LorcaPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Jan 15, 2009Number of Pages: 288 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

In the early 1960s, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration became one of the most celebrated women in America when she prevented the deadly sedative thalidomide from...

Frank Ramsey was a brilliant Cambridge philosopher, mathematician, and economist who died in 1930 at 26 having made landmark contributions to decision theory, game theory, mathematics, logic,...

An illustrated history of the Civil Rights Movement, including a timeline and profiles of forty people who gave their lives in the movement.Author: Sara BullardPublisher: Oxford University...

America's marketplace of ideas is threatened by social media platforms and a government security apparatus that have joined together to suppress the free exchange of ideas. In Free Speech and...

An engaging guide to the most important free speech rules, rationales, and debates, including the strongest arguments for and against protecting the most controversial speech, such as hate speech and...

Free Will: An Opinionated Guide offers a clear and straightfoward introduction to a vexing topic, from an internationally recognized authority on free will. What did you do a moment ago? What will...

Freedom Riders: 1961 And The Struggle For Racial Justice (Pivotal Moments In American History)Author: Raymond ArsenaultPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Mar 11, 2011Number of Pages:...

It is often claimed that the French invented cinema, and although their prominence may have been supplanted by Hollywood today, the French film industry remains both prolific and highly lauded...

From Here to Denmark: The Importance of Institutions for Good Governance represents the journey of developing nations from a state of poor governance - that manifests itself in various forms, such as...

Future MoralityAuthor: David EdmondsPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Dec 20, 2021Number of Pages: 288 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 0198862083ISBN-13:...

Matthew Foster develops a hermeneutical philosophy of practice, based on a critical reading of Hans-Georg Gadamer's works on ethics, his debates with Leo Strauss, and his commentaries on contemporary...

The only single volume history in English, this acclaimed book tells the rich and fascinating story of Gdansk, a unique city in both German and Polish historyAuthor: Peter Oliver LoewPublisher:...

This introduction to the field of gender history offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and...

The term "gender" was first distinguished from "sex" in the 1950s, when psychologists began to discuss the idea of "gender roles"--behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather...

The untold story of how Germany's top aristocrats contributed to Hitler's secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe,...

This book explores the dark attraction between religion and warfare and explains why religion needs war and war needs religion. Virtually every religious tradition leaves behind it a bloody trail of...

By combining musical styles young people loved with the wholesomeness their parents wanted, Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) became a multimillion-dollar industry. In this book, author Leah Payne...

It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally...

Greek Lyric Poetry (Oxford World'S Classics)Author: NaPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Dec 15, 2008Number of Pages: 212 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Author: NaPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: Jul 01, 2009Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 019280152XISBN-13: 9780192801524

Growing Moral engages its readers to reflect on and to practice the teachings of Confucianism in the contemporary world. It draws on the whole history of Confucianism, focusing on three thinkers from...

William Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes gives a first-hand account of his feelings about the unique countryside that was the source of his inspiration. He addresses concerns that are relevant today,...

The definitive account of Modi's rule over his home state of Gujarat, for better and worse--a template he now applies to India as a whole.Author: CHRISTOPHE. JAFFRELOTPublisher: Oxford University...

A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences--Author: Barry EichengreenPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date:...

Alexander Hamilton traced a long, intricate journey, from his birth in the mid-1750s on the Caribbean island of Nevis to his burial at New York City's Trinity Church in 1804. Controversy swirls...