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Issues in Political Theory

Issues in Political Theory

Author: Robert Jubb (Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Reading) ,  Patrick Tomlin (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9780192863065
Format: Paperback
$101.95

With a focus on real-world issues and an extensive range of thought-provoking case studies, Issues in Political...  Read More >>

The Greatest Of All Teachers

The Greatest Of All Teachers

Author: Emily Frontain ,  Warren Emmett
ISBN: 9781919461007
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Cassie is drowning. Facing burnout, she uncovers the Four Pillars of Teaching in this essential fable. Learn the...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Body Modification

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology...

Author: Franz Manni (Anthropologist, Anthropologist, National Museum of Natural History, Paris) ,  Francesco d'Errico (Archaeologist, CNRS director, Archaeologist, CNRS director, Université de Bordeaux)
ISBN: 9780197572528
Format: Hardback
$486.95

Body modification practices express identity, conform to social norms, and convey cultural values that express cultural,...  Read More >>

Unmentionable Madness: Gender, Disability, and Shame in the Malaria Treatment of Neurosyphilis

Unmentionable Madness: Gender, Disability, and Shame...

Author: Christin L. Hancock
ISBN: 9780252046148
Format: Hardback
$242.00

In 1930, neurosyphilis struck an unsuspecting patient. Doctors at the Central State Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis...  Read More >>

Womanism Rising

Womanism Rising

Author: Layli Maparyan ,  AnaLouise Keating
ISBN: 9780252046230
Format: Hardback
$242.00

Womanism Rising concludes Maparyan’s three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work...  Read More >>

California School Law: Fourth Edition

California School Law: Fourth Edition

Author: Dean T. Adams ,  Margaret A. Dalton
ISBN: 9781503640450
Format: Hardback
$323.00

An invaluable, comprehensive resource for the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of education law.   California...  Read More >>

UndocuAsians: Lived Experiences and Social Movement Activism Across the Diaspora

UndocuAsians: Lived Experiences and Social Movement...

Author: Kevin Escudero ,  Rachel Freeman-Wong
ISBN: 9781978820265
Format: Hardback
$261.80

UndocuAsians tells the timely, compelling story of the contemporary US immigrant rights movement with a focus on...  Read More >>

From Stars to Stones: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 4

From Stars to Stones: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume...

Author: Bernard Faure
ISBN: 9780824899783
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a...  Read More >>

Inevitable Differences: An Inquiry Into Human Variation

Inevitable Differences: An Inquiry Into Human Variation...

Author: John Staddon
ISBN: 9781680533590
Format: Hardback
$187.00

Exploring human diversity from an evolutionary perspective, the narrative shows how inherent biological traits shape...  Read More >>

Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's Political Thought

Preaching Pious Rulership in Medieval Islam: Ibn al-Jawzi's...

Author: Han Hsien Liew (Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Arizona State University)
ISBN: 9781399511292
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Studies the role of preaching and emotions in medieval Islamic political thought.  Read More >>

Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists

Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists...

Author: Arlene W. Saxonhouse
ISBN: 9780268210700
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Offering fresh and provocative explorations of the ancient theorists, this book aims to clarify and stimulate discussion...  Read More >>

Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy

Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television...

Author: Laura Minor (Lecturer in Television Studies, University of Salford)
ISBN: 9781399503020
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Examines how UK female comedy authors have flourished in the contemporary televisual landscape.  Read More >>

Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death

Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death

Author: Jessica Barr
ISBN: 9780268210946
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about...  Read More >>

Environmental Studies from India: Engaging with the Planetary Ecological Crisis

Environmental Studies from India: Engaging with the...

Author: Sudha Vasan (Professor, Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi)
ISBN: 9780198984092
Format: Hardback
$296.95

This volume brings together leading scholars to explore the human-environment interactions in the Anthropocene and...  Read More >>

Runes: A Concise History

Runes: A Concise History

Author: Tom Birkett (Professor of Old English, Professor of Old English, University College Cork)
ISBN: 9780197696057
Format: Hardback
$40.95

With their distinctive and other-worldly appearance, runes--an ancient alphabet used to write Germanic languages--provide...  Read More >>

Waging Sovereignty: Native Americans and the Transformation of Work in the Twentieth Century

Waging Sovereignty: Native Americans and the Transformation...

Author: Colleen O’Neill
ISBN: 9781469693279
Format: Hardback
$229.00

Wage work was supposed to “kill the Indian and save the man,” or so thought Richard Pratt and other late nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

The Enclosures of Free Verse: Racializing Poetic Form in the Modernist Era

The Enclosures of Free Verse: Racializing Poetic Form...

Author: Erin Joyce Kappeler
ISBN: 9781469693057
Format: Hardback
$277.00

Throughout the twentieth century, scholars accepted that there was something called “traditional” poetic meter,...  Read More >>

Bridget's Gambit (Volume 4): A Saga of Family Enterprise in Gold Rush California

Bridget's Gambit (Volume 4): A Saga of Family Enterprise...

Author: Craig S. Harwood
ISBN: 9780806196558
Format: Hardback
$80.99

Harwood's spirited biography of an audacious, persistent woman brings to the forefront the largely unheralded contributions...  Read More >>

Karen Blixen's Search for Self: The Making of ""Out of Africa""

Karen Blixen's Search for Self: The Making of ""Out...

Author: Patti M. Marxsen
ISBN: 9780807186077
Format: Hardback
$92.99

In Karen Blixen's Search for Self, Patti M. Marxsen presents a twenty-first-century reconsideration of Blixen's...  Read More >>

Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas

Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas...

Author: Jennifer L. Bristol
ISBN: 9781648432606
Format: Hardback
$92.99

Women have been shaping the conservation movement in Texas since the nineteenth century, though their stories are...  Read More >>

Research Design in Politics and International Relations

Research Design in Politics and International Relations...

Author: Anouk S. Rigterink ,  Mareike Schomerus
ISBN: 9781529685305
Format: Paperback
$111.00

A refreshingly accessible, student-focused guide to doing research in Politics and IR—packed with real-world examples,...  Read More >>

Prince's Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound and Place

Prince's Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound and Place...

Author: Rashad Shabazz
ISBN: 9781469690940
Format: Hardback
$229.00

When nineteen-year-old Prince took the stage to perform “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on American Bandstand, those who...  Read More >>

The Flavor of Thinking: Philosophy in Artistic Research - Artistic Research in Philosophy

The Flavor of Thinking: Philosophy in Artistic Research...

Author: Arno Böhler ,  Susanne Valerie Granzer
ISBN: 9783837681192
Format: Paperback
$74.95

A holistic perspective on strategies, methodologies, and examples of writing and reading by philosopher-artists...  Read More >>

Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln As Commander in Chief

Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering...

Author: Kenneth W. Noe ,  T. Michael Parrish
ISBN: 9780807185216
Format: Hardback
$116.00

Kenneth W. Noe's Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth...  Read More >>

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