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The work of Stuart Hall has been central to the formation and development of cultural studies as an international discipline. "Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies, " an invaluable collection of writings "by" and "about" Hall, provide a representative selection of his enormously influential writings on cultural studies and its concerns: the relationship with Marxism, postmodernism in cultural and political thought, the developme...

Increasingly more computer applications are becoming available to assist mental health clinicians and administrators in patient evaluation and treatment and mental health management, education, and research. Topics covered include: automated assessment procedures, MR-E (The Mental Retardation Expert), computerized assessment system for psychotherapy evaluation and research, computer assisted therapy of stress related conditions, computerized p...

While Yezierska's writing stands in sharp contrast to the quantity of fiction by middle- and upper-class white women writers so prevalent in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, what is particularly interesting about "Arrogant Beggar" is that it focuses more directly on class than do most of her novels. Katherine Stubbs's introduction is comprehensive, helpful, beautifully written, and convincing--a model of scholarship and insight...

When Europeans in the Middle Ages spoke of "marranos, " they were making a derogatory reference to "crypto-Jews"--those who publicly converted to and performed as Christians, but who remained secretly faithful to Judaic law. Today, asserts Elaine Marks in Marrano as Metaphor, the concept can be used to describe all Jews living in a dominant Christian or Muslim culture, whatever may be their conscious relationship to Judaism.A sweeping examinat...

This introduction to law is meant for people who are wondering whether to study law or are simply curious to know more about it. It is not confined to English Law, but deals with the western tradition of law as a whole. It outlines the key problems of constitutional law and of the law of property, contracts, treaties, crimes, and torts. It deals with the importance in law of forms, procedures, and interpretation and explains how law relates to...

This is a collection of some of the greatest love letters of all time, from 200 of the world's most articulate lovers. Love letters both historic and fictional, tragic and comic, love letters written by both poets and princes, and each one enchanting.

Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing - the fundamentals of our economic system and what they have to do with the stock market - aren't taught in school. At a time when individuals have to make important decisions about saving for college and 401(k) retirement funds, this failure to provide a b...

Investigating representations of poverty in Tudor-Stuart England, Fat King, Lean Beggar reveals the gaps and outright contradictions in what poets, pamphleteers, government functionaries, and dramatists of the period said about beggars and vagabonds. William C. Carroll analyzes these conflicting "truths" and reveals the various aesthetic, political, and socio-economic purposes Renaissance constructions of beggary were made to serve. Carroll be...

This Ancient History describes the period beginning in the year after the death of Julius Caesar, and ending in the year after the fall of Nero.

In this definitive study of one of popular culture¿s favorite genres Robert C. Harvey, a cartoonist and comics critic, traces the evolution of the comic book as a potent form of narrative art. He takes it from its beginnings in the 1930s through the most contemporary of productions in the mid-1990s. In defining comic book aesthetics Harvey establishes both a critical perspective and a vocabulary for evaluating the art. Because he is an able pr...

While Yezierska's writing stands in sharp contrast to the quantity of fiction by middle- and upper-class white women writers so prevalent in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, what is particularly interesting about "Arrogant Beggar" is that it focuses more directly on class than do most of her novels. Katherine Stubbs's introduction is comprehensive, helpful, beautifully written, and convincing--a model of scholarship and insight...

A study of the life and mystical experiences of one of the outstanding figures in Persian Sufism - Ruzbihan Baqli (d.1209). It introduces and analyzes the most important sources of his life - his diary, and two Persian hagiographies - and provides extensive translated excerpts from these works.

This is an authoritative and comprehensive history of the Fifty Years' war and the relationship that dominated world politics in the second half of the twentieth century. For fifty years relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were deciding factors in international affairs. Available for the first time in paperback, Richard Crockatt's acclaimed book is an examination of this relationship in its global context. It breaks new gr...

John Fiske, Lawrence Grossberg, Stuart Hall, Hanno Hardt, Dick Hebdige, Isaac Julien, Jorge Larrain, Angela McRobbie, Kobena Mercer, David Morley, Mark Nash, Jennifer Daryl Slack, Colin Sparks, Jon Stratton

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Fast Software Encryption, this workshop was held in conjunction with the program on computer security, cryptology, and coding theory at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, UK in February 1996. The 18 revised papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the volume by the program committee. They report the state of the art in the field of fast...

Friedrich der Große ist Wissenschaftlern und historisch Interessierten als ein "Klassiker der Diplomatie" gut bekannt. Doch wie dachte der König über das europäische Gleichgewicht, das sich im 18. Jahrhundert zwischen den Großmächten herausgebildet hatte? Welche Rolle spielte diese Kategorie in seinem außenpolitischen Verständnis? Der Autor behandelt diese Frage schwerpunktmäßig für die Zeit nach dem Hubertusburger Frieden und konstatiert zunä...

Die 1830er Jahre gelten als vorläufiger Höhepunkt der politischen Öffentlichkeit in Deutschland. Im Gefolge der Julirevolution von 1830 und im Umfeld des Harnbacher Festes feierte die frühliberale Bewegung ihre ersten spektakulären Erfolge, die konstitutionellen Landtage avancierten zur parlamentarischen »Vorschule« der Frankfurter Paulskirche. Nach dem Epochenjahr 1830 begann nicht ein politisches »Biedermeier«, sondern der »Vor-März«, die Vo...

She gives the general reader fresh access to Elizabeth's mind and ideas, her wit, verve, eloquence, circumlocution, and formidable learning. OBSERVER

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist draws on letters, documents, and interviews to present a profile of Bill Clinton, a man whose greatest strengths are also his greatest weaknesses: a talent for politics, an eagerness to please, a tendency to share the truth, and an insatiable appetite for life and learning. of photos.

Das beliebte Lehrwerk jetzt in einer überarbeiteten Neuausgabe!Die dreibändige Klavierschule Piano Kids zeichnet sich aus durch einfachen, systematischen Aufbau und verwendet ausschließlich bekannte, populäre Lieder und Stücke. Parallel zu jedem Heft gibt es ein "Aktionsbuch" mit spielerisch vermittelter Musiktheorie und allerlei Wissenswertem (Bilderrätsel, Bastel- und Malaufgaben, Kreuzworträtsel, Übungen für Notenlesen und -schreiben, Anreg...