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Xunwu Chen

The Eastern-Western Philosophical Discourse of Mind, Reason, and Culture

This book provides a comparative study, as well as an account of global history, of the philosophical discourse of mind, reason, and culture. It then enthrones the cosmopolitan doctrine of mind, reason, a…

John Parker

In My Time of Dying

"Why do people die and where do they go when they are dead? How should the dead be buried and mourned in order to ensure that they continue to work for the benefit of the living? How have perceptions…

David Chadwick

Tassajara Stories

"This is what happened at the famous Zen monastery south of San Francisco. From the award-winning and best-selling author of the biography of Shunryu Suzuki comes a memoir and oral history of Tassaja…

T-Square

T-square Single Collection

The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin, and each one developed its own, unique set of socio-political institutions and social…

Jens Späth

Wie umgehen mit Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus?

Die Studie analysiert erstmals den Umgang italienischer, deutscher und französischer Sozialisten mit Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus über mehr als vier Jahrzehnte hinweg in vergleichender und beziehung…

Athol Yates

Western Military Expatriates in the Armed Forces of the UAE

The book argues that Western military expatriates, who have supported the Emirati military forces over more than 50 years, have played a crucial yet bounded role in elevating the UAE's military capabiliti…

Randi Samuelson-Brown

The Western Horse

The Western Horse celebrates more than four centuries of history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the Ameri…

Daniel Pruitt

Cowboy

Mit der englischen Ausgabe von Cowboys können Sie Satteln und los reiten! Wie die historischen Begriffe Ritter und Pirat pulsiert auch das Wort Cowboy vor Leben und klingt nach all den prächtigen Bildern …

Chris Filstrup, Jane Merrill

The Turban

A superbly illustrated history of the turban, from Arabian origins to global cultural icon.

Georgios Varouxakis

The West

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the WestHow did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Weste…

Frank Füredi

The War Against the Past

A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it's toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It…

Martha A Sandweiss

The Girl in the Middle

"A haunting image of an unnamed Native child and a recovered story of the American West. In 1868, celebrated Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner traveled to Fort Laramie to document the federal …

Guido Alfani

As Gods Among Men

"In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!"---Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century A…

Daniel Waldenström

Richer and More Equal

Once there were princes and peasants and very few between. The extremes of wealth and poverty are still with us, but that shouldn't blind us to the fact our societies have been utterly transformed for the…

Der BND nach Gehlen

Eine westdeutsche Geheimdienstgeschichte nach 1968Die Geschichte des Bundesnachrichtendienstes seit 1968 ist ein weithin ungeschriebenes Kapitel der westdeutschen Demokratie. Der Band leistet Pionierarbei…

Elizabeth S Manley, Elizabeth Manley

Imagining the Tropics

Imagining the Tropics is a history of the development of tourism in the Caribbean across the twentieth century that focuses on the ways women's labors of hospitality, writing, and advocacy built the indus…

Arthur Hylen

Los Angeles Before the Freeways

Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of An Era 1850-1950 gives a lush, visual tour of a Los Angeles that no longer exists--one of elegant office buildings and stately mansions that were razed in the na…

John Trent

The University of Nevada, 1874-2024

With a foreword by University of Nevada, Reno President Brian SandovalIn October 1874, a small preparatory school opened its doors in the remote northern Nevada town of Elko with an enrollment of seven st…