There are one billion Catholics in the world today, spread over every continent, speaking almost every conceivable language, and all answering to a single authority. The Vatican is a unique international organization, both in terms of its extraordinary power and influence, and in terms of its endura..
There are one billion Catholics in the world today, spread over every continent, speaking almost every conceivable language, and all answering to a single authority. The Vatican is a unique international organization, both in terms of its extraordinary power and influence, and in terms of its endura..
Around 1930, a group of guitar designers in Southern California fitted instruments with an electromagnetic device called a pickup--and forever changed the face of popular music. Taken up by musicians as diverse as Les Paul, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, and the MC5, the electric guitar would become no..
Around 1930, a group of guitar designers in Southern California fitted instruments with an electromagnetic device called a pickup--and forever changed the face of popular music. Taken up by musicians as diverse as Les Paul, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, and the MC5, the electric guitar would become no..
xv 324p hardback, white and blue dustjacket, tight binding, clean and fresh copy, very few signs of use Author: Ohlin, Bertil Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674460006 ISBN-13: 9780674460003..
Economies are constantly in flux, and economists have long sought reliable means of analyzing their dynamic properties. This book provides a succinct and accessible exposition of modern dynamic (or intertemporal) macroeconomics. The authors use a microeconomics-based general equilibrium framework, s..
This is a textbook for the standard undergraduate econometrics course. Its only prerequisites are a semester course in statistics and one in differential calculus. Arthur Goldberger, an outstanding researcher and teacher of econometrics, views the subject as a tool of empirical inquiry rather than a..
Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., traces their origins and worldwide development. From electronics prime mover RCA in the 1920s to Sony and Matsu..
Rodolphe Gasché, one of the world's foremost and most provocative authorities on Jacques Derrida, has news for deconstruction's devotees, whose traffic in the terms of “difference” signals privileged access to the most radically chic of intellectual circles: they do not know their Derrida. A deconst..
What survives from the Roman Empire is largely the words and lives of the rich and powerful: emperors, philosophers, senators. Yet the privilege and decadence often associated with the Roman elite was underpinned by the toils and tribulations of the common citizens. Here, the eminent historian Rober..
A celebration of the tenacious life of the enduring Irish classics, this book by one of Irish writing's most eloquent readers offers a brilliant and accessible survey of the greatest works since 1600 in Gaelic and English, which together have shaped one of the world's most original literary cultures..
From the Alhambra to the Taj Mahal, from the Dome of the Rock to the ever evolving art of calligraphy, Barbara Brend traces the development of classic Islamic art from the seventh through the twentieth century.The term "Islamic art" suggests a unity of style and purpose, and these works are in fact ..
Israel has changed. The country was born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust and inspired by the Enlightenment. But for Israelis today, Europe is hardly relevant, and the country's ties to the broader West, even to America, are fraying. Where is Israel heading How do citizens of an increas..
Book by Philbrick, Thomas Author: Philbrick, Thomas Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674471504 ISBN-13: 9780674471504..
Devoted fans and scholars of Jane Austen as well as skeptics will rejoice at Tony Tanner’s superb book on the incomparable novelist. Distilling twenty years of thinking and writing about Austen, Tanner treats in fresh and illuminating ways the questions that have always occupied her most perceptive ..
standard work on subject Author: Tsurumi, E. Patricia Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674471873 ISBN-13: 9780674471870..
John P. Hale and the Politics of Abolition Author: Sewell, Richard H. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674479009 ISBN-13: 9780674479005..
Book by Jaffe, Irma B. Author: Jaffe, Irma B. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674483650 ISBN-13: 9780674483651..
Reprimand a class comic, restrain a bully, dismiss a student for brazen attire--and you may be facing a lawsuit, costly regardless of the result. This reality for today's teachers and administrators has made the issue of school discipline more difficult than ever before--and public education thus mo..
This portrayal of one of antiquity's most enigmatic figures offers a vivid and compact assessment of the Apostate's life and reign. Proceeding directly from an evaluation of the ancient sources--the testimony of friends and enemies of Julian as well as the writings of the emperor himself--the author..
Discusses the nature and functions and philosophical foundations of law as well as the central problems of legal method Author: Bodenheimer, Edgar Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674490010 ISBN-13: 9780674490017..
Kikko man Sho yu Kabushiki Kaisha -- History. Japan -- Seasonings industries: Kikkoman Sho yu Kabushiki Kaisha, to 1983. Author: Fruin, W. Mark Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674503406 ISBN-13: 9780674503403..
Book by Fowler, Alastair Author: Fowler, Alastair Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0674503562 ISBN-13: 9780674503564..
A notable literary critic now brings us the first general study of genre theory, a subject of ever growing interest. Author: Fowler, Alastair Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674503554 ISBN-13: 9780674503557..
This study presents a wholly new interpretation of the pattern of Korean politics and its origin in Korean society and culture. It also represents a new approach in the analysis of politics itself, with relevance for other societies in Asia and, in some instances, Africa. The author finds that Korea..