George Orwell once said of Dickens’ work: “It is not so much a series of books, it is more like a world.” In this book, J. Hillis Miller attempts to identify this “world,” to show how a single view of life pervades every novel that Dickens wrote, and to trace the development of this view throughout ..
Sm Quarto, 1970, PP.382, A Man At The Forefront Of The Beginnings Of The Arnold Arboretum Author: Sutton, S.B. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674111818 ISBN-13: 9780674111813..
Originally published in 1979, Chicanos in a Changing Society was among the first studies to focus on the history of Mexican Americans, specifically the development of Mexican-American society from the Mexican War to the Great Depression. Camarillo's book underscored the diversity of the Chicano expe..
Now in the midst of the largest wave of immigration in history, America, mythical land of immigrants, is once again contemplating a future in which new arrivals will play a crucial role in reworking the fabric of the nation. At the center of this prospect are the children of immigrants, who make up ..
Now in the midst of the largest wave of immigration in history, America, mythical land of immigrants, is once again contemplating a future in which new arrivals will play a crucial role in reworking the fabric of the nation. At the center of this prospect are the children of immigrants, who make up ..
A one-year-old attempting to build a tower of blocks may bring the pile crashing down, yet her five-year-old sister accomplishes this task with ease. Why do young children have difficulty with problems that present no real challenge to older children How do problem-solving skills develop In Childr..
Do chimpanzees have something akin to culture Bringing together studies of behavioral variation within and among chimpanzees and bonobos --the sibling species of the genus Pan--this book provides the basis for answering this question. In Chimpanzee Cultures, the world's leading authorities on chimp..
The relationship between China and Japan remains among the most significant of all the world’s bilateral affairs yet it is also the most tortured and the least understood. Akira Iriye adds brilliant clarity to the past century of Chinese-Japanese interactions in this masterful interpretive survey.Pl..
The rise of China as a great power is one of the most important developments in the twenty-first century. But despite dramatic economic progress, China’s prospects remain uncertain. In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party’s reform strat..
Chiang Yee’s Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique remains the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In eleven richly illustrated chapters, Chiang explores the aesthetics and the technique of this art in which rhythm, line, and structure are perfectly embodied. H..
Blends history, political science, meteorology, and climatology to examine the interaction of climatic variation, food production, and population growth and the way they will influence the nature and quality of human life in the future Author: Schwartz, Benjamin I. Publisher: Harvard University Pres..
Thomas Schelling is a political economist “conspicuous for wandering” an errant economist. In Choice and Consequence, he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as awesome as nuclear ter..
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his co..
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his co..
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his co..
In this intimate, engaging book, John Demos offers an illuminating portrait of how colonial Americans, from the first settlers to the postrevolutionary generation, viewed their life experiences. He also offers an invaluable inside look into the craft of a master social historian as he unearths--in s..
A history of the influential bank examines changes in its management, competition with other banks, changing federal and state policies, and long-range planning decisions Author: Cleveland, Harold van B. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674131754 ISB..
The difference between French and German definitions of citizenship is instructive and, for millions of immigrants from North Africa, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, decisive. Rogers Brubaker shows how this difference between the territorial basis of the French citizenry and the German emphasis on blood..
Book by Dowling, Harry F. Author: Dowling, Harry F. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674131975 ISBN-13: 9780674131972..
Book by Banfield, Edward C. Author: Banfield, Edward C. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674132505 ISBN-13: 9780674132504..
In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of his prize-winning book, Dawley reflects once more on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth century. He not only revisits ..
In this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of his prize-winning book, Dawley reflects once more on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth century. He not only revisits ..
This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved signals (e.g., color patterns and vocalizations). The book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted red..
In the revolutionary decade between 1979 and 1992, it would have been difficult to find three political systems as different as death-squad-dominated El Salvador, peaceful social-democratic Costa Rica, and revolutionary Sandinista Nicaragua. Yet when the fighting was finally ended by a peace plan in..
Bate, Walter Jackson Author: Bate, Walter Jackson Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0674136802 ISBN-13: 9780674136809..