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"Trivial Complaints": The Role of Privacy in Domes...
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"Trivial Complaints" explores the historical relationship between privacy and domestic violence through an analysis of litigation and activism. The state has traditionally hesitated in responding to domestic violence, characterizing it as a "private" family matter. The discourse of privacy incorpora..
20 Plays of the No Theatre (UNESCO Collection of R...
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-- The New York Times Book Review Author: Keene, Donald Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231034555 ISBN-13: 9780231034555..
A Brief History of the Masses: Three Revolutions (...
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Stefan Jonsson uses three monumental works of art to build a provocative history of popular revolt: Jacques-Louis David's The Tennis Court Oath (1791), James Ensor's Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 (1888), and Alfredo Jaar's They Loved It So Much, the Revolution (1989). Addressing, respectively..
A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands
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From the Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands and Colombia to Vietnam, barrier islands protect much of the world's coastlines from the ravages of the sea. Although these islands are vastly different in many ways, they also share many common features. Most d..
A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Thought in ...
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Product Description From the triumphs of nationalism and political and cultural independence to the continuing problems of internal strife and poverty, postcolonial nations have grappled with a range of political, intellectual, and economic issues. This comprehensive volume introduces the major even..
A History of Housing in New York City
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The French architect Le Corbusier once described New York as "a magnificent catastrophe." Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis"' New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and re..
A History of Islamic Philosophy
$139.28
The first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present, this classic discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. Fakhry shows how Islamic philosophy has followed from the earliest times a distinctive line of development, whic..
A History of Latin Literature
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A discussion of Latin literature and its form with emphasis on its influence on European education. Author: Hadas, Moses Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0231018487 ISBN-13: 9780231018487..
A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations: Us an...
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A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations: Us and Them Beyond Orientalism (Columbia/Hurst) Author: Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0231702124 ISBN-13: 9780231702126..
A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese, Simpli...
$43.37
As the teaching of Chinese increasingly uses simplified characters, this new version of the popular A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese fills an important gap in Chinese-language instruction.The two-volume primer is addressed to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of Chinese language..
A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese, Tradit...
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A rapidly growing group of Chinese language students are known as advanced beginners or heritage students - those who were raised in the United States in Chinese-speaking homes and can speak the language but cannot read or write it. Liu and Wang's primer is addressed to meet the needs of this rapidl..
A Private Life (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
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From one of China's most celebrated contemporary novelists comes this riveting tale of a young woman's emotional and sexual awakening. Set in the turbulent decades of the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square incident, A Private Life exposes the complex and fantastical inner life of a young ..
A Season on the Earth: Selected Poems of Nirala
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A Season on the Earth: Selected Poems of Nirala Author: Rubin, David Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231041616 ISBN-13: 9780231041614..
A Short History of Opera, Fourth Edition
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When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have.The fourth edition inco..
A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers
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Winner of the 1980 United Daily Literature Competition, this novel about love, betrayal, family life, and the power of tradition in small-town Taiwan was an instant bestseller when first published in Taiwan.At once a bittersweet romance and a vividly detailed portrait of life in a southern Taiwanese..
A Token of My Affection: Greeting Cards and Americ...
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Each year in the United States, millions of mass-produced greeting cards proclaim their occasional messages: "For My Loving Daughter," "On the Occasion of Your Marriage," and "It's a Boy!" For more than 150 years, greeting cards have tapped into and organized a shared language of love, affection, an..
Academic Freedom in the Age of the University
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Academic Freedom in the Age of the University Academic Freedom in the Age of the University Author: Metzger, Walter Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231085125 ISBN-13: 9780231085120..
Acre
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Thomas Philipp's study of Acre combines the most extensive use to date of local Arabic sources with commercial records in Europe to shed light on a region and power center many identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history. The third largest city in eighteenth-century Syria after Aleppo an..
Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past
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Of all the aspects of recovery in postwar Germany perhaps none was as critical or as complicated as the matter of dealing with Nazi criminals, and, more broadly, with the Nazi past. While on the international stage German officials spoke with contrition of their nation's burden of guilt, at home que..
Africans abroad: A documentary history of the Blac...
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A documented history of the black diaspora in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean during the age of slavery Author: graham-w-irwin Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0231039360 ISBN-13: 9780231039369..
After Christianity
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What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God" What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era In this provocative new book, Gianni Vattimo, leading Italian philosopher, politician, and framer of the..
After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives
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A searing portrait of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's unclaimable past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile. Author: Edward W. Said Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231114494 ISBN-13: 97..
Albert Camus the Algerian: Colonialism, Terrorism,...
$24.14
In these original readings of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays, David Carroll concentrates on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the deadly cycle..
All the Nations Under Heaven
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In certain neighborhoods of New York City, an immigrant may live out his or her entire life without even becoming fluent in English. From the Russians of Brooklyn's Brighton Beach to the Dominicans of Manhattan's Washington Heights, New York is arguably the most ethnically diverse city in the world...
Alzheimer
$75.31
Product DescriptionThe very name Alzheimer is sure to bring a shudder. Thirty to forty million people are now afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative brain disorder that strips its victims of their identity and leaves families bereft and social services strained. Despite considerable rese..