"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..
-- The New York Times Book Review Author: Keene, Donald Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231034555 ISBN-13: 9780231034555..
This authoritative history of the 20th Century Limited from 1902 to its 1967 demise examines the train; its steam, electric, and diesel motive power; and its swank passenger cars, services, and amenities. The Century was a train of magnates and movie stars, with a red carpet rolled out for departure..
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..
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..
On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below. The Terran explorers have made an uneasy truce with the Sholen, their first extraterrestrial contact: so long as they don't disturb the Ilmataran hab..
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..
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..
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 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..
Traces the evolution of social welfare programs in America from long-held religious and secular ideals about "scientific philanthropy", through years of crisis, prosperity and vast social change Author: Leiby, James Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0231033524..
They can make a grown man coo baby talk in public and a strong woman weep like a little schoolgirl. They seldom perform any practical function in our modern, mechanized society, yet people are willing to spend more on vet bills than on their kids college tuition. They pee on our carpets, shred our l..
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..
This book explores and explains the fundamentals of interior design. Because it does not emphasize current trends and fashion, its value will be long lasting. Author: Abercrombie, Stanley Publisher: Routledge Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 006430194X ISBN-13: 9780064301947..
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 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..
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 Author: Rubin, David Publisher: Columbia University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0231041616 ISBN-13: 9780231041614..
A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just whatScotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of his new acquaintances at Followdale House is dead; another is a killer. D..
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..
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..
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 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..
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..
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..