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Using the author's archaeological research in two Upper Paleolithic caves as well as her personal experiences in sorting through her family's history and working in environmental education as a framework for examining the concepts of time, place, and human story, this book explores the central themes of home, wildness, and ruins.

Tracing how the emergence of global capitalism gave rise to the Thirty Years' Crisis

Explores two themes in the history of Barcelona's Jewish community in its formative years, from the middle of the eleventh century to the end of the thirteenth. This work examines the relationship of the Jewish community in Barcelona to Catalan society. It traces the development of the intra-Jewish community.

In Love and Ethics, Peter Nicholson offers a comprehensive reading of Gower's Confessio, as well as a guide to the issues that it poses, linking all of the diverse elements of Gower's complex poem into a single broad view of its purpose and structure.

Reveals how the concept of money did not materialize until the invention of Greek coinage

De Legibus has been one of Cicero's most neglected works; this commentary provides a detailed interpretation and places the essay in the context of the politics and philosophical thought of its time.

Digs deeply into previously undiscovered archival evidence to examine Piero della Francesca's yet unstudied earliest works and their connections to his putative formation in Florence. James Banker's historical investigation integrates social and art history to provide a rich and informative cultural context for della Francesca's development.

Compares industrial management in two late-industrializers-Japan and Russia-as a basis for an original theory of institution-building

How the First Amendment has been aggressively and inappropriately expanded by commercial entities.

Algorithmic Composition offers new ways of thinking about the organization of sound that we call music

Countering the traditional view that colonial coercion was the driving force behind the religious conversion of the native population in 16th century Mexico, the author shows how Spanish missionaries in fact drew on existing native ceremonies in order to make Christianity more accessible to the Nahua population they were trying to convert.

'Imagining Adoption' looks at representations of adoption in an array of literary genres by diverse authors including George Eliot, Edward Albee, and Barbara Kingsolver, as well as ordinary adoptive mothers and adopter activists, exploring what these writings share and what they debate.

While conventional definitions locate colonial space overseas, Kristin Kopp argues that it was possible to understand both distant continents and adjacent Eastern Europe as parts of the same global periphery dependent upon Western European civilizing efforts. However, proximity to the source of aid translated to greater benefits for Eastern Europe than for more distant regions.

Observations from political psychology, psycholinguistics and a range of other disciplines join forces to produce comprehensive political and psychological profiles, and a deeper understanding of the volatile influences of personality on global affairs.

Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt

In this lavishly illustrated volume stemming from his Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures at the University of Michigan and the American Academy in Rome, distinguished architectural historian John Pinto offers case studies of important architectural and archaeological sites in and around Rome, such as the Trevi Fountain and the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Paestum.

By turns a music history, a cultural meditation, and a travel narrative, 'Jazz Journeys to Japan' looks at the work of individual players such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone and Yosuke Yamashita.