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A posthumous collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by Larry Levis

An important and timely study of environmental degradation in Central and South America

Examines one of the most radical and enduring changes introduced during the Civil Rights era - multiracial and cross-racial casting practices in American theatre. Multiracial casting is explored first through its history, then through its artistic, political, and pragmatic dimensions. It then focuses on case studies from the dominant genres of contemporary American theatre.

Examines the savage coed killings that rocked Southeastern Michigan in the late in the late 1960s, covering every step of the case. It fell out of print for more than a decade before being revived for this special edition.

This is designed to prepare students in any academic discipline for graduate-level writing. The text situates students within their writing communities by prioritizing the steps of learning; students are directed to use common threads of academic writing across disciplines. Its goal is to give students the opportunity to write for a variety of audiences and to develop the knowledge necessary to recognize how to write for different audiences and purposes.

This text is meant to challenge advanced academically oriented students of English. The units and the readings within them are long. The comprehension and expansion exercises are demanding. The hoped-for outcome is that students trained using this textbook will be able to better hold their own in university classes where the reading volume across disciplines and vocabulary demands are high.

An essay by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, with an English translation of Schelling's beautiful and evocative Ages of the World, second draft

During her lifetime (1755-1831), English actress Sarah Siddons was an international celebrity acclaimed for her performances of tragic heroines. We know what she looked like, but what of her famous voice, reported to cause audiences to hyperventilate or faint? In lively and engaging prose Judith Pascoe takes readers on a journey to discover how the actor's voice actually sounded.

An examination of the relationship between the expanding power of the EU and increased regionalist mobilization and the role they may play in reshaping Europe s national boundaries"

Does participation lead citizens of democracies to invest or disinvest in democracy? How does mass participation affect political culture in countries undergoing political transition? This book examines the consequences of citizen involvement in Uganda, one among a number of countries employing the participatory model of constitutional reform.

Brings together Professor Arthur's pioneering article and provides a comprehensive presentation of his exciting vision of an economics that incorporates increasing returns. After a decade of resistance from economists, these ideas are now being widely discussed and adopted, as Kenneth Arrow recounts in his foreword.

This edited collection presents a detailed and informative look at the life, career, and world of one of Egypt's most important pharaohs, providing insight both on his reign and its aftermath and on the study of the political and cultural history of ancient Egypt.

Offers a prehistory of hierarchy. Using structural anthropology, symbolic analysis, and recent literary theory, Page duBois demonstrates a shift in Greek thought from the fifth to the fourth century BC that had a profound influence upon subsequent Western culture and politics.