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Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The 16 essays in this volume explore fresh approaches to the social world of Florentines during this fascinating era.

A study of Italian colonial history and culture, this text gathers articles which highlight the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. It delves into the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula.

This text offers an intervention into the debate between communitarianism and liberalism. It argues for a theory of "contexts of justice" that leads beyond the confines of the debate as it has been understood and posits the possibility of a new conception of social and political justice.

Tells how organized participation in nature protection provided an arena for affirming and perpetuating self-generated social identities in the USSR and preserving a counterculture whose legacy survives today.

In May 1998, India shocked the world - and many of its own citizens - by detonating five nuclear weapons in the Rajasthan desert. This title presents a comprehensive history of how the world's largest democracy, has grappled with the twin desires to have and to renounce the bomb.

The labor of black workers has been crucial to economic development in the United States. Yet because of racism and segregation, their contribution remains largely unknown. Spanning the 1930s to the present, this title tells the history of African American workers in their own words.

South Africa has experienced one of the world's most dramatic political transformations. This title chronicles the historic transition from apartheid to democracy, told through the lives of four pairs of South Africans who have experienced apartheid from opposite sides of the racial and political divide.

Exploring the phenomenon of divorce in American society, this book looks at divorce as a legal action, as an individual experience, and as a cultural symbol in its era of institutionalization. It analyzes the legal and legislative aspects of divorce and the public response to them.

Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase.

This guide shows how Washignton works to accomplish political or economic goals, even when confronted with widespead popular opposition. The author chronicles the campaign in 1993 that led to passage of the controversial law creating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The Cactaceae family, with about 16 hundred species, is cultivated worldwide for fruits, forage, fodder, and even as a vegetable. This text compiles information on cactus biology, ecology, and uses, and covering topis from evolution to biotechnology.

As visiting physician to Bethlem Hospital, the archetypal 'Bedlam' and Britain's first and (for hundreds of years) only public institution for the insane, Dr John Monro (1715-1791) was a celebrity in his own day. This study explores Monro's colorful and contentious milieu.

This volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The book reveals Confucianism as a modern construct that does not reflect the social and cultural histories of East Asia before the 19th century.

In a paper published in "Scientific American" in 1972, molecular biologist Gunther Stent proposed an explicit criterion for one kind of obstacle to scientific discovery, related to the prematurity of a hypothesis. In this text, various scientists and philosophers respond to his theory.

Historically, Filipina/o Americans have been one of the oldest and largest Asian American groups in the United States. This work traces the evolution of Seattle as a major site for Philippine immigration between World Wars I and II and examines the dynamics of the community through the frameworks of race, place, gender, and class.

These essays look at immigration in the US and the nexus between urban realities and immigrant destinies. The book stresses that immigration today is fundamentaly urban and that immigrants are flocking to places where low-skilled workers are in particular trouble.

A memoir of a Chinese American family who lived in Los Angeles since the first years of the 20th century. Recounted by the second daughter, who went on to become the first Asian American reporter for a major American newspaper, it illuminates the many changes that occurred in the family as members became integrated into American society.

Examines America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy.

Documents state and federal plans to flood the largest, most fertile valley in Mendocino County to send water south to Los Angeles.

Chronicles political events in southern Mexico, up to and including the July 2000 election of Vicente Fox. This title focuses on the meaning that Emiliano Zapata, the great symbol of land reform and human rights, has had and now has for rural Mexicans.

Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991) is generally regarded as one of the leaders among the artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. This book offers a primary documentation on Bischoff, the Bay Area Figurative School, and the cultural history of the Northern California art scene.

Examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum the author calls BlueSky. This title presents an analysis of the social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing.

The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth, but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unliveable. This book explores the issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in cities of the developing and transitional world.

This text compares Puerto Rican migration with Caribbean migration to both the United States and Western Europe. It examines the position: of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean; of Puerto Ricans in the USA; and the position of colonial migrants compared to noncolonial migrants in the world system.

Examines the Chicano movement's development in Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. This book focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: the Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo.

Offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insight about our society, this book presents a nuanced universalist justification for identity-based work in ethnic studies.

Brings together some of the country's leading scholars of immigration and ethnicity to examine the lives and trajectories of the children of today's immigrants.

The mild Mediterranean climate of the San Francisco Bay Region nurtures an enormous variety of trees. This guidebook, with easy-to-use keys, informative species accounts, and illustrations, should appeal to those who want an authoritative manual to carry into the field.