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Presents 125 poems by 25 poets, including Czeslaw Milosz and other Polish poets living outside Poland. This title stresses on poetry written after 1956, the year when the lifting of censorship and the berakdown of doctrines provoked and explosion of new schools and talents.

An anthology of writings on revolutionary warfare and counterinsurgency. It covers the major struggles of the modern world. It provides an overview of political and military strategies in revolutionary warfare, noting their strengths, limitations, and pathologies.

States that there is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States, reaching levels of achievement far above blacks. This book focuses on the historical origins of the current differences between the groups.

Suitable for those who have no command of the Arabic language and yet desire to understand the Qur'an, this title utilizes the semantic structure of Arabic vocabulary in revealing the meaning of the Qur'an on given issues, points or concepts.

Challenges the widely held notion that Mexico's colonial period is the source of many of that country's ills. This study begins with a discussion of the area's rich pre-Columbian heritage. It traces the merging of two great cultural traditions - the Meso-american and the European - which occurred as a consequence of the Spanish conquest.

Instead of proposing another theory of war, the authors intend to raise the theoretical consciousness of historians. Specifically, they argue that 'ideology does influence theory, historians do have ideologies as well as theories ...about which they are not always conscious or consistent.

Georges Duby in productivity and originality stands at the forefront of active medievalists in France and in the world. This collection contains 15 of his short articles. It also includes several essays that explore the evolution of nobility, knighthood, the noble family, and the ideals of chivalry across the central Middle Ages.

Originally published in 1982, the author's analytical biography of Maurice Leenhardt (1878 - 1954) received wide critical acclaim for its insight into the colonial history of anthropology. In this book, he traces Leenhardt's life from his work as a missionary on the island of New Caledonia (1902 - 1926) to his subsequent return to Paris.

Presents a comprehensive survey of the complex indigenous religions of the Americas, both North and South.

The Age of Reconnaissance, as JH Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. This book examines the inducements - political, economic, religious - to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.

Marks the author's breakthrough in criticism from the literary and aesthetic into social theory and the philosophy of history. This title provides his first entry into what he calls his theory of Dramatism; and, an important section on the nature of ritual.

While focusing on the central problem of evil, the author illuminates every aspect of Hindu thought. She corrects the widespread belief that Hindu thought does not recognize the problem of evil, and shows conclusively that the mythology of tribal societies and the Puranas deal with this question extensively.

The world in which we live has its roots far back in history, and as a world power America must come to terms with countries which were formed in their present mold long before the American, revolution. This is a study of what that anguish meant in times past when countries were first developing their political institutions and more.

The managers of public organization disregard or handle poorly the critical problems involved in starting and developing new programs or in modifying existing ones. This book presents a different decision-making rationale - the implementation perspective - as the basic guide to social service program management.

Women's integration into the military academies afforded an almost unique opportunity to study social change. This book includes interviews with all persons concerned with planning and implementing women's admission.

Probes family social structure and social organization in Chiangmai, a Northern Thai village. Rejecting the traditional 'loosely structured' theory of the Thai family, Potter suggests a system that is female-centered with structurally significant consanguineal ties between women rather than men.

"La citta del sole" is one of many books written by Tommaso Campanella - philosopher, scientist, astrologer, and poet - while imprisoned in Naples for his part in rebellion against the Spanish and ecclesiastical authorities who ruled his native Calabria. This book is the English translation of the book.

In 1929, the first cuneiform tablet, inscribed with previously unknown signs, was found during archeological excavations at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) in northern Syria. Since then a special discipline, sometimes called Ugaritology, has arisen. This title deals with the grammar standardaization forms of Ugaritic Language.

Quantum. The units of emitted energy. This is a short study distinctive for the author's ability to offer a richness of detail and insight within about one hundred pages of print.

Offers a political economy view of peasant behavior that stands in contrast to the model of a distinctive peasant moral economy in which the village community is primarily responsible for ensuring the welfare of its members.

A title that places the financial control thesis in historical perspective from the Civil War to the present and then examines the control of the two hundred largest US corporations in 1967-69 in terms of owner control, financial control, and no identified center of control.

A guide that describes patterns of village life, and covers such subjects as Indian tools and artifacts, hunting techniques, and food.

The story of California can be told in terms of its land. Better still, it can be told in terms of men and women claiming the land. These men and women form a procession that begins in prehistory and comes down to the present moment. This title deals with California.

Provides a holistic perspective of a Japanese bank and its more than 3,000 employees. This book also deals with the separate recruitment, work, and leisure patterns of the bank's women employees. It is suitable for those specializing in Japan, and those interested in organizational behavior.

Interrelating the problems in philosophy, the history of ideas and literary theory and criticism, this book features a contribution to a elusive and confusing subject.

Suitable for anybody who wants to know what the homelands policy is all about, and how it works out in practice, this volume analyzes South Africa's program for eventually creating ten independent black African 'homelands'. It presents a detailed account of the history and conditions ...of two of the homelands, Bophmhatswana and KwaZulu.

Gatheres the 188 letters that show Samuel Clemens having few idle moments in 1869. This title captures Clemens on the verge of becoming the celebrity and family man he craved to be.

Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity.