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This text argues that changing musical practice in 16th-century Europe affected 17th-century English thought on science and magic. It maps out the various relationships between these disciplines, using different historical, geographical, and social approaches.

This dictionary of the Igbo language, one of the national languages of Nigeria, focuses on basic words and phrases that the 20 million speakers of Igbo use most, with emphasis on the Owerri and Onitsha dialects. The index refers the user to the closest Igbo synonyms for English words.

Examining the life of Kurt Weill, this text explores the phases of the composer's life, from his childhood as the son of a cantor in the Jewish section of Dessau, Germany, to his renunciation of Germany in 1933. It also looks at his emigration to America (1935) and his premature death (1950).

A study of the influence of American literature, music and mythology on European music. Although the impact of the European tradition on Americans is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that a powerful musical current has flowed from the New World to the Old.

This study argues that Herodotus was both a historian and a master storyteller. Romm discusses the historical background of Herodotus' life and work, his moralistic approach to history, his fascination with people and places, his literary powers, and the question of historical "truth".

This study examines the social, economic and intellectual factors that caused German musical scholars to support the ideological aims of the Nazis, and argues that many of the ideas that served the regime survived the Nazi period to influence the conception of music history down to the present.

An anthology of film actors' views of the art and technique of playing to the camera. Its chronological and topical structure allows one actor to talk or argue with another as they offer astute - and often contradictory - opinions on a broad range of theoretical concerns.

Drawing on recently opened archives, the contributors to this volume challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks enjoyed widespread support. They show instead that during this period Russian society was at war with itself and with the Bolsheviks.

One point on which the various helping professions agree is that the crucial factor in the success of therapy is the therapeutic alliance - the collaborative relationship a therapist forms with a patient. This work examines the prevailing ideas about the therapeutic alliance.

Taking an unorthodox look at the key philosophical assumptions in the social sciences, this work contends that social scientists such as anthropologists and sociologists ought not to leave philosophy to philosophers who have little expertise in or knowledge of the social sciences.

Teenage pregnancy is widely viewed as a significant social problem. This book argues that much of the problem stems from inaccurate perceptions of what the problem is. The problem, according to the text, is not teenagers who want sex too soon but a society that offers too little, too late.

Provides an interpretation of modern philosophy by developing Nietzsche's view that genuine philosophers set out to determine the direction of culture through their ideas and that they conceal the radical nature of their thought by their esoteric style.

Introduces the concept and history of dramma per musica. The text examines the contemporary reception and environment of this operatic tradition, analyzing its social and repertorial patterns and relating it to theories concerning French spoken drama and Italian libretto reform.

In this meditation on the nature and purpose of hermeneutics, Gerald Bruns argues that hermeneutics is not just a contemporary theory. It is an extended family of questions about understanding and interpretation that have multiple and conflicting histories from before the beginning of writing.

The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. This two-volume edition makes his art-critical texts available in English.

Using biographical material and musical analysis, this study provides an exploration of Gershwin's entire compositional oeuvre, including his concert music. It discusses well known works such as "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Porgy and Bess", as well as lesser known works like "Second Rhapsody".

Explores the parallel and convergent social, economic and political trends within America that have transformed government in Washington and led to the development and prestige of public policy research centres or "think tanks".

The 18th and 19th centuries saw changes in the landscape of England which were often seen as political statements. Everett reviews the debate (1760-1820) looking at the attempts of writers to defend a "traditional" or tory view of landscape against the privatizing tendency of improvement.

This anthology presents essays that discuss the new theories of time. Topics examined include McTaggart's paradox, the nature of our experience of time and the role of language in theory discussion.

The discovery of magnetic sleep in 1784 marked the beginning of modern psychological healing. It revealed mental activity that was not available to the conscious mind but could affect concious thought and action. This book tells the story of its discovery and its relationship to psychotherapy.

Explores how people who have been blind since birth can perceive and draw pictures. The author relates how pictures in raised form can be understood by the blind and how untrained blind people can make recognizable sketches of objects, situations and events using methods for raised-line drawing.

A study of the positions of various social scientists on debates in China studies, Little focuses on four topics: traditional peasant behaviour, the role of marketing and transport systems in Chinese society, the causes of agricultural stagnation and the reasons for the rebellion in Qing China.

A study of psychotherapy for those who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first few weeks of life. Using case reports, Irving integrates recent work on narcissism, mourning and short-term therapy with more traditional psychoanalytic theory and treatment.

Argues in favour of surrogate motherhood stating that the law should treat women who choose to become surrogates as autonomous parties to a binding contract. It argues that to overcome the psychological constraints of a patriarchal society women must be responsible for their reproductive decisions.

Joachim Burmeister's 17th-century treatise on the making of music is generally acknowledged to be central to the understanding of Baroque music practice. This edition reviews Burmeister's two earlier treatises on musical composition and analyzes "Musical Poetics" as a whole.

Winner of two prizes in 1990, this book shows how American law has both reflected and defined what it means to be American. The author looks at the ideal of equal citizenship and how it developed and also at the psychological impact of discrimination on those who have been its victims.

This work places Collins within Victorian literary history, showing how his fiction transforms the conventions of the traditionally female genre of the Gothic novel and can be read as a critique of the gender and class distinctions that structured Victorian society.