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Count Luigi Marsigli travelled throughout the Europe of Louis XIV between Istanbul and London. John Stoye follows him through the Balkans and the Hapsburg Empire where his associations with leaders, mapping of the terrain and drawing of boundary lines have repercussions in Bosnia and Croatia today.

Dr. Jennings states that his purpose in The Universe and Life is to "try to show what positive outlook on life and the world is given by the study of biological science; and how this differs, if at all, from the outlook based on physics, or from the outlook presented in some of the religions of the world." He believes that the study of biology aids in getting a unified view of the universe and of man in his relations with it, and that it helps particularly in the problems of managing life, the problems of conduct, and in the determination of our attitude toward the world. Did life always exist? Does development produce what is really new? Do feelings, ideas, and knowledge have a function in the world? Was what occurs today predictable before life came into the world? Is man indispensable to the advancement of life? Does the study of biology lead to the belief that life tends toward a goal that is already existent? Does it lead to the divine right of the aristocrat? Do individuals continue to live after the event we call death? Professor Jennings sets forth his answers to these and other provocative questions in simple and clear-cut style, and concludes that life "is progressing in the present as it has in the past. In the future it may be expected to advance as it has done in the past-to heights that no one can predict, to which no one can set limits."

Provides a portrait of white-collar criminals and their punishments. The authors of this book argue that white-collar crime is committed largely by the middle classes and as opportunities for financial wrong-doing increase so will people's susceptability.

Argues that the security of the United States cannot be protected by reducing its involvement in international affairs. The book contends that the most vital security interest of the nation is in the effective functioning of the state system as a system of peace.

In this work the author studies the role of toy characters in works ranging from older classics such as "Pinocchio" and "Winnie the Pooh" to modern texts such as "The Mouse and his Child" and the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" science fiction with robots and cyborgs.

When peasants live in complex agrarian societies with distinct hierarchies of power, how much are they able to shape their world? In this socio-economic, political and anthropological history, Siu explores this question by examining a rural community from the late 19th century.

A collection of poems by Craig Arnold. Arnold plays on the idea of the shell as both the dazzling surface of the self and a hard case that protects the self against the assaults of the world. His poems narrate amatory and culinary misadventures.

This selection of letters written by Hindemith spans his entire career, from World War I until shortly before his death in 1963. They reveal that he was an observant, engaging and opinionated correspondent who took a keen interest in contemporary culture and politics.

Kathleen F. Parthe offers an analysis of the power of Russian literature to shape national identity despite sustained efforts to silence authors deemed subversive.

Through a series of biographical sketches of female performers and managers, Dudden provides a discussion of the conflicted messages conveyed by the early theatre about what it meant to be a woman. It both showed women as sex objects and provided opportunities for careers.

Explores how living in Paris shaped the literary works of five expatriate Americans: Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Djuna Barnes. The book treats these figures and their works as instances of the effect of place on writing and the formation of the self.

Marie Borroff is a literary critic, poet and philologist as well as mediaevalist. In this collection of essays she explores problems of central importance in the poetry of Chaucer and his nameless contemporary, the "Gawain" - or "Pearl" - poet.

This text examines ideas about the nature of constitutional government, the legitimacy of judicial lawmaking, and the proper role of the federal courts. It focuses on the Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and his opinion on the 1938 landmark case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins.

This text argues that rhetorical theory did not originate with the Sophists in the 5th century BC, but came into being a century later. It examines the terminology of the Sophists and of their reporters and opponents, and contends that rhetorical theory had not yet formed.

Joseph Leidy, a leading American scientist of the mid-19th century, was an important anatomist, the first productive microscopist, and the author of groundbreaking papers. This biography provides an account of Leidy's life and accomplishments, setting them in their social and historical contexts.

An analysis of child support payments during the 1980s which assesses what went right and what went wrong with them. The authors investigate the socioeconomic and legal factors that determined child support awards and receipts and offer policy recommendations for the future.

Looking at the aesthetic, literary and intellectual aspects of science, this work sets out to convey what is involved in being a scientist today. Science is described as a great adventure, a search for why things are as they are.

Examining and deciphering Freud's original manuscripts, this work analyzes Freud's method of working. The text points out what the writings reveal of Freud's psychological states, the events in his life and the development of his thinking over time.