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Freedom and Confinement

…energies, blending trickster wit with hard-won wisdom, making the mythic poet vividly human once more. | Elizabeth Gordon McKim Reginald Dwayne Betts|| Biography & Autobiography / Literary Poetry / General…

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Societies After Slavery

…annotations, making it the definitive resource for scholars and students engaged in research on postemancipation societies in the Americas and Africa.| Rebecca J. Scott Thomas C. Holt Frederick Cooper Aims…

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Islam, Society, and Politics in Central Asia

…corroborate and contradict findings from previous research, while also highlighting the problem of making any generalizations about Islam in individual states or the region. As such, this volume provides new…

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Recreating Newton

|9780822966371|Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science|Higgitt examines Isaac Newton’s changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-1870, a period that saw the creation of…

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The Shale Dilemma

…four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development. Using a common analytical framework, the authors identify both local factors and transnational patterns in the decision-making process….

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