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The counter-epic is a literary style that developed in reaction to imperialist epic conventions as a means of scrutinizing the consequences of foreign conquest of dominated peoples. This work covers the representation of militant Christian imperialism in early modern Spanish literature.

Published in 1554, "Lazarillo de Tormes" shocked art and society during the Renaissance. Giancarlo Maiorino treats this picaresque narrative as a prism for exploring "econopoetics", a term he uses to foreground the ways in which literary and economic modes of production feed off one another.

This book is designed specifically to provide an objective evaluation of Guevara's record as a guerrilla soldier, commander, and strategist from his first skirmish in Cuba to his defeat in Bolivia eleven years later.

The 20th century was one of profound transformation in rural America, when demographic shifts and economic restructuring dramatically altered the lives of rural people and their communities. This work defines these changes and interprets their implications for the future of rural America.

This collection of essays illustrate how deep concern about money in American politics runs - and how the definition of the problem has changed over time. Chapters cover episodes from the early 19th century through the 1970s.

From its first publication in 1960, this novel sparked a debate about the extent to which its story of a belated return to childhood scenes mirrored key events of Richter's own life. John Donner, the lead character, traces a similar path to Richter, from west to east and to his childhood home.

Wayne Bodle questions the traditional account of the legendary Valley Forge winter of 1777-78. Instead of Washington's army enduring the winter in a desolate wilderness, far removed from society, Bodle maintains that the army was stationed in a settled area and had sufficient provisions.

This volume offers perspectives on the Pennsylvania or the Keystone State as it has been nicknamed from scholars who view the history of this Commonwealth critically and honestly, giving a modern account of Pennsylvania's past.

Here, Marcus advances the provocative claim that the tradition in democratic theory of treating emotion and reason as hostile opposites is misguided. He argues that sentimental citizens are the only citizens really capable of exercising political judgement.

The essays in this volume, representing a wide range of feminist interpretations of Rousseau, explore the many tensions in his thought that arise from his unique combination of radical and traditional perspectives on gender relations and the state.

The essays in this volume, representing a wide range of feminist interpretations of Rousseau, explore the many tensions in his thought that arise from his unique combination of radical and traditional perspectives on gender relations and the state.

"Net Loss" is Nathan Newman's effort to understand why technological innovation and growth have been accompanied by increasing economic inequality and a sense of political powerlessness among large sectors of the population.

An exploration of such universal terms as "people", "man" or "human" in early modern England, from the Civil War through the Enlightenment. Such language falsely implies inclusion of both men and women when actually it excludes women.

There has long been debate among scholars of ancient philosophy about how the "Socratic Method" should be defined, or indeed, whether Socrates can be said to have used any single uniform method distinctive to his way of philosophizing. These essays examine this controversial view.

This text aims to help students understand America's history of miscegenation and the role the "one-drop rule" has played in it. The author examines challenges to the one-drop rule, including the multiracial identity movement and the census classification of racial groups.

This collection evaluates John Dewey's pragmatism from a feminist perspective. The variety of interpretations offered ranges from Jane Addams' praise for his collegial efforts to resolve the problems of the inner city to contemporary comparisons of his approach with Addams' critique of capitalism.

The 14 essays included in this collection clearly illustrate the ways in which feminist readings can deepen understanding of Heidegger's philosophy. They illuminate both the richness and the limitations of the resources Heidegger's work can provide for feminist thought.

The 14 essays included in this collection clearly illustrate the ways in which feminist readings can deepen understanding of Heidegger's philosophy. They illuminate both the richness and the limitations of the resources Heidegger's work can provide for feminist thought.

This text is a comprehensive study of Michael Oakeshott as a philosopher rather than a political theorist, which is how most commentators have regarded him. The careful reading of his published and unpublished writings provided here, shows that Oakeshott's concerns have been philosophical.

Tn this text the author portrays the women of the Old Order River Brethren, a branch of the Brethren in Christ located mainly in Pennsylvania, USA. The text looks at their roles in preseving the traditional religious and cultural values in the modern world.

Romney is the best fictional portrayal of "Gilded Age" Philadelphia, brilliantly capturing Wister's vision of old-money, aristocratic society gasping its last before the onrushing vulgarity of the nouveaux riches. Published for the first time, is the complete fragment of Romney together with two of his other unpublished Philadelphia works.

This volume of essays investigates the question of Levinas's relationship to feminist thought. Levinas breaks with Heidegger's phenomenology by understanding the ethical relation to the "Other," the face-to-face, as exceeding the language of ontology.

The story of Abraham Lincoln in the Keystone State - a chronicle of where he went, what he did, and what he said in the state. The trail begins with Lincoln's Pennsylvanian ancestors, moves on to his travels, public appearances and speeches, and concludes with his funeral train in 1865.

Rousseau is often said to have "discovered and invented our modernity", and the author's interpretation centres on the question of what sort of life we can live in modern times.

The story of the rural life and landscape of Somerset County in Pennsylvania, as it evolved from the earliest settlement days. It demonstrates how much one can learn about the economy and culture of a particular place simply by being attentive to the built landscape.

This reinterpretation of Kant's positive theory of knowledge in the "Critique of Pure Reason" argues that he is fundamentally concerned with the very possibility of a priori knowledge - the very possibility of the possibility of empirical knowledge in the first place.

This work looks back at the role of US intelligence during World War II, from Pearl Harbour through the plot against Hitler, from the D-Day invasion to the "unconditional surrender" of Japan, and shows how better use of the intelligence available could have saved many lives and shortened the war.