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This study tells the story of an incident of ritual murder that occurred in Ghana in 1943. It provides insights into law and politics in the colonial Gold Coast, the clash between traditional and modern values, and the nature of African monarchy in the colonial period.

What is the origin of the universe? How did life appear on Earth and why was much of that life destroyed at various times in Earth's history? In this book, four scientists propose answers to these questions, discussing the newest developments in some areas of current research.

This text describes the response of Jewish race scientists in the late 1800s to the question of whether there was a biological basis for Jewish distinctiveness and social development and the complex factors involved in the debate.

Moore offers a reading of the Gospels of Mark and Luke, applying the poststructuralist techniques of Derrida, Lacan and Foucault. He argues that whereas the language of the Gospels is concrete, pictorial and often startling, the language of modern scholarship tends to be propositional and abstract.

Essayist, novelist and playwright, Andre Gide was also a homosexual apologist whose sexuality was central to his work. This study of homosexuality in Gide's theatre and fiction analyzes his ideas, tracing the philosophical, anthropological, scientific and literary movements that shaped his thought.

European Jews achieved civil emancipation during the 19th century, becoming equal citizens with all the rights and responsibilities of their Gentile compatriots. This book looks at the effects of this freedom on a traditional Jewish population largely untouched by secular culture.

Examines the lives and politics of important members of Tsar Nicholas II's government - the 215 men appointed by Nicholas to his State Council. It looks at the balance of power between bureaucrats and their monarchs, at the role and personality of Nicholas II and at the coming Russian Revolution.

Gathers travel accounts by Russian writers visiting the U.S. around the turn of the century, and offers background information on each other.

The focus of this study is the 1787-88 campaign to ratify the United States Constitution. The work uses both historical and rational choice analysis to examine the rhetoric and strategic manipulations used in this campaign. It outlines patterns and principles applicable to most political campaigns.

Umeko's experiences are presented as illustrative of the contradictions and ironies behind Japan's changing views of women and the West. She was sent abroad in 1871 to absorb what could benefit Japanese women but on her return had to adapt to the confines of the official view of the role of women.

This is a critical history of analytic philosophy from its inception in the late-19th century to the present day. The book focuses on the connections between the four leading movements in the field - logical realism, logical positivism, ordinary language analysis and linguistic essentialism.

Examines the literary and intellectual relationships between "Piers Plowman" and "The Faerie Queene". This book links these two rich and problematical poems by showing their development from a common religious and artistic matrix and by assessing their roles in the evolution of allegory.

Applying the rules and systems of mathematics and logic to instance ontology, this work argues for the validity and problem-solving capacities of instance ontology, and associates it with a version of the realist position which is named by the author as "moderate realism".

Discusses the nature of the internalization processes and structure building, the nature and role of reality, preoedipal modes of perceiving and the permanence of a "psychotic core" in every personality, the relationship of psychoanalysis to culture, mastery and defense, and the nature of time.

This publication seeks to help students learn Italian through opera. Designed to supplement intermediate level programmes, it can be used in courses emphasizing language, conversation, and/or culture. Six operas are examined, including "La Boheme", "Otello", "Tosca" and "La traviata".

An examination of Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" and "Hard Times", the two novels written after "David Copperfield". Alexander Welsh offers a reassessment of this important stage in the author's career and provides discussions of and insights into each novel.

An examination of two examples of social action on the Internet -the organized protests against Lotus MarketPlace and the Clipper chip -in order to evaluate the impact of the net on our social and political life.

A perspective on the problem of bankruptcy. It provides an introduction to and evaluation of the federal bankruptcy system, places legal issues of bankruptcy in their social context, explores the conflicting interests of those involved, and suggests a humanitarian approach to bankruptcy.

Impoverished after 50 years of continuous war, Spain negotiated treaties with her three most powerful enemies at the end of the 16th century. This investigation looks at the strategies which led King Philip III to seek peace, arguing that this was in fact part of a grand plan to regain power.

A study of ekphrasis - a self-contained aside that generates a pause in the narrative to describe a work of art or other object - in Virgil's final masterpiece, the "Aeneid". The author shows how the descriptions provide metaphors for the entire poem and reinforce its ambiguities.

Between 1892 and 1920 nearly 30 Arabic periodicals by, for and about women were produced in Egypt for circulation around the Arab world. This book is a history of such texts which explores the connections between literary culture and social transformation.

This collection of poetry was the winner of the 1996 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.