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Deals with the fundamental subject of the practice of thinking about universals as though they were concrete things. This book looks at a study that takes the form of an inquiry into certain conceptual questions raised, in the first place, by the allegorical critics, and, in the second place, by allegorical and quasi-allegorical poetry in general.

The court of France in the sixteenth century has often been seen merely as a focus of political intrigue and conflict. This book traces its evolution from a nomadic institution to a more sedentary one. It explores the political and cultural importance of the French court through seven reigns from Charles VIII to Henry III.

A critical edition of the ten-year correspondence (1706-1716) between Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of Europe's most influential early modern thinkers, and Bartholomew Des Bosses, a Jesuit theologian who was keen to bring together Leibniz's philosophy and the Aristotelian philosophy and religious doctrines accepted by his order.

Focusing on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this title includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II and 1955.

Provides a study on one of England's influential classical architects. This book surveys architecture in Italy, Germany, France and Netherlands, and reveals how many parallels there are on the Continent with Inigo Jones's work in England. It also studies Jones's buildings, in terms of their chronological development and the growing complexity.

Examines how the practices of diverse family routines and the meanings created through rituals have evolved to meet the demands of busy families. This book discusses and integrates various research literatures and shows how family routines and rituals influence physical and mental health, translate cultural values, and may be used therapeutically.

Accompanying an exhibition of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Museums, where sixteenth- and seventeenth-century silver is housed. The silver items - a large water pot with snake-shaped flagon shaped like a leopard, and more - exemplify the developing ties between England and Russia.

Drawing on research among Luo people in western Kenya and abroad, this book examines how Luo assess obligations to intimates and strangers, including the dead and the not-yet-born. It focuses on nonmonetary forms of exchange and entrustment, moving beyond anthropology's traditional understanding of gifts, loans, and reciprocity.

Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism

A gripping tale of exploration, the pursuit of ice-age records, scientific invention and controversy, and revelations about the great Amazon forest

The first biography of Alfred Kazin-inveterate New Yorker, autobiographer, and perhaps the last great man of American letters in the tradition of Edmund Wilson

Presents an argument that, in a global network of creation and production, the dominant organizations will be those that master the still-uncodified skills of collaboration - replacing the giants of the past century who thrived on the mastery of bureaucratic systems. This book provides information on the subject using various research findings.

Provides an account of the juridiction consulaire, or Merchant Court, of eighteenth-century Paris. Reconstructing the workings of the Court and the commercial law that it applied, this book situates these within the broader context of the contemporaneous social order.

Explores political thinking in Europe from the Renaissance to the early Enlightenment, the late fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. This work gives an account of European political thought in the early modern period; and pays due regard to Hungary, and to the Scandinavian kingdoms; and further embraces the political thought of Islam.

Among the papers of Hugh Trevor-Roper, who died in 2003, was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years. Exploring an array of English and European sources, the author reveals the story of the pioneering Swiss Huguenot doctor who mixed medicine with diplomacy, with political intrigue, and with secret intelligence.

Describes the social and cultural significance of pins, needles, thimbles, scissors, and other sewing accessories and tools. Through the stories that grow out of the archaeological findings, this book shows the extent to which such 'small things' were entrenched in the construction of gender, personal identity, and social class.

A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy. It demonstrates how the sciences, social sciences, and humanities contribute to understanding our interrelationships with the natural world. It presents an imaginative array of texts, from scientific papers to poetry, legal decisions to historical accounts, personal essays to economic analysis.

Stuart Davis (1892-1964) made a mark on the art world early in his career, first with his Ashcan works and then with his highly personal version of Cubism. This is a chronology of Davis' life, as well as a discussion of the compositional relationship between certain works spanning his oeuvre.

Considering the history and theory of geoarchaeology, this book discusses soils and environmental interpretations; initial context and site formation; methods of discovery and spatial analyses; estimating time; and others. It is for all professionals and students interested in the field of geoarchaeology.

A collection of essays, from different authors, on economic and commercial issues as portrayed in Hispanic narrative (fiction, essays, music, and film). This book includes a general overview of the literary representation of business people. It explores business lessons derived from literature and working conditions for Hispanic workers in the US.

Provides a focus on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognise and write Chinese characters before they learn to speak Chinese. This book presents fundamental knowledge of Chinese characters according to their regularity rather than how it's used in teaching spoken Chinese.

Contributes to the discussion about 'a crisis in masculinity', addressing the homosocial structures in Dada and Surrealist art and their relevance to the artistic and theoretical debate. This book deals with specific moments in the careers of Duchamp and some of his associates and discusses the reception of Duchamp's ideas in the post-war period.

Thousands of memorable quotations from the best science fiction works of all time

Previous studies of this subject have been largely confined to the importance of Romanticism and Impressionism; this book covers the entire field and offers an encyclopaedic account of all aspects of the British reception of French art in the nineteenth century.