The rise of Christianity in medieval Europe is also the story of the ending of a tradition of rationality and inquiry often identified with the ancient Greeks, according to Charles Freeman, who sees the ancient world as an age of reason, and of the search for truth and virtue. Freeman views the gradual spread of Christianity in the fourth and ...
In 1967, this revolutionary work exposed the depths of systemic racism in this country and provided a radical political framework for reform: true and lasting social change would only be accomplished through unity among African-Americans and their independence from the preexisting order. An eloquent document of the civil rights movement that ...
Covering the years from 1781 into the 1820s, these valuable accounts remain the chief source of information about Thomas Jefferson's domestic and personal life, interests, habits, appearance, and day-to-day activities at Monticello.
"Great reads for busy people." This is a guide to help busy people find great reads in fiction and non-fiction. Filled with recommendations of popular, entertaining reading, this book covers mystery and suspense, romance, womenas fiction and chick lit, westerns, science fiction, such nonfiction topics as animals, art, biography, memoirs, ...
Emphasising form over detail, the five step-by-step stylised carving projects in this resource offer techniques and patterns for creating abstract pieces out of untreated natural wood. The designs range in size and subject, from a canvasback duck and dolphin to a rainbow trout, and follow a carving demonstration from start to finish. A photo ...
Until recently, the study of the Middle East has focused almost exclusively on Islam and on the regime, especially on its non-democratic aspects. It has done so at the expense of accounting fully for the forces of scepticism, liberty, and creativity that struggle against Islamic conformism and state hegemony. Strangely, there seems to be no ...
This fascinating, authoritative biography traces the extraordinary rise and preipitous fall of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the eccentric and enigmatic congressman from Harlem.
This collection is the first chosen from Albert Jay Nock's entire work and the first new collection in nearly thirty-five years. It includes his best-known essays, some outstanding but neglected articles, and previously unpublished material.
Publishing at a moment when racial integration, the core goal of the Civil Rights struggle, is under assault from all parts of the political spectrum, two leading scholars challenge critics like William Julius Wilson and Theda Skocpol who seek to replace a "race-specific" agenda for African-Americans with class-neutral programs. From their ...
Frank Chodorov profoundly influenced the intellectual development of the post - World War II libertarian/conservative movement. These essays have been assembled for the first time from Chodorov's writings in magazines, newspapers, books, and pamphlets. They sparkle with his individualistic perspective on politics, human rights, socialism, ...
Now for the first time, the complete expose of the most daring and successful forgery of all time. For seven days in April 1983, the sensational discovery of Hitler's sixty-two volumes of secret diaries dominated the news headlines of the world. Scholars hailed the diaries as the greatest find of the century, a historical bonanza that would ...
When "The American Democrat" was first published in 1838, Cooper's position as America's first major novelist obscured his serious contribution to the discussion of American principles and politics.
This study explores issues of race, racism, and strategies to improve the status of people of African descent in Brazil, South Africa and the USA. The authors provide in-depth information about each country, together with analyses of cross-cutting themes and trends.
Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, "African American Perspectives on Political Science" presents original essays from leading African American political scientists. Collectively, they evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related research, and omissions in the literature. ...
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