Now featuring a new preface in which Chakrabarty responds to his critics, this book globalizes European thought by exploring how it may be renewed both for and from the margins.

" On his way, he repeats, "Six fat legs...a cape for me...a flight of stairs...and don't forget the bacon." Or was it "six clothes pegs...a rake for leaves...a pile of chairs...and don't forget the bacon"?

Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period and what Menken's choices reveal about her period.

... Phipps Houses to Ms. Barbara Monk , January 14 , 1983 , all documents in Monk Family Papers . 9 Memorandum From Barbara Monk to George Wein , June 7 , 1983 , Monk Family Papers ; Maurice Carroll , " Strokes of a Koch Pen Yield Laws ...

Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a highly regarded Australian artist whose assemblages of found materials embraced landscape, still life, minimalism, arte povera and installations.

A timeless tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure, The Epic of Gilgamesh is a landmark literary exploration of man's search for immortality.

What is metadata and what do I need to know about it? These are two key questions for the information professional operating in the digital age as more and more information resources are available in electronic format.

Within this volume, authors examine the impediments to the crucial goals of justice, safety, dignity, well-being, and meaning in children’s lives, factors as varied as socioeconomic stressors, alienated, disengaged parents, and corrosive ...

“[Blandings] is an entire world unto itself and, one senses, Wodehouse pours into it his deepest feelings for England.” —Stephen Fry The final Uncle Fred novel marks his return to Blandings Castle to relieve Lord Emsworth’s woes: a ...

This book brings together leading authorities in the field to analyse theoretical, empirical and policy issues relating to this neglected group of people, exploring different approaches to both crime prevention and offender treatment.