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Until now, the East European canon in American literature has been dominated by male dissident figures such as Brodsky, Milosz, and Kundera. Magdalena Zaborowska challenges that canon by demonstrating the contributions of lesser-known immigrant and expatriate women writers from Poland and Russia: Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, Elizabeth Stern, Maria Kuncewicz, and Eva Hoffman. She maintains that gendered readings of their novels and autobiograph...

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The Greek Civil War (1943--50) was a major conflict in its own right, developing out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans for control of Greece as the Axis forces retreated at the end of the Second World War. Spanning the transition from World War to Cold War, it also had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the Communist bloc and stopping the Soviets reaching the Me...

First published in 1971, the book provides the basics of applied mechanics for students on mechanical and production engineering courses. It was originally aimed at BTEC NC/D level but has now become a widely recommended text for first year undergraduates.

Critical issues facing the future of teacher education are presented in this book. The contributors tackle factors including: multicultural education for an increasingly multicultural population, using technology in teacher preparation programmes, developing teacher leadership abilities for on the spot decision-making, and international perspectives in teacher education.

Families cannot farm without land, and whoever controls land holds power over others in the farm family and the rural community. Yet in every lifetime, control of this scarce resource must be given up to the next generation. Drawing on her decade-long ethnographic studies of seven Illinois farming communities, Sonya Salamon demonstrates how family land transfers serve as the mechanism for recreating the social relations fundamental to Midweste...

Covering virtually all classes of insulating materials for electrical and electronic applications, this handbook offers immediate access to detailed information in one easy-to-use source. Included are major producers, technologies, methods of manufacture, trades, applicable standards and specifications, properties, uses, development programs, and market trends. Complete with a wealth of data and lacking in technical jargon, this book will be i...

In this cultural biography, Paul Croce investigates the contexts surrounding the early intellectual development of American philosopher William James (1842-1910). Croce places the young James at the center of key scientific and religious debates in American intellectual life between the 1820s and 1870s.Early in the nineteenth century, most Americans maintained their scientific and religious beliefs with certainty. Well before the end of the ce...

From his first election in 1955 to 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley dominated Chicago's political landscape. A product of the Irish Catholic working class, Daley never lost touch with his roots as he rose through the Democratic Party machine--whose workings he perfected--to become a powerful and enduring political figure. The story of Daley is also the story of Chicago. Faced with issues confronting many American cities in the twentieth century--...

Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung: Sprache, Zeichen, Politische Kultur / DÖRNER, ANDREAS / VOGT, LUDGERA -- I Sprache des Parlaments -- Politiker und ihre Sprache / PATZELT, WERNER J. -- Redefreiheit zwischen Rederecht und Redezwang. Überlegungen zur Bedeutung der Selbstthematisierung sprachlicher Kommunikation für die Reproduktion und Transformation parlamentarischer Institutionen am Beispiel der Entwicklung der Redefreiheit im ...

The world watched first in fascination, then in horror, and eventually in amazement. From 11 to 14 January 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev went to Lithuania to persuade the leaders of that rebel Soviet republic to remain within the traditional Soviet system, from 11 to 13 January 1991, Soviet troops killed unarmed civilians in Vilnius in an effort to persuade the people of Lithuania to overthrow their leaders, then, in September 1991 Gorbachev, presid...

In this study of the role of taverns in the development of Massachusetts society, David Conroy brings into focus a vital and controversial but little-understood facet of public life and material culture during the colonial era. Concentrating on the Boston area, he reveals a popular culture at odds with Puritan social ideals and the colony's social and political hierarchy and one that contributed to the transformation of Massachusetts into a re...

Henry A. Wallace (1888@-1965) remains one of the most puzzling figures of twentieth-century American politics. Serving as secretary of agriculture during the Great Depression, as vice president from 1941 to 1945, and advocating accommodation with the Sovi

Pavel Sudoplatov served the KGB for over 50 years, at one point controlling more than 20, 000 guerrillas, moles, and spies. But his involvement with the most nefarious Soviet activities made Sudoplatov an unwanted witness, and he was arrested in 1953. Despite torture and solitary confinement he refused to "confess", disavowing any criminal actions. He spent 15 years in prison, and 20 more in rehabilitation. This is an astonishing memoir and a ...

This book is one of a series whose primary aim is to inform the professional speech and language clinicians and their colleagues in the caring professions. The starting point for this series was a systematic review of those topics in human communication which are essential to the development of effective treatment programmes and effective clinicians. This collection of essays is designed to present the speech student and language clinician wit...

This book presents a new view of organizations which has important implications for the theory, methods and practice of management. For several years the boundaries of political science, sociology and other fields in the social sciences have been significantly rethought with the help of autopoiesis theory. The authors examine how this theory can be applied in the organization and management field, by an increased focus on knowledge and the pro...

This new book focusses upon customer care in relation to Human Resource Management issues and strategic planning. It addresses the objective of customer loyalty and retention in relation to business success and shows how this can integrate a company's strategy with regard to Marketing, Human Resource Management, Quality and Management of Change. This is an innovative book in a topical area that draws upon case study material.

Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams's papers published by CUP, Problems of the Self and Moral Luck, this book will be welcomed by all readers with a serious interest in philosophy.