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A scholarly edition of Victorian plays.  The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

This book is concerned with the way in which the concept of the state was invoked in British political argument between 1880 and 1914. It central claim is that the decades bracketing the turn of the century witnessed a significant change in the prevailing terms of British political discourse - that the concept of the state, hitherto a relative stranger to British debate, emerged as a key component of the idiom in which critical reflection on p...

Nationalism is a dominating force in contemporary politics, but political philosophers have been markedly reluctant to discuss, let alone endorse, nationalist ideas. In this book, David Miller defends the principle of nationality. He argues that national identities are valid sources of personal identity, that we are justified in recognizing special obligations to our co-nationals, that nations have good grounds for wanting to be politically se...

Nationalism and patriotism are two of the most powerful forces shaping world history. Though seen by many as two sides of the same coin, they can and must be distinguished. Reconstructing the historical meaning of the terms, Maurizio Viroli shows that the two concepts have been used for very different political and ideological goals. Over the centuries, the language of patriotism has been used to strengthen or invoke a generous and caring love...

Gregory of Nyssa (c.330-395) made important contributions to both theological thought and the understanding of the spiritual life. He was especially significant in adapting the thought of Origen to fourth century orthodoxy. The early treatise on the inscriptions of the Psalms shows the early stages of the development of Gregory's thought. This book presents the first translation of the treatise in a modern language. The author provides a full ...

How can we, or should we, talk about God? What concepts are involved in the concept of a Supreme Being? This book is about the search to reconcile modern metaphysics with traditional theism--focusing on the seminal work of Austin Farrer who was Warden of Keble College, Oxford until his death in 1968, and one of the most original and important philosophers of religion of this century. Conti traces the evolution of Ferrar's thought and shows why...

This book describes the three main printing and imaging technologies (impact, non-impact and photography) and critically evaluates each technology in the light of cost, speed, performance and suitability for purpose. The book will be of key interest to chemists and technologists working on the development of new or improved printing and imaging systems.

In the tradition of Hamilton's The People Could Fly and In the Beginning, a dramatic new collection of 25 compelling tales from the female African American storytelling tradition. Each story focuses on the role of women--both real and fantastic--and their particular strengths, joys and sorrows. Full-color illustrations.

Clark's highly accessible book takes readers on a fascinating tour through the immune system, examining the history of its discovery, the ways in which it protects humans, and how it may bring its full force to bear at the wrong time in the wrong place. 5 linecuts.

In this book, distinguished demographers consider whether changes in women's roles are the cause of such changes in family life as rising divorce rates and declining marriage rates, increases in out-of-wedlock childbearing, declining marriage rates, and a growing disconnection between the lives of men and children. The discussion covers over twenty countries, including the United States, the countries of western Europe, and Japan.

A remarkable feature of the period since 1970 has been the patterns of rapid and turbulent change in financing behavior and financial structure in many advanced countries. This book explores, in theoretical and empirical terms, the nature of the relationships between the underlying phenomena--levels and changes in debt, vulnerability to default in the corporate and household sectors, and systematic risk in the financial sector. The book focuse...

Great Britain has a long and grand tradition of poets translating classical authors. Virtually every great poet from Chaucer on has tried his or her hand at translation, with the results often rivalling or even excelling the ancient original. This unique anthology presents the best of these translations, ranging from King Alfred, Alexander Pope, and Ben Jonson, to Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ezra Pound, and Ted Hughes. The book offers a vast array o...

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Contributors: Lynne Rudder Baker, Ned Block, Fred Dretske, Ivan Fox, Joseph Levine, Eric Lormand, Jeff McConnell, Brian P. McLaughlin, John O'Leary-Hawthorne, Georges Rey, Mark Richard, David M. Rosenthal, Carol Rovane, Michael Slote, Joseph Thomas Tolliver, Robert Van Gulick, Stephen Webb, Stephen L. White, and Daniel Dennett.

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Ken Inglis is one of Australia's most admired and warmly regarded historians. For forty years he has looked with a sharp but sympathetic eye at how we came to be who we are. Written with style and wit, Observing Australia is a collection of his short pieces. They come from many sources, for Inglis's engagement in our continuing conversation about Australian life has always been expressed through the mainstream press as well as in scholarly jou...

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