Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), this book contains the results of research into primary sources a decent scholarship with an emphasis on leading personalities and anecdotes about them. It provides an assessment of the contributions of the titans - political, scientific, and industrial.
Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), this book contains the results of research into primary sources a decent scholarship with an emphasis on leading personalities and anecdotes about them. It provides an assessment of the contributions of the titans - political, scientific, and industrial.
"The Judiciary and Congress not only do not communicate on their most basic concerns; they do not know how they may properly do so," writes Frank M. Coffin, a federal appeals court judge and former representative, in Judges and Legislators. "The condition is that of a chronic, debilitating fever."
Discusses - in English and in Spanish - the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.
This volume provides unique insight both into the development of the anthroposophic movement and the relationship between Rudolf and Marie Steiner through the letters between them. Their letters cover everything from the esoteric view of evolution and human development to how to deal with problem personalities, as well as many discussions of ......
Introduces the perspective of the universe provided by physics, with historical and philosophical material, with a systematic but non-technical presentation of basic physics. This book describes the basic structure of the universe and the way in which symmetries of space, time, and inner dimensions account for the "laws" obeyed by particles.
In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of ......
To walk through Rome today is to find the past made present at nearly every corner. For John Stambaugh, this continuity of fabric, form, and function affords an extraordinary view of the ancient city, the experience of its inhabitants, and the Roman way of life. Exploring ancient Rome as both a physical and social environment, he has written the ......
Analyses in detail the internal politics of the West Bank Palestinians and their international implications. In Search of Leadership offers a comprehensive look at the social and political bases of the factions and groups in the West Bank and suggests how they will affect Palestinian politics in the years ahead.
