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The Myth of the Democratic Peacekeeper reevaluates how United Nations peacekeeping missions reform (or fail to reform) their participating members. It investigates how such missions affect military organisations and civil-military relations as countries transition to a more democratic system.Two-thirds of the UN's peacekeepers come from developing ......
Superman swoops to rescue a beautiful woman from a vicious mugger. Spiderman wrestles with the morality of how to use his powersfor personal gain or the goodwill of his fellow human beings? Through a series of close readings of DC and Marvel comics, Marco Arnaudo examines the religious and mythological elements of superhero comics and uncovers the ......
Superman swoops to rescue a beautiful woman from a vicious mugger. Spiderman wrestles with the morality of how to use his powersfor personal gain or the goodwill of his fellow human beings? Through a series of close readings of DC and Marvel comics, Marco Arnaudo examines the religious and mythological elements of superhero comics and uncovers the ......
Once again marrying photography with prose, longtime collaborators David W. Harp and Tom Horton capture the natural beauty and rich history of the Nanticoke River, one of the Chesapeake's least known waterways.Despite rampant development and agricultural abuse, the Nanticoke remains one of the most pristine rivers of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, ......
If sexology'the science of sex'came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make meaning out of sex before that point? In The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America, Greta LaFleur demonstrates that eighteenth-century natural history'the study of organic life in its ......
If sexology'the science of sex'came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make meaning out of sex before that point? In The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America, Greta LaFleur demonstrates that eighteenth-century natural history'the study of organic life in its ......
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, led a remarkable -- and controversial -- life, writing poetry and prose and philosophizing on the natural world at a time when women were denied any means of a formal education. Lisa T. Sarasohn acutely examines the brilliant work of this untrained mind and explores the unorthodox development of her ......
Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the countrys political life.For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, ......
Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the country's political lifeFor prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, ......
