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Argues that Viennese Jewish modernism is explicable as an aesthetic reconfiguration of Jewish tradition in response to multifaceted crises of memory, identity and language. Examines the works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) and Sigmund Freud ......
A collection of essays that explore the collapse of economic growth in Venezuela since the 1970s. Essays discuss the relevance of public investment, labor markets, fiscal policy, institutions, politics, and values.
A collection of essays that explore the collapse of economic growth in Venezuela since the 1970s. Essays discuss the relevance of public investment, labor markets, fiscal policy, institutions, politics, and values.
Words are like bricks. This is how the author's fifty-eight-year-old father defined his losing battle with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) - a rare form of dementia that advanced slowly and ultimately ended his days as an engaged university professor, leaving him unable to speak and to coordinate his thoughts and actions. In this ......
The second volume in an ongoing series sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), "Urbanization and Land Ownership in the Ancient Near East" examines the impact of debt, private land ownership, and urbanization on ancient societies. Evidence of privatization of land is supported by archaeological ......
Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350
Explores the role of the classical past in the construction of urban identity in late medieval Italy. Focuses on the appropriation of classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate the regimes of various Italian city-states.
Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350
Explores the role of the classical past in the construction of urban identity in late medieval Italy. Focuses on the appropriation of classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate the regimes of various Italian city-states.
Proceedings of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Philadelphia, July 11-15, 2016
Papers presented at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, held in Philadelphia on July 11-15, 2016, examining archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters related to the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq.
Judging from the sheer amount of textual material left to us, the rulers of ancient Ur were above all else concerned with keeping track of their poorest subjects, who made up the majority of the population under their jurisdiction. Year after year, administrators recorded, in frightening detail, the whereabouts of the poorest individuals in ......
