In America's much-touted classless society, the middle class--decried by some as a mythical construct and heralded by others as the embodiment of the American dream--has always occupied a central and controversial position. This book explores the origins of the new middle classes that emerged in the 20th century, revealing the relationship of ......
China and the Early American Romance of Free Trade
In the imaginations of early Americans, the Middle Kingdom was the wealthiest empire in the world. Its geographical distance did not deter commercial aspirationsrather, it inspired them. Starting in the late eighteenth century, merchants from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Salem, Newport, and elsewhere cast speculative lines to China. The ......
'The New Middle Leader's Handbook' is the definitive go-to guide for all educators looking to take the leap into middle leadership, those wanting to become better middle leaders, or senior leaders seeking an authoritative manual for their school's middle leadership. Innovatively organised into chapters around the school year, taking readers from ......
Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics
How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender, sexual, and race revolutions. 2017 The Association for the Studies of the Present Book Prize Finalist Mention, 2017 Lora Romero First Book Award Presented by the American Studies Association Winner of the 2012 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project ......
Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics
How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender, sexual, and race revolutions. 2017 The Association for the Studies of the Present Book Prize Finalist Mention, 2017 Lora Romero First Book Award Presented by the American Studies Association Winner of the 2012 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project ......
""Christianity is not a matter of a religion or even a denomination; it is not a question of a particular culture. Christ is there for all humanity.""In the old Mystery cultures the human being experienced himself as a child of the gods, or even an instrument of them. According to Rudolf Steiner's spiritual-scientific research, the birth of ......
Food, cooking and restaurants reflect the down-home spirit of Nashville, the people who live there, and their many cultures and cuisines. Culinary traditions here are firm, but there is a dynamic food/dining evolution taking place--from homey mom and pop cafes to chic new eateries. The New Nashville Chef's Table features recipes for the home cook ......
In this collection of essays J. B. Harley (1932-1991) draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy, and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional, ''positivist'' model of cartography, replacing it with one that is grounded in an iconological and semiotic theory of the nature of maps. He defines a map as a ''social ......
In this highly engaging book, Costantino Esposito argues that nihilism is not merely the loss of the classic values of the Western tradition-rather, it presents a critical opportunity to ask pertinent, timely questions about the meaning of self and the world. Nihilism is a problem that has troubled the culture, philosophy, and worldview of ......
