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Examines seventeenth-century sculpture in Rome. Focuses on questions of historical context and criticism, including the interaction of theory and practice, the creative roles of sculptors and patrons, the relationship of sculpture to antique models and to contemporary painting, and contextual meaning and reception.

Examines the creation in 1483 of the first illustrated travelogue, Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land), by Bernhard von Breydenbach and his artist, Erhard Reuwich of Utrecht. Focuses on the early use of the print medium to influence public opinion.

An interpretive study of the pictorial program of the Ottonian Bernward Gospels. Examines how the manuscript conditioned contemporary and future viewers to remember early medieval Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim.

Describes the creation, function, and change in significance of liturgical furnishings and manuscripts in southern Italy from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.

This work studies the art of interpreting.

A Gift from the Heart documents in its entirety what is arguably one of the finest private collections of American art in the country. Much of the book comprises thematic essays written by invited scholars who consider the broader sociohistorical context of American art and culture as they delve into the particulars of the collection.

A series of studies examining literary modernism in Ireland. Explores how cultural work assumed new meaning amid the strategic imperatives of the mid-twentieth century, and demonstrates how the late modernist field became today's information age.

A textual interpretation of the book of Job, the Gospel of Matthew, the Epistle of James, and Revelation. Includes analysis of the utopian imagination at work in a borderline exegesis.

Explores the life of Henry Lawson's iconic Australian 1896 short-story collection While the Billy Boils, from its creation and publication to its evolving public perception over the years. Examines the literary history and publishing industry of Australia, from the 1890s to the present.

A collection of essays that explore the philosophy and political theory of John Rawls from a variety of feminist perspectives.

Examines the genre of portraiture and the political and cultural role of images in Revolutionary France. Focuses on portraiture as a privileged site for the elaboration of modern notions of selfhood and political agency.

Explores the emergence of an amateur class of curators in France between the world wars. Focuses on the Surrealist writers and artists who developed an alternative curatorial practice to that pursued by the community of professionally trained curators and exclusive art dealers.

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.

Examines the life of Mira Lloyd Dock, a Pennsylvania conservationist and Progressive Era reformer. Explores a broad range of Dock's work, including forestry, municipal improvement, public health, and woman suffrage.

Looks at sites and events in Pennsylvania to explore the emergence of heritage culture about industry and its loss in America. Traces the shaping of public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and the story it tells about both local and national identity.

Building on a feminist conception of individual autonomy, explores the obligation of the state to foster autonomy in its citizens, particularly the most vulnerable, through social service delivery. Draws on both successful and less successful examples of service delivery to generate a theoretical account of the autonomy-fostering state.

Examines how Argentina's Radical Party rallied popular support in Buenos Aires from 1916 to 1930. Argues that the methods used for popular mobilization helped to undermine democracy. The popularity of President Hipolito Yrigoyen is explored, as well as the government's relationship with unions.

Explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and descendants. This title demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the material culture of Pennsylvania Germans.

The emergence of Latin American firebrands who champion the cause of the impoverished and rail against the evils of neoliberalism has changed the landscape of the Americas in dramatic ways. This biography presents one of these charismatic figures, Lopez Obrador of Mexico, who is known in his country by his adopted nickname of "Little Ray of Hope."

Offers a vivid portrait of Pennsylvania's CCC program. This work combines administrative history with portraits of many of the men who worked in the camps. It draws on archival research in primary sources and on interviews with former CCC men.

James Miller offers an account of T.S. Eliot's early years, showing that the emotional springs of his poetry were American. He was born in 1888 in Missouri and in 1905 left the Midwest for Milton and then Harvard. This portrait of the poet and the man takes seriously his American roots.

This indictment of the partition of Bosnia argues that the history of Bosnia-Herzegovina is based on "unity in diversity" and asks why Western liberal democracies so readily accepted segregation as a solution to the contradictions of ethnic diversity and examines Bosnia's new place in Europe.

This is a critical edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper", the story of the victimization of a woman whose neurasthenic condition is completely misdiagnosed and mistreated, leaving her to face insanity alone. It is accompanied by contemporary reviews and letters.

Beginning with an analysis of the work of early activists and the social centres movement in the USA, the author shows how democratic participation grew into a national phenomenon and cites its achievements and ideals. He explores how public involvement in politics might be fostered today.

This text presents a systematic study of Raphael's impact on the theory, criticism and practice of French art from the founding of the academy to the Romantic period.

This collection of essays, with diverse perspectives and theoretical approaches, challenges the boundaries of scholarship on Russian foreign policy in the post-Soviet era. Drawing on archival sources and interviews, it covers issues such as Russia's decision to use military force in Chechnya.