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The theory of Riemann surfaces has a geometric and an analytic part. The former deals with the axiomatic definition of a Riemann surface, methods of construction, topological equivalence, and conformal mappings of one Riemann surface on another. The analytic part is concerned with the existence and properties of functions that have a special charac

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In this text the author looks at the work of Riemann, who in the 19th century contributed to the study of curved surfaces, or non-Euclidian geometry. Riemann's results later found application in physics, when Einstein introduced his theory of relativity.

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At the end of the sixteenth century, when painters, writers, and scientists from all over Europe flocked to Rome for creative inspiration, the city was also becoming the center of a vibrant and assertive Roman Catholic culture. Closely identified with Rome, the Counter-Reformation church sought to strengthen itself by building on Rome's symbolic va

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Five philosophical essays debate the difference between infanticide and abortion, the mother's right to choose abortion, and the existence of the fetus as a person. Bibliogs.

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This volume of essays by one of America's preeminent philosophers in the area of jurisprudence and moral philosophy gathers together fourteen papers that had been published in widely scattered and not readily accessible sources. All of the essays deal with the political ideals of liberty and justice or with hard cases for the application of the con

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The author introduced the concept of a "local system" on P1-{a finite set of points} nearly 140 years ago. His idea was to study nth order linear differential equations by studying the rank n local systems (of local holomorphic solutions) to which they gave rise.

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Since the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, Mexico's rebellious peasant has become a subject not only of history but of literature, film, and paintings. With his sombrero, his machete, and his rifle, he marches or rides through countless Hollywood or Mexican films, killing brutal overseers, hacienda owners, corrupt officials, and federal soldiers. S

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Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton Universi

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A study of the growth of semi-personal Chinese armies and the rise of militarists to a position that permitted them to seize power upon the breakdown of the monarchic system. It traces the modernization of the land forces of the Chinese Empire and evaluates progress attained up to the establishment of the Republic in 1912. Ralph Powell is on leave

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Celebrity personalities owe their fame to their ability create an icon of the self. Rising Star is a look at the roots of this form of celebrity. Rhonda Garelick locates a prototype of the star personality in the dandies and aesthete literary figures of the nineteenth century, and explores their relationship with women and performance.

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Melding critical exegesis and contemporary theory, this work considers the prevalence of polarities in biblical discourse and expounds their significance for the social and religious institutions of ancient Israel. Focusing on four binary pairs, it shows how these privileged oppositions were used to restrict access to cultic spaces.

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Perhaps Greece's most important poet, Yannis Ritsos follows such eminent predecessors as Cavafy, Sikelianos, and Seferis in the dramatic and symbolic expression of a tragic sense of life. The three volumes of Ritsos's poetry translated here--Parentheses, 1946-47, Parentheses, 1950-61, and The Distant, 1975--represent a thirty year poetic journey an

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Saiva liturgy is performed in a world that oscillates: a world permeated by the presence of Siva, where humans live in a condition of bondage and where the highest aim of the soul is to attain liberation from its fetters. In this account of Indian temple ritual, Richard Davis uses medieval Hindu texts to describe the world as it is envisioned by Sa

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The contents include: Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I: the Compadrazgo System of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan 1. Cultural Outline of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan 2. Compadrazgo in Perspective: Paradigm and Types 3. Sacrametnal Compadrazgo 4. Primary Nonsacramental Compadrazgo 5. Secondary Nonsacramental Compadrazgo

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The contents include: Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I: the Compadrazgo System of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan 1. Cultural Outline of Santa Maria Belen Azitzimititlan 2. Compadrazgo in Perspective: Paradigm and Types 3. Sacrametnal Compadrazgo 4. Primary Nonsacramental Compadrazgo 5. Secondary Nonsacramental Compadrazgo