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What were the medieval stylistic, aesthetic, and literary conventions that Chancer drew upon and knew that his audience would understand In this rich study Mr. Robertson has included 118 illustrations-of medieval sculpture, cathedral interiors, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, ornamental devices and decorations-to show how these conventions aff

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In 1921, a traveling religious man appeared in Bengal, who was later, began to be identified as none other than the Second Kumar of Bhawal. So began one of the most extraordinary legal cases in Indian history. This title evaluates this case of the man claiming to be the long-lost Kumar. The story unfolds alongside decades of Indian history.

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In this unusual and unique volume, Alexander Leitch provides a warm, often witty, and always informative reference book on Princeton University. The collection of approximately 400 articles, alphabetically arranged and written by some seventy faculty members and alumni in addition to the author, covers all aspects of Princeton life in the past as w

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In a number of influential articles published since 1972, Dorothy Grover has developed the prosentential theory of truth. Brought together and published with a new introduction, these essays are even more impressive as a group than they were as single contributions to philosophy and linguistics. Denying that truth has an explanatory role, the prose

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A leading disciple and confidant of Freud, Otto Rank revolutionized the field of psychoanalytic theory in "The Trauma of Birth" (1924). This collection of lectures constitutes a "readable Rank," filled with insights suitable for those interested in the humanistic, existential, or object- relational aspects of psychotherapy.

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Combines passages from Islamic texts with a commentary of the author. This book enables the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole.

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A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Lo-yang (the Lo-Yang ch'ieh-lan chi) is a major document of Chinese history and literature. This translation of the sixth- century A.D. classic describes the main Buddhist monasteries and nunneries of Lo-yang and the political, economic, and social conditions at a time when that city was the capital of the Northe

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Moves beyond the hostile 'Christian' versus 'Muslim' divide that has coloured many historical interpretations of the early modern Mediterranean, and reveals a society with a richer set of cultural and social dynamics. This book focuses on Crete, which the Ottoman Empire wrested from Venetian control in 1669.

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In this brief book the author examines the central doctrine of important Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers and shows the contributions of medieval thought to present-day philosophy. Intended not only for philosophers, but for anyone seeking a concise and reliable survey.

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A comprehensive account of modernism and imperialism in England. It tracks the joint eclipse of modernist aesthetics and British power from the literary experiments of the 1930s through the rise of cultural studies in the 1950s. It explores the effects of declining empire on modernist form - and on the very meaning of Englishness.

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Traces the invention and evolution of socialist trade, the progressive constriction of private trade, and the development of consumer habits from the 1917 revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. This book places trade and consumption in the context of debilitating economic crises.

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Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives--from friendship and dating to news and business. What makes social media so differen

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Provides a solution to the ecological inference problem, which has plagued users of statistical methods for over seventy-five years: How can researchers reliably infer individual-level behavior from aggregate (ecological) data This work begins with a qualitative overview, readable even by those without a statistical background.

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These selected mathematical writings cover the years when the foundations were laid for the theory of numbers, analytic geometry, and the calculus. Originally published in 1986. 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

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In towns like Amigo, Red Jacket, Helen, Odd, Viper, Decoy, and Twilight, men and women track a dense social imaginary through stories of traumas, apparitions, encounters, and eccentricities. This book explores how this storytelling imbues everyday life in the hills and forms a cultural poetics.

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