Oxford University Press

Attention and Performance XXIIIThis latest volume in this critically acclaimed series focuses on two of the        fastest moving research areas in cognitive and affective neuroscience - decision        making and emotional processing. It investigates the psychological and neural        systems underlying decision making, and the relationship with...

This book examines the work of the Preservation Movement, focusing on the complex battle that pitched tradition-bound Yankees not only against immigrants and radicals but against the "e;fakery"e; of machined Colonial Revival forms. It looks into the meaning of preserved artefacts and sites, and links their preservation to campaigns that...

Research and Public PolicyFrom a public health perspective, alcohol is no ordinary consumer product. On a        global level, it is a major contributor to disease, disability, premature mortality,        and impacts upon social life. This is a new edition of a hugely successful book that        looks at research in this unique field, and also the...

The Sense of Sound is a radical recontextualization of French song, 1260-1330. Situating musical sound against sonorities of the city, madness, charivari, and prayer, it argues that the effect of verbal confusion popular in music abounds with audible associations, and that there was meaning in what is often heard as nonsensical....

Jon Finson views the mores and values of nineteenth-century Americans as they appear in their popular songs. Presenting a guided tour of topically arranged, select songs, he points out the most important landmarks, as well as lesser sights that provide colour and context, and obscure but treasurable parts of the scenery previously overlooked....

How the Culture Wars Change the Way Citizens Speak and Politicians ListenIn Representing Red and Blue, Barker and Carman observe that culturally traditionalist Republicans tend to demand -- and get -- less policy responsiveness from their elected representatives than do culturally progressive Democrats. Cultural traditionalists prefer...