Oxford University Press

Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our        nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this        new volume of cultural history, David Hackett Fischer shows how these varying ideas        form an intertwined strand that runs through the core of American...

The need for evidence-based practice in mental health services is becoming clearer by the day and, until recently, the trend of emphasising services with supporting empirical evidence has been limited to a focus on treatment options.   A Guide to Assessments That Work fills a void in the literature by addressing the critical role that assessment...

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By now everyone knows about Salem, yet in fact the witch trials thee are not typical of witchcraft incidents in Puritan New England. For this first book in the "e;New Narratives in American History"e; series, Godbeer focuses on the "e;other"e; witchcraft scare of 1692, this one near Stamford, Connecticut. The smaller-scale drama of...

Pioneer Performances offers the first synoptic treatment of the history of American frontier performance ranging from Jacksonian America to Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It reconceives how the frontier was-and still is-defined in performance, and what it means for that frontier to be called American....

Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the 'new urbanism' and 'livable communities' initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts...