Oxford University Press

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A short, brilliantly researched treatise on the what it means to be American, looking at America's paramount artists and writers, by acclaimed art historian Barbara Novak. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photos....

Scientific realists claim that the unobservable entities postulated by scientific theories can be known to exist. Andr'e Kukla here examines the arguments on both sides of the issue and concludes that neither side possesses the conceptual resources for securing a victory. He asserts that the dispute is irreconcilable - a conclusion that has broad...

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Purnima Dhavan examines the creation of the Khalsa Sikh warrior tradition during the eighteenth century. By focusing on the experiences of long-overlooked peasant communities, she reveals how a dynamic process of debates, collaboration, and conflict transformed Sikh practices and shaped a new martial culture....

The financial crisis that began in 2008 and its lingering aftermath have caused        many intellectuals and politicians to question the virtues of capitalist systems.          The 19 original essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars from Asia,        North America, and Europe, analyze both the strengths and weaknesses of...