Oxford University Press

Published to mark the bicentenary of Alfred Tennyson's birth, these essays offer        an important revaluation of his achievement and its lasting importance. After        several years in which the temper of criticism has been largely political (and often        hostile towards Tennyson in particular) a number of influential recent accounts...

Jurisprudence regarding the "e;free exercise of religion"e; clause of the U.S. Constitution is in a state of confusion. A series of rapid changes in the standard used by the Supreme Court to determine when a statute impermissibly restricts free exercise has left the public, legislators, and the lower courts without clear directions. At...

The first in a series of books published with the IZA, this book presents and analyzes the work of one of the most important economists of the 20th century - Jacob Mincer. Known as the founder of modern labor economics, Mincer made huge contributions to the field including introducing the concept of human capital....

The Man Who Danced with Fred AstaireHermes Pan: The Man who Danced with Fred Astaire is a rags-to-riches story about a        boy from Tennessee who, armed with only an 8th grade education, an inexhaustible        imagination, and an innate talent for dancing becomes the most prolific and popular        choreographer of the glory days of the...

This engaging and wide-ranging history of language anxiety ranges from the Tower of Babel to the internet. It shows how worry about language results from and causes linguistic change, as well as fuelling perennial concerns about class, culture, identity, and social change....

...