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The Rise and Decline of the American Empire explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. Lundestad argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen. Now, however, he argues the US is in decline, its economic growth is slow and its debt is rising rapidly...

Sensational StrategiesThis book brings new perspectives to the study of sensation fiction in the        Victorian period. It examines Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Ellen Wood, and Florence        Marryat's magazines alongside their fiction to explore the self-conscious and        complex ways they used sensation to re-work contemporary notions of...

The volume aims to shift the foundation of youth conflict study from the more typical focus on maturation, behavior, and personality to a characterization of youth as participants in society. It also expands the analysis of youth development to include societal problems such as political instability, unequal access to material resources, racism,...

What sort of Bible did Augustine have? How did he quote from it - and was he        accurate? Do Augustine's biblical citations transmit readings not found in any        surviving manuscripts? This book is part of a major project on the Old Latin        versions of the Gospel according to John, and uses Augustine as a test-case to        examine...

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