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This study of the Roman reaction to foreign cults offers an exploration of how religion contributed to the reshaping of the Roman community and its sense of identity during the transition from a single city to the dominant power in the Mediterranean basin....

This reference book presents and critiques normative data for 26 commonly used neuropsychological tests. Locator tables throughout the book guide clinicians to the sets of normative data that are best suited to their needs, depending on the demographic characteristics of their patients. Chapters in the second edition have been updated and revised,...

Guardians of Republicanism examines the relationship between the Valori family and the political and intellectual evolution of the Florentine Renaissance. Following the family's fortunes over five generations, Jurdjevic retraces its involvement in the political struggles that marked this turbulent period in the history of Florence....

The English literary tradition has been constituted as a patriarchal family. Great fathers are supposed to pass on a place to worthy sons, and the status of women's writing within the canon is contested. This book shows how kinship and mentoring relationships between writers helped to form the national tradition. Writers featured include Dryden,...

This ground-breaking book examines the Soviet ruling elite over the entire period of Communist rule. It serves as a collective biography of nearly two thousand people who served on the Communist Party's Central Committee from 1917 to 1991. The book is based on archival research, only available after the collapse of communism, and extensive...