Oxford University Press

During the four centuries preceding the Holocaust, Poland was a major centre in the Jewish world. Many Jews believe that after the destruction of the Temple in AD 70 the "e;Golden Age"e; for Jews occurred in Spain. In this book, however, Byron Sherwin shows that the Golden Age of the Jewish soul actually occurred in Poland, resulting in...

This study of the French early music revival gives us a vivid sense of how music's cultural meanings were contested in the nineteenth century. It surveys the main patterns of revivalist activity while also providing in-depth studies of repertories stretching from Adam de la Halle to Rameau....

This book offers a detailed examination of the politics of electoral reform in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, the debates that take place, the proposals that are advanced, and the strategies deployed by the actors....

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In   Supersizing the Mind , Andy Clark argues that the human mind is not bound inside the head but extends into body and environment....