Oxford University Press

Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten the WestIn Playing Our Game, Edward Steinfeld offers a powerful challenge to the belief that China's rapid growth is eating away at America's geopolitical strength. Rather, China's rapid economic expansion has proceeded from the opening of its markets to the West and the adoption of Western rules and practices, and...

This is a collection of the most influential and important work of the distinguished sociolinguist Charles A. Ferguson, ranging from studies of baby talk across cultures to analyses of the impact of literacy and religion on cultures across the world....

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The Many Ways We Cannot SeeBruno Breitmeyer offers a fascinating account of the many ways that our eyes, and minds, both see and fail to see moves, ranging first from cataracts and color blindness through blindsight, acquired dyslexia, and visual agnosias. He then uses what we've learned about the limits of our sight to illustrate the limits of our...

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Often called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world,        Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered        archival sources, award-winning choreographer and dance historian Mark Franko        reframes Graham's most famous creations, those from the World War II era,...