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In 1391 many of the Jews of Spain were forced to convert to Christianity, creating a new group whose members would be continually seeking a niche for themselves in society. The question of identity was to play a central role in the lives of these and later converts whether of Spanish or Portuguese heritage, for they could not return to Judaism as...

After 25 centuries, Aristotle's influence on our society's moral thinking remains profound and he continues to be a very important contributor to contemporary debates in philosophical ethics. This collection showcases some of the best new writing on the Aristotelian notion of virtue of character, which remains central to much of the most...

Like the United States today, Renaissance Florence and Victorian Britain were the        richest, most dynamic economic systems of their times. Yet each succumbed to a        fiscal crisis brought on by public debt and taxation and eventually fell into        long-term economic decline. Now, public debt and taxation dominate the...

The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom gives a comprehensive account of the birth,        development, and decline of Bohr's atomic theory. It presents the theory in a broad        context which includes not only its technical aspects, but also its reception,        dissemination, and applications in both...

The Financial Crisis of Our Time investigates the mechanism by which the housing industry came into crisis beginning in 2006, and the system of incentives that led to financial disaster....

A comprehensive survey of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's writings as a poet and literary critic, as a philosopher and lecturer, as a commentator on religion and politics. Provides 37 specially written contributions by an international team of experts providing the most advanced scholarship in each area....