Oxford University Press

Ideographic Modernism reconstructs the modernist invention of the "e;ideograph"e; (Chinese writing as imagined in the West) in relation to such other modern forms of writing as photography, phonography, cinematography, and telegraphy. Analyzing works by Pound, Kafka, Benjamin, and others, it recovers the presence of China in the text of...

The Promise of Preschool explores the roots of today's movement toward "e;preschool for all"e; by investigating past policy decisions about early childhood education. By looking at policy issues through the lens of history, this book offers a unique perspective on an important area of education reform, and explores how understanding the...

In   Tap-Dancing America, accomplished dance historian Constance Valis Hill offers the first comprehensive history of this uniquely American dance form. Written with as much compelling rhythm as tap itself, her sweeping narrative, filled with poignant anecdotes of tap challenges, tackles race and gender head-on in telling the story of this beloved...

Reasons from Within defends the view that all our reasons for acting derive from our desires, and ultimately from our deepest concerns. There are no objective values in the world that could require our concerns to be other than they are. It will be of interest to anyone interested in the nature of values and reasons....

In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics....

'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part is the first scholarly treatment of love, courtship, sexual morality and marriage in African America from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. Most people believe that marriages were forbidden and families destroyed during the era of slavery in the United States; however, this book demonstrates that antebellum...