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The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge#N/A...

Milner argues against the widely held view that the caste system of India is unique. Instead he contends that caste distinctions which appear to be singular or exotic are actually similar to customs elsewhere - a theory that casts into sharp relief the methods by which society is organized around status relations....

Tonality and Transformation employs transformational music theory to illuminate        diverse aspects of tonal hearing-from the infusion of sounding pitches with familiar        tonal qualities to sensations of directedness and attraction. The book introduces        many new analytical techniques, which are employed in vivid interpretive set...

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Visualizing and Exhibiting Jewish Space and History includes a series of essays in its symposium section that treat the dramatic development of the visual arts in Jewish life from the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on the proliferation of Jewish museums after the Holocaust....

This is the first analysis of the very charged and complex conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their doctors. Robert focuses in particular on their conversations about possible avenues of treatment, and shows them to be, on the one hand, an active and mutual collaboration of information, and on the other, a subtle...