Oxford University Press

A Global History of Mexican FoodPlanet Taco examines the historical struggles between globalization and national sovereignty in the creation of "e;authentic"e; Mexican food. By telling the stories of the "e;Chili Queens"e; of San Antonio and the inventors of the taco shell, it shows how Mexican Americans helped to make Mexican food...

The scientific analysis of cultural heritage materials poses specific and often difficult analytical challenges. This book attempts to rationalize the links between the most commonly asked questions in archaeology, art history, and conservation with the potential answers resulting from the vast array of scientific techniques presently available....

An original account of Augustine's theory of will, based on a close reading of his pivotal and fundamental text, the dialogue    On Free Choice. Simon Harrison rehabilitates this widely read but often misinterpreted book to show the importance of Augustine as a major philosopher....

British theologian John Stott was one of the most influential leaders of the evangelical movement during the second half of the twentieth century. Called the pope of evangelicalism by many, he helped to shape a global religious movement that grew rapidly during his career. Godly Ambition is the first scholarly biography of Stott....

This work is a study and translation of the testimony given by witnesses at the canonization hearings of St. Elizabeth, who died at age twenty-four in 1231. The depositions offer vivid anecdotes about her life as well as the healing miracles that were associated with her shrine in Marburg....

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