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Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World EmpiresThis volume brings together experts in the history of the ancient Mediterranean        and early China and presents a series of comparative case studies on clearly defined        aspects of state formation in early eastern and western Eurasia, focusing on the        process of initial developmental...

Writing for a wide audience, Harvey here tells the political-economic story of where neoliberalization came from and how it proliferated on the world stage. He constructs a framework, not only for analyzing the political and economic dangers that now surround us, but also for assessing the prospects for more socially just alternatives....

The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000Critics hailed previous editions of Visionary Film as the most complete work written on the exciting, often puzzling, and always controversial genre of American avant-garde film. This book has remained the standard text on American avant-garde film since the publication of its first edition in 1974. Now P. Adams...

This volume takes a new approach to bridging the cultures of science and the humanities. The editors and contributors formulate how to develop a new shared framework of consilience beyond mere interdisciplinarity, in a way that both sides can accept....

One of the world's leading analysts of public policy offers a radical new interpretation of governance and authority in a media-driven age....

The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, yet they were also traders, settlers, and farmers, who have been variously perceived as poets, explorers, democrats, and statesmen. Julian Richards uses the latest archaeological evidence to reveal the whole Viking world, and examines their legacy - from medieval sagas to 19th Century...