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The role of women and Tantra is controversial - traditionally the feminine is a metaphor and actual women are absent, or it involves the transgressive use of women's bodies to serve male interests. Biernacki presents a view in which women are revered, using texts from the 15th to 18th centuries, to reveal a positive and empowering view of women....

The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000Democracy in Europe has been a recent phenomenon. Only in the wake of World War II were democratic frameworks secured, and, even then, it was decades before democracy truly blanketed the continent.  Neither given nor granted, democracy requires conflict, often violent confrontations, and challenges to the...

The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. ArnsteinThe long and tortured career of Ira B. Arnstein, "e;the unrivaled king of copyright infringement plaintiffs,"e; opens a curious window into the evolution of copyright law in the United States. As Gary A. Rosen shows in this frequently funny and always entertaining history, the litigious...

Global competition now shapes economies and societies in ways unimaginable only a        few years ago, and competition (or 'antitrust') law is a key component of the legal        framework for global competition. These laws are intended to protect competition        from distortion and restraint, and on the national level they reflect...

The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the AngloworldPioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South        Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries,        looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how        this laid the basis of...

Michael Faraday's celebrated series of lectures,The Chemical History of a Candle,        turned into one of the most successful science books ever published and was a        classic work of Victorian popular science. They also reflect how Faraday, the        bookbinder's apprentice turned scientist, was a remarkable communicator...