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Davy Crockett&'s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas RevolutionIn Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of mythmaking to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution--truths often obscured by both racism and "e;political correctness,"e; as history has been hijacked by combatants in...

Christian images have a long history within the Western art tradition from the narrative and devotional works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, to the radical new interpretations of the twenty-first century. This fascinating new book explores the changing nature of the representation of key themes and subjects found in Christian art,...

A tour de force examination of the contemporary ideological landscape by one of the world's leading analysts of globalization....

In the first original study of the women who never married in early modern England, Amy Froide looks at how their lives differed from those of wives and widows, at their social relationships, and at how singlewomen supported themselves. She also examines the contributions they made to urban life and the origins of the old maid stereotype....

This edition in The Oxford Shakespeare is the first full edition to identify the        play as a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. In his        Introduction John Jowett explains how the play's loose ends and uneven writing arise        from this collaboration, and he provides the fullest account of the...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Macbeth is one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations,...