Oxford University Press

In this book, William J. Talbott examines the meaning of moral progress, claiming        that improvements to our moral or legal practices are changes that, when evaluated        as a practice, contribute to equitably promoting well-being. Talbott completes the        project begun in his 2005 book of identifying the human rights that should...

Legacies of America's Educational LandmarkIn In Brown's Wake, Martha Minow examines the way that Brown continues to reverberate over a wide-spectrum of equality issues in public and school choice programs. She argues that the terms placed on such initiatives carry serious consequences for both the character of American education and civil society...

One of the great novels of London life and labour in the 1890s, Esther Waters is the story of a single mother struggling against prejudice and injustice. It vividly brings to life a world of horse racing, gambling, and public houses and was groundbreaking in its approach. This is the only available edition of this powerful novel....

How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the MoviesIn Reforming Hollywood, William Romanowski tells the long and complex story of the        relationship between Protestants of all stripes--from Episcopalians to        evangelicals--and the American film industry. Drawing on personal interviews and        previously unexamined primary...

The Father; A Dream Play; Miss Julie; The Ghost Sonata; The Dance of Death `Ibsen can sit serenely in his Doll's House,' Sean O'Casey remarked, `while Strindberg is battling with his heaven and his hell.'Strindberg was one of the most extreme, and ultimately the most influential theatrical innovators of the late nineteenth century. The five plays...

This new translation includes Kafka's most famous story,    The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories,    The Judgement and   In the Penal Colony, and  Meditation and the autobiographical  Letter to his Father. The edition includes a detailed introduction, notes, and other helpful items....