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Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights MovementHow It Feels to Be Free examines the role of black female entertainers in the Civil Rights movement....

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound...

Music and Citizenship in the Sixties CountercultureThe Republic of Rock uncovers the lost story of rock music and citizenship in the sixties counterculture by tracing the way people in two key places--San Francisco and Vietnam--used rock to make sense of their lives and the world around them....

Ancient AcharnaiIn ancient Athenian democracy there were one hundred and thirty-nine official demes, or recognized population centres, which formed the foundation of the political system introduced by Kleisthenes in 508/7 BC. Enrolment in one of these demes was a prerequisite for citizenship and participation in the Athenian socio-political system....

A Reading of NjA ls SagaNjA!ls saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal...

The Sizes of Everything and WhyThis book is a panoramic view of nature, from quarks to the edge of the universe. It holds this wide range of topics together by addressing the question how big are things and why are they that size. The book is full of curios as well as interesting facts and unique descriptions of dozens of things in the universe....