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Women and the Counter-Reformation in early modern MAnsterWomen and the Counter-Reformation in Early Modern MAnster examines how women from different social backgrounds encountered the Counter-Reformation. The focus is on MAnster, a city in the north of Germany, which was exposed to powerful Protestant influences which culminated in the notorious...

The field of environmental history emerged just decades ago but has established itself as one of the most innovative and important new approaches to history, one that bridges the human and natural world, the humanities and the sciences.  With the current trend towards internationalizing history, environmental history is perhaps the quintessential...

A Very Short IntroductionIf you read the &'business pages&' of a newspaper or if you listen to the financial news on the television or radio, you will often hear terms such as &'liability&', &'balance sheet&' or &'earnings&'. These terms turn up in non-financial contexts as well: &'he was more of a liability than an asset&'. If you invest in...

The U.S.-China Relationship in Ten ConversationsAn emerging star in the field of US-China policy pairs leading scholars from both the US and China in dialogues about the most crucial elements of the relationship: trade and investment; economic development; monetary policy; climate change and clean energy; political systems, values, and rights; the...

The Neuroscience of PlanariansPlanarians, a class of flatworm, are extraordinary: they possess the remarkable ability to regenerate lost body parts, including complete regeneration of the nervous system. If cut into pieces, each piece of the planarian can regenerate into a complete organism. They are also unique among invertebrates in that they...

Performance, Intermediality, and American Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth CenturyThis book traces the deployment of intermedial aesthetics in the works of early twentieth-century female performers. By destabilizing medial and genre boundaries, these women created compelling and meaningful performances that negotiated turn-of-the-century...