Yale University Press

For the first time, the hidden world of American communism can be examined with the help of documents from the recently opened archives of the former Soviet Union. Interweaving narrative and documents, the authors of this book present a convincing new picture of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), providing proof that it...

After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This penetrating book is the first to present the inner logic of...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. And though much has been written of China's rise, a crucial aspect of this transformation has gone largely unnoticed: the way that China is using soft power to appeal to its neighbours and to distant countries alike. This original book is the first to...

Georges Seurat, one of the most popular and admired of post-Impressionist painters, has been the focus of much attention in recent years. This book by Paul Smith views the artist in a new context and explodes some of the myths that have grown up about him. Challenging the assumption that Seurat's work was scientific or that it expressed a serious...

This visually gripping book focuses on a central but relatively unexamined aspect of the work of Salvador Dali: his fascination with optical effects and visual perception. The book examines Dali?s use of various pictorial techniques, photography, and holograms to further his exploration of visual perception and the ways that optical illusion...

Akcja powieści wydanej w Paryżu w 1953 r. osnuta jest - przynajmniej pozornie - wokół przybycia Gombrowicza do Argentyny w przeddzień wybuchu drugiej wojny światowej. Bohater-narrator trafia do środowiska polskiej emigracji w Buenos Aires, której obyczaje - przyjęcia w ambasadzie, patriotyczne imprezy, kłótnie, spiski, polowania - stanowią...