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The common view of the nineteenth-century pastoral relationship--found in both contemporary popular accounts and 20th-century scholarship--was that women and clergymen formed a natural alliance and enjoyed a particular influence over each other.

The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for

Joseph Dan is one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism. In this superb anthology, Dan not only presents illuminating excerpts from the most important mystical texts, but also delves into

The revival of Leibniz studies in the past twenty-five years has cast important new light on both the context and content of Leibniz's philosophical thought. Where earlier English-language scholarship understood Leibniz's philosophy

This study examines a range of white women who were attracted to Japan and China in the late-19th and early-20th-century and shows how, through their engagement with Asia, these women found new

Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Revised version of the c1995 edition, contains updated chapters on AIDS and Internet pornography, a new preface, and an updated epilogue discussing the future of sex. Provides

After a self-assured John F. Kennedy bested a visibly shaky Richard Nixon in their famous 1960 debates, political television, it was said, would henceforth determine elections. Today, many claim the Internet will

This book examines all major facets of the Philippine economy and development policy. Contributors to this volume look both to the past and to the future, and their approaches are variously descriptive,

The histories told about American Indian and European encounters on the frontiers of North America are usually about cultural conflict. This book takes a different tack by looking at how much Indians

Nervous illness and the study of how body and mind connected, were of intense interest to Victorian medical writers and novelists alike. This elegant study offers an integrated analysis of how medicine

The role of interest groups in formulating EC policy is a central aspect of European Community development. This work uniquely provides academic analysis and an insider's account of how lobbying works. It

The book examines the changing nature of social cleavages and their effect on political allegiances and voting behaviour in the United States since the 1950s.

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement

Attributes the onset of the Great Depression to the workings of the international gold standard. The study provides a history of French gold policy and the Bank of France, re-examines interwar bank

An account of Plato's uses and understanding of his Presocratic predecessor, Parmenides. Palmer gives fresh readings of Parmenides' poem in the light of the Platonic reception, and discusses Plato's view of Parmenides'

Shields presents a study of a feature of Aristotle's philosophical and scientific investigations: his concern with the homonymy of certain concepts: how a single concept stands for a multiplicity of kinds of

French regionalism has often been associated with the political right. Julian Wright's fresh analysis of regionalist political thought overturns that assumption. Through this intellectual biography, Wright unpacks regionalism's broad appeal and helps