By investigating the record of economic development in Venezuela from 1920 to 2005, this book shows how political strategies interacted with economic strategies - specifically, how politics determined state capacity at any given time and how the stage of development and development strategies affected the nature of political conflicts.

Addresses the paradox of Matisse's status as a canonical modern artist, but one whose work and career cannot be mapped onto conventional histories of an insurrectionary modernism. This book considers the many-faceted elements of the artist's life, work, and reputation to present a comprehensive framework for viewing both Matisse and modernism.

Examines artistic innovations from a philosophical perspective that is informed by cognitive film theory and critical race theory. This book illuminates ways in which categories of race have been defined and continue to direct much of our vision of the moral self and what counts as appropriate moral sensibility.

Compares efforts in three Latin American countries - Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica - to attract nontraditional FDI and analyzes the reasons for their relative success or failure. This study draws lessons from the author's analysis for how governments might develop effective strategies for attracting nontraditional FDI.

Based on readings of representative poems by eight Peninsular writers, this book demonstrates that the lyric was a crucial site for the negotiation of masculine identity as Spain's noblemen were alternately cajoled and coerced into abandoning their identifications with images of the medieval hero and assuming instead the posture of subjects.

Aspects of love that are expressed in pop music - such as 'love is a drug', 'sexual healing', and 'love potion number nine' - trace deep roots to Old French romance of the high Middle Ages. This title seeks to engage scholars of love, marriage, and magic in disciplines as diverse as anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies.

Elucidates the concept of authority and its relation to autonomy, and traces the historical growth of scientific authority and its place in contemporary American society. This book also analyzes how scientific authority plays out in relation to other social domains, such as law, religion, government, and the public sphere.

Elsie Singmaster wrote extensively over the first half of the twentieth century. While Singmaster's work fell out of sight as the century wore on, her writings remain a significant contribution to the study of both Pennsylvania German history and culture and the literature of the last century. This title features sixteen of her short stories.

Discusses the nature of political inquiry. This book focuses on alternative approaches to and visions of core political ideas: equality, power, revolution, childhood, and community.

Placing Isaac Newton's natural philosophy within a broad conceptual context, this title takes that science from Galileo to the early nineteenth century, concentrating on Scotland during the 120 years from 1690 to 1810 - a period defined by the publication of Newton's Principia in 1687 and the death of John Robison in 1805.

Based on readings of representative poems by eight Peninsular writers, this book demonstrates that the lyric was a crucial site for the negotiation of masculine identity as Spain's noblemen were alternately cajoled and coerced into abandoning their identifications with images of the medieval hero and assuming instead the posture of subjects.

Investigates the often difficult relationships among writing, community, and belief. This book examines aspects of Mennonite life from the perspective of family stories and historical documentation as well as from the author's own experiences. It explores a variety of themes, including gender, community, silence, place, identity, and the body.

Blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to be employed in lower-paying service jobs or to be unemployed, are three times as likely to live in poverty, and have a median household income barely half of that for white households. This book discusses possibilities for overcoming obstacles to black economic progress.

Since its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm. This title gives an account of the CIA's powerful influence on the film.

This text is an investigation of the influence of the Commedia dell'Arte on the work of many artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and on Western art and culture to this day.

After Vasari, Carlo Ridolfi provides the most important contemporary documentary source for understanding Titian. This edition provides a translation into English of Ridolfi's biography which illuminates Titian's life, artistic production and early critical reputation.