The Study of Culture At a Distance

The Study of Culture At a DistanceThe United States on the eve of the Second World War was still a society largely isolated from the world. Facing enemies with unfamiliar cultural traditions, the U. S. government turned to anthropologists for insight. The result was a research effort that continued long after the war, aimed, in the words of Margaret Mead, at analyzing the cultural regularities in the characters of individuals who are members of societies that are inaccessible to

This edition of Edith King Hall’s Adventures in Toyland is a classic work of British children’s literature reimagined for modern readers

the rabbinic parables commonly used to interpret Scripture

Josef pleas his innocence as he still investigates what crime he is being tried for

through focused readings of Holocaust fiction by Kosinski

the White House has emerged as the center of power in the domestic policy process

Massimo Cacciari is perhaps the most assiduous commentator of Dante

and better patient outcomes

winner of the 2008 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in African American Studies

As a history of the Middle East

Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery (terra sigillata) found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume

evidence-based strategies for meeting the psychosocial and vocational needs of people with emerging disabilities

Tamar Hermann