1116 títulos para "University Of Pennsylvania Press"

"Sounds So Good to Me"

Pearson, Barry Lee

The roots of much American music lie in the intensely personal art form of the blues. What bluesmen from W.C. Handy to B.B. King have told us about their lives has shaped America's perception of the blues. These life stories provide central insights into blues music and stand as a fascinating form o...

Black Gods of the Metropolis

Fauset, Arthur Huff

Black Gods of the Metropolis Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North Arthur Huff Fauset. Foreword by Barbara Dianne Savage. Introduction by John Szwed "A foundational text in fields as diverse as religion and urban studies, Black studies and anthropology--a must read!"--Lee D. Baker, author of Fro...

Praxis and Action

Bernstein, Richard J.

"An extraordinarily ambitious and surprisingly successful attempt to bridge the gap between analytical philosophy and modern developments in Marxism, existentialism, and pragmatism. . . . An important step towards the restructuring of contemporary philoso

Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development

Humboldt, Wilhelm von

<i>Linguistic Variability and Intellectual Development</i>, Wilhelm von Humbolt's most famous work, was published by his brother Alexander posthumously, in 1836. It promptly established itself as a classic in the philosophy of language and has held that position ever since. With many...

Corporation Nation

Wright, Robert

Debt for Sale

Williams, Brett

Credit and debt appear to be natural, permanent facets of Americans' lives, but a debt-based economy and debt-financed lifestyles are actually recent inventions. In 1951 Diners Club issued a plastic card that enabled patrons to pay for their meals at select New York City restaurants at the end of ea...

The Private City

Warner, Sam Bass, Jr.

Autobiographical Occasions and Original Acts

Stone, Albert E

Gives an anaylsis of the social themes and cultural perspectives of modern American autobiographies."An excellent reference for students of autobiography, an essential text for students of American autobiography, and the central critical work for students of modern American autobiography."...

The Magician, the Witch, and the Law

Peters, Edward

Postmodern Fairy Tales

Bacchilega, Cristina

"An extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic. . . . Bacchilega has a remarkable capacity to reveal the intersections of folklore, literature, and film. Her interpretations of classical folk-tale types and their postmodern revisions . . . are stunnin

Christian Society and the Crusades, 1198-1229

During the thirteenth century, the widespread conviction that the Christian lands in Syria and Palestine were of utmost importance to Christendom, and that their loss was a sure sign of God's displeasure with Christian society, pervaded nearly all levels

Beyond Objectivism and Relativism

Bernstein, Richard J.

"A fascinating and timely treatment of the objectivism versus relativism debates occurring in philosophy of science, literary theory, the social sciences, political science, and elsewhere."--Choice