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Houses of History: A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory: A Criticial Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory

added by wendi on November 4, 2006 9:59 PM
Every piece of historical writing has a theoretical basis on which evidence is selected, filtered, and understood. This is as true of scientific empiricism as it is of poststructualism.The Houses o...

Brandeis and the Progressive Constitution: Erie, the Judicial Power, and the Politics of the Federal Courts in Twentieth-Century America

added by webster on November 11, 2006 7:45 PM
This book examines both the constitutional jurisprudence of Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis and one of his most famous and controversial opinions, Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938). This...

The Power and the Glory (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

added by rob33 on November 3, 2006 11:54 AM
How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. I...

The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements

added by wellness on November 2, 2006 2:29 AM
MacDonald provides a theoretical analysis and review of data on the widespread tendency among certain highly influential, Jewish-dominated intellectual movements to develop radical critiques of gen...

From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America

added by lovieduvie on October 30, 2006 2:09 PM
"Whether or not we've come a long way since then, this engaging study of courtship shows that at least half the fun is in reading about getting there." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Buy this book
3 reviews  -  tags: america + seat + front + courtship + back

Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

added by shakeonit on November 25, 2006 2:28 AM
Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then (as Thomas Pynchon puts it in his sinister, insinuatin...

Giorgio Morandi (Twentieth-Century Masters Series)

added by shirley49 on November 15, 2006 10:34 PM
This much-anticipated volume presents the work of the private, enigmatic Bolognese painter and engraver. The text traces Morandi's many influences, from Giotto to Cezanne and the Metaphysical paint...

The Power and the Glory (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

added by work on November 7, 2006 6:52 AM
How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. I...

The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements

added by stix on November 3, 2006 2:27 PM
MacDonald provides a theoretical analysis and review of data on the widespread tendency among certain highly influential, Jewish-dominated intellectual movements to develop radical critiques of gen...

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