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Early Education and Psychological Development
Barbara Biber, a seminal figure in twentieth-century education, here presents a selection of her writings on developmental and educational psychology over a forty-year period. Each of the older articles is introduced by...

The Quest for Self-Determination
All over the world, ethnic groups are striving to break away from the larger political entities that control their affairs. The quest for self-determination is one of the most persistent, pervasive movements of this...

Methods of Book Design, Third Edition
A new edition of this now classic work is long overdue, and, with the filmsetting revolution almost complete, it has been possible to write it. The processes and methods of a book production are of course still changing...

Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845
“A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America away from the great cities. This 400-page documentary by a dedicated exploring scholar explains how and why the landscape changed between the times of...

Afro-American Literature in the Twentieth Century
The Achievement of Intimacy
Michael Cooke examines the essential structure of Afro-American literature as it has developed in the twentieth-century, with special attention to works by Jean Toomer, Zora Neal Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison,...

Can Modern War be Just?
Now that mankind has created the capability of destroying itself through nuclear technology, is it still possible to think in terms of a "just war"? Johnson argues that it is, and in the context of specific case studies he...

China's Foreign Relations in the 1980s
What role will China play in world affairs during the 1980s, now that it has normalized relations with the United States and opened wider its economic doors? In this thoughtful and important book, six respected...

Yale French Studies, Special Issue
After the Age of Suspicion: The French Novel Today
This special issue of Yale French Studies presents a panoramic array of virtuoso talent. Included are extracts from the writings of sixteen contemporary French novelists, from Nathalie Sarraute and Claude Simon to Jeanne...

Grimms` Bad Girls and Bold Boys
The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales
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Marxism and Revolution
Karl Kautsky and the Russian Marxists, 1900-1924
This book offers a new interpretation of the origins of Russian Marxism, placing it firmly within the folds of the western European socialist movement. Moira Donald argues that the chief theoretician of German Marxism, Karl...