This book is being planned as a tribute to Dr. Victor A. McKusick (1921 2008), who is well known as the "father of medical genetics". He was long associated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, first as a student in 1940s, and
How do people perceive the land around them, how is that perception changed by history? This book explores this question from an anthropological angle, assessing connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, memory i
Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts Afro Modernist epic. Within context of Classical traditions, early 20th century American modernist long poems, griot of West
From the trial of Socrates to post 9 11 military commissions, trials have always been useful instruments of politics. Yet there is still much that we do not understand about them. Why do governments to pursue political objectives, a
As disciplines, psychology and history share a primary concern with the human condition. Yet historically, relationship between two fields has been uneasy, marked by a long standing climate of mutual suspicion. This book engages h
This book is concerned with the presentation and analysis of certain dogmatic issues such as christology, ecclesiology, pastoral work, anthropology, faith bioethics among many others all meant to illustrate how Christian thoughts stands betwee
Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of irregular love matches contracted by successive generations of Cavendish Bentinck family, ancestors of British Family. The first part of this
When people experience a traumatic event, such as war or the threat of annihilation, they often turn to history for stories that promise a positive outcome to their suffering. During World War II, French took comfort in of Joan of Ar
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This title was first published in 2002: An intensive study of Shakespeare's most ambitious and complex achievement in the historical mode. The book offers an account of play's critical history from 1700 until 1980s, deals with aspects