This book reconsiders Flannery O'Connor, known primarily for her Catholicism. ...

Locating its discussion in the context of current political debates and Australian economic history, this book reflects on how economics has become central to our lives. It explains how the economy is entwined with a nationâ??s culture, and that free market economic policies risk changing the core of Australian culture. ...

Learn programming in the language you want: R! Until now a gap has separated generalised introductory computer programming and the application of these programming skills specifically to statistics and data analysis. This textbook bridges that gap with a self-contained first course in statistical computing. The book uses the open-source R statistical package to introduce students to basic programming notions common to most computing languages. ...

Social and historical theory of the conceptualisation of space from ancient times to the Renaissance. ...

"Res" is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others. Its field of inquiry is open to all cultures, regions, and historical periods. "Res" also publishes iconographic and textual documents important to the ...

A historical and comparative study, in which is revealed the changing conventions of the theatrical space as faithful expressions of the changing attitudes to woman and her sexuality. ...

New translation of key moral text with sections of related work and usual introduction. ...

This book examines the careers of three performers whose professional lives together spanned the period from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, from the heyday of neo-Classicism to the coming of Realism. While the individual essays concentrate on the specific work of Siddons, Rachel and Ristori, a wide-ranging introduction relates their collective achievement to social and cultural change. All three rejuvenated a national ...

Examines Plato??'s critique of the notions and embodiments of manliness prevalent in his culture.
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Twelve of today??'s most distinguished scholar-performers offer essays on new and intriguing aspects of baroque keyboard music.
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