maxson, brian jeffrey (east tennessee state university, usa.)

The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its cla

The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its cla

Peter C. Caldwell and Karrin Hanshew's Germany Since 1945 traces the social, political and cultural history of Germany from the end of the Second Worl

This book offers the first synthetic interpretation of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence in more than fifty years. Brian Jeffrey Maxson sh

This book offers the first synthetic interpretation of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence in more than fifty years. Brian Jeffrey Maxson sh

The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece a

Written by 55 of the richest white men, and signed by only 39 of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular percept

Cutting through the jargon of EU politics, the third edition of this engaging and informative textbook examines the history, institutions, processes a

This is a cutting-edge yet accessible introduction to Second Language Acquisition. It covers concepts, themes, goals, research problems, methods, theo

Now in its third edition Poetry: The Basics remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to childr

In Affinities, Brian Dillon explores images and artists he is drawn to or loves, and tries to analyze the attraction. What do we mean when we claim

The most widely used text in its course area, James W. Kalat's BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY has appealed to thousands of students before you. Why? Kalat's ma

Award-winning historian Michael D. Bess writes in vivid prose, drawing on illustrative historical examples. Eleven fictional vignettes describe concre

Explores the play of international forces and international ideas about Shanghai, looking backward as far as its transformation into a subdivided trea

Now in its third edition, Teaching and Researching Reading charts the field of reading (first and second language) systematically and coherently for t

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on

Conventional narratives describe the United States as a continental country bordered by Canada and Mexico. Yet, since the late twentieth century the U

Through the exploration of nine common myths about the history and culture of early modern Europe, roughly 1350–1700, this book uses common assumption

Analyses the cultural significance of the actor's stardom and film appearances as lenses through which to view American society and cinema

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part II (1974) is a magisterial cinematic work, a gorgeous, stylized, auteur epic, and one of the few sequels ju