“…"Haskell tells the tale of the Kansas City Star's rise and decline, taking readers into the city room and executive offices of one of the most respected American newspapers. This story includes Kansas City notables as Tom Pendergast, J. …”
Sumario

“…This edition will be a welcome addition to scholars of American and French history as the volume contains many writings that have never before been published. …”

“…There has been and continues to be a remarkable revival in academic interest in Carl Schmitt's thought within politics, but this is the first book to address his thought from an explicitly legal theoretical perspective, as it addresses the actual and potential significance of Schmitt's thought for debates within contemporary Anglo-American legal theory that have emerged during the past three decades…”

“…This approach represents the author's effort to understand the origins, meanings, and effects of parental involvement as a prerequisite of schooling and particularly as a policy 'solution' for low achievement and even inequity in the American educational system…”

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Reseña (H-Net)

“…El tomo se completa con ejemplos de aportaciones humanas y trascendentales para la vida de las Américas, y una medular crítica a la visión de incompatibilidad cultural huntingtoniana, negación por excelencia de la prosperidad civilizatoria…”

“…Libro organizado en seis apartados: la era clásica, la mitología europea, la egipcia y la africana, la de Oriente Próximo y la de las Américas. Atesora entre sus páginas una impresionante recopilación de los mitos y las leyendas de todo el mundo.A través de historias épicas, así como de leyendas que reflejan lo extraño, extraordinario y sobrenatural, esta exhaustiva y rigurosa guía ilustrada, elaborada por un equipo de expertos, habla de lo humano y divino, de los dioses y los héroes que han contribuido a enriquecer las fascinantes tradiciones de las diferentes culturas…”

“…This book contains a collection of essays comparing the evolution of the fiscal and monetary regimes of the Old World colonial powers: England, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century with the experiences of several of their former colonies in the New World of the Americas: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. …”

“…Thereafter they describe the rise of states and empires in the classical period, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, and the European conquest. The concluding section focuses on Africa in the twentieth century as it gains independence and searches for a new identity beyond colonialism. …”
Sumario

“…Divided into sections covering: the Americas, Asia, Europe, CIS, North Africa and the Middle East, Central & Southern Africa and Australasia, each chapter will be authored by an internationally recognized scholar and survey sociolinguistic work in that country or group of countries. …”