Now, with In Search of Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature, providing a fascinating overview of the social sciences in the last one hundred yea…
This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. It brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society.
This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. It brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society.
Little more than a hundred years ago, ordinary Americans had no idea that many deadly ailments were the work of microorganisms, let alone that their own behavior spread such diseases. The Gospel of Germs shows how the revolutionary findings of late-nineteenth-century bacteriolog…
Little more than a hundred years ago, ordinary Americans had no idea that many deadly ailments were the work of microorganisms, let alone that their own behavior spread such diseases. The Gospel of Germs shows how the revolutionary findings of late-nineteenth-century bacteriolog…
International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the Kohlberian-originated cognitive aspects of moral development.
Examining experiences of the Western front, this book looks at the life of a soldier, from the moment he marched to battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyses the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought.
Examining experiences of the Western front, this book looks at the life of a soldier, from the moment he marched to battle until he was buried. In five chapters - Battle, Body, Mind, Aid, Death - it describes and analyses the physical and mental hardship of the men who fought.
"In Europeanism, John McCormick attempts to identify and outline the political, economic, and social norms and values associated with Europe and Europeans.... we cannot fully come to grips with the dynamics of modern Europe--or its place in the international system--without unde…
"Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, The Most Secret Quintessence of Life explores how the notion of sex hormones enabled scientists to remap the human body, encouraging hopes that glandular interventions could cure ills, m…
"Roman Frugality offers the first-ever systematic analysis of the variants of individual and collective self-restraint that shaped ancient Rome throughout its history and had significant repercussions in post-classical times. In particular, it tries to do the complexity of a phe…
