From a nickel to a token

Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York’s mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events – the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the M...

From a trickle to a torrent

What happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? From a Trickle to a Torrent documents the demographic and social consequences of educational migration from Nubri, a Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal. The authors explore parents’ moti...

From abyssinian to zion

From modest chapels to majestic cathedrals, and historic synagogues to modern mosques and Buddhist temples: this photo-filled, pocket-size guidebook presents 1,079 houses of worship in Manhattan and lays to rest the common perception that skyscrapers, bridges, and parks are the only defining mome...

From access to engagement and beyond

This collection reveals a recurring theme in the author’s work over almost three decades: that the preoccupation in policy, commentary, research and practice with who gets into higher education has led to a corresponding failure to cast a critical eye over what, where and when they get the higher...

From alexander to jesus

Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to...

From ancient to modern

As archaeologists unearth the past, they seek meaning or purpose for the objects they uncover by looking at the objects themselves and their archaeological context. Art historians, on the other hand, primarily focus on aesthetics, asking why a particular object stimulates our senses, and what tha...

From antiquities to heritage

A historical perspective on cultural heritage. The book combines investigations of eighteenth century antiquarianism with contemporary heritage studies. Presents Norwegian material to an international readership. Discusses issues related changes in the modern experience of temporalit...

From antisemitism to anti-zionism

In fourteen chapters, leading scholars use the lenses of history, sociology, political science, psychology, philosophy, religion, and literature to examine, disentangle, and remove the disguises of the many forms of antisemitism and anti-Zionism that have inhabited or targeted the English-speakin...

From apartheid to democracy

A decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine.   For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state solution under the auspices of the Oslo Accords has allowed Israel to maintain a one-stat...

From austerity to abundance?

This volume explores the ways in which civil society and governments employ transformative tactics of direct engagement in coordinating efforts toward the common good. Increasingly, these collaborative endeavors seek to share power and break down role boundaries in the pursuit of abundant human f...

From berlin to jerusalem

A deep and abiding passion, wedded to the keenest of intellects, shaped Scholem's life's work—the study of Jewish mysticism.

From black gold to frozen gas

This book explores how Qatar became a major player in the global energy market. Part historical analysis, part in-the-room narrative, it is the definitive account of oil and gas development in Qatar.

From blofeld to moneypenny

Since its inception, 007 has captured the hearts of a worldwide audience, and the franchise is now available over multiple media platforms, including movie, comic strips, games, graphic novels and fashion statements. This edited collection examines the role that gender has played across the platf...

From c-numbers to q-numbers

From c-Numbers to q-Numbers: The Classical Analogy in the History of Quantum Theory explores the critical role of classical analogies in the development of quantum theory, examining how key figures such as Planck, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Dirac employed these analogies to bridge the gap between clas...

From cairo to wall street

From caligari to hitler

An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticismFirst published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. Prominent film critic Siegfried Kracauer examines Germ...

From categories to categorization

This volume brings together some of the world’s leading scholars of market categorization. Together, their contributions depict categorization as both a cognitive and a social process, tightly connected to actors involved, their specific acts, the entity being categorized, and the context and tim...

From children's interests to children's thinking

Tap into children’s inherent curiosity to create a dynamic emergent curriculum plan based on children’s interests and thinking.

From chinatown to every town

From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method app...

From click to boom

How the world’s largest e-commerce market highlights a digital path to developmentHow do states build vital institutions for market development? Too often, governments confront technical or political barriers to providing the rule of law, contract enforcement, and loan access. In From Click to Bo...

From complex systems to transdisciplinarity

This book analyzes resilience and sustainability in 7 complex adaptive systems, highlighting transitions from complexity to transdisciplinarity for knowledge integration. It explores second order cybernetics, entropy and reflexivity, contributing to debates on traditional ontological and epistemo...

From corporate globalization to global co-operation

This book is about the need for an alternative to capitalism. But what does that alternative look like? And given the ever-increasing wealth and power of the 1 percent and the fact that corporations are given carte blanche to turn natural resources into profit, is an alternative possible?Tom Webb...

From cotton and smoke

This book considers the history of Łódź, a former textile hub now in central Poland, as one of confrontation with modernity. It presents a multifaceted portrait of twentieth-century urban experience beyond the metropolis.

From counting to computing

From Counting to Computing demonstrates the powerful integration of formal mathematical reasoning, hands-on educational experiments and digital computation to solve problems. Focusing on numeric tables shaped as squares, equilateral & isosceles triangles, offering many opportunities for algeb...

From craftsmen to capitalists

Describes how the artisan class became one of the pillars of postwar stability in Germany. Explores how skilled tradesmen recast their historical traditions and forged alliances with former antagonists to help realize German democratization and recovery.

From darkness to light

A compilation of personal testimonies of six Holocaust survivors. Amid their immense pain and suffering, they overcame every hurdle they encountered and realized their dream to live in Israel. Their love for Israel and their creation of families embody children, grandchildren, and great-grandchil...

From demon to darling

Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States to...

From development to democracy

Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest ...

From digital disruption to dominance

From Digital Disruption to Dominance: Leveraging FinTech Applications for Sustainable Growth is a timely exploration into FinTech applications and their transformative power in the business realm, offering clear understanding of how these tools not only disrupt but also offer pathways to dominanc...

From disagreement to discourse

This book examines contemporary debates in American education, using a Socratic approach. Each chapter explores an issue and concludes with questions for reflection. It aims to benefit educational professionals at all career stages, encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions.

From dust to life

The remarkable story of how our solar system came to beThe birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from...

From economy to society

Leading socio-legal scholars explore whether and how the idea of harnessing the regulatory capacity of a social sphere provides a new analytical lens that can provide fresh insights into transnational risk regulation.

From enemy territory

Set at the outbreak of war in Bosnia, Vuksanovic keeps a diary of the extraordinary events as they unfold around him. He describes in chilling detail the horrifying war and the mental strain of war on the individual.

From equity to growth

From Equity to Growth presents specific policy choices that can reconcile social demands with macroeconomic stability, providing a road map to escape the middle-income trap without sacrificing fairness.

From ethnophobia to anti-semitism

Why did late Stalinism turn antisemitic? Matthias Vetter traces it to Stalinist terror against “foreign” minorities, reading Soviet Judeophobia and anti-Gypsyism as part of an ethnicized Cold War xenophobia. Jews were cast as Western agents—“anti-Zionism” masking antisemitism—with echoes in Kreml...

From eve to dawn, a history of women in the world, volume i

A readable guide to the beginnings of women's history, from the best-selling author Marilyn French.

From eve to dawn, a history of women in the world, volume iii

From the New York Times–bestselling author: “A rare find: a page-turning, can’t-put-it-down history text.” —Library JournalWriting about what she calls the “most cheering period in female history,” Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth-century women living under imperialism, industrialization, a...

From eve to dawn, a history of women in the world, volume iv

The conclusion of the “remarkable” four-volume history by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Women’s Room (Publishers Weekly).In the twentieth century, women became a force for change, in part through suffrage, and in part through mass organizing. This final volume of Marilyn French’s w...