Written for students and specialists, Democracy Prevention explains how America’s alliance with Egypt has impeded democratic change and reinforced authoritarianism. The book is the first to combine extensive archival evidence…

This book offers an in-depth analysis of Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia for membership in NATO. Professor Barany examines their political, economic, and military conditions and concludes that although NATO…

This study defends new foundations for ethics and value theory, arguing that ethical principles can be seen to emerge from the philosophical quest for wisdom itself. It will appeal to…

This book is for readers who may or may not be familiar with the Middle Ages, but are interested in race and racism, and want to know how far back…

Self-Making Man reveals socially shared and personal practices, as well as improvisational actions by which a person inhabits and makes sense of the world with others. After decades of discussion…

Approaching creole studies from contrasting standpoints, this pioneering study casts new light on the nature of the Afro-Hispanic Languages of the Americas. It provides original theoretical and methodological perspectives for…

Five general problem classes are considered: linear systems of equations, non-linear systems of equations, unconstrained optimization, equality-constrained optimization and inequality-constrained optimization. The book contains many worked examples and homework exercises…

During the summer of 1800, slaves in Richmond conspired to overthrow slavery. This book uses Gabriel’s Conspiracy to expose the processes through which Virginians of African descent built an oppositional…