How did Seattle become home to some of the world’s most influential infectious-diseases researchers?

Charles Darwin is a crucial figure in nineteenth-century science. This title covers Darwin’s reception across Europe and his influence on European science and culture. It conveys the many-sidedness of Darwin’s…

This book offers a deeper understanding of the ethical dilemmas raised by prenatal and genetic diagnostics by demonstrating the reactions of women and their partners through the summaries of interviews…

Examines the problematic and divisive attitudes which bourgeois and socialist feminists take to the question of the links between patriarchy and capitalism and the importance of class conflict as a…

Die Geschichten der Bibel kennen sie, als Cherubim besetzten sie die Bundeslade. Kirchen und Kathedralen sind mit ihnen geschmuckt: Engel! Wie konnten sie schweben? Was hat Menschen zu dieser Symbolik…

Explores the nature of southern communities during the long nineteenth century. The contributors build on the work of scholars who have allowed us to see community not simply as a…