Following a devastating earthquake in 1925 that destroyed most of Santa Barbara’s significant buildings, the city became the first in the country to have a controlled building plan using elements…

This interdisciplinary project offers a rereading of the 1590 Arcadia as an apocalyptic allegory, maintaining that Sidney’s revised work participates in contemporary debates on church reform and church history in…

Offers a tribute to the lost world of Lower Manhattan’s Fulton Fish Market. For more than a century, a colorful, tightly knit community of fishmongers, many of them recent immigrants…

This book describes how nutrition is related to health, including risk of chronic disease.

Provides basic information about individual nutrient of high importance along with the latest recommended dietary allowances…

This book uses a very specific topic (consonant clusters) to sharpen the focus on general issues in spoken language structure, particularly syllable structure and phonotactics, as currently investigated by phonetics…

Includes biological, psychological and sociological theories Identifies historical roots, assumptions, key concepts, applications, measurement, strengths, and limitations of each theory Compares and contrasts theories Concludes with an integrated perspective across…

A classic of China’s early prose tradition. This title provides an account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. It focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs…

Features essays by prominent literary scholars that showcase natural history and the multifaceted role of animals in well-known works of fiction, from Washington Irving in the early nineteenth century to…