Thomas Alexander shows that the primary, guiding concern of Dewey’s philosophy is his theory of aesthetic experience. He directly challenges those critics, most notably Stephen Pepper and Benedetto Croce, who…

Rather than treat the conflict with a form of historical amnesia, the contributors argue that the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was a formative experience for the more than three hundred future…

Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that…

Offers comprehensive coverage of the principles of cognitive radio communications, cognitive networks, and details of their implementation, including the developments in the standards and spectrum policy. This book gives a…

This Handbook provides a complete survey of the vibrant field of political sociology. Part I explores the theories of political sociology. Part II focuses on formation, transitions, and regime structure…

This collection offers a combination of insightful media analyses and examinations of knowledge construction that focus on popular culture and its portrayals of rural people and communities in the United…

Since Wallerstein developed world systems theory (WST), scholars have adopted the approach to explain intersociety interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to…