Nicholas Thompson: 7 books
The Hawk and the Dove
Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
A brilliant and revealing biography of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era—written by the grandson of one of them
Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies for winning—and...
Deadline Artists—Scandals, Tragedies & Triumphs
More of America's Greatest Newspaper Columns
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An anthology of newspaper columns from the 19th century to the present—“engaging eyewitness pieces [that] elicit admiration, wonder and gasps of surprise” (Kirkus Reviews).
Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns drew together some of the finest examples of America’s greatest...
An Eye for the Tropics
Tourism, Photography, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the...
The Legacy of the Grand Tour
New Essays on Travel, Literature, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
The topos of the journey is one of the oldest in literature, and even in this age of packaged tours and mediated experience, it still remains one of the most compelling. This volume examines the ways in which the legacy of the Grand Tour is still evident in works of travel and literature. From its...
by Donald H. Owings, Michael D. Beecher, Nicholas S. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
ON THE FUTURE OF PERSPECTIVES When Patrick Bateson and Peter Klopfer offered me the editorship of Perspectives in 1992, the world of academic publishing was in one of its periodic upheavals. Subscriptions to series-even distinguished series such as Perspec tives-had been declining and individual...
Brahman and Dao
Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion....
Designer Biology
The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...