Lexington Books: 3858 books
Manuscript Recipe Books as Archaeological Objects
Text and Food in the Early Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
During the mid- to late seventeenth century, women in Irish houses from elite backgrounds started to collect recipes, which they recorded in domestic manuscripts. While these manuscripts were made elsewhere at an earlier date, they were an almost entirely new arrival to Ireland in this period, and...
Biblical Economic Ethics
Sacred Scripture's Teachings on Economic Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Written in non-technical language accessible to non-specialist readers, this book is a theological synthesis of the findings of scripture scholars and ethicists on what the Bible teaches about economic life. It proposes a biblical theology of economic life that addresses three questions, namely:
What...
The George W. Bush Presidency
A Rhetorical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
To date, there are only a couple dozen or so books specifically about the Presidency of George W. Bush. Political operatives, members of the media, and former administration officials have written most of the volumes. Additionally, the early books on the Bush presidency focus on the various aspects...
by Monika Giacoppe, Simona Muratore, Gisela Hoecherl-Alden
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The commitment to participate in ecological protection has grown considerably and, in the academic world, it has been tackled primarily by the Social Sciences. The Humanities has followed suit and several books have dealt with the reasons why such commitment is essential and morally imperative. What...
The American Civil Rights Movement 1865–1950
Black Agency and People of Good Will
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
The American Civil Rights Movement 1865–1950 is a history of the African American struggle for freedom and equality from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. It synthesizes the disparate black movements, explaining consistent themes and controversies...
The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment
Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment is a collection of essays which deal with the influence of Ibn Tufayl, a 12th-century Arab philosopher from Spain, on major European thinkers. His philosophical novel, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan, could be considered one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific...
A History of Rwandan Identity and Trauma
The Mythmakers' Victims
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Few societies have faced the difficulties of identity building experienced by Rwanda. This book’s introduction reviews literature on the concepts of myth and trauma, and then introduces basic information on Rwanda and how it has been viewed by the outside world. Chapter One describes early Rwanda’s...
Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between
Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Current characters in children’s entertainment media illustrate a growing trend of representations that challenge or subvert traditional notions of gender and sexuality. From films to picture books to animated television series, children’s entertainment media around the world has consistently...
Darwin's Philosophical Legacy
The Good and the Not-So-Good
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
There is hardly any university, college, or even high school left where they do not teach Darwinism—and rightly so. Yet, most of these places do more preaching than teaching. They teach more than they should, and at the same time, they teach less than they should.
Most books on Darwinism are either...
Theodore Roosevelt and the Art of American Power
An American for All Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Theodore Roosevelt is an American icon, his face carved in granite alongside those of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore. He is the only American awarded both the Medal of Honor and Nobel Peace Prize. As president, he pushed through a stubborn Congress to breakup corporate monopolies...
How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us
The Discipline at a Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
This book provides an eye-opening exposé on economics professors that will surely shock anyone who is not familiar with the topic, and even some of those who are familiar with it. It is critical of the behavior of economics professors, but is not critical of the field of economics itself. In fact,...
Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1959–1973
A New History
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In the twenty-first century, students of Cold War history are fortunate to have the fruits of several major works on the Sino-Soviet split by European and American scholars. What is lacking in English literature, however, is a book based on international documentation, especially Chinese archival...
Madness Unchained
A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Madness Unchained is a comprehensive introduction to and study of Virgil's Aeneid. The book moves through Virgil's epic scene by scene and offers a detailed explication of not only all the major (and many minor) difficulties of interpretation, but also provides a cohesive argument that explores Virgil's...
The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Extraordinary Perseverance
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
The social conscience of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) developed as he operated a brewery in Spitalfields, nineteenth-century London’s poorest parish. His interest and research on penal discipline brought him national prominence and led to a parliamentary career that lasted nearly two decades....