Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea 9780465093946, 9780465093939

Sovereign equality among states: The history of an idea 9781487589349

Uncritical adherence to the concept of sovereign equality is a major stumbling block to the reorganization of the world

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Antiques: The History of an Idea 9780801463822

The notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our mos

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Elusive Equality: Women's Rights, Public Policy, and the Law 9781685858841

Analysis of the relationships among women’s rights, public policy, and the law.

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In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea 9781400889211

A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should be Many Zionists who advocated the crea

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Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea 9780691242712

A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference Historically, the Western encounter wi

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White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea 9780691205366

The racist legacy behind the Western idea of freedom The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern concep

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White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea 9780691179469, 9780691205366

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Tasting French Terroir: The History of an Idea 9780520961333

This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French

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Woman: The American History of an Idea 9780300265170

A comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century

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Sweatshop: The History of an American Idea 9780813542560

Arguing that the sweatshop is as American as apple pie, Laura Hapke surveys over a century and a half of the language, v

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