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When a boat capsizes on Lake Coeur d'Alene, it is Martha, the narrator and central character of these interrelated stories, who hears the strangers' cries for help. By retelling the rescue story, the constellation of Martha's family is defined and Martha's journey as a ""heroine of hearing"" begins.

These essays diagnose the present situation of Western thought by making explicit the philosophical presuppositions to which it is committed. They include theological affirmations, reflections on epistemology, conceptual analyses and dialogues with other writers in the field of cultural criticism.

This work collects some of John Shelton Reed's classic essays which offer an introduction to the sociology of the South. Beginning with the roots of regional sociology, Reed examines threads of continuity and change in southern sociology, including issues like southern stereotypes.

This work presents the political ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville, as set out in his work ""Democracy in America"", in the context of contemporary politics and ideas. The central concern of the book reflects De Tocqueville's own - that of reconciling liberty and order.

A full-length critical analysis of Updike's trilogy - ""A Month of Sundays"", ""Roger's Version"" and ""S"". Schiff demonstrates how Updike engages in a dialogue with Hawthorne's text, commenting upon and altering the original story.

Argentina's return to constitutional democracy in 1983 initiated a five-year cultural renaissance and film-making flourished. David Foster examines 10 important films made in that period and sets them in the context of Argentina's redemocratization and a range of social topics.

Looks inside the governmental system to show politics at its most human level, challenging the presumption of many political scientists that an understanding of government is necessarily technical and addressing such abstractions as memory and power as they work in the practice of governing.

In this volume, John Aldridge discusses the work of such major figures as Edmund Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Henry James, Saul Bellow and Robert Penn Warren. Taken together, the essays offer not only a survey of Aldridge's career but also a picture of the evolution of contemporary literature.

Drawing on the thought of Heidegger and Hegel, among others, this work studies the role of explicit traditions in transmitting truths, explores the interaction of different traditions, and ultimately searches for an ecumenic wisdom.

A series of case studies which examine the degree and extent to which a dozen 17th-century poems deal with the history of the time out of which they came. The author emphasizes how important a knowledge of history and culture may be to the reader of literature.

This collection of photographs portrays the diverse ethnic and cultural landscape of St Louis. Submissions from professional and amateur photographers from the area provide images of the architecture, landmarks, people and general daily life of the city.

This study of the Argentinian writer, Manuel Puig, is written for an English-speaking audience and analyzes aspects of his novels, summarizes the important body of criticism which is only available in Spanish, and provides a biographical sketch of the man.

This bulletin is one in a series published by the College of Arts and Science in which pertinent and interesting information that has been collected and analyzed in the research activities of regular departments of the College is made available to the public. The study of Missouri place names has been a project of Professor Robert L. Ramsay of the Department of English for a number of years. He has directed a series of eighteen masters theses in the field, and as a result of the research conducted by his students and through his own activities, a master file of Missouri place names has been prepared.This bulletin is only a sample of the information that has been collected and classified. The College of Arts and Science is making it available to the citizens of the State at a nominal price so that the public can have some knowledge and appreciation of this interesting and worthwhile study. The bulletin records a very significant part of our history and culture.

Depicts World War II - from its buildup to its aftermath - from the perspective of an average London citizen. This work features accounts of the Blitz and wartime deprivations, then of the postwar austerity programs, in passages that interweave daily terror with talk about theater, clothes, and family outings.

This work extends Paul Gottfried's examination of Western managerial government's growth in the last third of the 20th century. Linking multiculturalism to a distinctive political and religious context, it argues that welfare-state democracy, unlike bourgeois liberalism, has rejected the distinction between government and civil society.

Missouri has been likened to a ""cave factory"" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. This work records a cultural heritage stretching from the end of the ice age to the twenty-first century.

Although his contributions to philosophy are revered and his writings have been collected, Eric Voegelin's persona can fade with the memories of those who knew him. This book preserves the human element of Voegelin by capturing those personal recollections. Through these recollections, it provides an understanding of the man himself.

Growing up in Indiana, the author was enthralled by trains and especially dreamt of one day riding the Pennsylvania Railroad's all-Pullman flagship Spirit of St Louis. This title presents his many trips along the legendary rails of America and traces the evolution of American passenger trains since 1950s.

Applies the insights of Eric Voegelin to modern terrorism. The author points out that the chief omission from most contemporary studies of terrorism is an analysis of the ""spiritual motivation"". The book concludes with a chapter on the uniqueness of terrorist networks, their limitations, and the means by which they can be dealt with.

Provides a look at the life and career of Joseph Pulitzer III, using correspondence, records and interviews with more than seventy individuals who knew and/or worked with Pulitzer. This will be of interest to scholars of journalism and media history, American history, as well as those interested in the tribulations of family businesses.

Presents the first comprehensive look at the life of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Egloffstein, mapmaker, artist, explorer and inventor. Utilizing new German and American sources, Rowan clarifies many mysteries about the life of this major artist and cartographer of the American West.

This memoir provides a record of army culture in the first decades of the twentieth century can now reach a new generation of scholars. Babcock's original manuscript has been shortened by Robert H. Ferrell into eight chapters which illustrate the tremendous shift in warfare in the years surrounding the turn of the century.

Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever - an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country: Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, arguably one of the world's greatest pitchers.