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Using both clinical data and a variety of case studies, this book argues for a diagnostic classification, Anger Regulation and Expression Disorder, that helps bring about clinical improvements and increased scientific understanding of anger. It explores anger as a clinical phenomenon and provides a reliable set of assessment criteria.

The Evolution of Social Wasps resolves one of evolution's most intriguing problems - the origin of insect sociality. It also challenges conceptual approaches that have dominated three decades of social behaviour research.

Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity.

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot is a thorough examination of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, discussing how the document came to light, what the account contains, how it relates to other early Christian texts, and why it is so important for our understanding of Christianity.

Giuseppe Verdi is the famous Italian composer of opera. While he was sometimes criticized for writing music considered too "simple," his works have endured, and are still performed throughout the world. This volume is a guide to the Verdi's life and operas, containing "New Grove" articles, a section on modern Verdi productions, and more.

Carp argues American urban colonists were among the first to unite as Americans. Looking at the physical environments of cities as political catalysts, he contends that what began as interaction and negotiation developed into wider political awareness and action. This groundbreaking work will contribute to scholarship on the American Revolution.

Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. This title argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the 18th and early 19th centuries to gather and communicate information.

Exposes felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. This book reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics, election outcomes, and public policy.

Fraught with religious meaning, the Civil War witnessed the sanctification of patriotism as northern churches wholeheartedly supported the Union. Scott recreates the lives of ordinary religious citizens through their own words in this groundbreaking study of northern laymen's Christianity in the Civil War.

This book joins epistemic and socio-political issues, using Wittgenstein and diverse liberatory theories to reorient epistemology as an explicitly political endeavor, with trustworthiness at its heart. Each essay was an attempt to grasp a particular set of problems, and they appear together as a model of passionate philosophical engagement.

A former Vatican insider unveils the mystery shrouding the ritual, process and politics of papal election and offers insight into what followed the death of Pope John Paul II.

This book combines the personal story of the author with a discussion of the science behind anxiety disorders. It provides useful facts and information on such topics as how to find professional help, the types of therapy available for those with anxiety disorders, and how to deal with stressful social situations.

Lewin, one of the 20th century's most prominent figures in music theory, pushes the boundaries of the study of pitch-structure beyond its conception as a static system for classifying inter-relating chords.

A candid portrait of America's greatest university and it's dazzling achievements and academic pratfalls through seven decades of dramatic change.

Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. How and when did our everyday world become dominated by fear, every citizen treated as a potential criminal?

Honoring God and the City is a documentary history of musical activities at Venetian lay confraternities from their origins in the thirteenth century to their suppression in the early nineteenth, demonstrating the vital role they played in the cultural life of Venice.

Shows how pervasive and influential Left politics were in children's book writing, illustrating, publishing, and dissemination during the middle third of the twentieth century - precisely the time when Americans were most concerned about protecting their children against Communist influences.

Looks at the concerns of traditional feminist scholarship from the perspective of Aristotelian virtue ethics. This book examines moral harms of two types in particular. It is of interest to feminist theorists in philosophy and women's studies, as well as ethicists and social theorists.

Explores the cultural economies of two "non-traditional" commodity trades between Africa and Europe - one anglophone, the other francophone - in order to show not only why they differ but also how both have felt the fall-out of the wealthy world's food scares.

Makes the bold claim that alliances in Europe and Asia have become irrelevant to the challenges the United States faces and are slowly dissolving as a result. This work predicts that the coming change in American strategy will force our traditional allies to rethink their choices and create new patterns in world politics.

A detailed introduction to the thought of John Buridan (c.1300-1362). Aside from the fact that he taught at the University of Paris and was twice its Rector, very little is known of Buridan's life, and the book thus focuses entirely on his writings, mainly commentaries on Aristotle and his thought.