The Science of Culture

The Science of CultureLeslie White was one of the most importantand controversialfigures in American anthropology. This classic work, initially published in 1949, contains Whites definitive statement on what he termed 'culturology.'

It takes a look at the cultural and artistic significance of British cinema from the silent era to the present

women dominated the family

The Incas carried out some of the most dramatic ceremonies known to us from ancient times

or their commissioning of tombs or altarpieces to perpetuate their memory and aid them in the afterlife

one half of the leading playwriting partnership of Beaumont and Fletcher

This book provides a straight forward and pragmatic guide to leadership

Two of John Lyly's most engaging plays

and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic

A source reader covering the first twenty years (1377–97) of Richard II’s reign

It tracks tensions between literary and commercial values

This is a clear and challenging introduction to the rich field of women and fiction in Italy

here reproduces three prominent examples of the company’s early work and contextualizes these plays in the wider tradition and recent history of British political theatre