“david i kertzer”

In this meticulously researched, unflinching, and reasoned study, National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer presents shocking revelations about the role played by the Vatican in the development of modern anti-Semitism. Working in long-sealed Vatican archives, Kertzer unearths startling evidence ... More

National Book Award finalist Kertzer presents the unforgettable true story and landmark case of a woman's struggle for basic human rights in 19th-century Italy. "Amalia's Tale" chronicles a rural woman whose life was ruined and the lawyer who would not stop until he had seen justice done.This quinte... More

"National Book Award Finalist" Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome. His mother is so distraught that sh... More

Nancy Riley and James McCarthy examine demography in this study from the new perspective of postmodernism, and survey its development as a field. Demography as a social science has struggled to maintain its political and academic strength. Riley and McCarthy accordingly argue for the inclusion of ne... More

Based on a wealth of documents long buried in the Vatican archives, "Prisoner of the Vatican" tells the story of the Church's secret attempt to block the unification of Italy and seize control--not in ancient times, but in the late 19th century.Praise for David Kertzer and Prisoner of the Vatican: "... More

This study examines the ways that states have attempted to pigeon-hole the people within their boundaries into racial, ethnic, and language categories. These attempts, whether through American efforts to divide the U.S. population into mutually exclusive racial categories, or through the Soviet syst... More

In this important new book original contributions from an international panel of experts offer historical and anthropological perspectives on the Western family, focusing on family life in Italy from ancient Rome to the present. Using methods ranging from symbolic to quantitative analysis, the autho... More

Data Communications and Networks uses a top-down, Internet-focussed approach to tackle the problem of communication system design. An integrated approach is taken to networks and data communications, with an emphasis that starts from the top level requirements and works downwards, describing how suc... More