“eugene w schupp”

Fresh concepts in the study of seed dispersal are spurring a host of exciting new questions, new answers to old questions, new methods and approaches, and a reinvigoration of the field. Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World presents both recent advances and reviews of curre... More

The author and narrator of the PBS program "The Western Tradition" presents a scintillating introduction to a troubled French decade. Caught between the memory of a brutal war won at frightful cost and fear of another cataclysm, France in the 1930s suffered a failure of nerve. Brilliantly chronicled... More

The Western Tradition, 5/e, offers carefully selected documents reflecting the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious development of Western civilization. Volume I spans the rise of Western civilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the seventeenth century. Volume II commences with the... More

Apocalyptic visions and prophecies from Zarathustra to yesterday form the luxuriant panorama in Eugen Weber's profound and elegant book. Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber fin... More

The end of the nineteenth century in France was marked by political scandals, social unrest, dissension, and "decadence." Yet the "fin de siecle" was also an era of great social and scientific progress, a time when advantages previously reserved for the privileged began to be shared by the many. Pub... More

My France focuses on some of the most intriguing aspects of French life: politics, myths, personalities, public problems, actions, and conflicts. The topics Weber treats range from sports to religion, and include comments on folklore, national socialism, antisemitism, and famous Frenchmen.... More