In early 1867, a book of poems stunned the French literary world. Titled The Book of Jade, it featured Chinese calligraphy and named ancient Chinese poets as... | CUP| Columbia University Press
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Cars are killing people and making the planet uninhabitable. Crashes take the lives of more than a million people around the world each year. Air pollution l... | CUP| Columbia University Press
This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into ... | CUP| Columbia University Press
A woman seduces her landlord to extort the family farm. Gamblers recruit a wily prostitute to get a rich young man back in the game. Silver counterfeiters wr... | CUP| Columbia University Press
Around the world, growing populations of older adults need social care. Aging is typically associated with steady physical and cognitive decline; the practic... | CUP| Columbia University Press
In August 2020, Donald Trump announced that his administration had brokered a groundbreaking treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the first no... | CUP| Columbia University Press
Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervas... | CUP| Columbia University Press
Winner, 2024 Bela Kornitzer Alumni Award, Drew UniversityLife and death are commonly seen as representing the starkest of binaries: Death is the ultimate adv... | CUP| Columbia University Press
"This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren BuffettHoward Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful a... | CUP| Columbia University Press
Rastafari is an Afrocentric social and religious movement that emerged among Afro-Jamaican communities in the 1930s and has many adherents in the Caribbean a... | CUP| Columbia University Press
