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The 'Nazi Menace' in Argentina 1931-1947 $26.41 Robert C. Newton Book One of the unanswered questions in the history of the 1930's and 1940's concerns just what the Nazis were up to in Argentina. Here was a country whose population was almost entirely European in origin and outlook, led by a conservative landed elite determined to retain power against the rising forces of socialism and "bolshevism." Here, too, was a substantial German-speaking minority numbering some quarter of a million. Could Argentina, then, have "gone Nazi"? This is the first complete, thoroughly researched investigation into the myth and reality of Nazi Germany's influence and activities in Argentina. It covers Nazi attempts to penetrate and convert Argentina's German-speaking population, to proselytize the Argentine military and right-wing political groups, and to influence the governments of the period. It also penetrates the maze of forgeries, propaganda, and assorted "dirty tricks" propagated by both the Allies and the Axis, thus providing a factual account of clandestine activities during the war years, and the alleged movement of Nazi war criminals and treasure to Argentina at the war's end. Among the author's major findings are that Germany in fact had no strategic designs on Argentina, but saw it as a market for export sales and a source of raw materials; that the response of German-Argentines and Argentines in general to Nazism was limited and dictated mostly by opportunism; and that both the British and Argentine governments took the measure of the German challenge calmly and rationally, and that it was the United States that became alarmed over the "Nazi menace." Despite what the author demonstrates were the reckless and foolish activities of Nazi agents, the U.S. government and media were ignorant and gullible concerning Argentina. The British and antifascist exiles were consequently able to manipulate the United States skillfully through a series of hoaxes, several of which this book exposes. And though Argentina did provide sanctuary to ex-fascists after World War II, Germs were almost certainly outnumbered by Italians, Croats, and East Europeans. The book is illustrated with some 20 photographs. Ronald C. Newton is Professor of Latin American History at Simon Fraser University and the author of German Buenos Aires, 1900-1933: Social Change and Cultural Crisis. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title The "Nazi menace" in Argentina, 1931-1947 Author Ronald C. Newton Edition illustrated Publisher Stanford University Press, 1992 ISBN 0804719292, 9780804719292 Length 520 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Old Red Courthouse DH image Old Red Courthouse,Downtown Dallas,near Sixth Floor Museum, Texas USA Enemies Under His Feet $20.17 Richard L. Greaves Book Most historians have hitherto assumed that militant Protestantism was nearly extinct during the Restoration -- that radical opponents of the government of Charles II, apart from a handful of fanatics, were thoroughly demoralized by their defeat at the hands of Royalists and Churchmen, and either shed their radicalism entirely or else turned their zeal inward toward quiteism. The author convincingly shows that this accepted view has greatly underestimated the extent to which organized opposition to the restored Stuart regime was present in the 1660's and 1670's. Much of the material in this book, drawn almost exclusively from rarely used archival material in England, Scotland, and the Netherlands will be new to students of the period. But it was familiar enough to Charles II and his advisers, whose agents uncovered everything from assassination plots to seditious conspiracies and planned rebellions. The author's detailed account shows that radical dissent, far from dying out, simply went underground. The author also looks at the problem of toleration for nonconformists, and shows how this issue was directly related to the activities of radical militants. The book covers radical activity in England, Scotland, and Ireland, was well as in exile communities in the Netherlands and Switzerland, seeking to determine not only what the radicals were doing but what connections existed among them. What emerges is a vivid account of the tangled web of conspiracy, idealism, frustration, resiliency, and ineptitude in the far flung radical community. We also gain insight into the place of that community in the broader world of nonconformity. The government had difficulty understanding this world, but it expended considerable effort to develop and implement policies to deal with the militants. To overlook this fact is to omit a fundamental aspect of Charles II's reign, and thus distort our understanding of it. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title Enemies under his feet: radicals and nonconformists in Britain, 1664-1677 Author Richard L. Greaves Publisher Stanford University Press, 1990 ISBN 0804717753, 9780804717755 Length 324 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Contents Dutch War I xiv Radicals on the Eve of the Dutch War 3 The Exile 15 The Scots and the Galloway 49 Hot Fiery Young Teachers 86 Physical Assaults on Scottish Clergy 96 Radical Political 103 Irish Security 109 Nonconformists in Ireland 112 The Nonconformist Challenge 121 The Radical Press 5 Kidnappers and Crown Jewels 191 Kidnapping 204 The Theft of the Crown Jewels 215 Radicalism and the Policy of Indulgence 224 Notes 253 Index 307 Copyright The English Traveler to Italy $39.00 George B. Parks Book THE ENGLISH TRAVELER TO ITALY The Middle Ages (to 1525) George B Parks originally published in 1954 Although the road to Rome meant a seven week journey on horseback at best, it was probably never so well traveled by Englishmen as in the years from 110 to 1500. In The English Traveler to Italy, Dr. George B. Parks tells the story of the men and women, from the captured king Caractacus to Reginald Cardinal Pole, cousin of Henry VIII, who undertook the arduous journey. Dr. Parks, has chose three broad topics around which to build a continuity for his narrative – the product of fifteen years of research. The work, supported by many fine illustrations, is primarily a study of travel literature – such narratives and descriptions as the treatise on the sights of Rome written by Master Gregorius, selections from the Rome guidebooks for pilgrims, a moving poem and a letter by Alcuin, and a part of the first book published by an Englishman in Rome – Robert Flemmyng’s, Meditations at Tivoli. In order to provide a setting for these documents and to better understand their content, Dr. Parks uses a second topic – the history of travel from England to Italy. The flow of visitors included kings, crusaders, soldier exiles, mercenaries, a pope, archbishops and cardinals, bishops, abbots, and simple priests and friars, students, and a few English merchants. We learn about these varied peoples, the routes they too and the changes in the routes down the years, about the times and seasons, the cost, the hardships and dangers, and about the accommodations. The travel records give rise to Dr. Parks’s third topic, the cultural interchange between the two countries. He discusses the importing into Britain of the Christian religion, then the later interflow of intellectual currents, such as the influence of Bede in Christian learning, the inspiration which Chaucer drew from Dante and Boccaccio, the Renaissance learning which scholars brought back to England. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original work: Title The English Traveler to Italy: The Middle Ages (to 1525) Author George B Parks Publisher Stanford University Press 1954 ISBN 080473559X, 9780804735599 Bench and Bureaucracy $20.02 L. M. Hill Book The late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods witnessed the emergence of a transitional figure in the crown's service, a person who was not yet fully a bureaucrat in the modern sense, but who nonetheless acted with a considerable degree of independence from the crown. Sir Julius Caesar (1558-1636) is an exemplar of this new kind of officer of state, and his career assumes even grater interest because he was also the most prominent civil lawyer of his generation. Through Caesar's career over a half-century, we can observe the inner workings of patronage, the day-to-day problems of royal service, the quarrels between rival crown servants, the conflicts between common law and civil courts, and more personally, the way in which an ambitious man could build a dynasty for his sons. Caesar occupied such judicial positions as Judge of the Admiralty, Master of Requests, Master of Chancery, and Master of the Rolls. Administratively, Caesar served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and as Privy Councillor. Through him we see some of these institutions at critical points in their history. Admiralty under stress of the privateering war against Spain; Request when that hapless court not only was subject to prohibitions, but saw its very existence threatened; and the Exchequer in the course of the fiscal crisis that culminated in the abortive negotiations over Salisbury's Great Contract in 1610. L.J. Hill is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and the editor of Sir Julius Caesar's The Ancient State, Authoritie, and Proceedings of the Court of Requests. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title Bench and bureaucracy: the public career of Sir Julius Caesar, 1580-1636 Author Lamar M. Hill Publisher Stanford University Press, 1988 ISBN 0804714177, 9780804714174 Length 316 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Contents In Steade of Your Father 1 To Rule and Governe as an Admirall in Deede 26 The Last but Not the Least 54 The Eldest Judge the Youngest and the Poorest 88 Awaiting a Chasteminded Joseph 113 Dayly Labourers in the Publick Service 137 A Sacred Offer Not to Be Refused 150 Cares and Miseries 179 A Doating Time 197 Proper Days for Every Business 222 Enrolled in Heaven 238 Epilogue 258 Notes 271 Works Cited 298 Index 305 Copyright

THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951 $14.56 Harold M. Vinacke Book Europe-or Asia? This was the crux of the great debate on American foreign policy precipitated by General MacArthur's return to the United States in April 1951. MacArthur raised the issue: should we sacrifice the European coalition and go it alone in the Far East? In The United States and the Far East, 1945-1951, Harold M. Vinacke tells how this country became involved in the affairs of postwar Asia. He describes, too, the dilemma of American policy-makers in that area. Abroad, our Administration was suspected of seeking to overthrow the Communist regime in China and restore the Nationalist regime; at home, the Administration was charged with seeking to overthrow the Nationalists and deal with the Communists. In this careful, balanced account Dr. Vinacke tells how the containment policy has been developed and applied in China, Japan, southeast Asia, India, and Korea. He shows the difficulties of fostering independence and economic betterment in Asian countries without courting the charge of imperialism. He explains how Japan, rather than China, has become an anchor of our defense system, and discusses the risks of bringing into play the Sino-Russian alliance by attacking the Chinese Communists from bases in Japan. This book was originally prepared as a data paper for the Eleventh International Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, held in India in October, 1950. It has since been revised and a chapter has been added carrying the story through the summer of 1951 and discussing the issues raised by Communist China's intervention in the Korean war. Neither a defense of the Administration's record nor an attack upon it, Dr. Vinacke's book is at once a concise account and a penetrating analysis of the main events and issues in our recent Far Eastern policy. It is published to help thoughtful citizens appraise grave issues which confront this country in its position of world leadership. At the time of publication in 1951, Harold M. Vinacke, was Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, and one of America's leading authorities on the Far East and its relations with the United States. He taught at Nankai University, Tientsin, and during World War II he was a specialist on Japan for the Office of War Information. He is the author of A History of the Far East in Modern Times and other books. This is a reproduction copy from a scanned original edition. Title: THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951 Author: Harold M. Vinacke Publisher: Stanford University Press 1951 ISBN 080473528X RAYMOND PIONCARÉ AND THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY $18.43 Gordon Wright Book “What happened when a strong statesman found himself confined within the limits of a weak office, the French presidency?” This study answers that question. Raymond Poincaré tested the presidency within the limits of the French Constitution. He hoped to strengthen the office, but while he did exercise considerably more influence than most French presidents, he found that without a constitutional amendment the President could be important but never dominant, influential but never powerful. On the other hand, his conduct in office discredited the time-honored French witticism that “the president hunts rabbits and does not govern.” His record is not without significance in connection with Europe of the future. This attempt to weigh the personality and part of the career of one of the French Republic’s outstanding statesmen was judged the best monograph submitted on European history in 1941 and won for Professor Wright the annual prize of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. The study of Poincaré’s term in office offers one of the best opportunities to study the French presidency, for more details have come to light on his administration than on that of any other man to hold that office. At the time of publication in 1942, Gordon Wright was Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original: Title: RAYMOND PIONCARÉ AND THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY Author: Gordon Wright Publisher: Stanford University Press 1942 ISBN 080473416X French Instituions: Values and Politics $13.27 Saul K. Padover with the collaboration of Francois Goguel, Luis Rosenstock-Franck, and Eric Weil Book FRENCH INSTITUTIONS Values and Politics By Saul K. Padover with collaboration from Francois Goguel, Louis Rosenstock-Franck, and Eric Weil Publishered in 1947, this is one of a group of four related studies on French politics and society planned for the Hoover Institute Studies. This group also includes a study of national character by Rhoda Metraux and Margaret Mead, and two studies of French political symbolism and elites by Daniel Lerner and the RADIR staff. These, together with Mr. Padover's study of French political institutions and values, may give the reader an overview of the dynamics of modern France as a participant in the world political community. Dean Padover's volume, worked out in collaboration with three prominent French scholars, surveys the conflicting values in the traditions of the French Revolution and French conservatism. It then examines what has happened to these values under the impact of twentieth-century social problems, war, and defeat. This study was initiated as part of the RADIR Project (Revolution and the Development of International Relations), of which Mr. Padover was a consultant. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original: Title: French Institutions Author: Saul K. Padover Publisher: Stanford University Press 1947 ISBN: 080473271X Old Chu Chu Train G & D image Train soothing on the tracks, Central America Big Wheels On Tree G & D image Old Times Big Wheel on tree Central America

Central Authority and Local Autonomy in the Formation of Early Modern Japan $19.45 Philip C. Brown Book The history of Japan in the late sixteen and early seventeenth centuries is one of increasing political stability after a century of bloody warfare. The process of state building has been largely attributed to the successful efforts of three generals, collectively referred to as the Three Unifiers or the Three Heroes, who controlled Japan more firmly than anyone had for centuries. This book argues, instead, that the administrative and institutional initiatives leading toward social, political, and economic stability came primarily from local domain and village governments. The author explores the evolution of local administration primarily in the context of Kaga, the single largest domain and one for which there are rich collections of administrative and land tax documents. Largely based on these documents, this study is the first to suggest an active, constructive role for villagers in the development of early modern Japanese political institutions and policies, and the first detailed Western analysis of the development of late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century land taxation, the major nexus of domain village interaction. Among the topics covered are the means of assessing land values, the allocation of land use rights, the scope of samurai administrative rights, the development of early village and district organization, the problems and reforms of the land tax system, and the transfer of administrative authority from samurai to civilian officials during the final period of domain formation. Even where Kaga was not typical of all Japan, events there highlight the range of patterns through which lord, retainer, and village negotiated to create a mutually tolerable, if not always easy relationship. The early modern Japanese state was not as strong as it is typically pictured, and it did not possess the means to implement major changes in the social, political, and economic structure. Only the local authorizes – the domain and the village administrations – had that capability. Because major changes were a response to local conditions and priorities rather than to central edicts, these changes took place at varying rates in different domains and generally more slowly than has heretofore been assumed. Philip C. Brown is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio State University. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original edition: Title Central Authority and Local Autonomy in the Formation of Early Modern Japan: The Case of Kaga Domain Author Philip C. Brown Publisher Stanford University Press, 1993 ISBN 0804720363, 9780804720366 Length 312 pages A Bosporus Adventure A History of Istanbul Woman's College, 1871-1924 $13.36 Mary Mills Patrick Book Originally published in 1934, this is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy. The magnificence of the old Turkish Empire, the story of war and of revolution, the downfall of an old nation and the rise of a new one are all woven into this history of Istanbul Woman’s College. Here is the story by one who spent forty-nine years with the college, Dr. Patrick went to Constantinople as a young teacher in 1875, four years after the founding of the school. She retired in 1924 as President Emerita. During this time the college grew from a school with forty pupils in a rented house to one with several hundred students, modern buildings, and a campus of seventy acres. Those interested in the history of education in the Near East will find this a valuable book. Thos interested in the development of modern Turkey will find much material of real interest. PREFACE THE city known for many centuries as Constantinople was founded in 658 B.C. Originally called Byzantium, it was not until A.D. 328 that Constantine the Great conquered and renamed the city. The present name of Constantinople is Istanbul, not to be confounded with Stamboul, the oldest part of the ancient city. It lay, originally, between the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn, on what was called Seraglio Point because the palaces of the old sultans were there. The waterways around the city are intricate and far-extended. The Bosporus, the strait which connects the Marmara with the Black Sea, is eighteen miles long and varies greatly in width, being only one-half mile wide in its narrowest part and two and three-quarters miles wide at its northern end. The Republic of Turkey proves the possibility of a new creation in national thinking. President Mustapha Kemal brought modern Turkey into existence, as old methods and standards gradually ceased to control. The Turkey of today marks an era in the history of the Near East. It is one of the progressive republics of modern times. As old methods and ideals gradually disappeared in the land, an educational institution was corning into existence--Istanbul Woman's College. The foundation of this college was laid in the latter part of the last century. Caroline Borden was an enthusiastic leader among the trustees of this institution. From 1871, the date when it was founded, to 1921, the year of her death, the college was her special interest. Under her influence it grew and developed. During the whole of that period her efforts were untiring along both financial and educational lines. She was in a sense the real author of the following pages. Under the pressure of great difficulties she wrote a history of the college, carefully composed and dictated (for during the latter part of her life she was almost blind), but never published. To her account I am indebted for many exact records of dates and events in the history of Istanbul Woman's College. I would acknowledge further generous assistance and suggestions from Dr. Louise B. Wallace, former Dean and Vice-President; Dr. Isabel F. Dodd, Professor of Art and Archaeology in the college for many years; and Elizabeth Clarahan, Professor of Education and Principal of the High School. I am greatly indebted as well to Henrietta H. Sisson for assistance in preparation of the manuscript. M.M.P. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA May 1, 1934 Contents THE LAST ERA OF OLD TURKEY 3 SULTAN AZIZ 22 AN EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE 28 LIBERTY FRATERNITY EQUALITY AND JUSTICE 39 ROMANCE OF EARLY DAYS 47 LITERARY ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARLY TURKISH 53 DARK AGES IN TURKISH HISTORY 75 A STUDY IN TRUSTEES 86 A COLLEGE CHARTER 93 THE YOUTH OF THE COLLEGE 100 WINNING FINANCIAL SUPPORT 109 THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM I 116 A GARDEN IN PARADISE 126 HEAVEN IN THE NEAR EAST 133 THE IDEAL AND THE PRACTICAL 145 MORE STATELY MANSIONS 155 FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW 163 WAR AND COLLEGE HISTORY 169 WAR AND TURKISH WOMEN 176 CROSSING EUROPE TWICE IN WARTIME 189 LAST DAYS OF THE WORLD WAR 200 THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 214 SOME EARLY COLLEGE ALUMNAE 224 THE NEW WORLD IN TURKEY 244 A BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 5 I 251 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES REPRESENTED 258 GENERAL INDEX 269 The British Press and Wilsonian Neutrality $14.86 Armin Rappaport Book The British Press and Wilsonian Neutrality Published in 1951 This study, based chiefly upon an examination of thirty-seven leading newspapers and periodicals of England and Scotland, presents a systematic record of British press views of the neutrality policies of the United States during 1924-1917. Its primary purpose is to demonstrate that state of opinion in Great Britain toward Wilsonian neutrality. While the press is neither a complete nor an infallible index of public opinion, we can assume that the views expressed by the dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and quarterlies, reflect the various ranges and shades of opinion. In a secondary sense, this study is designed to enable the reader to view the British official position in the light of the attitudes and pressures exerted by the organs of public opinion. The press maintained a close vigil over the government’s conduct of World War I, particularly over the treatment of neutrals. Any attempt to conciliate America by a relaxation of the blockade of Germany was the signal for a storm of criticism by the majority of the press. It as difficult, at best, for the British cabinet to maintain harmonious relations with America in the face of the tensions created by clashing views of neutral and belligerent rights. The use of intemperate and reckless language by certain sections of the press increased the government’s difficulties. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original work: Title: The British Press and Wilsonian Neutrality Author: Armin Rappaport Publisher: Stanford University Press 1951 ISBN: 080473299X The Emerging States of French Equatorial Africa $28.69 Virginia Thompson, Richard Adloff Book This is the first book in English dealing with the vast area of French Equatorial Africa, out of which have now been created the four autonomous republics, of Gabon, Tchad, Central Africa, and the Congo. The authors' emphasis is primarily on the current problems and recent history of the four new republics. Not the least of these problems is the political ferment in the surrounding territories. The two northern republics, Tchad and Central African Republic, are adjacent to the Arab League countries of Sudan and Libya. Along the western flanks of Tchad, Gabon, and the Central African Republic are the former trust territory of Cameroun, now in a state of unrest; the republic of Niger, which may unite with the Ivory Coast and Volta republics; and Nigeria. In the south, the Congo Republic will inevitably be deeply affected by the profound changes taking place in the Belgian Congo. In Part I the authors examine the former federation of states and analyze its administrative practices, civil and judicial institutions, political organizations, rural economy, industry and labor, communications, and welfare. Part II studies the political and economic development of the territories and the emergence of the four republics. Uncertainty surrounds the future of all these new republics. The principal question is in regard to the shape that their former unity will take, should it survive. The present leaders of the four republics have refused to re-create a strong federal executive, but they have agreed to maintain a loose form of economic and technical cooperation, as well as some of the established cultural and judicial institutions. It remains to be seen whether this trend to cooperation will be strong enough to counteract the older, centrifugal forces of disunity. Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff are the authors of French West Africa (Stanford, 1958), and several other books. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title The emerging states of French Equatorial Africa Authors Virginia McLean Thompson, Richard Adloff Edition 2, illustrated Publisher Stanford University Press, 1960 ISBN 0804700516, 9780804700511 Length 595 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com A German Community Under American Occupation $17.83 John Gimbel Book This is the first comprehensive attempt to study the impact of American occupation upon a German community. By examining documentary sources and personal papers from the occupation period and interviewing a great many Germans and Americans directly associated with the military and civil administration of the town of Marburg, the author has written an illuminating case study of the occupation as a whole. The study discloses several significant paradoxes: the effect of some military government policies necessarily doomed other military government policies to failure; military government encouraged decentralization and practiced centralization; the American democratization program encouraged and produced institutions and agencies that Germans used to undermine basic occupation policies; undemocratic methods were often used to promote a democratic ideal. Perhaps the most important failure of the occupation authorities was their refusal to identify themselves with the German liberal and moderate forces that might have aided in the reconstruction of the kind of postwar Germany that the Americans sought to establish. These forces had an important stake in the results of the occupation, but no concessions or rewards were offered to obtain their active support. Instead, the occupation authorities chose to remain positively neutral during the struggle for power and status that liberals and moderates engaged in against leftists and Communists on the one hand, and conservatives, nationalists, and ex-Nazis on the other. The author states that "The effect of American efforts was to disillusion the occupation's most loyal supporters and to bring forth people who disagreed with Americans about the extent and intent of denazification...; people who disagree with Americans about municipal and county government codes, the nature of the civil service, the structure and purpose of education, the proper political party organization and proper electoral procedures, the extent of industrial disarmament, the value of grass-roots political activities, and many other things." Two striking conclusions emerge from the study. One is that American occupation policies fundamentally contradicted each other and thus were impossible to apply with any degree of success. The other is that in failing to achieve their stated objectives, Americans restored German self-respect at the expense of American policy and prestige. Mr. Gimbel is Assistant Professor of History at Humbolt State College, California. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: A German community under American occupation: Marburg, 1945-52 John Gimbel ISBN 0804700613, 9780804700610 259 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com

The First Russian Revolution 1825 $19.90 Anatole G. Mazour Book The First Russian Revolution 1825 Anatole G. Mazour A reissue. "The Russian Revolution is a process which started probably with Peter the Great and which has not yet been concluded. It is the effort of the transformation of a backward and oppressive form of society into a more progressive one which would assure more justice and more liberty to the peoples of Russia. In this long process there are two outstanding events which mark turning points. The second and much better known is the Revolution of 1917 and its rapid transition from February to October. The first, much less know, is the so-called decembrist Movement which led to the first revolutionary explosion in Russia in December 1825, ninety-two years before Lenin inaugurated a new stage of the Russian Revolution. The revolution of December 14, 1825, was a very short-lived affair, quickly suppressed, without any outward significance. But inwardly, this first attempt on the part of Russia intellectuals, members of the aristocracy, to liberalize and humanize the Russian regime was of utmost significance. It was the start of all the later revolutionary movements of the Russian intelligentsia. It was the source of inspiration to the succeeding generations. "Notwithstanding the importance o f the Decembrist Movement, there did not exist until now a detailed treatise on its origins, development, and significance. The present book by Dr. Mazour tries to fill the gap, and it does it so well, at least for some time to come, it can be regarded not only as the first but also the definitive book on its subject...The author not only presents us with the history of the Decembrist Movement, but traces it background back to about 1800 and practically covers the ground of a history of the liberal and revolutionary movements in Russia from 1800 to 1825. He gives us a detailed story of t he rise and development of both branches of the revolutionary movement then, then Northern Society and the Southern Society, their program discussions, their preparations for the revolt, their defeat and their trial, and ends with a description of their life in exile in Siberia." -- The Annals. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: The first Russian revolution, 1825: the Decembrist movement, its origins, development, and significance Anatole Gregory Mazour Stanford University Press, 1937 ISBN 0804700818, 9780804700818 324 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com The Story of Fabian Socialism $21.94 Margaret Cole Book The Fabian Society has been one of the most famous and successful agents of social reform in our history. Founded nearly eighty years ago, its policy and organization continue to evolve. It is the more surprising that no history of this unique and influential movement has been published since 1916. Margaret Cole, whose new book fills the gap, is particularly qualified to write it. Her connection with the Fabian Society goes back many years. She was its Secretary from 1939 to 1953, at a time when her husband, G.D.H. Cole, was its Chairman and later its President. This book, however, is not merely a history of the Society, but of 'Fabian Socialism'; it thus takes in its stride the various 'outside' movements, Guild Socialism, the Labour Research Department, the Socialist League and the New Fabian Research Bureau, most of which have never been chronicled at all. Written in a vivid style by someone who was an intimate friend of so many of the great personalities concerned -- the Webbs, Shaw, Wells, Pease, Stafford Cripps and Lord Attlee, to name only a few -- it will be found not merely very readable, but indispensable for anyone who wants to know about the genesis of modern Britain and the Welfare Society. The illustration on the cover is reproduced from The Sketch of July, 1895. It shows, from left to right, Graham Wallas, Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb and Bernard Shaw. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title The story of Fabian socialism Author Margaret Cole Edition illustrated Publisher Stanford University Press, 1961 ISBN 0804700915, 9780804700917 Length 366 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Social Aims in a Changing World $15.25 Walter G. Beach Book This book is a carefully considered attempt to picture the changing social life and to reveal and to emphasize the basic purposes or aims which should guide community and social action. The author holds that the recreation of oneness of community life in spirit and in essence involves a change of emphasis from individual privilege to personal obligation -- that the issue is ultimately moral. It is in part the nature of this obligation that he seeks here to establish. Professor Beach has given us an indictment of the machine age as it has thus far developed, and of the so-called "triumph of the individual." No critic of the machine per se, he flays the purely selfish ends to which our machine-released energies have been directed. No idol smashing destructionist, he makes cogent suggestions for the building of a modern social order, based on mutual understanding and helpfulness, and making use of our present superlative existing and potential resources of knowledge. According to Beach, today's world has lost the excuse of ignorance with respect to such problems as sickness, immigrant maladjustment, child labor, and war. The tools are at hand with which to eliminate almost every social ill to which the world is heir. The ends of living, both individual and community, must be made to conform to a larger and more intelligently pattern ideal. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Title Beach Author Social Aims in a Changing World Publisher Stanford University Press ISBN 0804701512, 9780804701518 Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Tales of the Pioneers $14.64 W. A. Chalfant Book W.A. Chalfant, dean of California newspaper editors, has chronicled the history of the California-Nevada border as he himself heard it recounted or saw it occur during his fifty-five years of continuous service as editor of The Inyo Register of Bishop, California. The author tells of the country, of its inhabitants, of the ups and downs of some of the camps, of its prospectors, of the luck, good or bad, rather than recounting only the deeds and activities of a few of the "headline" characters of the old days. Chalfant's anecdotes are not the "tall tales" that grow taller with each retelling, and are probably the more interesting for that reason. One that appealed particularly to the publishers is in the chapter on "Law as It Was Administered." We hope you like it: It is related that magistrates of the early courts of the Far West included men of widely varying character and ability, from men who were very capable "to the Bodie justice of rabbit-like powers of decision who, after prolonged arguments by opposing attorneys, threw the issue back in their laps with the statesmen: 'You'll have to settle it between yourselves; I can't make heard nor tail of it.' " The author: W. A. ("Bill") Chalfant was born in Virginia City, Nevada, and has lived all of his life in the high Sierra country. In 1885 his family moved to Bishop, and there in 1885 started The Inyo Register. His life has been full of action, of editorial battles fought and won, of civic leadership that is typical of a man who knows well whereof he speaks -- and writes. For years he has been gathering the material which is included in this book. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Tales of the Pioneers Willie Arthur Chalfant Stanford University Press, 1942 129 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com The Problem of Inter-American Organization $13.75 M. Margaret Ball Book Inter-American organization is extremely flexible. It has developed gradually since 1889 through the modification of existing agencies and the creation of new ones to deal with a variety of political, economic, and social problems, as well as those relating to intellectual co-operation. It is time now for a review of the structure and functions of these agencies in the light of increased responsibilities which have devolved upon them in recent years, and to consider the role which they may be expected to play in the postwar period. Miss Ball has met that need. She has provided an objective, organizational study directed at the problem of the future development of the system rather than a historical study. The functional approach is stressed. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: The Problem of Inter-American Organization M. Margaret Ball Stanford University Press ISBN 080470290X, 9780804702904 Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com

Politics and the Military in Modern Spain $28.93 Stanley G. Payne Book The Spanish military have been deeply involved in politics for a century and a half, from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through the long rule of Francisco Franco that followed the Spanish Civil War. This is the first full-scale study in any language of the relation of the military to Spanish politics, government, and public issues in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The key period 1917-39 is given special attention. The military first intervened in domestic affairs in the early nineteenth century when neither the traditional monarchy nor the new liberal regime proved able to govern. The Army has played a crucial role note because of its efficiency or its leaders' wisdom, but simply because of its capacity to impose decisions on the intense, seemingly insoluble, factional struggles of Spanish politics. Though the focus of the book is on political relations, the military role of the Army is also considered, with emphasis upon such leading political generals as Weyler and Primo de Rivera. Certain standard ideas about the causes, nature, and objectives of military activity in politics are revised, and new data are presented on the military conspiracy of 1936 and the Civil War of 1936-39. Stanley G. Payne is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Falange: A History of Spanis Fascism. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition: Politics and the military in modern Spain Stanley G. Payne Stanford University Press, 1967 ISBN 0804701288, 9780804701280 574 pages Find more reproduction works from Stanford University Press at QOOP.com Paradoxes of Modernity: Culture and Conduct in the Theory of Max Weber $22.99 Wolfgang Schluchter, translated by Neil Solomon Book One of the world’s preeminent Max Weber scholars here presents a comprehensive analysis of Weber’s ambiguous stance toward modernity considered from a normative, theoretical, and historical point of view. The book is in two parts. Part One scrutinizes Weber’s worldview. On the basis of his thinking about the meaning and interrelationships of science, politics, and ethics in the modern era, Weber is seen as the embodiment of a social scientist and political thinker who exposes himself to intellectual risks and existential tensions while resisting final solutions. His unceasing dedication to social science and to the politics of responsibility went hand in hand with his conviction that even living for these concepts could never be completely fulfilling. This becomes especially apparent in the author’s masterly analysis of Weber’s two famous speeches “Science as a Vocation” and “Politics as a Vocation.” The author explores the historical context of these influential but widely misunderstood addresses and describes in detail how they enunciated Weber’s distinction between an ethics of conviction and an ethics of responsibility. Part Two considers Weber’s unfinished project on the sociology of religion. His planned but only partially achieved works on Islam and Western Christianity have challenged the author to attempt to piece them together and to locate them in the history and theory of Weber’s overall work. This reconstruction of Weber’s work on religion emphasizes its interplay between religion, economy, politics, and law. It also is the clearest and most detailed exposition of Weber’s view of the constellation of factors that were responsible for modern Western economic development. Wolfgang Schluchter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Heidelberg. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following edition: Title Paradoxes of modernity: culture and conduct in the theory of Max Weber Authors Wolfgang Schluchter, Neil Solomon Editor Neil Solomon Translated by Neil Solomon Edition illustrated, annotated Publisher Stanford University Press, 1996 ISBN 0804724555, 9780804724555 Length 389 pages Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General Political sociology Politics and culture Religion and sociology Social Science / Sociology / General Sociology Weber, Max The Boundaries of Charity : Cistercian Culture and Ecclesiastical Reform, 1098-1180 $22.93 Martha G. Newman Book “This is a first-rate contribution to a new social/cultural history of religious institutions that has emerged in recent American scholarship. It is the first book that successfully explains the so-called paradoxes of twelfth-century Cistercian history, especially the fact that members of the order became intensely involved in political and ecclesiastical affairs while claiming that their religious life demanded withdrawal from the world. After reading Newman’s book, I feel that for the first time I really understand the twelfth-century Cistercians.” - Sharon Farmer, University of California, Santa Barbara This work explores how twelfth-century Cistercian monks maintained their tradition of social withdrawal yet played a pivotal political role in the world outside their monasteries. It argues that the Cistercians' political behavior was neither a betrayal of their monastic ideal nor evidence of some inherent Cistercian paradox, but that such public involvement grew out of the monks' conception of their monastic life, notably the cluster of ideas associated with Christian love, or caritas. Skillfully integrating the religious, political, and economic components of Cistercian culture, the author shows that the boundaries of Cistercian monasteries were never impermeable to outside life. The Cistercian conception of caritas borrowed connotations from the aristocratic culture in which many of the monks had been raised, and the monks used caritas to express ideas about the interaction of individual introspection, group cohesion, physical transformation, and a longing for the divine that resonated in twelfth-century society. Caritas provided an underpinning fro the Cistercians’ view of a Church bound by the spiritual progress of its members, and it explains the activities of those men who left their monasteries to enact this vision in the society around them. The author suggest that the monks’ image of social cohesion, which depended on each individual’s moral reform, held particular importance at a time when people struggled to understand the bonds uniting an abstract Church. By the late twelfth century, however, the Church’s new bureaucratic networks and reliance on abstract legal reasoning made the Cistercians’ image of a Church bound by caritas increasingly anachronistic. Martha G. Newman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Cover photo: The cloister at Fontenay. Courtesy of Geraudon/Art Resourse, N.Y. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following edition: Title The boundaries of charity: Cistercian culture and ecclesiastical reform, 1098-1180 Author Martha G. Newman Edition illustrated Publisher Stanford University Press, 1996 ISBN 0804725128, 9780804725125 Length 387 pages Subjects 12th century 600-1500 Church history Church history/ 12th century Cistercians Civilization, Medieval Europe History History / Medieval Middle Ages, 600-1500 Monasticism and religious orders Monasticism and religious orders/ Europe/ History/ Middle Ages, 600-1500 Religion / Christian Church / History Religion / General Religion / Institutions & Organizations Cable Car Days in San Francisco $18.18 Edgar M. Kahn Book For more than a half-century the cable cars of San Francisco have been one fo the city's most characteristic features. Here, where this form of transportation originated, it still possesses a distinctive charm which no San Franciscan or visitor ever completely forgets, no matter how far he may foam from the city of the hisll beside the Golden Gate. This is an informal narrative. Through its pages march many notable characters of the city's eventful past, and many a long-forgotten anecdote with all its variety and flavor has here been retold. Time has continued to take its toll of the cable cars since the first editio f this book was published four years ago. It is well therefore to have the story brought up to date. In this new edition Mr. Kahn has added new illustrations, rewritten entirely the last chapter on the present status of the cable cars, and has added a more complete account of the Market /Street Cable Railway Company and the Sutter Street Calbe Railroad Company. This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original edition. Please view the preview before purchase. The May Fourth Movement : Intellectual Revolution in Modern China $27.28 Chow Tse-tsung Book “A masterful study of what must now be recognized as one of the most significant intellectual movements in modern times…Chow Tse-tsung has produced a superb book so crammed with information that it is an indispensable reference guide for any student of modern China. Moreover, the skillful blending of historical detail with broad sociopolitical background has resulted in what is one of the finest interpretive studies of China yet to be produced.” - Journal of the American Oriental Society “In this book, Chow Tse-tsung gives the first comprehensive study of the movement in a Western language, and it I formidable. A thoroughly scholarly work, it opens fresh avenues to understanding modern China.” - C. Martin Wilbur, The New York Times “Dr. Chow is an expert guide and his conclusions are not likely to be disputed by impartial readers….A book which no student of revolutionary China can ignore.” - C.P. FitzGerald, Pacific Affairs “Dr. Chow’s exhaustive and well-informed study of this period fills a vital gap in our awareness of modern Chinese revolutionary history….Dr. Chow swings his searchlight over every detail of the period and maintains an undeviating objectivity.” - The Times Literary Supplement “The author has done full justice to the complexity and magnitude of his subject….The book is solidly founded on meticulous scholarship. Its greatest value lies in the wealth of material it has amassed from the voluminous Chinese journals. As a balanced, soundly informative account, Chow’s book will remain a major reference for many years to come.” - The American Historical Review This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original edition: Title The May Fourth Movement Author Chow Tse-tsung Publisher Stanford University Press ISBN 080470516X

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