University of Wisconsin Press - Böcker

Three official languages have emerged in the Balkan region that was formerly Yugoslavia: Croatian in Croatia, Serbian in Serbia, and both of these languages plus Bosnian in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook introduces the student to all three. Dialogues and exercises are presented in each language, shown side by side for easy comparison; in addition, Serbian is rendered in both its Latin and its Cyrillic spellings. Teachers may choose a single language to use in the classroom, or they may familiarize students with all three. This popular textbook is now revised and updated with current maps, discussion of a Montenegrin language, advice for self-study learners, an expanded glossary, and an appendix of verb types. It also features:All dialogues, exercises, and homework assignments available in Bosnian, Croatian, and SerbianClassroom exercises designed for both small-group and full-class work, allowing for maximum oral participationReading selections written by Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian authors especially for this bookVocabulary lists for each individual section and full glossaries at the end of the bookA short animated film, on an accompanying DVD, for use with chapter 15Brief grammar explanations after each dialogue, with a cross-reference to more detailed grammar chapters in the companion book, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar.

Sometimes, in American politics, a conflict becomes so heated and divisive - as the conflict over slavery did - that the ground is set for civil war. Abraham Lincoln, a pragmatist who wanted to rebuild national unity, ran up against the radicals in his own party who insisted on a rigid solution, regardless of the cost to the country.

This work combines the author's vision and practicality and seeks to answer questions such as ""why dance?"", and to give voice to her plea of universal dance training as a reconized course in formal education.

This classic Swedish novel envisioned a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain's depiction of a totalitarian world state is a montage of what novelist Karin Boye had seen or sensed in 1930s Russia and Germany. Its central idea grew from the rumors of truth drugs that ensured the subservience of every citizen to the state.

The eastern half of the Roman Empire, economically the stronger, did not "fall" but continued almost intact, safe in the new capital of Constantinople. This empire is the subject of John Barker Jr.'s book and the central focus of his examination of questions of continuity and change.

Fourteen essays by art historians, anthropologists, and historians analyze the complex interactions between art and leadership in sub-Saharan Africa. Amply and carefully illustrated throughout.

Contains information and analysis of the history, politics, economics, and culture of the medieval world. These six volumes of ""A History of the Crusades"" stands as a history of the Crusades, spanning five centuries, encompassing Jewish, Muslim, and Christian perspectives.

A search for gold in the mountains of Mexico leads three American prospectors to both treasure and loss in John Huston's screenplay for his acclaimed and much-studied 1948 film. This volume provides the full text of the screenplay with extensive annotations, production and cast credits, a research inventory and frame enlargements that feature Humphrey Bogart, Walter and John Huston and Alfonso Bedoya in their movie roles. James Naremore contrasts the film with the original anticapitalist novel by B. Traven and describes director Huston's art in the historical context of 1940s Hollywood.

Annabel Patterson explores the effects of censorship on both writing and reading in early modern England, drawing analogies and connections with France during the same time. The result is an original account of the interpretive and communicative systems we call culture. Patterson's work will interest anyone concerned with the relationship between art and politics. A new introduction by the author underscores the relevance of a historical perspective on censorship to contemporary culture.

The literary epic and critical theories about the epic tradition are traced from Aristotle and Callimachus through Apollonius, Virgil and their successors such as Chaucer and Milton to Eisenstein, Tolstoy and Thomas Mann. Newman's revisionist critique should challenge all scholars, students and general readers of the classics, comparative literature and western literary traditions.