The essence of culture is interpenetration. From any part of it the searching eye will discover connections with another part seemingly remote. If from my descriptions the reader finds this wide-angled view sharpened or expanded, my purpose in publishing these pages will have been served.
The essence of culture is interpenetration. From any part of it the searching eye will discover connections with another part seemingly remote. If fro...
Frank, who served as the curator of the Toscanini archive, profiles the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini. Drawing upon all the archival recordings of Toscanini's broadcasts, material from the family archives and other biographical sources, he corrects misconceptions about the period and the man.
Frank, who served as the curator of the Toscanini archive, profiles the legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini. Drawing upon all the archival recordings...
The House of Intellect embraces: persons who consciously and methodically employ the mind, the forms and habits governing the activities in which the mind is so employed, and the conditions under which these people and activities exist.
The House of Intellect embraces: persons who consciously and methodically employ the mind, the forms and habits governing the activities in which t...
"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field."-Los Angeles Times "Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has long suspected: Competition in the academic marketplace is as severe as in the business world. Their book] might come to have the same function for the professor as Machiavelli's work had for ambitious princes."-Midwest Journal of Political ScienceThe Academic...
"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion o...