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""Constructive engagement"" became a catchphrase under the Clinton administration for America's reinvigorated efforts to pull China firmly into the international community as a responsible player, one that abides by widely accepted norms. Skeptics questioned the effectiveness of this policy and those that followed. But how is such socialization supposed to work in the first place? This has never been all that clear, whether practiced by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, or the United States. Social States is the first book to systematically test the effects of soc

28, [4] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Sometimes attributed to Stephen Moylan. Erroneously attributed to Aedanus Burke, author of the "Considerations," in: Cushing, William. Initials and pseudonyms. ; Also issued as the eighth title in: Select pamphlets: viz. 1. Political progress of Britain . Philadelphia : Published by Mathew Carey, 1796 (Evans 31173). ; Bookseller's advertisements, [4] p. at end.

"I here lay before the reader, what I, some time ago, promised, as a second part to the Measures of submission [London 1706]"--Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.

47, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Half-title: An account of the College of New-Jersey. ; Attributed to Samuel Blair in: Maclean, John. History of the College of New Jersey, v.1, 260-262. ; Prospect of the college by William Tennent; engraved by Henry Dawkins.

"Books . printed . since the date of the last catalogue": p. xlv-xlvi. ; "A catalogue of books printed in the Hospital [at Halle]": p. 145-150. ; Mode of access: Internet.

86 p. ; 20 cm. ; Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of the Univ. of Penn. (1896). ; Signed on p. 81: W. Smith. ; Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. ; Errata statement, p. [3].

The New Atlantis is Sir Francis Bacon's creation of an ideal land where its citizens uphold the common qualities of "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit." This short 1627 utopian novel depicts the land of Bensalem, discovered by a European ship after becoming lost somewhere to the west of Peru. One of the crew narrates their look at the island's customs and institutions, especially their impressive culture of science and

Escaping Hitler is the personal story of Eva Wyman and her family's escape from Nazi Germany to Chile in the sociohistorical context of 1930s and 1940s, a time when the Chilean Nazi party had an active presence in the country's major institutions. Based primarily oninterviewswith German Jewish refugees and family correspondence, Eva Goldschmidt Wyman provides an intimateaccount of Jews in Germany in the 1930s as Nazi controls tightened and family members were taken to Riga concentration camp. Wyman recounts Kristallnacht in Stuttgart, where her father w

Signatures: A⁴ B-R⁸ S⁴. ; PRIORITY 4. ; (from t.p.) 1. Of knowledge and its general division -- 2. Of history -- 3. Of philosophy -- 4. Of the institution of society and nature of government -- 5. Of the heathen idolatry or false philosophy, and its analogy to revelation or true philosophy -- 6. Of the different systems of philosophy, with a short account of the most eminent philosophers of different ages -- 7. Of mathematics. ; NUC pre-1956, ; Mode of access: Internet.

In Latin with an English translation; comp. by Robert Aldrich, and ed. by John Anstis ; Initials; head and tail pieces ; Frontispiece engraved by J. Sympson, with title, "Registrum, quod a tegumento nigro vocatur Liber niger clarissimi ordinis militaris a subligaculo cruris Garterii nomine appellati, una cum prolegomenis, spicilegijs, ac scholijs ad imum paginae marginem hinc inde dispositis." ; A supplement to Mr. Ashmole's discourse of Garter's institution, oath, mantle, ensign, badge, privileges, and pension: v. 2, p. [279]-488 ; Mode of access: Internet.

From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of Islam in the American mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of government.""A powerful ending that explains how the experience with the Barbary states compelled many Americans to look inward . . . with increasing doubts about the institution of sla

Los Angeles. A city that is synonymous with celebrity and mass-market culture, is also, according to David James, synonymous with social alienation and dispersal. In the communities of Los Angeles, artists, cultural institutions and activities exist in ways that are often concealed from sight, obscured by the powerful presence of Hollywood and its machinations. In this significant collection of original essays, The Sons and Daughters of Los reconstructs the city of Los Angeles with new cultural connections. Explored here are the communities that offer alternatives to the picture of L..A. as a