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  • Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People

    Ramón Eduardo Ruíz

    Paperback

    A narrative study of Mexico's tumultuous origin and development--from its Olmec, Aztec and Mayan heritage to its present-day incarnation as an independent, but struggling, modern country.

  • Berlin Journal, 1989-1990

    Robert Darnton

    Paperback

    “Makes us appreciate something of what it felt like for Germans East and West as the world ended.” —Anthony Bailey, New York Times Book Review

  • Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History

    Erik H. Erikson

    Paperback

    In this psychobiography, Erik H. Erikson brings his insights on human development and the identity crisis to bear on the prominent figure of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther.

  • Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence

    Erik H. Erikson

    Paperback

    In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.

  • Years of Discord: American Politics and Society, 1961-1974

    John Morton Blum

    Paperback

    "A vivid and masterful account of the terrible discord and violence of those years."—C. Vann Woodward