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A Clean Sweep?
Series: Rochester Studies in Central Europe
An examination of how the Polish state and its people worked together to ethnically cleanse and colonize eastern Germany after 1945.

The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
A historical reconstruction of the campaign to end the slave trade in Southeastern Nigeria.

"By My Absolute Royal Authority"
Series: Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
A study of the kingdom of Castile's judicial administration that brings together political ideas and political action by giving serious attention to how well royal justices were able to handle difficult, prominent lawsuits that raised politically troubling questions and involved major litigants.

Adolescence: Opportunities and Challenges
Series: Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychology
Consideration of the problems facing young people today.

The African American Church Community in Rochester, New York, 1900-1940
A detailed and thoughtful account of the role played by African-American churches in pre-1940 Rochester to create and sustain a community for its members.

African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
This book presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban history and culture. Moving between precolonial, colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the major regions, religions, and urban societies of sub-Saharan Africa.

African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective (paperback edition)
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
This book presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban history and culture. Moving between precolonial, colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the major regions, religions, and urban societies of sub-Saharan Africa.

Afro-Brazilians
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
An interdisciplinary study on the myth of racial democracy in Brazil through the prism of producers of Afro-Brazilian culture.

Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

The American Enlightenment
Series: Library of the History of Ideas

Analyzing Atonal Music
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
An engaging study -- the first ever -- of the principles used by noted scholars to unravel the masterpieces of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and other modernists.

Analyzing Wagner's Operas
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
An examination of work by the German music theorist, Alfred Lorenz, to explain Wagner's operas and how they fit with German nationalist ideology.

The Animal/Human Boundary: Historical Perspectives
Series: Studies in Comparative History
An examination of the difficulties in fundamentally differentiating humans from all other animals.

Animals in Human Histories
Series: Studies in Comparative History
An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages.

An Anthology of Henry George's Thought [Vol. 1, Henry George Centennial Trilogy]
Henry George, the centenary of whose death this three-volume anthology commemorates, was one of the first `social philosophers'; this anthology presents the essentials of his thought.

An Anthology of Tolstoy's Spiritual Economics [Vol. 2 Henry George Centennial]
A detailed examination of Tolstoy's political economy, with special emphasis on the influence of Henry George.

An Anthology of Single Land Tax Thought [vol 3, Henry George Centennial Trilogy]
Collection offering insights into George's Single Land Tax concept, an important part of his economic thinking.

Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas
An historical and artistic account of the rise of apartheid in South Africa, using source documents and original photographs of the South Africa landscape.

The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Practical suggestions, and documentary evidence, for performers wishing to understand the gestures and nuances embedded in eighteenth-century musical notation.

Aspects of Unity in J. S. Bach's Partitas and Suites
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
This work provides new insight into the inner workings of Bach's Partitas and Suites, establishing various ways in which the composer linked several movements of a suite to produce a unified effect.

Autobiography of an Ex-White Man
An intensely personal meditation on the nature of America by a White Philosopher who joined a Black Studies Department and found his understanding of the world transformed by the experience.

Autobiography of an Ex-White Man (paperback edition)
An intensely personal meditation on the nature of America by a White Philosopher who joined a Black Studies Department and found his understanding of the world transformed by the experience.