Cornell paperbacks

"In 18th century France, letter writing became . . . fashionable, particularly amongst women. In this work, [the author] opens up the world of these women through the letters which they wrote. Concentrating on the letters of four women from different social backgrounds, she shows how they came to womanhood through their writing"--OCLC.

A study of American foreign policy during the last half of the nineteenth century, examining the economic forces which resulted in commercial and landed expansion, and discussing the link between that era and the maturation of the United States into a world power.

Includes 134 poems, critically edited from manuscripts and printed sources, arranged in chronological order.

A French painter of the 1800s comments on the great Dutch and Flemish masters.

A comprehensive look at the growing drug trade in Southeast Asia and how the government views it as a way to boost the local economy.