At Home in Our Sounds: Music, Race, and Cultural Politics in Interwar Paris, Hardcover - Rachel Anne Gillett

Reducere. At Home in Our Sounds illustrates the effect jazz music had on the enormous social challenges Europe faced in the aftermath of World War I. Examini...

The Two Cultures Controversy: Science, Literature and Cultural Politics in Postwar Britain - Guy Ortolano

In the aftermath of the efflorescence of experimental literature and theory that characterized the Trente Glorieuses (1945-75), 'contemporary' Fren...

World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected...

Explores the political aesthetics of 'lateness' in the cultural sphere after World War I, mapping intersections between the activities, attitudes a...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Amanda WeidmanIllustration(s): 16 b-w illustrations, 1 tableNumber of pages: 270Collection: Sou...

Reducere. Post's guide to etiquette is both a useful guide for anyone needing improvement, and an interesting read for anyone intrigued by the social standar...

Reducere. DescriptionPost's guide to etiquette is both a useful guide for anyone needing improvement, and an interesting read for anyone intrigued by the soc...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Nick UnderwoodIllustration(s): 4 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 266Collection: The Mo...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes...

DescriptionPuerto Rico is often depicted as a "racial democracy" in which a history of race mixture has produced a racially harmonious society. In ...

Avonlea beckons in this cookbook inspired by the most famous Canadian children's book, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. ``Kindred spirits`` ...

Reducere. For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hook...

During the Second Empire, from 1854 until 1870, the state had power over the Opera in ways that were without precedent. The Opera effectively becam...

Tasting Difference examines early modern discourses of racial, cultural, and religious difference that emerged in the wake of contact with foreign ...

Reducere. In Our Time has a curios history in that Earnest Hemingway released it in at least three different versions. The first edition (the 1924 Paris edit...

Using vignettes focused on engagement, leadership, implementation frameworks, and collaborative learning, the authors demonstrate how to uncover an...

This intellectual 2001 biography recovers the legacy of Karl Popper (1902-1945); the progressive, cosmopolitan, Viennese socialist who combated fas...

DescriptionOne of the most popular shows to come out of Shondaland, Shonda Rhimes's production company, is ABC's political drama Scandal (2012-18)-...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Denise Von GlahnNumber of pages: 384Collection: Music in American LifePublication date: 2021Dimen...

Publisher: Anthroposophic Press IncAuthor(s): Rudolf SteinerIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsTranslator: H. CollisonNumber of pages: 144...

Martie 1661. Acuzat de vrajitorie, contele Joffrey de Peyrac este ars pe rug. In decurs de cateva ore, Angelica a pierdut tot ce avea: sotul, avere...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Britt GilletteDid you know the Bible contains more prophecies about the Second Coming of Jesus than it does the First? In f...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Falina EnriquezIllustration(s): 11 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 280Publication date:...

This book shows you the easy way to make classic French pastries with no fuss. By the author of the bestselling 'Mad About Macarons' and a busy mot...

Combines ethnographic research with music, media, and policy analysis to examine how localized forms of hip hop create social and political spaces ...

Reducere. A country bitterly divided between two political parties. Populist mobs rising in support of a reactionary rabble-rouser. Foreign interference in t...

Bringing together histories of immigration and emigration in the era of decolonisation, Settlers at the end of empire is an essential new study hig...

Volume 13 deals with the interaction of music and politics, considering a broad range of genres, authors, composers, and artists in Germany since t...

In this exquisitely lush volume, lifestyle legend Carolyne Roehm celebrates her gardens as outdoor living rooms, revealing how she chooses the plan...

Reducere. A captivating story of love, courage and survival set in wartime Paris and the early 1960s, by the bestselling author of }The Silent Tide{. Hore pu...

Explains how jazz was shaped by urbanization, the 'great migration' of southern blacks northward, and the 'jazz image' - dress code, jargon, and us...

Reducere. "This story has haunted me since I was a child, " begins Anne Sinclair in a personal journey to find answers about her own life and about her grand...

Reducere. Our Favourite Things is a vivid and engaging story of discovery and love. We meet a Gambian-Swedish family who give the reader a glimpse of both wo...