Cloning Terror. The War of Images, 9/11 to the Present, Paperback - W. J. T. Mitchell

The phrase 'War on Terror' has quietly been retired from official usage, but it persists in the American psyche, and our understanding of it is har...

Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): W. J. T. MitchellIllustration(s): 6 line drawingsNumber of pages: 242Publication date: 1987Dim...

Image Science gathers Mitchell's most recent essays on media aesthetics, visual culture, and artistic symbolism. The chapters delve into such topic...

Modern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighti...

The first edition of this book, published in 1994, reshaped the direction of landscape studies by considering landscape not simply as an object to ...

What precisely, W. J. T. Mitchell asks, are pictures (and theories of pictures) doing now, in the late twentieth century, when the power of the vis...

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Reducere. The Emperor's New Airplanes is a comprehensive overview of the War on Terror, initiated by the 9/11 attacks. The book exposes the false flag nature...

What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Mitchell ZuckoffNumber of pages: 624Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 40Cover type: Paper...

Clear and concise, this easy-to-use text offers an introductory course on the language of gene cloning, covering microbial, plant, and animal syste...

Reducere. Description9/11 - what did the Israelis know, and when did they know it? With information culled from mainstream sources, author Justin Raimondo sh...

Reducere. Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's great themes have been the liberty of the individual, the rule of law, and the parl...

Sets out in a new and authoritative way the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it does, surveys the widely various ...

Reducere. Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

A comprehensive picture of what occurred over the course of 9/11 is presented here, weaving together multiple individual experiences.

John Bodnar's compelling history shifts the focus on America's War on Terror from the battlefield to the arena of political and cultural conflict, ...

Publisher: Hodder EducationAuthor(s): Joanne De PenningtonIllustration(s): black and white illustrations and photosNumber of pages: 304Collection: ...

Reducere. The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from me...

Reducere. How policies forged after September 11 were weaponized under Trump and turned on American democracy itself In the wake of the September 11 terror a...

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?American Spies prese...

The most comprehensive introduction to the greatest political thinkers written by a team of international experts.

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

What is German history? Where did it take place? And what role did Germans living outside of Central Europe play in it? This polycentric history of...

The story of America's longest war, seen through the eyes of those who led it, The Long War uncovers the failures at the start that made long-term ...

Contributor(s): Author: James VernonThis wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the pres...

An insider's look at the history of Witchcraft The evolution of Wicca is as dynamic and colorful as the Witches who helped shape it. One of the mos...

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Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - A hugely ambitious, "delightfully readable, genuinely informative" portrait (The New York Times) of the...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Robert F. BerkhoferIllustration(s): 8 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 1979Dim...

Reducere. The United States Naval Academy has no monopoly on heroes - naval, marine, or otherwise. But over the last ten years, the most popular living autho...

DescriptionDavid Poyer is a Naval Academy graduate, retired naval officer, and Distinguished Visiting Writer at USNA. His novels have been required...

From the Treaty of Versailles to the 2018 centenary and beyond, the history of the First World War has been continually written and rewritten, stud...

Reducere. This book describes the experiences of an Army chaplain who officiated at the first two Memorial Services conducted in the Pentagon after 9/11, and...

Reducere. Art Since 1900 introduces students to the key theoretical approaches to modern and contemporary art. A flexible year-by-year structure and extensiv...

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present introduces students to five distinct historical themes in 20th century history - politics, economi...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship in women's and world history in a single volume covering the period from 1450 to...

Reducere. The colorful characters, poets and thinkers who populate this book range from Romania, Serbia, Greece, England, France and also include exiles from...

Northamptonshire's central position astride some of England's major routes made it the scene of decisive battles, skirmishes and sieges whose evide...

Can a long-term perspective on human adaptations to climate change inform Ireland's response to the crisis we face today?Climate and Society in Ire...

The first book on Deborah Hays, founding member of Judson Dance and a key innovator of postmodern dance in AmericaOffering fresh perspective on per...

A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and othe...

Reducere. From New Interpretations of the glyphic writings of the Maya through the poetic response to events in modern Chiapas, here is a history of Mexico a...

A fully updated, authoritative and exceptionally readable history of Britain from the Romans to the present.

Bedfordshire has always been strategically important. From Iron Age hillforts to medieval sieges and battles it has seen significant military actio...

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America's Entangling Alliances challenges the belief that the US resists international alliances. By documenting thirty-four alliances--categorized...