Cowboy Presidents: The Frontier Myth and U.S. Politics since 1900, Hardcover - David A. Smith

For an element so firmly fixed in American culture, the frontier myth is surprisingly flexible. How else to explain its having taken two such diffe...

The only one-volume introduction to modern and post-modern art from Latin America, perhaps the most exciting and rewarding art scene in the world t...

The overlap between periods of technological development that are misleadingly delineated is explored in this investigation of the use of invention...

Reducere. "Imagine trying to inspire people who need help but who are actively resisting change. That is the essence of Heroic Selling."In It's About Time!, ...

Reducere. This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition,...

Reducere. From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in cliched claims about high technology's ability to change the course of ...

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and pol...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Terence SmithNumber of pages: 236Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 145 x 224 x 22Cover type: HardbackRede...

No person involved in so much history received so little attention as the late Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving U.S. senator. In The Last Great ...

Includes the developments in the study and practice of art. With a clear year-by-year structure, this book presents 130 articles, each focusing on ...

Reducere. A western icon meets popular culture How to be a Cowboy is a compendium of knowledge and insight, wit and wisdom, an all around resource for every ...

Interior design experienced an extraordinary amount of changes in taste and style during the twentieth century. From William Morris and the Arts an...

Reducere. Hot Exercise will show you how to obtain multiple streams of physical and mental benefits from one training method. It will arm you with the knowle...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): James MeyerIllustration(s): 140 color + 60 b/w illus.Number of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dime...

Reducere. Texans faced two foes as the Civil War began in 1861: the Union armed forces and the Plains Indians. In this breakthrough volume, David Paul Smith ...

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

A compendium of the most innovative and influential residential buildings in the United States since 1900.

A new edition of this hugely successful international survey covering all aspects of fashion, organized around crucial shifts in style and major wo...

Prize-winning British historian tells the story of the English-speaking peoples in the 20th century - 'Magnificently provoking' New Statesman

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 ...

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 ...

Classic text on this subject, now revised, updated, expanded and redesigned for this third edition. There are many new illustrations too, including...

Aims to bring to life the great dramas of modern France - the two cataclysmic wars - the Algerian disaster, and the student and worker revolt of 19...

Reducere. In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athlet...

Over 150 of the 20th century's most significant poems.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Michael SchmidtNumber of pages: 224Publication date: ...

Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinat...

Reducere. The Virtuous Wehrmacht explores the myth of the German armed forces' innocence during World War II by reconstructing the moral world of German sold...

Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a polit...

Publisher: Hachette AustraliaAuthor(s): Iain DalePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 45Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii...

This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition,...

Reducere. DescriptionBuilding on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collectio...

Revised and updated to include the winner of the 2020 presidential election, this photo-filled and fact-packed book is a timely must-have reference...

Reducere. DescriptionThe story of The Sleeping Beauty spills over with fairies and princes, passion and despair, magnificence and splendor, and the ballet ve...

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protec...

Reducere. In the 1970s, queer Americans demanded access not only to health and social services but also to mainstream Democratic and Republican Party politic...

DescriptionJapan's U.S.-imposed postwar constitution renounced the use of offensive military force, but, as Sheila Smith shows, a nuclear North Kor...