Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History, Paperback - Alexander Adams

Reducere. Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public cult...

In this fascinating story rich in personalities and memorable characters, Douglas Hunter uses Dighton Rock to reveal the long, complex history of c...

What are the origins of human rights? This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of histo...

The first book to comprehensively examine the literature of Byzantine Iconoclasm and its aftermath not as isolated phenomena, but within their own ...

Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism.Publ...

The book traces the process of creating of a new German memory of the Holocaust after the fall of the Wall. Combining theoretical analysis with his...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the Apaches' final campaign, Geronimo led 19 warriors against 5, 000 U.S. troops. No Apaches were killed, and the U.S. suffered heavy...

Reducere. In the year 726 C.E., the Byzantine emperor Leo III issued an edict declaring images to be idols, forbidden by Exodus, and ordering all such images...

Reducere. Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decad...

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

Details how white nationalist and alt-right women refine racist rhetoric and web design as a means of protection and simultaneous instantiation of ...

When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly ...

A radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as p...

3, 000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands presents the cutting-edge research of 25 authors in the fields of archaeology, biological anthro...

Reducere. The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rhonda K. GarelickNATIONAL BESTSELLER Certain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical mo...

As the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between powerful states, debates over the history of internatio...

DescriptionFashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 330Collection: Routledge Revivals: History Workshop SeriesPublication date: 2018Dimensions: 139 x 2...

Public Relations, Society and the Generative Power of History examines how histories are used to explore how the past is constructed from the prese...

This troubling book offers a striking illustration of how history can be used and abused-how a gifted individual can create their own self-serving ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: it...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 218 x 30Cover type: Paperback / s...

What happens when we blur time and allow ourselves to haunt or to become haunted by ghosts of the past? Drawing on archaeological, historical, and ...

Reducere. In this prophetic, millennial work, written by Russia's greatest philosopher at the end of the last century, the great task facing humanity as prog...

DescriptionSo shattering were the aftereffects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in late-Tsarist Russia in April 1903, that one historian rem...

Bob Dylan's iconic 1962 song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. Alessandro Portelli explores...

Reducere. "Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak...

What can a turn to humour offer International Relations? This book suggests that a focus on comic practice can illuminate the relationship between ...

American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism - Jack Citrin, David O. Sears

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive--even stories as fa...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Robert P. NewmanNumber of pages: 201Collection: Frontiers in Political CommunicationPublication date...

Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authorita...

This study provides a broad examination of historical memory of World War II. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the contributors analyze how the...

A practical guide on how to achieve and maintain a stable, healthy weightPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Alexander AdamsNumber of pages: 9...

Reducere. DescriptionAlexander Dugin's Political Platonism offers a seminal analysis of the contemporary philosophical crisis from one of the best-known writ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jaimie (University of Alberta, Canada) BaronIllustration(s): 20 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages...

Reducere. Not only is one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art-the celebrated gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess-almost certainly modern...

DescriptionThis collection of new essays explores the many ways in which writing relates to corporeality and how the two work together to create, r...

Grace C. Huang reconsiders Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and legacy in an intriguing new portrait of this twentieth-century leader. Comparing his re...

A fresh and inter-disciplinary study of faith and social culture in Nigeria, this uses extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork to exp...

Reducere. High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient s...