New Middle Kingdom. Painting and Cultural Politics in Late Choson Korea (1700-1850), Hardback - J. P. Park

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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...

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...

Discusses foreigners in Korea from before the founding of Chosn in 1392 until the mid-nineteenth century. Although it has been common to describe C...

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

Combining scholarly methodologies of book and theatre history this book argues that the watershed moment in Shakespeare's authorial afterlife came ...

Reducere. Fresco painting was reintroduced to public attention in this important work by a recognized authority. In addition to translating descriptions of p...

Korea's financial development has been a tale of liberalization and opening but the new system has failed to steer the country away from financial ...

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...

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This Element explores the papacy's engagement in authorial publishing in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The opening discussion demonstrates th...

Reducere. Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to dem...

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political is...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey A. BennettIllustration(s): 9 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Collection: Bi...

Explores how literary form changes when Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape. By reading little-known but hugely influential texts, this bo...

Want to learn about the history of Korea quickly and easily? Dive into our vivid photo book and take a trip to the historical palaces in Korea and ...

Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Rev...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David (Kyushu University, Japan) WeissNumber of pages: 256Collection: Bloomsbury Shinto StudiesPubli...

First full examination of the medieval livery collar, form, function, and significance.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Matthew J. WardIll...

An analysis of the present political moment, and the anger that defines it, from bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P.J. O'Rourke.

Based on ethnographic research with taxi drivers, frequent-flyer business travelers, devotees of the slow-food and slow-living movements, and other...

Reimagining Dinosaurs is aimed at literary scholars, historians of science, and curious general readers. Unlike previous works, which suggest that ...

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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 ...

Award-winning and Instagram-followed botanical artist Carolyn Jenkins demonstrates how to create stunning compositions that are full of colour and ...

Artist Sean Scully and Art Critic David Carrier in ConversationPublisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Sean ScullyIllustration(s): 35 Illustrations, unspe...

Reducere. Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Colum...

Provides a compelling explanation of something that has bedeviled a number of feminist scholars: why did popular authors like Edna Ferber continue ...

Shakespeare in the World traces the reception histories and adaptations of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century, when his works became well-known ...

Contributor(s): Author: T. J. ColesPresident Trump threatens North Korea with "fire and fury like the world has never seen, " whilst fellow Republi...

In modern Syria, a contested territory at the intersection of differing regimes of political representation, artists ventured to develop strikingly...

This book looks at the largely neglected colour films of French film director Robert Bresson (1901-99) that can teach us about cinema's distinctive...

Good Coverage of coastal and mountain scenery.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Peter J GreenIllustration(s): 231 black and white illustra...

A study of German traditions of cultural renewal from their origins in antifascist activism in German exile communities in Europe and Latin America...