The Borders of Chinese Architecture, Hardback - Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

Chinese architecture is astonishingly uniform. Buddhists, Daoists, and Muslims, inside China and beyond, built Chinese-style structures the same wa...

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...

At the borders of the Great Steppe - Alexandru Berzovan

DescriptionDuring his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall" on the bor...

This volume offers responses to the view that migration is disruptive of national heritage. It investigates the empathy and mediation migratory aes...

This volume's contributors examine the perceptions of the staggering refuge and migration crisis in Europe, demonstrating how it stems from migrant...

From a Coast to Coast AM insider, a mind-expanding exploration of sleep disorders and unusual dream states--the scientific explanations and the par...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Richard FawcettNumber of pages: 800Collection: Pevsner Buildings of Scotland (Yale)Publication date: 200...

DescriptionThis major new study uses vivid accounts of encounters between Chinese and Japanese people living at the margins of empire to elucidate ...

As soon as US media and politicians became aware of AIDS in the early 1980s, fingers were pointed not only at the gay community but also at other c...

Reducere. On a pier in Marseille in 1942, with desperate refugees pressing to board one of the last ships to escape France before the Nazis choked off its po...

Reducere. DREAMS THAT COME TRUETELEPATHY, ESP, VISIONS, PREMONITIONSNEAR-DEATH AND OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCESMost of us have heard stories of these unusual phen...

Reducere. In The Borders of Dominicanidad Lorgia Garc a-Pe a explores the ways official narratives and histories have been projected onto racialized Dominica...

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For more than a generation, historians and legal scholars have documented inequalities at the heart of American law and daily life and exposed inco...

Contributor(s): Author: Audra SimpsonMohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. ...

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Introducing Inspector Benedict Devlin...

Investigating the rich architecture of post-Mao China and its broad cultural impactPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Cole RoskamNumber of ...

Beautiful China is the title of the Chinese government's broad policy to ensure the traditions and esthetics of Chinese culture not only survive as...

A catalogue of one of the most prestigious architectural awards in China, focussing on cutting-edge architectural designs.Publisher: Images Publish...

Architecture China focusses on cutting-edge achitectural designs with regional characteristics in contemporary China. This issue, Winter 2020, Arch...

Reducere. The building culture of China is currently one of the most innovative and most adventurous in the world because of the bold ways architects approac...

Comprising a detailed study of more than 30 projects, Digital Architecture in China provides a comprehensive overview of how digital architecture i...

Reducere. The first book to show that immigration laws in the US have always been motivated by racial exclusion and the desire to save the idea of a white Am...

A completely new way of looking at and understanding Surrealism, with a focus on the worldwide sweep of the movementPublisher: Metropolitan Museum ...

Fun Mill. The Architecture of Creative Industry in Contemporary China looks closely on transforming existing real estate by promoting creative clus...

The transformation of China in the past three decades has been nothing short of spectacular. Now a cultural and economic player on the world stage,...

David Adjaye is one of the worlds most exciting and accomplished architects, and has built many highly acclaimed houses and public buildings in the...

A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles - in a great, new, classic edition

This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of more than 50 industrial company towns - workers villages, mill towns, mining towns...

Publisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Michael WebbIllustration(s): 465 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Dianna SnapeIllustration(s): 221 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 272Publicati...

A celebration of the wonderfully romantic island escapes of the Bahamas dreamed up in the brilliant mind of architect Henry Melich.Publisher: Rizzo...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Andrej RadmanIllustration(s): 6 B/W illustrations 9 B/W tablesNumber of pages: 232Publication date:...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Ali NooraniIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; MapsNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dim...

A diverse group of women leaders share their incredible stories and empower other immigrant women to reach their full potential and succeed on thei...

Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping o...

The flora of China is astonishing in its diversity and has more botanical variety than anywhere else in the world. A unique addition to the botanic...

In 1955 The Museum of Modern Art staged Latin American Architecture, since 1945, a landmark survey of modern architecture in Latin America. This bo...

Publisher: Nancy EphronAuthor(s): Nancy MossIllustration(s): 30 IllustrationsNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 225 x 288 x 12Cov...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Dhammika P. ChandrasekaraNumber of pages: 194Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 218 x 281 x 19Cover type: Hardback...

In their efforts to internationalize in the emerging global economy, co-operatives not only face a variety of problems that are common to all firms...

A fresh take on the history of architecture, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections between society, engineering, and design.

Reducere. (Faber Piano Adventures ). ShowTime Piano Music from China is an exciting exploration of rhythmic dances, serene folk melodies, and original Chines...

Katerina Clark recovers the story of leftist world literature, a massive project that united writers from the Soviet Union, Europe, Turkey, Iran, I...