World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Paperback - Richard Ingersoll

DescriptionRichard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary surve...

There are some eighty buildings featured, more than forty of which receive in-depth attention in detailed photo essays. Pryce's accompanying texts ...

Reducere. Cross-Cultural Management Textbook is a practical course-book that synthesizes in a practical way contemporary cross-cultural communication and man...

Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Publisher: Getty Trus...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Stephen (Cardiff University, UK) KiteIllustration(s): 125 BW illusNumber of pages: 360Publ...

Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 42 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 322Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 178 x 253 x 31C...

A concise explanation of a still controversial movement. Even as we approach its 50th anniversary, the Chinese Communist Party will not allow open ...

The Byzantine empire's bronze horseman towered over Constantinople, assumed new identities, spawned conflicting narratives, and acquired internatio...

Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate the...

DescriptionBecome more culturally competent in an increasingly diverse world Recent years have seen dramatic changes to several institutions worldw...

A groundbreaking book that explores the visual representations of black culture across the globe throughout the twentieth century and into the twen...

This book showcases the wide variety of commercial cosmopolitan practices that arose from the global economic entanglements of the early modern per...

Reducere. Wounds and disease were as devastating on the battlefields of the ancient world as they are today. In an age of bloody combat, how did physicians a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Duane ElmerDuane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries ...

Reducere. This volume presents a selection of the philosophical papers which Richard Rorty has written over the past decade, and complements three previous v...

Reducere. During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few governm...

Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of ...

Reducere. Associations in the Greco-Roman World provides students and scholars with a clear and readable resource for greater understanding of the social, cu...

Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Yang JishengTranslator: Guo JianNumber of pages: 768Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 209 x 36Cover type: Paperb...

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

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail.Publisher: ...

In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report designed to facilitate reconciliation between the Canadian state and Indigenous ...

Reducere. One of the great memoirs of World War Two, Zephyr House is please to republish this classic work, written by a spitfire pilot who fought in the Bat...

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 ...

Reducere. Asheville, known for its architectural diversity and intriguing Art Deco style, has been fortunate in attracting brilliant architects who, with ima...

"The 13th Century (1200-1300AD) was a fascinating era in World History--Genghis Khan, the Magna Carta, Marco Polo, Sub-Saharan Africa expansion. Th...

The book is designed for academics and graduate students in organization theory, social theory, cybernetics, cross-cultural theory and systems theo...

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Reducere. This is the definitive narrative history of the people, politics, and events of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern wor...

An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburgerCelebrate the classic hamburger with this unp...

Reducere. The Hebrew Bible has long been understood as condemning foreign deities. While many biblical texts do condemn other deities, many other passages sh...

An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins.

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

Reducere. DescriptionPaula Morton provides a fun, concise introduction to jai alai, a fast-paced ball game with ancient roots that is admired by fans for the...

This book offers a historically rich and nuanced introduction to the concept of sustainability that could not be of more pressing importance for th...