Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Sabina (Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, Smith College, Northampton, Ma) Knight

ISBN: 9780195392067 | Paperback

Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more t... Meer informatie

Samurai

Michael (Associate Professor of East Asian History, Associate Professor of East Asian History, Marquette University) Wert

ISBN: 9780190932947 | Hardcover

Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of... Meer informatie

The Maya: A Very Short Introduction

Matthew (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Restall ; Amara (Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Solari

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190645021 | Paperback

Restall and Solari explore Maya identity, politics, culture, and indigenous views of the universe from ancient times to the present. With the Maya his... Meer informatie

Classical World Literatures

Wiebke (Associate Professor of Chinese, Japanese, and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Chinese, Japanese, and Comparative Literature, Boston University) Denecke

ISBN: 9780199971848 | Hardcover

Ever since Karl Jasper's "axial age" paradigm, there have been a number of influential studies comparing ancient East Asian and Greco-Roman history an... Meer informatie

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction

Kevin (Professor of History, Professor of History, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Ma) Kenny

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199858583 | Paperback

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its ut... Meer informatie

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

Paul (A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge) Cartledge

ISBN: 9780199601349 | Paperback

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy... Meer informatie

Moving Pictures, Still Lives

James (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Washington) Tweedie

ISBN: 9780190873875 | Hardcover

Moving Pictures, Still Lives reframes and rediscovers the virtues and limitations of movies created during the late twentieth century, between the fad... Meer informatie

Moving Pictures, Still Lives

James (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Washington) Tweedie

ISBN: 9780190873882 | Paperback

Moving Pictures, Still Lives reframes and rediscovers the virtues and limitations of movies created during the late twentieth century, between the fad... Meer informatie

Women in Martial

Ilaria (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University) Marchesi

Reeks: Oxford Studies in Classical Literature and Gender Theory

ISBN: 9780198920304 | Hardcover

This book systematically examines the portrayals of women in Martial's Epigrams, proposing a new method of exploring the cultural construction of femi... Meer informatie

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

John (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) Monaghan ; Peter (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts) Just

ISBN: 9780192853462 | Paperback

If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combin... Meer informatie

Mediatrix

Julie (Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) Crawford

ISBN: 9780198712619 | Hardcover

Women, Politics, and Literary Production in Early Modern England considers the roles women played as literary patrons, dedicatees, readers, and writer... Meer informatie

Mediatrix

Julie (Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) Crawford

ISBN: 9780198831112 | Paperback

Mediatrix examines the roles women played as patrons, dedicatees, and readers, as well writers, in the English Renaissance, and the relationship betwe... Meer informatie

The Last Ghetto

Anna (Associate Professor of Modern European Continental History, Associate Professor of Modern European Continental History, University of Warwick) Hajkova

ISBN: 9780197696323 | Paperback

Terezín, as it was known in Czech, or Theresienstadt as it was known in German, was operated by the Nazis between November 1941 and May 1945 as a tran... Meer informatie

African History: A Very Short Introduction

John (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Parker ; Richard (Honorary Professor of History, University of Aberystwyth) Rathbone

ISBN: 9780192802484 | Paperback

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie

Ik ben een draak!

Sabina Hahn

ISBN: 9789036646215 | Hardcover

Kijk! Een kikker. Wat een grote kikker! Ik ben geen kikker. Wat is hij dan wel? Daar kom je achter in dit hilarische prentenboek over misverstanden, i... Meer informatie

Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction

Donna (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin) Kornhaber

ISBN: 9780190852528 | Paperback

Encompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in t... Meer informatie

The Poetic Edda

Carolyne (Professor of Medieval European Literature and Official Fellow, St John's College, University of Oxford) Larrington

Reeks: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection

ISBN: 9780198834571 | Hardcover

A translation of the great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda. Populated by Gods, giants, and human... Meer informatie

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

Eric H. (Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, George Washington University) Cline

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199760275 | Paperback

Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related ... Meer informatie

The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature

WIEBKE (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHINESE, Japanese, and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Chinese, Japanese, and Comparative Literature, Boston University) Denecke ; Wai-Yee (Professor of Chinese Literature, Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard Dept. of EALC) Li ; Xiaofei (Professor

Reeks: Oxford Handbooks

ISBN: 9780190053185 | Paperback

This volume introduces readers to classical Chinese literature from its beginnings (ca. 10th century BCE) to the tenth century BCE through a conceptua... Meer informatie

Colombia

Richard D. (Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University) Mahoney

ISBN: 9780190262747 | Paperback

Even to experts, Colombia is one of the most confusing countries in the Americas. Its democratic tradition is among the richest and most long-standing... Meer informatie