Literature Against Fundamentalism

Tabish (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Aarhus University) Khair

Reeks: The Literary Agenda

ISBN: 9780198919582 | Paperback

Tabish Khair makes the provocative argument that literature is an agnostic mode of thinking about language, reality, and their relationship to each ot... 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

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

Creativity: A Very Short Introduction

Vlad (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Webster University, Geneva & University of Bergen, Norway) Glaveanu

ISBN: 9780198842996 | Paperback

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to... Meer informatie

Centennials

Professor Professor Alex Hill

ISBN: 9781847942821 | Paperback

Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your comp... 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

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

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

Richard (, Professor of Government, Harvard University) Tuck

ISBN: 9780192802552 | Paperback

Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inev... Meer informatie

Western Europe's Democratic Age, 1945-1968

CONWAY, in, Professor Martin

ISBN: 9780691203485 | Gekartonneerd met stofomslag

What happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's Democratic Age,... Meer informatie

SPQR

Professor Mary Beard

ISBN: 9781846683817 | Paperback

Mary Beard on Ancient Rome: Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire.... Meer informatie

A Brief History of the English Civil Wars

MILLER, Professor John

Reeks: Brief Histories

ISBN: 9781845296834 | Paperback

When Charles I embarked on civil war in August 1642, Britain was plunged into one of the most devastating conflicts in the nation's history - one that... Meer informatie

Einstein in Bohemia

Professor Michael D. Gordin

ISBN: 9780691177373 | Linnen band met stofomslag

In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of ... Meer informatie

The Cleopatras

Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

ISBN: 9781472295163 | Hardcover

A remarkable insight into the real story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt... Meer informatie

Populism: A Very Short Introduction

Cas (Associate Professor of International Affairs, Associate Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia) Mudde ; Cristobal (Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Science, Diego Portales University, Chile) Rovira Kaltwasser

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190234874 | Paperback

A timely overview of populism, one of the most contested concepts in political journalism and the social sciences.... Meer informatie

Ritual: A Very Short Introduction

Barry (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Memorial University, St. John's, Canada) Stephenson

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199943524 | Paperback

Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touc... Meer informatie

American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction

Heather Andrea (Associate professor of history, Associate professor of history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, Nc, Us) Williams

ISBN: 9780199922680 | Paperback

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American ... Meer informatie

Liberals, Conservatives, and Mavericks

FRANK (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Zayed University) Cibulka ; Zachary T. (Associate Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University) Irwin

ISBN: 9789633864579 | Hardcover

No Church is monolithic—this is the preliminary premise of this volume on the public place of religion in a representative number of post-communist co... Meer informatie

Global Antitrust and Sustainability

Julian (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Lund University) Nowag

ISBN: 9780192864505 | Hardcover

Drawing on cases, legal provisions, and materials from different jurisdictions across the globe, this book explores the interaction between antitrust ... Meer informatie

Defining Cinema

Michael (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Wesleyan University) Slowik

Reeks: Oxford Music / Media

ISBN: 9780197511220 | Hardcover

Defining Cinema: Rouben Mamoulian and Hollywood Film Style, 1929-1957 takes a holistic look at Mamoulian's oeuvre by examining both his stage and his ... Meer informatie