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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture
Häftad, 2012
549 kr
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Russia's size, the diversity of its peoples and its unique geographical position straddling East and West have created a culture that is both inward and outward looking. Its history reflects the tension between very different approaches to what culture can and should be, and this tension shapes the …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture
Av Vasudha Dalmia, Rashmi Sadana
Inbunden, 2012
1554 kr
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India is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future. This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions. The book provides accounts of …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture
Av Joe Cleary, Claire Connolly
Häftad, 2005
515 kr
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This Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the historical, social and stylistic complexities of modern Irish culture. Readers will be introduced to Irish culture in its widest sense and helped to find their way through the cultural and theoretical debates that inform our understanding …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture
Av Zygmunt G. Baranski, Rebecca J. West
Inbunden, 2001
1216 kr
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This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as regionalism, the growth of a national language, social and …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture
Av Zygmunt G. Baranski, Rebecca J. West
Häftad, 2001
560 kr
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This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as regionalism, the growth of a national language, social and …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture
Av Eva Kolinsky, Wilfried van der Will
Inbunden, 1999
987 kr
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One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture
Av Eva Kolinsky, Wilfried van der Will
Häftad, 1999
487 kr
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One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture
Av David T. Gies, David T. Gies
Inbunden, 1999
1514 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture
Häftad, 1999
487 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture
Häftad, 2006
692 kr
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the cultural themes and intellectual issues that drive the dominant culture of the twentieth century. This companion explores the social, political and economic forces that have made …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture
Av John King
Inbunden, 2004
1237 kr
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The term Latin America refers to the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s following the wars of independence, states that differed enormously in geographical and demographical scale, ethnic composition and economic resources, yet shared distinct historical and cultural …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture
Av John King
Häftad, 2004
471 kr
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The term Latin America refers to the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s following the wars of independence, states that differed enormously in geographical and demographical scale, ethnic composition and economic resources, yet shared distinct historical and cultural …
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture
Häftad, 2011
486 kr
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The cultural life of England over the long period from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation was rich and varied, in ways that scholars are only now beginning to understand in detail. This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
Av Kam Louie
Häftad, 2008
549 kr
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At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture
Av Michael Higgins, Clarissa Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
455 kr
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British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion …
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance
Häftad, 2014
640 kr
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The Renaissance in Italy continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination and on scholarly enquiry. This Companion presents a lively, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and current approach to the period that extends in Italy from the turn of the fourteenth century through the latter …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
Häftad, 2009
700 kr
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This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime …
The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Culture
Häftad, 2010
486 kr
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The Victorian era produced artistic achievements, technological inventions and social developments that continue to shape how we live today. This Companion offers authoritative coverage of that period's culture and its contexts in a group of specially commissioned essays reflecting the current …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture
Häftad, 2015
491 kr
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Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of modern Arab culture, from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The chapters survey key issues necessary to any understanding of the modern …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture
Av Vasudha Dalmia, Rashmi Sadana
Häftad, 2012
504 kr
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India is changing at a rapid pace as it continues to move from its colonial past to its globalised future. This Companion offers a framework for understanding that change, and how modern cultural forms have emerged out of very different histories and traditions. The book provides accounts of …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture
Häftad, 2003
560 kr
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France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture
Av Joe Cleary, Claire Connolly
Inbunden, 2005
895 kr
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This Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the historical, social and stylistic complexities of modern Irish culture. Readers will be introduced to Irish culture in its widest sense and helped to find their way through the cultural and theoretical debates that inform our understanding …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture
Inbunden, 2006
1924 kr
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the cultural themes and intellectual issues that drive the dominant culture of the twentieth century. This companion explores the social, political and economic forces that have made …
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture
Inbunden, 2011
1572 kr
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The cultural life of England over the long period from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation was rich and varied, in ways that scholars are only now beginning to understand in detail. This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
Av Kam Louie
Inbunden, 2008
1041 kr
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At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture
Av Michael Higgins, Clarissa Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1644 kr
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British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion …
The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance
Inbunden, 2014
1497 kr
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The Renaissance in Italy continues to exercise a powerful hold on the popular imagination and on scholarly enquiry. This Companion presents a lively, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and current approach to the period that extends in Italy from the turn of the fourteenth century through the latter …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
Inbunden, 2009
2149 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime …
The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Culture
Inbunden, 2010
1666 kr
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The Victorian era produced artistic achievements, technological inventions and social developments that continue to shape how we live today. This Companion offers authoritative coverage of that period's culture and its contexts in a group of specially commissioned essays reflecting the current …
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture
Inbunden, 2012
1099 kr
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Russia's size, the diversity of its peoples and its unique geographical position straddling East and West have created a culture that is both inward and outward looking. Its history reflects the tension between very different approaches to what culture can and should be, and this tension shapes the …
