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Gilberto Freyre
Social Theory in the Tropics
Av Peter Burke, Maria Lúcia G. Pallares-Burke
Häftad, 2008
396 kr
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Gilberto Freyre was arguably the most famous intellectual of twentieth-century Latin America. He was active as a sociologist, a historian, a journalist, a deputy in the Brazilian Assembly, a novelist, poet and artist. He was a cultural critic, with a good deal to say about architecture, past and …
Modernism on Sea
Art and Culture at the British Seaside
Av Lara Feigel, Alexandra Harris
Inbunden, 2009
516 kr
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Modernism on Sea brings together writing by some of today’s most exciting seaside critics, curators, filmmakers and scholars, and takes the reader on a journey around the coast of Britain to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage that can be found there, from St Ives to Scarborough. The …
Hero for the Atomic Age
Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
Inbunden, 2010
1134 kr
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In English and many other languages the name 'Kon-Tiki' has become a byword for adventure and the exotic. The journey of the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 became one of the founding myths of the postwar world. In the voyage of six Scandinavians and a parrot on a balsa raft across the …
Concept of Utopia
Student edition
Av Ruth Levitas, Raffaella Baccolini m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
477 kr
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In this highly influential book, Ruth Levitas provides an excellent introduction to the meaning and importance of the concept of utopia, and explores a wealth of material drawn from literature and social theory to illustrate its rich history and analytical versatility. Situating utopia within the …
Before the Wars
Churchill as Reformer (1910 – 1911)- With a Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert
Häftad, 2012
611 kr
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Winston Churchill will be forever known as the great statesman who bravely led Britain through the war years, but what led the young Churchill down this path to greatness? What motivated him to become the future leader?Delving into documentary records in the Home Office archive, Alan S. Baxendale …
Contested Terrain of the New Zealand All Blacks
Rugby, Commerce, and Cultural Politics in the Age of Globalization
Häftad, 2013
505 kr
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In 2011, New Zealand rugby fans erupted in celebration as the All Blacks narrowly defeated France to win the Rugby World Cup – the team’s first title since New Zealand hosted the inaugural tournament in 1987. In the years between these victories, the sport of rugby has been radically transformed …
Enlightened Physician
Achille-Cléophas Flaubert, 1784–1846
Inbunden, 2013
369 kr
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Geoffrey Wall’s narrative biography of Achille-Cléophas Flaubert, the father of the author of Madame Bovary, follows him from his birth in a French provincial town a few years before the Revolution through to his distinguished career as a physician in an industrial city. Growing up under the …
False Prophets
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and the Global War on Terror
Av Richard J. Bonney, Francis Robinson
Häftad, 2008
205 kr
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After 9/11 the US response to Al-Qaeda – the Global War on Terror – was heavily influenced by the ‘clash of civilizations’ theory. First introduced by Bernard Lewis in 1993 in an article entitled ‘The Roots of Muslim Rage’, this theory was taken up by Samuel Huntington in his famous book The Clash …
Clearing a Space
Reflections on India, Literature and Culture
Av Amit Chaudhuri, Francis Robinson
Inbunden, 2008
816 kr
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In the essays assembled in Clearing a Space, Chaudhuri draws on his own experiences to offer an acute exploration of what it means to be a modern Indian in relation to history. Often beginning with the personal, he inquires into the nature of the secular in India, into the history of such …
False Prophets
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and the Global War on Terror
Av Richard J. Bonney, Francis Robinson
Inbunden, 2008
703 kr
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After 9/11 the US response to Al-Qaeda – the Global War on Terror – was heavily influenced by the ‘clash of civilizations’ theory. First introduced by Bernard Lewis in 1993 in an article entitled ‘The Roots of Muslim Rage’, this theory was taken up by Samuel Huntington in his famous book The Clash …
World Makers
Scientists of the Restoration and the Search for the Origins of the Earth
Av William Poole, Francis Robinson
Inbunden, 2010
429 kr
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When educated men in the seventeenth century thought about the Earth on which they stood, they might ask themselves the following questions. When was the world created? Why? How? Out of what? Where did people come from? Do we all share the same origin? How were other living things generated? Can …
Home on the Horizon
America’s Search for Space, from Emily Dickinson to Bob Dylan
Av Sally Bayley, Francis Robinson
Inbunden, 2010
536 kr
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In this study of space and place, Sally Bayley examines the meaning of ‘home’ in American literature and culture. Moving from the nineteenth-century homestead of Emily Dickinson to the present-day reality of Bob Dylan, Bayley investigates the relationship of the domestic frontier to the wide-open …
Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking
Av Richard Scholar, Francis Robinson
Inbunden, 2010
466 kr
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We know a great deal of what Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), Shakespeare’s near-contemporary and fellow literary mastermind, thinks. We know, because he tells us on page after page of his Essais, which have marked literature and thought since the European Renaissance and remain to this day …
Cinematic Artist
The Films of Man Ray
Av Kim Knowles
Häftad, 2012
300 kr
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The American artist Man Ray was one of the most influential figures of the historical avant-garde, contributing significantly to the development of both Dadaism and Surrealism. Whilst his pioneering work in photography assured him international acclaim, his activity in other areas, notably film, is …
Modernism on Sea
Art and Culture at the British Seaside
Av Lara Feigel, Alexandra Harris
Häftad, 2011
249 kr
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Modernism on Sea brings together writing by some of today’s most exciting seaside critics, curators, filmmakers and scholars, and takes the reader on a journey around the coast of Britain to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage that can be found there, from St Ives to Scarborough. The …
Modern Theories of Politics
Häftad, 2013
302 kr
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Everything you ever wanted to know about modern political theory, but never dared to ask …This book offers a concise introduction to the main ideas and arguments of the major political thinkers of modernity. It considers the following key thinkers: Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, J. S. Mill, Rousseau, …
