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A Cultural History of Race in the Age of Empire and Nation State

This volume covers the cultural history of race in 'the long 19th century' - the age of empire and nation-state, a transformative period during which a modern world had been forged and complex and hierarc…

U. S. Marine Band

Liberty For All: An Interactive CD Of History And Culture

Richard Legay

The Cultural Histories of Radio Luxembourg and Europe n°1

"Richard Legay's cultural history of European youth radio in the Long Sixties is a major contribution in a neglected area which provides important detail about the stations, Radio Luxembourg and Euro…

Fay Bound Alberti

The Face

Writer and historian Fay Bound Alberti synthesizes over twenty years of research to offer a breathtaking cultural history of our most decisive---and sometimes divisive---body part.What's in a face? And ho…

James Chapman

British Comics

Arguing that British comics are distinct from their international counterparts, a unique showcase of the major role they have played in the imaginative lives of British youth--and some adults. In this ent…

Judith M Barringer

Olympia

A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of one of the most important athletic, religious, and political sites in the ancient Greek and Roman worldThe memory of ancient Olympia lives on in the form …

Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte / European History Yearbook, Band 21, Cultural Sovereignty beyond the Modern State

In the past 25 years or more, political observers have diagnosed a crisis of the sovereign nation state and the erosion of state sovereignty through supranational institutions and the global mobility of c…

Brett Bannor

American Sheep

"American Sheep introduces the "remarkable story" of how sheep helped shape American history from the colonial era through the early twentieth century. By introducing the readers to a cast …

Personal Religion in the Ancient Greek World

Much is known about the manifold ways in which ancient Greek religious beliefs and practices map onto the social and political structures of the ancient Greek polis. The way in which the individual served…

Fay Bound Alberti

The Face

A pioneering study into how we interpret faces and what they reveal about us, from a world-renowned cultural historianWhat's in a face?The face is one of our quintessential features and is the only part o…

Tami Parr

Goats in America

In Goats in America Tami Parr calls attention to these disregarded animals, uncovering the remarkable stories behind everything from goat meat and milk to goat yoga and more.

Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment

Exploring the culture of interior design and architecture in the Age of the Enlightenment

Wolfgang Müller-Funk,

Cruelty

In a humane world, cruelty should not exist, and yet it has been a feature of our societies since time immemorial. From individual acts of cruelty to systematic torture and mass murder, cruelty has been h…

Virginia Cox

The Italian Renaissance

The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In this study, Virginia Cox offers a fresh vision of this iconic moment in cultural history. This book ex…

Anna Fishzon, Ian Beilin

Fin de Siècle Europe

An examination of the most significant social, artistic, intellectual, and political developments in Europe at the turn of the 20th century (1870 to 1914), Fin de Siècle Europe provides a comprehensive ap…

Richard H. Davis

Religions of Early India

"The extraordinary multiplicity of religions and religious cultures in India, chronicled over two thousand years."--Provided by publisher.

Anna Fishzon, Ian Beilin

Fin de Siècle Europe

An examination of the most significant social, artistic, intellectual, and political developments in Europe at the turn of the 20th century (1870 to 1914), Fin de Siècle Europe provides a comprehensive ap…

Will Kaufman

American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2

Long before anyone ever heard of 'protest music', people in America were singing about their struggles. They sang for justice and fairness, food and shelter, and equality and freedom; they sang to be ackn…

Sue Consolo-Murphy

The Bears of Grand Teton

Sue Consolo-Murphy's autobiographical narrative traces the history of bear management in Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole area, considering in particular bears' interaction with livestock.