Modern Studies – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 8

Aaron B Retish,
Gender in Modern Russia

Tracing the evolution of gender relations from the late Imperial period, through the Soviet Union, and up to the present day, Gender in Modern Russiabroadly examines the everyday lives of both women and m…

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Becoming Ottoman

This book examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed "Ottoman identity", be it by way of conversion to Islam and assimilatin…

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Modernism Revisited

"This book delves into modernism, addressing its intricate relationship with the socio-political, philosophical, and cultural upheavals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries"-- Provided by p…

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Jelena Subotic
The Art of Status

An illuminating exploration of the relationship between the restitution of looted art, global status, and the international construction of national cultural heritage.

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Jewish History and Culture Beyond Borders

Exploring and challenging the academic lifework of Professor Joachim Schlör, this book provides a window into current developments and debates in Jewish cultural studies . Reflecting on Schlör's biographi…

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Mary Anne Hunting, Kevin D Murphy
Women Architects at Work

"The first comprehensive history of the role of women architects within the history of American modernism"--

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Hetta Howes
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife

"Brilliantly revealing history of medieval women . . . Howes's debut has just the right meld of insightful research, enjoyable storytelling and contemporary contexts."--The Guardian"A histo…

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Curating Socialism

Handbook of Socialist Exhibition Cultures takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationsh…

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Printing the Event

Printing the Event explores the relationship between events and the printing press from its advent around 1450 to ca. 1515. Beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the most diverse events were …

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Karen Bloom Gevirtz
The Apothecary's Wife

"A lively medical, scientific, and economic history."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Best Nonfiction Books of 2024, Kirkus Reviews"A timely reminder that the current greed-based healthcar…

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Vin Nardizzi
Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance

John Gerard's natural history of plants, The Herball (1597), is considered a failure in the history of science. Despite this reputation, it has endured as an aesthetic resource. Its illustrations were use…

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Karen Bloom Gevirtz
The Apothecary's Wife

"Trenchant, witty, and erudite, The Apothecary's Wife is a timely reminder that the profit-driven commodification of healthcare and medicine in our society is neither natural nor preordained, but rat…

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Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)

Monk's Musik (+ 5 Bonus Tracks) (Limited Edition)

Auf »Monk's Music«, das im Juni 1957 in New York für Riverside aufgenommen wurde, umgibt sich der Pianist/Komponist mit einer herausragenden Crew: dem Trompeter Ray Copeland, dem Altsaxophonisten Gigi Gry…

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Rebecca Swartz,
Children and Freedom in the Cape Colony

A study of children in the Cape colony during the period of slave emancipation to explore changing ideas of childhood in the British Empire.

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David A. Ibitson
New Humour and Masculinity at the Fin de Siècle

This book explores the popular writing of the New Humourists and their vital engagement with late Victorian conceptions of manliness. Accused by their critics of lowness and inconsequentiality, these work…

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Richard Cavell
Mediatic Shakespeare

Shakespeare produced his works during a media shift that was unmatched -- until our own.Mediatic Shakespeare by media theorist Richard Cavell examines how Shakespeare's writing engaged with the cultural u…

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Amy L Montz
Dressing for England

Illuminates the interplay of gender, fashion, and nationalism in Victorian literature and culture.Dressing for England argues that women's interest in fashionable clothing--in dress that appealed to a sop…

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Benjamin Mangrum
The Comedy of Computation

"In this cultural history of the computer, Benjamin Mangrum shows that comedy has been central to how we've made sense of the technology's sweeping effects on public life and private experience. From…

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Benjamin Mangrum
The Comedy of Computation

"In this cultural history of the computer, Benjamin Mangrum shows that comedy has been central to how we've made sense of the technology's sweeping effects on public life and private experience. From…

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The China Questions 2

The China Questions 2 assembles top experts to explore key issues in US-China relations today, including conflict over Taiwan, economic and military competition, public health concerns, and areas of coope…

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