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  • Arts of Independence

    Serie Bok 13 - Viewpoints
    There is only one argument for Scottish independence: the cultural argument. It was there long before North Sea oil had been discovered, and it will be here long after the oil has run out. How have perceptions of Scottish culture been shaped by its role within Britain? What would be different about culture in an Independent Scotland? Why is culture the key to the independence debate? ALEXANDER ... Läs mer

    91,15 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

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  • The Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

    av Adam Smith ...
    The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the ... Läs mer

    93,87 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • On Liberty

    "On Liberty" is a philosophical work by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay.John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist and civil servant. ... Läs mer

    18,70 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Impossible State

    North Korea, Past and Future

    av Victor Cha ...
    From a seasoned advisor, "a meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy" ( Foreign Affairs).In The Impossible State, international-policy expert and former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the ... Läs mer

    113,94 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of the Veil

    Serie serie The Public Square
    In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds France's values of secular liberalism and regard the headscarf as symbolic of Islam's resistance to modernity. The Politics of the Veil is an ... Läs mer

    244,00 kr

  • Georges Woke Up Laughing

    Long-Distance Nationalism and the Search for Home

    Serie serie American Encounters/Global Interactions
    Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, Georges Woke Up Laughing provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, ... Läs mer

    314,39 kr

  • Advancing a Different Modernism

    av S.A. Mansbach ...
    Serie serie Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
    Advancing a Different Modernism analyzes a long-ignored but formative aspect of modern architecture and art. By examining selective buildings by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) and by the Slovenian designer Jože Plecnik (1872-1957), the book reveals the fundamental political and ideological conservatism that helped shape modernism’s history and purpose. This study thus ... Läs mer

    347,51 kr

  • Nature and the Nation in Fin-de-Siècle France

    The Art of Emile Gallé and the Ecole de Nancy

    Serie serie The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
    By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile Gallé (1846–1904), whose works they described as the essence of French design. Many even went so far as to argue that the artist’s creations could reinvigorate France’s fading arts industries and help restore its economic prosperity by defining a ... Läs mer

    641,67 kr

  • Conceiving a Nation

    The Development of Political Discourse in the Hebrew Bible

    Current conflicts in both national and international arenas have undermined the natural, organic concept of nationhood as conventionally espoused in the nineteenth century. Conceiving a Nation argues that the modern understanding of the nation as a contested concept—as the product of a fluid and ongoing process of negotiation open to a range of livable solutions—is actually rooted in the Bible ... Läs mer

    292,56 kr

  • Art Museums of Latin America

    Structuring Representation

    Serie serie Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
    Since the late nineteenth century, art museums have played crucial social, political, and economic roles throughout Latin America because of the ways that they structure representation. By means of their architecture, collections, exhibitions, and curatorial practices, Latin American art museums have crafted representations of communities, including nation states, and promoted particular group ... Läs mer

    641,67 kr

  • National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture

    av Jana Wijnsouw ...
    Serie serie Routledge Research in Art History
    This book elaborates on the social and cultural phenomenon of national schools during the nineteenth century, via the less studied field of sculpture and using Belgium as a case study. The role, importance of, and emphasis on certain aspects of national identity evolved throughout the century, while a diverse array of criteria were indicated by commissioners, art critics, or artists that ... Läs mer

    641,67 kr

  • Sharing Archaeology

    Academe, Practice and the Public

    Redigerad av Peter Stone, Zhao Hui ...
    Serie serie Routledge Studies in Archaeology
    As a discipline, Archaeology has developed rapidly over the last half-century. The increase in so-called ‘public archaeology,’ with its wide range of television programming, community projects, newspaper articles, and enhanced site-based interpretation has taken archaeology from a closed academic discipline of interest to a tiny minority to a topic of increasing interest to the general public. ... Läs mer

    641,67 kr