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This is the first book to explore color history in Asia. Color is a language of signals, associated with changes in society, economic development, and dynasties. A valuable resource for practitioners of art and design, it offers a new perspective on Chinese aesthetics.
This is the first book to explore color history in Asia. Color is a language of signals, associated with changes in society, economic development, and dynasties. A valuable resource for practitioners of art and design, it offers a new perspective on Chinese aesthetics.
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Arctic Modernities
The Environmental, the Exotic and the Everyday
The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it's a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.
The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it’s a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.
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The importance of overcoming the urgent issues concerning the sustainability of our planet cannot be overstated. The contributions gathered here highlight these pivotal global issues and their potential long-term resolutions from a number of interrelated perspectives.
The importance of overcoming the urgent issues concerning the sustainability of our planet cannot be overstated. The contributions gathered here highlight these pivotal global issues and their potential long-term resolutions from a number of interrelated perspectives.
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Online Arbitration in Theory and in Practice
A Comparative Study of Cross-Border Commercial Transactions in Common Law and Civil Law Countries
Amro presents an overview of online arbitration and electronic contracting worldwide, examining their national and international contexts and assessing their ongoing relevance. As such, he offers solutions to the challenges facing online arbitration and electronic contracting.
Amro presents an overview of online arbitration and electronic contracting worldwide, examining their national and international contexts and assessing their ongoing relevance. As such, he offers solutions to the challenges facing online arbitration and electronic contracting.
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This volume explores the historical background of contemporary social and economic issues. It argues that globalisation is not new, and that deep history offers essential lessons about wealth, the nature of money, and the understanding of justice.
This volume explores the historical background of contemporary social and economic issues. It argues that globalisation is not new, and that deep history offers essential lessons about wealth, the nature of money, and the understanding of justice.
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Africana Methodology
A Social Study of Research, Triangulation and Meta-theory
This volume critically examines the collection, interpretation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an Afrocentric perspective. It provides readers with a compilation of essays that evaluate the Africana experience from a methodological perspective.
This volume critically examines the collection, interpretation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an Afrocentric perspective. It provides readers with a compilation of essays that evaluate the Africana experience from a methodological perspective.
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Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll’s relationship with Ireland went far beyond his famous *Irish Journal*. This book charts his deep personal and literary connections, from his second home on Achill Island to his translations of Irish authors and the controversies he caused.
Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll’s relationship with Ireland went far beyond his famous *Irish Journal*. This book charts his deep personal and literary connections, from his second home on Achill Island to his translations of Irish authors and the controversies he caused.
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The Art of Women in Contemporary China
Both Sides Now
This book presents the work of over 75 Chinese female artists in visual art and poetry. Their work explores the experience of being a woman through themes of the body, home, fantasy, and social conscience. This unique volume pairs poetry with art, articulating shared concerns.
This book presents the work of over 75 Chinese female artists in visual art and poetry. Their work explores the experience of being a woman through themes of the body, home, fantasy, and social conscience. This unique volume pairs poetry with art, articulating shared concerns.
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The Choral Works of Jennifer Higdon
Choral Kaleidoscope
Esteemed composer Jennifer Higdon writes fascinating and profound choral music. This book explores her works, citing the extensive relationship of the music to the texts. It presents compositional characteristics, analysis, and insights directly from the composer.
Esteemed composer Jennifer Higdon writes fascinating and profound choral music. This book explores her works, citing the extensive relationship of the music to the texts. It presents compositional characteristics, analysis, and insights directly from the composer.
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Promethean Love
Paul Kurtz and the Humanistic Perspective on Love
He stole fire for humanity, a timeless symbol of rebellion and selfless love. These essays trace the Promethean philosophy of love from its origins in Ancient Greece to its powerful contrast with the figure of Christ.
He stole fire for humanity, a timeless symbol of rebellion and selfless love. These essays trace the Promethean philosophy of love from its origins in Ancient Greece to its powerful contrast with the figure of Christ.
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Islām and the People of the Book Volumes 1-3
Critical Studies on the Covenants of The Prophet
Over forty-five academics present scholarly studies on the treaties Prophet Muhammad concluded with Jewish, Christian, and other communities. This work offers unprecedented insight into the pluralistic nature of the state he created and includes translations of his Six Covenants.
Over forty-five academics present scholarly studies on the treaties Prophet Muhammad concluded with Jewish, Christian, and other communities. This work offers unprecedented insight into the pluralistic nature of the state he created and includes translations of his Six Covenants.
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The Death of Childhood
Reinventing the Joy of Growing Up
A riveting obituary to childhood, this book offers a sobering look at what it means to grow up today, tracing childhood's progress to a bitter end. Thanks to technology and a hostile society, its innocence is lost. But there is hope, and this book offers solutions to restore it.
A riveting obituary to childhood, this book offers a sobering look at what it means to grow up today, tracing childhood’s progress to a bitter end. Thanks to technology and a hostile society, its innocence is lost. But there is hope, and this book offers solutions to restore it.
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The Sacred Town of Sankhu
The Anthropology of Newar Ritual, Religion and Society in Nepal
This book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture in the town of Sankhu, Nepal. Founded by the goddess Vajrayoginī, the town is a center for exploring the interplay of Hinduism and Buddhism, castes, and socio-religious life.
This book presents a detailed view of Newar society and culture in the town of Sankhu, Nepal. Founded by the goddess Vajrayoginī, the town is a center for exploring the interplay of Hinduism and Buddhism, castes, and socio-religious life.
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Byron is often thought of as the Romantic poet most familiar with the East. This book examines this thesis, looking at Byron’s knowledge of the East and its religions, his Turkish Tales, his influence on Pushkin, and his own disorientated existence.
Byron is often thought of as the Romantic poet most familiar with the East. This book examines this thesis, looking at Byron’s knowledge of the East and its religions, his Turkish Tales, his influence on Pushkin, and his own disorientated existence.
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The Age of Unproductive Capital
New Architectures of Power
This book offers a direct analysis of today's greatest challenges: reducing inequality, protecting the planet, and mobilizing financial resources from tax havens. It reveals how sensible policies are dismantled by global finance and captured political power.
This book offers a direct analysis of today’s greatest challenges: reducing inequality, protecting the planet, and mobilizing financial resources from tax havens. It reveals how sensible policies are dismantled by global finance and captured political power.
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Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies
The Wisdom of Transkeit
This extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender through tradition, art, and personal stories. With richly diverse voices, each page reveals startling insights into the construction of gender from a Jewish perspective.
This extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender through tradition, art, and personal stories. With richly diverse voices, each page reveals startling insights into the construction of gender from a Jewish perspective.
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The Theory and Practice of the East Asian Library
A Marginal Science
Presenting groundbreaking research on the East Asian library, this book covers the progress and conflicts in the field. The issues raised will lead to a rethinking of the field's role in global interactivity and provide guidance to scholars on East Asian resources.
Presenting groundbreaking research on the East Asian library, this book covers the progress and conflicts in the field. The issues raised will lead to a rethinking of the field’s role in global interactivity and provide guidance to scholars on East Asian resources.
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Most of the previous scholarship on Apulian red-figure pottery has focused on the cataloguing of collections and stylistic matters. Herring takes a different approach by identifying patterns in the decoration of Apulian vases that cast light on the choices made by vase-producers.
Most of the previous scholarship on Apulian red-figure pottery has focused on the cataloguing of collections and stylistic matters. Herring takes a different approach by identifying patterns in the decoration of Apulian vases that cast light on the choices made by vase-producers.
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A modern take on the tribal societies of the whole of Pakistan–their origins, history, and social profile. It promotes an understanding of the disruptive effects of external factors and reforms which failed to take into account their deep-seated cultural sensitivities.
A modern take on the tribal societies of the whole of Pakistan–their origins, history, and social profile. It promotes an understanding of the disruptive effects of external factors and reforms which failed to take into account their deep-seated cultural sensitivities.
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Hume’s Labyrinth
A Search for the Self
Hume’s Labyrinth explores his famous “bundle theory of the self” and his own critical reservations about it. It argues the theory was not a failed account, but a pragmatic tool intended to help further philosophical investigations into the mind.
Hume’s Labyrinth explores his famous “bundle theory of the self” and his own critical reservations about it. It argues the theory was not a failed account, but a pragmatic tool intended to help further philosophical investigations into the mind.
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