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This book considers the birth of modern American literature through fresh interpretations of authors including Frost, Cather, Stein, and Wharton. Yet the... Læs mere
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Examines how nineteenth and twentieth-century American believers rejected older, evangelical, theological traditions and turned to psychologies to formulate ideas about mind and spirit and practices for spiritual growth.
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Explores the processes by which film was defined, transformed, and adapted during its first three decades in... Læs mere
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Explores the processes by which film was defined, transformed, and adapted during its first three decades in... Læs mere
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Starting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in... Læs mere
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The first indication of the prolonged terror that followed the 1906 earthquake occurred when a ship steaming off San... Læs mere
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Using ceremonials such as imperial weddings, this text examines what visual symbols and rituals reveal about monarchy, nationalism, city planning, discipline, gender, memory and modernity. This study of Japanese nationalism focuses on the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
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A study of Japan's acquisition of Korea. It shows how Japan's drive for empire was part of a larger goal to become the economic, diplomatic, and strategic equal of the Western countries who had imposed a humiliating treaty settlement on the country in the 1850s.
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Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in... Læs mere
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Provides biographical and historical context for Bourne's work. Bourne's critique of militarism and advocacy of cultural pluralism are enduring contributions to social and political thought. Bourne's essays include "The War and the Intellectual" and "The Fragment of the State".
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Features the story of America's transformation from a nation of honest appetites into an obedient market for instant mashed potatoes. This... Læs mere
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A revisionist history of the origins of Egyptian nationalism and the revolution of 1919, focusing on gender and the family.