Focuses on the sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India. This illustrated study... Læs mere
Presents two challenges: the first is to understand the range and... Læs mere
On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate... Læs mere
Tells the story of the vast movements of people throughout Europe and examines the links between human mobility and the fundamental changes that transformed European life. This text describes the Western European migration from the pre-industrial era to the year 2000.
Examines the feature film production of Fascist-era Italy
Both intellect and musicality contribute to his cogent observations, and his literary style is as eloquent as the music he describes.
Contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive... Læs mere
Controlling Knowledge makes a major contribution to our understanding of Muslim history in Mali and West Africa, both in recent decades and over the long term.
The list of extant music includes new pieces discovered within the last decade and provides new historical context for the instrument and its role in eighteenth-century French culture.
How Soviet citizens in the 1920s and 1930s internalized Soviet ways of looking at the world and living their everyday lives.
-International Philosophical QuarterlyThis volume presents the classic statements in semiotics and touches on a vast set of problems and themes-philosophical, aesthetic, literary, cultural, biological, and anthropological.
Discusses the effects of mercury pollution on the indigenous peoples of Peru and Bolivia