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The illicit traffic of art is an important problem that affects modern life all over the world. This work addresses this issue using the showcase of Cambodia, where looters systematically destroy cultural heritage.
The Federal Reserve banking system was created in 1913 in an effort to bring coherence to nationwide banking practices and prevent crises like the financial panic of... Læs mere
This study analyses contemporary American sports poetry, demonstrating that poems about sports express common attitudes and showing what the respective sports' poems say about American culture of the last fifty years.
This work provides a biography of Leonid Massine and a detailed analysis of his major ballets, including those for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre.
A century ago, the Brevard Rosenwald School in Transylvania County, North Carolina, opened... Læs mere
This work records the details of numerous plant and herbal remedies that the Lumbee Indian tribe, from the coastal plain of North Carolina, have used for centuries... Læs mere