Through ethnographic case studies of Africans’ quotidian encounters with state bureaucracy, infrastructure, discipline, citizenship,... Læs mere
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, perhaps the most influential of all German philosophers, made one of the last great attempts to develop philosophy as an all-embracing... Læs mere
Filled with individual examples, stories, and over eighty fine colour photographs that illuminate the role that samplers and needlework played in the culture of the time.
Tells the history of quest and adventure. This book traces the fate of Old World explorers lured westward by the myth of El Dorado.
This definitive, meticulously illustrated how-to book is far more expansive than previous guides. Pillsbury-a master of the form-shows us why crazy quilting belongs firmly in the category of fine art and serves as an inspiring primer for beginners.
Award-winning business journalist Dan Gearino leads a tour through the world of comic shops, telling the story of the direct market from its 1970s origins to today. Includes profiles of forty notable shops in the U.S. and Canada, and a close look at The Laughing Ogre in Columbus.
This book explores how anticolonial victories in South Africa sustained inequality, revealing how small groups of select elites... Læs mere
This text is a history of the Auschwitz memorial site in the years of the Polish People's Republic. Since 1945, Auschwitz has functioned as a... Læs mere