A wide-ranging and lucid exploration of the evolution of dub, from origin to the present day.
An accessible introduction to photography’s perhaps most contested, complex and emotive subject, war.
Explores the myths, ideas, and history that makes up haute couture, the must-have trends over the centuries, and the very concept of fashion itself. This title explores the possible... Læs mere
Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist.
An insightful and compelling biography of celebrated French storyteller Guy de Maupassant.
South Korea – a democratic high-tech Asian Tiger; North Korea – a secretive dictatorship on Bush’s notorious ‘axis of evil’, with a controversial nuclear program... Læs mere
A refreshing, balanced new biography of Arnold Schoenberg, perhaps the most radical, and divisive composer of the twentieth century.
This second updated and expanded edition traces the storied past and rich culture of Myanmar over nearly three millennia, from the relics of its Neolithic... Læs mere
A natural and cultural history of a much-loved animal, the otter.
In this ground-breaking book Alison Green provides the first critical history of visual artists curating exhibitions.
Following ugly bodies and dismantling ugly senses across periods and continents, Ugliness: A Cultural History draws on a wealth of fields to cross cultures and times, delineating the changing map of ugliness as it charges the public imagination.
A classic account of how landscape has been central to questions of ‘Englishness’ – of national identity, history and modernity, as well as concepts of citizenship and the body.