Presenting the first comprehensive art historical study of some magnificent Mesoamerican murals, this book demonstrates how generations of ancient Mexican artists, patrons, and audiences created a powerful statement of communal identity that still capture
The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD created the most elaborate system of iconographic... Læs mere
The collected essays cover such topics as the experiences of Palestinian exiles within Israel, today’s Israeli diaspora, Israeli Jews... Læs mere
A study of transnational identity, migration, and state loyalties told through the history of Iran’s Khuzestan province. This book examines... Læs mere
An examination of sculpture and authorship in eighteenth-century Quito that documents Caspicara as a participant in the innovative artistic production of the city’s workshops and its widespread commerce of polychrome sculptures.
A history of film distribution in the United States from the 1910s to the 1930s, concentrating on booking, circuiting, and packaging marketing practices.
This history sheds new light on Egypt’s involvement in World War I by telling the story of the Egyptian Labor Corps and how the treatment of these primarily rural workers influenced the 1919 Egyptian Revolution.
Connecting oft-disparate fields, this book explores the Zoroastrian diaspora living in India and its role in using antiquity to bolster twentieth-century Iranian nationalism.