An essential exploration of the pivotal rebellion whose repercussions continue to be felt throughout the West, this timely study reclaims the early twentieth-century Iraqi revolution narrative to emphasize the voices of the vanquished, who lost the battle
Newly reissuedothe guide to neotropical bird behavior that picks up where field guides leave off.
Designed as a survey and focused on key examples and movements arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this is the first comprehensive history of modern architecture in Latin America in any language.
How the wall paintings at the Augustinian monastery of Malinalco promoted the political and religious agendas of the Spanish conquerors while preserving a record of pre-Columbian rituals and imagery.
A summation of native Andean religious tradition and an image of the superhuman and human world as imagined around A.D. 1600
Characterizes each plant and gives information on its natural habitat, its water, soil, light, temperature, and pruning requirements, and its possible uses in landscape design. This book supplies a list of public gardens that showcase native plants.
Examines the extraordinary role that the concept of tyranny played in the cultural and political imagination of Archaic and Classical Greece
Colonial Central America was a large, populous, and always strategically significant stretch of land. With the Yucatan, it was home of the Maya,... Læs mere
The revolutionary culture critic delivers an edgy, exhilarating tribute to her beloved Chicago, recalling the gritty clubs and ramshackle neighborhoods where she found her voice a decade ago.