The Life and Career of David Beckham: Football Legend, Cultural Icon
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David Beckham is an English soccer player whose popularity extends beyond the field and into...
Simon Bolivar: Travels and Transformations of a Cultural Icon
Maureen G. Shanahan and Ana Maria Reyes
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One of Latin America's most famous historical figures, Simon Bolivar has become a mythic symbol for...
Shadow-Makers: A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture
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The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From the gloom of the medieval hearth...
The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders
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A series of bizarre disappearances filled the citizens of early nineteenth-century Scotland with...
Bunuel en Toledo: Arte Publico, Accion Cultural y Vanguardia
Maria Soledad Fernandez Utrera
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In 1923, Luis Bunuel established the Order of Toledo, a parody order of knights whose members...
A Cultural History of Chess-Players: Minds, Machines, and Monsters
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This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea...