Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture Between Los Angeles and Bombay
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A new understanding of the culturally rich and historic relationship between Hollywood and...
The Glasgow Smile: A Celebration of Clydebuilt Comedy
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Few cities can rival Glasgow for their contribution to the history of British humour. From the...
Rivers: A Very Short Introduction
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Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live. They...
September 1st, 1939
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This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More...
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James Joyce in Context
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This collection of original, cohesive and concise essays charts the vital contextual backgrounds to...
In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal
Niklaus Largier and Graham Harman
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In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal is a new history of voluntary flagellation in...
Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
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This collection of newly commissioned essays maps the vital contextual backgrounds to Ralph Waldo...
American Yiddish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology
Benjamin Harshav and Barbara Harshav
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This remarkable volume introduces to the large English-speaking audience what is probably the most...
British Design: Tradition and Modernity After 1948
Christopher Breward, Ghislaine Wood and Fiona Fisher
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British Design brings together leading international scholars, designers and journalists to provide...
What the Victorians Made of Romanticism: Material Artifacts, Cultural Practices, and Reception History
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This insightful and elegantly written book examines how the popular media of the Victorian era...