Melancholic Modalities: Affect, Islam, and Turkish Classical Musicians
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Today, teachers and performers of Turkish classical music intentionally cultivate melancholies,...
Profane Egyptologists: The Modern Revival of Ancient Egyptian Religion
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It is widely believed that the practice of ancient Egyptian religion ceased with the end of...
Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015: Global Connections and Comparisons
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The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World,...
Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns
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In the act of enclosing space and making rooms, we make and define our aspirations and identities....
The Stadium Century: Sport, Spectatorship and Mass Society in Modern France
Maire Cross, Robert W. Lewis and David Hopkin
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The stadium century traces the history of stadia and mass spectatorship in modern France from the...
To Reform the World: International Organizations and the Making of Modern States
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This book explores how international organizations (IOs) have expanded their powers over time...
Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the Making of a Modern Monument
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A lively intellectual biography of one of the 20th century's most iconic buildings The Centre...
Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015: Developments and Dialogues
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Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015 uses a series of thematic lenses to explain the rich history...