Urban Pollution: Cultural Meanings, Social Practices
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Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern...
Bonsai Basics: A Comprehensive Guide to Care and Cultivation
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The New Pyramid Bonsai Basics explains in detail all the techniques needed to keep a bonsai alive...
The Business of Alchemy: Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire
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In The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and...
Pindar's Eyes: Visual and Material Culture in Epinician Poetry
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Pindar's Eyes is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between Greek...
The Capitalist Schema: Time, Money, and the Culture of Abstraction
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Christian Lotz argues that Immanuel Kant's idea of a mental schematism, which gives the human mind...
Video Games FAQ: All That s Left to Know About Games and Gaming Culture
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Here is a fact-filled history of video games, from their earliest days as blocky abstractions to the...
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
Peter Barry, John McLeod and Martin Hargreaves
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Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural...
Common Writing: Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the...