Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics After Apartheid
Louise Meintjes and T.J. Lemon
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In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a...
Entertaining Lisbon: Music, Theater, and Modern Life in the Late 19th Century
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During the decades leading up to 1910, Portugal saw vast material improvements under the guise of...
Ferruccio Busoni and His Legacy
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Many students of renowned composer, conductor, and teacher Ferruccio Busoni had illustrious careers...
Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts
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In Inventing Chemistry, historian John C. Powers turns his attention to Herman Boerhaave...
Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United States: Conservatism in the 1960s and 1970s
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Inventing the Silent Majority in Western Europe and the United States examines the unprecedented...
Isaiah Berlin and the Enlightenment
Laurence Brockliss and Ritchie Robertson
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Isaiah Berlin (1909-97) was recognized as Britain's most distinguished historian of ideas. Many of...
Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo
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What did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often...
Jewish Families in Europe, 1939-Present: History, Representation, and Memory
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This book offers an extensive introduction and 14 diverse essays on how World War II, the Holocaust,...
Kung Fu and Science
Fen Sun, Patrick TK Leung and Roy Vellaisamy
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Kung Fu has evolved from a traditional means of defence to become a system of attacking and...
Law and Order in Ancient Athens
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The classical Athenian 'state' had almost no formal coercive apparatus to ensure order or compliance...