Aspirational Chinese in Competitive Social Repositionings Kathleen CioffiDrawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources, this book fills the analytical gap caused by the research focus on either macro or micro level issues through analysing how everyday Chinese had reacted to and influenced the numerous changes in China from 1964 to 2000.
This book discusses spaces of performance from formal opera houses to parks and graffiti around the world and is a companion to Theatre in Passing: A Moscow Photo-Diary
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Robert Bresson
teachers of historiography and all those interested in the writings of the Annales school
even into issues of cross-cultural transmission of knowledge and how
Sport occupies a key position in the cultural profile of a nation
This is the first book-length study of the ideological foundations of British imperialism in the early twentieth century by focussing on the heretofore understudied concept of imperial citizenship
Through its critical examination of crime fiction
a cosmopolitanism born of warfare and strife imagined a radical communion and openness
Encounters in the Levant prompted travellers to reflect critically on Britain’s own materialism and its effects on morality
The volume benefits from illustrations from her schemes and numerous handwriting examples
'Timed Out' is a comprehensive study of the art of the Atlantic world in relation to the mainstream history of art
nature and future of the Gothic mode in New England’s history and literature
