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Culture
ISBN: PB: 9780300228731, Yale University Press, March 2018
192 pp., 21x14 cm
<p>Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on...
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£10,99
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Orchid A Cultural History
ISBN: HB: 9780226376325, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
288 pp., 23x15.5 cm, 15 colour plates, 45 halftones
At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time.  The ancient Greeks...
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£22,50
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Rereading the Machine in the Garden Nature and Technology in American Culture
ISBN: PB: 9783593501918, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2015
246 pp., 21x13.9 cm
This book reexamines the trope of the machine in the garden first laid out in one of the founding texts of American studies by Leo Marx fifty years ago. The contributors to this volume explore the lasting influence of this concept on American culture...
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£39,00
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Globalizing American Studies
ISBN: PB: 9780226185071, University of Chicago Press, December 2010
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones
The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studie...
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£28,00
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Catalonia A Cultural history
ISBN: PB: 9781904955320, Signal Books, August 2007
256 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm
For sale in CIS only! Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to th...
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£12,00
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Deaf Way Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture
ISBN: HB: 9781563680267, Gallaudet University Press, August 1994
907 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm
"The Deaf Way" documents the vast scholarly and artistic endeavors that took place in July 1989 when more than 6,000 deaf people from around the world met at Gallaudet University to celebrate Deaf culture. More than 150 articles by world-renowned exp...
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£94,00
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