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Beauty - A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, ...Show more
Chinese Literature by Sabina Knight
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity tothe present, ...Show more
Dada and Surrealism by David Hopkins
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding thesemovements: ...Show more
Fashion (A Very Short Introduction) by Rebecca Arnold
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Category: Fashion and Beauty | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture. This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and ...Show more
Forests: a Very Short Introduction by Jaboury Ghazoul
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Since the dawn of human civilization, forests have provided us with food, resources, and energy. The history of human development is also one of forest loss and transformation, and yet even in our increasingly urbanized societies we remain surprisingly dependent on forests for a wide range ofgoods and s ...Show more
Hollywood (A Very Short Introduction) by Peter Decherney
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
In this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system rose out of the ashes of Thomas Edison's trust to create the handful of companies that havedominated global ...Show more
Lincoln: a Very Short Introduction by Allen C. Guelzo
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, the award-winning Lincoln authority Allen ...Show more
MACHIAVELLI A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by SKINNER QUENTIN
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it, and his name has been a byword ever since for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? In answering this question Quentin Skinner traces the course of Machiavelli'sadult life, ...Show more
Modern Art by David Cottington
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Category: Art Craft Photography | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining itscontemporary relev ...Show more
Modern China : a Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter
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Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristiccities, heir to ...Show more
Modern Italy by Anna Cento Bull
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Category: No Category | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived moral corruption. The Risorgimento, themovement le ...Show more
Music: a Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Cook
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Category: Film & Music | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call ...Show more