harvard university press feb 2023 (18 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion, and his vast corpus of hymns forms the core of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs¿ sacred book of ethics, philosophy, and theology. Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition offers a selection of his spiritual lyrics in a beautiful new translation that highlights his pluralistic vision of the singular divine.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Length of Days, featuring a wild cast of characters, Rafeyenko combines poetry and wicked humor with elements of magical realism. The novel is set in 2014, mostly in the composite Donbas city of Z-an uncanny foretelling of what this letter has come to symbolize since February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Surdas-and his remarkable lyrics refashioning the widely known narrative of the Hindu deity Krishna and his lover Radha-has been regarded as the epitome of artistry in Hindi verse from the end of the sixteenth century to the present day. This award-winning translation of Sur's Ocean reconstructs the early tradition of Surdas's poems.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It can seem as though the Cold War division of Europe was inevitable. But Stalin was more open to a settlement on the continent than is assumed. In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order, Norman Naimark returns to the four years after WWII to illuminate European leaders' efforts to secure national sovereignty amid dominating powers.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Not Made by Slaves describes the efforts of early-nineteenth-century businesses to end plantation slavery by promoting commerce in 'legitimate' goods. Exploring the work of activists and businesses, Bronwen Everill adds an important dimension to the history of capitalism and its development under slavery.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world¿s happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on Black women musicians from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. Informed by the overlooked contributions of women who wrote about the blues, rock, and pop, Daphne A. Brooks argues that acclaimed entertainers have also been radical intellectuals, challenging the culture industry to catch up.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wolfram Siemann tells a new story of Clemens von Metternich, the Austrian at the center of nineteenth-century European diplomacy. Known as a conservative and an uncompromising practitioner of realpolitik, in fact Metternich accommodated new ideas of liberalism and nationalism insofar as they served the goal of peace. And he promoted reform at home.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shinichi Suzuki, of the eponymous Suzuki Method, debunked Western stereotypes about 'authentic' classical performance while transforming music education globally. Yet as Eri Hotta shows, his movement was about much more than developing music skills. A committed humanist, he aspired to nurture the potential, musical or otherwise, in every child.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Epic of Ram, Volume 7 completes Tulsidas¿s grand epic. Ram reunites with his family and begins his long reign. Then, an immortal sage embodied in a lowly crow reflects on Ram¿s life. This edition features the Avadhi text in the Devanagari script alongside a new free verse English translation of the beloved Ramayana story.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Life of Padma, Volume 2 recounts Ramäs exile in the Dandaka Forest with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana. When Sita disappears, Rama prepares for war against Ravana. This first direct translation into English of the oldest extant Apabhramsha work appears alongside a corrected text, in the Devanagari script, of Bhayani¿s critical edition.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The second James Loeb Biennial Conference focused on his multifaceted engagement with the material culture of the ancient world as a scholar, connoisseur, collector, and curator. The resulting essays also reflect on Loeb¿s contemporary significance, as his collections continue to be curated and studied in today¿s rapidly evolving arts environment.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In The Length of Days, featuring a wild cast of characters, Rafeyenko combines poetry and wicked humor with elements of magical realism. The novel is set in 2014, mostly in the composite Donbas city of Z¿an uncanny foretelling of what this letter has come to symbolize since February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Central banks are supposed to stabilize markets, yet decades of mounting central bank power have seen wave after wave of financial crisis. Leon Wansleben offers novel explanations for the rise of central banks and the problematic implications of their finance-dependent policies.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When the US government resettled thousands of Hmong in 1975, the work was done by Christian organizations deputized by the state. Exploring the resiliency of tradition amid shaky US commitments to pluralism and secularism, Melissa May Borja shows how Hmong Americans developed a 'new way' that blended Christianity with their longstanding practices.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A longstanding tradition holds that universities in early modern Italy suffered from cultural sclerosis and long-term decline. Drawing on rich archival sources, including teaching records, David Lines shows that one of Italy's leading institutions, the University of Bologna, displayed remarkable vitality in the arts and medicine.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - By shedding light on a long-forgotten epigraphic genre called 'genealogical steles' that flourished in North China during the Mongol Empire, or Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Genealogy and Status explores the ways the conquered Chinese people understood and represented the alien Mongol ruling principles and kinship through their own cultural tradition.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Territorializing Manchuria reconceptualizes modern Manchuria as a critical site for making and unmaking national literatures in East Asia. Miya Xie ventures into hitherto uncharted territory by comparing literatures on engaging nation and empire written in three different languages by iconic literary figures from China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.