Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145732 ISBN 13: 9781789145731
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Painter, poet and actor Salvator Rosa was one of the most engaging and charismatic personalities of seventeenth-century Italy. Although a gifted landscape painter, he longed to be seen as the pre-eminent philosopher-painter of his age. This new account traces Rosa's strategies of self-promotion, and his creation of a new kind of audience for his art. The book describes the startling novelty of his subject matter - witchcraft and divination, as well as prophecies, natural magic and dark violence - and his early exploration of a nascent aesthetic of the sublime. Salvator Rosa shows how the artist, in a series of remarkable works, responded to new movements in thought and feeling, creating images that spoke to the deepest concerns of his age.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145546 ISBN 13: 9781789145540
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Featuring many rare images, an enlightening exploration of the life and work of avant-garde multihyphenate Mina Loy.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145678 ISBN 13: 9781789145670
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From a political-polling expert, an eye-opening--and hilarious--look at the origins of polls and how they have been used and abused ever since.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145694 ISBN 13: 9781789145694
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Marcus Garvey and Rastafarianism to today's ubiquitous dancehall riddims, a comprehensive and impassioned exploration of reggae.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145058 ISBN 13: 9781789145052
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'From the bubonic plague to theoretical pathogens on other worlds, a sweeping look at the past, present, and future of mass infections--and how we battle them. In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and other great epidemics have not only led to enormous suffering and mass death but have also contributed to the fall of empires and changed the course of history. We also discover how new infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 emerge--and how we wage war against them. Humanity has struck back at the microbes: antibiotics and new vaccines have saved millions of lives. But the battle with these relentless, silent enemies is far from won: we face increasing threats from new and unavoidable pandemics, antibiotic resistance, and even potential extraterrestrial microbes'--Publisher's description.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1789145589 ISBN 13: 9781789145588
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the 'war on drugs.' A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the globe. But has the war on drugs succeeded As opioid deaths and cartel violence run rampant, contestation becomes more vocal, and marijuana is slated for legalization, [this book] proposes that it is time to go back to the drawing board'.
Verlag: Reaktion Books Apr 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 178914535X ISBN 13: 9781789145359
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An exploration of Kasimir Malevich's Black Square and its precursors.