The Maya: A Very Short Introduction, Restall Matthew, Solari Amara

Автор: Ware Susan
Название: American Women`s History: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199328331 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199328338
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Описание: What does U.S. history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraqi war, this Very Short Introduction chronicles the contributions that women have made to the American experience from a multicultural perspective that emphasizes how gender shapes women`s-and men`s-lives.

Автор: Rubin Miri
Название: The Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199697299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199697298
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Описание: The Middle Ages (c.500-1500) includes a thousand years of European history. In this Very Short Introduction Miri Rubin tells the story of the times through the people and their lifestyles. Including stories of kingship and Christian salvation, agriculture and trade, Rubin demonstrates the remarkable nature and legacy of the Middle Ages.

Автор: Cartledge Paul
Название: Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199601348 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199601349
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Описание: A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.

Автор: Allison Robert J.
Название: The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0190225068 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190225063
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Описание: Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This Very Short Introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution; the experience of war; and the post-war creation of a new political society.

Автор: Nowell-Smith Geoffrey
Название: The History of Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198701772 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198701774
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Описание: In this Very Short Introduction Geoffrey Nowell-Smith defines the field of cinema, and explores its fascinating history within the cultural and aesthetic sphere. Considering the influences of the other art forms from which it arose, he looks at how technological advances have opened up new horizons for the cinema industry.

Автор: Kraus Richard Curt
Название: The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199740550 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199740550
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Описание: China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open investigation of its origins, development, and
conclusion. Drawing upon a vital trove of scholarship, memoirs, and popular culture, this Very Short Introduction illuminates this complex, often obscure, and still controversial movement. Moving beyond the figure of Mao Zedong, Richard Curt Kraus links Beijing's elite politics to broader aspects of
society and culture, highlighting many changes in daily life, employment, and the economy. Kraus also situates this very nationalist outburst of Chinese radicalism within a global context, showing that the Cultural Revolution was mirrored in the radical youth movement that swept much of the world,
and that had imagined or emotional links to China's red guards. Yet it was also during the Cultural Revolution that China and the United States tempered their long hostility, one of the innovations in this period that sowed the seeds for China's subsequent decades of spectacular economic growth.

Автор: Weir, David
Название: Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0190610220 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190610227
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Описание: Decadence: A Very Short Introduction provides an elegant overview of the culture of decadence - defined as the artistic expression of a conflicted sense of modernity - by tracing its origin in ancient Rome, development in nineteenth-century Paris and London, manifestation in early twentieth-century Vienna and Berlin, and present resonance in contemporary life.

Автор: Boddice Rob
Название: Pain: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198738560 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198738565
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Описание: Rob Boddice considers how perceptions of pain have varied across history, and how the treatment of pain has also changed. Beginning with the classical world, he charts the increasing distinction drawn between physical and emotional pain, and the growing modern focus on empathy and compassion towards pain in others, and in animals.

Автор: Graziosi Barbara
Название: Homer: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199589941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199589944
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Описание: The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers throughout history. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer`s key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies.

Автор: Carrasco David
Название: The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0195379381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195379389
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Описание: This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to
cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare. Davнd Carrasco looks beyond Spanish accounts that have colored much of the Western narrative to let Aztec voices speak about their origin stories, the cosmic significance of their capital city, their methods of child
rearing, and the contributions women made to daily life and the empire. Carrasco discusses the arrival of the Spaniards, contrasts Aztec mythical traditions about the origins of their city with actual urban life in Mesoamerica, and outlines the rise of the Aztec empire. He also explores Aztec
religion, which provided both justification for and alternatives to warfare, sacrifice, and imperialism, and he sheds light on Aztec poetry, philosophy, painting, and especially monumental sculpture and architecture. He concludes by looking at how the Aztecs have been portrayed in Western thought,
art, film, and literature as well as in Latino culture and arts.

Автор: Taylor CCW
Название: Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0198835981 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198835981
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Описание: Christopher Taylor introduces the life and philosophy of Socrates, whose work has played a central role in shaping Western philosophical thinking for centuries. Examining what we can deduce about Socrates from the writings of his contemporaries (as he himself left none), Taylor traces the reception and influence of his thought to the modern day.

Автор: Perdue Theda, Green Michael
Название: North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0195307542 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195307542
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Описание: This book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twenty-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories.