Mfa Highlights: Arts of South Asia (Weinstein Laura)(Paperback)

Mfa Highlights: Arts of South Asia (Weinstein Laura)(Paperback)

A concise introduction to the MFA Boston's celebrated collection of South Asian artThe Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical area--comprising India and the countries that surround it--and more than four millennia

Mfa Highlights: Arts of Africa (Gunsch Kathryn)(Paperback)

The African art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, offers a portal into the life and politics of a large and complex continent with a wealth of history and culture. The highlighted works in this volume have been selected to illuminate different societies and periods, and to offer an

Arts of Japan: Mfa Highlights (Morse Anne)(Paperback)

The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This stunning overview features many of the collection's best-known and most beloved works, including such rare paintings as the eighth-century Buddhist panel 'Shaka, the Historical Buddha,

A Short History of South-East Asia (Church Peter)(Paperback)

Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. With revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable

Moma Highlights (Lowry Glenn)(Paperback)

This new edition of MoMA Highlights presents 375 works from the Museum of Modern Art's unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary art. Featuring 170 new selections--a greater representation of women, artists of color and artists from around the world--this updated volume reflects the

Seafood of South-East Asia (Davidson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A Tapestry of Colours 2: Stories from Asia (Pillai Anitha Devi)(Paperback)

This book comprises stories from Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia, written especially for young adults.This specially curated anthology of short stories from Asia explores the human spirit and lives of the common man separated by time, space and culture, and yet united in the human spirit

A Tapestry of Colours 1: Stories from Asia (Pillai Anitha Devi)(Paperback)

This book comprises stories from Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia, written especially for young adults.This specially curated anthology of short stories from Asia explores the human spirit and lives of the common man separated by time, space and culture, and yet united in the human spirit

Philosophy of Expressive Arts Therapy: Poiesis and the Therapeutic Imagination (Levine Stephen K.)(Paperback)

Laying the philosophical foundations of expressive arts therapy, this book highlights the role and importance of poiesis, the art of 'making' as a response to the world, in the expressive arts therapies as well as our own lives. The concept of poiesis was originally developed and brought into the

Rice Mother (Manicka Rani)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the South East Asia and South Pacific Region Commonwealth Writers' Prize in

MFA Highlights: European Painting and Sculpture before 1800 - Ronni Baer, Frederick Ilchman, Marietta Cambareri

Major works spanning the medieval era to the Enlightenment from the MFA Boston's superlative collectionThe tremendous political, religious and cultural changes that swept across Europe in the years from 1000 to 1800 fundamentally transformed the practices and purposes of painting and

Dastarkhwan: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia (Chambers Claire)(Paperback)

This delectable anthology of food literature explores the histories and cultures of Muslim South Asia and diaspora through fiction and life writing essays. Contributors include Nadeem Aslam, Tabish Khair, Annie Zaidi, Sarvat Hasin, Rosie Dastgir, Uzma Aslam Khan, Farahad Zama and others.The kitchen

Political Violence in South Asia (Riaz Ali)(Paperback)

Political violence has remained an integral part of South Asian society for decades. The region has witnessed and continued to encounter violence for achieving political objectives from above and from below. Violence is perpetrated by the state, by non-state actors, and used by the citizens as a

Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (Noorani A.)(Pevná vazba)

Islam, South Asia & The Cold War is a collection of articles written by A. G. Noorani over the last twenty-five years, and published in various dailies and journals to which he has been a regular contributor, including Frontline, The Statesman, The Indian Express, The Illustrated Weekly of India

Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labor, and the Literary Arts of Alliance (Doyle Laura)(Paperback)

In Inter-imperiality Laura Doyle theorizes the co-emergence of empires, institutions, language regimes, stratified economies, and literary cultures over the longue dur e. Weaving together feminist, decolonial, and dialectical theory, she shows how inter-imperial competition has generated a systemic

Far East & Australasia 2000(Pevná vazba)

A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. This book keeps up to date with economic and political developments. It presents over 1300 pages of statistics, directory material and

East of Croydon - Travels through India and South East Asia inspired by her BBC 1 series 'The Ganges' (Perkins Sue)(Paperback / softback)

An Explorer's Guide: South Dakota (Head Marion L.)(Paperback)

The first and most comprehensive guide to South Dakota highlights the state's natural beauty and includes coverage of its major historical sites and tourist attractions, from Mount Rushmore and Deadwood to the Black Hills. The guide is especially family-friendly, outlining free or inexpensive

Children Of The New World - Stories (Weinstein Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Financial Inclusion, Regulation, Literacy, and Education in Central Asia and South Caucasus(Paperback / softback)

Babur: Timurid Prince and Mughal Emperor, 1483-1530 (Dale Stephen F.)(Paperback)

This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his homeland by Uzbeks in 1504, ruled Kabul for two

Persianate Selves: Memories of Place and Origin Before Nationalism (Kia Mana)(Paperback)

For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a particular basic education through which they understood and engaged with the world. Not everyone who lived in the land of Iran was Persian, and Persians lived in many other

Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River (Bear Laura)(Paperback)

Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society and the environment when austerity dominates political and economic life? To get to the heart of this issue, Laura Bear tells the stories of boatmen, shipyard workers, hydrographers, port bureaucrats and river

The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia (Hayton Bill)(Paperback)

Why the world can't afford to be indifferent to the simmering conflict in the South China Sea 'The greatest risk today in U.S.-Chinese relations is the South China Sea, through which passes 40% of world trade. . . . Hayton explains how this all came about and points to the growing risks of