"Charles Issawi's collection of essays, Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts, has been written in the belief that a study of the past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance. Though the emphasis is on the Middl…
"Charles Issawi's collection of essays, Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts, has been written in the belief that a study of the past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance. Though the emphasis is on the Middl…
This collection of essays has been written in the belief that a study of past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed light on their nature and importance. Topics range from the ancient civilizations to the pre-eminence of English as an international…
The author examines how indigenous activists are cultivating international support for a programme of self-determination and legal protection, as well as how the indigenous voice in world politics is transforming civic discourse within the international community. With the Unite…
The author examines how indigenous activists are cultivating international support for a programme of self-determination and legal protection, as well as how the indigenous voice in world politics is transforming civic discourse within the international community. With the Unite…
Essays on boredom and modernity
by Salzani, Carlo, Dalle Pezze, Barbara
fromCritical studies
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of fa…
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of fa…
Meeting the Barbarians -- How the Greeks became Greek -- The Greeks encounter the World -- The Greco-Persian wars -- Greeks, Macedonians, and Persians -- The Hellenistic era -- Rome and Italy -- An empire of Barbarians -- Greek, Roman, and Greco-Roman -- Being Roman -- The Imper…