"The connections between German and Spanish culture over the centuries are as interesting and as myriad as they are often overlooked. The Lion and the Eagle is the first comprehensive collection of studies to probe this rich and complex cross-fertilization, from medieval times t…
This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth century to the present. It examines Western theatrical representations of Pacific cultures and investigates how Pacific Islanders used their own cultural performances…
Analysis of migrations--regional, interregional, continent-wide, and global--and the resulting cultural interactions and societal changes.
[This book] provides a history of the world told through the movements of its people. It is a broad ... interpretation of the scope, patterns, and consequences of human migrations over the past ten centuries. In this [book, the author] reconceptualizes the history of migration a…
"The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips --recently voted the favourite dish in Britain-- to …
