Painting, History and Meaning Historical fiction

Painting, History and Meaning Historical fictionOriginal and timely new study of contemporary paintings relationship with history and historical material. Uses examples of traditional and conceptual painting and practice to draw together historical and contemporary practice. 20 col. illus.

newly available in paperback

Deals extensively with gender issues

and diversity

it argues for the importance of ritualised modes of social behaviour in understanding the construction of authority in the nineteenth-century city

this study analyses how key Arab and non-Arab states instrumentalised cross-border mobility from the mid-1950s until today

This book explores the workings of the modern global economy – in which competition is imperfect and influence of power is ubiquitous – and reveals the vast difference between the true workings of capitalism and the myths that mainstream economics would have us believe

popular culture and the media

From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Lumière brothers – Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination for years

but some are useful

‘Who will write the History of the American Revolution’ asked a worried John Adams

Qualitative studies that reflect the evolution of nonlinearities have not thus far been approached in this way

these two volumes includes seventeen interviews from high-ranking civil servants and political leaders in the Irish Government and takes the reader inside the negotiating room to experience the efforts