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These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish liter
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Collecting and displaying finely crafted objects was a mark of character among the royals and aristocrats in Early Moder
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Wai-yee Li traces notions of the pleasures and dangers of things in the literature and thought of late imperial China. S
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Amid thorny issues of translation and appropriation, imperial rivalry, the rise of commercial authorship, and anxieties
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Mid-Century Gothic offers a fresh perspective on the cultural moment that followed World War II, and discovers a deep se
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In 1625, Martin de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their const
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Explores the political, strategic, social and psychological factors which led to Simla becoming an important health reso
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Did ordinary Italians have a 'Renaissance'? This book presents the first in-depth exploration of how artisans
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The Art of Objects is a cultural history of early Italian industrialism, set against the political, social, and intellec
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