Modernity and tradition : contemporary architecture in Pakistan 9780195778533, 0195778537

Art and Polemic in Pakistan: Cultural Politics and Tradition in Contemporary Miniature Painting 9780755603923, 9781848853652

Contemporary artists in Pakistan have, in recent decades, revived and reinvented miniature painting: a traditional artfo

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Remoteness and Modernity: Transformation and Continuity in Northern Pakistan 9780300213355

This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. Shafqat Hussain e

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Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Iran: Tradition, Modernity, and the Production of 'Space-in-Between' [1st ed. 2018] 9783319721859, 9783319721842, 3319721844

This book presents an in-depth critical analysis of the internationally recognized, place-specific works of three Irania

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The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Architecture 0804803048, 9780804803045

This is the original book as meticulously presented as intended by it's author before it was butchered and heavily

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Modernity and Its Other: A Post-Script to Contemporary Architecture (Studies in architecture & culture) 0890967296, 9780890967294

The modern/postmodern debate has been fueled by the appearance of a new world order. And, in the aftermath of sociopolit

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Building from Tradition: Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture 1138909920, 9781138909922

Building from Traditionexamines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and rene

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Sanctity of Time and Space in Tradition and Modernity

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Aleut Identities: Tradition and Modernity in an Indigenous Fishery 9780773584075

A contemporary portrait of an Indigenous commercial fishing society in the Arctic.

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The Shi‘i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity 9780755609215, 9781784534776

The idea of maslaha has a rich history in classical legal thought and literature. Conventionally translated into English

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Lateness and Modernity in Medieval Architecture 9004538437, 9789004538436

This volume engages with notions of lateness and modernity in medieval architecture, broadly conceived geographically, t

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