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This study argues that folk art entered the modern discourse on Chinese visual arts as an object of both pride and shame and describes how ideas about folk art were articulated in the pivotal period of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present.

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This introductory guide to one of Ford's most read and performed plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading.

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This will be of interest to students, academics, practitioners and theatre buffs, comedy lovers, and critics.

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The Brazilian football team is one of the modern wonders of the world. Travelling extensively from the coastal cities of Rio de Janiero and Sao Paolo to the Amazon jungle, Bellos shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil."

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Peter wants to know how to erase a hard drive. Harry wants to learn the guitar. Tim wants a change in the law. In an increasingly punitive society, have we lost the capacity to forgive Or is forgiveness the biggest con of all

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From award-winning journalist Janine di Giovanni a scorching memoir of love and loss

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An untold chapter of America's past, a fascinating insight into a centuries-old love story, Glorious Misadventures is an expansive history of Russian colonization from Guardian Award-shortlisted author Owen Matthews.

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This fully revised edition of the same authors' Governance, Administration and Development is the ideal introduction to public management and the policy process in developing countries. With a new chapter on issues of law and order, it also covers current debates on civil society, aid and intervention, and the relationship of states and markets.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

"Macmillan International Higher Education."

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Based on practical experiences at small museums across the country and featuring more than 100 FULL-COLOR photographs and illustrations, Great Exhibits! is an invaluable resource for theoretical guidance and practical assistance to anyone who works or volunteers in a small museum.

A comprehensive survey of green media and popular culture, introducing the key debates surrounding green interpretations of film, TV, journalism, comedy, music and computer games. It is an original and thought-provoking exploration of the emerging field of environmental media studies.

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Over the last fifteen years, people have been slowly waking up to the toxic and alienating practices that have come to make up the American Way of Death. Greening Death explores this awakening, arguing that beyond the greener and more cost-efficient practices of the Green Burial Movement lies an even greater promisetying us back to the earth.

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Guards at the Taj takes as its starting point an enduring legend and prompts contemporary audiences to revisit questions about art and privilege.

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A pitch-perfect story of life above and below stairs and an elegy to the last days of aristocracy and Empire.

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A comprehensive handbook for this essential but tricky skill using the unique approach of bird's eye view photos to guide helmsmen through each step of close quarters manoeuvring.

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This book analyses the HBO program Treme from multiple perspectives and argues that the series' depictions of music, culture, cuisine, and identity are innovative and represent unique televisual storytelling strategies.