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Colonial Objects in Early Modern Sweden and Beyond
An elaborately crafted and decorated tomahawk from somewhere along the North American east coast: how did it end up in the royal collections in Stockholm in the late seventeenth …
Handbook of Confucianism in Modern Japan
In mainstream assessments of Confucianism’s modern genealogy there is a Sinocentric bias which is, in part, the result of a general neglect of modern Japanese Confucianism by …
The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge
This book addresses the shifting status of the humanities through a national case study spanning two centuries. The societal function of the humanities is considered from the …
Supreme Courts Under Nazi Occupation
This is the first extensive treatment of leading judicial institutions under Nazi rule in WWII. It focusses on all democratic countries under German occupation, and provides the …
Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe
This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, …
Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition
The Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts …
Sino-American Relations
Sino-American Relations brings together high-quality research articles in order to examine one aspect of the political mechanism of modern China, from empire to the PRC: political …
Rhetorical Arts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland
This book represents the first study of the art of rhetoric in medieval Ireland, a culture often neglected by medieval rhetorical studies. In a series of three case studies, Brian …
Screening the Art World
Unlike most studies of the relationship between cinema and art, which privilege questions of medium or institutional specificity and intermediality, Screening the Art World …
The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism
The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism: Walking in Films offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and …
Medical Case Studies (Consilia medica) of the Early Modern Period
Consilia played an important role in not only medieval but also early modern professional health literature. A literary ‘consilium’ consisted of a written statement of one …
Money Matters in European Artworks and Literature, c. 1400-1750
Money Matters in European Artworks and Literature, c. 1400-1750 focuses on coins as material artefacts and agents of meaning in early modern arts. The precious metals, double-sided …