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Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace is a highly-anticipated historical monograph on one of the greatest abstract painters of the twentieth-century.This exceptional volume encompasses an extraordinary retrospective of paintings, all presented at Pace Gallery, which illustrates Rothko's contributions to early American modernism, his unprecedented transition into abstraction, and his groundbreaking mature work.Pace Gallery founder, Arne Glimcher...

For centuries, China was confident in its role as the 'Middle Kingdom', the undisputed cultural, economic and political powerhouse of Asia. Today, with China once again a leading player on the world stage, countries across the continent are facing an uncertain future. Does China's rise threaten its neighbours? And what, ultimately, is its end goal? Nowhere are these questions more pressing than in the Pacific, where China's maritime neighbours...

A Portrait. This collection exhibits the natural beauty of Hirta, the largest of islands in theSt Kilda archipelago, showing the natural and rugged beauty of an island shrouded in fascination.

Why would countries without nuclear weapons even think about fighting nuclear-armed opponents? A simple answer is that no one believes nuclear weapons will be used. But that answer fails to consider why nonnuclear state leaders would believe that in the first place. In this superb unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings ...

Why do some attempts to conclude alliance treaties end in failure? From the inability of European powers to form an alliance that would stop Hitler in the 1930s, to the present inability of Ukraine to join NATO, states frequently attempt but fail to form alliance treaties. In Arguing about Alliances, Paul Poast sheds new light on the purpose of alliance treaties by recognizing that such treaties come from negotiations, and that negotiations ca...

Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted considerable resources to competing against its rival onstage. Competing Germanies tracks the paths of several stage actors from European theaters to Buenos Aires and explores how two of Argentina's most influential immigrant groups, German nationalists ...

Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted considerable resources to competing against its rival onstage. Competing Germanies tracks the paths of several stage actors from European theaters to...

Organizations are becoming increasingly dehumanized. The move toward an AI-driven world of work means intense competition for a finite number of 'human' resources, where the pressure to perform can incite an "I'm fine" response when a colleague asks, "How are you?". Opportunities to connect authentically with or care for one other at a basic human level are diminishing, and we only know our colleagues superficially. This book argues that human...

Der Band versammelt historische und systematische Studien von Wilfried Lippitz der letzten Jahre zur Theorie, Geschichte und internationalen Verbreitung der Phänomenologischen Erziehungswissenschaft. Phänomene wie Sozialität, Leiblichkeit, Responsivität und Alterität werden systematisch reflektiert und pädagogische Grundbegriffe wie Lernen und Erziehen, Generation und Kindheit neu gerahmt. Neben historisch-systematischen und bildungsphilosophi...

Accompanying Hennessy's radio programme of the same name, a series of encounters with key politicians of then and now. In this volume, Blair, Heseltine, Cable, Warsi, Ashdown, Harman and many others.

Vermutlich hätte beim Erstflug 1969 nicht einmal Boeing gedacht, dass dieses Flugzeug eine so lange und erfolgreiche Karriere vor sich haben würde. Wie das damals größte Passagierflugzeug die Luftfahrt revolutionierte, welche finanziellen und technologischen Wagnisse Boeing und Erstkunde PanAm eingingen, was der A380 für die 747 bedeutet und vieles mehr erzählen spannend und unterhaltsam Dietmar Plath und Jens Flottau. Zeitzeugenberichte und e...

First ever 'Researcher in Residence' at 10 Downing Street Jack Brown looks at the spatial and personal aspects of the lives of Prime Ministers as they play out behind closed doors, and how the building has featured in the limits and potential of the role.

Provides a smooth and pleasant transition from first-year calculus to upper-level mathematics courses in real analysis, abstract algebra and number theory Most universities require students majoring in mathematics to take a "transition to higher math" course that introduces mathematical proofs and more rigorous thinking. Such courses help students be prepared for higher-level mathematics course from their onset. Advanced Mathematics: A Transi...

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Heritage Churches of the First Nations Peoples in British Columbia - chronicles existing church structures that dot the Indigenous landscape across what was once, a wild frontier and a thriving fur-trading empire. A beautifully illustrated work, with over three hundred colour photographs that will take the reader into urban, rural and remote areas of our beautiful Province of British Columbia. From Captain's Vancouver's Island, and beyond to t...

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Allyson Nadia Field is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. Marsha Gordon is Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago.

The contributors to Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film examine the place and role of race in educational films, home movies, industry and government films, anthropological films, church films, and other forms of noncommercial filmmaking throughout the twentieth century.

Die wilde Küste Spaniens, die Heimat Salvador Dalís, ist ein Landstrich zum Wohlfühlen und Auftanken. Eine felsige Küstenlandschaft, abgelegene Buchten. Weite Ebenen im Hinterland, im Norden die Pyrenäen. Mittelalterliche Dörfer und kulturreiche Städte. Nicole Biarnés zeigt uns ihre Wahlheimat. Sie erzählt von den Legenden und Geheimnissen der geschichtsträchtigen Region. Sie stellt uns ­die sympathischen Menschen und ihre Traditionen vor, d...

State Profiles 2019: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State has been completely updated and provides a wealth of current, authoritative, and comprehensive data on key demographic and economic indicators for each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Each state is covered by a compact standardized chapter that allows for easy comparisons and timely analysis between the states. A ten-page profile for each U.S. state plus the District o...