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The Formation of Islamic Law (Hardcover, New Ed): Wael B. Hallaq The Formation of Islamic Law (Hardcover, New Ed)
Wael B. Hallaq
R6,465 Discovery Miles 64 650 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The fourteen studies included in this volume have been chosen to serve several purposes simultaneously. At a basic level, they aim to provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level, they reflect the different and, at times, widely divergent scholarly approaches to this subject matter. These two levels combined will offer a useful account of the rise of Islamic law not only for students in this field but also for Islamicists who are not specialists in matters of law, comparative legal historians, and others. At the same time, however, and as the Introduction to the work argues, this collection of distinguished contributions illustrates both the achievements and the shortcomings of paradigmatic scholarship on the formative period of Islamic law.

International Sport: A Bibliography, 1995-1999 - Including Index to Sports History Journals, Conference Proceedings and Essay... International Sport: A Bibliography, 1995-1999 - Including Index to Sports History Journals, Conference Proceedings and Essay Collections. (Hardcover)
Richard William Cox
R5,082 Discovery Miles 50 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developments. The annual number of publications has increased from around 250 to 1,000 a year over the last decade. This is due in part to the fact that during the late 1980s and 90s, many clubs, leagues and governing bodies of sport have celebrated their centenaries and produced histories to mark this occasion and commemorate their achievements. It is also the result of the growing popularity and realisation of the importance of sport history research within academe.
This international bibliography of books, articles, conference proceedings and essays in the English language is a one-stop for the sports historian to know what is new.

The Emergence of Modern Architecture - A Documentary History, from 1000 to 1810 (Paperback): Liane Lefaivre, Alexander Tzonis The Emergence of Modern Architecture - A Documentary History, from 1000 to 1810 (Paperback)
Liane Lefaivre, Alexander Tzonis
R1,811 Discovery Miles 18 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The book, a documentary history, records a cognitive history of the emergence of modern architecture. Cutting across disciplinarian and institutional divisions as we know them today, it reconstructs developments within the framework of a cognitive history of the past. Modern is here taken to mean the radical re-thinking of architecture from the end of the 10th century in Europe to the end of the 18th century. Among the key debates that mark the period are those that oppose tradition to innovation, canon to discovery, geometrical formality to natural picturesqueness, the functional to the hedonistic.

Serious Sport - J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport (Paperback): Scott Crawford Serious Sport - J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport (Paperback)
Scott Crawford; Foreword by Frank Cass
R1,464 Discovery Miles 14 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Trial-blazer and mentor, Professor J.A. Mangan is a distinguished scholar in the fields of sports history whose work has inspired a generation of historians and social scientists across the globe. His seminal book on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause from a broad range of historians and social scientists across the globe. His seminal work on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause from a broad range of historians. It opened new horizons of inquiry providing the field with a richly perceptive study of hegemony and patronage, of cultural assimilation and adaptation, and of the ways that power elites used sport for socialization, acculturation and social control. His later works continued to pose critical, sometimes controversial questions, providing new and provocative insights into the complex social issues involved in the development and diffusion of sporting activity. The geographical horizons of his work now span the globe. This volume is a fitting tribute to the scholarship and lasting accomplishments of a pioneer who has mentored - and continues to mentor - numerous young scholars internationally, simultaneously developing and maintaining high quality channels through which to disseminate sport history research. In appraising his scholarship the contributors to this collection demonstrate their debt to his vision and achievements. This volume was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport

Strategy for Chaos - Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History (Paperback): Colin Gray Strategy for Chaos - Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History (Paperback)
Colin Gray
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'. The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must "work" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every major school of thought allowed its day in court. The author presents three historical RMAs as case studies for his argument: those arguably revealed in the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon; in World War I; and in the nuclear age. The focus of his analysis is how these grand RMAs functioned strategically. The conclusions that he draws from these empirical exercises are then applied to help us understand what, indeed, is - and what is not - happening with the much vaunted information-technology-led RMA of today.

Serious Sport - J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport (Hardcover): Scott Crawford Serious Sport - J.A. Mangan's Contribution to the History of Sport (Hardcover)
Scott Crawford; Foreword by Frank Cass
R4,507 Discovery Miles 45 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Trial-blazer and mentor, Professor J.A. Mangan is a distinguished scholar in the fields of sports history whose work has inspired a generation of historians and social scientists across the globe. His seminal book on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause from a broad range of historians and social scientists across the globe. His seminal work on athleticism and imperialism commanded attention and applause from a broad range of historians. It opened new horizons of inquiry providing the field with a richly perceptive study of hegemony and patronage, of cultural assimilation and adaptation, and of the ways that power elites used sport for socialization, acculturation and social control. His later works continued to pose critical, sometimes controversial questions, providing new and provocative insights into the complex social issues involved in the development and diffusion of sporting activity. The geographical horizons of his work now span the globe. This volume is a fitting tribute to the scholarship and lasting accomplishments of a pioneer who has mentored - and continues to mentor - numerous young scholars internationally, simultaneously developing and maintaining high quality channels through which to disseminate sport history research. In appraising his scholarship the contributors to this collection demonstrate their debt to his vision and achievements. This volume was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport

The Lost Elementary Schools of Victorian England - The People's Education (Hardcover): Philip Gardner The Lost Elementary Schools of Victorian England - The People's Education (Hardcover)
Philip Gardner
R3,489 Discovery Miles 34 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in 1984. As late as 1870, a substantial proportion of working class pupils receiving an elementary education were attending private schools, run by the working class itself, instead of schools which were publicly sponsored. Previous studies in this area have concentrated on the latter, however, the author of this study adopts a wider approach by focusing on the relation between the working-class and education, in order to demonstrate the nature of the class-cultural conflict that existed. Two main methods of investigation are employed: the pattern of working-class responses to the official educational provision are charted and the positive traditions of independent working-class educational activity are analysed. These traditions formed a part of the foundation on which resistance to official education was based. This thoroughly researched book extends our understanding of this hitherto neglected area in the history of education.

The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, c.1540-1620 (Hardcover): Mark Taplin The Italian Reformers and the Zurich Church, c.1540-1620 (Hardcover)
Mark Taplin
R3,940 Discovery Miles 39 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recently scholars have become increasingly aware of Zurich's role as an intellectual and cultural centre of the European Reformation. This study focuses on a little-known aspect of the Zurich church's international activity: its relationship with Italian-speaking evangelicals during the period 1540-1620. The work assesses the importance of Zwinglian influences within the early Italian evangelical movement and Zurich's contribution to the spread of the Reformation in Italian-speaking territories such as Locarno and southern GraubA1/4nden. It shows how, following the establishment of the Roman Inquisition in July 1542, senior Zurich churchmen emerged as important points of contact for Italian reformers in exile. A central concern of the study is the threat to the integrity of the Zwinglian settlement posed by religious radicals within the Italian exile community. Although the radicals were relatively few in number, their activities had a profound influence on the way in which the community as a whole came to be perceived by the Swiss and other Reformed churches. In Zurich, the turning point was a series of doctrinal disputes during the mid-sixteenth century, which culminated in the dissolution of the city's Italian church in November 1563. The alliance forged in the course of those disputes between the leadership of the Zurich church and theologically conservative Italian exiles became the basis for close co-operation in subsequent decades. Drawing heavily on unpublished sources from Swiss archives, the volume sheds light on the processes by which the boundaries of Reformed orthodoxy came to be defined. In particular, it demonstrates the importance of theological controversy and polemic as catalysts for the systematisation of doctrine during this period.

Broadway - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Ken Bloom Broadway - An Encyclopedia (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Ken Bloom
R5,744 Discovery Miles 57 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Composers & Lyricists Howard Ashman, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Howard Dietz, Vernon Duike, Dorothy Fields, Rudolf Friml, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Herman, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane, Lerner & Loewe, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Strouse & Adams, Jule Styne, Howard Taubman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kurt Weill Critics Brooks Atkinson, Cliver Barnes, Walter Kerr, George Jean Nathan, Walter Winchell, Alexander Woollcott Organizations Actors' Equity, American Theater Wing, Federal Theater Project, Group Theater, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Save the Theater, Theater Development Fund, Theater Guild Performers Nathan Lane, Mercedes Ruehl, Faith Prince, Fred & Adele Astaire, John & Lionel Barrymore, Fanny Brice, Vernon & Irene Castle, George M. Cohan, Katherine Cornell, Helen Hayes, Anna Held, Al Jolson, Lunt & Fontanne Personalities Diamond Jim Brady, Don Freeman, Texas Guinan, Charlie Knickerbocker, A. J. Liebling, Damon Runyon, Ed Sullivan, Lou Walters Playwrights August Wilson, David Mamet, Kaufman & Hart, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Neil Simon, Tennessee Williams Producers George Abbott, David Belasco, Earl Carroll, Oscar Hammerstein I, Mark Hellinger, Josh Logan, David Merrick, Harold Prince, 'Roxy', The Schuberts, George White, Florenz Ziegfeld Shows Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Cats, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma! Theaters Ambassador, Apollo, Belasco, Booth, Broadhurst, Brooks Atkinson, Capitol, Casino, Circle-in-the-Square, Cort, Ed Sullivan, Empire, Gaiety, Gershwin, Longacre, Lunt-Fontanne, Lyceum, Lyric, Music Box, Palace, Rialto, Ritz, Rivoli, Royale, St. James, Strand, Town Hall, Virginia, Winter Garden

Against Extinction - The Story of Conservation (Paperback): William (Bill) Adams Against Extinction - The Story of Conservation (Paperback)
William (Bill) Adams
R1,193 Discovery Miles 11 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why' Bulletin of British Ecological Society. Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to the huge and diverse international movement of the present day. It vividly portrays conservation's legacy of big game hunting, the battles for the establishment of national parks, the global importance of species conservation and debates over the sustainable use of and trade in wildlife. Bill Adams addresses the big questions and ideas that have driven conservation for the last 100 years: How can the diversity of life be maintained as human demands on the Earth expand seemingly without limit? How can preservation be reconciled with human rights and the development needs of the poor? Is conservation something that can be imposed by a knowledgeable elite, or is it something that should emerge naturally from people's free choices? These have never been easy questions, and they are as important in the 21st century as at any time in the past. The author takes us on a lively historical journey in search of the answers.

Stalking Sociologists - J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology (Paperback, New): Ren ee C Fox Stalking Sociologists - J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology (Paperback, New)
Ren ee C Fox
R1,420 Discovery Miles 14 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Until recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America's premier crime-fighting organization. However, it is now common knowledge that the FBI and its long-time director, J. Edgar Hoover, were responsible for the creation of a massive internal security apparatus that undermined the very principles of freedom and democracy they were sworn to protect. While no one was above suspicion, Hoover appears to have held a special disdain for sociologists and placed many of the profession's most prominent figures under surveillance. In "Stalking Sociologists," Mike Forrest Keen offers a detailed account of the FBI's investigations within the context of an overview of the history of American sociology.
This ground-breaking analysis history uses documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Keen argues that Hoover and the FBI marginalized sociologists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and C. Wright Mills, tried to suppress the development of a Marxist tradition in American sociology, and likely pushed the mainstream of the discipline away from a critique of American society and towards a more quantitative and scientific direction. He documents thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars dedicated to this project. Faculty members of various departments of sociology were recruited to inform on the activities of their colleagues and the American Sociological Association was a target of FBI surveillance. Keen turns sociology back upon the FBI, using the writings and ideas of the very sociologists Hoover investigated to examine and explain the excesses of the Bureau and its boss. The result is a significant contribution to the collective memory of American society as well as the accurate history of the sociological discipline.
"This ground-breaking book documents in meticulous detail decades of harassment and surveillance of major American sociologists by the FBI. The misuse of power...will outrage all Americans and raise significant professional issues within the social sciences."--Mary Jo Deegan, professor of sociology, University of Nebraska
Mike Forrest Keen is professor in the department of sociology at Indiana University South Bend. His previous work includes numerous scholarly articles and "Eastern Europe in Transformation: The Impact on Sociology," edited with Janusz L. Mucha.

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo - The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World (Paperback, New Ed): Bart Plantenga Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo - The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World (Paperback, New Ed)
Bart Plantenga
R1,196 Discovery Miles 11 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? As this fascinating book reveals; yodeling is not just a Swiss thing - everyone from Central African pygmies, Nashville hunks-in-hats, avant-grade tonsil-twisters like Meredith Monk, hip-hop stars De La Soul, and pop stars like Jewel have been known to kick back and release a yodeling refrain. Along the way, we encounter a gallery of unique characters, ranging from the legendary, such as country singer Jimmie Rodgers, to the definitely different, including Mary Schneider 'the Australian Queen of Yodeling' who specialises in yodeling Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, and the Topp Twins, a yodeling lesbian duo who employ the sound in their songs aimed at battling homophobia. The book is both a serious study of the history of yodeling around the world and a fun look at how this unique sound has worked its way into popular culture. Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo promises to be a classic for fans of music and popular culture.

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo - The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World (Hardcover, New): Bart Plantenga Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo - The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World (Hardcover, New)
Bart Plantenga
R3,202 Discovery Miles 32 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music? As this fascinating book reveals; yodeling is not just a Swiss thing - everyone from Central African pygmies, Nashville hunks-in-hats, avant-garde tonsil-twisters like Meredith Monk, hip-hop stars De La Soul, and pop stars like Jewel have been known to kick back and release a yodeling refrain. Along the way, we encounter a gallery of unique characters, ranging from the legendary, such as country singer Jimmie Rodgers, to the definitely different, including Mary Schneider "the Australian Queen of Yodeling" who specialises in yodeling Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, and the Topp Twins, a yodeling lesbian duo who employ the sound in their songs aimed at battling homophobia. The book is both a serious study of the history of yodeling around the world and a fun look at how this unique sound has worked its way into popular culture. Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo promises to be a classic for fans of music and popular culture

Keyboard Music Before 1700 (Paperback, 2nd edition): Alexander Silbiger Keyboard Music Before 1700 (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Alexander Silbiger
R1,676 Discovery Miles 16 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Series Information:
Routledge Studies in Musical Genres

Science and Spirituality - The Volatile Connection (Paperback, Annotated Ed): David Knight Science and Spirituality - The Volatile Connection (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
David Knight
R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Until the end of the eighteenth century, almost everyone believed that the empirical world of science could produce evidence for a wise and loving God. By the twenty-first century this comforting certainty has almost vanished. What caused such a cataclysmic change in attitudes to science and to the world?
Science and Spirituality offers a new history of the interaction between Western science and faith, which explores the volatile connection and challenges the myth of their being locked in inevitable conflict.
Journeying from the French Revolution to the present day, and taking in such figures as Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Charles Darwin, Immanuel Kant, Albert Einstein, Mary Shelley and Stephen Hawking, David Knight shows how science evolved from medieval and Renaissance forms of natural theology into the empirical discipline we know today. Focusing on the overthrow of Church and State in revolutionary France, and on the crucial nineteenth century period when a newly emerging scientific community rendered science culturally accessible, Science and Spirituality shows how scientific disenchantment has provided some of our most flexible and powerful metaphors for God, such as the hidden puppet-master and the blind watchmaker, and illustrates how questions of moral and spiritual value continue to intervene in the scientific endeavour.

A History of Education for Citizenship (Hardcover): Derek Heater A History of Education for Citizenship (Hardcover)
Derek Heater
R4,362 Discovery Miles 43 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Intoduction 1. Classical Origins 2. The Ages of Rebellion and Revolutions 3. Education for Liberal Democracy 4. Totalitarianism and Transitions 5. Multiple Citizenship Education

Science and Spirituality - The Volatile Connection (Hardcover): David Knight Science and Spirituality - The Volatile Connection (Hardcover)
David Knight
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Until the end of the eighteenth century, almost everyone believed that the empirical world of science could produce evidence for a wise and loving God. By the twenty-first century this comforting certainty has almost vanished. What caused such a cataclysmic change in attitudes to science and to the world?
Science and Spirituality offers a new history of the interaction between Western science and faith, which explores the volatile connection and challenges the myth of their being locked in inevitable conflict.
Journeying from the French Revolution to the present day, and taking in such figures as Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Charles Darwin, Immanuel Kant, Albert Einstein, Mary Shelley and Stephen Hawking, David Knight shows how science evolved from medieval and Renaissance forms of natural theology into the empirical discipline we know today. Focusing on the overthrow of Church and State in revolutionary France, and on the crucial nineteenth century period when a newly emerging scientific community rendered science culturally accessible, Science and Spirituality shows how scientific disenchantment has provided some of our most flexible and powerful metaphors for God, such as the hidden puppet-master and the blind watchmaker, and illustrates how questions of moral and spiritual value continue to intervene in the scientific endeavour.

In the Kingdom of Coal - An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World (Hardcover, New): Dan Rottenberg In the Kingdom of Coal - An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World (Hardcover, New)
Dan Rottenberg
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colony to the industrial force of the modern world. The driving power behind this transformation was coal, the black gold that even today illuminates our cities and runs our personal computers.
In The Kingdom of Coal tells the extraordinary story of coal through the eyes of two families - one the magnates, one the miners - over three generations while locked together, for better or worse, in a common quest.

The Shade of Swords - Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed): M.J. Akbar The Shade of Swords - Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
M.J. Akbar
R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Shade of Swords is the first cohesive history of Jihad, written by one of India's leading journalists and writers. In this new paperback edition, updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi against America, M.J. Akbar explains the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Placing recent events in a historical context, he tackles the tricky question of what now for Jihad following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.
With British and American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and once again in Iraq, the potential for Jihadi recruitment is ever increasing. Explaining how Jihad thrives on complex and shifting notions of persecution, victory and sacrifice, and illustrating how Muslims themselves have historically tried both to direct and control the phenomenon of Jihad, Akbar shows how Jihad pervades the mind and soul of Islam, revealing its strength and significance.
To know the future, one needs to understand the past. M.J. Akbar's The Shade of Swords holds the key.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203402103

Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed): Peter Horton Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Peter Horton
R3,933 Discovery Miles 39 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Selected from papers given at the third biennial conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain, this volume, in common with its two predecessors, reflects the interdisciplinary character of the topic. The introductory essay by Julian Rushton foregrounds some of the questions that are key to this area of study: what is the nineteenth century? what is British music? and did London influence the continent? The essays which follow are divided into broad thematic groups covering aspects of gender, church music, national identity, and local and national institutions. This collection illustrates that while nineteenth-century British music studies is still in its infancy as a field of research, it is one that is burgeoning and contributing to our understanding of British social and cultural life of the period.

Sacred Traces - British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia (Hardcover, New Ed): Janice Leoshko Sacred Traces - British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia (Hardcover, New Ed)
Janice Leoshko
R3,835 Discovery Miles 38 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In his novel Kim, in which a Tibetan pilgrim seeks to visit important Buddhist sites in India, Rudyard Kipling reveals the nineteenth-century fascination with the discovery of the importance of Buddhism in India's past. Janice Leoshko, a scholar of South Asian Buddhist art uses Kipling's account and those of other western writers to offer new insight into the priorities underlying nineteenth-century studies of Buddhist art in India. In the absence of written records, the first explorations of Buddhist sites were often guided by accounts of Chinese pilgrims. They had journeyed to India more than a thousand years earlier in search of sacred traces of the Buddha, the places where he lived, obtained enlightenment, taught and finally passed into nirvana. The British explorers, however, had other interests besides the religion itself. They were motivated by concerns tied to the growing British control of the subcontinent. Building on earlier interventions, Janice Leoshko examines this history of nineteenth-century exploration in order to illuminate how early concerns shaped the way Buddhist art has been studied in the West and presented in its museums.

War in the Modern World since 1815 (Paperback): Jeremy Black War in the Modern World since 1815 (Paperback)
Jeremy Black
R1,274 Discovery Miles 12 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Conflict is central to human history. It is often the cause, course and consequence of social, cultural and political change. Military history therefore has to be more than a technical analysis of armed conflict. War in the Modern World since 1815 addresses war as a cultural phenomenon, discusses its meaning in different socities and explores the various contexts of military action.

Tin Pan Alley - An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song (Hardcover, New Ed): David A Jasen Tin Pan Alley - An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song (Hardcover, New Ed)
David A Jasen
R4,835 Discovery Miles 48 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


For nearly a century, New York's famous 'Tin Pan Alley' was the centre of popular music publishing in the US. It was where song writing became a profession and where songs were made-to-order for the biggest stars. Covering the full history of Tin Pan Alley, from its humble beginnings in the 1860s to its demise following World War II, this is the first resource to identify its major publishers, composers, lyricists, singers, dances and bands. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include names, birth and death dates, brief biographies and bibliographical listings. This will be an eminently useful reference work for libraries catering to music teachers, students, professors, musicians, writers and fans of popular song.

War in the Modern World since 1815 (Hardcover): Jeremy Black War in the Modern World since 1815 (Hardcover)
Jeremy Black
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Conflict is central to human history. It is often the cause, course and consequence of social, cultural and political change. Military history therefore has to be more than a technical analysis of armed conflict. War in the Modern World since 1815 addresses war as a cultural phenomenon, discusses its meaning in different socities and explores the various contexts of military action.

Shinto - A Short History (Paperback): Nobutaka Inoue, Endo Jun, Mori Mizue, Ito Satoshi Shinto - A Short History (Paperback)
Nobutaka Inoue, Endo Jun, Mori Mizue, Ito Satoshi; Translated by John Breen, …
R2,059 Discovery Miles 20 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Shinto - A Short History "provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day.
Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'.
This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of Shinto.
This book does not presuppose prior knowledge of Japanese religion, and is easily accessible for those new to the subject.

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