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512 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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512 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- Iberia Pérez -- Lars Bang Larsen -- Lars Bang Larsen -- Yann Chateigné Tytelman -- Steven ten Thije -- Frédérique Bergholtz -- Joan Riviere -- Judith Butler -- Beatriz Preciado -- Hadley & Maxwell with Vanessa Ohlraun -- Giorgio Agamben -- Dieter Roelstraete -- Flora Lysen -- Mikhail Bakhtin -- Peter Stallybrass & Allon White.,
- Alena Alexandrova / Martine Neddam -- Philippe-Alain Michaud -- Jean Rouch -- Cecilia Peláez Paladino / Martine Neddam -- Fernando Pessoa -- Walter Benjamin -- Michel Foucault -- Steven ten Thije -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Stefanie Seibold -- Marianne Flotron / Mounira Al Solh -- Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari -- Michael Taussig -- Alena Alexandrova -- Giorgio Agamben -- Roland Barthes -- Franc̜oise Frontisi-Ducroux -- Rebecca Sakoun -- Homi K. Bhabha -- René Girard -- Wendelien Van Oldenborgh -- Suely Rolnik -- Frantz Fanon -- Peggy Phelan -- Peggy Phelan.,
- Bergholtz, Frederique.,
- Perez, Iberia.,
- If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Organization),
- Dutch Art Institute.,
- Piet Zwart Instituut.,
- Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.
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Berlin : Revolver, ©2010.
Berlin : Revolver, ©2010.
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(Mis)reading masquerades / edited by Frédérique Bergholtz, Iberia Pérez ; produced by If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution in collaboration with Dutch Art Institute, Piet Zwart Institute, Van Abbemuseum.
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512 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
(Mis)reading masquerades / edited by Frédérique Bergholtz, Iberia Pérez ; produced by If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution in collaboration with Dutch Art Institute, Piet Zwart Institute, Van Abbemuseum.
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512 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Berlin : Revolver, ©2010.
Berlin : Revolver, ©2010.
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- Iberia Pérez -- Lars Bang Larsen -- Lars Bang Larsen -- Yann Chateigné Tytelman -- Steven ten Thije -- Frédérique Bergholtz -- Joan Riviere -- Judith Butler -- Beatriz Preciado -- Hadley & Maxwell with Vanessa Ohlraun -- Giorgio Agamben -- Dieter Roelstraete -- Flora Lysen -- Mikhail Bakhtin -- Peter Stallybrass & Allon White.,
- Alena Alexandrova / Martine Neddam -- Philippe-Alain Michaud -- Jean Rouch -- Cecilia Peláez Paladino / Martine Neddam -- Fernando Pessoa -- Walter Benjamin -- Michel Foucault -- Steven ten Thije -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Stefanie Seibold -- Marianne Flotron / Mounira Al Solh -- Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari -- Michael Taussig -- Alena Alexandrova -- Giorgio Agamben -- Roland Barthes -- Franc̜oise Frontisi-Ducroux -- Rebecca Sakoun -- Homi K. Bhabha -- René Girard -- Wendelien Van Oldenborgh -- Suely Rolnik -- Frantz Fanon -- Peggy Phelan -- Peggy Phelan.,
- Bergholtz, Frederique.,
- Perez, Iberia.,
- If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Organization),
- Dutch Art Institute.,
- Piet Zwart Instituut.,
- Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.
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288 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 33 cm
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288 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 33 cm
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Great palaces / introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell.
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288 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 33 cm
Great palaces / introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell.
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288 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 33 cm
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London ; New York : Spring Books, 1969, ©1964.
London ; New York : Spring Books, 1969, ©1964.
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295 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 32 cm
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295 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 32 cm
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New York : Putnam, [1970]
New York : Putnam, [1970]
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A treasury of great American houses / by Henry Lionel Williams and Ottalie K. Williams.
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295 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 32 cm
A treasury of great American houses / by Henry Lionel Williams and Ottalie K. Williams.
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295 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 32 cm
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New York : Putnam, [1970]
New York : Putnam, [1970]
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ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- Italian Americans Social life and customs.,
- Italian Americans Cultural assimilation.,
- Consumption (Economics) Social aspects United States History.,
- Ethnicity Economic aspects United States History.,
- Cultural fusion United States History.,
- Américains d'origine italienne Mœurs et coutumes.,
- Américains d'origine italienne Acculturation.,
- Ethnicité Aspect économique États-Unis Histoire.,
- Double appartenance (Sciences sociales) États-Unis Histoire.,
- Civilization.,
- Consumption (Economics) Social aspects.,
- Cultural fusion.,
- Ethnicity Economic aspects.,
- Italiener,
- Einwanderer,
- Verbraucherverhalten,
- Ethnische Identität,
- Konsumentenverhalten,
- Kulturelle Identität,
- Verbraucher,
- Ethnische Gruppe,
- USA,
- United States Civilization 20th century.,
- États-Unis Civilisation 20e siècle.,
- United States.,
- History.
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©2014, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
©2014, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
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Making Italian America : consumer culture and the production of ethnic identities / edited by Simone Cinotto.
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ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Making Italian America : consumer culture and the production of ethnic identities / edited by Simone Cinotto.
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ix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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©2014, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
©2014, New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
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- Italian Americans Social life and customs.,
- Italian Americans Cultural assimilation.,
- Consumption (Economics) Social aspects United States History.,
- Ethnicity Economic aspects United States History.,
- Cultural fusion United States History.,
- Américains d'origine italienne Mœurs et coutumes.,
- Américains d'origine italienne Acculturation.,
- Ethnicité Aspect économique États-Unis Histoire.,
- Double appartenance (Sciences sociales) États-Unis Histoire.,
- Civilization.,
- Consumption (Economics) Social aspects.,
- Cultural fusion.,
- Ethnicity Economic aspects.,
- Italiener,
- Einwanderer,
- Verbraucherverhalten,
- Ethnische Identität,
- Konsumentenverhalten,
- Kulturelle Identität,
- Verbraucher,
- Ethnische Gruppe,
- USA,
- United States Civilization 20th century.,
- États-Unis Civilisation 20e siècle.,
- United States.,
- History.
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Detours : a decolonial guide to Hawaiʻi / Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, editors.
Detours : a decolonial guide to Hawaiʻi / Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, editors.
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432 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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432 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- Kamanamaikalani Beamer -- Haley Kailiehu -- No'Eau Peralto -- Kapulani Landgraf -- Katrina-Ann R. Kapā'anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveria -- Dean Itsuji Saranillio -- Brandy Nālani McDougall -- Stephanie Nohelani Teves -- S. Joe Estores and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan -- Laura E. Lyons -- Lianne Charlie -- Mehana Blaich Vaughan, William Kinney, Jessica Kau'i Fu, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Francesca Koethe, Cheryl Geslani, Lianne Charlie, Nicholas Kawela Farrant, Emily Cadiz, and Jordan Muratsuchi -- Halena Kapuni-Reynolds and Mapuana Waipā -- Hana Lima -- Nanea Lum -- No'U Revilla and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio -- Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery -- Karen K. Kosasa and Stan Tomita -- Malia Akutagawa -- Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu -- Joy Lehuanani Enomoto -- Gregory Chun -- David Uahikeaikalei'ohu Maile -- Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar -- P. Kalawai'a Moore -- Malia Nobrega-Olivera -- Kalaniua Ritte, Hanohano Naehu, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua and Julie Warech -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau And Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- Kyle Kajihiro and Terrilee Keko'Olani -- Davianna Pōmaika'i Mcgregor -- Laurel Mei-Singh and Summer Kaimalia Mullins-Ibrahim -- Ellen-Rae Cachola -- N. Trisha Lagaso Goldberg -- Craig Howes -- Tina Grandinetti -- Adele Balderston -- Noenoe Silva -- Candace Fujikane -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- David A. Chang -- Linda H.L. Furuto -- Sonny Ganaden -- Kekuewa Kikiloi -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez.,
- Aikau, Hokulani K., 1970-,
- Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuña, 1973-
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- Decolonization Hawaii.,
- Tourism Moral and ethical aspects Hawaii.,
- Décolonisation Hawaii.,
- TRAVEL United States West Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA),
- Decolonization.,
- Civilization.,
- Travel.,
- Hawaii Civilization.,
- Hawaii Description and travel.,
- Hawaii Guidebooks.,
- Hawaii Civilisation.,
- Hawaii Descriptions et voyages.,
- Hawaii Guides.,
- Hawaii.,
- Guidebook,
- travel guidebooks.,
- Guidebooks.,
- Guides touristiques.
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Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2019., ©2019
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2019., ©2019
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Detours : a decolonial guide to Hawaiʻi / Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, editors.
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432 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2019., ©2019
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2019., ©2019
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- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- Kamanamaikalani Beamer -- Haley Kailiehu -- No'Eau Peralto -- Kapulani Landgraf -- Katrina-Ann R. Kapā'anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveria -- Dean Itsuji Saranillio -- Brandy Nālani McDougall -- Stephanie Nohelani Teves -- S. Joe Estores and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan -- Laura E. Lyons -- Lianne Charlie -- Mehana Blaich Vaughan, William Kinney, Jessica Kau'i Fu, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Francesca Koethe, Cheryl Geslani, Lianne Charlie, Nicholas Kawela Farrant, Emily Cadiz, and Jordan Muratsuchi -- Halena Kapuni-Reynolds and Mapuana Waipā -- Hana Lima -- Nanea Lum -- No'U Revilla and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio -- Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery -- Karen K. Kosasa and Stan Tomita -- Malia Akutagawa -- Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu -- Joy Lehuanani Enomoto -- Gregory Chun -- David Uahikeaikalei'ohu Maile -- Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar -- P. Kalawai'a Moore -- Malia Nobrega-Olivera -- Kalaniua Ritte, Hanohano Naehu, Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua and Julie Warech -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau And Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- Kyle Kajihiro and Terrilee Keko'Olani -- Davianna Pōmaika'i Mcgregor -- Laurel Mei-Singh and Summer Kaimalia Mullins-Ibrahim -- Ellen-Rae Cachola -- N. Trisha Lagaso Goldberg -- Craig Howes -- Tina Grandinetti -- Adele Balderston -- Noenoe Silva -- Candace Fujikane -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez -- David A. Chang -- Linda H.L. Furuto -- Sonny Ganaden -- Kekuewa Kikiloi -- Hōkūlani K. Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez.,
- Aikau, Hokulani K., 1970-,
- Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuña, 1973-
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- Decolonization Hawaii.,
- Tourism Moral and ethical aspects Hawaii.,
- Décolonisation Hawaii.,
- TRAVEL United States West Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA),
- Decolonization.,
- Civilization.,
- Travel.,
- Hawaii Civilization.,
- Hawaii Description and travel.,
- Hawaii Guidebooks.,
- Hawaii Civilisation.,
- Hawaii Descriptions et voyages.,
- Hawaii Guides.,
- Hawaii.,
- Guidebook,
- travel guidebooks.,
- Guidebooks.,
- Guides touristiques.
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396 pages : 400 illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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396 pages : 400 illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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An illustrated history of interior decoration : from Pompeii to art nouveau / Mario Praz ; [translated from the Italian La filosofia dell'arredamento by William Weaver].
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396 pages : 400 illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
An illustrated history of interior decoration : from Pompeii to art nouveau / Mario Praz ; [translated from the Italian La filosofia dell'arredamento by William Weaver].
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396 pages : 400 illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1982, ©1981.
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1982, ©1981.
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xii, 532 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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xii, 532 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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- Sheila S. Blair ; 2. José Miguel Puerta Vílchez ; 3. Hashim Al-Tawil ; 4. Snježana Buzov ; 5. Ulrike-Christiane Lintz -- Nina Ergin ; 7. İrvin Cemil Schick ; 8. Barbara Stöcker-Parnian ; 9. Qur'anic verses on works of architecture : the Ottoman case / Murat Sülün ; 10. Bavand Behpoor -- Caroline Olivia M. Wolf ; 12. Johanna Blayac ; 13. Talip Mert ; 14. Hilal Kazan ; 15. Bahia Shehab -- Saeid Khaghani ; 17. Süleyman Berk ; 18. M. Uǧur Derman ; 19. Sina Goudarzi -- Tehnyat Majeed ; 21. Nasiba S. Baimatowa ; 22. Sadiq Javer ; 23. Bernard O'Kane ; 24. Patricia Blessing ; 25. Abdülhamit Tüfekçioğlu -- Edhem Eldem ; 27. Sumayah Al-Solaiman; 28. Ann Shafer.,
- Gharipour, Mohammad.,
- Schick, İrvin Cemil.
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- Islamic calligraphy.,
- Architectural inscriptions.,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.,
- Islamic architecture.,
- Islamic decoration and ornament.,
- Calligraphie islamique.,
- Inscriptions architecturales.,
- Décoration et ornement architecturaux.,
- Architecture islamique.,
- Décoration et ornement islamiques.,
- architectural ornament.,
- Ausstattung,
- Inschrift,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Kalligraphie,
- Islam,
- Architektur,
- Arabische Schrift,
- Ornament,
- Islamic calligraphy in art.,
- House and Home.,
- History.
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
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Calligraphy and architecture in the Muslim world / edited by Mohammad Gharipour and İrvin Cemil Schick.
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xii, 532 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Calligraphy and architecture in the Muslim world / edited by Mohammad Gharipour and İrvin Cemil Schick.
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
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- Sheila S. Blair ; 2. José Miguel Puerta Vílchez ; 3. Hashim Al-Tawil ; 4. Snježana Buzov ; 5. Ulrike-Christiane Lintz -- Nina Ergin ; 7. İrvin Cemil Schick ; 8. Barbara Stöcker-Parnian ; 9. Qur'anic verses on works of architecture : the Ottoman case / Murat Sülün ; 10. Bavand Behpoor -- Caroline Olivia M. Wolf ; 12. Johanna Blayac ; 13. Talip Mert ; 14. Hilal Kazan ; 15. Bahia Shehab -- Saeid Khaghani ; 17. Süleyman Berk ; 18. M. Uǧur Derman ; 19. Sina Goudarzi -- Tehnyat Majeed ; 21. Nasiba S. Baimatowa ; 22. Sadiq Javer ; 23. Bernard O'Kane ; 24. Patricia Blessing ; 25. Abdülhamit Tüfekçioğlu -- Edhem Eldem ; 27. Sumayah Al-Solaiman; 28. Ann Shafer.,
- Gharipour, Mohammad.,
- Schick, İrvin Cemil.
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- Islamic calligraphy.,
- Architectural inscriptions.,
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.,
- Islamic architecture.,
- Islamic decoration and ornament.,
- Calligraphie islamique.,
- Inscriptions architecturales.,
- Décoration et ornement architecturaux.,
- Architecture islamique.,
- Décoration et ornement islamiques.,
- architectural ornament.,
- Ausstattung,
- Inschrift,
- Islamische Architektur,
- Kalligraphie,
- Islam,
- Architektur,
- Arabische Schrift,
- Ornament,
- Islamic calligraphy in art.,
- House and Home.,
- History.
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xvi, 747 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 31 cm
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London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921.
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921.
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English goldsmiths and their marks, a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with over thirteen thousand marks reproduced in facsimile from authentic examples of plate and tables of date-letters and other hall-marks used in the essay offices of the United kingdom, by Sir Charles James Jackson.
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xvi, 747 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 31 cm
English goldsmiths and their marks, a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with over thirteen thousand marks reproduced in facsimile from authentic examples of plate and tables of date-letters and other hall-marks used in the essay offices of the United kingdom, by Sir Charles James Jackson.
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xvi, 747 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 31 cm
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London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921.
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921.
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In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy(...)
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In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy(...)
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Walled states, waning sovereignty
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In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and the popular desires that incite the contemporary building of walls. The new walls—dividing Texas from Mexico, Israel from Palestine, South Africa from Zimbabwe—consecrate the broken boundaries they would seem to contest and signify the ungovernability of a range of forces unleashed by globalization. Yet these same walls often amount to little more than theatrical props, frequently breached, and blur the distinction between law and lawlessness that they are intended to represent. But if today's walls fail to resolve the conflicts between globalization and national identity, they nonetheless project a stark image of sovereign power. Walls, Brown argues, address human desires for containment and protection in a world increasingly without these provisions. Walls respond to the wish for horizons even as horizons are vanquished.
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In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and the popular desires that incite the contemporary building of walls. The new walls—dividing Texas from Mexico, Israel from Palestine, South Africa from Zimbabwe—consecrate the broken boundaries they would seem to contest and signify the ungovernability of a range of forces unleashed by globalization. Yet these same walls often amount to little more than theatrical props, frequently breached, and blur the distinction between law and lawlessness that they are intended to represent. But if today's walls fail to resolve the conflicts between globalization and national identity, they nonetheless project a stark image of sovereign power. Walls, Brown argues, address human desires for containment and protection in a world increasingly without these provisions. Walls respond to the wish for horizons even as horizons are vanquished.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations of global connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades built of concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized, vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In "Walled states, waning sovereignty", Wendy(...)
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Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations of global connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades built of concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized, vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In "Walled states, waning sovereignty", Wendy(...)
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Walled states, waning sovereignty, New edition
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Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations of global connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades built of concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized, vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In "Walled states, waning sovereignty", Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and the popular desires that incite the contemporary building of walls. The new walls—dividing Texas from Mexico, Israel from Palestine, South Africa from Zimbabwe—consecrate the broken boundaries they would seem to contest and signify the ungovernability of a range of forces unleashed by globalization. Yet these same walls often amount to little more than theatrical props, frequently breached, and blur the distinction between law and lawlessness that they are intended to represent. But if today’s walls fail to resolve the conflicts between globalization and national identity, they nonetheless project a stark image of sovereign power. Walls, Brown argues, address human desires for containment and protection in a world increasingly without these provisions. Walls respond to the wish for horizons even as horizons are vanquished.
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Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations of global connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades built of concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized, vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In "Walled states, waning sovereignty", Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and the popular desires that incite the contemporary building of walls. The new walls—dividing Texas from Mexico, Israel from Palestine, South Africa from Zimbabwe—consecrate the broken boundaries they would seem to contest and signify the ungovernability of a range of forces unleashed by globalization. Yet these same walls often amount to little more than theatrical props, frequently breached, and blur the distinction between law and lawlessness that they are intended to represent. But if today’s walls fail to resolve the conflicts between globalization and national identity, they nonetheless project a stark image of sovereign power. Walls, Brown argues, address human desires for containment and protection in a world increasingly without these provisions. Walls respond to the wish for horizons even as horizons are vanquished.
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April 2017
April 2017
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Architectural Theory
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