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  • The Spirit of Matter

    Modernity, Religion, and the Power of Objects

    de Peter Pels ...
    Series Libro 45 - Methodology & History in Anthropology
    A range of meaningful objects—exhibits of human remains or live people, fetishes, objects in a Catholic Museum, exotic photographs, commodities, and computers—demonstrate a subordinate modern consciousness about powerful objects and their ‘life’. The Spirit of Matter discusses these objects that move people emotionally but whose existence is often denied by modern wishful thinking of ‘mind over ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • A Politics of Presence

    Contacts Between Missionaries and Walugru in Late Colonial Tanganyika

    de Peter Pels ...
    Series series Studies in Anthropology and History
    Christian missions in Africa are commonly viewed as a blatant example of ethnocentrism. This stereotype partly exists because the day-to-day interaction between missionaries and Africans has so rarely been studied. This book shows how Africans and missionaries co-produced a Catholic Church in the Uluguru mountains of Eastern Tanzania in the late colonial period, thereby adapting each others' ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Museum Temporalities

    Time, History and the Future of the (Ethnographic) Museum

    Edición de Wayne Modest, Peter Pels ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums
    Museum Temporalities analyzes how museums relate to time. It explores the hidden temporal assumptions and practices that define museums. How might these assumptions help us to better understand and address museums’ often problematic and painful relationship to the colonial past? Since the nineteenth century, the globalization of the museum has spread specific understandings of permanence and ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Economic Regulation of Urban and Regional Airports

    Incentives, Efficiency and Benchmarking

    Edición de Peter Forsyth, Jürgen Müller, Hans-Martin Niemeier, Eric Pels ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers new insights into the theory and practice of economic airport regulation. In light of recent developments in aviation markets and policy, and the debate on airport regulation and benchmarking, it offers case studies on various aspects of economic regulation of city and regional airports. Written by experts in the field, the volume features contributions on the theory of regulation ... Leer más

    $170.99 USD

  • Embedding Ethics

    Edición de Lynn Meskell, Peter Pels ...
    Series series Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series
    Anthropologists who talk about ethics generally mean the code of practice drafted by a professional association for implementation by its members. As this book convincingly shows, such a conception is far too narrow. A more radical approach is to recognize that moral judgments are made at every juncture of scientific practice and they require a negotiation of responsibility with all stakeholders ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

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  • Thinking Contemporary Curating

    de Terry Smith ...
    What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Comparison of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Europe and in the USA

    de Solomon Karmel, Justin Bryon ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
    Developed from a study commissioned by the European Capital Markets Institute, this book examines the impact of private equity and capital markets on the development of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United States and the European Union. It also seeks to understand the nature of institutional policy towards SMEs and the extent to which it can aid development.This volume offers a ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Private Equity in Action

    Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets

    de Claudia Zeisberger, Michael Prahl, Bowen White ...
    Global Best Practice in Private Equity InvestingPrivate Equity in Action takes you on a tour of the private equity investment world through a series of case studies written by INSEAD faculty and taught at the world's leading business schools. The book is an ideal complement to Mastering Private Equity and allows readers to apply core concepts to investment targets and portfolio companies in real ... Leer más

    $38.00 USD

  • Contemporary Art

    1989 to the Present

    Edición de Alexander Dumbadze, Suzanne Hudson ...
    An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary ... Leer más

    $48.00 USD

  • An Introduction to Architectural Theory

    1968 to the Present

    de Harry Francis Mallgrave, David J. Goodman ...
    A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval.The first comprehensive and critical history of ... Leer más

    $37.00 USD

  • The Public Wealth of Cities

    How to Unlock Hidden Assets to Boost Growth and Prosperity

    de Dag Detter, Stefan Folster ...
    How to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future needs of citiesCrumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term investments necessary for future generations.It doesn't have to be this way. This book by two internationally ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Landscape Theory

    Edición de Rachel DeLue, James Elkins ...
    Series series The Art Seminar
    Artistic representations of landscape are studied widely in areas ranging from art history to geography to sociology, yet there has been little consensus about how to understand the relationship between landscape and art. This book brings together more than fifty scholars from these multiple disciplines to establish new ways of thinking about landscape in art. ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD