History Theory category: 16752 books
by Bob Hasenfratz, Professor Greg M. Colón Semenza
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history. The History of British Literature on Film, 1895-2015 is the only comprehensive narration of cinema's 100-year-old...
by Jordan Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James "J Dilla†? Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as "hip hop music†? is typically...
When the New Deal Came to Town
A Snapshot of a Place and Time with Lessons for Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
It’s A Wonderful Life meets New Deal or Raw Deal? in this “excellent map for finding a way forward for either party” (Wall Street Journal)—a personal and social history of the New Deal from a conservative point of view, detailing the effects on the economy, culture, and the people of small...
The Fortunes of Liberalism
Essays on Austrian Economics and the Ideal of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The Reagan and Thatcher "revolutions." The collapse of Eastern Europe dramatically captured in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. F. A. Hayek, "grand old man of capitalism" and founder of the classical liberal, free-market revival which ignited and inspired these world events,...
Crossing Paths
Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2002
In Crossing Paths, John Daverio explores the connections between art and life in the works of three giants of musical romanticism. Drawing on contemporary critical theory and a wide variety of nineteenth-century sources, he considers topics including Schubert and Schumann's uncanny ability to evoke...
Redeeming The Prince
The Meaning of Machiavelli's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
In Redeeming "The Prince," one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars puts forth a startling new interpretation of arguably the most influential but widely misunderstood book in the Western political tradition. Overturning popular misconceptions and challenging scholarly consensus,...
by David Sterritt
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American literature with their iconoclastic approach to language and their angry assault on the conformity and conservatism of postwar society. They and their followers took aim at the hypocrisy and taboos of their...
The BeatTips Manual
The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2013
'The BeatTips Manual' (Amir Said) is the definitive study of the art of beatmaking (hip hop production). Brilliantly divided into five major parts - a riveting History part, an extensive Instruction (how-to) part, an insightful Interviews part, which features exclusive interviews with DJ Premier, DJ...
Writing in Light
The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
While most people associate Japanese film with modern directors like Akira Kurosawa, Japan’s cinema has a rich tradition going back to the silent era. Japan’s "pure film movement" of the 1910s is widely held to mark the birth of film theory as we know it and is a touchstone for historians of early...
by Fredric Jameson
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of ”postmodernism”. Jameson’s inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from “high” art to “low” from market ideology to architecture, from painting to “punk” film, from video art to literature.
The Right Side of History
100 Years of LGBTQ Activism
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
The Right Side of History tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapshots of LGBT pioneers and radicals. This diverse cast stretches from the Edwardian period to today.
Described by gay scholar Jonathan Katz as "willfully...
What They Didn't Teach You in American History Class
The Second Encounter
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
For the average person, most of the American history that he or she knows comes from facts taught to them in school to prepare them for their state mandated tests. That's not the fault of their teachers who were just carrying out the directives of their employers. But it's also a fact that a great...
Shakespeare's Restless World
Portrait of an Era
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects brings the world of Shakespeare and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I into focus
We feel we know Shakespeare’s characters. Think of Hamlet, trapped in indecision, or Macbeth’s merciless and ultimately self-destructive...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History
From Pre-Historic Africa to Classical Europe to American Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
A beautifully composed journey through music history!
Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring,...