Conceptualizing the World

Conceptualizing the WorldWhat isand what wasthe world? Though often treated as interchangeable with the ongoing and inexorable progress of globalization, concepts of world, globe, or earth instead suggest something limited and absolute. This innovative and interdisciplinary volume concerns itself with this central paradox: that the complex, heterogeneous, and purportedly transhistorical dynamics of globalization have given rise to the idea and reality of a finiteand thus

A study of twenty stage productions

This book introduces the basics of observational astronomy

and interstellar themes

winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his play Disgraced (2012)

Traditional explanations of metropolitan development and urban racial segregation have emphasized the role of consumer demand and market dynamics

Explores how the USHMM and other museums and memorials both displace and disturb the memories that they are trying to commemorate

The book reconsiders the theological

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales still defy categorization

Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar

and alter our understanding of the cinematic real

Prospects of China's continued integration with the world economy

through the "erotic avengers" of neo-noirs such as "Batman Returns"