Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: nicholas thomas

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  • THE SINGING AND ACTING HANDBOOK
    THOMAS DE MALLET BURGESS / NICHOLAS SKILBECK
    This book is an unique resource which directly addresses all performers who sing and act, whether in opera, musical theatre or music-theatre. By looking beyond the separate acts of singing and acting the performer builds up a greater awareness of how the two interrelate to form a single powerful expression. Using games, exercises and discussion, The Singing and Acting Handbook ...

    $1,060.00

  • BEYOND AESTHETICS
    CHRISTOPHER PINNEY / ‎NICHOLAS THOMAS
    The anthropology of art is currently at a crossroads. Although well versed in the meaning of art in small-scale tribal societies, anthropologists are still wrestling with the question of how to interpret art in a complex, post-colonial environment. Alfred Gell recently confronted this problem in his posthumous book Art and Agency. The central thesis of his study was that art ob...

    $1,160.00

  • DEMOCRACY DENIED
    NICHOLAS THOMAS
    Published in 1999, this book is designed to provide the reader with a detailed understanding of Hong Kong’s social and political development. It offers a contemporary, holistic understanding of Hong Kong, which will not only complement existing works but also provide the reader with a solid foundation for understanding future developments in the territory. The book is divided i...

    $980.00

  • RE-ORIENTING AUSTRALIA-CHINA RELATIONS
    NICHOLAS THOMAS
    Drawing on contributors from academic and policy communities, this volume explores the major aspects of Australia-China relations. The frequently overlooked connection between Australia and Taiwan is also considered to allow readers to reach a full appreciation of the restraints engendered by the relationship with China as well as its many benefits. Moving beyond the traditi...

    $1,240.00

  • ADVANCING EAST ASIAN REGIONALISM
    CURLEY, MELISSA / THOMAS, NICHOLAS
    Developments in East Asia have progressed rapidly in terms of regionalism since the 1997 crisis. The end of the Asian miracle called into question not only the capacity of regional states to meet the needs of their attendant peoples, but also challenged the viability of regional organizations, such as ASEAN, to adapt and respond to the changing circumstances. Advancing East Asi...

    $860.00

  • MASTER & MADMAN
    PETER THOMAS / NICHOLAS TRACY
    Anthony Lockwoods story is at the heart of the Georgian Navy though the man himself has never taken centre stage in its history. His naval career described by himself as twenty five years incessant peregrination followed a somewhat erratic course but almost exactly spanned the period of the French wars and the War of 1812. Lockwood was commended for bravery in action against th...

    $299.00

  • GOVERNANCE AND REGIONALISM IN ASIA
    THOMAS, NICHOLAS
    In the decade since the Asian financial crisis the ten states of Southeast Asia that form ASEAN, together with China, Japan and South Korea have formed the basis of a community intended to support the well-being of its member states, markets and peoples. This highly successful regionalisation was not anticipated by the region’s leaders, however, and as a result, policy makers a...

    $640.00

  • THE EUROPEANIZATION OF NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES
    POGUNTKE, THOMAS / AYLOTT, NICHOLAS / CARTER, ELISABETH / LADRECH, ROBERT / LUTHER, KURT RICHARD
    This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance. The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the internal organizational dynamics of national political parties. It draws on the results of a major, cross-national pr...

    $800.00

  • ROUTLEDGE PHILOSOPHY GUIDEBOOK TO PLATO AND THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES
    THOMAS C. BRICKHOUSE / NICHOLAS D. SMITH
    Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas. In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanat...

    $800.00

  • WHOSE MIDDLE AGES?
    ANDREW ALBIN, MARY C. ERLER, THOMAS O’DONNELL, NICHOLAS L. PAUL AND NINA ROWE
    "An ethical and accessible introduction to a historical period often implicated in racist narratives of nationalism and imperialism." —Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of Global Medieval Literature, Rowan University A collection of twenty-two essays, Whose Middle Ages? gives nonspecialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconcepti...

    $274.00