Resolusi konflik dalam perbandingan: narasi Afrika dan Indonesia

Sepanjang sejarah peradaban manusia, konflik etnis telah banyak terjadi di berbagai negara di seluruh dunia, termasuk di Indonesia. Dengan lebih dari 1.300 suku menghuni seluruh wilayah negara kita, potensi terjadinya konflik sangatlah besar. Tak hanya korban jiwa, konflik etnis yang terjadi juga meninggalkan banyak pertanyaan: apa pemicunya, mengapa bisa terjadi eskalasi, dan bagaimana metode …

In the lands of the Romanovs : an annotated bibliography of first-hand Englis…

Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world’s foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical proj…

On history : introduction to world history (1831); opening address at the Fac…

Edited by Lionel Gossman, this volume contains three programmatic essays by Michelet. The first two are available here for the first time in English translation. The third, the Preface to the 1869 edition of the Histoire de France, originally published in its first English translation by Edward K. Kaplan in his Michelet’s Poetic Vision (1977), has been revised by the translator for this volum…

Satu kampung tiga maestro: biografi Sardono W Kusuma, Mlayawidada, dan S. Nga…

Maestro tari Sardono W Kusuma hampir ucul nyawanya ditabrak mobil jeep, imbas dari pementasan Samgita tahun 1971 di Solo. Dianggap merusak pakem, orang Jawa “garis keras” melabrak lelaki yang kelak menjadi guru besar IKJ tanpa ijazah sarjana tersebut. Empu karawitan gaya Surakarta, Mlayawidada saban pagi mengelilingi separuh kutha sambil mulutnya ndremimil menghapal ratusan gending. Buahnya…

Jejak Pengarang dalam Sastra Indonesia (1880–1980)

Usaha menduniakan sastra Indonesia yang sedang digalakkan mau tidak mau mensyaratkan satu hal penting, yakni pengetahuan tentang pengarang itu sendiri, yang mencakup jejak proses kreatif, pengembangan diri pengarang, dan karya yang dihasilkan. Buku ini mencoba menelusuri jejak pengarang sejak masa pres muncul, 1880 hingga 1980. Tujuh pengarang yang menghasilkan karya dalam kurun waktu satu abad…

A Key to Dutch History : The Cultural Canon of the Netherlands

Many people know the stories behind the tulip mania in the 17th century and the legacy of the Dutch East India Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of historical highlights, assembled by a number of specialists in consultation with the Dutch general public, provides a thought-p…

The prehistoric maritime frontier of Southeast China : indigenous Bai Yue and…

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9789811640797

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xxiii, 264 pg; ill.

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931.01 THE

Creative tourism in smaller communities : place, culture, and local represent…

Tourists are travelling the world in greater numbers than ever before, seeking immersive cultural experiences. This massive rise of tourism has raised issues of social and cultural sustainability in the world’s global cities. At the same time, smaller cities and rural communities struggling with increasing urbanization and the loss of traditional industries could benefit from increased touris…

An equal burden : the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War

An Equal Burden forms the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). These men, through their work as stretcher bearers and orderlies, provided a range of labour, both physical and emotional, in aid of the sick and wounded. They were not professional medical careg…

The spectral arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. This strangeness fascinated audiences in nineteenth-century Britain when the idea of the heroic explorer voyaging through unmapped zones reached its zenith. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the…