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Book Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town

Download or read book Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town written by Rogers Brubaker and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated on the geographic margins of two nations, yet imagined as central to each, Transylvania has long been a site of nationalist struggles. Since the fall of communism, these struggles have been particularly intense in Cluj, Transylvania's cultural and political center. Yet heated nationalist rhetoric has evoked only muted popular response. The citizens of Cluj--the Romanian-speaking majority and the Hungarian-speaking minority--have been largely indifferent to the nationalist claims made in their names. Based on seven years of field research, this book examines not only the sharply polarized fields of nationalist politics--in Cluj, Transylvania, and the wider region--but also the more fluid terrain on which ethnicity and nationhood are experienced, enacted, and understood in everyday life. In doing so the book addresses fundamental questions about ethnicity: where it is, when it matters, and how it works. Bridging conventional divisions of academic labor, Rogers Brubaker and his collaborators employ perspectives seldom found together: historical and ethnographic, institutional and interactional, political and experiential. Further developing the argument of Brubaker's groundbreaking Ethnicity without Groups, the book demonstrates that it is ultimately in and through everyday experience--as much as in political contestation or cultural articulation--that ethnicity and nationhood are produced and reproduced as basic categories of social and political life.

Book The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles

Download or read book The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles written by Alexander Speltz and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fodor s Venice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2024-10-15
  • ISBN : 1640977511
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Venice written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to explore Piazza San Marco, take a gondola ride through the canals, or kick back with an aperitivo, the local Fodor's travel experts in Venice are here to help! Fodor's Venice guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's Venice travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS and a FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “Best Museums in Venice” and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and more SPECIAL FEATURES on “Cruising the Grand Canal,” “The Basilica di San Marco,” “What to Watch, Read, and Listen to Before You Visit,” “What to Eat and Drink,” and “What to Buy” LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems Italian LANGUAGE PRIMERS with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: St. Mark's Square, the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge, San Marco, Dorsoduro, Cannaregio, Castello, Murano, Burano, Torcello, the Lido, San Michele, gondola rides, Basilica di San Marco, San Polo, Santa Croce, San Giorgio Maggiore, and the Giudecca. Side trips from Venice including Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Trieste, and more. Planning on visiting more places in Italy? Check out Fodor's Essential Italy, Fodor's Best of Italy, Fodor's Florence & Tuscany, Fodor's Rome, or Fodor's The Amalfi Coast, Capri & Naples. *Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Book Sweden

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Proctor
  • Publisher : Rough Guides
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781843530664
  • Pages : 604 pages

Download or read book Sweden written by James Proctor and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2003 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Sweden is the ultimate guidebook to a fascinating but often overlooked country. Features include: Full-colour section including Sweden's highlights; in-depth coverage of all the attractions in this unspoilt land of lakes and forests, from elegant Stockholm to remote villages in northern Lapland; insiders' review of the best places to stay and eat in what is fast becoming one of the best-value tourist destinations in Europe; practical tips on exploring the stunning scenery, including information on hiking, winter sports and the national parks; maps and plans for every region.

Book The Way Things Aren t  Deconstructing  Reality  to Facilitate Communication

Download or read book The Way Things Aren t Deconstructing Reality to Facilitate Communication written by John Backman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are our own views really ‘the way things are’? This provocative book debunks that notion, exploring communication as a flashpoint between different ‘realities’ in case examples from Iraq, Poland, and other areas

Book Festival Architecture

Download or read book Festival Architecture written by Sarah Bonnemaison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-06 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory. Festival Architecture is arranged in historical periods – from Antiquity to the modern era – and divided between analyses of specific festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design ideas and theories. Illustrated with a wealth of unusual and rarely-seen images from the European festival tradition, this is a fascinating outline of the history of festival architecture ideal for postgraduate architecture and urban design students.

Book Fodor s Italy 2016

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2015-10-13
  • ISBN : 1101878991
  • Pages : 1456 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Italy 2016 written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 1456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Fodor's Italy is the essential take-along companion to one of Europe's most enduringly popular destinations. With inviting full-color photos, this updated edition highlights everything that visitors adore--from Italy's great food and wine to art and architecture, as well as glorious Tuscan hill towns, shopping, and much, much more. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what's off the beaten path · Major sights such as The Vatican; Ancient Rome; Venice's Grand Canal; Palladio's Villas and Palazzi; Ravenna's Mosaics; Galleria degli Uffizi; Duomo; The Ruins of Pompeii; Piazza del Campo; Ravello; Basilica di San Francesco; Lecce; Palazzo Ducale and Valle dei Templi · Coverage of Rome and Environs; Venice; The Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia; The Dolomites; Milan, Lombardy, and the Lakes; Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta; The Italian Riviera; Emilia-Romagna; Florence; Tuscany; Umbria and the Marches; Naples and Campania; Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria; Sicily; Sardinia Planning to focus on just some Italy destinations? Check out Fodor's travel guides to Rome; Vanice; Florence & Tuscany; and The Amalfi Coast, Capri & Naples.

Book Routledge Revivals  Medieval Germany  2001

Download or read book Routledge Revivals Medieval Germany 2001 written by John M. Jeep and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 969 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001, Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive guide to the German and Dutch-speaking world in the Middle Ages, from approximately C.E. 500 to 1500. It offers detailed accounts of a wide variety of aspects of medieval Germany, including language, literature, architecture, politics, warfare, medicine, philosophy and religion. In addition, this reference work includes bibliographies and citations to aid further study. This A-Z encyclopedia, featuring over 500 entries written by expert contributors, will be of key interest to students and scholars, as well as general readers.

Book The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

Download or read book The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture written by Colum Hourihane and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 4064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.

Book House Beautiful

Download or read book House Beautiful written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Erice  planning for life

Download or read book Erice planning for life written by Matteo Tusa and published by Youcanprint. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a manual for insiders or those facing this science which is town planning, to draw up a Historical Center Plan; It is also a guide for those who are going to or want to visit the "labyrinthine" Erice (TP), as with color photographs and text, describes all the architectural and monumental emergencies, even those appropriate over the years and from church, for example, transformed into a dwelling or something else; For each buyer, both of the Paper Copy and the eBook, it is granted free, the possibility to download online, from a Cloud, the entire Erice Recovery Plan that the Author has designed some years ago, and is formed from 107 Tables in pdf A0, for a surface of just 24 Hectares, 5 full-bodied Reports always in pdf, and that already form each one an essay, and moreover, plans, opportune, georeferenced.

Book Medieval Architecture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicola Coldstream
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780192842763
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Medieval Architecture written by Nicola Coldstream and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval architecture comprises much more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry. A great variety of buildings--synagogues, halls, and barns--testify to the diverse communities and interests in western Europe in the centuries between 1150 and 1550. This book looks at their architecture from an entirely fresh perspective, shifting the emphasis away from such areas as France towards the creativity of other regions, including central Europe and Spain. Treating the subject thematically, Coldstream seeks out what all buildings, both religious and secular, have in common, and how they reflect the material and spiritual concerns of the people who built and used them. Furthermore, the author considers how and why, after four centuries of shaping the landscapes and urban patterns of Europe, medieval styles were superseded by classicism.

Book Encyclopedia of Monasticism

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Monasticism written by William M. Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 2000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Fodor s Italy 2014

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 0770432328
  • Pages : 1496 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Italy 2014 written by Fodor's and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fodor's Italy 2014 is the essentialebook companion. This updated ebook edition highlights everything that visitors adore--from Italy's art and architecture to glorious Tuscan hill towns to red-hot nightlife, and much, much more. Expanded Coverage: Fodor's Italy 2014 continues to provide thorough, insightful coverage to this year-after-year top European destination. New this year is a chapter on the increasingly popular Island of Sardinia, known for its natural beauty. Dozens of scintillating new reviews are sure to entice first- and even old-timers to hotels and restaurants scattered throughout Rome, Venice, and Florence. Establishments in farther-flung cities and towns are also given their due, and this guide has long featured rich coverage of the “Mezzogiorno”: those now-trendy southern Italy destinations found in Puglia , Calabria, and Basilicata (home to Francis Ford Coppola’s new Palazzo Margherita hotel). Indispensable Trip Planning Tools: Convenient overviews show each region and its notable highlights, and chapter planning sections have savvy advice for making the most of travelers' time, with top tips on getting from cities to countryside villages. Enticing cuisine highlights are given in each regional chapter. Discerning Recommendations: Fodor's Italy 2014 offers savvy advice and recommendations from local writers to help travelers make the most of their time. Fodor's Choice designates our best picks, from hotels to nightlife. "Word of Mouth" quotes from fellow travelers provide valuable insights. ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts.

Book Fodor s Essential Italy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
  • Publisher : Fodor's Travel
  • Release : 2014-11-25
  • ISBN : 0804143072
  • Pages : 826 pages

Download or read book Fodor s Essential Italy written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Unforgettable art, heavenly villages, dream cities--there are so many reasons to visit Italy that deciding where to go and what to do can be a bit overwhelming. Fodor's Essential Italy takes the guesswork out of choosing the perfect Italian experiences by compiling the top choices chosen by Fodor's Italy-based experts. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path · Coverage of Rome, Between Rome and Florence, Florence, Emilia-Romagna and the Veneto, and Venice Planning to focus on Rome? Check out Fodor's travel guides to Rome.

Book Fodor s 92 Germany

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Fodor's
  • Release : 1991-10-29
  • ISBN : 9780679020431
  • Pages : 642 pages

Download or read book Fodor s 92 Germany written by and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 1991-10-29 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fodar s Germany 2000

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fodor's
  • Publisher : Fodor's
  • Release : 1999-11
  • ISBN : 9780679003304
  • Pages : 710 pages

Download or read book Fodar s Germany 2000 written by Fodor's and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Fodor's guides are always a pleasure."" -- The Chicago Tribune ""Teeming with maps and loaded with addresses, phone numbers, and directions."" -- Newsday Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Updated each year and containing a full-color foldout Rand McNally map, a Fodor's Gold Guide is an essential tool for any kind of traveler. If you only have room for one guide, this is the guide for you. New for 2000! Full-color sections let you experience Germany before you get there. With region-by-region virtual tours and cross-referencing to the main text, Fodor's color sections are a great way to begin planning your trip. Let the world's smartest guide enrich your trip Full-color images evoke what makes Germany unique - Local experts show you the special places - Thorough updating keeps you on track - Practical information gives you the tools to explore - Easy-to-use format puts it all at your fingertips Choose among many hotels and restaurants in all price categories Stay in hilltop castles and historic mansions, Alpine lodges, spa resorts, and family-run hotels - Dine in village Gasthauser, ancient wine cellars, beer gardens, and hip newcomers - Check out hundreds of detailed reviews and learn what's distinctive about each place Mix and match our itineraries and discover the unexpected Savvy descriptions help you decide where to go and when - Driving and walking tours guide you to the most scenic country roads, hidden alleys, market squares, and urban boulevards - Find great sources for wine, wood carvings, glass, antiques, jewelry, and porcelain Go straight to the facts you needand find all that's new Useful maps and background information - How to get there and get around - When to go - What to pack - German vocabulary - Historical chronology - Costs, hours, and tips by the thousands