History

In 1939 a group of artists, designers, architects, scientists and military experts met in Sydney, Australia, to discuss the impending war. Convince...

In Travels with Plotinus, Moin Mir follows Plotinuss 1,780-year-old journey of personal discovery across India, Egypt, Italy, Greece and Turkey as ...

This book shows through historical data, diagrams and drawings, the design system of an Italian historic center, that of Vicenza, Italy. Vicenza is...

This book explores the impact of global change in China in what is considered in the West as the Asian century and what this in turn means for visu...

This memoir chronicles the journey of an academic, tracing a path from primary school in Zambia to a career in higher education as a mathematician ...

In the evolution of global capitalism and geopolitics, digitalization presents a new and yet unresolved chapter. In the lead up to digitalization, ...

Considered a genius in his own lifetime, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (18391908) is Brazil's most canonized writer. Yet, he remains a contested a...

Is it possible, in the complex modern world, to have a government by the people? Does, for example, digital technology help us to bring the reality...

In this major re-evaluation of Moshe Dayan's life and career, Eitan Shamir examines one of the most influential individuals in the history of moder...