Art, Play, Labour: the Music Profession in Germany (1850–1960)

Germany is considered a lauded land of music: outstanding composers, celebrated performers and famous orchestras exert great international appeal. Since the 19th century, the foundation of this reputation has been the broad mass of musicians who sat in orchestra pits, played in ensembles for dances or provided the musical background in silent movie theatres. Martin Rempe traces their lives and …

Asian Century… on a Knife-edge

Asian Century; Asia's middle class; Urbanisation in Asia; Asian demographic challenges; Democracy and politics in Asia; Asia's global value chains; Economic crime in Asia; Power transition in Asia; China and US rivalry; Inclusive growth in Asia

Beyond 100: The Next Century in Geodesy

Establishing an International Height Reference Frame (IHRF) has been a major goal of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) for a long time. One challenge is to obtain the vertical coordinates, i.e., geopotential numbers, of the reference stations with high precision and global consistency

Arrival Cities: Migrating Artists and New Metropolitan Topographies in the 20…

The impact of migrating artists on modern art Exile and migration played a critical role in the diffusion and development of modernism around the globe, yet have remained largely understudied phenomena within art historiography. Focusing on the intersections of exile, artistic practice, and urban space, this volume brings together contributions by international researchers committed to revising…

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A Global History of Ideas in the Language of Law

This book argues that the narrowing focus of the global history of ideas on narratives in historical research, philosophy and political theory neglects the fact that the central concepts of the history of political ideas are articulated in the language of law. Key figures of the history of ideas, like Kant, Hegel and Weber, engaged deeply with the philosophy and sociology of law. This monograph…

A Genealogy of Bamboo Diplomacy : The Politics of Thai Détente with Russia a…

In 1975, M.R. Kurkrit Pramoj met Mao Zedong, marking the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations and a discursive rupture with the previous narrative of Communist powers as an existential threat. This book critically interrogates the birth of bamboo (bending with the wind) diplomacy and the politics of Thai de?tente with Russia and China in the long 1970s (1968-80). By 1968, Thailand was…

African Literature in African Languages

Interrogates and explores African literature in African languages today, and the continuing interfaces between works in indigenous languages and those written in European languages or languages of colonizers. Sixty years after the Conference of African Writers of English Expression at Makerere University, the dominance in the global canon of African literatures written in European languages ove…

“Proletarian Hegemony” in the Chinese Revolution and the Canton Commune o…

The Communist aim of proletarian hegemony in the Chinese revolution was given concrete expression through the Canton Commune—reflected in the policies and strategies that led to the uprising, in the makeup and program of the Soviet setup in Canton, and in the subsequent assessment of the revolt by the Comintern and the Chinese Communist Party. “Proletarian Hegemony” in the Chinese Revolut…

The Years of Jesuit Suppression, 1773–1814: Survival, Setbacks, and Transfo…

The forty-one years between the Society of Jesus’s papal suppression in 1773 and its eventual restoration in 1814 remain controversial, with new research and interpretations continually appearing. Shore’s narrative approaches these years, and the period preceding the suppression, from a new perspective that covers individuals not usually discussed in works dealing with this topic. As well a…