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Ecology

Heuer Christopher P., Zorach Rebecca

ISBN: PB: 9780300233162, Yale University Press, October 2018
300 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 150 colour illus.

The newest volume in the acclaimed Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, this collection of essays explores the intrinsic connection between art and the environment. The romance and rejection of "nature" have always occupied places at the heart of...

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Asia

End of the Asian Century War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region

Auslin Michael R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300239980, ISBN: HB: 9780300212228, Yale University Press, October 2018
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 15 black&white illus.

An urgently needed "risk map" of the many dangers that could derail Asia's growth and stability Since Marco Polo, the West has waited for the "Asian Century". Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from China's slumping economy to wa...

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Ancient World

Enraged Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

Anhalt Emily Katz

ISBN: PB: 9780300239966, ISBN: HB: 9780300217377, Yale University Press, October 2018
288 pp., 21x14 cm

Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's "Iliad", Euripides' "Hecuba", and Sophocles' "Ajax" show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed bef...

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Contemporary Art

Everything Is Connected Art and Conspiracy

Eklund Douglas, Alteveer Ian, Brown Meredith A., Miller John, Olmsted Kathryn

ISBN: HB: 9781588396594, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2018
272 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 222 colour illus.

Shaped by events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, and 9/11, conspiracy theories have flourished and influenced our collective worldview. This provocative book examines how artists from...

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Psychology

Empathy A History

Lanzoni Susan

ISBN: HB: 9780300222685, Yale University Press, September 2018
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 23 black&white illus.

"Empathy: A History" tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of the first appearance of "empathy" in 1908 and tracks its shifting meanings over the following century. Despite empathy's ubiquity today, few realize that it began as a translatio...

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Photography

Eye on the West Photography and the Contemporary West

Miles George

ISBN: HB: 9780300232851, Yale University Press, September 2018
112 pp., 29.2x27.9 cm, 34 colour and black&white illus.

The histories of the North American West and photography have been intertwined since photography reached America. From the middle of the 19th century, images of the West have continuously played a significant role in defining the ways the region is p...

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World

Biography & Memoires

Empress Queen Victoria and India

Taylor Miles

ISBN: HB: 9780300118094, Yale University Press, August 2018
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 black&white illus.

In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in...

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Contemporary Art

Ed Ruscha Course of Empire

Riopelle Christopher, McCarthy Tom, Herrmann Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9781857096323, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, July 2018
48 pp., 31.1x24.8 cm, 30 colour illus.

Over the span of his six-decade career, Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) has created a distinctively stylized vision of the modern American landscape of gas stations, highways, and industrial buildings. Incorporating text, stark typography, and commercial logos,...

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Jewish Studies

Europe

Ecologies of Witnessing Language, Place, and Holocaust Testimony

Pollin-Galay Hannah

ISBN: HB: 9780300226041, Yale University Press, June 2018
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 7 black&white illus.

This groundbreaking work rethinks conventional wisdom about Holocaust testimony, focusing on the power of language and place to shape personal narrative. Oral histories of Lithuanian Jews serve as the textual base for this exploration. Comparing the...

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Contemporary Art

Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary Art

Fanning Leesa, Akbarnia Ladan, Gilchrist Stephen, Heartney Eleanor, Jacob Mary Jane, Russell Karen Kramer, Milbourne Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9780300233650, Yale University Press, June 2018
312 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 150 colour illus.

The spiritual is everywhere evident in contemporary art, and this publication fulfills a long-awaited need. "Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary Art" addresses the subject in depth for the first time in over three decades. It significantly bro...

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