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A close reading of the colour aesthetics in film, tracing the historical development of film styles in relation to colour.

Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen.

A sparkling, informative account of what makes the Netherlands Dutch, perfect for anyone interested in its history or present and written by the country's foremost scholars

This new study provides a comprehensive account of the multilingualism of Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687).

A philosophical look into that we call our own 'strange body', and how we use choose to adjust to radical physical changes.

This book compares national healthcare policies in Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands.

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the current state of the field of digital archaeology.

The volume within the Syntax of Dutch series Adpositions and Adpositional Phrases discusses the internal make-up and the distribution of adpositional phrases.

A fascinating insight on avant-garde film director Walter Ruttmann, the first in English of its kind.

In Fabricating the Absolute Fake, Jaap Kooijman explores the ways people around the world interpret and attempt to reproduce "e;Americanness."e; Tracing the ways America has been appropriated by pop culture produced outside the United States, he examines such icons as the Elvis-inspired performer Lee Towers and the Moroccan-Dutch rapper Ali B. This revised edition features a new chapter on Barack Obama's global celebrity and an afterword on teaching American pop culture. Like the first edition, it will prove an illuminating resource for scholars of American culture and popular cultures the world over.

Combining astrophysical knowledge with a robust argument and intellectual playfulness, this fascinating book succeeds in making a notoriously difficult subject accessible to all readers interested in a better grasp of our universe.

Through a series of interrelated case studies that span the entire continent, this work demonstrates how the everyday experiences of Europeans during these five years shaped the transition of their societies from war to peace.

Landscape Biographies explores the long, complex histories of landscapes from personal and social perspectives.

A look at what the current digital revolution will mean for conventional books in the future.

This book presents a close look at the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia, built around a case study of the Nepal ethnic group that lives in the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal.

This book explores the tradition, impact, and contemporary relevance of two key ideas from Western Marxism: Georg Lukacs's concept of reification and Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle.

Dirgantoro presents the first comprehensive study of feminisms and contemporary art in Indonesia.

In this book, Anne-Marie Schleiner explores a concept she calls 'ludic mutation', a transformative process in which players seize back some of the power otherwise lost to the game itself.

How can multinational companies develop a set of new collaborative business models that can contribute to increased system resilience of cities, regions or countries?

A convincing argument as to why the West's military superiority scarcely matters, looking at the lack of decisive use of force in critical situations.

This book aims to explore the larger consequences of taking in large number of immigrants.

This incisive volume brings together postcolonial studies, visual culture and cultural memory studies to explain how the Netherlands continues to rediscover its history of violence in colonial Indonesia.

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on migration by European and Southeast Asian scholars.

How did the integration of Jews into Dutch society influenced Jewish resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War?

The rich history of the Cannes Film Festival as seen from the inside.

Fellini unravels the universe of Federico Fellini, one of the most image-defining masters of post-war Italian cinema.

When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers

In our modern knowledge economy, the life sciences constitute a major driver of innovation, involving many people and huge capital investment. Frank Miedema discusses how external forces changed the life sciences and how this affected the lives and careers of scientists. He argues that the romantic view of science as a consensus machine with scient

A meticulously researched, illuminating study of the use and significance of Roman weaponry and horse gear from non-military contexts in the territory of the Batavians