The musical theater in England and America has changed radically since the days of Rodgers and Hart. Spectacles like Evita and A Little Night Music barely resemble earlier works like Anything Goes or Girl Crazy. “Few will disagree,”... Read More

“The year was 1959 and I was on my way to Capetown, South Africa, for an adventure that would change my life.” In the language of a tale told many years after the fact, Turner describes the outline of a 11,000 mile trip that took him... Read More

In the 1940s and 1950s, Latin America embraced the avant-garde modern movement. In their desire to belong to the contemporary world, leaders in Latin America adopted European symptoms of modernity, especially in its architecture. Latin... Read More

Few people willingly think about death, but curious browsers who open this lively volume will be exceedingly well rewarded. Twelve scholars, including the editors, offer readers a seamless, unfailingly interesting account of how the... Read More

Tainted by the “blood and soil” nationalism which cakes the pathways toward the countless horrors of the Nazi regime, many of the German art world’s brightest minds were employed in the ruthless plundering of European art—seduced... Read More

This beautifully designed and illustrated book will challenge the average linear-thinking reader, who may find the author’s poetic and at times esoteric “global” approach overwhelming. But perseverance will be rewarded. Written by... Read More