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Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

Edited by Ron Johnston

Published by British Academy

Published in print June 2011 | ISBN: 9780197264775
Published online February 2012 | e-ISBN: 9780191734984 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264775.001.0001

Series: Proceedings of the British Academy

Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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This volume contains sixteen chapters which contain the text of lectures delivered at the British Academy in 2008–10. From romantic love in sub-Saharan Africa to the British industrial revolution, from John Donne to Arthur Miller, from surrealism to Chinese flower imagery, this book demonstrates unparalleled breadth and depth of scholarship.

Keywords: British Academy; romantic love; sub-Saharan Africa; British industrial revolution; John Donne; Arthur Miller; surrealism; Chinese flower imagery

Book.  450 pages.  Illustrated.

Subjects: social and cultural history

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The History of Romantic Love in Sub-Saharan Africa: between Interest and Emotionin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Leon Battista Alberti and the Redirection of Renaissance Humanismin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Shakespeare, Oaths and Vowsin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Our Unwritten Constitutionin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Many Legal Orders, One Lawin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Buddhist Archaeology in Republican China: a New Relationship to the Pastin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspectivein Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Anthropology in the Territory of Rights, Islamic, Human, and Otherwise…in Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Shitao (1642–1707) and the Traditional Chinese Conception of Ruinsin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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Timely Images: Chinese Art and Festival Displayin Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 167, 2009 Lectures

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