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BOOK REVIEW AND AUTHOR INTERVIEW The Architecture of India India: Modern Architecture in History Skyy, Powai, Mumbai, 2013 (Urban Studio) by Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Architecture is classroom gold. When I... ...
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Gandhi’s Changing Image-A Case Study in Perspective and Reputation
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We all tend to see what we want to see -- in ourselves, in our friends, in our culture, and in other cultures. In his dissertation, Jens-Uwe Guettel takes a penetrating look at how Germany viewed ...
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The unintended consequences of war—both good and bad—are fascinating to my students. My cadets always engage with lesson plans on the technology that came out of World War II, for example, or the packs of wild dogs in Vietnam which are the descendants of U.S. canine corps from the late 1960’s, or the marine ...
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The current generation of food writers has taken this topic and turned it into an entire field of study. Talented writers have discovered a treasure of fascinating people and powerful themes in the products so familiar to ...
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