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  • The New Zealand Project

    de Max Harris ...
    By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political imagination unequal to the enormity of these issues? And why is this gulf particularly apparent to young ... Leer más

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  • The Interregnum

    Rethinking New Zealand

    Series series BWB Texts
    ‘The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear’ Antonio GramsciIs New Zealand’s political settlement beginning to fray? And does this mean we’re entering the interregnum, that ambiguous moment between society-wide discontent and political change? In BWB’s latest book of essays, edited by ... Leer más

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  • Pragmatism, Principle, and Power in Common Law Constitutional Systems

    Essays in Honour of Bruce Harris

    Bruce Harris has left an indelible mark on public law across the common law world. In this Festschrift, commentators explore key themes including the nature of executive power, issues concerning the judiciary, and the future of unwritten constitutions. This collection of essays conveys a distinctively pragmatic approach to public law, relevant to scholars and practitioners alike. ; ... Leer más

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  • Aztecs, Moors, and Christians

    Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain

    de Max Harris ...
    In villages and towns across Spain and its former New World colonies, local performers stage mock battles between Spanish Christians and Moors or Aztecs that range from brief sword dances to massive street theatre lasting several days. The festival tradition officially celebrates the triumph of Spanish Catholicism over its enemies, yet this does not explain its persistence for more than five ... Leer más

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  • Carnival and Other Christian Festivals

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    de Max Harris ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that ... Leer más

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  • The Piketty Phenomenon

    New Zealand Perspectives

    Series series BWB Texts
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  • The Last Day

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    The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and sent reverberations throughout the Western world. Earth, water, wind, and fire all conspired to produce a hellish catastrophe that lasted for a full five days and left Lisbon thoroughly annihilated. Nicholas Shrady's unique account of this first modern ... Leer más

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  • Colonial Latin American Literature

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  • Inquisition

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  • Colonial Latin America

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