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Written out of history: many of civilisation's crowning glories originated in the east. Yet you'd be unlikely to learn this from reading western historians.
Great Ideas series Various authors Penguin, [pounds sterling]3.99 each Human Accomplishment: the pursuit of excellence in the arts and sciences ......(Continue Reading) An introduction to the music and history of the North African Berbers
As music from North Africa and the Middle East has become more available internationally, the contributions of North Africa's first residents, the Berber, ......(Continue Reading)The fatal legacy: most books and television programmes about Hitler reflect a taste for pornography, not a thirst for knowledge. What we really need is
The Coming of the Third Reich Richard J Evans Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 622pp, 25 [pounds sterling] How much do we now need to know about the ......(Continue Reading)Another history of bluegrass: the segregation of popular music in the United States, 1820-1900 - 1
Categories in any case are never watertight, but flow ceaselessly into one another.... Musical interactions do not occur at random, but are indicators ......(Continue Reading)Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review
Jazz: A History of America's Music * Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns * Knopf * 490 pages * $65 It was as a novice that award-winning documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball) came to the s...(Continue Reading)
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