Product Description: Vienna appears in cinema as, among other things, a historical crossroads, a source of great music, and a site of world-famous architecture ranging from gothic cathedrals and baroque palaces to landmark modern structures. A panorama that encompasses all these perspectives, World Film Locations: Vienna sheds new light on the movies shot in the former imperial capital—and on the city itself...read more

Essays on approximately 150 culture groups of the U.S., from Acadians to Yupiats, covering their history, acculturation and assimilation, family and community dynamics, language and religion.

Product Description: The scholarly neglect of Alexander Lernet-Holenia's work, despite his prolific authorship and recognized artistic quality, has been the consequence of a too narrow and one-sided interpretation of the author's themes. With the current reborn interest in post-Soviet Central European regionalism, and the fragmentation of the polyglot states in Central and Eastern Europe, Lernet-Holenia's writings can be seen to again offer relevant commentaries on the cultural nature of Austria and the successor states to the Habsburg Empire...read more