D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor and the Debra L. Mitchell Chair in Landscape History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain.
6 Ebooks by D. Fairchild Ruggles
Helaine Silverman & D. Fairchild Ruggles: Cultural Heritage and Human Rights
Is there a universal right to the free expression and preservation of cultural heritage, and if so, where is that right articulated and how can it be protected? No corner of today’s world has escaped …
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€149.79
D. Fairchild Ruggles: Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and d …
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€43.99
D. Fairchild Ruggles & Helaine Silverman: Intangible Heritage Embodied
Archaeological research has long focused on studying tangible artifacts to build a picture of the cultures it examines. Equally important to understanding a culture, however, are the intangible eleme …
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€96.29
D. Fairchild Ruggles: On Location
On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites merges the material and the social perspectives of preservation and historical interpretation in urban landscapes. The essays in this volume focus on …
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€96.29
D. Fairchild Ruggles: Tree of Pearls
Shajar al-Durr–known as "Tree of Pearls"–began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was …
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€30.69
D. Fairchild Ruggles: Tree of Pearls
Shajar al-Durr–known as "Tree of Pearls"–began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was …
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€23.94
