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Addressing the ways in which art functions as a cultural signifier, these seven essays show how the arts articulate the identity of communities who represent themselves through art and how the arts mediate their exchanges.

Seven essays, covering a wide range of periods, artistic media, and themes, share a common belief that issues of national identity have been crucial to the creation of art in a variety of circumstances.

Featuring 14 essays by prominent historians, architects, and leaders of some of Washington, DC’s most important institutions, this book explores the Mall’s origins and growth as well as the shifting political forces and cultural values that have shaped it.

The rise and origins of urbanization in India, Pakistan and Nepal is discussed in this work by scholars in a wide range of disciplines.