{"product_id":"culture-by-martin-puchner-9781804182543","title":"Culture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth-century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation in every era—whilst cultural policing and purism have more often undermined the very societies they tried to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTravelling through Classical Greece, Ashoka's India, Tang dynasty China, and many other epochs, this triumphal new history reveals the crossing points which have not only inspired the humanities, but which have made us human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture\u003c\/em\u003e is an eye-opening journey through the milestones of artistic influence and exchange that showcases the interconnectedness of human creativity across time and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46832729489644,"sku":"9781804182543","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9839733482830.jpg?v=1758404746","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/culture-by-martin-puchner-9781804182543","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}