Sentence examples for perceptive history from inspiring English sources

With vivid prose and fresh, compelling illustrations, Sifting the Trash presents a perceptive history of late twentieth-century British and American design criticism.

It was observed by some witnesses at the time that civilisation itself was collapsing, but perceptive history buffs will note that just a couple of decades before, it almost had.

The differential diagnosis of chronic cough is extensive and rare causes may be overlooked without a perceptive history and examination coupled to appropriate investigations.

But the most fascinating part of his lively and perceptive cultural history is the account of how she did it.

Ensmenger shows how and why this might be so in his perceptive, pioneering history.

The result is a spirited and perceptive cultural history of the city and its signage, which he tells with aplomb.

Similarly, Mr. Calder makes Charles a fine caricature of an American, but it is only when Charles appears as a puppet that his pursuit of Tijuanita turns into perceptive social history.

Jonathan Wilson's Angels With Dirty Faces (Orion) offers a perceptive, wide-ranging history of Argentina seen through the prism of football.

The delightfully eclectic Musée Lorrain (64, Grande Rue, 33-3-8332-1874; www.nancy.fr) includes medieval church sculpture, a display of historic French porcelain, and important works from two 17th-century local artists: Georges de La Tour, the master of indirect lighting, and Jacques Callot, one of the most socially perceptive engravers in art history.

In a particularly perceptive chapter, "Falling Afoul of History," Bair explores Jung's conduct during World War II, which he spent in neutral Switzerland.

"Glued to the Set," it turns out, is a tough, perceptive and highly entertaining cultural history that uses 60 television shows to trace the evolution of the medium and its effects on society at large.