In the 1920s, the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound).

Editors: Barry Maxwell and Raymond Craib

Editors: Teri L. Caraway, Maria Lorena Cook, and Stephen Crowley 

Examines the changing role of music in a small Gwalior ashram, focusing on the use of film-music styles for prayer songs. The DVD features clips of different musical styles and interviews with…

Explores religious life and sensibilities in a group of interconnected working class neighborhoods. Members of Dalit groups, higher caste Hindus, and Muslims living in a Hindu area all comment on…

Examines the religious life of Gwalior's Sindhis, Hindus whose families arrived from the far west of the subcontinent after its partition in 1947. Although most maintain a strong Hindu identity,…

This reader is designed for the use of students who are learning intermediate Sinhala language in order to improve their reading skills and reading comprehension.

This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America.

Spoken Sinhala Grammar is a supplementary handbook of basic colloquial Sinhala grammar for classroom instruction, but also as a resource for reference and for self-study students.  This handbook…

Is Brazil ready to take its place among the world's leading powers?