HORIZON magazine March 1977 Japanese Swords and similar items

SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* With all the great features of the day, this makes a great birthday gift, or anniversary present! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: HORIZON Magazine [ Rare and Beautiful HARD BACK magazine, richly illustrated! See FULL contents below!] ISSUE DATE: MARCH 1977; VOLUME XIX, NUMBER 2 CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 9oe" X 12". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date.] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: Four lavishly attired footmen bear models of ships in the imaginary navy of the Hapsburg emperor Maximilian I in this detail from a sixteenth-century painting, It was part of a vast procession on paper commissioned by the emperor whose dynastic and artistic triumphs are related starting on page 68. UGE: THE INSIDE STORY By John Kenneth Galbraith. The modern business corporation is not what corporate mythology would have us believe. Here is the tale--only medium tall--of how one multinational arose from a small family business in the Midwest. WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THAT PLATE-GLASS WINDOW? Something weird, most likely. The windows of Manhattan's fanciest department stores are showcases currently for psychodramas, macabre scenes, and kinky skits--and you don't even need a ticket. PATCHWORK ARCHITECTURE: Sticks and stones, beer cans and bottles, shells and orange crates are among the materials chosen by amateur architects who have built their dream houses with their own hands and who are now being celebrated for their creativity and spunk. THE LAST OF THE BEDOUIN By Peter Ismail. An account of a recent visit to the Howeitat of southern Jordan, a Bedouin people seeking to accommodate themselves and their traditional nomadic ways to a settled existence in the Arab world of today. ARE WE BORN TO BE GOOD By Nigel Calder. With commentaries by Richard L Currier and Terrence Des Pres. Edward O. Wilson's theory of sociobiology attempts to answer the question by looking at the social behavior of all animals. THE ART OF THE JAPANESE SWORD By Robert Hughes. Perhaps the most beautiful weapons ever made, Japanese sword blades were once considered to be the living souls of the samurai and today are prized as works of art. HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT GOT ESTABLISHED By John Pfeiffer. The evidence may be no more than a few artifacts in a grave or a mound of earth, but archaeologists are now able to piece together how powerful elites first arose. KAISER MAX: FIRST AMONG THE HAPSBURGS By H. R. Trevor-Roper. Emperor Maximilian I was an expert on hoNN to use art as propaganda. Here is how he polished up his image for posterity and made his mark on the history of Europe. SKATING ON THE CANALS By Frederic V. Grunfeld. When the Dutch winter meant a hot time on the ice. GOOD-BY TO BRITAIN, GOOD-BY BRITISH By Jan Morris. Two words that we shall scarcely miss. PRINCESSES FOR RANSOM: ABDUCTION IN THE GRAND STYLE By Fitzroy Maclean. A harrowing adventure in the Caucasus. THE RIGHT SORT OF PUZZLE By J. A. Maxtone Graham. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. PERSPECTIVES: AGAINST THE GRAIN Br Bernard Levin. THE HUMAN SPECIES By John Pfrifer. N MY OWN TIME By Charles L. Mee, Jr. INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES Br Red Smith. ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.