Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world's prime resource. This... Læs mere
Dieter Senghaas is a leading figure in the field of conflict research, conflict management research, and the study of the prerequisites of lasting peace. The fact... Læs mere
Based on an in-depth analysis of the published photographs taken by Norwegian evangelical... Læs mere
What would happen if border controls were to be suppressed and people granted the right to move freely throughout the world?... Læs mere
Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German-Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz,... Læs mere
How is law mobilized and who has the power and authority to construct its meaning? This important volume examines this question as well... Læs mere
A sustained and systematic study of the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories across a wide variety of states is highly topical and extremely relevant in the context of the accelerating processes of Europeanization and globalization.
This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'election, a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the... Læs mere
After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws... Læs mere
Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main... Læs mere
Extensive social science research, particularly by anthropologists, has explored women's reproductive lives, their use of reproductive... Læs mere
Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically... Læs mere