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Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A survey of female monasticism that begins with the first communities of Late Antiquity and ends with the Reformation. It focuses on the visual culture of female monasticism in the European Middle Ages.
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The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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China's Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Through the use of recently released Chinese documents, conversations with People's Republic of China scholars, and in-depth... Læs mere
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Cities of the United States: Studies in Urban Anthropology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Utilizing the strengths of traditional ethnographic approaches, the authors of this provocative volume of original essays analyze contemporary urban problems in the United States.
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Days of Masquerade: Life Stories of Lesbian Women During the Third Reich (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Through a series of interviews Schoppmann presents the life stories of ten lesbians who lived through the Nazi era. This book is a bold reminder of the "forgotten victims" of the Third Reich.
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China’s Transition (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The text provides an introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics - and China's changing place in the global system. It discusses China and democracy, human rights issues, and the move to integrate China into the international economy.
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Deadly Imbalances: Tripolarity and Hitler's Strategy of World Conquest (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Looking at the structure of the international system, this work seeks to explain the causes of World War II. The author argues that... Læs mere
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Caring for Our Elders: Multicultural Experiences with Nursing Home Placement (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Describes the experiences of African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents and their relatives and... Læs mere
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Defensor pacis (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Addresses the role of citizenship as a buffer between individual and community. This book explicates the foundations of religious toleration. It affords a distinctive theoretical perspective that rivals that of various thinkers of the Western political tradition.
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Creative Pasts: Historical Memory and Identity in Western India, 1700-1960 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The "Maratha period" of the 17th and 18th centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a... Læs mere
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Criminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Summarizing what he has learned about crime and criminals during his long career, Frederic G. Reamer speculates about the factors that lead to crime and considers what we can do to prevent and respond to it meaningfully.
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