Written during the Meiji Period, the pivotal period in the history of Modern Japan, this work offers a view of Japanese women and girls at the turn of the century.
This book explains the means employed to dispose of the lawsuits of all kinds to show the conditions under which the Bedouin live, and their mentality and point of view. It presents the... Læs mere
An investigation of the food and dietary practices of the Japanese. Dividing the history of Japanese dietary life into six periods, it traces its development from the... Læs mere
This introduction to Mongolian literature, both oral and written, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, provides a rare insight into the changing worldviews-from clan society to Soviet culture-of the Mongolian people.
A short but comprehensive introduction to the central concerns of Islamic philosophy and its relationship with "shari'a" law.