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Barcelona and Beyond: The Disputation of 1263 and Its Aftermath (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Reconstructs the Barcelona disputation from the Christian and Jewish sources and sets it in its historical context, emphasizing... Læs mere
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A Carnival of Parting: The Tales of King Bharthari and King Gopi Chand as Sung and Told by Madhu Natisar Nath of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Madhu Natisar Nath is a Rajasthani farmer with no formal schooling. He is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. This book features Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal.
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A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over the radio, and dazzled television viewers across the country. This book traces the popularization of old-time ethnic music from the turn of the century to the 1960s.
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African-American Christianity: Essays in History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Focuses on the history of African-American religion from the slavery period to the present. Beginning with an essay on the importance of the story of... Læs mere
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A Scientist's Voice in American Culture: Simon Newcomb and the Rhetoric of Scientific Method (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)A study of Simon Newcomb - nation's most celebrated scientist in the United States in the late 19th century. It... Læs mere
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AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Presents essays which describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Representing diverse fields and professions, the 23 contributors use historical... Læs mere
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The Antislavery Debate: Capitalism and Abolitionism as a Problem in Historical Interpretation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)This volume brings together one of the most provocative debates among historians in recent years. The centre of controversy is the emergence of the anti-slavery movement in the United States and Britain and the relation of capitalism to the development.
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Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University, 1868-1939 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)This is a detailed study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in pre-war Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the eve of World War II. The analysis is complemented by an extensive use of biographical and archival material.
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A Surplus of Memory: Chronicle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)A memoir that situates the ghetto and the resistance in the social and political context that preceded them, when prewar Zionist and Socialist... Læs mere
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The Art and Politics of Wana Shamanship (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Rituals are valued by students of culture as lenses for bringing facets of social life and meaning into focus. The author's study offers insight into the rich shamanic ritual tradition of the Wana, an upland population of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Presents a synthesis that explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished people and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth.
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An Archaeology of Greece: The Present State and Future Scope of a Discipline (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)The author argues that classical archaeology has a rare potential in the whole field of the study of the past to make innovative discoveries and apply modern approaches by widening the aims of the discipline.
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