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Reconstructs the Barcelona disputation from the Christian and Jewish sources and sets it in its historical context, emphasizing... Læs mere
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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.