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Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A portrait of Frank Marshall Davis, prominent poet, journalist, jazz critic and civil rights activist on the Chicago and Atlanta scene in the 1920s... Læs mere
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Norsk, Nordmenn Og Norge Arbeidsbok (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This workbook, for intermediate-level students of Norwegian, accompanies an anthology intended primarily to complement ""Norsk, Nordmenn, og Norge"" a widely used... Læs mere
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The Ethnographer's Magic: And Other Essays in the History of Anthropology (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This work deals with the history of anthropology, setting out to define the historiographer as a composer, responsive to his own lived experience and to those whom he encounters. The essays address the work and influence of Franz Boas and Bronislaw Malinowski.
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Magical Arrows: Maori, the Greeks and the Folklore of the Universe (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea.
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The Politics of Pensions: A Comparative Analysis of Britain, Canada and the United States, 1880-1940 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
By offering a comparative, institutional analysis of how state-supported pensions for the elderly developed in Britain, Canada and the United States, Anna Shola Orloff aims to make a contribution to understanding the growth of modern social welfare policies.
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Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with populations in Nigeria, Niger and Ghana. The large body of scholarship on Hausa society has assumed... Læs mere
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Kings and Clans: Ijwi Island and the Lake Kivu Rift, 1780-1840 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Questions the assumption that ""clans"" are static structures that hamper political centralization. By reconstructing the history of kings... Læs mere
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Cane Ridge: America's Pentecost (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Thanks to God and the Revolution: The Oral History of a Nicaraguan Family (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
History of a Nicaraguan family based on conversations with its members over a four-year period. The author traces their story from the years of repression and guerilla activity under Somoza, through to an era of personal and political revolution in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Chicano Narrative: The Dialectics of Difference (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An examination of representative aspects of Mexican-American narrative forms including the novel, short story, narrative verse and autobiography. It... Læs mere
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Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Contact improvization is an underground, experimental movement in modern dance, that captures artistic and social forces in transition. This book considers the development of this dance form within its historical, social and cultural contexts.
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Family, Political Economy and Demographic Change: Transformation of Life in Casalecchio, Italy, 1861-1921 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A study of changes in family life and demographic behaviour in Casalecchio, Italy, between... Læs mere
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