Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of ...więcej »
Miscarriage is a significant women's health issue. Research has consistently shown that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse histor...więcej »
Through his influential work on cultural capital and social mobility, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has provided critical insights into the complex interactions of power, class, and cul...więcej »
Who benefits from "Fake News?" Who benefits from misinformation and veiled intentions? Who benefits from portraying false narratives and one-sided accounts of history and facts? No one. No one does...więcej »
For the first time ever in a social science work, obstetricians tell their own stories of training, practice, fear, and transformation in this the first of the 3-volume series The Anthropology...więcej »
Color edition, containing seven illustrations in color, and many more in black and white. Illustrated by Dmitri Mitrokhin.
Famous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of...więcej »
"There is much of interest in this well-presented volume. Mauss's careful discussion of differences among types of oral rites - incantations, spells, invocations - remains instructive." · Social ...więcej »
In December 1941, on a shore near the Latvian city of Liepaja, Nazi death squads (the Einsatzgruppen) and local collaborators murdered in three days more than 2,700 Jews. The majority were wom...więcej »
The "organic" is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an an...więcej »
Since the politicization of anthropology in the 1970s, most anthropologists have been reluctant to approach the topic of universals-that is, phenomena that occur regularly in all known human soc...więcej »
When this work - one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields - first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has...więcej »
The first book to address the classic anthropological theme of property through the ethnography of Amazonia, Ownership and Nurture sets new and challenging terms for anthropological deb...więcej »
Jebens's book is a theoretically sophisticated, ethnographically rich, and delightfully personal story that is humble, warm, and yet scientifically rigorous. It is also accessible to students. · ...więcej »
Color edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Peer Gynt is Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's most celebrated work, based loosely on the Scandinavian fairy tale character, Per Gynt. First publishe...więcej »
For many, the history of German social policy is defined primarily by that nation's postwar emergence as a model of the European welfare state. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, how...więcej »
A comprehensive guide to climbing in the Powell River area. Includes 6 cragging areas, 3 big wall areas, a bouldering guide and 4 popular mountain routes in the Eldred Valley, 200 pages of route i...więcej »
This Prayer Journal includes Love, Meditate, Pray, Connect, Confess, Learn and Be Grateful sections, on each page you can find different prompts which will guide you to the desired spiritual state....więcej »
That Hitler’s Gestapo harshly suppressed any signs of opposition inside the Third Reich is a common misconception. This book presents studies of public dissent that prove this was not alwa...więcej »
This 288 page book is a reproduction of David Kane's 2008 doctoral thesis on puthi-po?a, a Bengali tradition of book and manuscript reading. Kane's thesis pursues two central aims. The first is eth...więcej »
Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting the crucial importance of these years for an understanding of the developmen...więcej »